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Dr. S.Murali, Head
(head.eng@pondiuni.edu.in)
The Department of English was established
on 1st December 1986. Right from its
inception the Department has attracted a
considerable number of students and
research scholars, keen in their pursuit of
language and literary studies. The
Department has a special focus on
Comparative Literature. A paper on
Comparative Literary Theory is offered to the
post-graduate students in the Department.
Moreover, students, both at post-graduate
and research levels, are encouraged to take
up research in inter-literary and inter
diciplinary areas.
The Department of English strives to
incorporate a wide range of subjects and
issues under its purview literary criticism
and theory, poetry and aesthetics, fiction
studies-modernist and post-modernist
phases, Commonwealth literature,
Postcolonial studies, Subaltern Studies, and
Media Studies, Gender, Diaspora and
Subaltern Studies. With such wide ranging
subjects and with a faculty which is highly
specialized, the Department also has a
student exchange programme with Rennes
II University in France.
Programmes of Study
M.A. English and Comparative Literature
M.Phil. English (Full-time)
Ph.D. English (Full-time & Part-time (Internal
& External))
Entrance Examination
M.A.
The entrance examination question
paper will consist of objective type questions
for 50 marks. The remaining 50 marks are
allotted to short notes, essay writing and
poem/prose analysis. The paper is set taking
into consideration the U.G. syllabus (English
Major) in Indian Universities.
Essay and paragraph type questions of the
entrance examination will be based on the
B.A. English literature syllabus followed in
Indian University literary and Aesthetic
movements, Genere Drama, Poetry, Prose,
Novel, Short Story, Biography, etc. Rhetoric,
Great Authors, Literary terms in Criticism
& Literature, land marks in Literary History
of England, English literary studies in
America, India and other Commonwealth
countries will form the basis for the
questions in this section, Awareness of
current literary events, bestsellers, award
winners, international figures in the literary
field will also be tested. Questions testing the
skills of the candidate in comparative
exercises will also be included in this
section.
In the objective type section, questions are
based on multiple choice, either-or, match
the following, chose the correct alternative
etc., will be given. Knowledge of grammar,
usage, idioms and phrases, current
lexicographical trends and new words added
to the English dictionary will also be tested,
Comprehension of passages and answering
the questions based on the passage will also
form part of the Objective type section.
Syllabus of M.Phil. English Programme
The subject studied in the M.A. English
Programme taught in Indian Universities
will be the basis for the questions in the
M.Phil. question paper. All questions will be
subjective/essay type questions. Literary
movements, Critical terms, Authors and
texts from the British, American, Australian,
Canadian, Indian and Commonwealth
literatures will be the subject of the
questions. Knowledge of special contributions
made by famous authors will also be tested.
Questions on Linguistics, ELT, Literary
Criticism, Modern and Postmodern issues
and tests will also figure in the paper,
Candidates comprehension and analytical
skills and ability to carry out logical
arguments will be examined through
appropriate exercise.
M.Phil. / Ph.D.
The Entrance Examination question paper will be descriptive
in nature with short notes, essay writing and poem/prose
analysis. The questions for the entrance examination
will be at post- graduate level aimed at testing the students’
comprehensive understanding of literature in English as
well as research aptitude.
Infrastructural Facilities
The Department has well-ventilated classrooms
and one classroom can be used as a seminar hall having a
seating capacity of 50-60. Besides the facultys’
personal computers, the office has a computer with internet
facilities along with a dot-matrix printer.
The Department also has a photocopier, a VCD Player, new
audio-visual equipments such as LCD projector, educational
CDs, etc.
| Faculty |
Qualification |
Specialization/Interest |
Phone |
| Professor |
* S. Murali
(murali.eng@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (University of Kerala, Trivandrum) |
Poetry, Aesthetics, Literary Theory, Indian Literature, Visual Arts and Environmental Studies |
2654351
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| * N. Natarajan (natarajan.eng@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (University of Madras, Madras) |
Literary Criticism, Modern Fiction and Comparative Literature |
2654345 |
| * Sujatha Vijayaraghavan (sujathav.eng@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (I.I.T., Madras) |
Indian Writing in English, Postcolonial Literature and Criticism and Translation Studies |
2654346 |
| Readers |
| P. Bhaskaran Nair (bhaskaranp.eng@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (CIEFL, Hyderabad) |
English Language Teaching Teacher Education Materials Production |
2654347
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| Clement Sagayaradj Lourdes (clements.eng@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) |
Indian Writing in English and Translation Studies |
2654348 |
| * H. Kalpana (hkalp.eng@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) |
Canadian Literature Commonwealth Literature, Feminist Theories & Women's Literature |
2654481
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| Lecturers |
| Nikhila Haritas (nikhila.eng@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (Bangalore University, Bangalore) |
Computer-Mediated Communications, Audio Visual Communication & Mass Media, Post Colonial Studies |
2654482
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Lakshmi Mai Mili
(lakshmim.eng@pondiuni.edu.in) |
M.A., PGDTE(ELT) (CIEFL, Shillong) |
English language teaching |
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Binu Zachariah
(binu.eng@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad) |
Comparative Literature and English language teaching |
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* T.Marx
(tmarx.eng@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D., (Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli) |
Comparative Literature, Drama, Subaltern Studies, and
Translation. |
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* Recognised as Supervisor for guiding scholars
leading to M.Phil. and Ph.D.
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