Bachelor of Arts in English Literature
Commonly referred to as B.A English.
- Degree
- B.A English
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Duration
- 3-4 years
- Mode
- Full Time
About this programme
An undergraduate literary program designed to cultivate elite critical decoding, professional copy communications, and structural text analysis. Students comprehensively read Indian classical texts, European literary masterpieces, Romantic and Victorian eras, postcolonial developments, and modern linguistics, following the 3 to 4-year flexible choice-based credit timeline under the NEP.
Eligibility
Minimum academic requirement for this programme. Individual institutions may publish additional criteria.
10+2 in any stream
Programme structure
Indicative coursework across the duration of the programme.
Year 1
- Indian Classical Literature Translation
- European Classical Literature Historiography
- Academic Writing and Composition
- Indian Writing in English Literature
- British Poetry and Drama (14th to 17th Century)
Year 2
- American Literature Anthology
- British Poetry and Drama (17th and 18th Century)
- British Literature (18th Century Concepts)
- Creative Writing Workshops
- British Romantic Literature Era
- British Literature (19th Century Victorian Frameworks)
Year 3
- Women's Writing Narratives
- Linguistics & Phonetics Base
- 20th Century British Literature Developments
- Literary Theory and Critique Frameworks I
- Postcolonial Literatures Studies
- Modern European Drama Analysis
Final Year (Optional / NEP)
- Modern Literary Criticism Models II
- World Literatures Anthology
- Partition Literature Profiles
- Senior Creative Literary Dissertation Submission
Career outcomes
Typical roles for graduates of this programme, with indicative salary ranges.
| Role | Indicative package |
|---|---|
| Content Marketing Manager / Copywriter | ₹4–10 LPA |
| Corporate Editor / Publisher | ₹3.5–9 LPA |
| Public Relations Specialist | ₹4.5–11 LPA |
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