The Art of Writing
The course is designed to aid students interested in creative writing to understand and analyse various genres of writing such as poetry and short story. Classical works are analysed for understanding the various strategies employed by their authors as students are encouraged to craft their creative pieces after the masters. The course also aims at enabling students to critically evaluate each other’s works and assess works of art in general.
Course Outcomes
The students shall be able to
a) demonstrate close reading skills and recognize strategies used by professional creative writers
b) employ these techniques and strategies, crafting carefully composed, competent creative work in poetry and prose
c) articulate useful, critical editorial advice for peer writers
d) complete several works of fiction/poetry; and,
e) present critical evaluation of a short story/poem of a published poet.
The course is an exploration of the relationship between a theatrical text and its performance text and bring out the connections between the various media of performance are determined by the discursive or ideological undercurrents and vice versa.
What was English Literature before Shakespeare? Before Chaucer? And from our current
vantage point what was Chaucer and his peers doing? Through 5 modules, this paper
offers a two- fold bird’s eye view: first, the literature of the Anglo-Saxons written over a
thousand years ago and then, the standardising creative consolidation initiated by Chaucer
and his peers; a paradigm shift that made possible the emergence of English literature with
a purpose and identity of its own.
Module I is a sampling of early poetry
Module II offers a selection of early Prose and Drama.
Module III wades through extracts from epic romance and lyrics
Module IV Geoffrey Chaucer
Module V Socio- Cultural background of the literatures of the middle English period
This course aims at acquainting the learners with different forms of inspiring and motivating literature. On completing the course, the students should be able to appreciate inspirational literatures
of various literary genres across
cultures and critically engage with literary
texts written in different languages
and later translated into English.
The course is designed as a practical guide to help the students acquire higher levels of
listening and speaking skills. The listening part consists of audio recordings of various kinds
of speeches which are graded from basic comprehension involving information gathering
to advanced listening skills involving deductive comprehension. Each listening unit
comprises a series of exercises intended to help the learners improve their vocabulary
and sense of grammar. Since the course is designed as a student-centered series of
activities, the role of the teacher here is that of a coach. The exercises recommended in
the course are intended to be practised in the class.
The course is designed as a practical guide to help the students acquire higher levels of
listening and speaking skills. The listening part consists of audio recordings of various kinds
of speeches which are graded from basic comprehension involving information gathering
to advanced listening skills involving deductive comprehension. Each listening unit
comprises a series of exercises intended to help the learners improve their vocabulary
and sense of grammar. Since the course is designed as a student-centered series of
activities, the role of the teacher here is that of a coach. The exercises recommended in
the course are intended to be practised in the class.
The course is designed as a practical guide to help the students acquire higher levels of
listening and speaking skills. The listening part consists of audio recordings of various kinds
of speeches which are graded from basic comprehension involving information gathering
to advanced listening skills involving deductive comprehension. Each listening unit
comprises a series of exercises intended to help the learners improve their vocabulary
and sense of grammar. Since the course is designed as a student-centered series of
activities, the role of the teacher here is that of a coach. The exercises recommended in
the course are intended to be practised in the class.
The course is conceived to replenish the learners' language potentials; to acquaint them with the federal, secular fabric of Indian polity; and to help them imbibe the values that India has always held aloft.
The course is conceived as an essential reader for the undergraduate students to become more informed citizens of the world through a close reading of some of the fundamental assumptions of Indian polity and secularism by examining the praxis of Gandhian thought and reflecting on sustainable environment. The course is divided into four modules incorporating multiple genres such as essay, speech, interview, story and poetry.
- Develop a comprehensive
understanding of the theoretical and
practical aspects of copy editing.
- Develop an awareness of the roles and
functions of copy editors.
- Understand the legal and ethical
issues confronting copy editors.
- Familiarize himself with the invention
and evolution of printing.
- Master the technical terminologies
used in copy editing.
- Demonstrate practical skills of editing
different genres of Edit and proof read
a text to get into print. literary and
non literary works.
To introduce students to major areas of the application of Information Technology
• To develop in students the ability to engage in close, detailed analysis of implications of Information Technology in everyday life.
• To encourage, to critically evaluate impact of Information Technology on society, culture and ecosystem.
This course enables the learners to have a basic understanding regarding the foundations of our nation and it also conscientize us of the diverse factors that shaped/weaved/scripted the concept, nation. The course offers readings on the constitution, democracy, secularism, and federalism.
The main objective of this course is to familiarise the student with the various modes of narrative
fiction attempted across centuries, continents and languages. It is expected that the pupil will be
introduced to the various schools influences and narrative devices that shaped narrative fiction in its
present form.
This course is intended to familiarize the students with the basic theoretical concepts. The evolution of literary theory from the classical to modern period is also highlighted in this course. The major focus of this course is to equip the students to read/critique/analyze a literary text using the theoretical tools.
Module one imparts knowledge about the origin, nature and evolution of language.
It also incorporates the fundamental concepts of linguistics.
• Module two incorporates the basic facts about speech mechanism, phonetics
and other major aspects of articulation.
This course is intended to familiarize the students with the major streams of literary criticism, literary theory and literary terms both Western and Indian. It also aims to make them aware of the interdisciplinary nature of critical approaches to the study of literature and to enable them to appreciate literary/non-literary texts from different perspectives. From a practical point of view, the course should enable the students to write critical reviews/appreciations/analysis for scholarly journals and media.
This course is intended to sharpen the reading and writing skills of the students through a number of reading exercises and composition work.