The Department of English, with its committed team of professional teachers is a vigorous hub of activity in the campus. Besides providing support to other departments in teaching courses like Business Communication, Composition & Writing, Technical Writing, and Communication Skills, it offers its own full time M.A. Program in Language and Literature. The department has incorporated interactive and student-centered methods of teaching with areas of research and study, which make learning fun and teaching a challenge. The department strives to inculcate a sense of literary appreciation in the students by introducing them to new literary trends and theories.
Main Features
The M.A. English program aims to enable students to:
Appreciate literature better, using language studies as a tool to interpret literature
Understand and analyze the structure of English Language at various levels and the use of this knowledge in practical life as professionals
Pursue their research at a higher plane
Meet the dearth of competent teachers in the field of English Language Teaching
Program Description
The M.A. English, a two years program, offers a wide range of courses in diverse areas of English studies. Like most international universities, it offers a blend of language and literature. Students are taught courses that cover various periods and genres of British and American literature along with courses in language and linguistics touching interesting areas like Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Stylistics, Language and Psychology, and social aspects of language. The Department has added certain new courses into its M.A. program from Fall 2008 onward to meet the ever-growing needs of the competitive market. An additional feature of the M.A. program is that all students will write a dissertation of 5000 – 6000 words on any area of literature or language, thus providing ample room for creativity, novelty and research-based activities. Those with lesser grades undertake a research project linked with their optional and other courses.
Eligibility Criteria
The University welcomes applications from students who have successfully completed 14 years of education, preferably with English Literature as an elective subject. The more specific criterion is as follows:-
B.A. / B.Sc. or any other equivalent grade 14 degree approved by the Higher Education Commission.
Students holding either of the above-mentioned degrees are required to appear in a test designed by the University. Short listed candidates appear in an interview and those who clear the interview would be selected.
Program Structure
Structure
No. of Courses
Credit Hours
University Core
24
72
Dissertation
3
TOTAL
75
Courses Offered
Core Courses (3 Credit Hours Each)
(A)
COMPULSORY LITERATURE COURSES:
(Core Courses: 13)
Course Code
Course Title (3 Credit Hours each)
ENG-402
Drama -I (Greek, Shakespearean
& Augustan)
ENG-404
Novel - I (Earliest to Victorian)
ENG-406
Short
Story (19th Century &
20th Century)
ENG-413
History
and Study of English Literature
ENG-416
Poetry - I (Classic to Romantic)
ENG-417
Non-Fiction
Prose (Renaissance to 2oth
century)
ENG-511
American Literature
ENG-512
Literature Written in
English in Non-English Cultures
ENG-518
Poetry-II (Romantic & Victorian)
ENG-608
Novel - 20th Century
ENG-609
Poetry - 20th Century
ENG-610
Drama - 20th Century
ENG-611
Literary
Theory
(B)
COMPULSORY LANGUAGE COURSES:
(Core Courses: 11)
Course Code
Course Title (3 Credit Hours each)
ENG - 401
Academic Writing
ENG - 414
History and Development of English Language
ENG - 419
Introduction to Language and Linguistics
ENG - 501
English Phonetics and Phonology
ENG - 503
Language, Society and Culture
ENG - 509
Approaches to Modern English Grammar
ENG - 605
Language and Psychology
ENG - 607
Research & Writing Methodology Workshop
ENG - 612
Semantics & Pragmatics
ENG - 613
Language in Literature
ENG - 614
Discourse Analysis
(C)
ENG - 600 DISSERTATION:
(06 Credit Hours)
All students will write a dissertation of 5000 - 6000 words of three credit hours. Topics will be chosen after consultation with the supervisor at the end of Semester IV of Year II.
Course Description
The 2-year MA program is of 75 credit hours offering 24 taught courses (72 credit hours + Dissertation (03 credit hours). The program offers a total of 24 courses (13 literature +11 language). The program is spread over two years as follows:
YEAR I
Semester I (Fall)
5 courses
Semester II (Spring)
5 courses
Semester III (Summer)
2 courses
YEAR II
Semester I (Fall)
6 courses
Semester II (Spring)
6 courses
Summer
Writing dissertation
"GIFT University is a valuable part of my life. My two years stay here familiarized me with hard work in a thought provoking academic atmosphere. One of the major attractions in GIFT for me was the combination of English Language and Literature in the masters program. I consider myself very lucky in havingtaken this productive and challenging course, especially the area of dissertation writing. It provided me an opportunity of doing research work. Indeed , GIFT is a platform where the hidden aspects of one's personality are polished in a conducive and challenging atmosphere.".
