• ISBN13: 9788126930395
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: December 28, 2022
• Pages: 144
• Original Price: INR 350.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1170 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

This book introduces post-graduate students and researchers to the basics and techniques of research methods in English literature and language. It covers qualitative and quantitative methodology and includes the following topics: • Definition, aims and objectives of research • Materials and tools of research • Background knowledge of the researcher • Methods of research (i) Biography (ii) Bibliography and textual criticism (iii) Modern critical theories • The literary thesis • Bibliographical references The book will be most useful for teachers, students, program administrators and researchers in their research work. It can be used as a basic text for research methodology paper in M.A. and M.Phil. and pre-Ph.D. courses.

Dr. M.P. Sinha, a scholar of national repute, was Professor and Head, Department of English (1988–2002) in Kanpur University (now Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University). Besides publishing a good number of papers in reputed journals, he has chaired academic sessions in national and international seminars. His published books are W.B. Yeats: His Poetry and Politics and Major Trends in the Post-Independence: Indian English Fiction (co-authored with Dr. B.R. Agrawal).

• 1. Meaning and Objectives of Literary Research
• 2. Background Knowledge
• 3. Materials and Tools of Research
• 4. Methods of Research : Biography, History of Ideas and Technique
• 5. Methods of Research : Bibliography and Textual Criticism
• 6. Methods of Research : Critical Approaches and Theories
• 7. The Literary Thesis
• Bibliographical References