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Department of English
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The
Department of English was established on 1st December 1986.
Right from its inception the Department has attracted a considerable
number of students and research scholars, keen in their pursuit of
language and literary studies. The Department has a special focus on
Comparative Literature. A paper on Comparative Literary Theory is
offered to the post- graduate students in the Department.
Moreover, students, both at post graduate and research levels, are
encouraged to take up research between two literatures/genres/ ages.
The Department of English strives to incorporate a wide range of
subjects and issues under its purview – literary criticism
and theory, poetry and aesthetics, fiction studies-modernist and
post-modernist phases, Commonwealth literature, Postcolonial
studies, Subaltern Studies, and Media Studies, Gender,
Diaspora and Subaltern Studies. With such wide ranging
subjects and with a faculty which is highly specialized, the Department
also has a student exchange programme with Rennes II University in
France.
Programmes of study
M.A. English and
Comparative Literature
M.Phil.
English (Full-time)
Ph.D.
English
(Full-time & Part-time (Internal & External))
Entrance
Examination
M.A.
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The entrance examination question paper will consist of objective type
questions for 50 marks. The remaining 50 marks are allotted
to short notes, essay writing and poem/prose analysis. The
paper is set taking into consideration the U.G. syllabus (English
Major) in Indian Universities.
Essay and paragraph type questions of the entrance examination will be
based on the B.A. English literature syllabus followed in Indian
University literary and Aesthetic movements, Genere Drama, Poetry,
Prose, Novel, Short Story, Biography, etc. Rhetoric, Great Authors,
Literary terms in Criticism & Literature, land marks in
Literary History of England, English literary studies in
America, India and other Commonwealth countries will form the basis for
the questions in this section, Awareness of current literary events,
bestsellers, award winners, international figures in the literary field
will also be tested. Questions testing the skills of the candidate in
comparative exercises will also be included in this section.
M.Phil/Ph.D:
The Entrance Examination question paper will be descriptive in nature
with short notes, essay writing and poem/prose analysis. The questions
for the entrance examination will be at post- graduate level
aimed at testing the students’ comprehensive understanding of
literature in English as well as research aptitude.
Infrastructural Facilities
The Department has
well-ventilated classrooms and one classroom can be used as a seminar
hall having a seating capacity of 50-60. Besides the
facultys’ personal computers, the office has a computer with
internet facilities along with a dot-matrix printer.
The Department also has a photocopier, a VCD Player, new audio-visual
equipments such as LCD projector, educational CDs, etc.
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For more details
refer Admissions
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Dr. N. Natarajan, Head
For contacting on intercom numbers dial 2655991 to 2655998 and the
number
| Faculty |
Qualification |
Specialization/Interest |
Phone |
| Professor |
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| * P.
Balaswamy |
Ph.D
(University of Madras, Madras) |
American
Literature, Translation and Comparative Literature |
345,344 |
| Readers |
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| * Sujatha
Vijayaraghavan |
Ph.D (IIT,
Madras) |
Indian
Writing in English, Postcolonial Literature and Criticism and
Translation Studies. |
347,344 |
| * N.
Natarajan |
Ph.D
(University of Madras, Madras) |
Literary
Criticism, Modern Fiction and Comparative Literature |
347,344 |
| *S.
Murali |
Ph.D
(University of Kerala, Trivandrum) |
Poetry,
Aesthetics, Literary Theory, Indian Literature, Visual Arts
and Environmental Studies |
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| P.
Bhaskaran Nair |
Ph.D
(CIEFL, Hyderabad) |
English
Language Teaching Teacher Education Materials Production |
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| Clement
Sagayaradj Lourdes |
Ph.D
(Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) |
Indian
Writing in English and Translation Studies.
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348,344 |
| Lecturers |
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| *H.
Kalpana |
Ph.D
(Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) |
Canadian
Literature Commonwealth Literature, Feminist Theories & Women's
Literature |
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| Nikhila
Haritas |
Ph.D
(Bangalore University, Bangalore) |
Computer-Mediated
Communications, Audio Visual Communication & Mass Media, Post
Colonial Studies |
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| Guest
Faculty |
2 Nos. |
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* Recognised as Supervisor for guiding
scholars leading to M.Phil and Ph.D.
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