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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

AN INTRODUCTION
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From the desk of the Head of the Department
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The English Department of Cooch Behar College is one of the oldest and premier departments which first came into being with the inception of the college in the year 1970 with only general courses. Deeply moved by the socio-economic and educational plight of the students of this area , the authority was quick to realise that the panacea for these ills lay in inculcating the spirit of free inquiry, modernism and above all the ability to communicate and articulate the pent-up ideas and feelings in modern international language ,that is, English. With this aim in view, the fledgling English Department, coupled with untiring efforts and unflinching determination of the authority, blossomed into full fledged Honours Department in the year 2004. The Department now draws students from each and every corner of the state including neighbouring state like Assam. The purpose of the new BA Honours course in English is to provide a thorough grounding in literature written in the English language, from the earliest period to the present day. The course is not confined to literature produced in the British Isles but will also take into account the global reach of the language and the diversity and range of all its literary manifestations, especially in the postcolonial world. One important feature of the course is its cross-disciplinary character. Students will be exposed to the interface of literature with other kinds of textuality in contemporary culture and society, and to the various possible applications of disciplinary skills. The course strives to achieve a balance between compulsory&mdash;or ―core&mdash;components and specialised or ―optional areas. While students will be expected to master the fundamentals of their discipline in the core courses, they may exercise individual preferences or seek to develop applied skills in the optional courses. The syllabi for the core courses is therefore relatively fixed and determined, while the optional courses are designed to allow more flexibility to both student and teacher.
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