| Courses for students of Integrated M. A. in English |
| Course Title |
L |
T |
P |
CH |
Cr |
| CT165: Basic Concepts in Cultural Studies I |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| CT166: Introduction to Folklore Studies |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| CT167: Basic Concepts in Cultural Studies II |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| CT168: Cultural Studies: Its Development and Trends |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Click on the Course Codes below for respective syllabus-contents.
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| CT165: Basic Concepts in Cultural Studies I |
| L = 3, T = 0, P = 0, CH = 3, CR = 3 |
| Course Outcomes: |
| CO1: Demonstrate basic understanding of the tenets of cultural studies. |
| CO2: Demonstrate understanding of the notions of gender, identity, and representation. |
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| Course Contents: |
| Unit 1: Culture and Cultural Studies- setting the agenda for cultural studies; cultural studies as interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field. |
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| Unit 2: Canon Formation- Decanonisation- High Art and Popular Art. |
| Unit 3: Representation and Ethnography; Text and textuality; Identity – Caste, Class and Gender. |
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| Textbooks: |
| Nayar, Pramod K. (2008). An Introduction to Cultural Studies. Viva Books, New Delhi. |
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| Suggested Readings: |
| Barker, Chris. (2008). Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice. Sage, New Delhi. |
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| *L = Lecture, T = Tutorial, P = Practical, CH = Contact Hour, CR = Credit |
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| CT166: Introduction to Folklore Studies |
| L = 3, T = 0, P = 0, CH = 3, CR = 3 |
| Course Outcomes: |
| CO1: Demonstrate understanding of folklore and folklore studies. |
| CO2: Relate folklore with media, politics, tourism and culture industry. |
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| Course Contents: |
| Unit 1: Origin and Evolution of Folklore Studies-India and Abroad-Orality and Literacy- Folklore Matters. |
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| Unit 2: New Trends in Folklore-Folklore and Media-Revivalism-Tourism-Market. |
| Unit 3: Folklore and Society-Applications of Folklore-Folklore in 21st Century. |
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| Textbooks: |
| Dorson, Richard M. (1982). Folklore and Folklife: An Introduction. University of Chicago Press, London. |
| Dundes, Alan. (1965). The Study of Folklore. Prentice-Hall, Michigan. |
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| Suggested Readings: |
| Toelken, Barre. (1996). The Dynamics of Folklore. Utah State University Press, Logan. |
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| *L = Lecture, T = Tutorial, P = Practical, CH = Contact Hour, CR = Credit |
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| CT167: Basic Concepts in Cultural Studies - II |
| L = 3, T = 0, P = 0, CH = 3, CR = 3 |
| Course Outcomes: |
| CO1: Demonstrate a basic understanding of globalization as a cultural and economic process. |
| CO2: Demonstrate understanding of nationalism in the Indian context. |
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| Course Contents: |
| Unit 1: Globalization and Its History- Media and Globalization- Economic, political and cultural dimensions of globalization. |
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| Unit 2: Cultural homogeneity and globalization; nationalism and its place in a globalized world; the reemergence of the nation in the 21st century. |
| Unit 3: Introduction to Indian Nationalism: discussions on Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, MK Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar. |
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| Textbooks: |
| Smith, Peter K. (2017). Globalization: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, Oxford. |
| Habib, S. Irfan. (2017). Indian Nationalism: The Essential Writings. Aleph, New Delhi. |
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| Suggested Readings: |
| Tomlinson, John. (1991). Cultural Imperialism: A Critical Introduction. Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland. |
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| *L = Lecture, T = Tutorial, P = Practical, CH = Contact Hour, CR = Credit |
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| CT168: Cultural Studies: Its Development and Trends |
| L = 3, T = 0, P = 0, CH = 3, CR = 3 |
| Course Outcomes: |
| CO1: Demonstrate understanding of the major perspectives drawn from the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies. |
| CO2: Demonstrate understanding the significance of popular as a category and its various lived experiences in emergent times. |
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| Course Contents: |
| Unit 1: The early years of Cultural Studies - Raymond Williams, Richard Hoggart and Stuart Hall. |
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| Unit 2: Subculture – popular culture – films – music – advertisements – animations – ideology and hegemony. |
| Unit 3: Texts and contexts – encoding and decoding; polysemy and ambiguity of texts; intertextuality. |
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| Textbooks: |
| Turner, Graeme. (2003). British Cultural Studies: An Introduction. Routledge, London. |
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| Suggested Readings: |
| During, Simon. (2003). The Cultural Studies Reader. Routledge, London. |
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| *L = Lecture, T = Tutorial, P = Practical, CH = Contact Hour, CR = Credit |
