Unit 1: Research in Literature: Key Issues
Research questions, hypothesis and its types, hypothesis testing, research design, ethics
Unit 2: The place of theory in literary disciplines (Chapters 7 to 12 from A Handbook to Literary Research edited by Simon Eliot and W.R.Owens, 1998 and chapter 7 from The Handbook to Literary Research Edited by Delia da Sousa Correa and W.R. Owens, New York, Routledge, 1998
Unit 3: Literary research and interdisciplinarity, Use of linguistics and stylistics in literary research, Literary research and translation, Literary research and other media(Chapters 8,9,10 from The Handbook to Literary Research Edited by Delia da Sousa Correa and W.R. Owens, New York, Routledge, 1998)
Unit 4: Report Writing
Structure of Research Report, style manuals, avoiding plagiarism
- Teacher: Prabhanjan Mane