M.A English

After the establishment of Goa University, the Department of English had the opportunity of streamlining the syllabi by introducing new courses related to modern British Literature, Commonwealth Literature and Literary Criticism. Moreover, it thoroughly revised the conventional courses in tune with the latest developments in the field of literature and literary criticism

Course Content

# Linguistics
# English Poetry (Chaucer to 1980)
# English Novel (18th Century to 1980)
# English Drama (1600 to 1980)
# Indian Writing in translation or Translation: Theory and Practice or Feminist Writing
# Literary Criticism
# Shakespeare:Plays

Optional Subjects
# Stylistics
# Comparative Literature
# Latin American Literature
# Commonwealth Literature or English Language Teaching or Studies of Colonialisn, Orientalism and Indigenous Discourse
# Shakespearean Studies or Creative writing
# Readings in Literary Theory and Criticism or Introduction to Aesthetics
# Indian Writing in Translation or Translation: Theory and Practice
# Study of one of the major Dramatists
# Study of one of the major Prose Writers/Novelists
# Study of one of the major poets
# Cultural Studies