Particulars from the Department  

POST GRADUATE COURSE

(Four semesters – 2 years)

Four papers of 100 marks in each semester and a total of 16 papers in the course.

Each paper of 100 marks will have 20% earmarked for Internal Assessment

Ø      End of Semester Examination (each paper)                                    :80 marks

Ø      Continuous Internal Assessment:

A. Unit Test 1                                                                           :20 marks            

B. Unit Test 2                                                                           :20 marks

C. (a) Seminar                                                                         :20 marks       

                 (b) Group Discussions, Tutorials and Home Assignments

SEMESTER I

Paper I             English Social, Cultural History

PaperII             Poetry: Chaucer to Romantics

PaperIII           Renaissance Drama   

Paper IV          Non- fictional Prose

SEMESTER II

Paper V             Poetry: Victorian to Modern                                                                    

Paper VI            English Language & Linguistics

Paper VII          Modern European Literature in Translation

Paper VIII         Contemporary Indian English Literature

SEMESTER III

Paper IX            Modern Drama

Paper X             English Language & Linguistics

Paper XI            Fiction: 18^th Century to Victorian

Paper XII          History of Criticism: Classical to Victorian

SEMESTER IV

Paper XIII       History of Criticism: 20^th Century

Paper XIV       Fiction: Modern and Post Modern

Special papers

Paper XV        Option A : Indian English Literature

                     Option B : American Literature          

Paper XVI       Option C : Women and Literature      

                     Option D : Literary Theory

II  ADD ON OR ANY OTHER CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA COURSES  

i)          Diploma course in Functional English  to start from 2007.

The minimum qualification for this course is 10 +2.

Classes will be conducted after 3.00 pm

ii)         The Department would be engaged in the teaching of a Certificate/Diploma Course in Cultural Studies  in collaboration with the Department of Anthropology, Cotton College from the ensuing session.

iii)        The Department also proposes to engage itself in collaborative venture in Montessori Training with the Department of Education as the Nodal department

III    ONGOING MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS: None at the Moment  

IV     AWARDS/ HONOUR RECEIVED:

Prof  Navakanta Barua, former Head of the Department of English, Cotton College   holds the rare distinction of  being awarded the Padmabhusan by the Govt of India. He was also honoured with the Sahitya Akademi and the  Nehru awards.

Prof Adity Sharma, Dr Gautam Sarma and Dr Rakhee Kalita Moral received the Shakespeare Quater Centenary awards from the Gauhati University .

A recognition award by the Nehru Foundation, Delhi was conferred on Dr Abanti Barua, Dr Rakhee Kalita Moral and Dr Deetimali Barua Nath

Ms Merry Barua was awarded a Gold medal by the Gauhati University for securing the

First class first position in the MA Examination in English of GU.

V.   INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES 

REFRESHER COURSE FOR HIGHER SECONDARY TEACHERS

PGCS CONTACT PROGRAMME

• Guest Lecture :               8 February 2002

Speaker  :  Dr. C.P.Sivadasan

                  Retd Professor of English, Calicut University

                  Professor and Head, Regional Institute of English, Bangalore

Subject   : Stylistics and the Study of Literature

• Extension Lecture Series:  18 February 2002

Areas of Career Opportunities

Speakers:  Dr Erik Andvik     The Wonder of Language

                  Ms. Jessie Glover, The Wonder of Literacy

Summer Institute of Linguistics, South Asia Group

 Intended to be part of a Career Guidance and Counselling activity conducted by the Gauhati University this two part lecture targeted students who were looking for careers relating to language development both at the community and academic levels. Lectures were interesting as multidisciplinary approaches in the PG courses are geared towards such specialisation   and development.                

LECTURES BY

1.         Prof Mohan Ramanan, Head of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad on American Studies

2.         Prof K C Baral, Director, CIEFL, NEHU on “Cultural Studies: The Need of the Time”

3.         Mahesh Dattani, eminent playwright interacted with the students and faculty at a workshop on Indian drama

VI        COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS:

• Shakespeare: From Screen to Stage    12-15June, 2000

Presented by the British Council in association with Dept of English, Cotton College

A four-day Shakespeare film retrospective accompanied by critical inputs from the British Council Resource persons, this event was widely attended by literature and film aficionados from the city, bringing alive some of the best works of the Bard to student and teacher alike.

The films presented and discussed were:

1.      Hamlet

2.      Much Ado About Nothing

3.      Richard III

4.      Twelfth Night

The screening and appreciation of the films was preceded by a special lecture on “ Shakespeare on Screen” delivered by Debanjan Chakrabarti, Assisstant Manager, English Studies, British Council, Kolkata.

• USIS Fellow Visits Deptt of English.       6 Sept, 2002

Resource Person:     Ron Price

American poet Ron Price visited the Department of English and spoke at length on the experience of writing poetry from America . He read out a selection of his poems and explained the nature and themes of his verse. He poetry reading session was followed by an interaction in which faculty members, Pradip Acharya, Ranjit Choudhury, Geetam Sarma and Rakhee K Moral took part. Major issues that figured in the discussion included religion, landscape, American idiom and confessional poetry.

• American Center , Kolkata presents Black History Month,

      21 February 2003                    

     Panel discussion :  Black American Literature and History

            Panelists:                  Prof Pradip Acharya (Moderator)

                                             Porjanya B Barua

                                             Dr Geetam Sarma

                                       Dr Rakhee K Moral

LANGUAGE LABORATORY

A language laboratory is being set up in the department in collaboration with the other language departments of the college.

VII     SIGNIFICANT ACHIVEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT:  

ANANDESWAR SARMA MEMORIAL LECTURES

…  instituted in 1987, has played host to several eminent scholars from across campuses of the country, who have delivered illuminating talks on a wide gamut of subjects and issues ranging from Indian aesthetics through Renaissance humanism to American culture. This proved to be an appropriate literary forum for the people of the region to establish contact with their counterparts from other universities and elicited a huge response in terms of introducing new ideas and approaches to literary studies. These lectures include :

1.  Dr Hiren Gohain (Former Prof & Head, Gauhati University ) English Studies in India Today.

2.  Dr Sukanta Chaudhuri (Professor, Jadavpur University ) Shakespeare and the Image of Man

3. Dr Badri Raina (Professor, Kirorimal College , Delhi University ) Dickens and the Petty-bourgeoise Problematic

4.  Dr Prafulla C. Kar (Professor, M.S. University , Baroda ) American Fiction in the Sixties: A Study of Convergences and Divergences

5.   Dr Noorul Hassan, ( Professor, North Eastern Hill University ) Thomas Hardy: The Ranging Vision.

6.   Dr Harish Trivedi, (Former Professor, Delhi University ) India – Mystical and Political.

7.   Dr Mohit Ray (Professor, Burdwan University ) From Modernism to Post-Modernism

VIII      JOURNALS SUBSCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT

PMLA

Shakespeare Quarterly

Notes and Queries

Modern Fiction Studies

Modern Language Quarterly

Shakespeare Survey

Dialogue, Dibrugarh University Journal of English Studies

IX    CONSULTANCY SERVICES

The department has been rendering consultancy services in the form of contact programmes for the Post graduate Correspondence Course in English of Gauhati University.

The department has also been engaged in imparting training to the teachers of Higher Secondary level in the teaching of English as Foreign language.  

Particulars from the individual faculty members

 

1. Name : Aditi Sharma Contact no : M- 99542 02172 Email address :   Area of Specialization : Linguistics Consultancy Service :     2. Name : Partha Sarathi Mishra Contact no : M-94351 90968 Email address :   Area of Specialization : Linguistics, ELT Consultancy Service :     3. Name : Ranjit Kumar Choudhury Contact no : M- 98640 12386 Email address : Poetry and Drama Area of Specialization :   Consultancy Service :     4. Name : Gautam Sarma Contact no : M- 94351 04661 Email address : gautamsarma@sify.com Area of Specialization : Shakespeare,RenaissanceDrama, Literary Criticism Consultancy Service :     5. Name : Porjanya Barua Contact no : M 98643- 06061 Email address :   Area of Specialization : Renaissance and American poetry Consultancy Service :     6. Name : Amlandeep Das Contact no : M- 94350 18848 Email address :   Area of Specialization : Renaissance Literature Consultancy Service :     7. Name : Santanu Phukan Contact no : M- 98640 46720 Email address : sphukan61@rediffmail.com Area of Specialization : Victorian fiction and Language Consultancy Service :     8. Name : Abanti Barua Contact no : M – 94351 09766 Email address :   Area of Specialization : Indo-Anglian fiction Consultancy Service :     9. Name : Geetam Sarma Contact no : M- 98640 24647 Email address :   Area of Specialization : American Fiction Consultancy Service :     10. Name : Garima Kalita Contact no : M – 94350 13329 Email address :   Area of Specialization : Modern Fiction Consultancy Service :     11. Name : Kiran Chandra Bhuyan Contact no : M- 94350 19827 Email address :   Area of Specialization : American Fiction  Consultancy Service :     12. Name : Arunabha Bhuyan Contact no : M- 98640 25208 Email address :   Area of Specialization : Victorian fiction Consultancy Service :     13. Name : Ditimali Barua Nath Contact no : M- 98642 62797 Email address :   Area of Specialization : Victorian fiction Consultancy Service :     14. Name : Rakhee Kalita Moral Contact no : M- 98640 68574 Email address :   Area of Specialization : Modernism,Am Lit,Postcolonial Studies Consultancy Service :     15. Name : Afsana Begum Borbhuyan Contact no : M- 94350 46669 Email address :   Area of Specialization : Linguistics Consultancy Service :     15. Name : Merry Barua Contact no : M- 94353 83181 Email address :   Area of Specialization : Linguistics Consultancy Service :