The Post Graduate Diploma in the Novel looks at the genre of the novel and takes into consideration three major literary traditions of the novel. The course focuses on the writings of the greatest British novelists and their finest works, on various aspects of the novel as a genre, and discusses each novel against its social and cultural contexts. The programme also exposes learners to the major novelists in American Literature through a study of their representative novels and traces the development of the Australian novel, its colonial history up to the present times. 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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.