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2026–27 intake · Honours extension

Semester VIII

Fourth-year honours courses. Check the programme and elective choices prescribed for your enrolment.

Major · 01/ENG/MJR/451T

Contemporary Literary Theory

6 credits10 entries

  1. Unit IFormalism / Social discourse
  2. Unit IIFeminism / Marxism
  3. Unit IIIDeconstruction / Postmodernism
  4. Unit IVPost-colonialism / Eco-criticism
  5. Unit VNew Historicism / Psychoanalytic criticism

Major · 01/ENG/MJR/452T

English Grammar And Composition

6 credits19 entries

  1. Unit IDeterminers / Primary verbs and more
  2. Unit IINoun phrase / Verb phrase and more
  3. Unit IIISimple and compound sentence transformations / Simple and complex sentence transformations
  4. Unit IVPositive-comparative-superlative transformations / Assertive-interrogative transformations and more
  5. Unit VEssay writing

Elective · 01/ENG/DSE/451T

English Poetry From Marvell To 1797

4 credits18 entries

  1. Unit IThe Definition of Love / The Garden and more
  2. Unit IIThe Rape of the Lock, Canto IV
  3. Unit IIIOde on a Distant Prospect of Eton College / Ode on Spring and more
  4. Unit IVNature and English poetry / Characteristics of Metaphysical poetry
  5. Unit VCharacteristics of Neo-Classical poetry / Poetry of Sensibility and more

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Elective · 01/ENG/DSE/452T

American Fiction

4 credits5 entries

  1. Unit IThe Scarlet Letter
  2. Unit IIMoby-Dick
  3. Unit IIIAdventures of Huckleberry Finn
  4. Unit IVThe Great Gatsby
  5. Unit VGone with the Wind

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Elective · 01/ENG/DSE/453T

Indian Diasporic Literature

4 credits5 entries

  1. Unit ITheorizing diaspora
  2. Unit IIIndian diaspora: historical perspective
  3. Unit IIIIndia: A Wounded Civilization
  4. Unit IVThe Palace of Illusions
  5. Unit VThe Namesake

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Elective · 01/ENG/DSE/454T

Literature And Films

4 credits9 entries

  1. Unit IThe Language of Films (Film Studies: The Basics, Chapter II)
  2. Unit IIThe Limits of the Novels and the Limits of the Films (Novels into Film, Chapter I) / Understanding Third Cinema
  3. Unit IIIDevdas / Two States
  4. Unit IVWater / Fitoor
  5. Unit VPinjar / Omkara

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Elective · 01/ENG/DSE/455T

Literature In Films & Media Studies

4 credits9 entries

  1. Unit IThe Language of Film: Signs and Syntax (How to Read a Film, Chapter 3, pp.170–249)
  2. Unit IIThe Guide / Guide (1965)
  3. Unit IIIPinjar / Pinjar (2003)
  4. Unit IVPride and Prejudice / Bride and Prejudice (2004)
  5. Unit VHamlet / Haider (2014)

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4 credits18 entries

  1. Unit IHistorical overview of Indian theatre
  2. Unit IIClassical and contemporary performance theories / Colonial and resistant performance and more
  3. Unit IIINautanki / Jatra and more
  4. Unit IVBharat’s Rasa theory
  5. Unit VDirection / Production and more

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