Department of English

History of English Literature

Taught by Qaisar Khan (assisted by Mr. Imdad Ullah)

The course focuses on the basic strategies of composition and writing skills. Good writing skills not only help students obtain good grades but also optimize their chances to excel in professional life. The course includes modes of collecting information and arranging it in appropriate manner i.e. chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, general to specific etc. It enables the students to write, edit, rewrite, redraft and proofread their own document for writing effective compositions. Because of the use of a significant amount of written communication on daily basis, sharp writing skills have always been valued highly in academic as well as professional spheres.

The course covers English prose writers from Elizabethan age to modern age. It gives an insight to the glorious prose works of renowned writers.