MA in English

Tribhuvan University (TU)

degree|Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

MA in English (MAE)

Eligible Criteria: Individuals who have completed their bachelor's degree in any subject from Tribhuvan University or any recognized university, with a minimum of 100 marks or equivalent, are eligible for postgraduate studies in English. Moreover, graduates from any university in a country where English is the mother tongue, with equivalent graduation level recognition from a tertiary institution, are also welcome to pursue postgraduate studies in English.

English is the major international language of every discipline, its value is increasing day by day. English majors are regarded as superior thinkers and team players all over the world, who tend to achieve well-paying careers and kudos. The M.A. English courses offer students insight into literature, language, culture, and history. Besides studying required core courses that reflect the nature of the discipline, students will have the flexibility of selecting courses from different areas such as language, literature, rhetoric and humanities. While retaining the fundamental philosophy of humanities education—cultivation of humanistic values and critical thinking—this syllabus aims at developing students‘ creative, critical, and communicative skills that they need in their academic and professional life. Focus on writing, intensive study of literary genres, emphasis on interpretive and cultural theories, and the incorporation of interdisciplinary and comparative study are some of the underlying features of the courses. The syllabus requires a participatory and inquiry-based pedagogy for effective teaching and learning.

Courses:

SEMESTER 1

Code

Name

Cr. Hours

ENGL 551 Introduction to Literature and Literary Analysis

ENGL 552 Academic Writing (I)

ENGL 553 Literary Criticism

ENGL 554 Ideas and Themes in Poetry

ENGL 555 Themes and Trends in Fiction

SEMESTER 2

Code

Name

Cr. Hours

ENGL 556 History of British and American Literature

ENGL 557 Critical Stylistics

ENGL 558 Modern and Contemporary Literary Theory

Elective any two (ENGL 559 Postcolonial Studies, ENGL 560 Travel Writing, ENGL 561 Non-fiction (from the Margin), ENGL 562 Literature of War, Conflict and Trauma, ENGL 563 Media Studies, ENGL 564 Environmental Literature and Criticism, ENGL 565 Children‘s Literature)

SEMESTER 3

Code

Name

Cr. Hours

ENGL 566 British and American Drama

ENGL 567 Ideas and Themes in Contemporary Poetry

ENGL 568 Academic Writing (II)

Elective any two (ENGL 569 Nepal Studies, ENGL 570 South Asian Studies, ENGL 571 19th century studies, ENGL 572 Modernist Studies, ENGL 573 Gender and Masculinity Studies, ENGL 574 Life Writing and Autobiography, ENGL 575 Literature and History, ENGL 576 Translation Studies)

SEMESTER 4

Code

Name

Cr. Hours

ENGL 577 Experimental Fiction

ENGL 578 Cultural Studies

ENGL 579 Language and Communication

Elective any two (ENGL 580 Postmodernist Studies, ENGL 581 Performance and Theatre Studies, ENGL 582 Single Author, ENGL 583 Economics and Literature, ENGL 584 Interpersonal Communications, ENGL 585 English Language Teaching (ELT), ENGL 586 Thesis Writing)