MA in English Literature and Cultural Studies

Overview

Nowadays graduate education in English is developing dramatically. This is influenced by the last decade's remarkable ferment in literary and cultural studies. ISU is keeping pace with theoretical and practical developments in both areas and puts particular efforts into developing an innovative range of offerings at the MA level. The program offers students the opportunity to enhance their skills of reading, writing, research, and teaching with courses that encompass a wide range of contemporary English and cultural studies.

Program Educational Objectives (PEO)

  • PEO 1 To give students a solid foundation for building critical and cultural awareness.
  • PEO 2 To open unfamiliar worlds of thoughts and ideas and exciting new ways of thinking before  them
  • PEO 3 To emphasize research and the application of various critical approaches to literature,  composition, and cultural studies.
  • PEO 4 To develop a strong sense of the students’ civic responsibilities so that they will be  motivated to perform these for the cause of social development, with moral values.

PEO to Mission Statement Mapping

Mission Statement
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M43
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Program Outcomes (PO)

An important role of English departments across the world has been to create interpretations of the  texts of various historical periods, including the present. Accordingly, the courses of the MA in  English Literature and Cultural Studies at ISU are designed aiming at the certain learning  outcomes. Upon completion of the program, the students will be able to:

  • PLO 1 Interpret texts as part of a complex web of historical conditions and relationships.
  • PLO 2 Produce papers on major literary texts alongside nonfiction, functional texts, and public  documents.
  • PLO 3 Effectively teach and critically appreciate comparative texts that highlight differences  across literature and culture as well as the texts of the Western canon.
  • PLO 4 Evaluate film, television, and other storytelling media alongside conventional texts; and PLO5 Build careers in the field of literary and cultural studies and beyond it.


Mapping of POs to PEOs

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Program Objectives

The program aims to give students a solid foundation for building critical and cultural awareness and open unfamiliar worlds and exciting new ways of thinking before them. The Master of Arts in English Literature and Cultural Studies, therefore, emphasizes research and the application of various critical approaches to literature, composition, and cultural studies.

Areas of Concentration

The program deals with the courses on major concentrations ranging from the literary and cultural studies arena developed in different decades.
  • South Asian Diaspora and Its Literature
  • Latin American Literature in Translation
  • Postmodernism in Literature
  • Postcolonial Literature
  • Studies in American Literature
  • Film and Literature
  • Literary Stylistics
  • Creative Writing

Program Learning Outcomes

An important role of English departments across the world has been to create interpretations of the texts of various historical periods, including the present. Accordingly, the courses of the MA in English Literature and Cultural Studies at ISU are designed aiming at certain learning outcomes

  • interpret texts as part of a complex web of historical conditions and relationships.
  • produce papers on major literary texts alongside nonfiction, functional texts, and public documents
  • effectively teach and critically appreciate comparative texts that highlight differences across literature and culture as well as the texts of the Western canon
  • evaluate film, television, and other storytelling media alongside conventional texts

Career Opportunities

The program is intended to expose students to varied facets of English literature and Cultural Studies. This is specifically designed to create diverse professionals including well-trained and well-equipped English language creative professionals and teachers who are increasingly demanded both locally and globally. Many students can also use the degree for professional enhancement, or doctoral study. Apart from these, the graduates can choose their jobs in Bangladesh civil and military services, banks, NGOs, and various corporate levels.

Admission Requirements

  • Successful completion of at least a Bachelor’s degree in English from a reputed university with a minimum CGPA of 2.50.

Course Structure

Course CategoryNo. of CoursesCredit per CourseTotal Credits
Core Courses4312
Major Concentrations9
327
Elective Courses4
312
Seminar and Viva Voce133
Dissertation122
Total19
56

Degree Requirements

The requirements to complete the MA in English Literature and Cultural Studies will depend on the successful completion of eleven courses along with seminar presentation(s), viva voce, and dissertation worth 41 credits that are intended to make the students skilled in essential and related areas of English literature and cultural studies.

Financial Information

Particulars Unit Cost (in Tk.) Total (in Tk.) Mode of Payment
Admission Fee + Form Fee 10,500 10,500 Once
Tuition Fee (per credit) 1,600 65,600 Semester-wise
Registration Fee 5,000 10,000 Semester-wise
Library Fee 1,000 1,000 Once
Lab. Fee 500 1,000 Semester-wise
Student Activities Fee 1,000 1,000 Once
Total 89,100

List of Courses

Core Courses

Course Code

Course Title Credit
MAE02325101 Contemporary Literary Theory and Criticism 3
MAE02325102 Cultural Studies 3
MAE02325103 World Literature and Translation 3
MAE02325104 Research Methods in English Studies 3
Major Concentrations
MAE02325201 South Asian Diaspora and Its Literature 3

MAE02325202

Latin American Literature in Translation 3
MAE02325203 Postmodernism in Literature 3
MAE02325204 Postcolonial Literature 3
MAE02325105 Studies in American Literature 3
MAE02325206 Film and Literature 3
MAE02325210 Literary Stylistics 3
MAE02325111 Creative Writing 3
MAE0232512
Shakespeare

Elective Courses
MAE02325107 Media and Literature/ Media and Representation Studies 3
MAE02325108 Popular Culture in Literature 3
MAE02325209 Literature and Gender Studies 3
MAE02325212 Eco-criticism, Environmental Justice and Literature 3
Seminar and Dissertation
MAE02325200 Seminar on Recent Trends in Literary Research and Viva Voce 3
MAE02325300 Dissertation 2