As DESNU has the advantage of being a new Department, it offers English Literature courses that are neither old nor rigidly traditional. Our syllabuses are cutting edge and innovative. Students 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 beyond giving facts and information. They will actually help students to develop their knowledge in the subject and to train them 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
» Contribute to the Development the Students’ Group Dynamics.