Post Graduate Department of English

The English Department has remained an integral part of this institution since its inception in 1926. Legendary teachers like Tarak Nath Sen , Kalidas Bose, Jnanpeeth award winning poet Bishnu Dey, eminent lexicographer Gauri Prasad Ghosh as well as other distinguished personalities have served this department. It has also produced generations of bright young people who have made their name in different fields, including education, journalism and bureaucracy.

Liberal progressive values of western literature have made our Department the guiding light of this institution as it blossomed from a college only for men, to one that makes no discrimination based on caste, creed and gender.

A Post Graduate course was started in the department in 2009. Since 2018 it has come under the CBCS.

Courses:

Under Graduate : B.A. in English.
Post Graduate : M.A. in English.

Syllabus:

CCF Syllabus : View Syllabus
UG CBCS-English Syllabus : View Syllabus
UG CCF English-CSR : View Syllabus
Old syllabus of Calcutta University (1+1+1 Regulations, 2010) :View Syllabus
Old syllabus of Calcutta University (1+1+1 Regulations, 2010) : View Syllabus
New CBCS syllabus : View Syllabus
New PG CBCS syllabus : View Syllabus

Learning Objectives/Outcomes

The Department runs Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses in English under the Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS), teaching a syllabi mandated by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The new system divides the curriculum in modular forms for the duration of the semesters running six months each, thus making the process of transferring credits (grades) easier for a student. Since the semester system has widespread international acceptance, it also facilitates the recognition of academic credits everywhere.

Both at the Undergraduate and the Postgraduate levels, the Department offers a bouquet of Core Courses and General Elective Courses, and also offers Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) in English language to all Undergraduate students of the college in  Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences and Commerce Streams.

The upgraded syllabi of the B.A. and M.A. courses in English, taught by the Department, not only covers British Literature, but also American Literature, Indian Literature in Translation etc. This give the students a wide exposure to the literatures of the world, as well as critical theories covering the most recent trends in different fields in literature and cultural studies.

Both at the B.A. and the M.A. levels, there is a special emphasis on language acquisition, with Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) in B.A. level and English Language  Teaching (ELT) modules in M.A. level, with papers focused on applied Linguistics. Such emphasis naturally enhances the students’ language skills and improves general employability in teaching, media, Information Technology (IT) and other sectors.

Program Outcomes & Course Outcomes (POs and COs)

• Programme Outcome & Course Outcome : View

Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan 19-20 UG : View
Lesson Plan 19-20 PG : View
Lesson Plan 20-21 PG : View
English Dept. Lesson Plan UG 2021 : View
English Dept. Lesson Plan – 2022-23 : View
English Dept. PG Lesson Plan : 2024-25 : View
English Dept. UG Lesson Plan : 2024-25 : View

Question Bank

• Question Bank - UG : View
• Question Bank - PG : View
• English Dept. - Question Bank UG 2021 : View

Study Material

• Website of Department of English, Maulana Azad College : View
• Arms and the Man - George Bernard Shaw : View
• Dream Children - Charles Lamb : View
• Shooting an Elephant - George Orwell : View
• Syllabus of GE2 English : View
• Website of Department of English, Maulana Azad College : View
• Macbeth at a Glance : View
• Lord of the Flies | Study Guide : View
• Read a Plot Overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter Summary and Analysis. : View
• The Mayor of Casterbridge : View
• Macbeth | Study Guide : View
• Study Material for Students : View
• PG Sem IV - A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf: View
• UG Sem II - The Metaphysical Poets Essay: View
• Materials - 1. PG Sem II: VIRGINIA WOOLF: MODERN FICTION View

Faculty:

Sri PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA

Qualification: M.A.
Designation:ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & HOD
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Smt. PRITHA CHAKRABORTY

Qualification: M.A., M.Phil.
Designation:ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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Dr. DEBASRI BASU

Qualification: M.A., PHD
Designation:ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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RESHA BARMAN

Qualification: M.A.,
Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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SARANYA MUKHERJEE

Qualification: M.A., M.PHIL
Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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Gallery / Testimonials

International Mother Language Day Programme

UG Sem III student Shayari Roy at USIS, Kolkata in April 2019