ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
OUR DEPARTMENTS
CURRICULUM OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Course Type : Common Course
Course Code : ENG1A01
This course aims to introduce the nature and types of literature to undergraduate students. This
course is envisaged in such a way as to help students gain some insights into the art of creative
thinking and writing and also to assist them in approaching literature in an analytical way. This
eventually leads to develop the students’ ability to understand various perspectives on life and
literature. Another major purpose of the course is to familiarise the students with English
language and literature so that they can appreciate and embrace the creative side of life too.
Course Type : Common Course
Course Code : ENGIA02
This course aims at preparing undergraduate students to learn how to use the structure of
language systematically and to get a good command over the language to produce the learned
grammatical structures accurately. It aims to enable the learner to communicate effectively at the
written and spoken level appropriately in real-life situation
Course Type : Common Course
Course Code : HIN1A07(1) / MAL1A01
HINDI-Introduces students to different forms of Prose writings and Drama and helps them develop their creative thinking and writing.
MALAYALAM -Deals with the History and Evolution of Malayalam poems and short stories.
Course Type : Core Course
Course Code : ENG1B01
Introduces students to the literary texts and their unique conventions and contours- the linguistic, the social, the cultural and the political.
Course Type : Complimentary Course
Course Code : JOU1(2)C01
Course unravels the world of communication and Journalism before students and gives them basic understanding of the concepts and models.
Course Type : Common Course
Course Code : ENG2A03
This course aims to make the student understand the gender inequality, marginalization,
disability studies, racism and casteism in our society. Though this engagement has been part of
literary academic analysis, it has just begun making its foray into the syllabus of English
departments of Indian universities. This paper hopes to introduce undergraduate students to
perspectives within literatures that acquaint them with both experiences of marginalization, as
well as the examination of modes of literary stylistics that offer a variation from conventional
practice.
Course Type : Common Course
Course Code : ENG2A04
This course aims to give an overview of Malayalam literature and provides a detailed
understanding of the cultural and historical tradition of the society and the development of
literary sensibility. The course also provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of Malayalam
literature through various genres.
Course Type : Common Course
Course Code : HIN2A08(1) / MAL2A02
HINDI-Develops a grammar sense among the students and enables them to write in Hindi in their personal and professional life.
MALAYALAM-Deals with the furistic evolution and the different movements in Malayalam poems and familiarizes the important prose in Malayalam.
Course Type : Core Course
Course Code : ENG2B02
Introduces the wide spectrum of poems across the globe to foster the ability for appreciating poetry.
Course Type : Complimentary Course
Course Code : ICP1(2)C01
Introduces the students to the Constitution of India, especially the history of making the constitution, salient features etc. Further , it helps the students to
Course Type : Common Course
Course Code : ENG3A05
Introduces the students to the genres of expressing the self and helps them to appreciate the narratives.
Course Type : Common Course
Course Code : MAL3A03 / HIN3A09
Malayalam – Includes different genres in Malayalam Literature like Drama, Travelogue, Biography and Script Writing
Hindi – Explains the origin and development of Hindi poetry and helps the students to appreciate Hindi poetry.
Course Type : Core Course
Course Code : ENG3B03
Enables students to appreciate and to critically analyse prose writings of different types and context-social, political, historical and national.
Course Type : Core Course
Course Code : ENG3B04
Familiarizes the students to how to use language with a proper knowledge of the nuances of structure and usage of English.
Course Type : Complimentary Course
Course Code : ICP4(3)C02
Helps students to understand and analyse the main features of Indian federal system, centre state relations and three tier system of decentralization
Course Type : Common Course
Course Code : ENG4A06
Familiarizes the students with the concepts of globalisation, Commercialization, Intellectual Property Rights and Minority Rights through Literature and creates a positive societal perception.
Course Type : Common Course
Course Code : MAL4A04 / HIN4A10
Malayalam – Includes the Translation Theory and its application in daily life and also deals with novels, stylistics, morphology of Malayalam Language and Literature.
Hindi – Introduces students to the theoretical, historical and cultural apparatus to analyse Hindi Literature and Fiction and helps them to know various cultures.
Course Type : Core Course
Course Code : ENG4B05
Instils a love of fiction in the learners, stimulates their imagination and fosters intercultural dialogue.
Course Type : Core Course
Course Code : ENG4B06
A comprehensive spectrum of literary criticism of the West and the East, a survey of key Movements, Writers and Concepts.
Course Type : Complimentary Course
Course Code : JOU4(3)C01
Equips the students with the practical and professional aspects of Journalism like copy writing, conducting interviews, writing film reviews, personality profiles etc. and enables them to gauge the concepts and characteristic features of allied areas like Public Relations and Advertising.
Course Type : Core Courses
Course Code : ENG5B07
The course is a wide spectrum of drama across the globe. It seeks to stimulate in
the learners interest in drama, to appreciate drama as an art form and to fathom its trends and techniques
Course Type : Core Courses
Course Code : ENG5B08
To introduce the students to the history and principles of literary theory
and thereby to enhance the vision of students by introducing them to newest developments in
theory.
Course Type : Core Courses
Course Code : ENG5B09
The course studies what language is and what knowledge of a language consists
of. This is provided by basic examination of internal organization of sentences, words, and sound systems.
Course Type : Core Courses
Course Code : ENG5B10
To enable students to appreciate Indian literature in English and to explore
its uniqueness.
Course Type : Open Course
Course Code : ENG5D03
This course is aimed at helping students appreciate and explore the legendary works of literature.
Course Type : Core Courses
Course Code : ENG6B11
To introduce students to experiences unique to women and to the fundamental
precepts of the feminist movement and to identify the polyphonic quality of women’s voices.
Course Type : Core Courses
Course Code : ENG6B12
: To hone the sensibility of the student to appreciate the great classics, to understand their
universal quality and thereby achieve a broader perspective of life
Course Type : Core Courses
Course Code : ENG6B12
Introduces women’s voices articulated in literature from various countries and sensitize students to issues like marginalization and subjugation of women.
Course Type : Core Courses
Course Code : ENG6B13
To introduce students to films studies as a discipline and to develop in them
analytical and critical skills so that they can appreciate cinema as an independent art form.
Course Type : Core Courses
Course Code : ENG6B14
This course aims at introducing students to the body of literature, some of them still
emerging, produced by writers from countries that were not a part of the canon of British Literature eg.
Writers from Asia,