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In any entrance examination for MA English course, there may be questions about the following:

• Objective type: Language & Literature, and Current affairs
• Subjective type: Poetry Comprehension (Understanding)
• Subjective type: Essay topics related to literature and general awareness.

Prepare for these three sections mainly. Different examinations have different criteria, but these are the basic topics you must prepare to crack the entrance examination for MA English.

It depends on for which college you are giving the exam but the general sylabus is provided to you here.  Ideally, an MA English Literature requires a student to study 16 courses over the span of two years. Some universities also allow a student to select a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 courses from other departments of Humanities and Social Sciences. Some of the courses available at Universities are:

1. British Literature
2. American Literature
3. Indian Literature in English
4. Translation Literature
5. Literary Theory
6. Literary History
7. English Studies
8. Postcolonial Literature
9. Women Writings
10. Linguistics

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