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CES BA Optional Courses

CES BA Optional Courses

Category

Course Code

Course Title

Language and Literary Studies

ES 341 E

History of English Language

ES 344 E

Language Culture and Cognition

ES 345 E

Linguistic Analysis of Literary Texts

British Literature

ES 346 E

English Novel

ES 347 E

English Poetry

ES 348 E

English Essay

ES 349 E

English Drama – I

ES 350 E

English Drama – II

ES 351 E

20th Century English Novel

ES 352 E

20th Century English Poetry

ES 353 E

20th Century English Drama

Literature in Other Englishes

ES 356 E

Literature in Indian English

ES 358 E

American Writing in English

ES 359 E

20th Century American Novel

ES 360 E

20th Century American Drama

ES 361 E

20th Century American Poetry

ES 362 E

African Writings in English

ES 363 E

Literature of New Zealand and Australia

ES 364 E

Canadian Literature

ES 365 E

Caribbean Literature

Literary Theory and Criticism

ES 366 E

Critical Approaches to Literature

ES 369 E

Literature and Ideas

ES 370 E

Arts and Ideas

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.