As DESNU has the advantage of being a new Department, it offers English Literature courses that are neither old nor rigidly traditional. Our syllabi are cutting edge and innovative. Students will get to learn not only about the different genres and periods, read Milton and Shakespeare, Wordsworth and T.S. Eliot, but also read about Science Fiction and Detective Literature, Indian and Western classics, films and graphic novels, Partition stories and Gender issues in literature. They will come to understand how much literature studies involve reading culture, society, psychology and human rights in equal measure.
An English Literature student at Sister Nivedita University will do much more than just attend classes and take examinations. The professors in the English Department will go much beyond giving you facts and information. They will actually help to develop your knowledge in the subject and to train you in the skills that employers the world over look out for.
The English Department will try to hone the student’s
- Critical Thinking abilities.
- Communication skills.
- Creativity.
- Skills in Text Analysis.
- Develop the Students’ Group Dynamics.
These are skills that are likely to be high in demand in the near future, as automation, robotics and developments in Artificial Intelligence will move the focus away from the typical technical knowledge-based jobs to ones that require the reading, sorting and comprehension of metadata – all of which the students may gain competence in by taking our courses.
