Master of Arts (MA) in English

In British Literature,  the student will read texts from Old, Middle and Modern English and thus encounter Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, Donne, Milton, Wordsworth, Eliot, Auden, Virginia Woolf, Carol Ann Duffy, Zadie Smith and Daljit Nagra over four semesters.

Indian Literatures justifies its plural title by traversing the several different conversations that we know by names such as Indian Writing in English, Modern Indian Literatures in Translation, Dalit and Bahujan Writing, Indigenous Narratives, and Minority Literatures in India. Contemporary debates and issues will be discussed extensively.

English Studies will take the learner on a sojourn through the notions of literary criticism and literary theory, while offering conversations about aesthetics, gender, exclusion, canon-formation, decolonisation, and popular culture. 

Electives are offered in Linguistics and World Literature a. Those doing Linguistics will first finish a two-semester course in General Linguistics before taking up papers in Sociolinguistics, and Stylistic Analysis.

World Literature students will read fiction and poetry from several regions, starting with Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Caribbean, and culminating in South and East Asia.

MA students will also receive training in Creative Writing and Theatre Skills over the two years of the programme.

Course Experience

The student will write a research paper every semester, participate in public communication exercises, learn to work with new research tools and approaches, publish and present their research/ creative work, and undertake translation projects in addition to putting together festivals of literature and film and organising national and international conferences.

Writers who have interacted with our students over the last few years include Mridula Koshy, Nisha Susan, C.K. Meena, Anjum Hasan, Perumal Murugan, Ramachandra Guha, Amandeep Sandhu, Vasudhendra, Sukirtharani, Sujatha Gidla, and Joe Sacco.

Selected candidates must first update the following documents on their admission portal before the interview. The admitted students must submit the original documents at the Admin Office:

• Class 10^th Certificate (High School) and Marks Card
• Class 11^th Certificate and Marks Card
• Class 12^th Certificate (Senior Secondary School) and Marks Card
• Undergraduate Marks Cards and Convocation Certificate
• Transfer Certificate from last qualified institution
• Migration Certificate if the candidate is outside Karnataka state
• Two passport-size photographs and one stamp-size photograph in formal dress with a white background
• Two Photocopies of the Online Payment Receipt
• Valid ID proof such as Aadhaar Card / PAN Card / Voter ID Card

Candidates belonging to any of these categories -PIO / OCI / SAARC / FOREIGN NATIONALS-must submit the following documents:

• Photocopy of Passport and Visa Details
• Copy of PIO / OCI card (whichever is applicable and available at the time of admission)
• Certificate of Medical Fitness from an approved medical practitioner accredited by the Medical Council of India
• Resident Permit (If available)

Admission Queries

For all queries related to admissions please contact the following:

Note: Admission queries are addressed only through the above contact numbers and email ID.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Admission Process: The applicants must fill in complete information on the online application form and upload all required certificates (whatever is available) and photos.

Selection Process: The candidates have to appear for an entrance test. The details of the entrance test are detailed below. The shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview. There are two rounds in the interview. The dates of the entrance test and the subsequent interview will be announced on the website. Once the final interview is over, candidates have to pay their programme fee within 24 hours and the mode of payment must be online.

Entrance Test: SJUET 2024 Syllabus

Component A: General Academic Abilities (20 marks )
Objective: To test the candidate’s capacity to read and respond to inferential/interpretative
challenge through an unseen passage (2x5+1x10-=20 marks)

Component B: Writing Abilities (10 marks)
Objective: To test the candidate’s capacity to express themselves effectively in an
unstructured situation.
One writing prompt.

Component C: Domain Aptitude (20 marks)
Objective: To test the student’s awareness and readiness for language and literature
10 questions to test language skills and literary awareness.

To be followed by two rounds of interviews:

• Candidates must bring records/certificates for co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements
• for a rigorous panel interview to be held on the day following the written test.
• This will be followed by an interview with Fr. Vice-Chancellor/Official nominated by Fr.
• Vice-Chancellor.
• If you are travelling to Bangalore, please plan to spend at least two days in the city.

1. Graduates who have secured 40% marks in the aggregate of all the subjects and 50% marks in English (cognate subject) in the qualifying examination.
2. Candidates appearing for the final semester undergraduate examinations in April-May 2024 may apply with the marks of all the previous semesters.
3. General: Candidates who have passed the three-year Bachelor’s Degree examination of Bangalore University or any other University considered equivalent thereto by the Government of Karnataka, with the respective subject as optional/major/special/main subject, are eligible for admission to the programme provided they have secured a minimum of 40% marks in the aggregate of all the subjects (including English and Languages) and 50% marks in the cognate subject or major subject. Note:SC/ ST/ Category I candidates having 5% marks less than that mentioned above are also eligible to apply.
4. Postgraduate applicants will have to indicate their cognate subject while entering the marks. For example, if a student is applying for MSc Economics, then the cognate subject is Economics in his/her BSc programme. There are some programmes that do not have a cognate subject such as MSW. In such cases, please indicate one of the best core subjects as a cognate subject.

 THE ADDITIONAL FEE TO BE PAID IS AS FOLLOWS:

**   Students who have cleared UG from other universities except for Bangalore City University.

The syllabus for the Master of Arts in English is as follows:

• Master of Arts in English Syllabus.pdf

Admission and Selection Process

Will be updated soon.