Ignite your passion for words, ideas, and critical insight
You are ready to build a future where you lead discourse, inspire minds, shape narratives, and create cultural impact. Our MA English Literature program gives you the perfect launchpad to master global texts, theory, and research.
Duration
2 Years
(4 Semesters)
Eligibility
Bachelor’s Degree in English / Equivalent
Format
Full-Time
On-Campus Learning
Why should you choose
English Literature?
A degree that evolves with you, one that helps you explore literature, theory, and ideas, discover your strengths, and build a career across academia, media, and culture.
Whether your dream is to teach at top colleges, publish your research, write professionally, or pursue a PhD, this course equips you with the right foundation and confidence to move forward.
Why should you choose
English Literature?
A degree that evolves with you, one that helps you explore literature, theory, and ideas, discover your strengths, and build a career across academia, media, and culture.
Whether your dream is to teach at top colleges, publish your research, write professionally, or pursue a PhD, this course equips you with the right foundation and confidence to move forward.
What does this course
help you become?
Studying MA English Literature empowers you to shape a future where you lead thought and expression. It prepares you for diverse roles across education, media, and culture, with skills to grow into scholarly leadership.
This degree equips you with the confidence, insight, and versatility to excel in any literary or communicative role.
Career role paths you would get to start with:
- Lecturer / Assistant Professor
- Content Writer / Editor
- Academic Researcher
- Publishing Executive
- Corporate Communications Specialist
- Media Analyst / Critic
- Creative Writer / Scriptwriter
Our Programmes
MA English Literature
MA - Course Modules
Year 1 – Building a Foundation
- Elizabethan Age
- 19th and 20th Century English Literature
- Gender Studies
- English Literature from Chaucer to Milton
- 17th and 18th Century English Literature
- Literary Criticism
- English Essayists
- World Drama
- Translation: Theory and Praxis
- Indian Writing in English
- Twentieth Century Indian Poetry in English
Year 2 – Exploring your domain Interests
- 20th Century English Literature
- Indian Writing in English
- European Literature in Translation
- Indian Literature in Translation
- History Fiction Interface
- Open Elective
Projects, Internships & Achievements
By the final year, you will complete literary research projects, undertake internships with publishers or media houses, and present papers that build your academic portfolio.
Your Learning Experience Here
This isn’t just classroom learning, it’s literature and ideas in action.
- Critical discussions on global texts and theory
- Literary readings, workshops, and creative writing sessions
- Guest lectures from authors, critics, and academics
- Seminars with publishers and media professionals
- Research presentations, poetry slams, and essay contests
- Visits to archives, publishing houses, and cultural centres
Here,
You learn by reading.
You learn by analysing.
You learn by creating.
Don Bosco College
Bosco Nagar
TC Palya, KR Puram
Bengaluru
Karnataka - 560 036
