This course is designed to introduce students to representations of gender and sexuality in literary works, including poetry, fiction, and drama. Content includes theories of gender and sexual identity; influence of gender and sexual identities on literary expressions, and influence of literature on gender and sexual identities; terminology and methods of literary analysis and evaluation.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: ENG 4201
Course Name:
Gender Theory and Literature
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: ENG 4202
Course Name:
Bangladeshi Writings in English
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will acquaint students with Bangladeshi writings in English or translated into English. The course will be innovative and open-ended in nature.
Course Code: ENG 422
Course Name:
Cinema as Literature
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Literature is driven by the written word. The power of images during the twentieth century (particularly in film), has seemingly supplanted the power of the written word. This course will offer a comparative look at film and literature in order to examine how the two have continued to modify one another during the past century. In other words, this course will study what is gained or lost when such classics as Pather Panchali are put into filmic version.
Course Code: ENG 431
Course Name:
Eastern Classics in Translation
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course aims at teaching the classics of Ancient India in English translation. The selections will be made from the Norton World Masterpieces, vol. 1.
Course Code: ENG 432
Course Name:
History of Modern Thoughts
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will study the growth and development of the intellectual and philosophical trends in the Western Europe. Readings may include excerpts from Gramsci, Adorno, Jameson, Foucault, Geertz, Said and Appiah.
Course Code: ENG 433
Course Name:
Survey of American Literature – III
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course is a survey of major literary figures of the U. S. in the 20th Century. Major thematic variants: New England environment; the American Dream; the Black protest and the Civil Rights Movement; the Jewish cult; and the modern hero.
Course Code: ENG 434
Course Name:
African Writing in English
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will develop an understanding of African writing in English. A major interest is in the changing social constructions of masculinities and femininities during the period from 1950 to 1990, and the effects of race/racism and class on African life.
Course Code: ENG 435
Course Name:
Research Methodology
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Based on the latest MLA Stylesheet, writing strategies will include preparing bibliography, using primary and secondary sources, footnotes and endnotes, documentation and cross-references.
Course Code: ENG 436
Course Name:
Bangladesh Literature in English and in English Translation
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will aim at paving an academic framework for producing both professional and competent translators for Bangladesh Literature in English. The course will be innovative and open-ended in nature.
Course Code: ENG 441
Course Name:
Teaching Grammar and Composition
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The purpose of the course is to study grammatical concepts with concentration on basic sentence structure, principles of punctuation and functional grammar. This course will also examine rhetorical and composition theory, error analysis, methods of error correction and the composing process.