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.
This course is intended to sharpen the reading and writing skills of the students through a number of reading exercises and composition work.
Objective:
To familiarize the students with the literature and culture of the 19th century – the romantic sensibility that reigned supreme during the century-to help him/her formulate a critical perspective of the writings of the period.
Course description
Precursors of romanticism –The Romantic movement – the significance of French Revolution of 1789 and 1798-Victorian period-continuance and decline of romantic sensibility - emergence of machines and industries-ascent of materialism-loss of faith –Pre-Raphaelite poetry –tradition of realism in novel writing.
This course aims at developing a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of different techniques of copy editing, the technical terminologies and apply those terms in the practice of copy editing.
This course aims at familiarising students with the classics from various lands. Students should demonstrate an understanding of the features that go into the making of a classic
Students should be able to understand what is postmodernism and should distinguish between different postmodern literary genres and recognise the
interconnection between different postmodern genres and texts.
They should demonstrate an understanding of the socio-political, cultural and technological
milieu of the postmodern texts
and the various literary techniques used in the postmodern texts.
This course is intended to hone the reading and writing skills of the students through a
series of exercises and composition work.
This course is designed to introduce to the learner the rudiments of academic writing,
editing and the bases of evaluating such writings. This course acquaints the learner with the
major patterns of essay development with sufficient items for practice.
This course aims at familiarising students with the
classics from various lands. Students should demonstrate an understanding of
the features that go into the making
of a classic.
This course aims at developing a comprehensive
understanding of the theoretical and
practical aspects of different
techniques of copy editing, the technical terminologies
and apply those terms in the practice
of copy editing.
The course is conceived as a practice-oriented guide to the development of harder language skills namely, reading and writing. The reading exercises are designed in such a way that it helps slow learners as well to acquire adequate skills to go to the higher levels where the students are expected not only to comprehend factual and implied information, but also to discern the mechanics with which authors infuse affective elements into writing. Writing tasks are also graded from simple compositions to attempting sophisticated literary pieces towards the end of the course. Instead of the conventional lecture method, the course is to be delivered as guided sessions involving composition writing and one-to-one mentoring sessions and hence the course material is prepared as a pair of books consisting of a textbook and a workbook.
In this section a detailed analysis of Victorian society is done. students are introduced to the diverse socio, political, cultural, and political events that shaped the Victorian era and sensibility.