Duration:2 years (4 semesters)
Eligibility: Any bachelor’s degree
This discipline will train students in the reading and analysis of literature in its various forms, from the written text to the oral to the performative, literature is a celebration of human creativity and imagination. Besides the aesthetic aspects, the representation of societies, cultures and histories and the inquiry into the human condition are a major concern of this creative art. It is also often a tool for voicing out injustices and giving a voice to the voiceless from mainstream world problems to smaller communities. Indigenous literature, constitutes a major aspect of the programme for a systematic and critical study of local cultures and aesthetics which otherwise, have been rather understudied, underappreciated and misrepresented in hegemonic narratives. The programme provides an in-depth understanding of literature as a creative art and, as recorder, critic and guide of human societies and conscience.
