"Krea has offered me the opportunity to explore all my interests in the same place, and has changed the way I approach problems and come up with impactful solutions".
Aishwarya Sivaramakrishnan
Cohort of 2022
Passionate about creating measurable social impact in the field of education, and dreams of moving to Germany and owning a library
In keeping with Krea University’s mission of fostering interwoven learning the University gives students an option of pursuing joint degrees. The Division of Literature and the Arts offers students the option of pursuing an interdisciplinary joint major that capitalises on faculty specialisations. The Joint Major in Literature and the Arts provides a coherent and well-supported program of study that reaches across disciplinary lines. In a dismantling of disciplinary thinking in which literature and the arts are studied in silos, we claim the vital interconnectedness of the two through the joint major.
The Approach
We understand the arts and literature broadly within the program as creative human expression or expressive culture. The Joint major will bring together an emphasis on literary theory, history, and textual analysis of the Literature curriculum with a knowledge of artistic traditions, histories of media and practice that define the Arts curriculum. Within this broad framework students will be encouraged to work out a program of courses in consultation with advisors in both streams. The Joint Major will train students in skills of research along with emphasizing both practicum and immersive components.
Programme Details
Graduation Requirements
Courses
Faculty
Careers
Graduation Requirements
In order to qualify for the Joint Major in Literature and the Arts applicants must have completed 18 credits comprising required and elective courses in Literature and Global Arts; a required upper level joint seminar in the first trimester of the third year; and a capstone thesis.
Courses
Required Courses
Sample Electives
List of Required Literature Courses
Literary Method – T4 (required)
Either:
Genre – T5
Movements—T6
Any one of the following:
Creative Writing (T4)
Translation (upper level seminar)
Canon (upper level seminar)
List of Required Arts Courses
Exploring Art, Understanding Culture T4
Pathways in the Arts T5
Immersion in the Arts T5
Any two of the following:
Concepts in Aesthetics
Art, Design and New Media
Arts and the Market
Upper Level Joint Seminar
Electives
A total of 8 electives (4+4 in each stream)
Faculty
Dr Joya John
Assistant Professor of Literature
Dr Joya John
Assistant Professor of Literature
PhD, University of Chicago
Dr Anannya Dasgupta
Director, Centre for Writing & Pedagogy Associate Professor of Literature
Dr Anannya Dasgupta
Director, Centre for Writing & Pedagogy Associate Professor of Literature
PhD, Rutgers University
Dr Shyama Rajendran
Assistant Professor of Literature
Dr Shyama Rajendran
Assistant Professor of Literature
PhD, The George Washington University
on leave for the academic year 2023-24
Dr Srajana Kaikini
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Humanities & Social Sciences and Literature & the Arts
Dr Srajana Kaikini
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Humanities & Social Sciences and Literature & the Arts
PhD, Manipal University
Dr Sumitra Ranganathan
Associate Professor of Music
Dr Sumitra Ranganathan
Associate Professor of Music
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Dr Swarnamalya Ganesh
Assistant Professor of Practice Discipline Coordinator for Arts
Dr Swarnamalya Ganesh
Assistant Professor of Practice Discipline Coordinator for Arts