The academic programmes of the Centre of German Studies reflect the primary objective of the School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies: to study the language, literature and culture of the concerned foreign countries. The B.A. Programme begins with the teaching of the language and goes on to impart an integrated knowledge of literature and society of the German speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Translation skills are developed and basic knowledge of linguistics is also imparted at the B.A. level. At the M.A. level students can specialise in Literature or Translation. Besides compulsory courses in the two streams, students are also able to choose from a number of courses from other areas corresponding to their specific interests and requirements. A short dissertaion is part of the M.A. requirement. The Centre encourages comparative and contrastive aspects with respect to India. |
The Centre of German Studies regularly attempts to adjust to innovations in the discipline and correspondingly regularly reviews its courses on German language, literatures and other sociocultural issues in broader contexts. Over the last few decades, Centre has expanded its areas of expertise from literature and translation into philosophy, linguistics, didactics and oral culture studies and is now integrating these into the wider perspective of European Studies. These developments are also reflected in the introduction of new courses in all these fields. The Centre regularly organises lectures, seminars and conferences which are attended by scholars and literary writers from India and abroad. This has contributed to the wide choice of research subjects undertaken by M.Phil. and Ph.D. students which range from the established field of literary studies to socio-cultural themes, film studies and comparative linguistics. |
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