Mangalore University Courses

M.A. (English)

Duration :

Two Years

Eligibility :

a) The candidates who have passed the three year B.A. degree examination of this University with corresponding major/optional subject/s at the degree level, or an examination of any other University considered equivalent thereto are eligible for admission provided they have secured minimum of 45% in the cognate subjects.However in the case of candidates belonging to SC/ST the minimum shall be 40%. 
b) The Candidate who have passed B.A.Ed. degree examination (Regional College Scheme) of any University are eligible for admission to M.A. degree programme in the respective subject provided they have obtained not less than 45% marks in the subjects. 

Course Detail

Semester – I

1. From The Elizabethan Age to The Restoration
2. The Restoration And The Eighteenth Century
3. Later Nineteenth Century Poetry And Prose
4. Nineteenth Century American Literature
5. Nineteenth Century Poetry
6. Later Nineteenth Century Poetry

Semester – II

1. Shakespeare
2. Twentieth Century Poetry
3. Indian poetry and Drama in English
4. English Language: Structure and Usage
5. The Nineteenth Century Novels
6. 19 Century Novels

Semester – III

1. Twentieth Century Fiction
2. Literary Criticism (Part I)
3. Twentieth Century American Poetry and Fiction
4. Indian Fiction in English
5. Classical Drama
6. European Classics(A)

Semester – IV

1. Literary Criticism Part II
2. Teaching of English As A Second Language
3. American Drama
4. Feminism And Literature
5. European Classics (B)
6. Modern Drama
7. Optional Papers:
   • Translation Studies-Part I
   • Translation Studies-Part II
   • Narratives of Partition
   • Indian Responses to Colonialism
   • Reading Women Writing