Name of the Head of Department:
Prof. Margaret Ch.Zama. [Phone: 0389-2330631/2332408 Fax:2330705]

Student intake capacity : 25

Courses conducted for M.A : (new revised syllabus with effect from August 2008)

I Semester     :Poetry I, Drama I, Fiction I, Literary Criticism      

II Semester   :Poetry-II, Drama-II, Fiction-II, Introduction to Critical Theory

III Semester :Poetry-III, Indian Writing in English, American Literature I,

                     Options       : 1. Gender & Literature

                                         2. Non-Fictional Writing

                                         3. European Fiction in Translation

IV Semester : Narratives of the North-East, New Literatures in English, American     Literature II,

                    Options    : 1. Indian Fiction in Translation

                                     2. Popular Literature

                                     3. Children's Literature

Three-semester M.Phil. Course : (new syllabus with effect from August 2008)

PART : A I^st Semester (Compulsory)

1.       Composition and Research Methodology

2.       Contemporary Critical Theory and Literature

PART : B I^st Semester (Optional Courses)

1.       Indian Literature in English and in English Translation

2.       Literature of the Indian Diaspora.

3.       The Multi-Ethnic / Cultural Voices: The American Experience (Literatures of

          African-American, Jewish-American, Native-American, Asian-American)

4.       Contemporary British Fiction

5.       New Literatures in English

6.       Women's Writing

7.       Ethnographic/ Tribal Narratives

8.       Dalit Writing

Dissertation Writing (II^nd & III^rd Semester)