Program Specific outcomes (PO’s)
  • The Department of English follows the syllabus designed by Dibrugarh University for both major and non-major courses.
  • It offers students the opportunity to study significant texts produced from the British, American, Indian, Global Anglophone literature, Indian Classical literature, European Literature, Vernacular literature in translation along with a comprehensive linguistic course.
  • The courses cover a vast range of social, literary and cultural histories; in-depth explorations of genres such as fiction, poetry, non-fiction, drama, travelogue, biography, autobiography that offer profoundly insightful, varied, multi-dimensional, heterogeneous representation of the world.
  • In-depth and nuanced exploration of the literary texts helps the students to become more active and critical readers.  This transformative power of literary texts enhances the capability to be more emphatic, broadminded and imaginative.
  • Studying literature at the undergraduate level encourages all the students to take the reading as an essential and rewarding part of a life-long commitment to learning and growth.
  • Apart from developing the literary skills, the English Honours course help students to build skills of interpretation. The students can practice writing in a variety of genres to creatively express their point of views.
  • It leads the students to become more effective thinkers and communicators thus making them well-prepared for a variety of careers.
  • It equips students with knowledge of English as a world language. It helps the students to accurately and precisely communicate– both in speaking and writing – in a variety of contexts and genres.
  • It helps to build a substantial command of English and its linguistic structures.
  • It helps the students to recognize and comprehend different varieties of English.
  • It equips student with analytical skills in linguistics, communications and literary criticism.
  • It helps the students to analyze the structure and evolution of English words and texts from the point of view of morphology, phonology, grammar, syntax and semantics.
  • The program is an effective tool to identify and describe the nature and function of language as a human attribute, including language acquisition, language and society, language and culture, language and thought.
  • The Program trains students for careers and advanced studies in a wide range of English, Public Relations, or Communications fields.
  • The program helps the students to apply theoretical frameworks for literary criticism, linguistic analysis, and communication theory.
  • It helps the students to conduct original research and be prepared to pursue advanced studies in English, Public Relations, or Communication fields.
  • The program builds the ability among students to read texts closely and to articulate the value of close reading in the study of literature and rhetoric.
  • The students build the skill to respond imaginatively to the content and style of texts.
  • The ability to write clearly, effectively, and imaginatively, and to accommodate writing style to the content and nature of the subject.
  • Moreover, the course increases in-depth Knowledge of the Core Areas of the Subject among the students as they acquire a comprehensive and microscopic knowledge of the historical development of the English language and of literature along with literature from other countries such as American, Indian, and Global Anglophone.
  • It helps the students to acquaint with a wide range of British and American literary works, as well as with selected authors and works of other literatures, including folk and popular forms.
COURSE OUTCOME
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. ENGH 301 GE 2
  • 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 ENGH302
  • 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 ENGH303
  • 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 ENGH401
  • Display a in-depth knowledge of the history of British literature of 18th century
  • Identify and describe distinct literary characteristics of British literature
  • 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 ENGH402
  • 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 ENGH403
  • 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.
  • 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
  • To make students familiar with how linguists approach and analyze language in primary fields of linguistic analysis
  • To develop knowledge and awareness of phonetic
  • Provide knowledge of the theoretical and practical issues surrounding a chosen topic in phonological or phonetic theory