Programme: B.A. English Literature Programme Code:...

SRI S. RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE, SATTUR - 626 203

(An Autonomous, Co-educational and Linguistic Minority Institution Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University)

(Re-Accredited with Grade ‘A’ by NAAC)

Programme: B.A. English Literature

Programme Code: UEL

OBE - Regulations 2019

(For III and IV Semester)

Outcome Based Education

Under

Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)

(Those who joined in 2019-2020 and after)

SRNMC REGULATIONS (OBE) 2019 SYLLABUS

Department of English (Syllabus for those who joined in 2019 – 2020 and after) 1

Vision

To envision the department as a centre for academic excellence, professional expertise and

contextual research in Literatures in English and fostering an understanding and acquisition of multiple

literariness through learning, teaching, research and community involvement for the socially, economically

and educationally backward students.

Mission

To educate the socially, economically and educationally backward students in the region and

provide them an opportunity to understand their role in the fulfillment of their duty towards the

society.

To develop the learners communication skills in English.

To introduce the learners to literary scholarship and develop an aesthetic sensibility towards the

various genres.

To develop among the learners an ability to analyse literary expressions.

To prepare the learners for their career enhancement and higher education.

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

PEO1 To acquire a thorough knowledge on the historical, literary and theoretical aspects of

English Literature.

PEO2 To comprehend the world of English Literature and diverse literary works.

PEO3 To develop a flair for the English Language and understand the various techniques and

patterns employed in various literatures.

PEO4 To transform intellectually able, socially responsible, emotionally balanced and morally

upright, spiritually well-grown and mentally matured citizens.

PEO5 To develop essential skills for employability.

Program Outcomes (POs)

The students will be able to

PO1 Get transformed into accomplished and active readers, enabling them to focus on

their higher studies.

PO2 Gain a complete exposure to British, American, Indian and Commonwealth Literatures.

PO3 Explore how the literary works were written leading to research thinking and exploration.

PO4 Evaluate the value of literature and humanity.

PO5 Acquire a profession related to language and literature.

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

The students will be able to

PSO1 Understand various genres of literature.

PSO2 Attempt creative writing.

PSO3 Develop language learning skills like LSRW.

PSO4 Apply critical frameworks to analyse the linguistic, cultural and historical background of texts

written in English.

PSO5 Get jobs in industry, government schools and offices.



Eligibility for Admission

Candidates who have passed +2 Examination conducted by the Board of Higher Secondary

Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, with English as a subject components or any other

examination accepted by the Syndicate of the Madurai Kamaraj University as equivalent there to are eligible

to join this programme.

Duration of the programme

The duration of the programme shall be three academic years comprising six semesters with two

semesters in each academic year.

Courses of study

The main courses of study offered for B.A (English Literature) Degree Programme shall consist of

the following:

Part I : Tamil -- 04

Part II : English -- 04

Part III

1. Core courses -- 13

2. Allied courses -- 04

3. Elective Courses -- 03

Part IV

1. Non Major Elective Courses -- 02

2. Skill Based Courses -- 06

3. Environmental Studies -- 01

4. Value Education -- 01

Part V : Extension activities

Part V

These should be carried out outside the class hours. All the students shall have to enroll for NSS /

NCC / Sports & Games or any other service organization in the College and shall have to earn minimum

hours of attendance to be prescribed by the College. A candidate shall be awarded a maximum of 1 credit

for Compulsory Extension Service.

Credits

The term ‘credit’ refers to the weightage given to a programme, usually in relation to the

Instructional hours assigned to it. The total credits required for completing B.A (English Literature) degree

programme is 140. The particulars of credits for individual components and courses are presented on

Table 1.

Extra Credits Course:

1. This course is optional for students. If he/she selects this course and if he/she passes the course, then

2 extra credits will be added in his/her total credit to the degree, even otherwise, it won’t affect the

completion of degree.

2. The course is common to all UG Programmes.

3. The title of this course is “Model Paper for Competitive Examinations”

4. Examination for this course will be held at the end of the 6th semester examinations.

5. There is no internal examination and only external examination for this course.

6. Maximum marks for this course is 100.

7. There is no contact hours for this paper.



Scheme of Examination:

100 questions (multiple choice) - one mark for each.

Passing minimum is 50 marks.

Duration of the Examination is two hours.

The Scheme of Examination: It is presented on Table 2.

Evaluation

The components for continuous internal assessment are:

Average of Two tests --- 15 marks

Seminar/Group Discussion --- 5 marks

Assignment --- 5 marks

Total --- 25 marks

Minimum Marks for a Pass

1. 40% of the aggregate (Internal + External Examinations)

2. No separate passing minimum for the Internal Examinations

3. 27 marks out of 75 is the passing minimum for the External Examinations.

Internal and External Evaluation of NME - Communication Skills- I (Listening and Speaking) will

be done through oral mode (Viva voce) only and for NME - Communication Skills- II (Reading and

Writing) both the evaluations will be done through written mode.

Pattern of the Question Paper (External Examination)

The question paper may have 3 parts.

Duration of the external examination is 3hours

Part A

Ten questions (Objective type questions, fill in the blanks and definitions) 10 x 1 = 10 marks

(Two questions from each unit)

Part B

Five questions (either - or type) 5 x 7 = 35 marks

(One pair from each unit)

(each answers not exceeding two pages)

Part C

Three questions from out of five 3 x 10 = 30 marks

(One question from each unit)

(Answers not exceeding four pages) ---------------

Total 75 marks

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Question Paper Pattern (for Part IV only)

Part-A 3 x 10 = 30 marks

Three Questions from each unit (either or type)

(Answers not exceeding two pages)

Part-B 3 x 15 = 45 marks

Three Questions out of Five (Answers not exceeding four pages)

Question Paper Pattern - Internal (Same as in External)

Note: No unit shall be omitted; not more than two questions from each unit



SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE, SATTUR – 626 203.

B.A (English Literature)

Table – 1: Course Pattern (For those who joined in 2019-2020 and after)

Study

Component

I

Sem

II

Sem

III

Sem

IV

Sem

V

Sem

VI

Sem

Total

Hours

Total

Credits

No. of

Courses

Total

Marks

Part-I Tamil 6(3) 6(3) 6(3) 6(3) - - 24 12 4 400

Part-II English 6(3) 6(3) 6(3) 6(3) - - 24 12 4 400

Part-III

Part-III

Core (T)

5(4)

5(4)

5(4)

5(4) 5(5) 5(5)

6(5)

6(5)

6(5)

6(5)

6(5)

6(5)

6(4)

72 60 13 1300

Elective - - 5(5) 5(5) 6(5) 60 15 3 300

Allied I (T) 6(5) - - - - - 6 5 1 100

Allied II (T) - 6(5) - - - - 6 5 1 100

Allied III (T) - - 6(5) - - - 6 5 1 100

Allied IV (T) - 6(5) 6 5 1 100

Part-IV

Part-IV

Non-Major

Elective

- - 2(2) 2(2) - - 4 4 2 200

Skill Based 2(2) 2(2) - - 2(2)

2(2)

2(2)

2(2) 12 12 6 600

Environmental

studies - - - - 2(2) - 2 2 1 100

Value

Education - - - - -- 2(2) 2 2 1 100

Part-V

Part V

Extension

Activities

- - - 0(1) - - 0 1 - -

Total 30(21) 30(21) 30(23) 30(24) 30(26) 30(25) 180 140 38 3800

Extra Credits 2

Grand Total 142



Course Structure - B.A. (English Literature)

Sem

este

r

Core / Elective /

Skill Based Title of the Course

Course

Code

Contact

Hrs.

Cre

dit

Ex

am

Hrs

.

Marks

L T P Int. Ext. Total

III

Part II Paper III English U19LAE31 6 - - 3 3 25 75 100

Core - V British Literature IV

(From Tennyson to Hardy) U19ELC31 5 - - 5 3 25 75 100

Elective - I (a) Indian Writing in English

(b) Indian Literatures In Translation

U19ELE31

U19ELE32 5 - - 5 3 25 75 100

Allied - III Social History of England U19ELA31 6 - - 5 3 25 75 100

NME - I Communication Skills –I

Listening and Speaking - Viva-Voce U19ELN31 2 - - 2 - 25 75 100

Total 30 - - 23 - - - 600

IV

Part I Tamil - IV U19LAT41 6 - - 3 3 25 75 100

Part II Paper IV - English U19LAE41 6 - - 3 3 25 75 100

Core - VI British Literature V

(from Yeats to the present) U19ELC41 5 - - 5 3 25 75 100

Elective - II (a) Indian Diasporic Fiction

(b) Afro American Fiction

U19ELE41

U19ELE42 5 - - 5 3 25 75 100

Allied - IV Phonetics and Transcription U19ELA41 6 - - 5 3 25 75 100

NME - II Communication Skills –II

(Reading and Writing) U19ELN41 2 - - 2 2 25 75 100

Part V –

Extension

Activities

- - - - 1 - - - -

Total 30 - - 24 - - - 600

L - Lecture Hours T- Tutorial Hours P - Practical Hours



Core Course V - British Literature IV (From Tennyson to Hardy)

Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)

By the end of the course, the students will be able to

CLO1 read and appreciate the literatures of the Age of Tennyson

CLO2 describe the life-style of Victorian era and make the students to compare with the

contemporary life-style.

CLO3 entertain the middle-class facts on Victorian England Culture.

CLO4 know the impact of industrialization and the economic development of Victorian England.

Unit I: Introduction

English Poetry in the Victorian Age with special reference to Alfred Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Robert

Browning

English Prose in the Victorian Age with special reference to John Ruskin, Walter Pater, Matthew Arnold

English Novel in the Victorian Age with special reference to Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, George Eliot,

Oscar Wilde

Note: Questions may be based on genre not on an individual author.

Unit II: Prose

Thomas Babington Macaulay - Minutes on Indian Education (e-source)

John Ruskin - The Crown of Wild Olive (Lecture I)

Thomas De Quincey - The Literature of Knowledge and the Literature of Power

Unit III: Poetry

Alfred Lord Tennyson - Tithonus

Robert Browning - Andrea Del Sarto

Matthew Arnold - Dover Beach

G.M. Hopkins - God’s Grandeur

Thomas Hardy - Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave

Unit IV: Short Fiction

Oscar Wilde - The Canterville Ghost

George Eliot - Silas Marner

Unit V: Fiction

Charles Dickens - Great Expectations

Textbooks:

1. Dickens, Charles. (1912), Great Expectations. Bread Street Hill, Richard Clay & Sons: London.

2. Hudson, William Henry.(1961), An Outline History of English Literature. B.I. Publications: Madras.

3. Ramachandran Nair, K.R. (1994), Essay on the History of English Literature. Emerlad: Chennai.

4. Green, David. (2009), The Winged Word. Macmillan: Madras.

Programme Programme Code Semester Course Code Hours Credit

B.A. English Literature UEL III U19ELC31 5 5



Elective Course I(a) - Indian Writing in English



CLO1 give an outline of the history and background of Indian English literature.

CLO2 express the thoughts exhibited in the given prose works of visionary leaders.

CLO3 appreciate critically the prescribed poems.

CLO4 provide a detailed comment on the play.

CLO5 elaborate the given works of fiction.


Indian English poetry with special reference to Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, A.K. Ramanujam,

Nissim Ezekiel and Kamala Das

Indian English Prose with special reference to Sri Aurobindo, M.K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru

Indian English Drama with special reference to Rabindranath Tagore, Girish Karnad, Asif Currimboy and

Mahesh Dattani

Indian English Fiction with special reference to Rabindranath Tagore, Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K.

Narayan and Khushwant Singh


Unit II: Prose

M.K. Gandhi -Life in Africa (From Autobiography)

Jawaharlal Nehru -The Last Letter to Indira

APJ Abdul Kalam -My Visions for India

Unit III: Poetry

Sri Aurobindo - Rose of God

Rabindranath Tagore - Baby’s way

Sarojini Naidu -The Coromandel Fishers

Kamala Das - Punishment in Kindergarten

Nissim Ezekiel - Night of the Scorpion

Unit IV: Drama

Mahesh Dattani - Dance Like a Man

Unit V: Fiction

R. K. Narayan - Swami and Friends

Meena Alexander - Nampally Road

Text Books:

1. Iyengar, K.R. Srinivasa. (1983), Indian Writing in English. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.: New Delhi.

2. Naik, M.K. (1982), A History of Indian English Literature. Sahitya Akademi: Delhi.

3. Ayothi, V. (1997), Memorable Melodies (an Anthology of Poems). New Century Book House (p) Ltd.:

Chennai.

4. Rau, M. Chalapathi. (1967), Nehru for Children. Children’s Book Trust: New Delhi.

5. Murthy, Narasimha. (2009), Famous Indian Stories. Orient Blackswan: Mumbai.


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6. Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna. (2003), An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English. Permanent

Black: New Delhi.

7. Kalam, Abdul. India 2020. Arul Publication: Chennai, 2000.

8. Gandhi, M.K. (1940), An Autobiography (or) The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Navajivan

Publishing House: Ahmedabad.

9. Dattani, Mahesh. (2012), Dance Like a Man Two Acts. Penguin Books: Delhi.

10. Sarras, Cowasjee. (1983), The Modern Indian Short stories. Oxford University Pvt Ltd, Delhi.

11. Alexander. (2013), Nampally Road. Orient Blackswan Private Limited, New Delhi.

12. Narayan. R. K. (2008), Swami and Friends. Indian Thought Publications: Mysore.

13. Aurobindo, Sri. (2009), Collected Poems. Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Trust, Pondicherry.

14. https://allpoetry.com/Baby's-Way

References:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHr4FIKIU6c

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYAMk6akP5I

https://allpoetry.com/Baby's-Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHr4FIKIU6c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYAMk6akP5I



Elective Course I(b) - Indian Literature in Translation



CLO1 Analyse Indian prose in translation.

CLO2 Appreciate the technical devices in Indian poetry.

CLO3 Evaluate the theatricality of Indian drama.

CLO4 Critically ascertain the nuances of Indian fiction.

CLO5 Understand the salient features Indian short fiction.

Unit I – Prose

M.K. Gandhi - Stealing and Atonement

M.K. Gandhi - Shyness, My Shield (The Story of My Experiments with Truth)

Who is Buddha - An extract from Periyar to Buddhism (Critical Quest, New Delhi)

Buddhadev Bose - An extract from An Acre of Green Grass – A Review of Modern

Bengali Literature (The Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature

Ed. Amit Chaudhuri)

Unit II – Poetry

Rabindranath Tagore - Where the Mind is Without Fear (Bengali)

Umashankar Joshi - Fragmented (Gujarati)

From Kovattan, Kuruntokai 66 – What his Girl Friend said to Her (Tamil)

Unit III – Drama

Mahesweta Devi - Rudali

Unit IV – Fiction

Bama - Karukku

Unit V – Short Fiction

Rabindranath Tagore - The Postmaster

Ambai - A Kitchen in the Corner of the House

Lakshmi Kannan - India Gate

Vaikon Muhmmad Basheer - Birthday

Text Books:

1. Gandhi, Mahatma. My Experiments with Truth, Maple Press, ISBN: 9789380816807.

2. Aloysius (2019), G. Periyar on Buddhism, Critical Quest.

3. Chaudhuri, Amit. (2009), The Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature, Picador,

ISBN: 9780330343633

4. Kurian, Anna. (2005), Texts and Their Worlds I, Foundation Books.

5. Devi (1993), Mahasweta. Rudali, Seagull Books, ISBN: 9788170461388.

6. Faustina (2014), Bama. Karukku, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 9780199450411

Programme Programme Code Semester Course Code Hours Credits

B.A. English Literature UEL III U19ELE32 5 5



Reference Books:

1. Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna (2017), A Concise History of Indian Literature in English, Orient

Blackswan, ISBN: 9788178244846.

2. Mukherjee, Meenakshi. (2002), The Perishable Empire: Essays on Indian Writing in English, Oxford

University Press, ISBN: 9780195662702.

3. Rajan, P. K. Indian Literary Criticism in English. Rawat Publishers, 2006, ISBN: 9788170337485

4. Harishankar, Bharathi V. (2013), Mini Krishnan et. al. Words, Texts and Meanings: Indian Literatures

in Translation, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 9780198096283.



Allied Course III - Social History of England


By the end of the course, the students will

CLO1 obtain an understanding of history of England under different monarchs.

CLO2 acquire knowledge on the social conditions during various periods in England.

CLO3 familiarize themselves to the development of literature in various historical periods in

England.

CLO4 analyse the influence of history in different genres of literary texts.

Unit I

England Before The Advent of Tudors

Hundred Years’ War

The Wars of Roses

Unit II

Chaucer’s England

The Renaissance

The Reformation and its Aftermath

Unit III

Civil War

Restoration England

The Age of Queen Anne

Unit IV

The Industrial Revolution

The Agrarian Revolution

The Humanitarian Movement

Unit V

The Scientific and Industrial Changes in the Victorian England

The Impact of Two World Wars on England

Trade Unionism in England

Text Book:

1. Xavier A.G. An Introduction to the Social History of England. S. Viswanathan Printers: Chennai,

2007.

Reference Books:

1. Hudson, William Henry. An Outline History of English Literature. B.I.Publications: Madras, 1961.

2. Carter, Ronald and John McRae. The Routledge History of Literature in English. 2nd Edition,

Routledge: Britain and Ireland, 2001.

3. Thailambal. The Social History of England. Ennes publication: Udumalpet, 2009.

4. Travelyan, G.M. History of England. Doubleday: New York, 1953.

5. Ashok, Padmaja. The Social History of England. Orient Blackswan: Chennai, 2011.


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NME Course I - Communication Skills - I (Listening and Speaking)



CLO1 listen and comprehend oral instructions, conversations and introduce themselves and others in

English.

CLO2 watch and understand documentaries, interviews and involve in conversation in English.

CLO3 appreciate lectures, talks and deliver welcome address, vote of thanks.

Unit I:

Listening: Definition - Types of Listening - Tips for effective listening – listening to conversation

Speaking: Initiating a conversation - Self Introduction - Introducing others - Role play

Unit II:

Listening: Stories, Short films, Documentaries - Interviews

Speaking: Narrating Stories, Incidents

Unit III:

Listening: Pod casts - TED Talks

Speaking: Public Speaking - Welcome Address - Introducing the Guest - Vote of Thanks

References Books:

1. Taylor, Grant. English Conversation Practice. McGraw Hill Education: New Delhi, 2008.

2. Rizvi, Ashraf, M. Effective Technical Communication. McGraw Hill Education: New Delhi, 2005.

3. Dr Vincent, Let’s speak English. Soundara Publications: Madurai, 2014.

4. Radhakrishna Pillai, G and K. Rajeevan. Spoken English for you. Emerald Publishers: Chennai, 1987.

5. https://www.ted.com/talks

6. https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/

7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/


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https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/



8. Core Course IV - British Literature V (From Yeats to the Present)



CLO1 realise portraits of Modern English Literature through various genres.

CLO2 demonstrate the ability to interpret and appreciate the modern literary nuances of prose

writings.

CLO3 comprehend the development of modern English poetry aesthetically and instinctively.

CLO4 acquire the ability to contextualize the works of modern drama and to interpret the thematic

elements of the modern plays.

CLO5 analyze and appreciate the innovative, novelistic techniques of the modern fiction writers of

the age.


Modern English Poetry (with special reference to Thomas Stearns Eliot, William Butler Yeats, Wystan Hugh

Auden and Wilfred Owen)

Modern English Drama (with special reference to George Bernard Shaw, John Millington Synge, Thomas

Stearns Eliot, Samuel Beckett and John Galsworthy)

Modern English Novel and Short Story (with special reference to Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Herbert

George Wells and Virginia Woolf)


Unit II - Prose

Thomas Stearns Eliot - Tradition and the Individual Talent

Virginia Woolf - Professions for Women

Unit III - Poetry

W. B Yeats - A Prayer for my Daughter

Wilfred Owen - Strange Meeting

Wystan Hugh Auden - Musee des Beaux Arts

Ted Hughes - Hawk Roosting

Seamus Heaney - Churning Day

Unit IV: Drama

Bernard Shaw - Pygmalion

Unit V: Fiction

Doris Lessing - Room Nineteen

D. H Lawrence - The Odour of Chrysanthemums

Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness


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Text Books:

2. Hudson, William Henry (1961), An Outline History of English Literature. B.I. Publications: Madras.

3. Thomas, C. T. (1980), An Anglo-American Anthology. ed.Twentieth Century Verse, Macmillan

Publications: India.

4. Eliot,T.S. (1992), Tradition and Individual Talent. 20th Century Literary Criticism, ed.David Lodge,

Longman, London.

5. Woolf, Virginia.(2011), Collected Short Fiction and Essays of Virginia Woolf. Create space

Independent Publishing Platform: London.

6. Shaw, Bernard. (1930), Pygmalion. Constable and Company: London.

Reference Books:

1. Ramachandran Nair, K.R. (1994), Essay on the History of English Literature. Emerald: Chennai.

2. Thornley, G.C. and Gwyneth Roberts An Outline of English Literature. Orient Longman: Patna,

(1st Indian ed. 1991, 1998 rpt.).



Elective Course II(a) - Indian Diasporic Fiction



CLO1 know the Concept of Diaspora and the characteristic features of Diasporic Literature.

CLO2 introduce students the best works in contemporary Indian Diasporic Fiction.

CLO3 understand the unique features of every genre in diaspora.

Unit I

Uzma Jalaluddin - Ayesha At Last

Unit II

Gita Hariharan - The Thousand Faces of Night

Unit III

Manju Kapur - The Immigrant

Unit IV

Bharati Mukherjee - Jasmine

Unit V

Jhumpa Lahiri - The Namesake

Text Books:

1. Kapur, Manjur.(2010), The Immigrant. Random House: New York.

2. Anand, T.S. (2010), Literature of Indian Diaspora. Creative Books: New Delhi.

3. Jalaluddin, Uzma. (2018), Ayesha At Last. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd: Canada.

4. Hariharan, Gita. (1992), The Thousand Faces of Night. Penguin Books Ltd: New Delhi.

5. Lahiri, Jhumpa.(2003), The Namesake. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York.

6. Mukherjee, Bharati. (1989), Jasmine. Grove Weidenfeld: New York.


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Elective Course II(b) - Afro American Fiction



CLO1 Acquire an understanding of Afro-American Fiction.

CLO2 Ascertain the cultural atmosphere of Afro-American Fiction.

CLO3 Understand the features of Afro-American narrative styles.

CLO4 Evaluate tropes and rhetorical devices of Afro-American writing.

CLO5 Analyse Afro-American myth-making and construction of plot.

Unit-1

Maya Angelow - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Unit-2

Toni Morrison - Sula

Unit -3

Alice Walker - To Hell with Dying

Unit -4

Gloria Naylor - The Women of Brewster Place

Unit -5

Walter Mosley - Devil in a Blue Dress

Reference Book:

Henry Louis Gates (Mar. 2014), Jr.et.al. The Norton Anthology of African-American Literature, 3rd

edition, Harvard University. London.

Programme Programme Code Semester Course Code Hours Credits

B.A. English Literature UEL IV U19ELE42 5 5



Allied Course IV - Phonetics and Transcription



CLO1 explain how English speech sounds are articulated and are used to create meaning.

CLO2 read and produce phonemic transcriptions.

CLO3 apply their knowledge of English phonetics and phonology to improve their own

pronunciation.

CLO4 distinguish between the RP (Received Pronunciation) and GA (General American) accents and

describe the main differences between them.

Unit I – Introduction

Air-stream Mechanism

Organs of Speech

Unit II - The Classification and Description of English Sounds

Vowels

Diphthongs

Consonants and Consonant clusters

Unit III - Phonology

Syllable

Strong and Weak Forms

Word Accent and Accent in Connected Speech

Unit IV - Phonetics

Assimilation and Elision

Intonation (Falling, Rising and Fall-Rise)

Unit V

Practice in Phonetic Transcription:

Words, Sentences, Dialogues and Passages

Text Book:

Balasubramanian, T. (1981), A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students. Delhi.

Reference Books:

1. Dhanavel, S.P. (2010), English and Softskills. Orient Black Swan: Noida.

2. Jones, Daniel. (1912), An Outline of English Phonetics. Stechert & Co: New York.

3. Krishnasamy, N. (1990), Communication Skill. McGraw – Hill International Editions: Singapore.

4. Taylor, Grant. (2008), English Conversation Practice. 64th Reprint, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing

Company Limited: New Delhi.


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NME Course II - Communication Skills - II (Reading and Writing)



CLO1 train students to read and write in English.

CLO2 enhance the employability skills of students.

CLO3 develop career - oriented skills through Non Major Elective.

CLO4 enrich their academic English proficiency.

CLO5 learn Vocabulary and make sentences of their own.

Unit I

Describing somebody or something using the given adjectives

Developing the Hints and completing the narration

Comprehension

Unit II

Story Writing

Unit III

Translation (Tamil to English)

Reference Books:

Dr S. Vincent and Dr M. Lawrence, The Bridge.

E-sources

1. http://www.english-for-students.com/Developing-Hints-A.html

2. https://www.englishgrammar.org/adjectives-exercise-6/

3. https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/5th-comprehension.html

(Dr R. Sumathi) (Dr D.K. Nathan)

Chairman Dean-Academic Affairs


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