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What should I do to crack the entrance examination of JNU MA English 2020?


Mir Aadil 2nd Aug, 2019
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pdwords Student Expert 11th Sep, 2019

MA English Paper was earlier subjective and but the new pattern is based on MCQ Questions.


MCQs are based on Factual, Conceptual, Procedural and Metacognitive Levels

You need to go through the following syllabus in order to understand what all questions will be asked-

History of English Literature (Chaucer to Post-modern) , It includes the following-

  • Important Authors and their individualities
  • Important Texts

Literary Movements and their features

Contemporary British Literature

Significant Imaginative Writing from outside England  in countries such as Canadian, Australian,Caribbean etc

Third World Literature with special reference to Indian literature in English and in

English translation

Literary Theory and Criticism (Plato to Postmodernists)

Gender Studies

Relationship between Literature and the Visual Arts

Reading Comprehension (Prose and Poem passage)

Inference (based on a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning, not directly available in the text itself)

Test of Register - This includes a variety of a language or a level of usage, as determined by degree of formality and choice of vocabulary, pronunciation, and syntax, according to the communicative purpose,social context, and standing of the user)


Candidates are examined in Literature in English, Literature in India and Other Parts of the World, English in India, Literary and Cultural Theories, Non-Literary Artistic Forms, the Relationship between Literature, Culture and Society, and Practical Criticism of given literary pieces.

The objective of the test is to select those who demonstrate not just in -depth knowledge of literature and culture, but literary sensibility and a capacity for original thinking.

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