SCHEME OF EXAMINATION FOR MA PROGRAMME

First Year

Second Year

*The Interdisciplinary courses will be offered by the Departments in the Faculty of Arts

Eligibility Conditions for admission to M.A. in French/German/Hispanic/Italian Studies

Category-1A

Bachelor's Degree from a recognized University plus Advanced Diploma in French/German/Spanish/Italian (with 50% marks) / Bachelor's Degree from a recognized University with at least B2 level of Common European Framework in French/German/Spanish/Italian from a recognized Institute/University.

Category-1B

Master's Degree from a recognized University plus Advanced Diploma in French/German/Spanish/Italian (with 50% marks) / Master's Degree from a recognized University with at least B2 level of Common European Framework in French/German/Spanish/Italian from a recognized Institute/University.

Category-2A

B.A. (Hons.) in French/German/Spanish/Italian from University of Delhi.

Category-2B

B.A. (Prog.) with at least two (02) Courses in French/German/Spanish/Italian from University of Delhi.

Admission Procedure

Mode of Evaluation

Each paper is of 100 marks: 30 marks for internal assessment and 70 marks for the End-Semester Examination (3 hours duration).

Internal assessment is based on continuous evaluation (through class tests, presentations, written assignments, seminars).

Use of dictionaries during the examinations is allowed in Papers 104 & 303.

Written assignments for internal assessment should be submitted well within the stipulated time schedule indicated by the teachers concerned

Paper 404 is to be marked on 100 jointly by the Supervisor and Co-Examiner.

The date for final submission of the dissertation will be notified later.

INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES

The Department of Germanic and Romance Studies will conduct two Interdisciplinary Courses for M.A. Part 1 and 2 students in Semester 2 and 4 in the Faculty of Arts.

The courses aim to provide insights into issues and concerns of relevance for Europe and the Postcolonial world through readings in English translation of works originally written in French, German, Italian and Spanish.

The course is conceived with the understanding that an interface with the outside world will help create greater awareness among students and encourage them to develop an intercultural perspective.

Eligibility: All students registered in MA 1 and 2.
Note: The course will be conducted only if there is a minimum of 10 students.

Evaluation: Each paper carries 100 marks, i.e. 30 marks for internal assessment and 70 marks for the end semester examination. Internal assessment will comprise of a minimum of one written assignment, presentation or class test.

The courses offered by the Department are:

European literature and Society
The course will deal with English translations of a range of literary works originally written in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Students will discover a series of well-known writers from the medieval till contemporary period.

The course will involve the study of a selection of four texts - one from each language - drawn from the reading list provided below, and will focus on a relevant theme or issue. The couse thus aims to read these works from the perspective of their historical and social moorings and their literary innovations.

Readings into Colonial/Postcolonial Encounters

The course will deal with English translations of literary works from Latin America, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean and Europe originally written in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Students will discover a series of responses to colonial/postcolonial encounters from the 16th century till the contemporary context of immigration and Diaspora.

The course will involve the study of a selection of four texts - one from each language - drawn from the reading list provided below, and will focus on a relevant theme or issue. The course thus aims to read these works from the perspective of their historical and social moorings and their literary innovations.

Themes chosen so far for the theme courses in the MA Programme:

• Themes and Strategies in the Encounter with the Other (1995-96)
• Myth and Mythology (1996-97)
• Literature and Exile (1997-98)
• Romanticism and Modernity (1998-99)
• Fin-de-Siècle (1999-2000)
• Literature and Anthropology (2000-2001)
• Culture and Globalisation (2001-2002)
• Literature and Industry (2002-2003)
• Literature and War (2003-2004),
• Autobiography (2004-2005)
• Literature and Travel (2005-2006)
• Diversity and Unity in Multicultural Societies (2006-2007)
• Empire and Rebellion (2007-2008)
• Narrative Spaces (2008-2009)
• Popular Fiction (2009-2010)
• Literature and history (2010-2011)
• Tragic and Comic in Literature (2011-12)
• Literature and the City (2012-2013)
• India in other Literature (2013-2014)
• Crime and Literature (2014-2015)
• Borders in Literature (2015-2016)
• Experimental Literature (2016-2017)
• Imaginary Homelands (2017-2018)
• History and Memory (2018-2019)
• Life Writing (2019-2020)
• Places in Literature (2020-2021)
• Conflict and Literature (2021-2022)
• Literary Islands (2022-2023)
• Corporeality (2023-2024)
• Subaltern Studies (2024-2025)

An international conference is held each year focusing on a contemporary aspect of the theme.