1. MAIN SUBJECT : ENGLISH LITERATURE
PAPER CODE : 30
UNIT : 10
“RESEARCH METHOD AND MATERIAL IN
ENGLISH”
-RESOURCE PERSON.
-BHUMI DANGI.
2. WHAT IS RESEARCH?
Difference between mere reading &
research.
Definition :
“Research is a systematic investigation
for purpose of gaining new knowledge.
In broad sense, research is a study
that leads to new knowledge for the
person doing research.
3. IT IS SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION,
CRITICAL INVESTIGATION.
IT AIMS AT DISCOVERY OF NEW FACT, OR
TO CORRECT ALREADY KNOWN FACTS
IT IS ALSO REVISION OF ACCEPTED LAWS
AND THEORIES IN THE LIGHT OF NEW
FACTS.
IT AIMS AT PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF NW
OR REVISED CONCLUSION.
4. 4 BASIC RESEARCH FOR
LITERATURE
1. TEXTUAL / BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM
2. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
3. THEORATICAL RESARCH
4. INTERPRETIVE RESEARCH
5. TEACHING (HANDING OVER EXISTING, KNOWN KNOWLEDGE TO NEXT
GENERATION.)
PROMOTING NEW DISCOVERIES, VARIFYING FACTS.
4 MAIN OBJECTIVES (GENERAL RESEARCH) :
1. FORMULATE NEW THEORY
2. VARIFYING DATA AND FACTS WHICH SCIENTISTS HAVE MADE
3. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIABLES
4. TO FIND SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM.
2 MAIN OBJECTIVES (LITERARY RESEARCH) :
1. ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE
2. BROADENING MIND, SHARPENING INSIGHT OF RESEARCHER
6. BEFORE A RESEARCHER TAKES UP A
RESEARCH, WHAT QUALITIES NEED TO
ACQUIRE?
1. DEDICATION TO LEARNING
2. SCEPTICISM
3. COMMAND ON LANGUAGE
4. KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL & INTELLECTUAL
BACKGROUND OOF DIFFERENT AGES IN
LITERATURE
5. CHRISTIANITY
6. ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
7. SCIENCE EXPERIMENT –
LABORATORY, OXYGEN, CARBON, CONTAINER, CATALYST ETC
TOOLS FOR LITERARY RESEARCH –
MANUSCRIPT & PRINTED BOOKS
TO TEST THESE 2 THINGS WE HAVE 2 TOOLS –
PAPER AND INK
8. LIKE WE HAVE INSTRUMENTS WITH THE
HELP OF WHICH WE DO SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH, SAME MANNER, WE HAVE GOT
PARAMETERS WHICH CAN HELP
CONDUCTING LITERARY RESEARCH.
1. BIBLIOGRAPHY -
(1 PRIMARY SOURCE, 2 SECONDERY SOURCE)
2. NOTE SYSTEM –
(1 LECTURE NOTES, 2 TEXT NOTES)
3. SCIENTIFIC TOOLS
4. TEXTUAL ANALYSIS.