Syllabus - English Literature

General Degree

Level II - Semester I

AENC 21013: Literature, Society and Culture

AENE 21013: Academic Writing

AENE 21023: Non-Fiction Texts

Level II - Semester II

AENC 22013: Twentieth and Twenty-First Literatures in English

AENE 22013: Cinematic Representations of Literary Narratives

Level III - Semester I

AENC 31013: Teaching English Literature in Postcolonial Contexts

AENC 31023: Research Methods

Level III - Semester II

AENC 32013: A Survey of British Canon up to 1900

AENC 32023: Research Report

Special Degree

Level II - Semester I

AENCH 21013: Literature, Society and Culture

AENCH 21023: An Introduction to the English Literary Canon

AENCH 21033: A History of the English Language

AENCH 21043: An Introduction to Sinhala and Tamil Literatures from Sri Lanka

AENEH 21013: Academic Writing

AENEH 21023: Non-Fiction Texts

Level II - Semester II

AENCH 22013: World Literatures in Translation

AENCH 22023: Postcolonial Afro-Caribbean Writings

AENCH 22033: A Survey of American Literature

AENCH 22043: Multilingualism

ALGCH 22013: Language and Gender

ALGCH 22043: Psycholinguistics

Level III - Semester I

AENCH 31013: Teaching English Literature in Postcolonial Contexts

AENCH 31023: A Survey of English Poetry

AENCH 31033: Major Trends in English Drama

AENCH 31043: Teaching English as a Second Language: Theory and Practice

ALGCH 31023: Applied Linguistics

ALGCH 31043: Language and Linguistics in South Asia

Level III - Semester II

AENCH 32013: Developments in English Fiction

AENCH 32023: South Asian Anglophone Texts

AENCH 32033: Literary Theory and Research Methods

AENCH 32043: Studies in Translation: Theory and Practice

ALGCH 32023: Linguistic Principles of Translation

ALGCH 32033: Language Planning in Multilingual Societies

Level IV - Semester I

AENCH 41013: The Canterbury Tales

AENCH 41023: John Milton’s Paradise Lost

AENCH 41033: Literature, Labour and Globalization

AENCH 41043: Literary Genders

AENCH 41053: Nations and Narratives

AENCH 41063: Studies in World Englishes

ALGCH 41023: Sociolinguistics

ALGCH 41043: Translation Techniques in Multilingual Contexts

Level IV - Semester II

AENCH 42013: Shakespeare Studies

AENCH 42023: The English Language in Sri Lanka

AENCH 42033: Discourse Analysis

AENCH 42043: Language, Thought, Culture and Ideology

AENCH 42053: Internship

AENCH 42066: Dissertation