The Course will enable the students to investigate and analyze literary elements and explore research-based writing skills, while applying research design and methodology, to produce coherent and cohesive reports that integrate original texts with secondary sources.
The students will:
CO120. Explore the key elements of literary research
CO121. Develop an understanding of the nuances of practical criticism and research-based writing
CO122. Choose research design and methodology to produce a coherent and logically-argued written work by using primary and secondary sources
CO123. Investigate the relevance of documentation (citations, etc.) and the need for ethics in research
CO124. Conceptualize and draft a research proposal using theorical ideas with an inter/multi-disciplinary approach
CO125.Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.
Research Methodology: Introduction to Literary Research
What is Research?
Why Write It Up?
Why a Formal Paper?
From Questions to a Problem
(from The Craft of Research pp. 10-14, 49-63)
Practical Criticism
Writing a Term Paper
On Style Manuals
Notes, References, and Bibliography
Documentation and Academic Writing
Why document Sources?
Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty Organize: Creating your Documentation:
The List of Works Cited
In-Text Citations
(from MLA Handbook 8th Edition pp. 3-10, 19 & 20- 58)
Suggested Reference Books:
Alexander, L.G. Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students. Orient Longman, 1975.
Boulton, Marjorie. The Anatomy of Poetry. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982.
Chakravarty, Suhas. News Reporting and Editing. Kanishka Publishers, 2006.
Randolph Quirk and Sidney Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. Pearson ,2018.
Thakkar, Praveen K. Appreciating English Poetry. Orient Longman Limited, 1999.
E-Resources including links:
https://ccsuniversity.ac.in/bridge-library/pdf/Research-Methodology-CR-K... [2] https://www.mayvillestate.edu/files/6313/5785/0195/Documentation_Styles.pdf [3] https://www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/entry- [4] requirements/how-to-write-your-research-proposal
Reference Journal:
IJM, International Journal of Methodology https://www.ijrrjournal.com/IJRR_Vol.6_Issue.3_March2019/IJRR0011.pdf [5] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321964409_Research_Methodology [6]
Links:
[1] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/research-methodology-theory-0
[2] https://ccsuniversity.ac.in/bridge-library/pdf/Research-Methodology-CR-Kothari.pdf
[3] http://www.mayvillestate.edu/files/6313/5785/0195/Documentation_Styles.pdf
[4] http://www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/entry-
[5] http://www.ijrrjournal.com/IJRR_Vol.6_Issue.3_March2019/IJRR0011.pdf
[6] http://www.researchgate.net/publication/321964409_Research_Methodology
[7] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2025-2026