IGNOU MEG Syllabus
Candidates will be able to find the latest syllabus structure for the IGNOU MEG program with a comprehensive list of all subjects. The IGNOU MEG Syllabus Structure operates under a credit system, where each course is assigned specific credits. This system aids in course selection during admission and re-registration.
Candidates in the IGNOU MEG program must earn the required number of credits each semester or year to complete the program and qualify for the MEG passing certificate. Course selection can be made during fresh admission or re-registration for subsequent years or semesters. The program includes compulsory and elective courses.
IGNOU MEG Syllabus Highlights
- Name of the Program: Master of Arts (English)
- Exam System: Annual
- Total Credits: 64
- Category: IGNOU MEG
MEG students can choose elective courses (if available), but there are no choices for compulsory or core courses.
| First Year | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| Compulsory Courses | ||
| MEG-05 | Literary Criticism and Theory | 8 |
| Choose Any One Module from Optional Modules (3 Courses) | 24 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Compulsory Courses | ||
| MEG-04 | Aspects of Language | 8 |
| OR | ||
| MEG-15 | Comparative Literature | 8 |
| Choose Any One Module from Optional Modules (3 Courses) | 24 | |
| Optional Modules | ||
| Module-01 British Literature | ||
| MEG 01 | British Poetry | 8 |
| MEG 02 | British Drama | 8 |
| MEG 03 | British Novel | 8 |
| Module-02 Writings From India | ||
| MEG 07 | Indian English Literature | 8 |
| MEG 10 | English Studies in India | 8 |
| MEG 14 | Contemporary Indian Literatures in English Translation | 8 |
| Module-03 New Literatures in English (Choose Any Three) | ||
| MEG 08 | New Literatures in English | 8 |
| MEG 09 | Australian Literature | 8 |
| MEG 12 | A survey Course in 20th Century Canadian Literature | 8 |
| MEG 19 | Australian Novel | 8 |
| Module-04 Writings from The Margins | ||
| MEG 13 | Writings From the Margins | 8 |
| MEG 14 | Contemporary Indian Literature in English Translation | 8 |
| MEG 16 | Indian Folk Literature | 8 |
| Module-05 American Literature (Choose Any Three) | ||
| MEG 06 | American Literature | 8 |
| MEG 11 | American Novel | 8 |
| MEG 17 | American Drama | 8 |
| MEG 18 | American Poetry | 8 |
| Module-06 The Novel | ||
| MEG 03 | British Novel | 8 |
| MEG 11 | American Novel | 8 |
| MEG 19 | Australian Novel | 8 |
| Total Credits | 64 | |
IGNOU MEG Credit System
IGNOU has implemented a credit system in the MEG program, where candidates must earn a total of 64 credits to obtain the MEG certificate. Each course has an assigned number of credits, which are earned upon completion of the course. Candidates can track the total number of credits they need to earn to be eligible for the IGNOU MEG degree certificate.
Detailed IGNOU MA English Syllabus 2024
IGNOU offers a Master’s Degree in English (MEG), and the duration of the course is two years. The course aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding of American, English, Australian, Indian, and Canadian Literature.
MEG 01: British Poetry
| Block | Unit | Title |
| Block I: Orientations for the Study of Poetry & the Medieval Poet Chaucer | Unit 1 | From the Evaluation of Portraits towards the Explication of Poems (1370 – 80) |
| Unit 2 | A Prelude to the Study of Poetry (Rhetoric & Prosody) | |
| Unit 3 | The Age of Chaucer | |
| Unit 4 | Chaucer’s Poetry: A General Survey | |
| Unit 5 | The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales | |
| Unit 6 | ‘A Study of the Nonne Preestes Tale’ I | |
| Unit 7 | ‘A Study of the Nonne Preestes Tale’ II | |
| Block II: Renaissance Poets: Undertaking a Study of Spenser | Unit 8 | The Renaissance Age |
| Unit 9 | Edmund Spenser | |
| Unit 10 | Spenser’s Poetry: The Amoretti Sonnets | |
| Unit 11 | Spenser’s Poetry – II: The Epithalamion, The Prothalamion | |
| Block III: The Metaphysical Poets: Donne, Herbert & Marvell | Unit 12 | British Poetry in the 17th Century (pre-Restoration) |
| Unit 13 | John Donne: Thematic and Technical Innovations | |
| Unit 14 | John Donne: Further Explorations into Poems of Love and Faith | |
| Unit 15 | George Herbert: A Study of His Poems | |
| Unit 16 | Andrew Marvell: A Study of His Poems | |
| Block IV: Renaissance Poets: Studying Milton | Unit 17 | The Late Renaissance |
| Unit 18 | Milton: The Life | |
| Unit 19 | A Survey of Milton’s Lesser Poems & Prose | |
| Unit 20 | On The Morning of Christ’s Nativity & Lycidas | |
| Unit 21 | L’Allegro, Il Penseroso & the Sonnets 19 & 23 | |
| Block V: The Neoclassical Poets: Dryden & Pope | Unit 22 | The Age of Dryden |
| Unit 23 | John Dryden | |
| Unit 24 | Mac Flecknoe | |
| Unit 25 | Pope: A Background to An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot | |
| Unit 26 | Pope: The Study of An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot | |
| Block VI: The Romantic Poets: Blake, Wordsworth & Coleridge | Unit 27 | Introduction to Romantic Poetry |
| Unit 28 | William Blake: Songs of Innocence & Songs of Experience | |
| Unit 29 | Wordsworth’s The Prelude, Book I: A Critical Analysis | |
| Unit 30 | Coleridge: Kubla Khan & Dejection: An Ode | |
| Block VII: The Second Generation Romantic Poets: Shelley & Keats | Unit 31 | The Volcanic Voice of Hope: P B Shelley |
| Unit 32 | A Study of The Triumph of Life | |
| Unit 33 | Keats: Hyperion: A Fragment, I | |
| Unit 34 | Keats: Hyperion: A Fragment, II | |
| Unit 35 | The Romantic Age: A Review | |
| Block VIII: The Victorian Poets: Robert Browning, D G & Christina Georgiana Rossetti, Oscar Wilde | Unit 36 | The Victorian Age: Selected Studies |
| Unit 37 | Robert Browning: Life & Aspirations | |
| Unit 38 | Robert Browning: Two Early Poems | |
| Unit 39 | Two Poems from Men and Women | |
| Unit 40 | The Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood: Dante Gabriel Rossetti & Christina Georgina Rossetti | |
| Unit 41 | Oscar Wilde: The Ballad of Reading Gaol | |
| Block IX: The Modernist Poets | Unit 42 | Modern British Poetry: An Introduction |
| Unit 43 | W B Yeats: Background, System, and Poetic Career until 1910 | |
| Unit 44 | The Later Poetry of W B Yeats | |
| Unit 45 | T S Eliot: The Waste Land (I) | |
| Unit 46 | T S Eliot: The Waste Land (II) | |
| Unit 47 | T S Eliot: The Waste Land (III) | |
| Block X: The Modernist & Post Modernist Poets | Unit 48 | Dylan Thomas: And Death Shall Have No Dominion |
| Unit 49 | Philip Larkin: I Remember, I Remember | |
| Unit 50 | Sylvia Plath & Confessional Poetry | |
| Unit 51 | So! Now! What is Poetry? Once Again: A Symposium | |
| Unit 52 | Essays & Evaluations |
MEG 02: British Drama
| Block | Title |
| Block I | Marlowe: Doctor Faustus |
| Block II | Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
| Block III | Shakespeare: Hamlet |
| Block IV | Ben Jonson: The Alchemist |
| Block V | John Millington Synge: The Playboy of the Western World |
| Block VI | George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion |
| Block VII | T S Eliot: Murder in the Cathedral |
| Block VIII | John Osborne: Look Back in Anger |
| Block IX | Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot |
MEG 03: British Novel
| Block | Title |
| Block I | Henry Fielding: The History of Tom Jones A Foundling (1749) |
| Block II | Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice (1813) |
| Block III | Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights (1847) |
| Block IV | Charles Dickens: Great Expectations (1860 -1861, 1861, 1862) |
| Block V | George Eliot: Middlemarch (1871) |
| Block VI | Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness (1898 -1899) |
| Block VII | James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man (1916) |
| Block VIII | Edward Morgan Forster: A Passage to India (1912-14) |
MEG 04: Aspects of Language
| Block | Title |
| Block I | What is Language? |
| Block II | A History of the English Language |
| Block III | Phonetics & Phonology I |
| Block IV | Phonetics & Phonology II |
| Block V | English Syntax |
| Block VI | Language In Use – I |
| Block VII | Language In Use – II |
| Block VIII | The Spread of English |
| Block IX | Stylistics |
MEG 05: Literary Theory & Criticism
| Block | Title |
| Block I | An Introduction |
| Block II | Classical Criticism |
| Block III | Romantic Criticism |
| Block IV | New Criticism |
| Block V | Marxist View of Literature |
| Block VI | Feminist Theories |
| Block VII | Deconstruction |
| Block VIII | Contemporary Literary Theory |
MEG 06: American Literature
| Block | Title |
| Block I | Contexts of American Literature: The Puritans & the Enlightenment |
| Block II | American Fiction – I |
| Block III | American Fiction – II |
| Block IV | American Prose |
| Block V | American Poetry – I |
| Block VI | American Poetry – II |
| Block VII | American Short Story |
| Block VIII | American Drama |
| Block IX | Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye |
MEG 07: Indian Writing in English
| Block | Title |
| Block I | Non- Fictional Prose |
| Block II | Mulk Raj Anand: Untouchable |
| Block III | Raja Rao: Kanthapura |
| Block IV | Anita Desai: Clear Light of Day |
| Block V | Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children |
| Block VI | The Short Story |
| Block VII | Poetry |
| Block VIII | Mahesh Dattani: Tara |
MEG 08: New Literatures in English
| Block | Title |
| Block I | Introduction |
| Block II | A Grain of Wheat: Ngugi Wa Thiong’o |
| Block III | A Dance of the Forests: Wole Soyinka |
| Block IV | Ice-Candy-Man: Bapsi Sidhwa |
| Block V | A House for Mr Biswas: V S Naipaul |
| Block VI | Caribbean Poetry: Derek Walcott & Edward Brathwaite |
| Block VII | The Solid Mandala: Patrick White |
| Block VIII | The Stone Angel: Margaret Laurence |
MEG 09: Australian Literature
| Block | Unit | Title |
| Block I: An Introduction to Australian Literature | Unit 1 | Australian Literature |
| Unit 2 | Australia – Land and History | |
| Unit 3 | Australia – People and Culture | |
| Unit 4 | Literary Beginnings – Oral Literature | |
| Unit 5 | Early Literature | |
| Unit 6 | Themes and Trends | |
| Block II: Nineteenth Century Australian Poetry | Unit 1 | 19th Century Australian Poetry: An Introduction |
| Unit 2 | W C Wentworth: Australasia, Wild Colonial Boy | |
| Unit 3 | Charles Harpur: The Bush Fire, A Mid- Summer Noon in the Australian Forest | |
| Unit 4 | Henry Kendall: Bell – Birds, After Many Years | |
| Unit 5 | A L Gordon & A B Paterson: The Sick Stockrider; The Man From Snowy River | |
| Unit 6 | Ada Cambridge: An Answer | |
| Block III: Introduction to Short Fiction | Unit 1 | Introduction to short fiction /story |
| Unit 2 | Marcus Clarke: The Seizure of the Cyprus | |
| Unit 3 | Barbara Baynton: The Chosen Vessel | |
| Unit 4 | Henry Lawson: The Drover’s Wife; The Union Buries It’s Dead | |
| Unit 5 | Arthur Hoey Davis: Cranky Jack | |
| Unit 6 | Christina Stead: The Old School | |
| Block IV: Modern Australian Poetry (1901 -1970) | Unit 1 | Introduction: An Overview |
| Unit 2 | Beginnings: Christopher Brennan – Each Day I See the Long Ships Coming Into Port; John Shaw Neilson – The Orange Tree | |
| Unit 3 | The Notion of Australia: Kenneth Slessor – South Country; R D Fitzgerald – This Night’s Orbit | |
| Unit 4 | Keepers of the Flame: Judith Wright: Legend, Bullocky; David Campbell – The Australian Dream | |
| Unit 5 | Coming of Age: James McAuley – Terra Australis; A D Hope – Australia, Moschus Moschiferus | |
| Unit 6 | The Marginalised Voice: Rosemary Dobson – Cock Crow; Oodgeroo Noonuccal – We Are Going; Rex Ingamells – History, Moorawathimeering; ‘Ern Malley’ – Durer: Innsbruck, 1495; Ania Walwicz – Australia (prose); John Farrell – From Australia; Douglas Stewart –Terra Australis; Bernard O’ Dowd- Australia, The Southern Call | |
| Block V: Voss: Patrick White | Unit 1 | Rise and Development of the Australian Novel |
| Unit 2 | As We First Read Voss | |
| Unit 3 | Romantic Elements in Voss | |
| Unit 4 | Multiple Themes in Voss | |
| Unit 5 | Modern Readings: Some Important Areas | |
| Block VI: Contemporary Australian Poetry (1970 Onwards) | Unit 1 | Contemporary Australia |
| Unit 2 | Bruce Dawe & Les Murray: At Shagger’s Funeral; The Quality of Sprawl, Blood | |
| Unit 3 | Chris Wallace- Crabbe & Gwen Harwood: Melbourne; In The Park | |
| Unit 4 | Ee Tiang & Kevin Gilbert: Coming To; Mister Man | |
| Unit 5 | Mudrooroo Narogin & Gig Ryan: Harijan; If I Had A Gun | |
| Block VII: Remembering Babylon: David Malouf | Unit 1 | Contemporary Australian Fiction: An Overview |
| Unit 2 | The Author, His Creativity and Remembering Babylon | |
| Unit 3 | Structure, Characters and Metaphors | |
| Unit 4 | Narrative Strategies and Communication | |
| Unit 5 | Themes | |
| Block VIII: The Removalists: David Williamson | Unit 1 | An Overview of Australian Drama |
| Unit 2 | David Williamson’s Dramatic World | |
| Unit 3 | Reading The Removalists | |
| Unit 4 | Themes and Techniques |
MEG 10: English Studies in India
| Block | Unit | Title |
| Block I: Institutionalisation of English Studies in India | Unit 1 | Entry of English: A Historical Overview |
| Unit 2 | Macaulay, Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Charles E Trevelyan | |
| Unit 3 | A View of Post Independence Debates | |
| Unit 4 | Settling Down of English as Studies and Medium | |
| Block II: Beginnings of Indian English Writing | Unit 1 | The Context of the Earliest Indian English Writings |
| Unit 2 | Henry Louis Vivian Derozio and the Early Voice of Identity | |
| Unit 3 | Michael Madhusudan Dutt and the Evolution of Modernity | |
| Unit 4 | Toru Dutt: Assertions of Indian Life | |
| Block III: Beginnings of the Indian English Novel | Unit 1 | The Contexts of Bankim |
| Unit 2 | Themes in Rajmohan’s Wife – I | |
| Unit 3 | Themes in Rajmohan’s Wife – II | |
| Unit 4 | Marriage and Transgression in Bankim’s Other Novels | |
| Block IV: Different Englishes | Unit 1 | Evolution of English |
| Unit 2 | Nativisation of English in Post Independent India (Functions of English) | |
| Unit 3 | Nativisation of English Discourse: Syntax, Morphology, Phonology | |
| Unit 4 | Intelligibility of Indian English Globally | |
| Unit 5 | Debate Over Native and Non- Native Englishes | |
| Unit 6 | Space of English in the Indian Multilingual Setting | |
| Block V: Problems of Teaching and Learning English Literature | Unit 1 | Problems of Teaching and Learning English Literature |
| Unit 2 | The March of TELI in India | |
| Unit 3 | Role and Function of TELI in the contemporary context | |
| Unit 4 | English Teaching in India | |
| Unit 5 | The Lie of the Land: English in India | |
| Unit 6 | Publishing in India and English Studies | |
| Block VI: Questioning the ‘Canon’ | Unit 1 | Questioning the Canon, Ideology and Assumptions of the Canon |
| Unit 2 | The Rise of English and Issues Concerning the Canon | |
| Unit 3 | Possibilities of New Agreements | |
| Unit 4 | Exploding English: Criticism, Theory, and Culture | |
| Unit 5 | The Crisis in English Studies | |
| Unit 6 | Resistance to Reading and the Question of Material Base | |
| Block VII: Evolutions of Canons in Indian English Writing | Unit 1 | Canon Making in the Era of Gandhi, Nehru, Socialism |
| Unit 2 | Tagore, Premchand, Mulk Raj Anand, and Raja Rao | |
| Unit 3 | Feminism: Indian English Writers | |
| Unit 4 | The Dalit Canon | |
| Block VIII: Decolonising the Mind | Unit 1 | Orientalism and After |
| Unit 2 | Literature and Nationalism | |
| Unit 3 | Decolonising the Mind | |
| Unit 4 | Civilizational Conflicts in Literature | |
| Unit 5 | Resisting Colonization and Re- colonization |
MEG 11: American Novel
| Block | Unit | Title |
| Block I: James F Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans | Unit 1 | The Beginnings |
| Unit 2 | The Man, The Milieu, And the Moment | |
| Unit 3 | The Last of the Mohicans: An Analysis | |
| Unit 4 | Perspectives on the Novel- I | |
| Unit 5 | Perspectives on the Novel- II | |
| Block II: Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie | Unit 1 | The Literary Context |
| Unit 2 | Theodore Dreiser: The Man and the Writer | |
| Unit 3 | Sister Carrie: A Critical Summary | |
| Unit 4 | Sister Carrie: A Critical Study of the Major Themes | |
| Unit 5 | Language and Art in Sister Carrie | |
| Block III: F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby | Unit 1 | The Man, The Milieu, And the Moment |
| Unit 2 | The Plot and the Self-Improving Hero | |
| Unit 3 | The Great Gatsby and Fable, Symbol and Allegory | |
| Unit 4 | The Great Gatsby: The Narrative Technique | |
| Unit 5 | Critics and Criticism: An Overview | |
| Block IV: William Faulkner: Light in August | Unit 1 | American Fiction in 1920s and 1930s |
| Unit 2 | The Novel in the South | |
| Unit 3 | Light in August: Structure and Narrative Strategies | |
| Unit 4 | Characterisation and Critical Approaches | |
| Block V: Henry Miller: Black Spring | Unit 1 | Sexual Revolution in Modern American Literature |
| Unit 2 | The Great Tradition | |
| Unit 3 | The Outsider | |
| Unit 4 | The Indelible Impact | |
| Unit 5 | Henry Miller’s: Black Spring | |
| Unit 6 | Critical Approaches | |
| Block VI: J D Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye | Unit 1 | The Author and the Plot |
| Unit 2 | The Main Themes and Characters | |
| Unit 3 | The Language in The Catcher in the Rye | |
| Unit 4 | Critical Interpretations | |
| Block VII: John Barth: Floating Opera | Unit 1 | The Postwar American Novel |
| Unit 2 | The Experimental Novel | |
| Unit 3 | The Floating Opera: An Analysis of the Text | |
| Unit 4 | Philosophical Formulations and the Farce of Reasons | |
| Unit 5 | From Modernity to Post Modernity | |
| Block VIII: Scott Momaday: A House Made of Dawn | Unit 1 | Native American Literature |
| Unit 2 | Native American Fiction | |
| Unit 3 | The Making of Momaday | |
| Unit 4 | A House Made of Dawn: An Analysis | |
| Unit 5 | Critical Perspectives | |
| Block IX: Alice Walker: The Color Purple | Unit 1 | The Woman, the Moment, And the Milieu – I |
| Unit 2 | The Woman, the Moment, And the Milieu – II | |
| Unit 3 | The Color Purple and its Structure | |
| Unit 4 | Analysis of Celie’s Letters – I | |
| Unit 5 | Analysis of Celie’s Letters – II | |
| Unit 6 | Themes Emerging from Celie’s Letters |
MEG 12: A Survey Course in Twentieth Century Canadian Literature
| Block | Unit | Title |
| Block I: Contexts of Canadian Writing | Unit 1 | Canada: Land And People |
| Unit 2 | Literary Beginnings | |
| Unit 3 | English Canadian Theatre and Drama | |
| Unit 4 | Canadian Discourse on Nature and Technology | |
| Block II: Recent Canadian Poetry | Unit 5 | The Growth of Canadian Poetry |
| Unit 6 | Recent Commonwealth Poetry and Canada’s Place in it | |
| Unit 7 | Two Major Novelists as Poets: Margaret Atwood – A Sibyl and Michael Ondaatje – Letters and Other Worlds | |
| Unit 8 | Five Other Important Poets | |
| Block III: Surfacing: Margaret Atwood | Unit 9 | Development of the Canadian Novel |
| Unit 10 | Margaret Atwood: Life and Works | |
| Unit 11 | Surfacing: Theme, Structure, Technique and Characterization | |
| Unit 12 | Surfacing: Language | |
| Block IV: The Tin Flute: Gabrielle Roy | Unit 13 | French Canadian Writing (Quebec) |
| Unit 14 | Gabrielle Roy: Life and Works | |
| Unit 15 | The Tin Flute: Structure and Theme | |
| Unit 16 | The Tin Flute: Characterization and Technique | |
| Block V: The English Patient: Michael Ondaatje | Unit 17 | Canadian – South Asian Diasporic Writing |
| Unit 18 | Ondaatje: Life and Works | |
| Unit 19 | The English Patient: Theme, Structure and Characterization | |
| Unit 20 | The English Patient: Technique | |
| Block VI: Canadian Short Story | Unit 21 | Short Fiction in General and the Canadian Short Story |
| Unit 22 | ‘A Mother in India’: Sara Jeannette Duncan | |
| Unit 23 | ‘Sunday Afternoon’: Alice Munro; ‘Where Is The Voice Coming From’: Rudy Wiebe | |
| Unit 24 | ‘Swimming Lessons’: Rohinton Mistry; ‘The Door I Shut Behind Me’: Uma Parameswaran | |
| Block VII: The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: Drama: George Ryga | Unit 25 | Canadian Drama: The General Dramatic Scene |
| Unit 26 | Introduction to the Writer and the Structure of the Play | |
| Unit 27 | The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: Theme and Characterization | |
| Unit 28 | Dramatic Technique in The Ecstasy of Rita Joe and the Brechtian Angle | |
| Block VIII: Development of Canadian Criticism | Unit 29 | The Recent Developments of Canadian Criticism |
| Unit 30 | Northrop Frye | |
| Unit 31 | Linda Hutcheon | |
| Unit 32 | Smaro Kamboureli |
MEG 14: Indian Writing in English Translation
| Block | Unit | Title |
| Block I: Background Studies | Unit 1 | The Concept of Indian Literature |
| Unit 2 | The Concept of Indian Literature: Modern Period | |
| Unit 3 | Comparative Studies in Indian Literature | |
| Unit 4 | English Translation of Indian Literature | |
| Block II: Samskara: U R Anantha Murthy | Unit 1 | The Writer and his Literary Context |
| Unit 2 | Samskara: The Narrative | |
| Unit 3 | Samskara: Form and Themes | |
| Unit 4 | Samskara: Characters, Titles, Literary Criticism and Contemporary Relevance | |
| Block III: Tamas: Bhisham Sahni | Unit 1 | The Writer and the Partition |
| Unit 2 | Getting to Know the Text | |
| Unit 3 | Making Sense of the Narrative | |
| Unit 4 | Characters and Characterisation | |
| Unit 5 | An Overview | |
| Block IV: Short Story – I | Unit 1 | Mahasweta Devi: Salt [Noon: Bangla] |
| Unit 2 | Vaikom Muhammad Basheer: Birthday [Janmadinam: Malayalam] | |
| Unit 3 | Nirmal Verma: Birds [Parinde] | |
| Unit 4 | Ismat Chughtai: Tiny’s Granny [Nanhi Ki Naani: Urdu] | |
| Unit 5 | Gopinath Mohanty: Tadpa [Tadpa: Oriya] | |
| Block V: Short Story – II | Unit 1 | The Empty Chest |
| Unit 2 | Very Lonely, She | |
| Unit 3 | Headmaster, Prawn, Chanchur | |
| Unit 4 | The Compromise | |
| Block VI: Poetry | Unit 1 | K S Nonkynrih: Requiem (Khasi); Chandra Kanta Murasingh: The Stone Speaks in the Forest (Kokborok); Yumlembam Ibocha Singh: The Last Dream |
| Unit 2 | Haribhajan Singh: Tree and the Sage [Rukh Te Rishi/ Punjabi]; Raghuvir Sahay: The Stare [Taktaki/ Hindi] | |
| Unit 3 | Dina Nath Nadim: The Moon [Zoon/ Kashmiri]; Padma Sachdev: The Moment of Courage [Dogri] | |
| Unit 4 | Kondepudo Nirmala: Mother Serious [Telugu]; Vimala: Kitchen [Telugu]; K Ayyappa Paniker: I Met Walt Whitman Yesterday: An Interview [Njaan Innale Walt Whitmaane Kandu – Oru Interview/ Malayalam] | |
| Unit 5 | Ramakanta Rath: Sri Radha [Oriya]; Shakti Chattopadhyay: Just One Try [Akbar Tumi/ Bangla] | |
| Unit 6 | Sitanshu Yashashchandra: Orpheus [Gujarati]; Namdeo Dhasal: A Notebook of Poems and Autobiography [Kavetechi Vahi; Atmacharithra/ Marathi] | |
| Block VII: Tughlaq: Girish Karnad | Unit 1 | Introducing Contemporary Indian Theatre |
| Unit 2 | Introducing the Author and the Play | |
| Unit 3 | Tughlaq: Structure, Themes and Motifs | |
| Unit 4 | Characters and Critical Comments on the Play | |
| Block VIII: Non- Fictional Prose | Unit 1 | Amrita Pritam: Premchand: His Life and Times [Kalam Ka Sipahi: Biography/ Hindi] |
| Unit 2 | Bama /Faustina Mary Fatima Rani: Karukku [Karukku: Autobiography/ Tamil] | |
| Unit 3 | Saadat Hasan Manto: On Ismat [Ismat Chugtai: Pen Sketch, Urdu] | |
| Unit 4 | Umaprasad Mukhopadhyaya: Manimahesh [Manimahesh: Travel Writing/ Bengali] |
This detailed syllabus provides an overview of the courses and units covered in the IGNOU MA English program, giving students a comprehensive understanding of the literature they will study.
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