Literary Vanguard English from Canon to Competition

Course Description

Welcome to “Literary Vanguard: English from Canon to Competition. Struggling with English? Want to cover? This 6-week skill development course is designed to take you from unable to remembering English literary Works to mastering them. Whether you're preparing for university exams, competitive exams, or simply aiming to enhance your knowledge of literature, this course provides all the tools you need to master English Literature. Learning Outcome: This course will help participants: 1. overcome fear of remembering and retaining English Literature. 2. Improve their recalling skill, confidence to give their best shot in any exam. 3. Build good knowledge base, and question solving skills.

Course Fee Seats Limited

₹1700.00

Course Details

Duration
Duration
30 HRS
Duration
Course Label
SkillDevelopment
Certificate
Certificate
Yes
Course Language
English
Duration
Course Mode
Offline
Duration
Timings
5 PM - 6 PM
Days
Monday to Friday
Registration Till
31 Jul 2026
Duration
Tentative ClassStart Date
In the month of August
Duration
Eligible Schools:
Certificate Criteria
Certificate Criteria
75% attendance, 50% score in all Exams/CA

Curriculum Snapshot

Explore the comprehensive course modules

1 Literary period and Historical Context

1. Old English & Middle English, Renaissance 2. Elizabethan Age, Metaphysical & Puritan Age 3. Restoration & Neo-classicism, Romantic Age 4. Victorian Age, Modern & Postmodern Periods 5. Criticism of Periodization of Literary Periods

2 Literary Genres Forms

1. Poetry: Lyric, Epic, Ballad, Sonnet (Types) 2. Drama: Tragedy, Comedy, Tragicomedy (Types) 3. Novel: Realism & Stream of Consciousness (Types) 4. Prose & Essays (Remaining Topics) 5. CA-1(Objective)

3 Key Authors Canonical Texts

1. Shakespeare, John Donne, Milton, Pope, Swift, Defoe 2. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Austen, 3. Dickens, Hardy, Tennyson, Browning, Wilde, Bronte Sisters. 4. Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Beckett, Orwell 5. Achebe, Morrison, Atwood, Coetzee, Thiong'o

4 Indian Writing/ Diasporic Writers

1. Themes & Character analysis (Text Covered) 2. Michael Odaantjee, Khalid Hosseini, Kiran Desai 3. M.G. Vassanji, Amitav Ghosh, Mohsin Hamid 4. Salaman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, V.S. Naipaul 5. CA-2(Objective)

5 Revision Misc

1. Revision Session/CA Discussion 2. Answer Writing practice 3. MCQ'S from Previous year Questions 4. Passage based Comprehension 5. Short Answer writing

6 Revision And Final Lap

1. Essay Structuring techniques 2. Performance analysis 3. Doubt clearing session 4. Rapid Revision Techniques 5. End Term Exam (Objective and Subjective)

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