The Post Graduate Diploma in New Literatures in English encompasses several courses in this area of postcolonial studies/ new literatures. We aim to familiarize students with some of the major new literatures, through a study of significant/ representative texts, while showing the richness of these literatures and their similarities and differences by relating them to developments in critical theory. We also aim to show how historical, social and political pressures characterize these literatures and how ethnic contexts influence them. We take up literatures from Africa, South Asia, the Caribbean, Australia and Canada. The Australian Literature course speaks of the multicultural aspects of the country, introduces students to the first inhabitants of Australia, their writings and traces the beginnings of the settlers, and the writers who set the foundation of its literature along with the issues they grappled with. The programme then takes the learners into the world of 20^th Century Canadian Literature giving them knowledge about the contexts of Canadian Writing, recent Canadian Poetry, Margaret Atwood’s life and works, French Canadian Writing, the Canadian novel Canadian South -Asian Diasporic Writing, Canadian Short story, Canadian Drama, and the development of Canadian Criticism. And lastly we look at an integral part of the curricula at colleges and universities across the globe - literary theory and criticism, beginning from classical times, including romantic criticism, new criticism, feminist theories, deconstruction and contemporary theories.

 

Course Code	Title of the Course	Course Credits
MEG 05	Literary Theory & Criticism	8
Choose Any three of the following courses: 3 X 8 Credits = 24 Credits
MEG 08	New Literatures in English	8
MEG 09	Australian Literature	8
MEG 12	A Survey Course in 20th Century Canadian Literature	8
MEG 19	Australian Novel	8
Total Credits		32 Credits

 

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Teleconferencing is a one-way video and two-way audio facility. Teleconferencing is held every month. During teleconferencing session, you will get an opportunity to interact by phone in facility or fax with the resource persons/experts who participate in teleconferencing session and clear your doubts immediately. The teleconferencing facility will be available at the Regional Centre and Selected Study Centres. The teleconferencing schedule will be sent to the Programme In-charge and Regional Director who would inform the students. Teleconferencing is done through Gyan Darshan Live Channel. Students must regularly attend these sessions. These will help them clarify doubts and interact with other learners all over the country.

 

Radio counseling will be held through FM and students can ask questions free of cost with phone in facilities right from their homes. A toll free telephone number 110012345 has been provided for this purpose.

 

The Programme will also be telecast through DD Metro channel and schedule will be informed to students in advance.

 

Audio and video programmes for each course have been prepared to support learning for the students. These Audio-video programmes in the form of cassettes are available at all Programme Study Centres. These Audio and video cassettes will be provided for viewing and listening. They can also hire the cassettes for viewing and listening.

Continuous Evaluation of Theory Component

 

Assignment is a means of continuing assessment of theory and practical. Assignments will help you to recapitulate the theory and go back to the text again in case students are unable to answer a particular question. Thus assignments also help to reinforce learning in distance learning system of education. These assignments consist of a set of questions and activities that you will answer at your own place by referring your blocks.

 

The assignments will cover all types of questions (long answer type, short answer type, objective type, multiple choice questions and case studies).

The assignments will carry thirty percent weightage. Students will be required to obtain fifty percent marks as pass percentage in each assignment separately. Each assignment will carry 100 marks. In the final result assignments will carry thirty percent weightage.

Term-end Examination

As stated earlier, term-end examination is the major component of the evaluation system and if carries seventy percent weightage in the Final result. The University conducts term-end examination twice a year i.e., in June and December. They can take the examination only after completion of the course, failing which students can take the same in December or June of subsequent years within the total span of the programme. In case a student fails to get a pass score in the Term-end Examination, the person will be eligible to reappear at the next Term-end Examination for that course as and when is held, within the total span of the Programme.