Vision of the Department :

• To set up the Language Laboratory
• To set up the Departmental Library
• To develop a Research Unit especially dedicated to preserve tribal literature and folk culture
• To ensure the publication of Departmental monographs and Journals.
• To offer certificate and diploma courses in English to the students of the local and global territories.

Mission of the Department :

• To teach the English language and Literature at the level of M.A and undertake research projects at M. Phil and Ph.D. levels.
• To carry out interdisciplinary studies.
• To update and upgrade English teaching and research by conducting Special lectures by eminent scholars, and also conducting Seminars and workshops.
• To commence comparative research in Indian and Western tradition of thoughts in linguistics, poetics, prosody, philosophy, grammar, translation studies, folk literature etc.

Goal:

The M.A. Programme in English of the Department of English Language and Literature aims to acquaint the students with:

• The core areas of literary studies in English without adopting the national and chronological model of English literary history.
• World literature in English in a broad spectrum of gender-based representation.
• The interface between Indian literature and other global literatures.
• The challenges and possibilities of literary translation.
• Issues relating to Indian/Comparative literature/New literature in English.
• Issues relating to race/class/gender/ethnicity/region etc.
• Connections between literature and other arts.
• Basics of research methodology and computer application.
• Fundamentals and current issues of Theoretical Linguistics and Applied Linguistics.
• Challenges of English Language Teaching and Testing.