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GATE Humanities & Social Sciences English (XH-C2) 2026 complete guide: Expected cutoffs (General ~38–42), rank vs college analysis, top institutes (IIT Gandhinagar MA Society & Culture, IIT Delhi/Jodhpur, JNU/DU/EFLU MA English), placements (₹8–18 LPA in edtech/publishing/academia), syllabus, literary theory & criticism focus, and career paths in teaching, content creation, media & publishing in India's humanities & digital content ecosystem.

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Official 2025 syllabus extracted from https://gate2025.iitr.ac.in/doc/2025/GATE%20_XH-C2_2025_Syllabus.pdf

English Literature and Studies

Poetry

The novel and other forms of fiction including the short story

Drama

Creative non-fiction

Non-fiction prose

Emphasis on the long 19th and 20th centuries

Multi-genre Literatures in English

Comparative context: anglophone and English translation literatures

Literatures from India and the Indian subcontinent

Anglophone and Translated Literatures from India

Literary criticism and theory

Critical and cultural intellectual traditions and approaches in the discipline of English

Literary Criticism and Theory

History of English literature

History of English literary studies

History of English Literature and Literary Studies

Research approaches and methodologies

Interpretive techniques responsive to literary forms, devices, concepts and genres

Research Approaches and Methodologies

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