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Syllabus for

M.A (English Literature)

2016 – 2018 Batch

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SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE

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INDEX

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1. Scheme of Examinations & Syllabus

a. Scheme of Examinations 01-03

b. Semester-wise Syllabus 04-24

2. Autonomous Examination System and Regulations

a. Examination Regulations 01-09

b. Grievance Form 10

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1. Scheme of Examination and Syllabus

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SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE [AUTONOMOUS], POLLACHI

SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS AND SYLLABI FOR M.A ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBCS)

WITH EFFECT FROM 2016 – 2018 BATCH

BATCH CODE: N5 MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION: ENGLISH PROGRAMME CODE: MEN

S.NO SPL COURSE

CODE SE

M

PA

RT

TY

PE

COURSE

HOURS CREDITS INT EXT TOTAL

1 Z N6MEN1T61 I III Core1 British Literature - I 6 5 25 75 100

2 Z N6MEN1T52 I III Core 2 Indian Writing in English 6 4 25 75 100

3 Z N6MEN1T53 I III Core 3 History of English Language 6 4 25 75 100

4 Z N6MEN1T54 I III Core 4 English Language Teaching 6 4 25 75 100

5 A N6MEN1T55 I III Elective-I

Theory of Comparative Literature and

Classics In Translation/

Translation Studies/

Skills For Communication

6 5 25 75 100

6 Z N6MEN1T56 I IV Yoga for Modern Age 3* 1# 50 - 50*

Library 2*

30+ 5* 22+2* 500+ 50*

7 Z N6MEN2T61 II III Core 5 British Literature - II 6 4 25 75 100

8 Z N6MEN2T62 II III Core 6 American Literature 6 4 25 75 100

9 Z N6MEN2T63 II III Core 7 Common Wealth Literature 6 4 25 75 100

10 Z N6MEN2T64 II III Core 8 World Classics 6 4 25 75 100

11 A N6MEN2T65 II III Elective-

II

Green studies/

Journalism and Mass

Communication/

Personality Development

6 5 25 75 100

12 Z N6MEN2T56 II IV Quantitative Aptitudes & Verbal

Reasoning

5* 2# 100 100

Library 1

30+6* 22+2* 500+ 100*

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S.NO SPL COURSE

CODE SE

M

PA

RT

TY

PE

COURSE

HOURS CREDITS INT EXT TOTAL

13 Z N6MEN3T61 III III Core 9 British Literature- III 6 4 25 75 100

14 Z N6MEN3T62 III III Core10 Literary Criticism and Theory 6 4 25 75 100

15 Z N6MEN3T53 III III Core 11 Office Automation 3 2 25 75 100

16 Z N6MEN3P54 III III Core 12 Office Automation Lab 3 2 40 60 100

17 Z N6MEN3T55 III III Core 13 Writing Skills 6 4 25 75 100

18 A N6MEN3T56 III III Elective-

III

English Literature For Competitive

Examinations NET/SET/

Contemporary Literary Theory/

Advanced Skills For Spoken

Communication

6 5 25 75 100

Library 2

30+2* 21 600

19 Z N6MEN4T61 IV III Core 14 British Literature - IV 6 4 25 75 100

20 Z N6MEN4T52 IV III Core 15 Research Methodology 5 4 25 75 100

21 Z N6MEN4T53 IV III Core 16 Gender Studies 5 4 25 75 100

22 Z N6MEN4T54 IV III Core17 Shakespeare 5 4 25 75 100

23 Z N6MEN4R56 IV IV Core 18 Project and Viva Voce 3 4 40 60* 100

24 A N6MEN4T55 IV III Elective-

IV

Approaches to Literature/

English for Academic Purpose

6 5 25 75 100

25 N6MEN4T57 IV IV Professional Ethics 3* 1# 50 50

Library 3* 0

30+6* 25+1* 600+50*

90+4* 2200+200

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# These are the Extra Courses which are conducted during the special hour and the Extra Credits provided.

Internship training carries 100 Marks (80% for evaluation of report and 20% for Viva)

* Project carries 40 marks Internal (based on Ist, IInd and Final review) and 60 marks external (80% for evaluation and 20% for viva

voce)

Classification of Total credits:90

S.No Number of Courses Total credits

1 Core 17 70

2 Elective 4 20

3 Extra credits 3 4

Expansions for the Titles

Spl : Z for compulsory one and A to X for alternatives (shall be indicated along with code connected

by a hyphen mark)

Course Code : Code number for each of the course

Part : I to V for UG programs and Part III for PG programs

Sem : I to X for first semester to last semester (Six for UG programs and four/six/ten for PG programs)

Course Name : Title of the paper

Hours : Contact allocated for each course

Credits : Credit weight age allocated for each course ad total for each program

Int : Maximum internal marks allocated for each course

Ext : Maximum external marks allocated for each course

Total : Maximum total marks allocated for each course

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Semester – I

Core 1 - BRITISH LITERATURE -I

Credit: 5 Course Code : N6MEN1T61

Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Objectives:

To introduce students to authors and their select works so that they get a firsthand knowledge

of the important literary works of the period.

To stimulate further reading so as to obtain a fuller understanding of the evolution of literary

forms and literary movements and other works.

Skill sets to be acquired:

The realm of literature is revealed with a vivid insight into the classics.

Unit I Credit Hours:15

Detailed

Chaucer : Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Modern Eng.

Version by Nevil Coghil, Penguin)

Non-Detailed

Wyatt : Thy Flee from me

When fortune Smiles Not,only Patience Comforth

Ballads : Robin Hood and Alan a Dale

The wife of Usher’s well

Unit II Credit Hours:15

Detailed

Donne : Valediction: Forbidding Mourning -The Funeral

The Sun Raising

Marvell : Thoughts in a Garden - To his coy mistress

The Unfortunate Lover

Non-Detailed

Herbert : Affliction, The Pulley

The Bible : The Book of Job

Unit III Credit Hours:15

Detailed

Bacon : Bacon’s essay - A General study, Of Studies,

Of Friendship,

Non-Detailed

Bacon : Of Truth, Of Adversity, Of Parents and Children

Of Revenge

Unit IV Credit Hours:15

Detailed

Marlowe : Dr. Faustus

Non-Detailed

Webster : The Duchess of Malfi

Ben Jonson : Every Man in His Humour

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Unit V Credit Hours:15

Detailed

Spenser : Prothalamion

Non-Detailed

John Bunyan : Pilgrims Progress

Prescribed Text:

Geoffrey Chaucer, Wyatt-J., ed., Chaucer, The Prologue, University Tutorial Press, London

1997

Smeaton, Oliphant, ed., Francis Bacon's Essay, Dent, London, 1958.

Christopher Marlowe: Jump John etc. Dr. Faustus B.I. Publications, Bombay.

Reference Books:

Boulton, Marjorie, The Anatomy of Poetry, New Delhi, Kalyani Publishers, 1979

Peacock, R., The Art of Drama,London 1951

Core 2 - INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH

Credit:4 Course Code : N6MEN1T52


Objectives:

To familiarize the students with the major Indian writers writing in English and their important

literary works.

To make the students understand the evolution of this group of literary works as products in the

context of India's problematic relations with the English race and language.

To inculcate in the students great respect and admiration for that which is Indian.

Skill sets to be acquired: On successful completion of the course, the students have acquired

i) The Students get familiarize with the view about Indian Writing Authors

ii) How native / non-native writers have presented their works in English.

Unit I CreditHours:15

Detailed

Toru Dutt : The Lotus, The Casuarina Tree

Sri Aurobindo : Tiger and the Deer, Rose of God

Nissim Ezekiel : Morning Prayer, Enterprise

Very Indian Poetry in Very Indian English

Non-Detailed

Sarojini Naidu : Village Song, The Parda Nashin

R. Parthasarathy : A River Once, Under Another Sky

Kamala Das : The Old Playhouse

Unit II CreditHours:15

Vikram Seth : An Equal music

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Unit III CreditHours:15

Detailed

GirishKarnad : Tale – Danda

Non-Detailed

Vijay Tendulkar : Silence, The Court is in Session.

Unit IV CreditHours:8

Detailed

Khushwant Singh : The Train to Pakistan.

Non-Detailed

ShashiDeshpande : Roots and Shadows

Unit V CreditHours:9

Detailed

Sri Aurobindo : The Essence of Poetry

Non-Detailed

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam : Orientation (Wings of Fire)

Prescribed Text:

Toru Dutt: Collected Prose and Poetry Oxford University Press, 2006 - Literary Collections

Collected poems, 1952-1988 Oxford University Press, 1989 - Poetry

An Equal Music. Vintage International, 2000, Girish Karnad: Tale Danda A Critical

Study by Shubhra Tripathi (Author) Publisher: Prakash Book Depot (2012)

Vijay Tendulkar's Silence! The Court is in Session Paperback – 2013 by Gopal Mallik Thakur

(Author) Publisher: Indian Books View; 1 edition (2013)

Reference Books:

Train to Pakistan Paperback – 10 Feb 2009 by Khushwant Singh (Author) Publisher: Penguin

India (10 February 2009)

Roots and Shadows [Kindle Edition] Shashi Deshpande (Author) Publisher: Orient Blackswan

Private Limited (4 June 2012)

Patterns of the Present Paperback – Import, 28 Jun 2012 by Georges Van Vrekhem (Author)

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (28 June 2012)

Core 3-History of English Language



Objectives

To make the students understand the impact of the historical and sociological factors in the

growth of the English language.

To provide the students with an in-depth knowledge of the phonology of the English

language.

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To give the students an in-depth knowledge of the morphological and syntactical structure

of the language.


A parallel reading on the history of the language and its pronouncing technicalities enables

one to master the language.


Impact of the Renaissance and the Reformation on the growth of the English Language.,

Spelling Reform, The growth of vocabulary


The Rise and Growth of Standard English, American English, Indian English

Unit III Phonetics CreditHours:15

Classification and description of speech sounds, Phoneme and allophone,

Word – accent, syllable


Features of connected speech: Stress - strong and weak forms Intonation

Assimilation, Elision, juncture, prosodic features and paralinguistic features

Transcription, Structure of English


Morphology - Free and Bound Morphemes

Inflexion and Derivation

Syntax - Sentence and its parts

Structure of Nominal, Verbal, Adverbial groups

Immediate Constituent Analysis.

TG Grammar: Deep and surface structure,

Transformation, Recursiveness and Embedding

Prescribed Text:

F.T. Wood: An Outline History of the English Language

A.C. Baugh: The History of the English Language

H. Bradley: The Making of English

Reference Books:

C.L. Wren: The English Language

A.G. Gimson: An introduction to the Pronunciation of English.

Daniel Jones: Outline of English Phonetics

T. Balasubramanian: A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students.

Palmer: Grammar.

David Crystal: Sentence and its parts

Barbara Strang: Modern English Structure

Jacobs and Rosenbaum: English Transformational Grammar.

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Core 4-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING



Objectives:

To familiarize the students with the various aspects of language teaching in general and teaching

of English in India in particular.

To make them understand the relevance of the theories of the process of learning to language

teaching.

To help them understand the importance of contrastive linguistic studies to language teaching.

To introduce them to the concept of remedial teaching and bridge course.

To equip the students to teach English at the tertiary level. Practical work is an important part of

this course.


English, the need of the hour is well propounded and inherited through both the technical and

practical methods.


A brief history of language teaching- The present role of English in India-The state of English

teaching in India


Approaches and methods in language teaching – their merits and demerits : Grammar Translation

Method, Direct Method, Structural - Situational Approach, Audio – lingual Method,

Communicative Language Teaching.


Theories of learning and their relevance to language teaching : Cognitive, Behaviourist-

Learning and acquisition.


Contrastive linguistic studies – error analysis.- Remedial teaching, bridge course.


The Teaching of Literature – the use of literary texts for language teaching-The role of audio –

visual aids, Computer and Language Laboratory in language teaching.

Prescribed Text:

Krishnaswamy&Sriraman.: English Teaching in India (T.R. Publication)

Pit Corder: Introducing Applied Linguistics (Part III), Penguin Educational Publication.

Reference Books:

Introduction to English Language Teaching – Vol. III, CIEFL (OUP)

GeethaNagaraj: English Language Teaching, Approaches, Methods and Techniques.

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ELECTIVES- I

Theory of Comparative Literature and Classics in Translation



Objectives:

To introduce the students to the discipline of comparative study of more than one

literature.

To familiarize them with the concepts, approaches, problems and techniques of the

study of comparative literature.

To get them acquainted with select classics in translation.

SKILL SET TO BE ACQUIRED

On successful completion of the course, the students should have acquired.

i.) The learners should be to familiar to the comparative study discipline with the deep

understanding of various literature and its culture.

ii.) Learners should be familiar to the language used by the translators of classic texts.


Definition and theory of Comparative Literature – Scope, Methodology, Application –

National Literature – Comparative Literature – French and American School.


Influence and Imitation – Epoch, Period, Generation – Thematology, Comparing works

on the basis of themes - Genres, Comparing works on the basis of form.


Literature and Society, Literature and Religion, Literature and Psychology – Comparative

Literature in India


Homer - Iliad (Robert Fitzerald Book I to VI)

Aeschylus - Agamemnon

Sophocles - Antigone


Kafka - Metamorphosis

Tolstoy - Anna Karenina

Oman Khayyam - The Rubaiyat

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Prescribed Text:

Ulrich Weistein - Comparative Literature and Literary Theory.

Bhatnagar - Comparative English Literature.

Reference Books:

George K.M - Comparative Indian Literature.

Prawar S.S. - Comparative Literary Studies An Introduction (Duckworth)

Narendra ed. Comparative Literature (Delhi University).

TRANSLATION STUDIES



Objectives

To introduce translation as a highly complex activity involving literature, linguistics and

the understanding of different cultures.

To make students acquire a sound knowledge in the aspects of translation theory.


On successful completion of the course, the students should have acquired .

i.) Importance of Translation in Present world with its various theories.

ii.) Should have an idea of translating world classic texts.

Unit 1: CreditHours:15

History of Translation and Translation theory.

Aspects of translation theory.


Types of translation and tools of translation.

Communicative and Semantic translation.


Thirukural, Metamorphosis-Kafka, Outsider-Albert Camus


Mother-Maxim Gorky, Hunchback of Notre-Dame-Victor Hugo,

Unit 5: CreditHours:15 Ponniyen Selvan-Kalki(Part I&II)

Prescribed Text:

Bassnett Susan: Translation Studies

Newmark Peter: Approaches to Translation

Reference Books:

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Bassnett Susan &Lefevere Andre: Translation, History and Culture

Bassnett Susan &Lefevere Andre: Constructing Cultures: Essays on Literary Translation

Bassnett Susan &Trivedi Harish: Post-Colonial Translation

SKILLS FOR COMMUNICATION



Objective:

To improve the Communicative ability of the students and train them in all faculties..



i.) Learners should have Improved Communication skills knowing the various pros and cons of

its theories and rules.

ii.) Learners should have an idea of Preparation skills and ready to indulge themselves in the

group discussions.

UNIT – I CreditHours:15

Language and Communication, Linguistic Communication, Barriers to

Communication, Importance of Communication

UNIT – II CreditHours:15

Non- verbal Communication, Personal appearance, Posture, Gestures,

Facial expression, Eye contact, Space distancing

UNIT – III CreditHours:15

Dyadic communication, Face to face conversation, Telephonic conversation

Interviews, Instruction, Dictation

UNIT – IV CreditHours:15

Seminars and conferences, Types of discussion groups, Regulating speech

Conducting seminars, Organizing conferences

UNIT – V CreditHours:15

Meetings and group discussions

Purpose – Procedure – Chairmanship and Participation in meetings Group dynamics – Purposes and Organization of group discussions

Prescribed Text:

Krishna Mohan &MeeraBanerji .Developing Communication

Skills.Macmillan,2011.

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BOOKS REFERENCES: 1.Unified force -ThathuvagnaniVethathiri Maharishi

2.The History of universe and living beings- ThathuvagnaniVethathiri Maharishi

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12. Effective Study Material-Reddy.

13. Psychology-Robert A. Baron.

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Semester – II

Core 5- BRITISH LITERATURE II



Objectives:

To introduce students to authors and their select works so that they get a first hand knowledge

of the important literary works of the period.




From Milton to Jonathan Swift the early stalwarts of English literature are well acquired and

comprehended.


Detailed

Milton : Paradise Lost (Book II)

Non-Detailed

Milton : On the Late Massacre in piedmont, On His Blindness


Detailed

Dryden : Mac Flecknoe

Non-Detailed

Sheridan : Rivals


Detailed

Pope : The Rape of the Lock

Non-Detailed

Addison & Steele : Of the Club,Character of Will Wimble, Sir Roger at

Church, , The Coverly Household

(Selections from ‘The Coverley Papers’, Deighton (ed) Mac Millan


Detailed

Congreve : The Way of the World

Non-Detailed

Goldsmith : The Vicar of Wakefield


Detailed

Fielding : Joseph Andrews

Non-Detailed

Swift : Gulliver’s Travels: Book I – Voyage to Lilliput

Prescribed Text:

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John Milton Paradise Lost, Book II, Paperback – 1 Jan 2011 by Mansi Sachdeva (Author)

Publisher: Anmol Publisher (1 January 2011)

Dryden mac Flecknoe: edited with introduction, Text, paraphrase, notes, explanations

Paperback – 2012 by S C Mundra (Author) Publisher: Prakash Book Depot (2012)

Reference Books:

Pope's the Rape of the Lock; Paperback – Import, 1 Sep 2011 by Alexander Pope (Author),

Publisher: Nabu Press (1 September 2011)

William Congreve's The Way of the World Paperback – 2007 by Shrishendu Chakrabarti

(Editor) Publisher: Orient BlackSwan; First edition (2007)

Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield Paperback – Import, 12 Sep 2013 by Oliver Goldsmith

(Author) Publisher: Theclassics.Us (12 September 2013)

Joseph Andrews Paperback – Import, 31 Jul 2013 by Henry Fielding (Author) Publisher: Rupa

& Co (31 July 2013)

Gulliver's Travels: I. a Voyage to Lilliput... Paperback – Import, 13 Feb 2012 by Jonathan Swift

(Author) Publisher: Nabu Press (13 February 2012)

Core 6 - AMERICAN LITERATURE


Hours per Week: 6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Objectives

To introduce the students to the world of American life and culture and provide an outline

knowledge of various aspects of American Literature.

To provide an idea of its vital links with the British Literature and the influence it received from

British Literature.

To make the students understand the influence of American literature on the literature of other

countries.


On successful completion of the course, the students have acquired

i) This course will examine the root of American literature by focusing on various Authors

ii) Demonstrate proficiency by exceeding the writing, reading and the literature bench marks.


Detailed Walt Whitman : Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, Song at

Sunset

Emily Dickinson : A Bird Came Down the Walk.

I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed

E.A. Poe : The Raven, The Happiest Day

Sylvia Plath : Daddy, Lady Lazarus

Non- Detailed

Emerson : Ode to Beauty, Apology

Robert Frost : West Running Brook

E.E. Cummings : Somewhere I Have Never Travelled

Humanity I love You

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Baraka : Black Consciousness


Detailed

Tenesse Williams : A Street car named desire

Arthur Miller : Death of a Sales man

Non- Detailed

Eugene o’Neil : The Hairy Ape


Detailed

Emerson : The American Scholar

Thoreau : Where I Lived and What I Lived For

Non- Detailed

William Fulkner : Noble prize Acceptance Speech

Thoreau : Where I Lived and What I Lived For


Detailed

Henry James : The Ambassadors

Non- Detailed

Tony Morrison : The Bluest Eye


Detailed

Harper Lee : To kill a Mocking Bird

Non- Detailed

John Steinbeck : Chrysanthemums

Prescribed Text:

The New Anthology of American Poetry: Vol. I Edited by Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille

Roman, Thomas Travisano

The New Anthology of American prose Edited by Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman,

Thomas Travisano

Reference Books:

Studies in Tony Morrison's 'the Bluest Eye' Paperback – Import, 1 Jun 2014 By Shymasree

Basu (Author) Publisher: Booksway (1 June 2014)

The Ambassadors (Wilco Classic Library) Hardcover – 2011 By Henry James (Author)

Publisher: Wilco Publishing House (2011)

Core 7 -COMMON WEALTH LITERATURE



Objectives

To introduce the students to different genres of the Post Colonial Literatures.

To make them understand that the Post Colonial Literatures can be interesting.

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The voice of the unvoiced is revealed through this paper.


Detailed

Inayat Khan - Tansen

Derek Walcott - Ruins of a Great House

Non- Detailed

Wole Soyinka - Telephonic Conversation

A.D.Hope - Death of the Bird


Detailed

Chinua Achebe - The Novelist as Teacher

Isaac Bashevis Singer - Grandfather and Grandson

Non- Detailed

Taslima Nasrin - Lajja


Detailed

Wole Soyinka - Kongi’s Harvest

Non- Detailed

GirishKarnad - Tughlaq


Detailed

V.S. Naipaul - The House of Mr.Biswas

Non- Detailed

Arunthathi Roy - God of Small Things.


Detailed

M.G. Vassanji - Leaving

R.K. Narayan - The Blind Dog

Non- Detailed

Mulk Raj Anand - The Lost Child

Prescribed Text:

An Anthology of Common Wealth Poetry ed. by C. D. Narasimhaiah

The Heinemann Book of Contemporary Short Stories. (Ed) by Chinua Achebe.Stories from

India.

Reference Books:

Novels of V.S. Naipaul. D.N. Ganjewar Power book house.. Chennai.

Critical Studies on Common Wealth Literature–R.A. Singh 2003.

Current Perspectives in Indian English Literature. Gauri Shankar Jha Atlantic Publishers and

Distributers (P) Ltd. New Delhi 2006.

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Core 8 - WORLD CLASSICS



Objectives:

To introduce students to select authors and their select works so that they get a firsthand

knowledge of the important literary works of the period.

To stimulate further reading so as to obtain a fuller understanding of the

evolution of literary forms and literary movements and other works.


The sap of literature is well inherited through classics from different parts of the world.


Detailed

Anton Chekhov : The Cherry Orchard

Non- Detailed

Henrik Ibsen : Wild Duck


Detailed Bapsi Sidhwa : Ice Candy Man

Non- Detailed

Wole Soyinka : The Lion and the Jewel


Detailed

Graham Green : Brighton Rock

Non-Detailed Anton Chekov : The lady with the Dog, The Grasshopper


Detailed Pearl S. Buck : The Good Earth

Non- Detailed

Camus : Outsider


Detailed Kalidasa : Shakuntala

Non- Detailed

William Fulkner : Noble prize Acceptance Speech

Prescribed Text:

The Cherry Orchard Paperback – November 19, 2012 by Anton Chekov (Author), Tom

Stoppard (Translator) Publisher: Samuel French, Inc. (November 19, 2012)

Reference Books:

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) Paperback – February 21,

2006 Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Reprint edition (February 21, 2006)

The Good Earth (Oprah's Book Club) Paperback – September 15, 2004

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Kalidasa: Shakuntala, and Other Works (Forgotten Books) Paperback – January 24, 2008

Publisher: Forgotten Books (January 24, 2008)

ELECTIVE –II

GREEN STUDIES



Objectives:

To give awareness to the students on the role of literature in addressing contemporary

issues such as environmental concerns.

To expose care and concern for the environment.

To advocate a more thoughtful and ecologically sensitive relationship of man to nature.



i.) Learners should be aware of the Eco system and the problems which the world is facing now.

ii.) Learners should know the relationship between Literature and Ecosystem.

UNIT I : CreditHours:15

Ecocriticism Theory

Cherryl Glotfelty : “Literary Studies in an Age of Environmental Crisis”

William Howarth : “ Ecocriticism in Context”

Karren J. Warren : “ What are the Ecofeminists saying?”

UNIT II : CreditHours:15

POETRY

Gieve Patel: “On Killing a Tree

A.D. Hope: “ Moschus Mochiferous”

W.S Merwin : “ End of the Day”

Margaret Atwood: Red Fox

Gary Snyder : From “ Turtle Island”

UNIT III : PROSE CreditHours:15

Selections from Aldo Leopold’s Sand Country Almanac( The Land Ethic)

Selections from Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire(Water,and Serpants of Paradise)

UNIT IV : FICTION CreditHours:15

Amitav Ghosh : The Hungry Tide

UNIT V : FICTION CreditHours:15

Rabindranath Tagore : Muktha Dhara

JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION

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Objectives

To introduce the students to the growth and development of Mass Communication.

To help them learn the different forms of Media such as the print media and electronic media.

To make the students learn the techniques of advertisements.

Unit I Introduction to Mass Communication CreditHours:15

What is Mass Communication?

Growth and Development of Mass Communication

Different kinds of Mass Communication

Unit II The Print Media CreditHours:15

Role of the Press, Reporting – Types and Qualities, News Paper Writing

Unit III Electronic Media I – TV and Radio CreditHours:15

Impact of Electronic Media, Broadcast Style, Programme Genres

Unit IV Electronic Media II – Film and Internet CreditHours:15

Films and Society, Growth of Internet

Unit V Advertisements CreditHours:15

Different types of Advertisements

Format and Structure of Advertisements

How to Design an Ad.

Prescribed Text:

Mass Communication in India – Keval J. Kumar (JAICO)

Writing for the Mass Media - Peter Grundy

Professional Journalist – V. Kamath

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT



Objective:

To enhance the personality of the students in order to face the Global needs and the need of the

hour.


Enriches their soft skills and enables them to converge their hidden

potentials.

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Imbibes confidence in them to face interview.

UNIT I CreditHours:15

Introduction to Personality Development

Theories of Personality – Eastern / Western Outlook

Determines of Personality

UNIT II

CreditHours:15

Hours)

Self Esteem and Self Evaluation, Self Motivation, Need for goal setting

UNIT III

CreditHours:15

How to Improve Personality, Attitude and Aptitude, Confidence

UNIT IV CreditHours:15

Leadership Qualities, TQL (Total Quality Leadership), Problem Solving

UNIT V CreditHours:15

Personality Oriented Job Skills, Conflict Management, Negotiation Skills

Emotional Intelligence

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

Daniel K Mroczek Hand Book of Personality Development

Daniel Goleman. Working with Emotional Intelligence

David R Shaffer. Social and Personality Development

SEMESTER I / II

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE AND VERBAL REASONING

Credits: 4 Course Code: NXXXX_T6X


Course Objectives: To inculcate the managerial and problem solving skills among the

students.

Skill sets to be acquired: After the completion of the course the student will be able to develop

reasoning skills and face any competitive examinations with confidence.


Analogy

Coding and Decoding

Direction sense Test

Unit II CreditHours:12 Series Completion

Logical Venn diagram

Data sufficiency


Profit and Loss

Ratio & Proportion

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Percentages


Problems on Numbers

Problems on Ages

Problems on Averages


Time and Work

Time and Distance

Problems on Train

Text Book:

“Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations (Arts stream)”, Department of

Mathematics”, Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi,2016.

Reference Books:

1. R.S. Aggarwal, A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning, S. Chand

& Company Ltd, 2011 Edition, New Delhi (For units I & II only).

2. R.S. Aggarwal, Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations, S. Chand &

Company Ltd, 2012 Edition, New Delhi(For units III, IV, V).

3. B. S. Sijwali, Quantitative Aptitude, Arihand Publications (India) PVT LTD, 2007.

4. Abhijit Guha, Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations, McGraw Hill

Companies, 2006.

Calculation of Exclusive Internal Marks For “Quantitative Aptitude And Verbal

Reasoning” For All PG Programmes

a) Average of two cycle tests – For a maximum of 25 marks

b) Model Examinations – For a maximum of 50 marks

c) Assignment marks – For a maximum of 05 marks

d) Seminar marks – For a maximum of 10 marks

e) Unannounced Quiz – For a maximum of 10 marks

Total marks – 100 marks

Semester – III

Core 9 - BRITISH LITERATURE III



Objectives

To introduce students to select authors and their select works so that they get firsthand




Skill sets to be acquired

On successful completion of the course, students will have thorough knowledge of 18th

& 19th

centuries.

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Unit I

Detailed CreditHours:12

Wordsworth - Prelude Book I

Coleridge - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Keats - Ode to Grecian Urn

Shelley - Ode to a Skylark

Non-Detailed

Oliver Goldsmith - The Deserted Village


Detailed

Tennyson - Ulysses

Browning - Andrea delSartro

Arnold - Immortality

D.G. Rossetti - The Mirror

Non-Detailed

D.G.Rosetti - Blessed Damozel, Autumn Song

Christina Rosetti - Mirage, Uphill


Detailed

Lamb - New Year’s Eve

Hazlitt - My First Acquaintance with Poets.

Non-Detailed

Thomas Carlyle - Hero as Poet


Detailed

Sir Walter Scott - Kenilworth

Non-Detailed

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice


Detailed

Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist(D)

Non-Detailed

George Eliot - Silas Marner(ND)

Prescribed Text:

An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age: British Culture, 1776-1832 Iain McCalman

Oxford University Press, 2001 - Literary CriticisCharles Lamb Paperback – 27 Jan 2009 by

Thomas Craddock (Author) Publisher: BiblioBazaar (27 January 2009)

Reference Books:

My First Acquaintance with Poets, 1823 (Revolution & Romanticism, 1789-1834) Hardcover –

Facsimile, Import by William Hazlitt (Author) Publisher: Woodstock Books; Facsimile edition

edition (24 July 1993)

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Thomas Carlyle on Shakespeare from the Hero as Poet (1904) Paperback – Import, 29 Jan 2010

by Thomas Carlyle (Author) • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (29 January 2010)

Sir Walter Scott - Kenilworth: "Look back, and smile on perils past." Paperback – Import, 28

Apr 2014 by Sir Walter Scott (Author) Publisher: A Word To The Wise (28 April 2014)

Pride and Prejudice Paperback – 1 Oct 1999 by Jane Austen (Author) Publisher: Rupa

Publications India; Seventeenth edition (1 October 1999)

Silas Marner - The Weaver of Raveloe Paperback – 15 Apr 2014 by George Eliot (Author)

Publisher: Arihant Publishers; First edition (15 April 2014)

Oliver twist paperback – 2014 by charles dickens (author), publisher: projapoti; 1st edition

(2014)

Core 10 -LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY



Objectives:

To provide students with information on the current literary theories.

To familiarize the students with the works of significant modern critics.

To acquaint them with important critical movements.

To enable them to understand the present day literary criticism.

Skill sets to be acquired: On successful completion of the course, students will be able to

apply the theories on any literary piece.


John Crowe Ransom - Criticism Inc.

Cleanth Brooks - The Language of Paradox


Carl Jung - Psychology and Literature

Northrop Frye - The Archetypes of Literature


George Lucas - The Ideology of Modernism

Raymond Williams - Realism and the Contemporary Novel


Roland Barthes - Criticism as Language

Wayne C. Booth - From the Rhetoric of Fiction


Sigmund Freud - Creative Writers and Daydreaming

Elaine Showalter - Towards a Feminist Poetics

Prescribed Text:

20th

Century Literary Criticism –David Lodge

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The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism (Second Edition) Hardcover – Dolby,

Reference Books:

February 8, 2010 by Vincent B. Leitch (Editor), William E. Cain (Editor), & 5 more

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Second Edition edition (February 8, 2010)

Core: 11 - OFFICE AUTOMATION

Credit: 2 Course Code: N6MEN3T53

Hours per week: 3 Total Instructional Hours: 45

Objective: The Course presents Essentials for a modern office management

Skill sets to be acquired: On successful completion of the course, the students have expertise

in word processing, spread sheet and presentations.

UNIT I

CreditHours:9

Office Nuts and Bolts: A survey of Office programs – Starting an office program-Finding your

way around the office interface – Saving Your files – Navigating the save as an open dialog

boxes – Opening and closing files – Reading and recording file properties- Locking a file with a

password. [Book 1, Chapter 1]

UNIT II CreditHours:9

Word Processing: Introduction the word screen – Creating a new document – Getting a better

look at your documents – Selecting text in speedy ways – Moving around quickly in documents

– Inserting a whole file into a Document- Entering information quickly in a computerized form

–

Laying out text and pages: Paragraphs and formatting – Inserting a section break – Line Break-

Starting a new page - Setting Margins – Indenting paragraphs – Numbering – Headers &

Footers – Adjusting space between lines & Paragraphs – Number & Bulleted list – Working

with tabs.

[Book II, Chapter 1&2]

UNIT III CreditHours:9

Word Styles: All about styles – Applying styles to text and paragraphs – Creating a new style –

Modifying a style – Creating and managing templates.

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Desktop publishing with word: Making use of charts, diagrams, shapes, clip arts and photos –

Construction the perfect table – Positioning and wrapping objects relative to the page and text –

Working with the drawing canvas – Choosing a theme for your document – Putting newspaper

style – Working with text box – Sprucing up your pages – Dropping in a drop cap- Water

marking for the elegant effect- Landscape documents – Printing on different sizes of paper.

[Book II, Chapter 3 & 4]

UNIT IV CreditHours:9

Spread Sheet: Creating a new excel workbook – Getting acquainted with excel – Entering data

in a worksheet – Enter data with the auto fill – Formatting numbers , Dates and Time –

Conditional formats for calling attention to data – Establishing Data-validation rules.

Refining your worksheet: Editing worksheet data- Moving around in a worksheet – Getting a

better look at the worksheet – Comments for documenting worksheet – Selecting cells in a

worksheet – Deleting , Copying and moving data – Handling worksheets – Keeping others from

tampering with worksheets

Formulas: How formulas work – The basics of entering a formula

[Book V, Chapter 1, 2 & 3]

UNIT V CreditHours:9

Presentation: Getting started in Power point: Getting acquainted with power point – Creating

new slides – Getting a better view – Selecting, moving and deleting slides – Putting together a

photo album.

Fashion look: Themes and background-Choosing a theme – Creating slide background –

Changing a background –

Live presentation: Transition and animation – Audio part in presentation – Playing videos on

slides. [Book IV, Chapter 1, 2 & 4]

Text Book:

1. Peter Weverka, “Microsoft Office 2010 All in one for Dummies”, Wiley India, 2010.

Reference Books:

2. John Walkenbach, Herb Tyson et.al, “Microsoft office 2010 Bible”, Wiley India, 2010.

Web Reference links:

1. http://office.microsoft.com

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Core: 12 - OFFICE AUTOMATION LAB

Credit:2 Course Code : N6MEN3P54


Objective:

To implement the Office Automation Software features covered in the syllabus

List of Programs

Word Processing CreditHours:15

1. Creating and Formatting a document with bulleted and Numbered list, adding

Headers, Footers and Page numbers)

2. Creating and formatting a document with charts and diagrams

3. Creating a Resume.

4. Creating a Newspaper Column

Electronic Spreadsheet (MS Excel) CreditHours:20 5. Formatting the worksheets (Formatting the cell, rows and columns)

6. Working with functions and formulae.

7. Presenting Data with Charts

Power Point CreditHours:15

8. Presentation using Text with animation

9. Creating a photo album

10. Creating a Presentation with Audio and Video

Elective - III

English Literature for Competitive Examinations NET/SET



Objectives

To give a bird’s eye view of English literature to students.

To enable students to face NET/SET.

UNIT – I : LIFE AND WORKS OF MAJOR AUTHORS

CreditHours:15

Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, James Joyce, E. M. Forster,

Tennessee Williams, Oliver Goldsmith, John Steinbeck, Graham Greene, Thomas

Hardy, Hawthorne, Anthony Trollope, H.G. Wells, Harold Pinter, Rudyard Kipling, Mark

Twain, George Eliot, George Meredith, George Orwell, Walter Scott, William Faulkner,

Margret Atwood, Saul Bellow, Arnold Bennett, Aldous Huxley, Thomas Carlyle, T. S.

Eliot, Charles Dickens, George Bernard Shaw, D. H. Lawrence

UNIT – II : LITERARY FORMS AND TERMS CreditHours:15

Lyric, Ode, Sonnet, Elegy, Idyll, Satire, Heroic Couplet, Terza Rima, Rhyme

Royal, Ottava Rima, Dramatic Monologue, Irony, Soliloquy, Allegory, Blank Verse,

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Catharsis, Euphemism, Interludes, Metaphor, Objective Correlative, Onomatopoeia,

Sprung Rhythm, Stream of Consciousness, Surrealism

UNIT – III : LITERARY CRITISM AND THEORIES CreditHours:15

Criticism: Aristotle, Sydney, Dryden, Pope, T. S. Eliot and I.A. Richards Theories:

Post-Modernism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Semiotics, Deconstruction, Feminism,

Marxist Criticism, New Criticism, Eco Criticism, Gay Criticism

UNIT – IV : IMPORTANT EVENTS AND MOVEMENTS CreditHours:15

Aesthetic Movement, The Theatre of the Absurd, Angry Young Men, University Wits,

Black Mountain School, The Cockney School, Confessional Poetry, Theatre of Cruelty,

Graveyard Poets, Lake Poets, Metaphysical Poets.

UNIT – V : MAJOR LITERARY CHARACTERS AND WELL KNOWN QUOTATIONS

CreditHours:15

Popular Quotations and well known characters from the plays of Shakespeare and

George Bernard Shaw – from the novels of Charles Dickens and D. H. Lawrence – from the

essays of Bacon

Prescribed Text:

Drabble, Margaret. The Oxford Companion to English literature. Oxford: OUP, 2006.

Reference Books:

Masih K. Ivan, et al . An Objective Approach to English Literature for NET, JRT, SLET and

Pre-Ph.D. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2007.

Abrams, M.H. and Geoffrey Galt Harphan. A Handbook of Literary Terms. New Delhi:

Cengage Learning, 2009.

Anderson, Robert and John Malcolm Brinnin. Ed. Elements of Literature. New York: Holt,

Rinehart and Winston Inc., 1952.

Lodge, David . Ed. Modern Criticism and Theory: a Reader. Delhi: Pearson Education Ltd.,

2004.

Ousby, Ian. The Wordsworth Companion to Literature in English. London: Wordsworth

References, 1992.

Sampson, George. The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature. New Delhi:

Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Thorpe, Edgar and Showick Thorpe. Objective English 3rd

Edition. New Delhi: Pearson, 2009.

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CONTEMPORARY LITERARY THEORY



Objectives:

To provide students with information on the current literary theories.

To enable them to understand the present day literary criticism.


It helps to provide lucid, concise explanations of myriad approaches to literature

Unit 1: Postmodernism CreditHours:15

Jean Francois Lyotard: Answering the Question: What is Postmodernism?

Terry Eagleton: The Illusions of Postmodernism


Patricia Waugh: Postmodernism and Feminism (1998)

Leslie Fielder: Close the Gap, Cross the Border: Postmodernism

Unit 3: Post-Structuralism CreditHours:15

Ann Jefferson: Structuralism and Post-Structuralism

Roland Barthes: The Death of the Author

Jacques Derrida: Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of Human Sciences

Unit 4: Post-Colonialism CreditHours:15

Helen Tiffin: Post-Colonialism, Postmodernism and the Rehabilitation of

Postcolonial History

Edward Said: Two visions in ‘Heart of Darkness’

(From Culture and Imperialism (1993))

Unit 5: New Historicism CreditHours:15

Louis Montrose: The Poetics and Politics of Culture (1989)

Stephen Greenblatt: Towards a Poetics of Culture

Prescribed Text:

Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History Paperback – Import, 11 Dec 2007

by M. A. R. Habib (Author)

ADVANCED SKILLS FOR SPOKEN COMMUNICATION



Objectives: To make the students understand the advanced skills used in Spoken Communication.

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To help them understand the importance of overall development of personality.


Learners can understand speak, write and read English and want to further enhance their

English Language skills

Unit I - Grammar CreditHours:15

Tenses – Voices – Concord – infinitives – gerunds and participles – words often

confused and misused – idioms and phrases – clauses – type of sentences.

Unit II - Conversation in Select Contexts CreditHours:15

Introductions, permission, request, offer, greetings, sympathy.apology, suggestion,

persuasion, telephonic conversation, complaint, warning, gratitude.

Unit III – Public Speaking CreditHours:15

Welcome Speech – Introducing guests – Vote of Thanks – Speech on current topics like

use of cell phones, beauty contests, pollution, etc.,

Unit IV – Personality Development CreditHours:15

Soft skills – International Body language – Goal setting – positive attitude –

emotional intelligence, Leadership qualities – Problem solving – Human Values

Unit V – Communication for Career CreditHours:15

Preparing a C.V. – Group discussion – Interviews – standard, panel, walk-in, group,

stress, mock interviews (Practice) 27

Prescribed Text:

Dr.T.M.Farhathullah: A Hand book of GRE

Dr. T.M. Farhathullah: Communication Skills for Under Graduates

Semester – IV

Core 13- BRITISH LITERATURE - IV



Objectives:

To introduce students to select authors and their select works so that they get firsthand




Skill sets to be acquired: On successful completion of the course, students will have detailed

knowledge of 19th

& 20th

centuries.

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Unit I

Detailed CreditHours:13

W.B. Yeats - Byzantium (D)

G.M Hopkins - The Windhover

Non-Detailed

W.H. Auden - Musee’des Beaux Arts

Stephen Spender - I think continually of those who were really great,

, an era’s Crown

C. Day Lewis - The Conflict


Detailed

G.K Chesterton - The Contented Man, Advantages of having one leg

A.G Gardiner - All about a Dog, A Fellow – Traveller

Robert Lynd - In Praise of Mistakes

J.B Priestley - Student Mobs

James Thurber - My university Days

Non-Detailed

E.V.Lucas - A Funeral

Stephen Leacock - My Lost Dollar


Virginia Woolf - To a Light House

George Orwell - Animal Farm


Detailed

T.S. Eliot - Murder In the Cathedral

Non-Detailed

Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot


Detailed

Stanley Houghton - The Dear Departed

W.W.Jacobs - The Monkey`S Paw

Non-Detailed

J.B.Priestly - The Mother`s Day

Prescribed Text:

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats Paperback – September 9, 1996 by William Butler Yeats

(Author), Richard J. Finneran (Editor) Publisher: Scribner; 2nd Revised edition (September 9,

1996)

Reference Books:

Poetry of G.M. Hopkins (Notes on English Literature) Paperback – September, 1969 by H.C.

Sherwood (Editor) Publisher: Blackwell Publishers (September 1969)

Nineteenth Century Essays (Classics of British Historical Literature) Paperback – March 31,

1972 by John Morley (Author), Peter Stansky (Editor) Publisher: University of Chicago Press

(March 31, 1972)

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Virginia Woolf Paperback – October 5, 1999 by Hermione Lee (Author) Publisher: Vintage

(October 5, 1999)

Animal Farm Paperback – August 31, 2013 by George Orwell (Author) Publisher: Rupa; First

Edition edition (August 31, 2013)

Murder in the Cathedral Paperback – March 18, 1964 by T. S. Eliot (Author) Publisher:

Harcourt (March 18, 1964) Mother's Day: Play (Acting Edition) Paperback – Import by J.B. Priestley (Author) Publisher: Samuel

French Ltd

Modern one act plays,2007,Macmillan.

Core 14 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY



Objectives:

To introduce the students to the areas of research and its methodology.

To make them understand the different kinds of discourse, the fundamental of research,

collection of material style and mechanics of a thesis.

Skill sets to be acquired: On successful completion of the course, students will be the

master in Research area.

Unit I Rhetoric CreditHours:15

(i) Definition & Description

(ii) Characteristics of Composition

Unity, Coherence, Emphasis

(iii) Composition of a Paragraph

(iv) Four kinds of discourse

Expository, Argumentative, Descriptive, Narrative

Unit II Research Methodology CreditHours:15

The Fundamentals of Research

Unit III Collection of Material CreditHours:15

Data Collection, Primary & Secondary sources, Use of Quotations

Unit IV – Style CreditHours:15

Format, Style

Unit V Mechanics of a Thesis CreditHours:15

Footnote, Bibliography, Parenthetical Documentation, First draft and final draft, Proof

correction

Prescribed Text:

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Paperback – January 1, 2003

by Joseph Gibaldi (Author), Phyllis Franklin (Foreword)

Core -15- GENDER STUDIES


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Objectives:

To introduce the students to a different form of literary works.

To make students acquire a sound knowledge in Gender Studies

Skill sets to be acquired: On successful completion of the course, students will be the wise

Gender studies and they can analyse the state of a particular Gender.

Unit I (Poetry) CreditHours:12

Kamala Das : Confession.

Sylvia Plath : Daddy

Genny Lin : Wonder Woman

Adrienne Rich : Living in Sin

Unit II (Prose)

CreditHours:13

Dale Spender : Women and Literary History

TorilMoi : Feminist, Feminine, Female

Unit III (Drama) CreditHours:15

Lorraine Hansbery : A Raisin in the Sun.

Uma Parameswaran : Lesson of a Different Kind.

Unit IV (Short stories) CreditHours:15

Margaret Atwood : Rape Fantasies

Virginia Woolf : The New Dress.

Unit V (Novel) CreditHours:20

Charlotte Bronte : Jane Eyre

GithaHariharan : Thousand Faces of Night

Prescribed Text:

Women in Literature: Life Stages Through Stories, Poemsand Plays. Sandra Eagleton

(ed.) Prentice Hall.

The Feminist Reader (2nd

ed.) Catherine Belsey (ed) Macmillan

Core -16 -SHAKESPEARE



Objectives:

To make the students understand the greatness of Shakespeare as a master craftsman in the

genre.To help them appreciate the original and creative use of language.

To make the students read, enjoy and appreciate the poetry in his plays.

To help them understand the working of the human minds and their numerous emotions from a

study of Shakespeare's myriad characters.


On successful completion of the course, the students have acquired

i) a complete outline & detail structure about Shakespeare

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ii) The original essence of the Sonnets & language of Shakespeare

Unit I : Romeo and Juliet CreditHours:15

Unit II : Twelfth Night CreditHours:15

Unit III : King Lear CreditHours:15

Unit IV : The Winter’s Tale CreditHours:15

Unit V : General Shakespeare CreditHours:15

(i) Shakespeare’s Theatre and Audience

(ii) Shakespeare’s Criticism

(iii) Shakespeare as a Sonneteer

(iv) Shakespeare’s Imagery

Prescribed Text:

The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works 2nd Edition Hardcover – August 1, 2005 by

William Shakespeare (Author),

Reference Books:

Muir, Kenneth, Shakespeare's Tragic Sequence, 1972.

Brown, John Russell: Shakespeare and His Comedies, London, Methuen, 1957.

Charlton, H.B.: Shakespearean Comedy, London, Methuen, 1957.

Knights, L.C.: Shakespeare: The Histories, London, The British Counil, 1962. (Writers and

Their Work Series)

Elective -IV

APPROACHES TO LITERATURE



Objective: This paper aims to sharpen the critical ability of students by learning the various

literary theories.


Learners can apply all the theories in their Research


The Moral Approach : Literature and Moral Ideas

Unit II CreditHours:15 The Psychological Approach: Literature in light of Psychological Theory.


The Sociological Approach : Literature and Social Ideas


The Formalistic Approach : Literature as Aesthetic Structure


The Archetypal Approach : Literature in the light of Myth

http://www.amazon.com/William-Shakespeare/e/B000APWKO4/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

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Prescribed Text:

Wilbur S.Scott : Five Approaches of Literary Criticism

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSE



Objectives

To instruct students in academic writing.

To help students acquire necessary vocabulary, grammar and language to effectively

communicate in an academic setup.

To expose students to various styles that are followed in writing research papers.


Learners can get an in depth understanding of the factors that these learners perceive are

contributing to their transition

UNIT I Word Power CreditHours:15

Enriching vocabulary using Word list, Word Classes- synonyms, antonyms, verbal analogy,

sentence completion, cloz tests

Unit II Reading Comprehension CreditHours:15

Developing a good reading habit, improving reading speed, Skimming& Scanning, reading for

general& specific information

UNIT III Listening Skills CreditHours:15

Listening to lectures, participating in seminars& conferences, interactive listening, working

with audio/video tutorials

Unit IV Academic Writing CreditHours:15

Taking Notes, developing hints, summarizing, writing descriptive, analytical& argumentative

essays

UNIT V Writing & Presenting Papers CreditHours:15

Choosing a research topic, gathering & organizing information, preparing the research paper

and following style sheet, presenting the research paper in a seminar.

Prescribed Text:

Developing communication skills- by Krishna Mohan & Meera Banerji

Reference Books:

English for Competitive Examinations by R.P.Bhatnagar & Rajul BhargavaEffective

English Communication for you by V.Shyamala-Emerald PubYou can win by Shivkera

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WRITING SKILLS



Objective

To inculcate the importance of technical Writing for the students and channelize their

writing ability


Learners can present themselves as an expert

UNIT – I CreditHours:15

Report Writing, Letter Writing

UNIT – II CreditHours:15

E-Mail Drafting, Preparing Agenda and Writing Minutes for Meetings

UNIT – III CreditHours:15

Developing Hints, Effective use of SMS

UNIT – IV CreditHours:15

Resume writing, Applying for Jobs

UNIT – V CreditHours:15

Cover letter, Advertisement

Prescribed Text:

Communication skills – a multi skill course --- Macmillan

English Practice Book for Undergraduates – T.M.Farhathullah. Emerald Publishers

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PROJECT AND VIVA-VOCE

Credits: 4 Course Code: N6MEN4R56

Hours per week: 3 Total Instructional Hours: 30

The primary objective of the project is to put forth an opportunity to the students in

comprehending the critical theories and the application of the various critical schools on the

work of art , thereby it stands as a platform for them in the perusal of their research career.

Project Period: The Project Commences on December and goes up to the month of March

Objectives:

Apply critical theories as per the genre of the work of art

To understand the value of life through a work of art

To understand the sustenance of life through the constant struggle between life and via

art

Organization Guide:

Students will be allocated to teachers, who may guide them in the process of selecting the genre

or a writer or a work of art. A keen insight will be rendered towards the selected title from the

guide. The guide may:

Facilitate the students in the collection of secondary materials

Progress in the work will be constantly reviewed

Regular discussions will be carried out with the students.

The course of the project will be followed through the consensus of the guide and the

student

SCHEDULE

Duration of the Project : Six months

IV Semester

December : To select a work of art (genre and a writer)

January : Collection of Review of Literature

February : Methodology and critical analysis to be started

March : Final draft correction

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PROFESSIONAL ETHICS



OBJECTIVES

To provide students with an introduction to the philosophical foundation of ethics and

values based decision making and behavior.

To aid the students in relating Professional Code of Ethics and how to apply them in

their own work place.

To provide the students with resources that may assist them in appreciating Universal

Human Values.

UNIT I: NATURE AND SCOPE OF BUSINESS ETHICS CreditHours:9

Introduction – Scope of business ethics- Religion and Ethics- Types of Ethics –

Sources of business Ethics- Factors influencing business Ethics –Importance of business

Ethics

UNIT II: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS CreditHours:9

Introduction –professional Ethics – Ethical problems faced by managers – New skill

required for managers – Managing ethical conduct in modern times

UNIT III: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CSR CreditHours:9

Principles of corporate Governance – Issues involved in corporate Governance-

theories of corporate Governance –CSR – Introduction – various dimensions –

Argument for and against CSR

UNIT IV: ETHICS IN INDIA CreditHours:9

Religious foundations of ethics-Hinduism-Buddhism-Jainism-Ethical values of

Gandhi,Vivekananda, Aurobindo and Tagore.

UNIT V: CONTEMPORARY ETHICS

CreditHours:9

Personal ethics - Marketing ethics – Technology ethics – Environmental ethics.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

Indian ethos and values in Management:R.Nandagopal,AjithSankar R N,TataMcgraw Hill

Education Private Limited, New Delhi (2010).

Business Ethics and corporate Governance,S.Prabakaran,Excel books(2010),I edition

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EXAMINATION SYSTEM UNDER AUTONOMY

1. Pattern of Examinations:

The college follows semester pattern. Each academic year consists of two semesters and each

semester ends with the End Semester Examination. A student should have a minimum of 75%

attendance out of 90 working days to become eligible to sit for the examinations.

2. Internal Examinations:

The questions for every examination shall have equal representation from the units of syllabus

covered. The question paper pattern and coverage of syllabus for each of the internal (CIA) tests

for PG programs other than MBA and MCA are as follows.

i) First Internal Assessment Test

Syllabus : First Two Units

Working Days : On completion of 30 working days, approximately

Duration : Two Hours

Max. Marks : 50

For the First internal assessment test, the question paper pattern shall be as given below.

Question Paper Pattern

Section A

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Attempt all questions (three each from both units)

06 questions – each carrying one mark 06 X 01 = 06

No Choice

Section B

Attempt all questions (two each from both units)

04 questions – each carrying five marks 04 X 05 = 20

Inbuilt Choice [Either / Or]

Section C

Attempt all questions

(Minimum one question shall be asked from each unit)

03 questions - each carrying eight marks 03 X 08 = 24


Reduce these marks to a maximum of 05 i.e., (Marks obtained/50) X 5 === A

ii) Second Internal Assessment Test

Syllabus : Third and Fourth Units

Working Days : On completion of 65 working days approximately,

Duration : Two Hours

Max. Marks : 50

For the Second internal assessment test, the question paper pattern shall be as given

below.


Section A



No Choice

Section B

Attempt all questions (two each from both units)



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Section C


(Minimum one question shall be asked from each unit)

03 questions - each carrying eight marks 03 X 08 = 24


Reduce these marks to a maximum of 05 i.e., (Marks obtained/50) X 5 === B

iii) Model Examinations

Syllabus : All Five Units

Working Days : On completion of 85 working days approximately,

Examination : Commences any day from 86th

working day to 90th

working day.

Duration : Three Hours

Max. Marks : 75

For the model examinations, the question paper pattern shall be the same for all UG and

PG programs, as given below.


Section A



No Choice

Section B




Section C


05 questions – each carrying eight marks 05 X 08 = 40


Reduce these marks to a maximum of 10 i.e., (Marks obtained / 75) X 10 C

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The following is the Question Paper Pattern for the courses ‘Yoga for the modern age’ &

‘Professional Ethics’



Max. Marks : 50


Section A (5 x 10 = 50 marks)

Five Questions of “either / or” type. Each question carries 10 marks.

Answer all questions

Q.1 (a) ___________________ or

(b) ___________________

Q.2 (a) ___________________ or

(b) ___________________

Q.3 (a) ___________________ or

(b) ___________________

Q.4 (a) ___________________ or

(b) ___________________

Q.5 (a) ___________________ or

(b) ___________________

iv) Assignments

Each student is expected to submit at least two assignments per course. The assignment

topics will be allocated by the course teacher. The students are expected to submit the first

assignment before the commencement of first Internal Assessment Test and the second

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assignment before the commencement of second Internal Assessment Test. Typed/computer

print outs and photo copies will not be accepted for submission.

Scoring pattern for Assignments

Punctual Submission : 2 Marks

Contents : 4 Marks

Originality/Presentation skill : 4 Marks

Maximum : 10 Marks x 2 Assignments = 20 marks

Reduce these marks to a maximum of 5 i.e., (Marks obtained / 20) X 5 === D

v) Seminars

Each PG student is expected to present the two assignments as seminar in the class.

Scoring pattern for Seminars

Logical and clear presentation : 3

Illustration : 3

Originality / Presentation skill : 4

Maximum : 10 Marks x 2seminars = 20marks

Reduce these marks to a maximum of 5 i.e., (Marks obtained / 20) X 5 === F

Calculation of Internal Marks for all PG and Parallel programs:

1. Internal Assessment Test : Average of the two tests.

Reduced to a Maximum of 05 Marks (A+B)/2

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2. Model Examination : Reduced to a Maximum of 10 Marks (C)

3. Assignment : Reduced to a Maximum of 05 Marks (D)

4. Seminars : Reduced to a Maximum of 05 Marks (F)

Internal Marks Scored = ((A + B)/2) + C + D + F

Calculation of Exclusive Internal Marks For “Quantitative Aptitude And Verbal

Reasoning” For All PG Programmes

f) Average of two cycle tests - For a maximum of 25 marks

g) Model Examinations – For a maximum of 50 marks

h) Assignment marks - For a maximum of 05 marks

i) Seminar marks – For a maximum of 10 marks

j) Unannounced Quiz – For a maximum of 10 marks

Total marks – 100 marks

Calculation of Internal Marks for Yoga and Professional Ethics all PG

1. I Cycle Test : 50 marks test is reduced to the

maximum to 15 Marks

2. II Cycle Test : 50 marks test is reduced to the

maximum to 15 Marks

3. Model : 75 marks test is reduced to the

maximum to 20 Marks

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50Marks

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vi) Practical Examination

The Internal Assessment marks for practical examinations are based on the

following criteria. The assessment is for 40 % marks of each practical course.

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I Cycle Test - 5

II Cycle Test - 5

Model - 10

Lab Performance - 12

Record - 8

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Total 40

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vii) Project and Viva Voce

The Project assessment will be done for 100 marks for each Project / Research work. 40

marks for Internal assessment mark and 60 marks for External assessment mark.

The Internal Assessment mark for project evaluation is based on the following

criteria.

a. I Review (Title, Objective) 10

b. Pre Final Review( analysis and interpretation) 15

c. Final Review & Mock Viva 15

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Total 40

3. External Examinations:

The external examinations for theory courses will be conducted for 75 % marks, for all

UG and PG degree programs. The external theory examinations will be conducted only after the

completion of 90 working days in each semester.

Normally, the external practical examinations will be conducted before the

commencement of theory examinations. Under exceptional conditions these examinations may

be conducted after theory examinations are over. The external evaluation will be for 60 %

marks of each practical course.

The External Assessment marks for practical examinations are based on the

following criteria. The assessment is for 60 % marks of each practical course.

Programmes(2*24) 48(Algoritham 12 marks, Key and execution12 marks)

Record 12

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Total 60

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The external viva voce examinations Research / project works also will be conducted

after completion of theory examinations. The external assessment is for 60 % marks of the

project / research work / Dissertation.

The External Assessment mark for project evaluation is based on the following

criteria.

a) Assessment (80%) 48

b) Viva (20%) 12

Total 60

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a. Methodology 10

b. Analysis 18

c. Logical Presentation & result 10

d. Regularity with Punctuality 10

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Total 48

End Semester Examination Question Paper Pattern


Working Days : On completion of a minimum of 90 working days.


Max. Marks : 75


For the End semester external theory examinations, the question paper pattern shall be

the same for all UG and PG programs, as given below, except in the case of Part – II English.

Section A



50

No Choice

Section B




Section C


05 questions – each carrying eight marks 05 X 08 = 40


4. Essential conditions for the Award of Degree / Diploma / Certificates:

1. Pass in all components of the degree, i.e., Part–I, Part–II, Part–III, Part – IV and Part–

V individually is essential for the award of degree.

2. First class with Distinction and above will be awarded for part III only. Ranking will

be based on marks obtained in Part – III only.

3. GPA (Grade Point Average) will be calculated every semester separately. If a

candidate has arrears in a course, then GPA for that particular course will not be

calculated. The CGPA will be calculated for those candidates who have no arrears at

all. The ranking also will be done for those candidates without arrears only.

4. The improvement marks will not be taken for calculating the rank. In the case of

courses which lead to extra credits also, they will neither be considered essential for

passing the degree nor will be included for computing ranking, GPA, CGPA etc.

5. The grading will be awarded for the total marks of each course.

6. Fees shall be paid for all arrears courses compulsorily.

7. There is provision for re-totaling and revaluation for UG and PG programmes on

payment of prescribed fees.

5. Classification of Successful Candidates [Course-wise]

RANGE OF MARKS

(In percent) GRADE POINTS GRADE DESCRIPTION

90 - 100 9.0 - 10.0 O OUTSTANDING

80 - 89 8.0 - 8.9 D+ EXCELLENT

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75 - 79 7.5 - 7.9 D DISTINCTION

70 – 74 7.0 - 7.4 A+ VERY GOOD

60 – 69 6.0 - 6.9 A GOOD

50 – 59 5.0 - 5.9 B AVERAGE

40 – 49 # 4.0 - 4.9 C SATISFACTORY

00 – 39 0.0 U RE-APPEAR

ABSENT 0.0 U ABSENT

Reappearance is necessary for those who score below 50% Marks in PG **;

those who score below 40% Marks in UG*; # only applicable for UG programs

Individual Courses

Ci = Credits earned for course “i” in any semester

Gi = Grade Point obtained for course “I” in any semester

'n' refers to the semester in which such courses were credited.

GRADE POINT AVERAGE [GPA] = ΣCi G i

ΣCi

Sum of the multiplication of grade points by the credits of the courses

GPA = -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sum of the credits of the courses in a semester

Classification of Successful Candidates:

CGPA GRADE CLASSIFICATION OF FINAL RESULT

9.5 to 10.0 O+ First Class - Exemplary *

9.0 and above but below 9.5 O

8.5 and above but below 9.0 D++

First Class with Distinction * 8.0 and above but below 8.5 D+

7.5 and above but below 8.0 D

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7.0 and above but below 7.5 A++

First Class 6.5 and above but below 7.0 A+

6.0 and above but below 6.5 A

5.5 and above but below 6.0 B+ Second Class

5.0 and above but below 5.5 B

4.5 and above but below 5.0 C+ # Third Class

4.0 and above but below 4.5 C #

0.0 and above but below 4.0 U Re-appear

“*” The candidates who have passed in the first appearance and within the prescribed semester

of the Programme (Major, Allied and Elective Course alone) are eligible.

“#” Only applicable to U.G. Programme

Σn Σi Cni Gni

CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE [CGPA] = ------------------

Σn Σi Cn i

Sum of the multiplication of grade points by the credits of entire program

CGPA= --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sum of the Courses of entire Program

In order to get through the examination, each student has to earn the minimum marks

prescribed in the internal (wherever applicable) and external examinations in each of the theory

course, practical course and project viva.

Normally, the ratio between internal and external marks is 25:75. There is no passing

minimum for internal component. The following are the minimum percentage and marks for

passing of each course, at UG and PG levels for external and aggregate is as follows:

S.No Program Passing Minimum in Percent

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External (75) Aggregate (100)

1 UG Degree 40% (30) 40% (40)

2 PG Degree 50% (38) 50% (50)

However, the passing minimum marks may vary depending up on the maximum marks

of each course. The passing minimum at different levels of marks is given in the following

table:

S.

No

UG & PG

Maximum Marks Passing minimum for UG Passing minimum for PG

Int. Ext. Total Int. Ext. Agg.

40% Int. Ext. Agg. 50%

1 25 75 100 - 30 40 - 38 50

2 50 150 200 - 60 80 - 75 100

3 40 60 100 - 24 40 - 30 50

4 80 120 200 - 48 80 - 60 100

5 80 20 100 - 8 40 - 10 50

6 160 40 200 - 16 80 - 20 100

7 15 60 75 - 24 30 - 30 38

8 50 - 50 20 - 20 25 - 25

9 - 50 50 - 20 20 - 25 25

10 - - 100 - - - - 50 50

11 20 30 50 - - - - 15 25

12 - - 200 - - - - 100 100

13 10 40 50 - - - - 20 25

Reappearance

The students having arrears shall appear in the subsequent semester (external)

examinations compulsorily. The candidates may be allowed to write the examination in the

same syllabus for 3 years only. Thereafter, the candidates shall be permitted to write the

examination in the revised / current syllabus depending on various administrative factors. There

is no re-examination for internals.

Criteria for Ranking of Students:

1. Marks secured in core and elective(Part III) the courses will be considered for PG Programs

and marks secured in core and allied courses (Part-III) will be considered for UG programs,

for ranking of students.

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2. Candidate must have passed all courses prescribed chosen / opted in the first attempt itself.

3. Improvement marks will not be considered for ranking but will be considered for

classification.

External Examination Grievances Committee:

Those students who have grievances in connection with examinations may represent

their grievances, in writing, to the chairman of examination grievance committee in the

prescribed proforma. The Principal will be chairman of this committee.

SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

THIPPAMPATTI, POLLACHI - 642 107

Student Grievance Form

(Forms Available at Utility Stores)

Date:

Place:

From

Register No : ………………………………………........,

Name : ………………………………………........,

Class : ………………………………………….....,

Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College,

Pollachi – 642 107

To

The Principal / Examination-in-charge,

Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College,

Pollachi – 642 107

Through: 1. Head of the Department,

Department of ……………….……….,

Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi – 642 107

2. Dean of the Department Faculty of ………………………………., Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi – 642 107

Respected Sir / Madam,

Sub: ……………………………………………………………………………... - reg.

NATURE OFGRIEVANCE:

.………………………………………………………………...…………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

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……………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………

Thanking you,

Yours Truly,

Signature

Forwarded by:

1. HOD with comments / recommendation

………………………………………………………………………………………................

2. Dean with comments / recommendation

………………………………………………………………………………………................

3. Signature and Directions of the Principal

………………………………………………………………………………………................

4. Controller of Examinations:

………………………………………………………………………………………...............

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