The pedagogy of English literature is the study of how to teach English literature to the students, with sturdy stress on utilizing English literature to improve linguistic and critical thinking skills. It includes thoughtful comprehension of the nature of the English language, grasping the four important skills like listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It also involves using numerous teaching approaches such as pattern practice, imitation, and modern resources like multimedia. Moreover, the approach can also include critical etymology (relating to the origin and historical development of words and their meanings), morphology (relating to the form or structure of things), linguistic (language) pedagogy, which connects teaching with democratic values and social justice. The objective of this paper is to understand and explain the methodology of teaching of English literature at UG and PG level in colleges, universities and in institutions of higher education in India.

Objectives: To understand how to use pedagogy for teaching of literature students at UG and PG level, Explain the importance of pedagogy for study of English literature in higher education.