The Department of English of H P B Girls’ College, Golaghat has the same year of inception as H. P. B. Girls’ College, the sole college for women in the greater Golaghat region. The Department provides intensive monitoring to the students both in and beyond the classroom. The department is impeccably striving hard for enrichment of English Studies and nourishing the students with deep knowledge and aesthetic attitude. All the faculty members of the department teach with eagerness to appreciate the language in its ingenuity to the students who come here to avail themselves of the course. In the near future the department is hoping to think beyond the pedagogic line by establishing link with other disciplines.
Major features, activities and facilities provided by the Department:
a. The Department holds two monthly tests for the major students of each semester: i. First Friday Test (Objective) ii. Last Friday Test (subjective). Participation in the tests is compulsory.
b. The Department takes one tutorial class for the major students every day. All the major students of respective semesters are equally grouped under each faculty.
c. The Department has a collective forum called Life & Literature. Its tasks are to hold state level students’ seminar, talk shows, various literary and cultural competitions, outreach programmes etc.
d. The Department organizes regular guardian meet for the major students. The problems faced by the students, and the classroom activities are discussed here and adequate measures are taken to redress the issues.
e. A State Level Students’ Seminar is organized every year by the Department under the banner of Life & Literature which is the main forum of the Department. Its motto is to encourage the academic excellence of the college as well as University students of Assam.
f. The Department has a Departmental Monitoring Committee (DMC) which is chaired by the H.O.D. All the teachers and 5 students from each semester are its members. It regularly monitors the general welfare of the major students. One student monitor is appointed from each semester on monthly basis. She monitors the overall discipline of her class.
g. The department has a Whatsapp Group called Classroom where issues related to the major courses are discussed. Students are allowed to put their queries in the group and answers are given by the concerned teachers.
h. Library hours are fixed for each semester in working days. Library work for the students is strictly compulsory.
h. The Department organizes an Inter-departmental Wall Magazine Competition annually.
i. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is organized every month by the Department. The students of the department clean the college campus as well as the departmental rooms.
j. Best Student Award of the Department: The Department is going to offer the Best Student Award to the student who will be selected on the basis of academic performance, conduct, maximum time in library hour, attendance, extracurricular activities, dedication to the department.
The Department has two separate wings under Life & Literature.
i. Confluence: Confluence is a reading club which offers membership to the interested college students of Golaghat District. Its session is held every fortnightly at the college campus. Group discussion on books, poetry reading, showcasing of documentaries are organized by the club. Its current secretary is Ms. Shahnaz Akhtara.
ii. Prabah: The Department has a cultural wing called Prabah. It invites various experts to train the member students on various art forms such as Acting, Dancing, Painting and Singing. The session of this wing is held every fortnightly and is open for all the college students of Golaghat District. Its current Joint secretaries are Ms. Rhitika Hazarika and Trishnamoni Saikia.
Presently, the Department is run by four faculty members with a good quantity of students both in Honours and Non-honours courses.
Academic Qualification- M. A. (GU) NET
Specialization & Area of Interest- M. A. (GU) NET
Academic Qualification- M. A. (EFLU) M. Phil. (EFLU) Ph. D. (EFLU) NET
Specialization & Area of Interest- Linguistics & Phonetics, Postcolonial Studies, Cultural Studies
Academic Qualification- M. A. (AUS) NET
Specialization & Area of Interest- Indian Writing in English, Drama and Postcolonial Studies
B.A. in English, Lakhimpur Girls'College, Dibrugarh University
M.A. in English, The English and Foreign Languages University, Shillong Campus
MPhil, Nagaland University
PhD, Nagaland University
| Sl No | Course Title | Course Code | Course Outcome |
| 1 | Indian Classical Literature | ENGH101 | * Appreciate the richness of Sanskrit literature. * Identify various genres such as epic, drama. |
| 2 | European Classical Literature | ENGH102 | * Appreciate the richness of European literature in translation. * Identify the diversity and plurality of European Literature. |
| 3 | English Communication | AECC1.1 | * Use English for effective writing. * Read and Interpret Texts. * Enhance vocabulary. |
| 4 | Language, Literature and Society | GE 1 | * Learn the basics of Linguistics. * Get acquainted with the genre of short story * Learn the connection between language and society. |
| 5 | Indian Writing in English | ENGH201 | * Introduce legendary Indian writers writings in English and their works. * Read and understand Indian Writing through a detailed study of specific literary texts. |
| 6 | British Poetry and Drama 14th to 17th Century | ENGH202 | * Introduce Canonical British Writers. * Get acquainted with important British Dramatists. |
| 7 | Media and Communication Skills | GE 2 | * Get an overview of Mass Communication. * Acquire Communication Skills required to become Jockeys * Learn to create concept based content for shows * Acquire Interviewing and Presentation skills |
| 8 | American Literature | ENGH 301 | * Acquainted with various periods of the history of American literature. * Learn various socio-political-cultural contexts such as colonisation, American Revolution, Great Depression, Gold Rush, Great American Dream, and Slavery. * Realize the richness of American literature through in-depth reading of some canonical literary texts of American Literature. |
| 9 | Popular Literature | ENGH 302 | * Get acquainted with popular literature, such as crime thriller, graphic fiction, children’s literature. * The students will gain a comparative knowledge between popular and classic literature. * They will be able to assess the impact of popular literature on common reader. * Budding student writers will be able to gain knowledge about the factors that have made such texts so popular. |
| 10 | British Poetry and Drama 17th and 18th Century | ENGH 303 | * Display a in-depth knowledge of the history of British Poetry and Drama * Analyze canonical literary works, watershed events, movements, and genres. * Familiarity with a wide range of socio-political-cultural-historical contexts of England |
| 11 | Language and Linguistics | GE 3 | * Introduce the students with the basic concepts of language, its characteristics its structure and how it functions. * Familiarize the students how language is influenced by the socio-political-economic cultural realities of the society. * Acquaint the students about the relation between language and literature |
| 12 | British Literature: 18th Century | ENGH 401 | * Display a in-depth knowledge of the history of British literature of 18th century * Identify and describe distinct literary characteristics of British literature f * Analyze canonical literary works, watershed events, movements, and genres. * Familiarity with a wide range of socio-political-cultural-historical contexts of England |
| 13 | British Romantic Literature | ENGH 402 | * Display a in-depth knowledge of the history of British literature of the Romantic Period. * Identify and describe distinct literary characteristics of British Romantic literature. * Analyze canonical literary works, watershed events, movements, and genres. * Familiarity with a wide range of socio-political-cultural-historical contexts of England |
| 14 | British Literature: 19th Century | ENGH 403 | * Display a in-depth knowledge of the history of British literature of 19th century. * Identify and describe distinct literary characteristics of British literature in 19th Century. * Analyze canonical literary works, watershed events, movements, and genres. * Familiarity with a wide range of socio-political-cultural-historical contexts of England. |
| 15 | Text and Performance | GE 3 | * Understand the link between texts and the contexts against which they are created. v Help students be acquainted with the technical aspects of performance. * Enable them to appreciate the significance of adaptations of literacy of a particular social milieu. |
| 16 | Reading Drama | ENGM501 | * Display in-depth knowledge of the Drama as a literary genre * Identify and describe distinct literary characteristics of the drama form * Analyze drama for their structure and meaning, using correct terminology |
| 17 | Criticism I | ENGM502 | * Display a sound knowledge of literary criticism and theory from Plato to Johnson. * Analyze the contribution of various literary theorists of that phase. * Analyze some canonical theoretical texts. |
| 18 | Great European Thinkers | ENGM503 | * To acquire basic understanding of Philosophy. * To acquaint with the philosophical concepts of eminent thinkers. * To discover interdisciplinary nature of Philosophy. * To apply philosophy on literary texts. |
| 19 | Indian Writing in English | ENGM504 | * Introduce to Indian Writing in English from the colonial to the postcolonial period. * Delve into Issues such as colonization, decolonization, politics of language, cultural imperialism, identity politics, gendered differences, home, dislocation, language among others. * Understand the diversity, plurality of Indian culture and tradition across spatiality. * Realize the richness of Indian Writings in English through in-depth reading of some canonical literary texts written in English. |
| 20 | Criticism II | ENGM601 | * Display a sound knowledge of literary criticism and theory from Wordsworth to Empson. * Analyze the contribution of various literary theorists of that phase. * Analyze some canonical theoretical texts. |
| 21 | Literature of the USA | ENGM602 | * To acquaint with various periods of the history of American literature. * To learn various socio-political-cultural contexts such as colonization, American Revolution, Great Depression, Gold Rush, Great American Dream, Slavery. * To realize the richness of American literature through in-depth reading of some canonical literary texts of American Literature. |
| 22 | Literature in the Postcolonial World | ENGM603 | * To interpret the representation of colonialism in literature. * To apply various issues of postcolonial theory to engage critically with texts within a postcolonial framework. * To look at various dimensions of post-colonialism. |
| 23 | Introduction to Linguistics and Phonetics | ENGM604 |