Scheme of Study for MA ENGLISH

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The students joining the BS English degree programme will have to study 72 credit hours.

The summary of the scheme of studies is as under:

Abstract of the Scheme of Studies Semester-wise

1st YEAR

SEMESTER I

1. ELL 501  Introduction to Literature
2. ELL 502  Introduction to Language
3. ELL 503  Poetry (1500-1850)
4. ELL 504  Classical Drama
5. GC   501 Arabic-I
6. GC  502   Islamic Studies

SEMESTER II

1. ELL 505  Fiction (1800-1900)
2. ELL 506  Pakistani Literature in English
3. ELL 507  Literary Criticism: From Plato to Eliot
4. GC  503   Islam and Modern Western Thought
5. GC  504   Arabic-II
6. GC  505   Social Science

2nd YEAR

SEMESTER III*

Group A

i               ELL 601 Modern Poetry

ii              ELL 602  Modern Drama

iii             ELL 603  Modern Fiction

iv             ELL 604  Modern Prose

v              ELL 605  Literary Theory and Practice

vi             ELL 606  American Literature

Group B

i.              ELL 607  Phonetics and Phonology

1. ELL 608  Morphology and Syntax
2. ELL 609  TEFL
3. ELL 610  Semantics
4. ELL 611  Sociolinguistics
5. ELL 612  Psycholinguistics

SEMESTER IV*

Group A

i.              ELL 613  World Literature in English Translation

ii.             ELL 614  Postcolonial Literature

iii             ELL 615  Post-war Literature

iv             ELL 616  Literary Encounter ( Islam and West)

v              ELL 617  Contemporary British Poetry

vi             ELL 618  Comparative  Literatures

vii            GC  601   Media and Cultural Studies

viii           GC  602   Research Methodology and Term Paper

ix             GC  603   Translation Studies

Group B

1. ELL 619  Minimalism
2. ELL 620  Computational Linguistics
3. ELL 621  Discourse Analysis
4. ELL 622  Introduction to Syntactic Theory
5. ELL 623  Varieties of English
6. ELL 624  English for Specific Purposes

* Only six subjects will be offered during semester 3 & 4 each.