Ph. D. in English is a doctoral program offered by the School of Arts, Humanities and Commerce Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amaravati, Bengaluru and Coimbatorecampuses.
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English Language and Literature, Applied Linguistics, and Translation Studies make a worthy contribution to the whole gamut of studies related to the humanities and social sciences. Different phases of literary development represent the milieu and nuances of given societies, with a plethora of human psyche-related ramifications. The political shifts and styles of governance highlighting both the ills and positive aspects of society are writ large. The intended PhD programme delves deep into diction, narratology, plot, and those other features that contribute to interpreting and analysing different literary phenomena related to chosen literary production, such as morpho-phonemic, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, stylistic, semiotic studies, etc., in linguistic aspects of study in addition to translation and transliteration.
English Language Pedagogy, especially the Methods of Teaching in respect of documented methods with an orientation towards emergent methodology, reflective practice, studies related to standardised and authentic materials, and assessment mechanisms pertaining to norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, and beyond form parts of different PhD projects envisaged. The PhD programme conforms to the structure enunciated and prescribed by the University. The PhD programme amply stands for compassion-driven research, as enunciated by Her Holiness Amma.
The program has a spectrum of genres in English language teaching and English literature that focuses on the advanced study of literature, language, and writing in the English language. The program is designed for students who wish to pursue a career in academia, research, or other fields where advanced knowledge of English is required.
The department of English offers students an intellectually engaging and academically vibrant space for research. We offer a Ph.D. program in English Language and Literature and currently the department has more than 30 scholars pursuing their research in varied fields like – Disability studies, Eco-Humanism in Ancient Indian Classic Literature, Indian Women Travel Narrators, Gender Studies, Northeast Indian Literature, Graphic novels and Comics, Multiple Narratives of Ramayana, Regional Indian Films, Indian Literatures in English translation, Culinary Studies, English Language Teaching and Learning etc.
Research at the department reflects how academically engaged we are with movements across cultures, languages and genres ranging from novels, poetry, and drama to film and theory. The department invariably provides an academically nurturing atmosphere to encourage critical thinking and to create agile minds. The publications of our research scholars in highly reputed Scopus-indexed journals by Routledge, Sage etc. are testimonials to the quality of the research work carried out at the department.
Research Objectives
Key points:
English Language and Literature
Applied Linguistics
Translation studies
Post-colonial Literature
Cultural Studies
English Language Teaching
Translation Studies and Dalit Literature
Disability studies
Eco-Humanism
Travel Narratives by Indian Women
Gender Studies
Northeast Indian Literature
Graphic Novels & Comics
Multiple Narratives of Ramayana & Mahabharata
Regional Indian Films
Indian popular culture
Cultural Studies
Indian Literatures in English translation
Travel writings
Food and cooking in literature
English Language teaching and learning
Children’s literature
Trauma and Memory Narratives
Addiction Studies
Dalit & Tribal Narratives
Singlehood Studies
Indian Horror Films
Malayalam Cinema
War Literature
Climate Fiction
Queer Studies
Indian English Writing
Regional Indian Cinema
War and Trauma Literature
Regional Indian Literature
Graphic Narratives
Post-Colonial Fiction
Dr Ram chandra Kalluri
Chairperson, Department of English
E Mail ID: k_ramchandra@av.amrita.edu
9959198681
Dr. Deepakumari S.
Assistant. Prof. (Sr. Gr.)
E Mail ID: s_deepakumari@blr.amrita.edu