The curriculum of the Master of Arts degree in English represents two aspects of pedagogic principles: the necessity to maintain the delivery of a high quality education on par with international standards and a postgraduate education commensurate with changing trends and the imperatives of the contemporary world of work and life. The programme is designed as a composite programme in literature, language and critical theory, all of which are inter textual and inter related. Although there are no core courses, a balance between literature, language and discourse and theoretical studies will be maintained in the delivery of the programme.
Courses offered:
Course Code | Course Title | Credits | Status |
ENG 601 | An Introduction to Select Critical Strategies and Research Methodologies in the Study of Language and Literature | 3 | O |
ENG 602 | Advanced Critical Theory and Practice | 3 | O |
ENG 603 | Modernity, Its Discontents and Discontinuities | 3 | O |
ENG604 | An Introduction to the Study of Semantics and Pragmatics | 3 | O |
ENG 605 | Bilingualism | 3 | O |
ENG 606 | An Introduction to the Study of Systemic Functional Grammar | 3 | O |
ENG 607 | English Language Learning / Teaching: Theory and Practice | 3 | O |
ENG 608 | Learning/ Teaching English in ‘New – Englishes’ Contexts | 3 | O |
ENG 609 | Up from Slavery: African American Writing across the Ages | 3 | O |
ENG 610 | The Sri Lankan Novel of Expatriation | 3 | O |
ENG 611 | Narrating the Nation: The Contemporary South Asian Novel and the Nation | 3 | O |
ENG 612 | Women’s Fiction in English after 1800 | 3 | O |
ENG 613 | Twentieth and Twenty First Century English Fiction of India: Major Writers, Themes, and Issues | 3 | O |
ENG 614 | Sri Lankan Literature in English and Its Contexts | 3 | O |
ENG 615 | The Writing of Empire: A Textual Study of the Contours of European Colonialism | 3 | O |
ENG 696 | Guided Project | 6 | C |
Students should earn 24 credits from courses and 6 credits from the guided project to complete the degree.