Profile of the Department of Assamese

As the Modern Indian Language(MIL) the subject of Assamese is one of the notable subject of the College. Being a compulsory subject, The Department of Assamese affiliated to Dibrugarh University in the year of 2006. Since it’s inception The Department always aims to enrich the academic as well as the socio-cultural aspects of the students.

  • The Department of Assamese believes that only a thorough understanding of the literature will help students to comprehend present and future
  • The Department of Assamese aims to make the students aware through teaching, research and extension activities in Assamese language and literature in the context of world literature

Aim and Objective:

  • The provide knowledge of Assamese language and literature among the students of degree level.
  • Introduce to the basic concepts about Indian and world literature among the students.

Vision :

To prepare the students to understands, realized and to soul the social vice and obstacles and to make them feet for contributing to the socio-economic development of the surrounding areas.

Mission:

  • To provide opportunity for quality higher education.
  • To facilitate the inculcation of  moral, cultural & spiritual values among the youth.
  • To encourage the youth to fight against all forms of social evils and  superstitions.
  • To instill leadership role among the young in  order to develop environmental awareness.
  • To promote and extend helping hands to the nearby community and educational institutions in order to create a responsible attitude for the upcoming generation.
  • To maintain and create a healthy atmosphere of gender equity.

SWOC Analysis

Strength

  • Competent faculty members with research degrees and research publication.
  • All the teachers maintain a friendly relation with the students and ready to help them in need.
  • The Teachers are involved various co- curricular activities of the college and also different workshop, training, refreshers course, FDP etc.
  • Students are engaged in departmental activities like publication of departmental magazine and wall magazine.

Weakness

  • Insufficient infrastructure facilities.
  • Insufficient reading room.
  • Insufficient reference books.
  • Less student pursuing higher education.
  • Moderate placement ratio.

Opportunity

  • Scope for language and cultural studies of different tribes of Assam.
  • Scope for introducing new course.
  • Scope for strengthening out reach programme.

Challenges:

  • Encouraging students for competitive examination and higher studies.
  • It is a challenge to generate interest of students who come from diverse socio-economic background.
  • More placements for students after completing their studies.

The Assamese Department signed a Memorandum of understanding of teachers and students exchange between Golaghat Commerce College and Marangi Mahavidyalaya, on 11th May, 2022

Creative work:

The Department of Assamese has been publishing a Departmental Journal named KRAMASHAHA yearly where the students are given chance to blossom their hidden creative talent.

Moreover, a Wall Magazine named PHEHUJALI has also been published every year in the Teachers’ Day.

A Departmental Library named BSHNUJYOTI is also  available with a number of quality reference as well as text books.

Faculty

Mrs. Himalata Boruah

Mrs. Himalata Boruah

Assistant Professor

Academic Qualification: M.A (NET)

Specialization & Area of Interest: Language

Dr. Chewari Sarma

Dr. Chewari Sarma

Assistant Professor

Academic Qualification: M.A.( NET, PhD from GU)

Specialization & Area of Interest: Literature, Folk Culture

Mr. Binod Konwar

Mr. Binod Konwar

Assistant Professor, HOD

Academic Qualification:M.A. (NET)

Specialization & Area of Interest: Comparative Literature

Mr. Chitra Ranjan Mili

Mr. Chitra Ranjan Mili

Assistant Professor

Academic Qualification: M.A.(NET)

Specialization & Area of Interest: Language

Course Outcome:

Sl.No Course Code Course Outcome
 

 

 

01

 ASMM-C-1

 

History of Assamese Literature (From the beginning to post Sankardev’s period)

 ·         After completion of the course students will be able to have a close aeg with history old and mediavel Assamese literature as a whole

·         The will know about history of Assamese Literature pre-Sankar era and Sankar era with folklore also
 

 

 

02

 ASMM-C-2

 

History of Assamese Literature (Arunodoi period to post 2nd world war perio

 ·         By reading this course students will able to understand the history of modern Assamese Literature and the concept of contemporary Assamese Literature.

·         The course provide aclear idea about the pre-Orunodoi,Orunodoi,Jonaki,Ramdhenu stage and modern concept of Assamese Literature.
 

 

03

  

ASMM-C-3

Introduction of Linguistics.

 ·         Without basic concept of Linguistics student can not proceed to the other part of Language.So this course helps students to  understand the basic concept of Linguistics.

·         They will know about the branches of linguistics,phonology,morphology,Morph and Syntex
04  

ASMM-C-4

Poetics

 ·         Students will be able to understand the basic theory of Indian Aesthetics and its history.

·         The course provides the knowledge of Indian criticism and about the Indian literary critic and their opinion.
 

 

05

  

ASMM-C-5

Literary criticism

 ·         The course introduce to the students about the definition and the various part of literature.

·         Students are able to know the theory of all branches of literature.It is about the critic studies of poem,drama,novel and short stories of Assamese literature.
 

 

06

  

ASMM-C-6

Selections from Assamese poetry

  

·         Students will be able to understand the history of Assamese poetry and trends.

·         Learn the characteristics and diversity of Assamese poem and poet of Assamese literature.
 

07

  

ASMM-C-7

Studies on the Culture of Assam

  

·         The course provides the basic concept of culture and its components.

·         Student can easily understand the culture of all tribes of north east as well as the life style,food habit,retuals of north-east culture.
 

08

  

ASMM-C-8

Theory and practice of Comparative Literature.

  

·         After completion of the course students will be able to understand the concept and definition of comparative literature.

·         Its helps to understand the value of translation and the translated literature to Assamese.
 

09

  

ASMM-C-9

Indo-Aryan Languages and Assamese

  

·         The course helps the students to create the knowledge of Indo-Aryan Language and Literature.

·         Students can understand the grammatical trends of Sanskrit,Pali-Prakrit-Apabhransha and Assamese.
 

10

  

ASMM-C-10

Selection from Assamese Prose

 ·         Introduce to the history and characteristics of Assamese prose.

·         Students can understand the grorious history of Assamese prose by reading selected part of Assamese prose.
 

11

  

ASMM-C-11

Assamese Drama

 ·         The course provides concept about evaluation of Assamese Drama and theatre.

·         Students are able to read and understand the old Assamese drama and new drama by reading various selected dramas of Assamese concept.
12 ASMM-C-12

Studies on Assamese Linguistics

  

·         The course helps students to understand Assamese Linguistics.

·         Introduce the values of grammatical side and sentence structure of Assamese Language.
13 ASMM-C-13

Selection from Assamese prose.

  

·         The course helps students to know the various Assamese literature such as short story, Novel,Biography,Trevel literature,Science literature.
 

 

14

  

 

ASMM-C-14

Language and script of Assam

  

·         Student will be able to understand the history of Indo-Aryan Language with special reference to Assamese Language.

·         The course helps the students to know the history of Assamese scripts,Script of other language and its trends.
 

Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)
 

01

 DSE-1

Assamese Grammar, Lexicon and Idiomatic Usages

 ·         Basically this paper clear Assamese grammatical concept and use of Assamese Idiomatic usages.

·         Students can learn the Assamese Lexicon by reading this paoer.
 

02

  

DSE-2

Introduction to Indian Literature.

 ·         Student able to understand the concept the Indian literature by reading various types of literary work by various writers.

·         Provides essentialness of reading comparative Indian Literature.
 

03

  

DSE-3

Introduction to World Literarure.

 ·         The course provide ideas about the world literature and the literary works all over the world.

·         Students are able to understand the concept of world literature by reading selected text of literary work by various writers.
 

 

 

04

 

 

  

 

DSE-4(A)

Special Author

 

 ·         There are five authors namely Bhupen Hazarika, Bhabendranath Saikia, Birendra kumar Bhattacharya, Mamoni Roisam Guswami ,Nirupoma Borgohain in the course and student can select any one.Students can understand specially one prominent author of Assam.

·         They can widely know about the life and literary work of the author by reading the course.
 

DSE-4(B)

Project

 ·         The course is about the research topic, research methodology, field study of difference project work. In this course students can learn how to doing a research work.

·         Research project course help students to future life in research
                             Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC)
 

01

  

AECC:

Communicative Assamese.

 ·         This is a common course for all of Arts, Science and Commerce stream.

·         This course helps the students to develop the communication skill of Assamese language.

 

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