Master of Arts in English

The college has started M.A. in English w. e. f. academic year 2016-17. The Master of Arts in English is designed to help students develop strong analytical skills and grounding in diverse critical and theoretical approaches. The programme helps students develop specialization in the particular area of English literary studies. The course aims at generating qualified, competent and articulate human resource capable of contributing to relevant domains of knowledge.

An important objective of the Masters programme is to introduce students to advanced study and scholarly activity in order to provide an avenue towards a PhD for those who wish eventually to seek a career in the academia. In addition, the course is designed to provide a reasonably complete higher education in literary studies for those who do not intend to proceed to a further degree in the field, but who may branch into other areas as diverse as publishing, editing, journalism, administration, management, communications, or teaching at the high school level.

The programme offers various compulsory courses providing training in Linguistics and English language, grounding in the genre, eras, and movements in literatures in English, a hands-on acquaintance with literary criticism as well as literary and critical theory. To create informed and motivated scholars, academics, litterateurs and communicators this programme adopts a comparative, contextualized and interdisciplinary perspective drawn from contemporary view of literature and culture.

Objectives:

This postgraduate course covers several of these areas with the following objectives:

• To impart essential knowledge of literary forms, movements and trends in contemporary theory and interdisciplinary extensions;
• To train the students to use their expertise for careers in journalism, performative art and film criticism, publishing, scriptwriting and for academic careers in English, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Departments/Centres;
• To sensitize them towards contemporary areas of conflict and human rights.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to produce correct and effective professional-level academic writing.
• Students will demonstrate a graduate-level ability to use current theoretical approaches to literary study.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to produce independent and original research.
• Students will demonstrate a graduate-level ability to analyze a variety of literary texts.
• Students will demonstrate a graduate-level ability to synthesize literary characteristics, themes, and/or approaches in several literary texts.

Eligibility:

As per norms prescribed by Savitribai Phule Pune University.

Program Details::

The programme will be for duration of two years. There will be a total of four semesters. Each year will comprise of two semesters. A student will appear for four papers in each semester.

Intake Capacity:

• The number of seats will be 60 (excluding NRI & Foreign quota)
• Admission will be made on the basis of merit. Merit lists will be drawn in accordance with the provisions of Admission Policy of the college.
• The Programme will commence subject to the minimum enrollment of students.

Credits, Examination and Evaluation Scheme:

• The total credits of the Programme will be 80 credits. Each paper will carry 4 credits
• Each paper will be of 100 marks.
• There will be 40-60 pattern of evaluation.
• 40 marks will be for internal evaluation consisting of mid semester assignments, projects, book reviews etc.
• 60 marks will be allotted for external evaluation i.e. final semester end examination.

Faculty:

• The courses will be taught by the faculty of the Department of English along with the guest faculty who fulfil the norms of the UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for the Teachers 2010 and other rules prescribed by UGC and SPPU from time to time in this regard.
• In case of special circumstances the professionals and experts will be invited whenever required.

Syllabus at a Glance: