Literature

1. Indira Gandhi National Open University IGNOU offers a Bachelor of Arts B.A. In English Literature which can be pursued through distance learning.
2. Annamalai University: Annamalai University offers a two-year Diploma in English Literature through distance learning.
3. Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University YCMOU offers a Bachelor of Arts B.A. In Literature which can be pursued through distance learning.
4. Karnataka State Open University (KSOU): KSOU offers a B.A. In English Literature which can be pursued through distance learning.
5. Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU): MKU offers a B.A. In English Literature which can be pursued through distance learning.
6. Osmania University: Osmania University offers a B.A. In English Literature which can be pursued through distance learning.

UGC NET Exam Pattern:
Paper 1
Number of questions: 50 MCQs
Marks: 100
Paper 2
Number of questions: 100 MCQs
Marks: 200
Four Months Study Plan for UGC NET English Literature:
1st Week: Try to Cover the general topics
1- 3 days of Ancient/ Classical Drama
2- 3 days of History of English Literature and Language
3- 1 day devoted to Chaucer Shakespeare
2nd Week: Try to Cover Topics from Drama
1- 3 days to Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
2- 2 days to Jacobean Drama
3- Dedicate 2 days for revision.
3rd Week: Stick to Drama
3 Days of American and other Non- British Drama
4th Week: Unit 1 of Drama
1- 1 day of Jacobean Drama
2- 2 days of 17th and 18th Century Drama
3- 2 days of The theatre from 1901-45
4- 2 days of Modern drama
5th Week: Poetry
1- 2 days of Canterbury Tales
2- 3 days of Elizabethan Poetry
3- 2 days of Revise Poetry covered so far
6th Week: Unit II of poetry
1- 2 days for Jacobean, Restoration, and Augustan poetry (2 Days)
2- 3 days for Romantic poetry
3- Solve 2 sample papers also
7th Week: Go with the Unit II poetry
1- 3 days of Modern Poetry (3 Days)
2- American and other non-British poets (3)
8th Week: Unit II Poetry
1- 1 day of Romantic poetry
2- 4 days of Victorian Poetry
3- 2 days of Contemporary Poetry and War Poets
4- Revise unit II of poetry
Week 9, 10, and 11 to fictional stories: Unit III, IV, and V of fictional stores
Cover Units III, IV, and V of fictional stores
Week 12: Literary Criticism
1- 5 days of Unit VII
2- Attempt Mock Tests (2 Days)
Week 13: Unit- IX: Literary Theory post World War II
1- 4 days of Unit IX
2- 1 day to Search for major modern writers and their works all across the world on Google.
3- 2 days Revision of Units V, VI, and VII
Week 14: Revise all that done till now.