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master of arts
Gujarat University
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Master of Arts
For the Academic Year
2012-2013 & Until further notice

1

Design and structure of the Course: 2012-2013,2013-2014,2014-2015

Department

English

Se mes ter

I

No.

ENG401
ENG402
ENG403
ENG404
ENG405
ENG406S

English

II

ENG407
ENG408
ENG409
ENG410EA
ENG410EB
ENG411EA
ENG411EB
ENG412S

English

English

III

IV

ENG501
ENG502
ENG503
ENG504EA
ENG504EB
ENG505EA
ENG505EB
ENG506S
ENG507
ENG508EA
ENG508EB
ENG509EA
ENG509EB
ENG510
ENG511EA
ENG511EB
ENG511EC

ENG 512

Course
Name

No of Hours per Week
Lectu
res

Othe rs Prac tical s

Tota l Course
Credit

3
3
3
3
3

1
1
1
1
1

-

4
4
4
4
4

4
4
4
4
4

15

5

0

4
24

3
3
3

1
1
1

-

4
4
4

4
24
4
4
4

3

1

-

4

3

1

-

4

15

5

0

4
24

3
3
3

1
1
1

-

4
4
4

3

1

-

4

3

1

-

4

-

-

-

4

15

5

0

24

3
Special Author
3
Literature and Gender
Introduction to Film Studies
3
New Literatures
Contemporary Theories (1960 Onwards)
3Literature and Performing – Fine Arts
Life Literature and Thought in Twentieth Century 3Literatures of the Indian sub continent
-3
Professional Skills
Seminar
Total
9

1
1

-

4
4

4
24
4
4

1

-

4

4

-1
-1

-

4
4

4

-1

-

4

History of English Literature 1500-1660
History of English Literature 1660-1798
Indian Writing in English
Women 's Writing
Communicative English I
Seminar*
Total
History of English Literature 1798-1914
History of English Literature 1914-2000
Communicative English II
American Literature
Indian Literature in English Translation
Word Classics in English Translation
Translation: Theory and Practice
Seminar*
Total
World Drama
Research Methodology
Literary Criticism
Comparative Literature
Colonial /


References: 3. Bertolt Brecht. 1950. “The Modern Theatre is the Epic Theatre: Notes to the opera Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic.Ed. and trans. John Willett. London: Methuen, 1964. Natyasastra. New Delhi: D. K. Printworld, 1994. (1934), vol. III (1954), vol. IV (1964). 6. Konstantin Stanislavski. 1936. An Actor Prepares. London: Methuen, 1988. Brooker, Peter, Ed. Modernism/ Postmodernism (Longman Critical Readers, 1992).
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