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Integrated MA English Language and Literature Program. The Program seeks to give students a solid foundation in all of the recognised precepts of English literature that fall under the ambit of the curriculum. It adheres to the choice-based credit system of the university regulations, which are based on the requirements of the UGC Regulations.The Program offers a mix of Core and Elective courses throughout ten semesters with the opportunity to leave the Program at the conclusion of the sixth semester.The students earn a majority of their credits from the core courses, and they have freedom to choose from a variety of elective courses to fulfil their credit requirement for each semester.
The program’s goal is to increase students’ capacity for analysis, research thinking, and investigation, transforming them into engaged readers and writers who appreciate literature and society and are capable of speaking clearly in both academic and professional settings.
Students stand to gain a comprehensive understanding of philosophical, chronological, aesthetic, conceptual, and practical perspectives through the Integrated MA English Language and Literature Program. The Program seeks to give students a solid foundation in all of the recognised precepts of English literature that fall under the ambit of the curriculum. It adheres to the choice-based credit system of the university regulations, which are based on the requirements of the UGC Regulations. The Program offers a mix of Core and Elective courses throughout ten semesters with the opportunity to leave the Program at the conclusion of the sixth semester.
The students earn a majority of their credits from the core courses, and they have freedom to choose from a variety of elective courses to fulfil their credit requirement for each semester. The core courses include subjects like Indian Writing in English, New Literatures, Introduction to Literary Criticism, Shakespeare Studies, History of English Literature, Indian Aesthetics, etc. the elective courses deal with an array of specific areas like English for Media Communication, Creative Writing, Technical Writing, ELT, Translation Studies, Canadian Literature, Travel Writing, European Fiction, Comparative Literature, Indian Women Novelists, etc.
In their final semester, students are required to do a project of their choice, choosing a subject of interest and learning the fundamentals of performing academic research. Finally, they turn in a project report and publish a paper based on their investigation. The program’s goal is to increase students’ capacity for analysis, research thinking, and investigation, transforming them into engaged readers and writers who appreciate literature and society and are capable of speaking clearly in both academic and professional settings.
Programme Duration: 5 years (10 Semesters)
Dr. Ramanathan P. V.
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Applications for admission to UG and Integrated degree programmes based on +2 / HSE / Intermediate / equivalent marks except B.Tech, Nursing, and Allied Health Sciences is now open.
Please ignore if you have already applied.
If you have already applied for the aforesaid courses through Amrita Entrance Examinations 2023, you need to only enter your +2 / HSE / Intermediate / equivalent marks in AOAP Portal and upload the relevant Mark Statement immediately after publication of results.
Scholarship Fees, i.e. Slabs 1 to 3 is allotted for the Academic Year 2023-2024 ONLY. Renewal of Scholarship Fees for subsequent years is subject to meeting the following conditions:
Failing to meet the aforesaid conditions 1,2 and 3, the candidate will be required to pay higher fees in the subsequent years.
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
| 18ENG101 | Communicative English | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Language Paper 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 18ELL101 | History of English Literature: The Pre- Chaucerian to The Jacobean | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL102 | English Poetry: The Chaucerian to The Jacobean | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL103 | English Prose: The Elizabethan to The Augustan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18CSA 104 | Introduction to Computing | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | D |
| 18CUL101 | Cultural Education I | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | F |
| Total | 21 |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18ENG121 | Professional Communication | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Language Paper II | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 18ELL111 | History of English Literature: The Augustan to The Victorian | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL112 | English Poetry: The Augustan to the Victorian | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL113 | English Prose: The Romantic to The Modern | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL114 | Indian Writing In English – I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18CUL 111 | Cultural Education II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | F |
| Total | 21 |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18ENG201 | Communicative English (Advanced) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 18ELL201 | History of English Literature: The Late- Victorian to The Modern | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL202 | American Literature | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL203 | Life Writing-I | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL204 | English Fiction: Victorian | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18SSK201 | Life Skills-I | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | G |
| 18AVP201 | Amrita Values Programme I | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | F |
| Total | 23 |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18ELL211 | History of English Language | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL212 | Shakespeare | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL213 | Canadian Literature | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ENV300 | Environmental Science and Sustainability | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | H |
| Elective A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Open Elective A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | J | |
| 18SSK211 | Life Skills-II | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | G |
| 18AVP211 | Amrita Values Programme II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | F |
| Total | 24 |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18ELL301 | Elements of Literary Criticism | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL302 | English Poetry: Modern | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL303 | English Drama: Elizabethan to Victorian | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL304 | Spiritual Literature | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL305 | Phonetics and Grammar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Elective B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 18ELL390 | Live – in – Lab/ Open Elective B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | J |
| 18SSK301 | Life Skills III | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | G |
| Total | 28 |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18ELL311 | Methodology of Literary Studies and Humanities | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL312 | Indian Writing In English-II | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL313 | English Fiction: Modern | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL314 | English Drama: Modern | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL315 | Indian Aesthetics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL316 | Life Writing II | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 23 | |||||
| 18ELL399 | Project (for Exit- option students) | 6 | ||||
| Total | 29 |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18ELL501 | Linguistics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL502 | English Literature: Chaucer to 19th Century | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL503 | New Literatures In English | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL504 | Shakespeare Studies | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 16 |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18ELL511 | Literary Theory-I | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL512 | English Poetry: 19th Century | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL513 | Indian Literatures In English Translation | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Elective I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 18ELL514 | Research Methodology for Language and Literature | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 18 |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18ELL601 | Literary Theory-II | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL602 | English Poetry: 20th Century | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 18ELL603 | Modern English Drama | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Elective III | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Elective II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Total | 18 |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18ELL611 | Film Studies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL612 | European Fiction | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL613 | Writing From the Margins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Elective IV | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 18ELL696 | Dissertation | 8 | ||||
| 18ELL697 | Practical course titled ‘Current Affairs and Debate’ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | |||||
| Total (for Exit- option students) | 146 | |||||
| Total credits for the programme | 214 |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electives A & B (any two) | ||||||
| 18ELL231 | Creative Writing in English | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL232 | Journalism and Mass Media | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL233 | Teaching of English for Indian Students | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL234 | Technical and Professional Writing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Electives I, II, III &IV (any four) | ||||||
| 18ELL531 | Postcolonial Poetry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL532 | Comparative Literature | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL533 | Cultural Studies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL534 | Latin American Writing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL535 | Indian Women Novelists in English | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL536 | Methods of Teaching English Language | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL537 | Translation Studies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18ELL538 | Twentieth Century American Literature | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18HIN101 | Hindi I | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18KAN101 | Kannada I | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18MAL101 | Malayalam I | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18SAN101 | Sanskrit I | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | Cr | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18HIN111 | Hindi II | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18KAN111 | Kannada II | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18MAL111 | Malayalam II | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18SAN111 | Sanskrit II | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
5 Years – 10 Semesters
Age: Candidates born on or after 1st July 2002.
Educational Qualification: 12th or equivalent with an aggregate minimum of 50% marks and a minimum of 60% marks for English from CBSE /State Board/ICSE
Important Note: It is mandatory to meet the required eligibility criteria to complete the admission process. Admission process and seat confirmation will complete only after submission of educational documents and full fee payment including caution deposit.
Selection will be based only on Interview or Entrance test scores.
Registration for admission 2023 is fully online. Candidates are required to have their recent photograph, online payment credentials, etc. to be ready to complete the online application process.
Application fee of Rs. 750/-
The NRI applicants please email to nriadmission@amrita.edu and not be applied through the website.
Proceed to Apply Online (AOAP Link will be provided shortly)
Management Quota option in Amrita Online Application Portal (AOAP)
‘Candidates can also submit the option in Step 2 of the application process, in case if they wish to be considered under management quota.
Tentative Examination Dates: April 28, 29, 30.
Duration: 2 hours
Number of Questions: 80
Marking Scheme: 3 marks will be awarded for each correct answer and -1 for each wrong answer.
Question Paper Pattern
Reasoning: 30 questions
Computing Skills: 25 questions
English: 25 questions
Placement Enqueries :
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Ph: 0476 -280 5108
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