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CBCS SYLLABUS DRAFT
DEPT OF ENGLISH, VBU, HAZARIBAG
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, VINOBA BHAVE UNIVESITY, HAZARIBAG
SYLLABUS: UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
(HONOURS & GENERAL)
BACHELOR OF ARTS
ENGLISH HONOURS
Table – Honours - Distribution of 140 Credits
CC - Core Course; AECC - Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course; GE Generic Elective (Generic Elective is a paper selected for study from a
discipline other than the Honours subject in which the student is enrolled.
The GE is to be studied through Semesters I to IV – Sem I: GE I; Sem II: GE
II; Sem III: GE III; Sem IV: GE IV) ; SEC - Skill Enhancement Course; DSE Discipline Specific Elective.
CC
AECC GE
SEC DSE Total
SEMESTER I
12
02
06
20
SEMESTER II
12
02
06
20
SEMESTER III
18
06
02
26
SEMESTER IV
18
06
02
26
SEMESTER V
12
12
24
SEMESTER VI
12
12
24
TOTAL
84
04
24
04
24
140
Table: Paper wise Distribution of Marks: English Honours
Semester
Paper Total Marks Distribution of Marks: Mid- & EndSemester
FM PM Mid-Semester
End-Semester
FM PM FM PM
Semester I C-1
Indian Classical Literature
100 40
20
8
C-2
80
32
European Classical Literature
100 40
20
8
GE – 1
80
32
Paper from some other discipline
100
AECC-1
40
20
8
80
32
Written Communication in English
50
20
10
4
40
Semester II C-3
16
Indian Writing in English
100 40
20
8
C-4
32
80
British Literature: 14th to 17th Century
100 40
20
8
80
32
GE – 2
Paper from some other discipline
100 40
20
8
80
AECC-2
32
Environmental Science
50
20
10
Semester III C-5
16
4
40
American Literature: 19th & 20th Century
100 40
20
8
80
32
C-6
Popular Literature
100 40
20
C-7
8
80
32
British Poetry & Drama: 18th Century
100 40
20
8
80
GE – 3
32
Paper from some other discipline
100 40
20
8
80
SEC-1
32
Spoken English Communication Skill I
50
20
10
4
40
16
Semester IV C-8
British Prose: 18th Century
100 40
20
8
C-9
80
32
British Prose: 19th Century
100 40
20
8
C-10
80
32
British Poetry: 19th Century
100 40
20
8
GE – 4
80
32
Paper from some other discipline
100 40
20
8
80
SEC-2
32
Spoken English Communication Skill II
50
20
10
4
40
16
Semester V C-11
Women’s Writing
100 40
C-12
20
8
80
32
British Writing: Early 20th Century
100 40
20
8
80
DSE-1 (Group A)
32
Nature and Literature in English I
100 40
20
8
80
DSE-2 (Group A)
32
Nature and Literature in English II
100 40
20
8
80
Or
DSE-1 (Group B)
32
Study of Shakespeare I
100 40
20
DSE-2 (Group B)
8
80
32
Study of Shakespeare II
100 40
20
Semester VI
8
80
32
Semester VI
Cont’d
C-13
Modern European Drama
100 40
20
8
C-14
80
32
Postcolonial Literature
100 40
20
DSE-3 (Group A)
80
32
Nature and Literature in English III
100 40
20
8
80
DSE-4 (Group A)
32
8
Nature and Literature in English IV
100 40
20
8
80
Or
DSE-3 (Group B)
Study of Shakespeare III
100 40
20
DSE-4 (Group B)
32
8
80
32
8
80
32
Modern European Drama
100 40
20
8
DSE-3 (Group A)
80
32
Nature and Literature in English III
100 40
20
8
80
DSE-4 (Group A)
32
Study of Shakespeare IV
100 40
20
Or
C-13
Nature and Literature in English IV
100 40
20
8
80
Dissertation 100 40
--Or
C-13
32
100
Modern European Drama
100 40
20
8
DSE-3 (Group B)
80
32
Study of Shakespeare III
100 40
20
DSE-4 (Group B)
80
32
Study of Shakespeare IV
8
40
100 40
Dissertation 100
20
40
8
--
80
--
32
100
40
SEMESTER I
ENG:H CC – I
INDIAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
The Ramayana – Book II (Translation by R C Dutt)
UNIT II
Abhigyan Shakuntalam – Kalidas (Translation [Shakuntala] by Arthur W
Ryder [Available Online])
UNIT III
Godan – Premchand (Translation by Jai Ratan and P Lal)
UNIT IV
The Story of My Experiments with Truth – M K Gandhi (Translation by
Mahadev Desai)
Distribution of Marks:
Time: 3 Hours
End Semester: 80
15
One long question to be attempted out 2 alternatives to be set from Unit I:
One long question to be attempted out 2 alternatives to be set from Unit II:
15
One long question to be attempted out 2 alternatives to be set from Unit III:
15
One long question to be attempted out 2 alternatives to be set from Unit IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted out of 2
alternatives (total 8 to be set) from each text in Unit I, II, III and IV:
4x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
ENG:H CC – II
EUROPEAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
The Iliad – Homer, Book I & II (Translation by Edward Earl of Derby)
UNIT II
The Divine Comedy (Hell Canto III, IV) – Dante (Translation by The Rev H F
Cary [Online])
UNIT III
Short Stories (‘The Necklace’, ‘Two Friends’, ‘The Piece of String’, ‘Boule de
Suif’ [Ball of Fat or Butterball], ‘Two Soldiers’ [Two Little Soldiers]) –
Maupassant (Trans By Albert M C McMaster, A E Henderson, Quesada and
others [available online])
UNIT IV
Chairs – Ionesco (Penguin Modern Classics)
Distribution of Marks:
Time: 3 Hours
End Semester: 80
15
One long question to be attempted out 2 alternatives to be set from Unit I:
One long question to be attempted out 2 alternatives to be set from Unit II:
15
15
One long question to be attempted out 2 alternatives to be set from Unit III:
One long question to be attempted out 2 alternatives to be set from Unit IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted out of 2
alternatives (total 8 to be set) from each text from Unit I, II, III and IV:
4x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
SEMESTER II
ENG:H CC – III
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Students are required to study the social, political, religious and economic
conditions of the respective periods in Indian Writing in English, significant
literary movements, trends, influences and literary schools.
UNIT II
The Guide - R K Narayan
UNIT III
Nagamandala - Girish Karnad
UNIT IV
H L V Derozio
Toru Dutt
Sarojini Naidu
Nissim Ezekiel
Jayant Mahapatra
Keki N Daruwalla
Kamla Das
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question to be attempted out of 4 from Unit I:
15
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
II:
15
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
III:
15
One long question on a poet with reference to his/her poetry out of 2
alternatives to be set from Unit IV: 15
4 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted out of 6
alternatives (2 to be set each from Unit II and III)
4x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
ENG:H CC – IV
BRITISH LITERATURE: 14TH TO 17TH CENTURY
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
5
Students are required to study the social, political, religious and economic
conditions of the respective ages in England from the 14th to the 17th century,
significant movements, influences and literary schools.
UNIT II
Nun’s Priest’s Tale - Chaucer
A Hymn to God the Father - Donne
How Soon Hath Time - Milton
To His Coy Mistress - Andrew Marvell
UNIT III
As You Like It – Shakespeare
UNIT IV
An Essay of Dramatic Poesy - Dryden
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question to be attempted out of 3 to be set from Unit I:
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit II:
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit III:
15
15
15
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted out of 6 (2
alternatives each to be set from units II, III and IV):
4x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
SEMESTER III
ENG:H CC – V
5
AMERICAN LITERATURE (19TH & 20TH CENTURY)
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Students are required to study the social, political, religious and economic
conditions of the respective periods in American Writing in English,
significant literary movements, influences and literary schools in 19th and
20th centuries.
UNIT II
Poetry – Selections from ‘Song of Myself’: ‘A child said, What is the grass…’; ‘I
believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars…’ –
Whitman; ‘The Road Not Taken’, ‘Two Tramps in Mud Time’ – Robert Frost;
‘Tulips’, ‘Mirror’ - Sylvia Plath
UNIT III
The Old Man and the Sea – Hemingway
UNIT IV
Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question to be attempted out of 4 alternatives to be set from Unit
15
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set on the poems
prescribed in Unit II: 15
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
III:
15
I:
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted out of 6 to be
set, 2 each from the texts prescribed in Units II, III and IV:
4x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
ENG:H CC – VI
POPULAR LITERATURE
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Evolution of popular literature in English in England, America and India.
UNIT II
The Sign of the Four – Sherlock Holms
UNIT III
Five Point Someone – Chetan Bhagat
UNIT IV
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question out of 3 alternatives to be set from Unit I:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit II:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit III:
15
15
15
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted out of 6 to be
set, 2 each from the texts prescribed in Units II, III and IV:
4x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
ENG:H CC – VII
BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA: 18TH CENTURY
5
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Students are required to study the social, political, religious and economic
conditions of the respective period in England, important individual poets and
their important works as well as the significant literary movements, trends,
influences and schools in the 18th century.
UNIT II
Rape of the Lock – Alexander Pope
UNIT III
The School for Scandal - Sheridan
UNIT IV
The Tiger, The Lamb, The Fly, The Song – William Blake
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit I:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit II:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit III:
15
15
15
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to context out of 6 to be set, 2 each from the
texts prescribed in Units II, III and IV:
4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
SEMESTER IV
ENG:H CC – VIII
BRITISH PROSE: 18TH CENTURY
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
History of English prose in the 18th century with significant influences and
movements and important individual authors and their works.
UNIT II
Tom Jones – Fielding
UNIT III
The Castle of Otranto – Horace Walpole
UNIT IV
Swift’s Satires (A Modest Proposal, Letter of Advice to a Young Poet) – Swift
Lives of Poets (Milton, Dryden) – Samuel Johnson
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit I:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit II:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit III:
15
15
15
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to context out of 6 to be set, 2 each from the
texts prescribed in Units II, III and IV:
4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
ENG:H CC – IX
BRITISH PROSE: 19TH CENTURY
UNIT I
History of English prose in the 19th century with significant influences and
movements and important individual authors.
UNIT II
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
UNIT III
Hard Times – Dickens
UNIT IV
Preface to the Lyrical Ballads – William Wordsworth
Study of Poetry – Matthew Arnold
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit I:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit II:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit III:
15
15
15
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to the context out of 6 to be set, 2 each from
the texts prescribed in Units II, III and IV:
4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
ENG:H CC – X
BRITISH POETRY: 19TH CENTURY
FULL MARKS: 100
5
UNIT I
History of British poetry in the 19th century with significant social, political,
economic and other influences, movements, trends along with important
individual authors and their works.
UNIT II
Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey – William Wordsworth
Kubla Khan – Coleridge
UNIT III
Ode to the West Wind – Shelley
Ode to the Nightingale – Keats
UNIT IV
In Memoriam (Stanzas LIV: Oh, yet we trust …; CVI: Ring out, wild bells …) –
Tennyson
Dover Beach – Matthew Arnold
My Last Duchess – Browning
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit I:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit II:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit III:
15
15
15
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to the context out of 6 to be set, 2 each from
the texts prescribed in Units II, III and IV:
4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
SEMESTER V
ENG:H CC – XI
WOMEN’S WRITING
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
History of feminism and feminist literature in the West and India.
UNIT II
Notes on different aspects/types of feminism: Anarcha-Feminism, Black
Feminism, Cultural Feminism, Ecofeminism, Gynocriticism, I-Feminism,
Liberal Feminism, Marxist and Socialist Feminism, Multiracial Feminism,
Patriarchy, Postcolonial Feminism, Radical Feminism, Transfeminism.
UNIT III
Fasting, Feasting - Anita Desai
UNIT IV
Sula - Toni Morrison
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
15
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
III:
15
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
IV:
15
I:
3 notes to be attempted out of 5 to be set from Unit II:
3x5 = 15
4 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted, out of 6 to be
set, 3 from each text in Units III and IV:
4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
ENG:H CC – XII
BRITISH WRITING: EARLY 2OTH CENTURY
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
History of the English literature of the early 20th century (1900-1950) in
England with significant influences and movements, along with important
individual authors and their works.
UNIT II
Wild Swans at Coole – W B Yeats
Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock – T S Eliot
UNIT III
Pygmalion – G B Shaw
The Heart of the Matter – Graham Greene
UNIT IV
Tradition and Individual Talent – T S Eliot
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
15
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
II:
15
One long question to be attempted, out of 4 to be set (2 alternatives from
each text) from Unit II: 15
I:
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to context to be attempted out of 8 to be set (2
alternatives from the texts in each Unit):
4x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
SEMESTER VI
ENG:H CC - XIII
MODERN EUROPEAN DRAMA
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Topics to be studied in the context of European Drama: Politics, social change
and the Stage; Text and performance; Realism and experimentation; Tragedy
and Heroism.
UNIT II
Ghosts - Henrik Ibsen (Available online)
UNIT III
The Good Woman of Setzuan - Bertolt Brecht (English version by Eric
Bentley)
UNIT IV
Rhinoceros – Ionesco (Penguin Modern Classics)
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit I:
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit II:
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit III:
15
15
15
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to context to be attempted out of 6 to be set (2
alternatives each from the texts in Unit II, III and IV):
45x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
ENG:H CC – XIV
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Topics to be studied in context of post colonialism: Postcolonial sensibility;
Postcolonial literature in English in India; Postcolonial literature in English in
South Africa; Postcolonial literature in America.
UNIT II
The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
UNIT III
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
UNIT IV
Wide Sargasso Sea – John Rhys
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit I:
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit II:
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit III:
15
15
15
One long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit IV:
15
4 explanations with reference to context to be attempted out of 6 to be set (2
alternatives each from the texts in Unit II, III & IV):
4x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE (DSE)
(HONOURS PROGRAMME SEMESTER V & VI)
GROUP A
ENG:H DSE - I
NATURE AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH I
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Topics to be studied: Nature and Human Society; Nature and the Western
Concept; Position of Nature in Indian culture; Role of Nature in the Tribal
Communities of Jharkhand; Nature and English Literature; Nature and
postcolonialism; Ecocriticism.
UNIT II
To Daffodils – Robert Herrick
The Garden – Andrew Marvell
The Cloud – Shelley
Ode to Autumn – Keats
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit I:
2X15 =
30
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit II:
2X15 =
30
4 explanations with reference to context out of 6 to be set from Unit II:
4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
ENG:H DSE - II
NATURE AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH II
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Daffodils, The Solitary Reaper, The World is Too Much with Us – William
Wordsworth
Rime of the Ancient Mariner – S T Coleridge
UNIT II
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek – Annie Dillard
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit I:
30
2X15 =
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit II:
2X15 =
30
4 explanations with reference to context out of 6 to be set from Units I & II:
4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
ENG:H DSE - III
NATURE AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH III
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Walden – Thoreau
UNIT II
Time Stops at Shamli (all stories) – Ruskin Bond
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit I:
2X15 =
30
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit II:
2X15 =
30
4 explanations with reference to context out of 8 to be set from Units I & II:
4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
ENG:H DSE - IV
5
NATURE AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH IV
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
The Hungry Tide – Amitav Ghosh
UNIT II
Our Casuarina Tree, Baugmaree - Toru Dutt
Autumn Song, Coromandel Fishers – Sarojini Naidu
The Fish – Keki N Daruwalla
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit I:
2X15 =
30
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit II:
2X15 =
30
4 explanations with reference to context out of 8 to be set, 2 alternatives
each from the texts in Unit I & II:
4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
GROUP B
ENG:H DSE - I
STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE I
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Concept and features of the Shakespearean tragedies
UNIT II
5
Macbeth
King Lear
Othello
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit I:
15
3 long questions to be attempted, one from each text, out of 6 to be set from
Unit II: 3X15 = 45
4 explanations with reference to context out of 6 to be set (2 alternatives
from each text) from Unit II: 4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
ENG:H DSE – II
STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE II
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Concept and features of Shakespearean comedies
UNIT II
Much Ado about Nothing
The Tempest
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit I:
15
3 long questions to be attempted, one from each text, out of 6 to be set from
Unit II: 3X15 = 45
4 explanations with reference to the context out of 6 to be set, 2 alternatives
each from the texts in Unit II: 4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
ENG:H DSE – III
STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE III
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Concept and features of Shakespearean Histories
UNIT II
Henry IV Part I
Henry IV Part II
Richard II
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit I:
15
3 long questions to be attempted, one from each text, out of 6 to be set from
Unit II: 3X15 = 45
4 explanations with reference to context out of 6 to be set (2 alternatives
from each text) from Unit II: 4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
ENG:H DSE – IV
STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE IV
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Background, concept and features of Shakespeare’s sonnets
UNIT II
Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Shall I Compare Thee; Like as the Waves; Since Brass,
nor Stone; Tired with All These; No Longer Mourn for Me; That Time of Year;
Farewell! Thou Art Dear; They That Have Power to Hurt; When in the
Chronicle; The Marriage of True Minds
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit I:
15
3 long questions to be attempted, one from each text, out of 6 to be set from
Unit II: 3X15 = 45
4 explanations with reference to context out of 6 to be set (2 alternatives
from each text) from Unit II: 4X5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
ABILITY ENHANCEMENT COMPULSORY COURSE (AECC)
(HONOURS AND GENERAL PROGRAMMES)
ENG: AECC - I
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH
FULL MARKS: 50
Note Making:
Identifying the main points of a passage
Bulleting
Report Writing – official reports (status report, analytical report, inquiry
report), newspaper reports
Official correspondence – different sorts of applications, cover letter, memo,
demi-official letter, business letters, email, etc.
Preparing different kinds of résumé, biodata and CVs
Distribution of Marks
Time: 1.5 hour
End Semester: 40
One question on note making in 2 steps: Identifying main ideas Bulleting -
5
5
(The matter on which the note is to be made shall be given by the question
setter in the form of a passage of not less than 400 words)
Report writing 10
One question on official correspondence (writing of any one of the
components suggested) - 10
Writing a CV/biodata/résumé of an imaginary person whose particulars are
to be mentioned in the question - 10
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
5
2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
2.5
SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC)
SPOKEN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILL
Course Objectives:
1. To listen to, understand and convey information
2. To listen to and respond appropriately to the contributions of others
3. To understand, order and present facts, ideas and opinions
4. To articulate experience and express what is thought, felt and imagined
5. To communicate clearly and fluently
6. To use grammatically correct language
7. To use register appropriate to audience and context.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of all the term the student should be able to:
1. Provide relevant information
2. Take an active part in group discussion
Equipment Required:
1) A recording room - sound proofed, with adequate furniture, preferably airconditioned.
2) Recording equipment - Recording equipment that can be added on to
computers.
3) A large screen television with a cable connection.
4) A TV tuner card.
5) The library or AV room has to be updated by purchase of books with CDROMs and on-line training facilities.
7) An LCD projector.
8) 5 computers to begin with so that students can use the interactive software
and CD-ROMs to practice on their own and access on-line training.
9) A language laboratory with at least 20 seats within 3 years.
SEC FOR SEMSESTER III & IV
(HONOURS PROGRAMME)
ENG:H ESCS: SEC – I
SPOKEN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILL I
PHONOLOGY & CONVERSATION
FULL MARKS: 50
UNIT I
Pronunciation (English Vowels and Consonants)
Intonation
Stress
UNIT II
Talking with a person – greetings, requests, permissions, asking questions,
etc (situations)
Active Listening – Listening and comprehending different accents (British,
American)
Distribution of Marks
Time: 1.5 hour
End Semester: 40
1 Written question on either vowel or consonants
1 Written question on either stress or intonation
Writing of 2 short dialogues
2x5 = 10
Oral assessment of the components prescribed
10
10
10
(The arrangement of this examination in the written and oral statuses is to be
facilitated by the respective college administrations. There shall be one
internal and one external examiner for the oral assessment. The time for
written exam will be 1 hour.)
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
5
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
2.5
ENG:H ESCS: SEC – II
SPOKEN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILL II
FULL MARKS: 50
PRESENTATION & INTERFACE SKILL
UNIT I
Delivering a short speech
PowerPoint Presentation with active oral demonstration in English
UNIT II
Group Discussion
Facing an interview
Distribution of Marks
Time: 1.5 hour
End Semester: 40
Oral assessment – each student to deliver a short speech -
10
Oral assessment – each student to make a PowerPoint demonstration –
Preparation of slides – 10
Group discussion - (Initiative – 3, language – 4, pronunciation – 3) -
10
Facing a job interview - (confidence – 3, understanding of question – 3,
expression – 4) 10
(The arrangement of this examination is to be facilitated by the respective
college administrations. There shall be one internal and one external
examiner for the oral assessment.)
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
5
2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
2.5
OPTION FOR THE LAST PAPER IN SEMESTER VI IN PLACE OF DSE - 4
DISSERTATION
FULL MARKS: 100
A student securing at least 60% in the previous 3 semesters may be allowed to
offer dissertation under the guidance of one of the faculty members from the
Department with the approval of the Head of the Department.
The external assessment of the dissertation will be for 100 marks.
BA/B COM GENERAL PROGRAMME
ENGLISH PAPER
SEMESTER I
ENGLISH - I
ENGLISH POETRY AND DRAMA
FULL MARKS: 100
The following poems are prescribed –
Shakespeare: Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
John Donne: Go and Catch a Falling Star
George Herbert: Virtue
John Milton: On His Blindness
Pope: Ode on Solitude
Wordsworth: Three Years She Grew
Keats: Ode to A Grecian Urn
Christina Rossetti: When I am Dead, My Dearest
Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
T S Eliot: The Preludes
UNIT 2
G B Shaw: Arms and the Man
UNIT 3
Short notes on the following literary terms:
1. Heroic Couplet 2. Blank Verse 3. Sonnet 4. Alliteration 5. Assonance 6.
Elegy 7. Simile 8. Metaphor 9. Personification 10. Ode 11. Lyric 12. Allegory 13.
Ballad 14. Epic 15. Cacophony 16. Hyperbole 17. Conceit 18. Onomatopoeia 19.
Euphony 20. Epitaph
UNIT 4
Short notes on the following literary terms:
Tragedy, Comedy, Farce, Melodrama, Tragic Flaw, Poetic Justice, Dramatic
Irony, Soliloquy, Aside, Dramatic Monologue, Plot, Character, Catharsis,
Climax, Comedy of Humours, Heroic Tragedy, Problem Play, Noah Play,
Mime, Dialogue.
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 Hours
End Semester: 80
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit I
2x15 = 30
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit II
2x15 = 30
2 short notes with examples out of 4 to be set from Unit III
2x5 = 10
2 short notes with examples out of 4 to be set from Unit IV
2x5 = 10
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
SEMESTER II
PAPER II
ENGLISH - 2
5
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT 1
The following text is prescribed:
Honey Dew: An Anthology of Prose, Poetry and One-act Play (Orient Black
Swan)
Following pieces in prose section are prescribed:
The Thief – Ruskin Bond
What is Courage? – William Slim
Three Hermits – Leo Tolstoy
A Cup of Tea - Katherine Mansfield
The Toasted English – R K Narayan
Playing the English Gentleman – M K Gandhi
UNIT 2
Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 Hours
End Semester: 80
2 questions to be answered out of 4 choices to be set from Unit 1
2x15 =
30
2 questions to be answered out of 4 to be set from the text in Unit 2
2x15
= 30
4 explanations to be attempted out of 8 (4 from Unit I and 4 from Unit II) to
be set 4x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
GE ENGLISH FOR STUDENTS FROM DISCIPLINES OTHER THAN
ENGLISH CORE
SEMESTER I
GE - 1
FULL MARKS: 100
The following poems are prescribed –
Shakespeare: Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
John Donne: Go and Catch a Falling Star
George Herbert: Virtue
John Milton: On His Blindness
Pope: Ode on Solitude
Wordsworth: Three Years She Grew
Keats: Ode to A Grecian Urn
Christina Rossetti: When I am Dead, My Dearest
Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
T S Eliot: The Preludes
UNIT 2
G B Shaw: Arms and the Man
UNIT 3
Short notes on the following literary terms:
1. Heroic Couplet 2. Blank Verse 3. Sonnet 4. Alliteration 5. Assonance 6.
Elegy 7. Simile 8. Metaphor 9. Personification 10. Ode 11. Lyric 12. Allegory 13.
Ballad 14. Epic 15. Cacophony 16. Hyperbole 17. Conceit 18. Onomatopoeia 19.
Euphony 20. Epitaph
UNIT 4
Short notes on the following literary terms:
Tragedy, Comedy, Farce, Melodrama, Tragic Flaw, Poetic Justice, Dramatic
Irony, Soliloquy, Aside, Dramatic Monologue, Plot, Character, Catharsis,
Climax, Comedy of Humours, Heroic Tragedy, Problem Play, Noah Play,
Mime, Dialogue.
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 Hours
End Semester: 80
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit I
2x15 = 30
2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit II
2x15 = 30
2 short notes with examples out of 4 to be set from Unit III
2x5 = 10
2 short notes with examples out of 4 to be set from Unit IV
2x5 = 10
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER II
GE - 2
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT 1
The following text is prescribed:
Honey Dew: An Anthology of Prose, Poetry and One-act Play (Orient Black
Swan)
Following pieces in prose section are prescribed:
The Thief – Ruskin Bond
What is Courage? – William Slim
Three Hermits – Leo Tolstoy
A Cup of Tea - Katherine Mansfield
The Toasted English – R K Narayan
Playing the English Gentleman – M K Gandhi
UNIT 2
Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 Hours
End Semester: 80
2 questions to be answered out of 4 choices to be set from Unit 1
30
2x15 =
2 questions to be answered out of 4 to be set from the text in Unit 2
2x15
= 30
4 explanations to be attempted out of 8 (4 from Unit I and 4 from Unit II) to
be set 4x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
10
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
GE – 3
INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
The Foreigner - Arun Joshi
UNIT II
Nagamandala - Girish Karnad
UNIT III
H L V Derozio
Sarojini Naidu
Nissim Ezekiel
Jayant Mahapatra
Kamla Das
UNIT IV
Time Stops at Shamli (The Room of Many Colours, Time Stops at Shamli, The
Tunnel, Masterji, The Haunted Bicycle) – Ruskin Bond
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives from Unit I:
20
One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives from Unit II:
20
One long question on a poet with reference to his/her poetry in general out
of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit III: 20
One long question out of 2 to be set from Unit IV:
20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
GE – 4
POPULAR LITERATURE
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
The Sign of the Four – Sherlock Holmes
UNIT II
Five Point Someone – Chetan Bhagat
UNIT III
The Alchemist – Paul Coelho
UNIT IV
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari – Robin Sharma
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit I:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit II:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit III:
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit IV:
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
10
20
20
20
20
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
5
SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC)
SPOKEN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILL
SEMSESTER III, IV, V & VI
(GENERAL PROGRAMME)
SPOKEN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILL
PAPER I
ENG:G ESCS: SEC – I
PHONOLOGY
FULL MARKS: 50
UNIT I
Pronunciation (English Vowels and Consonants)
Intonation
Stress
DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS
END SEMESTER: 40
One written question on vowels
One written question on consonants
10
10
One written question on intonation or stress
10
Oral assessment of vowel and consonant pronunciation and intonation and
stress 10
(The arrangement of this examination in the written and oral statuses is to be
facilitated by the respective college administrations. The time for written
exam will be 1 hour.)
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
5
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
2.5
PAPER II
ENG:G ESCS: SEC – II
CONVERSATION
FULL MARKS: 50
Talking with a person – greetings, requests, permissions, asking questions,
etc (situations)
Active Listening – Listening and comprehending different accents (British,
American)
DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS
END SEMESTER: 40
One written question asking the student to write 2 short dialogues in 2
different situations – 10
One written question regarding the difference between American and
British English accents – 10
Oral assessment
Put two students together, suggest a situation and assess their competence
in speaking English. Marking for both the students should be done
simultaneously 10
Ask each student to listen to a different recording (3 minutes) in British or
American accent and then ask him to answer in written form 10 questions
related to the content of the recording –
1x10 = 10
(The arrangement of this examination in the written and oral statuses is to be
facilitated by the respective college administrations. The time for written
exam will be 1 hour.)
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
5
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
2.5
PAPER III
ENG:G ESCS: SEC – III
PRESENTATION SKILL
Delivering a short speech
PowerPoint Presentation with active oral demonstration in English
DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS
END SEMESTER: 40
Oral assessment of delivery of a short speech Preparation of PowerPoint slides 10
Oral demonstration of slides 15
15
(The arrangement for this examination is to be facilitated by the respective
college administrations. Oral assessment at the end-semester examination
shall be conducted by an external examiner and an internal examiner
simultaneously.)
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
5
2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
PAPER IV
ENG:G ESCS: SEC – IV
INTERFACE
FULL MARKS: 50
Group Discussion
Facing an interview
DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS
END SEMESTER: 40
2.5
Put 5 to 10 students in one group, give them a topic and evaluate their
performance. The evaluation is to be made by 1 external and 1 internal
examiner simultaneously.
The evaluation is to be made on the basis of the following rubrics:
Initiative – 3, Pronunciation – 2, Grammar – 3, Sustenance – 2 =
10
Each student should be put into an interview situation for at least 3
minutes.
The evaluation is to be made on the following rubrics:
Confidence – 3, Understanding of questions – 3, Verbal Communication
skill in English – 4 = 10
(The arrangement for this examination is to be facilitated by the respective
college administrations. Oral assessment at the end-semester examination
shall be conducted by an external examiner and an internal examiner
simultaneously.)
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
5
2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
2.5
NON-HINDI/ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH
ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH
BA/BSc/BCom
SEMESTER I
NHMIL - I
ENGLISH POETRY
FULL MARKS: 50
UNIT 1
The following poems from the text Honey Dew: An Anthology of Prose, Poetry
and One Act Play (Orient BlackSwan)
Money Madness: D H Lawrence
Where the Mind is Without Fear: Tagore
The Felling of the Banyan Tree: Dilip Chitre
Success is Counted Sweetest: Emily Dickinson
A River: A K Ramanujan
Ulysses: Alfred Tennyson
Up-hill: Christina Rossetti
The Bird Sanctuary: Sarojini Naidu
If: Rudyard Kipling
Stay Calm: Grenville Kleiser
UNIT 2
Short Notes: Alliteration, Assonance, Blank verse, Couplet, Heroic couplet,
Hyperbole, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Simile.
Distribution of Marks
Time: 1.5 Hours
End Semester: 40
2 questions to be answered out of 4 choices to be set from Unit 1
30
2 short notes out of 4 choices to be set from Unit 2
2x5 = 10
2x15 =
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
5
2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
SEMESTER II
2.5
NHMIL - II
ENGLISH PROSE
FULL MARKS: 50
UNIT 1
The following prose pieces from the text Honey Dew: An Anthology of Prose,
Poetry and One Act Play (Orient BlackSwan):
The Sun, the Planets and the Stars – C Jones
The Gold Frame – R K Laxman
Why is the Sea Blue? – G Venkatraman
With the Photographer – Stephen Leacock
Socrates and the Schoolmaster – F L Brayne
Good Manners – J C Hill
UNIT 2
Short notes on the following: Euphuism, Diction, Rhetoric, Point of view,
Allegory, Satire, Allusion, Episode, Fable, Parable.
Distribution of Marks
Time: 1.5 Hours
End Semester: 40
2 questions to be answered out of 4 choices to be set from Unit 1
30
2 short notes out of 4 choices to be set from Unit 2
2x5 = 10
2x15 =
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities
5
2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes
2.5
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
VINOBA BHAVE UNIVERSITY, HAZARIBAG
SYLLABUS: POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME
MASTER OF ARTS
SEMESTER 1
S. No. Course Code Course Title No. of Credits
week Minimum Teaching required (hrs)
1
Foundation
ENG: F – 1
Literary Theory
2
Core
5
5
Teaching (in hrs) per
60
ENG: C – 2
14th and 15th Century English Literature
3
Core
5
ENG: C – 3
English Literature: 1558-1660
4
Core
60
ENG: C – 4
Shakespeare 5
5
5
5
5
60
60
SEMESTER 2
S. No. Course Content
Course Title No. of Credits
hours) per week
Minimum Teaching required (hrs)
Teaching (in
1
Skill Based
ENG: S - 5
English Language Teaching
2
Core
5
5
60
ENG: C - 6
English Literature: 1660-1798
3
Core
5
5
60
ENG: C - 7
Romantic Age
4
Core
ENG: C - 8
Victorian Age
5
5
60
5
5
60
SEMESTER 3
S. No. Course Content
Course Title No. of Credits
hours) per week
Minimum Teaching required (hrs)
1
Choice Based
ENG: A - 9
Gender Studies
2
Core
5
5
Teaching (in
60
ENG: C - 10
Modern English Literature: 1900-1945 5
3
Core
5
60
ENG: C - 11
Post Modern English Literature: 1945 till the Present 5
4
Core
ENG: C - 12
Indian Writing in English and Diaspora 5
5
5
60
SEMESTER 4 (ELECTIVE)
FIRST ELECTIVE
FICTION
S. No. Course Content
Course Title No. of Credits
hours) per week
Minimum Teaching required (hrs)
1
Elective
ENG: EF – 13
Teaching (in
60
2
Elements, Origin and Development of English Prose Fiction 5
60
Elective
ENG: EF – 14
Representative British Novels
3
Elective
5
ENG: EF – 15
World Novels
4
Elective
60
ENG: EF – 16
Dissertation 5
5
5
5
60
5
5
60
SECOND ELECTIVE
DRAMA
S. No. Course Content
Course Title No. of Credits
hours) per week
Minimum Teaching required (hrs)
1
Elective
ENG: ED – 13
Elements, Origin and Growth of English Drama
2
Elective
ENG: ED – 14
Representative British Drama
3
Elective
5
ENG: ED – 15
World Drama
4
Elective
60
ENG: ED – 16
Dissertation 5
5
5
5
60
5
Teaching (in
5
5
60
60
THIRD ELECTIVE
POETRY
S. No. Course Content
Course Title No. of Credits
hours) per week
Minimum Teaching required (hrs)
1
Elective
Teaching (in
ENG: EP - 13
Elements, Development and Trends in English Poetry 5
2
Elective
ENG: EP - 14
Representative British Poetry
3
Elective
5
5
60
5
60
ENG: EP - 15
World Poetry
4
Elective
ENG: EP - 16
Dissertation 5
5
5
5
60
60
FOURTH ELECTIVE
WORLD LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
S. No. Course Content
Course Title No. of Credits
hours) per week
Minimum Teaching required (hrs)
1
Elective
ENG: EWL - 13
Indian Writing in English 5
2
Elective
5
ENG: EWL - 14
Canadian and American Literature
3
Elective
60
5
ENG: EWL - 15
Australian and African-Caribbean Literature
4
Elective
ENG: EWL - 16
Dissertation 5
5
Teaching (in
5
60
5
5
60
60
FIFTH ELECTIVE
LINGUISTICS
S. No. Course Content
Course Title No. of Credits
hours) per week
Minimum Teaching required (hrs)
1
Elective
ENG: EL – 13
Phonetics and Spoken English
2
Elective
5
5
Teaching (in
60
ENG: EL – 14
Linguistics and Structure of Modern English and Stylistics
60
3
Elective
ENG: EL – 15
Sociolinguistics
4
Elective
5
5
60
5
5
ENG: EL – 16
Dissertation 5
5
60
The question papers of the papers prescribed aim at testing the knowledge
and understanding of the students comprehensively, preparing them
simultaneously for diverse discipline specific written assignments. There are
very short questions requiring answers in one or two sentences; mid range
questions and long questions as well as explanations with reference to the
context. Students have to manage time and the length of their answers by
employing adequate writing competence. The range of marks suggests the
flexibility of approach while answering a question.
SEMESTER I
PAPER I (FOUNDATION COURSE)
ENG: F – 01
LITERARY THEORY
UNIT 1
Classical and Neoclassical
Plato’s Theory of Mimesis
Aristotle – Poetics
Longinus – On the Sublime
Pope – Essay on Criticism
Samuel Johnson – Preface to Shakespeare
UNIT 2
Romantic and Victorian Theories
William Wordsworth – Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
S T Coleridge – Biographia Literaria (Chapter XVII and Chapter XVIII)
Shelley – A Defence of Poetry
UNIT 3
Modern Theories
Matthew Arnold – The Study of Poetry
T S Eliot – Function of Criticism
UNIT 4
Structuralism, Post structuralism and Deconstruction
UNIT 5
Indian Aesthetics: Rasa Theory
Distribution of Marks
End Semester: 70
Time: 3 Hours
7 short questions without alternatives to be set from all units taken together
(to be answered in one or two sentences), to be attempted
2x7 = 14
2 mid range questions, at least one from each Unit, to be attempted out of 4
alternatives (2 from each Unit) to be set from Unit 1 and 2
7x2 = 14
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit 3
14
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit 4
14
One long question out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit 5
14
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities,
general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER II
ENG: C - 02
14TH AND 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT 1
An acquaintance with the following topics:
1. Social, political and religious conditions of the Age of Chaucer
2. Social, political and religious conditions of the 15th Century
3. Origin and growth of English drama up to Renaissance
4. Development of poetry in the Age of Chaucer
5. Development of prose in the 15th century
6. Italian and French influence on English literature of the period
7. Reformation and its impact on life and literature
UNIT 2
The following texts are prescribed:
1. Chaucer: Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, Knight’s Tale
2. Langland: Piers the Plowman (Vision 1: Prologue and Passus 1 – 4)
3. Malory: Morte D’ Arthur, Chapters 19, 20 & 21
UNIT 3: Translation from Middle English into Modern English
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
7 short questions without alternatives to be set from Unit 1 & 2 (to be
answered in one or two sentences), to be attempted
2x7 = 14
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit 1
14
3 long questions to be attempted, at least one from each text, out of 6 to
be set (2 alternatives on each text) from Unit 2
10X3 = 30
Paraphrasing of one passage (around 200 words) or stanza/s (around
200 words) from Middle English into Modern English to be attempted, out of
3 (1 each from the prescribed texts) to be set
12
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities,
general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER III
ENG: C - 03
ENGLISH LITERATURE: 1558-1660
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT 1
Acquaintance with the Age with special reference to the following topics:
1. Social, political and religious conditions of England from Elizabeth to
Oliver Cromwell
2. Impact of the Renaissance on Elizabethan life and literature
3. Elizabethan prose
4. Elizabethan poetry
5. Elizabethan drama
6. Jacobean Drama
7. Rise of Puritanism and its impact on English literature
8. Impact of the Great Rebellion and Civil War on drama
9. Poetry in the Age of Milton
UNIT 2
The following books are prescribed:
Milton: Paradise Lost Book I and II
Grierson (ed): Metaphysical Poetry – Donne, Herbert, Marvell
UNIT 3
Book of Job: Authorised Version
Bacon’s Essays: The following essays are prescribed:
i. Of Studies
ii. Of Friendship
iii. Of Truth
iv. Of Nature of Man
v. Of Great Places
vi. Of Marriage and Single Life
vii. Of Unity in Religion
viii. Of Simulation and Dissimulation
UNIT 4
Marlowe: Dr Faustus
Dekker: The Shoemaker’s Holiday
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
7 short questions without alternatives to be set from all units taken
together (to be answered in one or two sentences), to be attempted
2x7
= 14
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 alternative topics from Unit 1
14
1 long question to be attempted out of 4 (1 on each text) to be set from
Unit 2 and 3 14
1 long question to be attempted out of 4 (2 alternatives on each text) to be
set from Unit 4 14
2 explanations with reference to the context, out of 6 to be set (1 from
each text from Unit 2, 3 and 4) to be attempted
7x2 = 14
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities,
general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER IV
ENG: C - 04
SHAKESPEARE
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT 1
A detailed study of the following topics:
Shakespeare and the English Renaissance
Shakespeare’s dramatic career
Publication of Shakespeare’s plays
Concept and features of Shakespearean tragedies
Concept and features of Shakespearean comedies
Concept and features of Shakespeare’s historical plays
Characteristic features of Shakespeare’s romances
Characteristic features of Shakespeare’s sonnets
Theatre and audience during Shakespeare’s time
Cinematic representation of Shakespeare’s plays
UNIT 2
Drama: Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Henry IV Part I
UNIT 3
Sonnets: 18, 30, 33, 73, 104, 116, 119, 129, 130, 140
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
7 short questions without alternatives to be set from all units taken
together, (to be answered in one or two sentences) to be attempted
2x7
= 14
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set from Unit 1
14
1 long question to be attempted out of 3, 1 to be set on each text from Unit
2 14
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 to be set on the sonnets
prescribed in Unit 3 (general/sonnet specific) 14
2 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted (one from
Unit 2 and one from Unit 3) out of 8 to be set (2 alternatives from each text in
Unit 2 and the poems in Unit 3)
7x2 = 14
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities,
general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
SEMESTER II
PAPER V (SKILL ENHANCEMENT)
ENG: S – 05
5
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
UNIT 1
ELT IN INDIA
Functions of English in contemporary India, Short history of ELT in
India, Problems of teaching English to the students in India, Problems of
teaching English to the students in Jharkhand.
UNIT 2
Second Language Learning: Simultaneous and sequential learning
Factors affecting L2 learning: Learner characteristics; age, aptitude,
intelligence, motivation; learning strategies adopted by learner; social and
cultural factors; biological factors like physical deficiencies
UNIT 3
Teaching-Learning:
Process: Formal and informal learning
Language skills: techniques for teaching the skills of listening, reading,
writing and speaking
Descriptive and pedagogical grammar, techniques for teaching grammar
and vocabulary,
Classroom interaction patterns and classroom management based on
these patterns
Materials:
Principles of selection and production of materials; adaptation and
simplification
Relevance and appropriateness. Relationship of text and exercise to
technique and method of teaching.
Cultural content.
UNIT 4
Syllabus, Testing and Evaluation
Principles of syllabus design; Formulation of objectives; Types of
syllabus – structural, situational, communicative, notional-functional,
procedural and others, relation between syllabuses.
Criteria for a good test: validity (face validity, content validity, construct
validity, empirical validity, concurrent and predictive validity)
Approaches to testing: subjective vs objective; direct vs indirect;
integrative vs discrete; analytic vs holistic; communicative; integrated testing
Major Test Formats: open ended, close, dictations, summary
completion, multiple choice, true/false, transformation, etc.
Types of Test: aptitude, diagnostic, achievement, proficiency, formative
and summative tests, norm-reference and criterion referenced texts
Assessment: standards, criteria, rating scales
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination:
A.
Theory (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 50)
5 short questions without alternatives to be set from all units taken
together, (to be answered in one or two sentences) to be attempted
2x5
= 10
1 question to be attempted out of 4 alternative topics to be set from Unit
1 10
1 question to be attempted out of 4 topics (2 alternatives on each text)
from Unit 2 10
1 question to be attempted out of 4 topics (2 alternatives on each text)
from Unit 3 10
1 question to be attempted out of 4 alternatives from Section A and B (2
alternatives from each Section) of Unit 4 10
Total 50
B.
Practical (20 Marks)
Classroom teaching
20
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
20
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities,
general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER VI
ENG: C - 06
ENGLISH LITERATURE: 1660-1798
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT 1
A detailed study of the following topics:
1. Social and political conditions in the Restoration period
2. Social and political conditions in the Neo-classical period
3. Development of prose in the Restoration period
4. Development of drama in the Restoration period
5. Development of drama in the Neo-Classical age
6. Development of satire in verse and prose
UNIT 2
Dryden: All for Love
Gray: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
UNIT 3
Richardson: Pamela
Ann Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolpho
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
7 short questions without alternatives to be set from all units taken
together (to be answered in one or two sentences), to be attempted
2x7
= 14
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
1
14
2 mid range questions to be attempted, at least one on each text, out of
two alternatives to be set on each text from Unit 2
7x2 = 14
2 mid range questions to be attempted, at least one from each text, out
of two alternatives to be set on each text from Unit 3
7x2 = 14
2 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted, out of 2
alternatives on each text prescribed in Unit 2 and 3 (i.e. total 8 explanations to
be set)
7x2 = 14
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities,
general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER VII
ENG: C - 07
ROMANTIC AGE (1798-1832)
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT 1
A detailed study of the following topics:
1. Impact of French Revolution on English Literature
2. Social and political conditions in England during the Romantic Age
3. Characteristic features of Romanticism
4. Trends in Romantic Poetry
5. Development of prose in the Romantic Age
UNIT 2
Wordsworth: The Prelude (First two books)
Coleridge: Christabel
UNIT 3
Jane Austen: Emma
Lamb: Essays of Elia Following essays are prescribed:
i. The South Sea House
ii. Christ’s Hospital Five and Thirty Years Ago
iii. The Two Races of Man
iv. Imperfect Sympathies
v. Dream Children: A Reverie
vi. The Praise of Chimney Sweepers
vii. On the Artificial Comedy of the Last Century
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
7 short questions without alternatives to be set from all units taken
together (to be answered in one or two sentences), to be attempted
2x7
= 14
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit
1 14
2 mid range questions to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set on
each text (i.e. total 4 to be set) in Unit 2
7x2 = 14
2 mid range questions to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set on
each text (i.e. total 4 to be set) from Unit 3
7x2 = 14
2 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted, out of 2
alternatives to be set from each text in Unit 2 and 3 (i.e. a total of 8
explanations to be set)
7x2 = 14
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities,
general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER VIII
ENG: C - 08
VICTORIAN AGE
UNIT 1
Social and political conditions in the Victorian Age
Aspects of Victorian poetry
Pre-Raphaelite Poetry
Impact of science on poetry
Impact of Mill, Bentham and Darwin on Victorian Literature
Impact of Industrial Revolution on English literature
Aspects of the Victorian novel
Impact of Russian and French writers on the Victorian novel
Development of prose in Victorian Age
Development of criticism in the 19th century
UNIT 2
Tennyson: In Memoriam
Christina Rossetti: Goblin Market
UNIT 3
Dickens: Hard Times
Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
7 short questions without alternatives to be set from all units taken
together (to be answered in one or two sentences), to be attempted
2x7
= 14
1 question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit 1
14
2 mid range questions to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set (1
from each text) in Unit 2 7x2 = 14
2 mid range questions to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set
from each text (i.e. 4 in all) in Unit 3 7x2 = 14
2 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted, out of 8 to
be set (2 from each text in Unit 2 and 3)
7x2 = 14
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
20
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities,
general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
SEMESTER III
PAPER IX (CHOICE BASED)
5
ENG: C - 09
GENDER STUDIES
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT 1
A detailed study of the following topics:
1. History of Feminist Movement
2. Feminism in American Literature
3. Feminism in British Literature
4. History of Feminism in India
5. Feminism in Indian English Literature
6. Feminism in Urdu Literature
7. Feminism in Hindi Literature
UNIT 2
Alice Walker: The Color Purple
Tehmina Durrani: My Feudal Lord
Kamala Das: My Story
Shashi Deshpande: The Dark Holds No Terror
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
7 short questions without alternatives to be set from all units taken
together (to be answered in one or two sentences), to be attempted
2x7
= 14
1 question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit 1
14
4 mid range questions to be attempted out of 2 alternative questions
on each text (i.e. total 8 to be set) from Unit 2
7x4 = 28
Two explanations with reference to the context to be attempted out of
8 to be set, (two alternatives from each text)
7x2 = 14
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
20
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER X
ENG: C – 10
MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE: 1900-1945
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT 1
A detailed study of the following topics:
1. Impact of the First World War on life and literature
2. Impact of Marx and Freud on English literature
3. Imagist Movement in poetry
4. Symbolist Movement in poetry
5. Rise of English short story
6. War poetry
7. Trends in Modern drama
8. Trends in Modern novel
9. Colonial Novel
UNIT 2
T S Eliot: The Waste Land
D H Lawrence: Sons and Lovers
E M Forster: A Passage to India
G B Shaw: Man and Superman
Distribution of Marks
5
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
7 short questions without alternatives to be set from all units taken
together (to be answered in one or two sentences), to be attempted
2x7
= 14
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from
Unit 1
14
4 mid range questions to be attempted, one from each text, out of 2
alternatives to be set on each text from Unit 2
7x4 = 28
2 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted out of 2
alternatives to be set (i.e. 8 to be set) from each text from Unit 2
7x2 =
14
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XI
ENG: C - 11
POST MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE: 1945 TILL THE PRESENT
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT 1
A detailed study of the following topics:
1. Impact of Second World War on literature
2. Impact of science on literature
3. Trends in post war poetry
4. Trends in post war novel
5. Trends in post war drama
6. Postcolonialism in English literature
7. Postmodernism in English literature
8. Anti Novels
5
9. Anti-hero
UNIT 2
The Faber Book of Modern Verse Ed. Michael Roberts, OUP:
Following poets are prescribed:
i. Ted Hughes
ii. Philip Larkin
iii. Edwin Muir
iv. Thomas Gunn
UNIT 3
Beckett: Waiting for Godot
William Golding: Lord of Flies
Harold Pinter: The Birthday Party
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
7 short questions without alternatives to be set from all units taken
together (to be answered in one or two sentences), to be attempted
2x7
= 14
1 question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit 1
14
1 question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit 2
14
3 mid range questions to be attempted, at least one from each text,
out of 2 alternatives from each text in Unit 3
7x3 = 21
1 explanation with reference to the context to be attempted, out of 8
to be set (2 alternatives from each text) from Unit 2 and 3
7
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XII
ENG: C - 12
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH AND DIASPORA
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT 1
Indian English poetry
Indian English drama
Indian English novel and short story
Indian English prose
Dalit voices
Postmodernism and postcolonialism and their influence on IWE
Indian Diaspora
UNIT 2
Mulk Raj Anand: Untouchable
Jhumpa Lahiri: The Namesake
UNIT 3
Following text is prescribed:
R Parthsarthy (Ed) Ten Twentieth Century Poets
Following poems are prescribed:
K N Daruwalla: From the Epileptic; The Ghaghra in Spate
Nissim Ezekiel: Enterprise; Poet, Lover and Birdwatcher
Jayanta Mahapatra: Indian Summer; The Whorehouse in a
Calcutta Street
A K Ramanujam: Looking for a Cousin; A River
UNIT 4
Girish Karnad: Tughlaq
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
7 short questions without alternatives to be set from all units taken
together (to be answered in one or two sentences), to be attempted
2x7
= 14
1 long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set from
Unit 1
14
2 mid range questions to be attempted, at least 1 from each text, out
of 2 alternative questions to be set on each text from Unit 2
7x2 = 14
1 mid range question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set
from Unit 3
7
1 mid range question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives to be set
from Unit 4
7
2 explanations with reference to the context to be attempted out of 8
to be set (2 from each text in Units 1, 2 and 3)
7x2 = 14
Total 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
SEMESTER IV
ELECTIVE PAPERS
FIRST ELECTIVE: FICTION
PAPER XIX
5
ENG: EF - 13
ELEMENTS, ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROSE FICTION
Full Marks: 100
UNIT 1
Elements of Fiction –
Character
Plot
Setting
Theme
Style
Narrative technique
Philosophy
2. Origin and growth of English novels up to the 18th century
3. Fiction in the 18th Century
4. Fiction in the Romantic Age
5. Trends in Victorian novel
6. 19th Century women novelists
7. Trends in 20th Century novel
8. Trends in 21st Century novel
Distribution of Marks for Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours
- Marks: 70)
5 questions to be attempted out of 10 questions without alternative
5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
20
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XIV
ENG: EF - 14
REPRESENTATIVE BRITISH NOVELS
Full Marks: 100
The following novels are prescribed:
Sterne: Tristram Shandy
Hardy: Jude the Obscure
Conrad: Heart of Darkness
Virginia Woolf: The Waves
Iris Murdoch: The Bell
Distribution of Marks for Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours
- Marks: 70)
5 questions to be attempted out of two alternative questions to be set
on each text 5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XV
ENG: EF - 15
WORLD NOVELS
Arundhati Roy: God of Small Things
John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
Orhan Pamuk: Snow
Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Distribution of Marks for Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours
- Marks: 70)
5 questions to be attempted out of 2 alternative questions to be set on
each text 5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
20
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XVI
ENG: EF - 16
DISSERTATION
Full Marks: 100
The topic for dissertation for each scholar will be decided, with the
approval of the Head of the Department, by the supervisor who will supervise
its writing. The completed dissertation will be evaluated by an external expert
for 100 marks for the end semester examination.
SECOND ELECTIVE: DRAMA
PAPER XIII
ENG: ED - 13
ELEMENTS, ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF DRAMA
FULL MARKS: 100
A detailed study of the following topics:
1. Nature and elements of drama – Plot, Character, Setting,
Dialogue, Stage
2. Greek Drama
3. Origin and growth of English Drama
4. Pre Shakespearean drama
5. Elements and features of Shakespearean tragedy
6. Elements and features of Shakespearean comedy
7. Jacobean drama
8. Restoration Drama
9. English drama in the 18th century
10. English drama in the 19th century
11. English drama in the 20th century
12. Radio and television play
13. Drama and cinema
Distribution of Marks for Semester Examination: (Duration: 3
Hours - Marks: 70)
5 questions to be attempted out of 8 questions to be set
= 70
5x14
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
-
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XIV
ENG: ED - 14
REPRESENTATIVE BRITISH DRAMA
Full Marks: 100
The following plays are prescribed:
Ben Jonson: Volpone
Sheridan: School for Scandal
G B Shaw: St Joan
Galsworthy: Strife
J M Synge: The Playboy of the Western World
Distribution of Marks for Semester Examination: (Duration: 3
Hours - Marks: 70)
5 questions to be attempted out of 2 alternative questions to be set
on each text 5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XV
ENG: ED - 15
WORLD DRAMA
Arthur Miller: All My Sons
Ibsen: A Doll’s House
Sudraka: The Little Clay Cart
Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard
T S Eliot: The Cocktail Party
Distribution of Marks for Semester Examination: (Duration: 3
Hours - Marks: 70)
5 questions to be attempted out of 2 alternative questions to be set
on each text 5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
20
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
PAPER XVI
ENG: ED - 16
DISSERTATION
Full Marks: 100
5
The topic for dissertation for each scholar will be decided, with the
approval of the Head of the Department, by the supervisor who will supervise
its writing. The completed dissertation will be evaluated by an external expert
for 100 marks for the end semester examination.
THIRD ELECTIVE: POETRY
PAPER XIII
ENG: EP - 13
ELEMENTS, DEVELOPMENT & TRENDS IN ENGLISH POETRY
FULL MARKS: 100
Topics for study:
Critical history of English poetry with emphasis on social and
political background, movements and forms:
Old English poetry
Middle English poetry
Poetry in the Age of Chaucer
15th century poetry
16th century poetry
Cavalier poets
Metaphysical poetry
Puritan poetry
Neo Classical poetry
Poetry in the Age of Transition
Romantic poetry
Victorian poetry
Modern poetry
Post Modern poetry
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
= 70
5 questions to be attempted out of 8 questions to be set
5x14
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
20
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the term
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
Regularity in attending classes
5
5
PAPER XIV
ENG: EP - 14
REPRESENTATIVE BRITISH POETRY
FULL MARKS: 100
The following poems are prescribed:
1. Spenser: The Faerie Queene (Book I, Canto I – II)
2. John Milton: Samson Agonistes
3. Dryden: Mac Flecknoe
4. Shelley: Adonais
5. T S Eliot: Ash Wednesday
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
5 questions to be attempted out of 2 alternative questions to be
set on each work
5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the
term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XV
ENG: EP - 15
WORLD POETRY
FULL MARKS: 100
The following poets and their works are prescribed:
Sri Aurobindo: Golden Light; Life; Bride of the Fire; O Coil;
Mother of Dreams
Keats: The Eve of St Agnes
Dante: Divine Comedy (Paradise: Canto I –II)
Walt Whitman: O Captain, My Captain; A Child Said What is
the Grass; A Woman Waits for Me
Judith Wright: The Old Prison, Request to a Year, Five
Senses, Magpies, The Metho Drinker
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
5 questions to be attempted out of 2 alternative questions to be
set on each poet 5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through the
term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular
activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XVI
ENG: EP - 16
DISSERTATION
Full Marks: 100
The topic for dissertation for each scholar will be decided,
with the approval of the Head of the Department, by the supervisor who will
supervise its writing. The completed dissertation will be evaluated by an
external expert for 100 marks for the end semester examination.
FOURTH ELECTIVE: WORLD LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
PAPER XIII
ENG: EWL - 13
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
FULL MARKS: 100
The following books are prescribed:
1. Tagore - Gitanjali: First ten poems
2. Raja Rao - Kanthapura
3. Salman Rushdie - Haroun and the Sea of Stories
4. Asif Currimbhoy - Inquilab
5. Jawaharlal Nehru - Discovery of India (Chapters 3 to 6)
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
5 questions to be attempted out of 2 alternative questions to
be set from each text
5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
the term
20
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through
On the basis of the student’s performance at extracurricular activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XIV
ENG: EWL - 14
CANADIAN AND AMERCIAN LITERATURE
FULL MARKS: 100
Canadian Literature
The following texts are prescribed:
1. Alice Munro: Lives of Girls and Women
2. M Atwood: A Sad Child; The Moment; Helen of Troy; You
Fit into Me; This is a Photograph of Me
3. Joseph Heller: Catch 22
4. Emily Dickinson: I Heard a Fly Buzz; I Drink Liquor
Never Brewed; I Died for Beauty; This Was a Poet
5. Tennessee: A Streetcar Named Desire
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
5 questions to be attempted out of 2 alternative questions to
be set on each text 5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
the term
20
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through
On the basis of the student’s performance at extracurricular activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XV
ENG: EWL - 15
AUSTRALIAN AND AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN LITERATURE
FULL MARKS: 100
African-Caribbean Literature
1. V S Naipaul: A Bend in the River
2. Wole Soyinka: A Dance of the Forests
3. A Les Murray: A New England Farm; August 1914; The
Wilderness; Blood
4. Patrick White: A Fringe of Leaves
5. Ray Lawler: The Doll Trilogy
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
5 questions to be attempted out of 2 alternative questions to
be set on each text 5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through
the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extracurricular activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XVI
ENG: EWL - 16
DISSERTATION
Full Marks: 100
The topic for dissertation for each scholar will be decided,
with the approval of the Head of the Department, by the supervisor who will
supervise its writing. The completed dissertation will be evaluated by an
external expert for 100 marks for the end semester examination.
FIFTH ELECTIVE
LINGUISTICS
PAPER XIII
ENG: EL - 13
Full Marks: 100
PHONETICS AND SPOKEN ENGLISH
Definition and Scope of Phonetics
Mechanism of Speech Production
Classification of Sounds - Description of English
Consonants and Vowels
Syllable - Structure and types of the syllable
Word Stress
Stress and Rhythm in Connected Speech
Intonation
Features of Connected Speech
Phonetic Transcription
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
4 questions to be attempted out of 8 to be set without
4x14 = 56
alternatives
transcription
1 passage containing 7 sentences for phonetic
2x7 = 14
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through
the term
20
On the basis of the student’s performance at extracurricular activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XIV
ENG: EL - 14
Full Marks: 100
LINGUISTICS AND STRUCTURE OF MODERN ENGLISH,
AND STYLISTICS
Definition and Scope of Linguistics
Language: its Features and Functions
Language Variations - Language varieties, Languages in
Contact, Language Change
Introduction to various Schools of Linguistics Traditional, Structural and Transformational Generative
Structure of Modern English - Structure of NP, VG,
patterns of other Sentential Constituents, Surface and Deep Structure interrelations, Ambiguities
Stylistics - Styles, Features, Purpose and Effect, Style and
Context
Various Approaches to Stylistic Analysis - Literary
Stylistics, Linguistics Stylistics, Discourse Analysis, Stylostatistics
Stylistic Markers and Conventions
Practical Stylistic Interpretation of Unseen Poem(s) or
Prose passages
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
alternatives
5 questions to be attempted out of 8 to be set without
5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
the term
20
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through
On the basis of the student’s performance at extracurricular activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
PAPER XV
Full Marks: 100
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Dialect and language
Variation and Language
Variation and Style
Language Attitudes
Language and Society
Language and Nation
Gender and Sociolinguistics
Indian Sociolinguistics
Multilingualism
5
Pidgin and Creole Languages
Sociolinguistics – Methods and Approaches
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours - Marks: 70)
alternatives
5 questions to be attempted out of 8 to be set without
5x14 = 70
Internal Assessment: 30 Marks
the term
20
On the basis of Written Assignments/Internals through
On the basis of the student’s performance at extracurricular activities, general behaviour and conduct, performance at seminars
5
Regularity in attending classes
5
PAPER XVI
ENG: EL – 16
DISSERTATION
Full Marks: 100
The topic for dissertation for each scholar will be decided,
with the approval of the Head of the Department, by the supervisor who will
supervise its writing. The completed dissertation will be evaluated by an
external expert for 100 marks for the end semester examination.
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