English literature and language have been an integral part of the courses offered in various universities in India since pre-Independence days. Since the inception of Vidyasagar University, this course has been introduced in the undergraduate courses in constituent colleges. And the syllabus in English Literature has been designed to identify the signposts of English society and culture from the Anglo-Saxon Period to the Twentieth Century. Different points of the syllabus have incorporated ideas, events, personalities, and texts that formed the backbone of each period with clear awareness of parallel or related trends in the continent. The courses also have been designed to acquaint the students with the history of the English language both synchronic and diachronic, keeping in mind the different elements such as influences, borrowings and changes over the centuries.

Keeping the above view in mind our department try-

• To provide all information regarding the scope and opportunities of this subject.
• To impart the lessons in such a way that the students feel they always surrounded by economic phenomenon in their day-to-day life.
• To make students more equipped with this subject by taking class seminars, class test and by completion of syllabus in due time.
• To make the knowledge perfect and matured and attain finality
• To work as consultants/mentors by the teachers to help the students to fulfill their dream and to motivate them to become ideal human being.
• To make the students more disciplined and punctual, the teachers act as friend, philosopher and guide.
• To encourage students to take part in extracurricular activities such as sports, NSS, fine arts, music and other cultural competitions and to do short courses on Computer Training, Communication English to enhance their self-confidence.

At present the intake capacity of our department at UG Honours level is 84. The distributions of these 84 seats are presented in following table.

Though the admission in the department is done on merit basis, but keeping in view the concept of globalization, the age of electronic media, the best utilization of human resources and social need of the day, students hailed from underprivileged class of this district, have been given special consideration during admission. Apart from this, students having distinction in sports, fine arts, music and students hailing from the adjoining area of the locality of the college, get opportunity to take higher education in this college. The complete admission procedure is online and it adheres to the rules and regulations of Vidyasgar University and the Higher Education Dept., Govt. of West Bengal.

The infrastructure facilities of our department is presented below

• No separate departmental class room for lack of space.
• One ICT enabled class room
• No separate departmental library but central library caters to the needs of the students.

For teaching purpose, the most common method, used by the departmental teachers, is chalk and talk. The departmental teachers use power point presentations, arrange movie and documentary shows. We have one smart class room and other class rooms. Apart from delivering lectures and distributing class notes, students are given different web links to collect study materials (YouTube, Digital Library & Google Classroom). Department prepares a semester wise lesson plan for proper teaching and to complete the allotted syllabus in due time. Students are also encouraged to participate in class seminar and group discussions on a regular basis. As a part of Internal Assessment (10 mark for each Honours & General paper) we take 2 class tests for each Honours paper and 2 class test for each General paper.

The English (Hons.) undergraduate course is designed to introduce students with the various traditions of English literature and language. The different courses of the English undergraduate Programme is created in such a fashion that the students not only get an idea and taste of the English literature that developed in English soil but also of other Anglophone traditions in the world.

• The Programme tries to make the students understand the different periods of English literature and explore how creative resources are used in poetry, fiction, prose and drama. It tries to focus on Literary/Cultural studies which help to develop intellectual acumen and a better understanding of human life and
• The new UG syllabus under CBCS also includes Indian Classical Writings, Indian Bhasha literatures along with the contemporary literary This will help students develop their analytical and argumentative skills and also endow them with the knowledge of their own literary tradition – both classical and contemporary Indian Bhasha literatures.
• The main rationale of the Programme is to acquaint students, who have just stepped in to the threshold of higher education, with an overall idea of literature, develop their critical insights, understand the reception of texts and make them familiar with scholarly
• The new syllabus of studying literary and cultural texts is structured in such ways that it helps students think deeply about socio cultural issues of race and It helps to develop the reasoning faculty of the mind and understand the cross cultural issues of influence and reception.
• The Programme also helps to develop skills of writing in English which will posit students in good stead in the job market

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Semester wise (CCFUP) Teaching Plan& Syllabus distribution MAJOR IN ENGLISH (Honours)

Students of this department deal with versatile carrier option. Some students opt for higher studies and they are advised to take admission in reputed institutions like JNU, DSE,BHU, ISI etc for conducting their post graduate, M.Phil and PhD. For this, students are given the special coaching to solve the previous question papers of entrance examinations conducted by several reputed institutions. Students who have requisite qualities for leadership, qualities of taking instant decision, are being advised to go for administrative service through competitive examinations. For this, we not only collect the titles of literature, but also collect some magazines, namely, competition master and competition success etc. which are very helpful for competitive examinations. Students, who want to face challenge, are advised to take several self-employment generated schemes, to start a start-up business.

Students pursuing Ph.D./completed Ph.D. from different Institutions

Students Qualified NET/SET

Student Progression in Higher Education 

Employment of students

Our department occasionally organise national and state level seminar/webinar. The details ofcurrently organised national level webinar is given below.

1. Strength: Disciplined and sincere
2. Weakness: Less student strength, insufficient fulltime faculty,
3. Opportunity: Equipped computer lab, ICT class room and good collaboration with the faculty of other institutions.
4. Challenge: To fill up full intake capacity, to orient them to get placed in the right position in the society