DEROZIO MEMORIAL COLLEGE

We, the teachers of the department, earnestly believe that Creative Writing undoubtedly sharpens students’ ability to express their thoughts clearly and vividly. It further gives them an opportunity to think beyond the ordinary, and they can use their imagination to express their ideas in their own  way. Besides emphasizing on the importance of Creative Writing we also guide and encourage them to think and write critically. Our students eagerly contribute to the departmental literary magazine "Zephyr", as well as to the departmental wall magazine thereby showcasing their literary talents. Their poems, articles, essays, short stories, literary analysis etc. bear the stamp of their originality and we find in them the urge to explore more. Moreover, our students willingly participate in debate and quiz competitions organized by the department.

Our course structure offers British literature and language alongside Indian literature and other selected literatures of the world. We impart quality education by using effective and efficient teaching tools. Our department lays special emphasis on direct teaching method which includes close textual analysis. We encourage our students to actively participate in classroom interactive sessions. Besides this we opt for PowerPoint Presentation, effectively use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teaching methods and Learning Management System (LMS). We often use the modern audio-visual aids and techniques to stimulate imagination and to facilitate the understanding of the students e.g. watching thought provoking movies and doing in-depth analysis of the same. We motivate our students to participate in literary discussions and also help them prepare for Oral Presentation. We encourage the students in writing projects on different literary topics pertaining to the syllabus. We conduct online Google Meet classes for the students wherein we engage them in interactive discussions related to literary texts and theories. It is a new-age method which we have started to adopt since Covid days. We also organize educational excursions for the students, such as taking them to theatres to watch celebrated plays by renowned playwrights e.g. Swapnasandhani's adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. This in turn helps in their artistic as well as intellectual growth.