Course Details
SEMESTER-III
Course Title: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Course Code: Eng-617
Description and Objectives:
To enable students to conduct their own small scale research. It would help familiarize them with techniques and methods of selecting topics, developing questions, collecting and analyzing data and finally, prepare the research report or project.
Learning Outcomes:
· The students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of research and how it is conducted using proper and method and methodology
· The student should be able to identify and be able to distinguish amongst various terms used in research such as Methods, Methodology, and skills etc
· To familiarize students with various research methods and approaches
· To enhance knowledge of the students relating the elements that help in synopsis construction which include: abstract, introduction, review of Literature and Referencing.
Course Contents:
• Introduction to research Methods in English studies
• Archival Methods
• Auto/Biography as a research Method.
• Oral History as a research Method.
• Discourse Analysis
• The Uses of Ethnographic Methods in English studies.
• Quantitative Methods in English studies.
• Textual Analysis
• Interviewing
• Creative writing as a research method.
Writing a Research Proposal
• Writing Abstract, Literature Review, Methodology
• Bibliography Writing
Recommended Reading:
Creswell, J. W. (2007). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among
five Approaches (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Griffin, G. (2005). Research Methods for English Studies. UK: Edinburgh University
Press.