B.A.English

B.A. English Degree Course introduces various literary avenues to the learners, familiarises them with the emerging literary works and theories that would enhance their academic expertise, to remember and understand the various factors that contribute for evaluation and analysis of the prescribed texts that in turn would open up new areas of literature and language for further study.

Vision

To facilitate the learners to expand their academic search in the field of language andliterature,
To apply their academic and critical analysis to the prescribed and non-prescribedrelevant texts and create their self-style literature and language that would inspire theposterity.

Mission

To extend an academic assistance to the learners to identify, understand and analysethe various tenets of literature.
To make them imbibe social, cultural and moral values that would equip them withboth subjective and objective knowledge essential for the understanding of variousliteratures.
To teach and impart them with the required language tools, structure and patterns thatwould suit the current era.

Curriculum

Semester 1

[Part 1]பொது தமிழ் 1: தமிழ் இலக்கிய வரலாறு-I
[Part 2] General English – I
[Part 3] COREI -IntroductiontoLiterature
[Part 3]COREII - Indian WritinginEnglish
[Part 3]ELECTIVEI - SocialHistoryofEngland
[Part 4] SkillEnhancementCourseI / SkillEnhancementCourse (Foundation Course)

Semester 2

[Part 1] Paper II - Language (Tamil)
[Part 2] Paper II - Language (English)
[Part 3] COREIII -British Literature–I
[Part 3] COREIV - American Literature
[Part 3] ELECTIVEII - SocialHistoryofEngland -II
[Part 4] SkillEnhancementCourse-SEC-2 / SkillEnhancementCourse -SEC-3

Semester 3

Tamil / Other Language
English – III
British Prose
Indian English Literature - I
American Literature – I
African Literature
English for Competitive Examinations
Yoga

Semester 4

Tamil / Other Language
English – IV
British Fiction
Indian English Literature - II
American Literature – II
Language and Linguistics
Content Writing
Computer for Digital Era

Semester 5

Genre Studies
Shakespeare
Research Methodology
Translation Theory and Practice
Environment and Literature
Marginal Literature
Indian Literature in Translation
Personality Development

Semester 6

Literary Criticism
Canadian Literature
Australian Literature
Fantasy Literature
Global Literature
Literature and Psychology
Project (Individual)

Eligibility

12th Standard Pass