ENGLISH
About
The Department of English, MSSV, Nagaon established in July, 2016 currently offers B.A. Major, Masters, M. Phil and Ph. D Programmes, syllabuses of which are researched, meticulously planned, constantly updated to meet national and international standard, and Course Structure adheres to latest UGC guidelines on Choice Based Credit System. It aims to develop keen academic environment that helps nurture every student and build confidence to utilize his/her knowledge and potentiality. In addition to imparting quality education the department prepares students to form holistic attitude by moulding their minds into intellectually competent, morally upright, socially committed and spiritually inspired beings.
The department organizes seminars, lecture programmes etc. on a regular basis and engages itself with inter-disciplinary activities. Literary Society, Library Committee, Students Advisory Committee having student participation helps them develop leadership quality. Apart from intensive class room teaching teachers are engaged in research and publications.
Vision: To strive for achieving the status of a Centre of Excellence.
Mission: Seeks to provide quality education by making learning and research into productive deliverables and equip each student with such knowledge and personality so as to prepare to meet global challenge and develop a sense of professional and social commitment commitment
Achievements and Activities:-
Two Ph. D scholars -Sugandhyashree Bhattacharjee and Rupashree Dutta presented papers in the Applied Research International Conference held in the University of Oxford on 24th-25th February, 2020.
Successfully conducted two national seminars one on “IDENTITY AND CRITICAL PRAXIS :LITERARY AND PHILOSOPICAL PERSPECTIVES” and the other on LITERATURE AND MARGINALITY in collaboration with the department of Philosophy and Asssamese respectively. Organized two talks one on “Romanticism, Ecoconsciousness and “Rousseau”” by Prof. B.C.Dash and the other on “Women in the Historical Juncture” by Dr. Arupa Patangia Kalita.
Courses & Programs
PROGRAMMES OFFERED –
- B.A.(Major)
- M.A.
- M. Phil.
- Ph. D.
1.B.A ENGLISH (MAJOR)
- About the Programme-
- Admission Procedure: Purely on merit basis following University rules communicated from time to time to conform Government guidelines.
Sufficient ahead of the admission date notices and advertisements in local newspapers , website, social media etc. are made.
2.B.A (MAJOR)
The Department offers BA English (Major) Programme at Under Graduate level based on latest UGC structure of Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). There are a total of 14 (fourteen) Core Courses that a student is required to take across six semesters. All the Core Courses are compulsory. There shall be four Courses of Generic Elective (GE) distributed across first four semesters (one in each semester). In addition to Core and Generic Courses, a student of B.A. (Major) shall choose four Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Courses, two in each last two semesters. Students are also to offer two Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) distributed in first two semesters. Apart from it, a student is to offer two Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) spread across third and forth semesters.
3.M.A. ENGLISH
Programme Objectives:
Programme Objectives are what knowledge, skill and attitude a post-graduate student from this university should have at the end of the programme, The objectives are that in addition to knowledge acquired in some Open Elective Courses, a post graduate from the university should have acquired sound knowledge of British literature, American literature, literature in English in post-colonial countries, critical and literary theories and English Language Teaching; how to write research articles/papers apart from acquiring effective communication and efficiency in soft skills for meeting the challenges of globalization and has developed such attitude for holistic development of personality.
4.PhD/M.Phil
The Programme aims to develop critical thinking by encouraging scholars to undertake systematic investigation by way of critical observation, examining, thinking, questioning, and to find an answer to a given problem and reach new conclusion that holds true at least for the given space. The programme offers major thrust areas such as British Literature, American Literature and Indian Literatures for research topics.
Department Head
People
Research & Publications
Research Completed (M.Phil)
1. Title- African-American Travel Writing as Cultural Critique: A Reading through Richard Wright’s Black Power, Color Curtain and Pagan Spain
Name- Sagorika Kotoky
Supervisor- Prof. N Pattanayak
Degree- M. Phil
Year of award- 2020
2. Title- The Matrix of Child Psychology: A Study of Ruskin Bond’s Short Stories
Name- Sobha Lakshmi Hazarika
Supervisor- Prof. N Pattanayak
Degree- M. Phil
Year of award- 2020
3. Title- Memory and Identity: A Reading of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Novels A Pale View of Hills, and An Artist of the Floating World
Name- Sabiha Nahid
Supervisor- Prof. N Pattanayak
Degree- M. Phil
Year of award- 2020
4. Title-Multiculturalism in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines and Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Name- Md. Ajmal
Supervisor- Prof. N Pattanayak
Degree- M. Phil
Year of award- 2020
5. Title- Contemporary Youth in Chetan Bhagat’s Select Popular Fictions: Interfacing Text and Film
Name- Jumpa Dey
Supervisor- Prof. N Pattanayak
Degree- M. Phil
Year of award- 2020
6. Title- Breaking Gender Stereotypes: A Critical Study of Nirupama Borgohain’s “Abhiyatri” and Indira Gowami’s The Bronze Sword of Thengphakhri Tehsildar and Film
Name- Sukanya Goswami
Supervisor- Dr.Jnanedra Barman
Degree- M. Phil
Year of award- Dissertation submitted
Ongoing Research (Ph.D):
1. Title- Eco-consciousness in Select Novels of Amitav Ghosh : A Critical Study
Name- Azizul Hoque
Supervisor- Prof. N.Pattanayak
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- Dissertation submitted
2. Title- Women identity in select novels of Anita Desai and Nirupama Borgohain: A Comparative study
Name- Archana Talukdar
Supervisor- Prof. N.Pattanayak
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- 2021
3. Title- Appropriating Subalternity : A Study of the fictional narratives of Easterine Kire
Name- Gautam Kumar Saikia
Supervisor- Prof. N.Pattanayak
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- 2021
4. Title- Socio-political dynamics in the select novels of Arundhati Roy,Kiran Desai and Aravind Adiga
Name- Sukanya Goswami
Supervisor- Prof. N.Pattanayak
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- 2021
5. Title- The Politics of Post-Memories in Select Partition Narratives of India and Pakistan
Name- Deepanjali Baruah
Supervisor- Prof. N.Pattanayak
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- 2022
6. Title- Voice of the Subaltern :A Study of Kavita Kane’s novels
Name- Ratnashree Barthakur
Supervisor- Dr. Madhulina Chowdhury
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- 2022
7. Title- Dynamics of Eco-critical ethos in select works of Ruskin Bond (synopsis not yet submitted)
Name- Rubia Anjum Choudhury
Supervisor-
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award-
8. Title- Quest for identity in Rohinton Mistry’s novels
Name- Pranjal Hazarika
Supervisor- Prof. N. Pattanayak
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- June, 2023
9. Title- Dynamics of Protest in the select works of Indira Goswami and Kamala Das
Name- Santipriya Dutta
Supervisor- Dr. Himakshi Kalita
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- June, 2023
10. Title- Legacy of Partition:Situating Trauma and Memory in the Novels of Bapsi Sidhwa
Name- Sunita Kharikap
Supervisor- Prof. N.Pattanayak
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- June ,2023
11. Title- Science Fiction and Colonialism :An Eco-Critical Study of Select Novels
Name- Jaisree Choudhury
Supervisor- Prof. N.Pattanayak
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- Dec. 2023
12. Title- Performing Gender,Asserting individual identity : A Study of select novels of Dorris Lessing,Margaret Atwood and Margaret Drabble
Name- Jitamoni Phukan
Supervisor- Dr. Madhulina Chowdhury
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- Dec.2023
13. Title- Subaltern Voice in select Works of Anita Nair, Poile Sengupta and Manjula Padmanabhan
Name- Sugandhashree Bhattacharya
Supervisor- Dr. Himakshi Kalita
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- Dec.2023
14. Title- Treatment of History, Race and Gender in the select novels of Maryse Condi
Name- Rupshree Dutta
Supervisor- Prof. N. Pattanayk
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- Dec.2023
15. Title- Psychological Exploration of female characters in select South Asian novels by Women Writers
Name- Sukanya Kar
Supervisor- Dr. Himakshi Kalita
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- Dec.2023
16. Title- Title to be selected
Name- Anamika Devi
Supervisor- Dr. J.M. Tamuly
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- 2024
17. Title- Title to be selected
Name- Mohibul Islam
Supervisor- Dr. Madhulina Chowdhury
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- 2024
18. Title- Title to be selected
Name- Munmoni Saikia
Supervisor- Dr. J.M. Tamuly
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- 2024
19. Title- Title to be selected
Name- Prerona Bora
Supervisor- Dr. J.M.Tamuly
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- 2024
20. Title- Title to be selected
Name- Sahil Hussain
Supervisor- Prof. N. Pattanayak (Ad hoc)
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- 2024
21. Title- Title to be selected
Name- Susmita Mahanta
Supervisor- Dr. Himakshi Kalita
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award-2024
22. Title- Title to be selected
Name- Sukanya Goswami
Supervisor- Dr. Madhulina Chowdhury
Degree- Ph.D
Year of award- 2024
Research Scholars
Activities
Departmental Activities:
- Publication of Annual Wall Magazine.
- Observation of Keats Day and Shakespeare day
- Orgnaised one National Seminar on IDENTITY AND CRITICAL PRAXIS: LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES on 21-22nd February,2019
- Organised one National Level Webinar on LITERATURE AND MARGINALITY ,in collaboration with The Department of Assamese ,MSSV
- Organised MEET THE AUTHOR – A talk by Dr.Arupa P. Kalita on “ Women in the Historical Juncture” on October 07,2020