GOVT. COLLEGE WADRAFNAGAR
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOME
EnglishLiterature courses in theDepartment of English expose students to a wide rangeof writing from British,American and Anglophone traditions. It helps studentsexplore how writers usethe creative resources of language-in fiction, poetry,nonfiction prose, anddrama-to explore the entire range of human experience.Students are expected tostrive, to be imaginative, rhetorically dexterous, andtechnically proficientand as a result, to gain a deeper insight into life. Withthe introduction ofnew syllabus from this year, which promotes a new the maticframe work whereclassical Indian Bhasa literature share space with contemporaryliterarycrosscurrents, UG syllabus at Government College Wadrafnagar will helpstudentsbuild skills of analytical and interpretive argument, and becomecareful andcritical readers. Again, students’ engagement with variousstrategies ofdrafting and revising, style of writing and analytical skills,diagnosing anddeveloping scholarly methodologies, use of language as a means ofcreativeexpression, will make them effective thinkers and communicators —qualitieswhich are crucial for choosing careers in our information-intensivesociety.
Specific learning outcomes forEnglish coursesinclude the following:
1. Reading: Studentswillgain awareness about the best literary traditions of the world. By learninghowothers live and handle their lives, one becomes connected with the world inaway we might not otherwise experience. They will discover that they are partof ahuge conglomerate of human thought and emotion. All the great texts thatastudent of English Literature will get chance to study will expand theirrangeof experience. They can gain courage and strength by living vicariouslythroughwell-developed characters. Through reading students will have anawareness forvaries perspectives. This will also expand their range ofexperience and in theprocess they will learn to be more empathetic toward theplights of others.
2. Literature,Nation andTradition: The current syllabus in the UG level willprovide studentsan opportunity to know India’s age old literary and culturaltradition throughtheir exposure to Sanskrit texts and modern Indian vernacularliterature intranslation. How reading literature in English can be an effectivemeans toaddress the complex issues of identity, nationalism , historicaltradition inIndian context, is a new focus area of the present course.
3. Awarenessabout Cultureand History: Students gain an understanding ofthe relations betweenculture, history and texts. They learn to use texts as agateway to variouscultural traditions and interpret them in their historical contexts.How aliterary text can appear as an ideal platform to located dominantandmarginalized voices of a society, is an important focus of theunder-graduateliterature program.
4. Gainingof CriticalInsight: An exposure to various social and culturaltraditions andthrough the reading of representative texts from differentperiods help astudent gain a critical insight about the reality as a whole.With the help oftheir Knowledge of various critical theories it is expectedthat they will beable to construct their own meaning about the reality and hishistoricalsituated.
5. Issueof Sexuality andGender: Literature course teaches a student tobelieve that one's ownsense of identity is not enough to persuade the rest ofthe world to agree.Human beings are no longer bound by such binary concepts asmale-female ormasculine-feminine. They will learn that sex is a biologicalconcept based onbiological characteristics, whereas gender deals withpersonal, societal andcultural perceptions of sexuality. Appropriation ofliterary texts as tools ofcultural study will help students to challengecenturies of social tradition andscientific belief which promote such andother types of differentiations.
6. CrossFertilizationwith allied Arts: Students of English Literature should also be abletoarticulate the relations among culture, history, and texts—forexample,ideological and political aspects of representation, economic processesoftextual production, dissemination and reception, and cross-fertilizationwithother arts: architecture, sculpture, music, film, painting, dance, andtheatre.
7. Acquisitionof Values: Acquisitionof values is needed for individualdevelopment and social transformation.English literature course at UG level,like any other literary course, helps astudent to gain subjective experienceof the text’s aesthetic value. This helpsin developing quality of thinking andimagination and is a step forward toemerges a better human being. Throughtheir judgment of the aesthetic value of aliterary text students will learn toappreciate whatever is good and beautifulin life. Their healthy mind will thusbe storehouse of healthy thoughts.
8. Writingskills andProcess: Students will be able to recognize andcomprehend differentvarieties of English language and develop a writing styleof their own. EnglishLiterature students should be aware also that textualanalysis can be extendedwith profit to political, journalistic, commercial,technical, and web-basedwriting. It is expected that their exposure to theideas of variety of writersand their cultural backgrounds, will have a bearingin their own literarystyles. With the development of their writing skills andfinesse of style therewill be a possibility of them emerging as perspectivewriters, editors, contentdevelopers, teachers etc.
9. Meansof EffectiveCommunication: Study of literature is intertwinedwith the study oflanguage. Learning various language patterns, sentencestructures and dialogueforms can help one in real life in effectivelycommunicating with others.English is the language of science, computers,diplomacy andtourism. Knowing Englishincreasesstudents’ chances of getting a good job in future.
COURSE OUTCOME
The Department of English ofGovt.College Wadrafnagar seeks to foster the intellectual development ofitsstudents by encouraging study of literature and writing. The Departmentstrivesto make its pass and program students familiar with a wide range of worksofBritish writers in particular and World literature in general with aspecialfocus on Indian writings in English. The issues of culture, history,gender,race, ethnicity, and politics are addressed and negotiated in theprocess ofimparting knowledge of English literature in its pluralistic forms,to helpstudent develop a critical mindset of their own. The Department wishesthateach student who graduates with a BA in English from GRDCW, will have anenduringinterest in language and literature, an awareness of their historicalandcultural legacies, knowledge of complexities of human existence, thepoliticaland social upheavals and its bearing on literature, an understandingof theability of great literature to arouse and challenge people to strugglewithinsightful questions of human identity and values. With theintroduction of the syllabus by Sant Gahira GuruVishwvidayalyaSarguja, theDepartment of English, GCB is now offering two types of courses:(1) EnglishLiterature an Elective English courses in BA PartI+II+III mode, (2) Undergraduate Foundation Course English as a Second Language., While studentsfrom first year will continue with theB.A, B.Sc., and B.Com Part I+II+IIIpattern.
COMPULSORY ENGLISH (B.A./ B.Sc./B.Com.- I,II, III)
The main purpose of thiscourse isto equip the students with the nuances of the English language whichincludesproficiency in grammar and its effective usage in speaking and writing.Itfurther helps them to prepare for various competitive exams and to keep upwiththe increasing demand for English in Indian society and at the globallevel. Italso develops their overall confidence and personality.
v Enhancelanguage through atask-based & learner – centric syllabus
v Familiarizewith variousaspects of our new state of Chhattisgarh.
v Carryout all the LSRWskills
v Channelizeenergy throughsoft skills and Value orientation
v Learngood English toprosper in professional and personal lives
v Becomeproficient inEnglish for global competency
v Thestudents of GeneralEnglish Three years Course learn the use rather than
usageof English.
v Theydevelop their criticalthinking capabilities focused through the course as an importantneed.
v Throughthe selected text,the students are exposed to a range of contexts where thelanguage is used tomeet a variety of real life communication needs.
v Thestudents learn/areequipped with the practical, emotional, intellectual and creativeaspects oflanguage by integrating knowledge and skills.
v Thetext focuses onreadability, reach ability and testability. The students can successfullypassthe three years exam at the undergraduate level by the Sant GahiraGuruUniversity Sarguja.
v Theexercises and the pre& post reading activities in the text draw thestudent into the book andmake them to read it with understanding and insightand also encourage them tothink beyond the text.
v Thestudents gain amplepractice in writing skills. They can write essays andreports and differentiatebetween objective and subjective writing.
v Theybecome aware of thevarieties of English through inputs in British and AmericanVocabulary. They arealso exposed to different literary genres of prose andpoetry.
ELECTIVE ENGLISH (B.A. I,II, III)
This subject expands theknowledgeof the students about the major writers and their works in EnglishLiterature.It equips them to compose sophisticated written works in variousareas ofliterature along with the usage of literary devices. The course aimsto widenthe knowledge of the students about the history of the various PeriodsandMovements in English Literature (British and Indian literature inparticular).It improves their prospects of acquiring admission in M.A. Englishinprestigious institutes. It also helps them to cope more effectively withthesyllabus of postgraduate courses.
v Educate students in boththe artistry andutility of the English language through the study of literatureand othercontemporary forms of culture.
v Provide studentswith the criticalfaculties necessary in an academic environment, on the job,and in anincreasingly complex, interdependent world.
v Assist students in thedevelopment of intellectualflexibility, creativity, and cultural literacy sothat they may engage in life-longlearning.
v Students should befamiliar withrepresentative literary and cultural texts within a significantnumber of historical,geographical, and cultural contexts.
v Students should be able toapply criticaland theoretical approaches to the reading and analysis ofliterary and cultural texts inmultiple genres.
v Students should be able toidentify,analyze, interpret and describe the critical ideas, values, and themesthatappear in literary and cultural texts and understand the way theseideas,values, and themes inform and impact culture and society, both now and inthepast.
v Students should be able towriteanalytically in a variety of formats, including essays, researchpapers,reflective writing, and critical reviews of secondary sources.
v Students should be able toethicallygather, understand, evaluate and synthesize information from a varietyofwritten and electronic sources.
v Students should be able tounderstand theprocess of communicating and interpreting human experiencesthrough literaryrepresentation using historical contexts and disciplinarymethodologies.