Sr. No. | Subjects of Study |
Paper I | Research Methodology (Theory) |
| | 1. Research: Nature and functions
2. Types of literary research
3. A scholar and a critic: Vocations
4. Error, evidence and truth
5. Textual study and the search for authoritative text
6. Problems of authorship
7. Search for origins
8. Literature review: necessity, methods and utilization
9. Research design
10. Selecting and limiting the topic
11. Making notes
12. Formation of objectives and hypothesis (Meaning – Importance – Types –Sources – Characteristics –Forms – Difficulties in Formulation-Testing).
13. Data collection: process, sources, types and tools
14. Data: classification, tabulation, presentation and analysis
15. Offering suggestions and recommendations
16. How to write dissertation/ thesis?
17. What is research paper? How to write research paper?
18. Documentation Skills
19. Abbreviations from MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (sixthedition). |
| | Practical: |
| | 20. Preparing a Research Proposal in first term.
21. Preparing at least two Research Papers one in each term.
22. Learn to use library and online sources for research. Students will visit British library, INFLIBNET and at least two university libraries and prepare a project. |
Paper II | English Language and Literature (Theory) |
| | Part A Language |
| | 1. ELT: an introduction (History, Place, Position, Problems, Prospects and Future)
2. Language acquisition and language learning
3. Listening
4. Speaking
5. Reading
6. Writing
7. Communicative Language Teaching
8. Computer aided language learning
9. English for academic purposes
10. English for specific purposes
11. Business English Communication: Business letter, Report Writing, E Communication
12. Basic concepts of Language Testing and assessment
13. Teaching literature |
| | Part B Literature |
| | 1. Ghosh, Amitav: The Shadow Lines, Mariner Books, 2005
2. Literature Without Borders
3. Bhagat, Chetan: One Night at the Call Center, Rupa, 2005.
4. Shakespeare, William: Hamlet, Penguin. |
| Practical: |
| | 1. Computer orientation:
2. Computer aided language learning and teaching.
3. Use of Language Learning Softwares to improve LSRW. |
Paper III | Translation: Theory |
| Part A Theory of translation |
| | 1. Translation: an introduction.
2. Nature, meaning and its function.
3. Principles of correspondence
4. Theories of Translation
5. Art of translation
6. Types, process, problems and limitations of translation
7. Time: tense, mood and aspect
8. Concepts and notions
9. Idiom: from one culture to another
10. Transference, free rendering and transcreation
11. Translation and transliteration
12. Machine Translation
13. Translating literary, religious and scientific texts
14. Indian Literature in English Translation
15. Translation Theory: An Indian Perspective |
| | Part B: Books in Translation: |
| | 1. Patel, Pannalal:Endurance: A Droll Saga (Manavini Bhavai) trans. Prof. V. Y. Kantak, Sahitya Akademi Publications.
2. Tagore, Rabindranath: Gitanjali, trans. William Radich, Penguin.
3. Backett, Samuel: Waiting for Godot, Faber and Faber.
4. Gandhi, M.K.:My Experiments with Truth (Satya na Prayogo) trans. Mahadevbhai Desai, Navjivan Press. |
| | Practical: |
| | 1. Translation of minimum 30 pages from English to L1 or vice versa.
2. Translation of at least two oral discourses from English into L1 and vice versa.Audio CD and recording will be used for the same.
3. Students will learn the use computer in translation. |
Paper IV | Dissertation |
| | 1. The research scholar will be required to write a dissertation on a topic to be selected in consultation with the faculty.
2. The research scholar can opt for translating a book containing not less than 100 pages from L1 into English or vice versa in consultation with the faculty. The researcher will narrate process and discuss issues, problems, solutions, etc. faced during translating the work in forward. |