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M.A. English

About the department:

The Department of English Studies was established in September 2010. At present, two Assistant Professors are serving in the Department on permanent basis. The Department has committed to impart quality education to students and encourage research activities to prepare them for a career in academics, as teachers and researchers.

Vision:

To Reshape and Inherit the Discipline.

Mission:

  • To be a centre of English Studies that transforms learners into scholars and inquirers by developing various competencies in them to pursue greater goals in the humanities.
  • We care for building scholarship, research culture and interdisciplinary approach in English Studies.
  • Our ambition is to lead the making of our discipline

Program Offered :

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Programmes

Nature and Duration

Eligibility

1

M A in English

2 Years

B.A. optional English

Course Structure :

Semester

Paper Code

Title of the Paper

Instruction Hrs/Week

Marks

Credits

Examination Duration

Examination

Internal Assessment

Total Marks

 

 

F

I

R

S

T

1.1

Invitation to Humanities and English Studies

4

70

30

100

4

3

1.2

The Making of English Literature

4

70

30

100

4

3

1.3

Renaissance, Reformation and English Literature

4

70

30

100

4

3

1.4

Indian Literature in English I

4

70

30

100

4

3

1.5

American Literature I

4

70

30

100

4

3

Choose any one of the following     

1.6.A

Shakespeare in the World

4

70

30

100

4

3

1.6.B

English for Academic Purpose

1.6.C

World Drama

1.6.D

Modern South Asian Literature

1.6.E

Literary Cultures in History

Mandatory Credits: Communication Skills

2

–

–

–

2

–

 

Total Credits-26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

E

C

O

N

D

2.1

Enlightenment and English Literature

4

70

30

100

4

3

2.2

Indian Literature in English II

4

70

30

100

4

3

2.3

Language Studies I

4

70

30

100

4

3

2.4

Literary and Cultural Theory I

4

70

30

100

4

3

2.5

American Literature II

4

70

30

100

4

3

Choose any one of the following

2.6.A

Critical Humanistic 

4

70

30

100

4

3

2.6.B

Martin Heidegger and Literature

2.6.C

Edward Said

2.6.D

Advanced Reading and Writing

2.6.E

Comparative Literature

Mandatory Credits: Computer Skills

2

–

–

–

2

–

 

Total Credits-26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T

H

I

R

D

3.1

Romanticism and English Literature

4

70

30

100

4

3

3.2

Victorians and English Literature

4

70

30

100

4

3

3.3

Language Studies II

4

70

30

100

4

3

3.4

Literary and Cultural Theory II

4

70

30

100

4

3

3.5

Dalit Studies

4

70

30

100

4

3

Choose any one of the following

 

3.6.A

Learning to Inquire  (Dissertation)

4

70

30

100

4

3

3.6.B

New Literatures in English

3.6.C

Gender Studies

3.6.D

English for Media and Corporate World

3.6.E

Film Studies

3.7

(OE) English for Social Sciences

2

40

10

50

2

2

 

 

Total Credits-26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F

O

U

R

T

H

4.1

Modernism and English Literature

4

70

30

100

4

3

4.2

Environmental Humanities

4

70

30

100

4

3

4.3

ELLT

4

70

30

100

4

3

4.4

Cultural Studies

4

70

30

100

4

3

4.5

Project/Dissertation

4

70

30

100

4

3

Choose any one of the following

 

4.6.A

Digital Humanities

4

70

30

100

4

3

4.6.B

European Classics

4.6.C

Pierre Bourdieu 

4.6.D

Comparative Aesthetics

4.6.E

Translation Studies

Mandatory Credits: Life Skills

2

–

–

 

2

–

 

Total Credits-26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Credit for the course

104

1720

730

2450

104

 

FACULTY DETAILS :

Teaching Faculty of Department of Studies in English, Davangere University.

Activities :

Webinars organized

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Resource Person details

Topics

Date

1

Shri. S.N. Swamy

State Organizer,

 Avishkara Progressive Cultural Forum

Film Analyst, Bangalore

Webinar on Film Analysis

 

9 June 2020

2

Dr. Ratan Mohunta

Associate Professor,

Department of English

St. Aloysius College,

Mangaluru

National Webinar on

The Philosophical Foundations of Research in Humanities

 

18th January 2021

Mentorship (mentor-mentee list)
Mentorship: Allotment of Students to Teachers-2021
II Semester

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Dr. Ravikumar S. Kumbar

Madakari Nayaka H R

Sharadamma J

1

Pathesha P

Devikarani M H

Jaimaruthi T S

2

Salmanrasheed I

Harish N

Ramesha M

3

Jyothi O

Nataraja N

Supreetha J

4

Sunithamma P

Shashikumar J

Shruthi D B

IV Semester

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Dr. Ravikumar S. Kumbar

Madakari Nayaka H R

Sharadamma J

1

Rajanikanth P

Bhavana K

Shivakumara P

2

Sahana G N

Ranjitha E

Ramadevi B

3

Somya G N

Jyothi M

Nayana P

4

Suresh Kumar K S

Simran Banu

Madhuri H M

5

Thippeswamy K

Shivarudramma D

Jayalakshmi S H

6

Nusrath Banu

 

 

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