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MAJ701 · Tools and Methods of Literary Research
- Unit I: define a research project, find and engage useful sources, construct an argument and plan a first draft.
- Unit II: draft and revise a research paper, write an introduction and conclusion, respond to comments and present research in other formats.
- Unit III: formatting, inclusive language, documenting sources, works cited, in-text citations and notes.
MAJ702 · Literary Criticism and Theory from 1801 to 1950
- Unit I: Matthew Arnold’s “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time” and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Poet.”
- Unit II: T. S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” and K. C. Bhattacharya’s “Svaraj in Ideas.”
- Unit III: the history of English studies, structuralism, Freudian psychoanalysis and postcolonial criticism.
MAJ703 · Indian Literature in Translation
- Unit I, prose: essays by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and Gopal Krishna Gokhale; stories by Premchand, Saadat Hasan Manto, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and Perumal Murugan.
- Unit II, poetry: selected work by Kapilar, Amrita Pritam, Narayana Guru, Rabindranath Tagore, Nilmoni Phukan, Jibanananda Das and Namdeo Dhasal.
- Unit III: Alms in the Name of a Blind Horse by Gurdial Singh and Andha Yug by Dharamvir Bharati.