SRI CHANDRASEKHARENDRA SARASWATHI VISWA MAHAVIDYALAYA

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

M.A. ENGLISH

Eligibility Criteria for Admission to M.A., English

A Graduate in English Literature or a graduate in any discipline from a recognized

university with 50% and above in English under Part I or Part II as the case may be.

Scheme of Examinationi. Internal

Internal marks will be awarded to candidates after assessing them in Written tests,Assignments, Seminar and Attendance.

Allocation of Marks:Written test - 15Assignments - 10Seminar - 10Attendance - 05

ii. ExternalExternal examinations will be for 100 marks. What the students score will be convertedto 60 and this will be combined with their score in Internal Examinations.

Minimum marks for a pass:A Candidate has to secure 50% comprising Internal Assessment and External

Examinations. The minimum score for a pass is 20/40 in Internal Examinations and 50/100(30/60) in the External Examinations.In case of failure in any paper, the candidate concerned hasto reappear for that paper only.

Pattern of Question paper:There shall be Three Parts – A, B & C in the Question paper. Part A shall contain 15

questions out of which the candidate has to answer 10 questions in a few sentences each. Eachquestion is for 2 marks totaling 10x2=20.

Part B shall contain Five questions in either/or pattern. Each question shall carry 6 markseach totaling 30 (5x6=30). Part C shall have Two questions in either/or pattern and shall carry 15marks each totaling 50 (5x10=50).

Setting of Question papers and evaluationThe Head of the Department will suggest a panel of Question Paper Setters and also

Examiners from various Universities / Colleges. This will be done sufficiently earlier before thecommencement of examinations to facilitate the controller to deal with the issues suitably.

M.A. English (CBCS) Curriculum

(for students admitted from 2017-2018)

PaperNo

Course Title of the course InternalMarks

ExternalMarks

TotalMarks

Credits

SEMESTER: I

I Core I Chaucer and the Elizabethan Age 40 60 100 5

II Core IIThe Jacobean and the RestorationAges

40 60 100 5

III Core IIIThe Romantic and the VictorianAges

40 60 100 5

IV Core IV Modern English Grammar 40 60 100 5

V Elective Ia) Soft Skills & Communication

Skills (Or)b) English Language Teaching

40 60 100 3

Total 23

SEMESTER: II

VI Core VTwentieth Century BritishLiterature

40 60 100 5

VII Core VI American Literature 40 60 100 5

VIII Core VII Language and Linguistics 40 60 100 5

IX Elective II

a) Basics of Computer Science &Applications(Or)b) Copy Editing

40 60 100 3

X Compulsory Human Rights 40 60 100 3Total 21

SEMESTER: III

XI Core VIII Indian Writing in English 40 60 100 5

XII Core IX New Literature 40 60 100 5

XIII Core X Literary Criticism 40 60 100 5XIV Core XI Research Methodology 40 60 100 5

XV Elective IIIa) Women’s Writing

(Or)b)World Classics in Translation

40 60 100 3

Total 23

Note:

L T P C : Lecture Tutorial Practical Credits

SEMESTER: IVXVI Core XII Literary Theory 40 60 100 5

XVII Core XIII Shakespeare 40 60 100 5

XVIII Core XIV Literature and Environment 40 60 100 5

XIX Core XV English for Competitive Exams 40 60 100 5

XX Compulsory Project and Viva Voce 20+20 30+30 100 3

Total 23

No of Total Credits 90

M.A. ENGLISHChoice Based Credit System (CBCS)

(for students admitted from 2017-2018)Semester I

Paper-I Core-I Chaucer and the Elizabethan Age (60 Hours)

Objectives:Students need introduction to the early modern English reflected in literature of the Renaissance and theElizabethan Age.

Outcome:Students become familiar with Renaissance English in later years gets polished and modernized further.

Unit-I Poetry I (12 Hours)Geoffrey Chaucer : The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

(The Wife of Bath, The Knight, The Merchant,The Monk)

Unit-II Poetry II (12 Hours)Thomas Wyatt : Forget not yet the Tyrde Extent,Earl of Surrey : The Happy LifeEdmund Spenser : ProthalamionSir Philip Sidney : Philomela

Unit-III Prose (12 Hours)Francis Bacon : Of Truth,

Of Death,Of Friendship,Of Marriage and Single Life

Unit-IV Drama I (12 Hours)Christopher Marlowe : Dr.FaustusJohn Webster : The Duchess of Malfi

Unit-V Drama II (12 Hours)Thomas Middleton : The ChangelingBen Johnson : Volpone

Prescribed Text:1. Bacon: Essays. London: Clive, 1923. Print.2. Carnegie, David. John Webster: The Duchess of Malfi. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire:

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Print.3. Chaucer, Geoffrey, and A. J. Wyatt. Chaucer: The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. London: U

Tutorial, 1967. Print.4. Jonson, Ben, Volpone . London: U Tutorial, 1963. Print.5. Marlowe, Christopher. Dr. Faustus. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Pub., 2010. Print.6. Middleton, Thomas, Henry W. Wells, and William Rowley. The Changeling. London: Publisher

Not Identified, 1885. Print.7. Webster, John, and Elizabeth M. Brennan. The Duchess of Malfi. London: Royal National

Institute for the Blind, 1964. Print.

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Paper-II Core-II The Jacobean and Restoration Ages

Objectives:To introduce students to the classical traits in literature. This assumes importance as there was noclassical literature in English at the time of the period.

Outcome:The learners acquire the intensity of the English expressive power together with classical thoughtwhich is intellectualization of the process of literature.

Unit-I Poetry I (12 Hours)John Milton : Paradise Lost Book IX

Unit-II Poetry II (12 Hours)John Dryden : Mac FlecknoeJohn Donne : The Canonization,Andrew Marvell : To His Coy MistressAlexander Pope : The Rape of the Lock (Canto I)

Unit-III Prose (12 Hours)John Milton : Areopagitica(Extract)Joseph Addison : FriendshipRichard Steele : Defence of Married LifeJonathan Swift : Battle of the Books

Unit-IV Drama (12 Hours)John Dryden : All for LoveR.B.Sheridan : She Stoops to Conquer

Unit-V Fiction (12 Hours)Daniel Defoe : Moll Flanders

Books Recommended:1. Dryden, John. All for Love. Bloomsbury Publishing India Private Limited; Edition

edition. 20142. Goldsmith , Oliver. She Stoops to Conquer. Laxmi Publications. 2008.3. Milton, John. Paradise Lost Book IX. Unique Publishers (Education Redefined)4. Palgrave, Francis T. The Golden Treasury. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd. 1954.

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Paper-III Core-III The Romantic and the Victorian Ages

Objectives:Students are introduced to the emotive literature of the period. Criticism as a genre takes offduring this period and literature itself lends a distinctive appeal owing to the prevalence ofNature as the subject matter in most writers.

Outcome:The learners become familiar with the drift of style in literary writing together with differenttreatments tent to nature.

Unit-I Poetry I (12 Hours)Thomas Gray : Elegy Written in a Country ChurchyardWilliam Wordsworth : MichaelJohn Keats : Ode on a Grecian UrnP.B. Shelley : Ode to the West Wind

Unit-II Poetry II (12 Hours)Alfred Tennyson : UlyssesRobert Browning : Rabbi Ben Ezra,Matthew Arnold : The Scholar GipsyD.G.Rossetti : The Blessed Damozel

Unit-III Prose (12 Hours)Charles Lamb : Old China

Oxford in the VacationA Dissertation upon a Roast Pig

John Ruskin : Unto this Last

Unit-IV Fiction I (12 Hours)Sir Walter Scott : IvanhoeJane Austen : Emma

Unit-V Fiction (12 Hours)Thomas Hardy : Tess of D’UrbervillesCharles Dickens : Great Expectations

Prescribed Text:1. Austen, Jane. Emma. Harper Press; Reprint ed. 2010.2. Scott, Walter. Ivanhoe. RHUS; Reissue ed. 1988.3. Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles.Penguin; Reissue ed. 2003.4. Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin; Revised ed. 2004.

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M.A. ENGLISH(for students admitted from 2017-2018)

Semester IPaper-IV Core-IV Modern English Grammar (60 hours)

Objective:To give a coverage of grammar.To inform about English usage in major areas

Unit I: (12 hours)Varieties of EnglishElements of GrammarVerbs and verb phrase

Unit II: (12 hours)Nouns, pronouns, and the basic noun phraseAdjectivesAdverbs

Unit III: (12 hours)Prepositions and prepositional phraseThe simple sentenceAdjuncts, disjuncts, conjuncts

Unit IV: (12 hours)Coordination and appositionSentence connectionThe complex sentence

Unit V: (12 hours)The verb and its complementationThe complex noun phraseFocus, theme and emphasis

Prescribed Text:Quirk, R. Greenbaum, S. Leech, G. & Swatvik, J. A University Grammar of English. Longman,Abridged Edition, 1973.

Reference BooksLeech, Geoffrey. & Swatvik, J. A Communicative Grammar of English. Pearson, 3rd Edition.2003.Quirk, R. & Greenbaum, S. A Concise Grammar of Contemporary English. U.S: Heinle &Heinle Publishers Inc., 1973.Greenbaum,S. & Quirk, R. Student’s Grammar of the English Language. Longman, 1990.

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M.A. ENGLISH(for students admitted from 2017-2018)

Semester IPaper-V Elective I (a) Communication Skills and Soft Skills (36 hours)

Objectives:To instigate the skills needed to cope up with the pressures of jobs in thepresent day.

Outcome:After the course, the learners get endowed with the skills specified.

Unit-I Interpersonal CommunicationUnit-II Goal SettingUnit-III Critical ThinkingUnit-IV Team WorkUnit-V Essential Written Communication

Book Prescribed: “Communication Skills and Soft Skills – An Integrated Approach” –E. Sureshkumar et al. Pearson Publications.

(OR)

Paper-V Elective I (b)English Language Teaching (36 Hours)

Objectives: To introduce students to theories of language and language learning and

their implications in teaching and learning. To introduce them to prevailing methods and to familiarize them with principles of course

designing, testing and evaluation.

Outcome:The course infuses the nuances of English Teaching and confidence in learners.

Unit-I i)English in India – Past, Present and Futureii) Nature of Human Languageiii) Linguistics, Psychology and English Language Teaching

Unit-II i)Approach, Methods and Techniqueii) Essentials of English Speechiii) Teaching Spoken English – Some Techniquesiv) Essential Word – Grammar for Teachers

Unit-III i) Teaching of Vocabularyii) Essentials of English Grammariii) Teaching of Grammariv) Reading and Teaching of Reading

Unit-IV i) Writing, Teaching of Writing and Compositionii) Teaching Proseiii) Teaching Poetryiv) Instructional Aids

Unit-V i) Study Skills and Reference Skillsii) Test and Testingiii) Common Errors and Remedial Englishiv) Planning and Lesson Planning

Prescribed TextKrishnaswamy N. and Lalitha Krishnaswamy – Methods of Teaching English,Macmillan.F.T. Wood – Remedial English Grammar for Foreign Students.

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Semester II

Paper-VI Core-V Twentieth Century British Literature (60hrs)

Objectives:To introduce learners to shift in thought and style in literature which is quite contrastive to theliterature of the Victorian era.

Outcome:Students learn the newness of thematic content of literature consequent on the change of thinkingmode in writers owing to the great wars.

Unit-I Poetry I (12 Hours)W.B. Yeats : ByzantiumT.S.Eliot : The Love Song of J Alfred PrufrockWilfred Owen : Strange MeetingDylan Thomas : Do not go Gentle into that Night

Unit-II Poetry II (12 Hours)Stephen Spender : The PrisonersPhilip Larkin : Church GoingTed Hughes : Hawk RoostingSeamus Heaney : Digging

Unit-III Prose (12 Hours)George Orwell : Politics and the English LanguageD.H.Lawrence : Why the Novel Matters

Unit-IV Drama (12 Hours)John Osborne : Look Back in AngerThomas Beckett : Waiting for Godot

Unit-V Fiction (12 Hours)George Orwell : The Animal FarmVirginia Woolf : Mrs. Dalloway

Books Prescribed:1. Osborne, John. Look back In Anger .Rama Brothers India Pvt Ltd. 2009.2. Beckett, Samuel. Waiting For Godot. New Delhi: Rama Brothers India Pvt Ltd. 2009.3. Orwell, George. Animal Farm. Penguin India. Fourth edition. 2011.4. Woolf, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Fingerprint Publishing. 2017.

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Paper-VII Core-VI American Literature (60hours)

Objectives:To make students realize that English literature has its segmented significance in America.

Outcome:After the course, students will realize the forcefulness of American literature in the worldcontext.

Unit-I Poetry I (12 Hours)Emerson : HamatryaWhitman : When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard BloomedEmily Dickinson : Death as the Supple SuitorRobert Frost : Mending Wall

Unit-II Poetry II (12 Hours)Ezra Pound : Ballad of the Goodly FereE.E. Cummings : Anyone Who Lived in Pretty New TownSylvia Plath : DaddyAllen Ginsberg : A Supermarket in California

Unit-III Prose and Criticism (12 Hours)Emerson : The American ScholarThoreau : Where I lived and what I lived for

Unit-IV Drama (12 Hours)Arthur Miller : All My SonsTennessee Williams : The Glass Menagerie

Unit-V Fiction (12 Hours)Ernest Hemingway : Old Man and the SeaWilliam Faulkner : Sound and the Fury

Prescribed Text:

1. Oliver, Egbert S. An Anthology: American Literature 1890-1965. New Delhi: EurasiaPublishing House (Pvt) Ltd. 1970.

2. Miller, Arthur. All My Sons. Oxford. 1997.3. Williams, Tennesse. The Glass Menagerie. S.Chand (G/L) & Company Ltd. 2005.4. Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. RHUK. 1994.5. Faulkner, William. The Sound And The Fury. RHUK. 1995.

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Paper-VIII Core-VII Language and Linguistics (60 hours)

Objectives:To familiarize the students with modern linguistic theories for a more creative and competent useof language.

Outcome:After undergoing the course, students are expected to acquire knowledge in the nuances oflinguistics and distinguishment of educated language from lay language. They are expected to bemore sensitive in meaning-making and valuing the dictionary of its intricacies.

Unit I: (12 hours)Place of English in the Indo-European family of languagesCharacteristics of Old English, i-mutation, Grimm’s Law, Verner’s Law.Characteristics of Middle English

Unit II: (12 hours)Foreign Words – Borrowers (Scandinavian, French, Latin and Greek)Makers of English (Shakespeare, Milton, Bible Translations)English Spelling history & Spelling ReformsChange of Meaning

Unit III: (12 hours)Dictionaries and Growth of VocabularyStandard EnglishAmerican EnglishEnglish as a Universal Language

Unit IV: (12 hours)Grammar and GrammarsSome Traditional Concepts

Unit V: (12 hours)Structural LinguisticsTransformational-Generative Grammar

Reference Books1. Baugh, Albert C. A History of English Language. London: Routledge, 2012.2. Palmer, Frank. Grammar. London: ELBS and Penguin Books, 1979.3. Pushpinder Syal and Jindal. An Introduction to Linguistics: Language, Grammar and

Semantics. Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt.Ltd, 2013.4. Wood, F.T. An Outline History of the English Language. London: Macmillan & Co.Ltd.5. Yule, George. The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Books Prescribed: 1. An Introduction to Linguistics – Pushpinder Syal and Jindal, PrenticeHall, 1998.

2. The Study of Language – George Yule. Cambridge University Press.

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Paper IX Elective II a) Basics of Computer Science and Applications (36 hours)

Objective: To understand the concept of computer systems To focus on MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-Powerpoint. It helps the students to present

their content in visual format. To focus on Internet and Social Networking Sites

Outcome:The students will be able to

Understand the Computer system Prepare Documentation work Prepare powerpoint presentation for his projects Make use of internet for electronic mail service, Using Search Engines, Access to e-

sources – Social Networking Sites.

Unit-IUnderstanding Computer: Introduction – Evolution of computers – Generations of computers– Classification of computers – Computing concepts – Applications of computers.Computer organization and architecture: CPU – Internal communications – Machine cycle –The bus – Instruction set.

Unit-II:Memory and storage systems: Memory representation, RAM, ROM, storage systems –Magnetic storage systems, optical storage systems – magnetic optical systemsInput and output devices: Input devices – output devices Operating systems: Operatingsystem concepts – different types of operating systems, structure of operating systems.

Unit-III:Word processing tools: MS-Word – Creating and editing documents – working with tables –inserting objects – Using the Common Office Tools: Spell checking in Document files – workingwith Editing Tools and Drawing Tools – Laying out a Document.

Unit-III:MS-Excel – entering and editing data – formatiing worksheets, printing – inserting header andfooters – working with charts, Presentation Tools: MS-Powerpoint – creating and modifyingslides – applying slide transitions. – adding animation.

Unit-V:Internet and World Wide Web: Introduction – History of Internet – Internet applications –understand WWW – Web browsers – browsing the internet – electronic mail service – UsingSearch Engines – Access to e-sources – Social Networking Sites.

Books for reference:1. E. Balagurusamy, “Fundamentals of Computers” Tata McGraw Hill Higher Education,

2009.2. Saran E. Hutchinson, Stacey C.Sawyer, “Computers, Communication and Information” –

A user’s introduction”. McGraw Hill Higher Education, Seventh Edition, 2000.

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Paper IX Elective II b) Copy Editing (36 hours)

Objectives:To equip students with fundamental knowledge of copy-editing

Outcome:After learning the subject, students are expected to be conversant in proof-reading and gettingready a book with all its formalities for being printed.

Unit-IIntroduction, What is copy editing? Typescripts – hard-copy, electronic parts of a book,preparing a copy.

Unit-IISpelling, hyphenation, punctuation, capitalization, names, italic, roman and other typetreatments.

Unit-IIIProofs, How to read proofs. How to make corrections. Second Proof, Press Proof.

Unit-IVWork titles in text, quotations & direct speech, abbreviations & symbols

Unit-VIndexes, What needs to be done?General organization, Style within the entry

Books Recommended:1. Butcher - Copy Editing, Cambridge University Press

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Paper X Compulsory Human Rights (36 Hours)

Objectives:To make students knowledgeable in the fundamentals of human rights.

Outcome:After exposure, students develop an awareness about their rights in diverse fields.

Unit-IDefinition of Human Rights - Nature, Content, Legitimacy and Priority - Theories on HumanRights - Historical Development of Human Rights.

Unit-IIInternational Human Rights - Prescription and Enforcement upto World War II - Human Rightsand the U .N .O. - Universal Declaration of Human Rights - International Covenant on Civil andPolitical Rights - International Convenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and OptionalProtocol.

Unit-IIIHuman Rights Declarations - U.N. Human Rights Declarations - U.N. Human Commissioner.

Unit-IVAmnesty International - Human Rights and Helsinki Process - Regional Developments -European Human Rights System - African Human Rights System - International Human Rightsin Domestic courts.

Unit-VContemporary Issues on Human Rights: Children’s Rights - Women’s Rights -Dalit’s Rights -Bonded Labour and Wages - Refugees - Capital Punishment.Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution - Directive Principles of State Policy -Fundamental Duties - National Human Rights Commission.

Books for Reference: International Bill of Human Rights, Amnesty International Publication, 1988. Human Rights, Questions and Answers, UNESCO, 1982 Mausice Cranston- What is Human Rights Desai, A.R. - Violation of Democratic Rights in India Pandey - Constitutional Law. Timm. R.W. - Working for Justice and Human Rights. Human Rights, A Selected Bibliography, USIS. J.C.Johari - Human Rights and New World Order. G.S. Bajwa - Human Rights in India. Amnesty International, Human Rights in India. P.C.Sinha & - International Encyclopedia of Peace, Security K. Cheous (Ed) - Social Justice and Human Rights (Vols 1-7). Devasia, V.V. - Human Rights and Victimology.

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Semester III

Paper-XI Core VIII Indian Writing in English (60 Hours)

Objectives:To familiarize students with the development of Indian English literature and to make themunderstand the literary upheavals.

Outcome:After studying the texts, students will be able to have a chronological idea of history, the statusof the English language and the Indian masters who revelled as writers.

Unit-I Poetry I (12 Hours)Sri Aurobindo : Thought the ParacleteSarojini Naidu : In the Bazaar’s of HyderabadNissim Ezekiel : Poet, Lover, BirdwatcherA.K. Ramanujan : A River

Unit-II Poetry II (12 Hours)Jayanta Mahapatra : Dawn at PuriKamala Das : Summer in CalcuttaHenry Derozio : The Harp of IndiaToru Dutt : Our Casuarina Tree

Unit-II Prose (12 Hours)Nehru : From Nehru’s The Discovery of India

Chapter IV – ‘The Discovery of India’Dr.S. Radhakrishnan : Civilization and Culture

Unit-III Drama (12 Hours)Girish Karnad : Fire and the RainVijay Tendulkar : Silence the Court is in the Session

Unit-IV Fiction (12 Hours)Amitav Ghosh : The Shadow LinesArundathi Roy : The God of Small Things

Prescribed Text:1. Ghosh, Amitav. The Shadow Lines. London: J. Murray, 2011. Print.2. Karnad, Girish Raghunath. The Fire and the Rain: A Play. New Delhi: Oxford U, 2002.

Print.3. Rai, Arundhati (Ed.), and Arundhati (Ed.) Rai. The God of Small Things. Pune: Mehta

Pub. House, 2001. Print.4. Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2017. Print.5. Tendulkar, Vijay. Silence! the Court Is in Session. Calcutta: Oxford UP, 1982. Print.

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Paper-XII Core IX New Literature (60 Hours)

Objectives:To introduce students to the literature of countries where English is spoken.

Outcome:Students understand the different cultures in different nations.

Unit-I Poetry I (12 hours)A.D.Hope : AustraliaJames McAuley : Terra AustralisGabriel Okara : The Mystic DrumMargaret Atwood : Journey to the Interior

Unit-II Poetry II (12 hours)Jessie Mackay : The Noosing of the Sun GodAllen Curnow : House and LandMichael Ondaatje : The Cinnamon PeelerJohn Pepper Clark : The Casualties

Unit-III Prose (12 hours)Chinua Achebe : The Novelist as TeacherAnanda Coormarasamy: Dance of Siva

Unit-IV Drama (12 hours)Wole Soyinka : The Lion and the Jewel

Unit-V Fiction (12 hours)Chinua Achebe : Things Fall ApartSalman Rushdie : Haroun and the Sea Stories

Books Prescribed: i) An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry – ed. C.D. Narasimhaiahii) Post-Colonial Literature – ed. Theme

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Paper-XIII Core X Literary Criticism (60 Hours)

Unit: ISir Philip Sidney : An Apology for PoetryJohn Dryden : Preface to Fables

Unit: IISamuel Johnson : Preface to ShakespeareAlexander Pope : An Essay on Criticism

Unit: IIIWilliam Wordsworth : Preface to Lyrical BalladsS.T. Coleridge : Biographia Literaria

Unit: IVJohn Keats : Letters to Percy Bysshe ShelleyMatthew Arnold : The Study of Poetry

Unit: VT.S. Eliot : Tradition and the Individual Talent

F.R. Leavis : Literary Criticism and Philosophy

References:

1. Ramasami and V.S. Sethuraman Ed.The English Literary Tradition: An Anthology ofEnglish Literary Criticism. Vol. 2. Macmillian `Edition.

2. Wilber Scott. Five Approaches to Literature. Colluer Books.3. Emerson. English Literary Criticism.

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Paper-XIV Core XI Research Methodology (60 Hours)

Objective:This paper has been introduced to initiate the post graduate students to learn the fundamentals ofwriting research papers and dissertations.

Unit I: Meaning, Nature and Steps of Research (12 hours)What is research and its objectives?Types of researchQualities of a Good ResearcherChoosing a topic and formulating the Research ProblemDeciding the Scope and LimitationsDeveloping Hypothesis

Unit II: Materials and Tools of Research (12 hours)Primary and Secondary sources Books, Anthologies, Biographies, Thesauruses, Encyclopedia,Conference proceedings, Unpublished theses, Newspaper articles, Journals, e-journals,Monographs, Translations, Web references, Library catalogues, Literature Resource Center,Govt. publications, Special libraries, Advanced study centers, Virtual libraries, Web searchengines, CDs, DVDs etc.How research in language is different from research in literatureEmerging areas of research in language and literatureUse of literary and linguistic theories in research

Unit III: Steps in Research process (12 hours)Extensive Literature ReviewPreparing research ProposalData CollectionAnalysis/interpretation of DataGeneralization and Interpretation of DataPreparing Chapter wise Design

Unit IV: Presentation of Research (12 hours)Format of the ThesisLanguage of the thesisLogical Writing, Language and style of the thesisIntroductions and conclusionsPresentation of findings, Suggestions for future researchWriting a Short Research Paper

Unit V: Norms and Conventions (12 hours)Quotations and Acknowledging the SourcesFootnotes and Endnotes, CitationArranging bibliography and webliographyGuarding Against PlagiarismUsing Standard Style sheetsRoles of Computer & Internet in Research

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Reference Books1. Abdul Rahim, F. (2005), Thesis Writing: A Manual for Researchers (New Delhi: New

Age International)2. Altick, R. D. (1963), The Art of Literary Research, New York: Norton3. Barker, Nancy and Nancy Hulig (2000) A Research Guide for Under Graduate Students:

English and American Literature, New York: MLA of America4. Chaskar, A (2009), Doing Research in Literature and Language, Pune: Vaibhav

Publications.5. Chindhade S. S. and Thorat A. An Introduction to Research, Cambridge University Press

India Pvt.Ltd. 2009.6. Eliot, Simon and W. R. Owens (4thedn. 1998), A Handbook to Literary Research,

London: Routledge & Open University7. Gibaldi, Joseph (7th edn. 2003), MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, New

York: MLA Association8. Harner, James L. (2002), Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference

Sources in English Literary Studies, New York: MLA of America9. Hunt, Andy (2005), Your Research Project, New Delhi: Foundation Books10. Kothari, C.R. Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. New Delhi: New Age

International Publisher. 2004.11. Miller, R. H. (1995), Handbook of Literary Research, Methuen Lenburg, Jeff (2007),

Guide to Research, Viva Books12. Mishra, D. S. (1989), A Grammar of Literary Research, New Delhi: Harman Publishing

House.

Paper-XV Elective III a) World Classics in Translation (36 Hours)

Objectives:To enable students to take cognizance of cross-cultural perspectives.

Outcome:After undergoing the course, students will acquire sensibility to cultural importance,philosophical and socio-political background of different nations.

Unit-I Poetry IThiruvalluvar : Book II of Thirukkural (Relating to Righteousness)

Unit-II Poetry IIDante : Divine Comedy

Unit-III ProseAristotle : Poetics

Unit-IV DramaKalidasa : Shakuntala

Unit-V FictionT.S. Pillai : Chemmeen

Prescribed Texts:1. Alighieri, Dante, and Charles S. Singleton. The Divine Comedy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton

UP, 1989. Print.2. Alighieri, Dante, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Divine Comedy. Mineola, NY:

Dover Publications, 2017. Print.3. Aristotle. Poetics. S.l.: W W NORTON, 2016. Print.4. Kālidāsa, Arthur W. Ryder, Kālidāsa, Kālidāsa, and Kālidāsa. Shakuntala and Other

Writings. New York: Dutton, 1959. Print.5. Śivaśaṅkarapiḷḷa, Takal̲i, and Anita Nair. Chemmeen. London: Seagull, 2016. Print.6. Tiruvalluvar, Shuddhananda Bharati, and Tiruvalluvar. Thirukkural: With English

Couplets. L'Auberson: S. Ram Bharati C. Piaget, 2010. Print

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Paper-XVIII Elective III b) Women’s Writing (36 Hours)

Objectives:To introduce students to different shades of women writers’ thoughts down the ages.Outcome:After studying the prescribed texts, students are expected to be sensitive and conscious ofproblems of women in general and how these need a different perspective from people ingeneral.Unit-I PoetryE.B. Browning : How do I Love Thee? Let me count the WaysSylvia Plath : Lady LazarusMaya Angelou : Phenomenal WomenToru Dutt : Sita

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Unit-II ProseVirginia Woolf : A Room of One’s OwnArundhathi Roy : The Algebra of Infinite Justice

Unit-III DramaMahasweta Devi : RuddiCaryl Churchill : Top Girls

Unit-IV DramaJhumpa Lahiri : The NamesakeMargaret Atwood : The Handmaid’s Tale

Unit-V FictionMary Woolstone Craft: The Vindication of the Rights of WomenElaine Showalter : Towards a Feminist Poetics

Prescribed Texts:1. Atwood, Margaret Eleanor. The Handmaid's Tale. Random House, 2017.2. Churchill, Caryl, and Heidi Zerning. Top Girls. Bremen: Litag, 1980. Print.3. Churchill, Caryl. Top Girls. Place of Publication Not Identified: Hodder Education, 2016.4. Hoffman, Michael J., and Patrick D. Murphy. Essentials of the Theory of Fiction.

Durham: Duke UP, 1988.5. Lahiri, Jhumpa, and Sarita Choudhury. The Namesake. New York: Random House

Audio, 2008.6. Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Namesake. London: Harper Collins, 2014.7. Roy, Arundhati. The Algebra of Infinite Justice. New Delhi: Penguin, 2013.8. Wollstonecraft, Mary. Vindication of the Rights of Women. Place of Publication Not

Identified: Lulu Com, 2013.9. Woolf, Virginia. Room of One's Own. S.I.: Collectors Library, 2017.

Semester IV

Paper-XVI Core XII Literary Theory (60 Hours)

Objectives:To introduce students to various literary theories that will enable them to evaluate and interpretliterary ideas.

Outcome:After learning, learners will know the technique of interpretation of literary texts.

Unit-IModernism

Unit-IINew Criticism

Unit-IIIPost \modernism and \post Structuralism, Gender Based Theories

Unit-IVFeminisms

Unit-VReader-Response Criticism and Eco-criticism

Text Books:1. Krishnaswamy and others: Contemporary Literary Theory, Macmillan.2. Peter Barry: Beginning Theory, New York MUP, 2009.

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Paper-XVII Core XIII Shakespeare (60 Hours)

Objectives:To introduce Shakespeare’s works to students to enable them to recognize what dramatic geniusis.

Outcome:After the course, the students will be able to articulate their thoughts more easily and forcefully.

Unit-ISonnets – 12, 33, 53, 54, 65, 73, 90, 94, 107, 116, 144.

Unit-IITwelfth Night

Unit-IIIKing Lear

Unit-IVAntony and Cleopatra

Unit-VTempestGeneral Topics: Shakespeare’s

i. Women Charactersii. Fools and Clownsiii. Shakespearean criticismiv. Songs & Music

References:1. Frank Kermode - Shakespeare’s language2. Peter Alexander - Shakespeare3. Hardis Gaiz - An Interpretation of Shakespeare4. E.K. Chambers - A Study of Facts and Problems

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Paper-XVIII Core XIVLiterature and Environment (60 Hours)

Objectives: To show the relationship between literature and other modes of cultural production and

their physical environment. To explore the connection between literature and ecology in the context of political,

social and economic issues. To generate interest in the lives of tribal communities and ecological movements through

literature.Unit-I TheoryWilliam Rueckert : Literature and Ecology: An Experiment in EcocriticismArne Naess : Self-Realization and an Ecological Approach to being in the

WorldRachel Carson : A Fable for Tomorrow

Unit-II: PoetryRumi : NatureJohn Keats : On the Grasshopper and CricketEmerson : The RhodoraD. H. Lawrence : The Triumph of Machine

Unit- III ProseMohandas Gandhi : What is True Civilization?Wangari Maathai : Nobel Prize Acceptance SpeechVandana Shiva : Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest

Unit- IV NovelAmitav Ghosh : The Hungry Tide

Unit-V movies/documentariesP. Sainath : Nero’s GuestsPramod Gupta : Development at Gun PointJohn Turtletaub : Instinct

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Paper XIX Core XV English for Competitive Examinations (60 Hours)

Objectives:To prepare students to take to various competitive examinations.

Outcome:After learning, students will gain confidence to face the competitive examinations from the pointof view of vocabulary, idioms & phrases, comprehension and composition.

Unit-I (12 Hours)Comprehension passagesCloze TestSpotting Errors

Unit-II (12 Hours)Sentence improvementSentence arrangementSentence completionSentence fillers

Unit-III (12 Hours)VocabularySynonyms & Antonyms

Unit-IV (12 Hours)Verbal AnalysisWord substitution

Unit-V (12 Hours)Idioms & phrasal verbsMiscellaneous vocabulary

Texts:1. Gopalan R and Rajagopalan V. - English for Competitive Examinations, New

Delhi, 20032. Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe - Objective English, New Delhi, Pearson, 2007

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Paper XX Compulsory Project and Viva Voce

Objective:Students are introduced to writing with enquiry.

Outcome:After undergoing the rigorous of project writing, they get familiar with the mode of writing theproblem statement, review of literature, analysis and arriving at findings and suggestions.

ProjectStudents can choose any subject related to literature in English and language focusing on aproblem.

Viva-voce:Viva-voce will be conducted by examiners. Project will be the base for the viva-voce.

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