Master's Programme in English

Objective

M.A English is designed particularly for those students who  wish to pursue English as an all inclusive and multi-disciplinary field of  study. The substantive foci of the programme is to familiarize the students  with the intellectually stimulating mix of the classical and the modern, the  conformist and the reactionary, the central and the peripheral, the  inter-disciplinary and the intra-disciplinary , the personal and the political  that the field of English studies has become today. The present programme aims  at the study of the dynamics of both literature and language so as to give a  firmer footing to the students of English. While designing the courses,  emphasis has been laid on orienting the students to the study of different  genres of literature and exposing them to the wide variety of English  literatures which is the current trend in the field. However, the first two  semesters includes the courses which introduce to the student concepts, issues,  debates and developments in English language and language teaching. An  inclusion of these courses increases considerably the already high  employability of the English postgraduates.

An important aspect of the syllabus is that considerable  care has been taken to keep in mind the requirements of qualifying exams like  SLET and NET and other competitive exams in English.

The programme incorporates a dissertation which students  will be required to submit in the final semester of the programme. An adequate  literary training requires ability to research and write substantial papers.  The dissertation, it is expected, will enable students to write their first  long and independent thesis under faculty supervision.

Course Structure

List of Compulsory Courses

wide variety of optional courses is being recommended here. However, which of these will be made available to students and in which semester will be decided by the school of Philosophy and Culture.

Certificate Course in French Language (CCFL)

In the first phase of its endeavor to impart foreign  language courses, School of Languages is offering a Certificate Course in  French language, a language which is the official or language of use in some 50  countries all over the world. With regard to the French language, when we come  down to our country, India is collaborating with developed and the developing  French speaking countries especially in Africa. In the past and especially in  India a large number of universities and Academic institutions are introducing  foreign language courses including French. Sixty students from various  disciplines of engineering and some from management have registered for the  course.

Professor Romey Borges, Former Chairperson, French centre  JNU, Delhi & a Specialist in the teaching of French as a Foreign language  in the Indian context is the Instructor of the course.

The prime objective of the course is to build a strong base  for the four language skills and to gradually initiate the students to reading  French magazines and newspapers.

Methodology:

• Emphasis on speaking.
• Knowledge and application of the International  Phonetic Alphabet to the French Language.
• Exposure to French speaking countries in  addition to France
• Continuous evaluation of performance. Written  & oral tests followed by the final examination.
• Autonomous learning of the French language with  the help of the Dictionary prescribed.

 Books Prescribed:

Makowski, Francois.2005, French Made Easy. Goyal    Publishers& Distributors Pvt. Ltd. New  Delhi  &  Langendscheidt Bilingual Pocket French  Dictionary. Goyal Publishers Ltd. Films and Songs in French.