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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE (An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626203
M.A DEGREE COURSE
IN
ENGLISH LITERATURE
SYLLABUS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER
CHOICE-BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS) (For those who are joining in 2013-2014 and after)
REGULATIONS - 2013
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Objectives
The syllabus for M.A English Literature Degree Course under the Semester System has been
designed on the basis of Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS), and it would focus on job oriented-
programmes and value-added education.
1. To enable students to gain proficiency in the use of English Language
2. To expose them to the classics in English Literature
3. To enable them to gain a knowledge of the literary genres, the literary movements, and the
various schools of thought in literary criticism
4. To develop their vocabulary and to help them acquire English language skills and a fair
knowledge of English literature so as to enable them to perform well in competitive
examinations, such as the Public Service Commission Examinations, TOEFL, GRE, and
NET / SET.
5. To enable them to face the challenges in mass media.
6. To enable them to acquire career-oriented skills through Elective Courses
Eligibility for Admission
Candidates who have a B.A. degree in English Literature or a degree in any subject with
English at Part-II level for four semesters from any recognized University are eligible to join this
course.
Duration of the course
The duration of the course shall be two academic years comprising four semesters with two
semesters in each academic year.
Subjects of Study
The main subjects of study offered for M.A (English Literature) Degree Course shall
consist of the following:
Core Subjects - 12
Elective Subjects - 6
Non-Major Elective
Subject - 1
Project Work - 1
Credits
The term ‘credit’ refers to the weightage given to a course, usually in relation to the
instructional hours assigned to it. The total credits required for completing the
M.A (English Literature) Degree Course is 90. The particulars of credits for individual components
and courses are presented on Table 1.
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The Scheme of Examination
It is presented on Table 2
Evaluation
The components for continuous internal assessment are:
Two tests and their average --- 15 marks
Seminar / Group Discussion --- 5 marks
Assignment --- 5 marks
Total --- 25 Marks
Pattern of the Question Paper (External Examination)
The question paper may have 3 parts.
Duration of the external examination is 3hours.
Section-A
Ten questions (Objective type with 4 alternatives) 10 x 1 = 10 Marks
(Two questions from each unit–No choice)
Section-B
Five questions (‘either… or’ type) 5 x 7 = 35 Marks
(One question from each unit)
(Each answer not exceeding two pages)
Section-C
Three questions out of five 3 x 10 = 30 Marks
(One question from each unit)
(Each answer not exceeding four pages) ------------------
Total 75 Marks
------------------
Note
No unit shall be omitted. Not more than two questions from each unit.
Minimum Marks for a Pass
Theory:
1. 50% of the aggregate (Internal + External Examinations)
2. No separate pass minimum for the Internal Examinations
3. 34 marks out of 75 is the pass minimum for the External Examinations.
Project:
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1. 50% of the aggregate (Project Evaluation + Viva Voce)
2. No separate pass minimum for the Internal Examinations
3. 27 marks out of 60 is the pass minimum for the External Examinations.
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M.A (ENGLISH LITERATURE)
Table -1: Course Pattern (For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
Study
Components
I Sem. II Sem. III Sem. IV Sem. Total
Hours
Total
Credits
No.
of
Courses
Total
Marks
Core Subjects
(T)
6 (5)
6 (5)
6 (5)
6 (4)
6 (5)
6 (5)
6 (5)
6 (4)
6 (5)
6 (5)
6 (4)
6 (4)
6 (4)
6 (5)
6 (4)
90 69 15 1500
Elective
Subjects
6 (4) 6 (4)
6 (4)
18 12 3 300
Non-Major
Elective
Subject
- - 6 (5) - 6 5 1 100
Project 6 (4) 6 4 1 100
Total 30 (23) 30 (23) 30 (23) 30 (21) 120 90 20 2000
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M.A (ENGLISH LITERATURE)
Table–2: Course Details and Scheme of Examination (For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
Semester I
Semester II
Subjects Papers Hrs/week Credits Exam
Hours
Int.
Marks
Ext.
Marks
Total
Core Subject British Literature III 6 5 3 25 75 100
Shakespeare 6 5 3 25 75 100
American Literature 6 5 3 25 75 100
Contemporary Indian
English Fiction
6 4 3 25 75 100
Elective
Subject
English Language Teaching 6 4 3 25 75 100
Total 30 23 500
Subjects Papers Hrs/week Credits Exam
Hours
Int.
Marks
Ext.
Marks
Total
Core Subject British Literature I 6 5 3 25 75 100
British Literature II 6 5 3 25 75 100
Indian Writing in English 6 5 3 25 75 100
Phonetics and Grammar 6 4 3 25 75 100
Elective Subject Translation Theory and
Practice
6 4 3 25 75 100
Total 30 23 500
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Semester III
Subjects Papers Hrs/week Credits Exam
Hours
Int.
Marks
Ext.
Marks
Total
Core Subject British Literature IV 6 5 3 25 75 100
British Literature V 6 5 3 25 75 100
Literary Criticism and Theory I 6 4 3 25 75 100
Gender and Literature 6 4 3 25 75 100
Non-Major
Elective Subject
English and Soft Skills 6 5 3 25 75 100
Total 30 23 500
Semester IV
Subjects Papers Hrs/week Credits Exam
Hours
Int.
Marks
Ext.
Marks
Total
Core Subject European Literature in
Translation
6 4 3 25 75 100
Literary Criticism and Theory II 6 5 3 25 75 100
Postcolonial Literature 6 4 3 25 75 100
Elective
Subject A History of the English Language 6 4 3 25 75 100
Project Work Review 6 4 3 40 60 100
Total 30 21 500
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : I No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper I No. of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: BRITISH LITERATURE I
Objective:
To introduce students to the English Literature from Chaucer to Shakespeare
Unit I: Prose
Bacon : Of Love, Of Death, Of Friendship, Of Truth and Of Expense
Unit II: Poetry-I
Chaucer: Prologue to ‘The Canterbury Tales’ (Lines 1-100 only)
Unit III: Poetry-II
Edmund Spenser: Epithalamion
Shakespeare: Sonnets 18, 29, 60, 73, 116 & 130
Unit IV: Drama-I
Middleton and Rowley: The Changeling
Unit V: Drama-II
John Webster: The White Devil
Reference:
M.H. Abrams et al.: Norton Anthology of English Literature (Vol. I) (London:
W.W. Norton & Co., 1968)
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : I No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper II No. of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: BRITISH LITERATURE II
Objective:
To introduce students to the English Literature of the 17th
& the 18th
Centuries
Unit I: Prose
Jonathan Swift : The Battle of Books
Unit II: Poetry-I
John Donne : The Valediction Forbidding Mourning
John Herbert : The Collar
Andrew Marvell : To His Coy Mistress
Henry Vaughan : The Retreat
Unit III: Poetry-II
John Milton : Paradise Lost - Book IX
Unit IV: Drama
Sheridan : The Rivals
Unit V: Novel
Oliver Goldsmith : The Vicar of Wakefield
Reference:
M.H. Abrams et al.: Norton Anthology of English Literature (Vol. I) (New
York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1979)
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : I No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper III No. of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
Objective:
To introduce students to representative pieces of Indian Writing in English
Unit I: Prose
A.K.Ramanujan : Is There An Indian Way Of Thinking?
Unit II: Poetry
K.N.Daruwalla : Partition Ghazal
R. Parthasarathy : River, Once
Nissim Ezekiel : Poet Lover and Bird Watcher
Kamala Das : Introduction
Unit III: Drama
Mahesh Dattani : Dance Like a Man
Unit IV: Fiction I
Khushwant Singh : Train to Pakistan
Unit V: Fiction II
R. K. Narayan : The English Teacher
References:
1. K.R.Srinivasa Iyengar: Indian Writing in English, (1983).
2. M.K.Naik: A History of Indian English Literature (1982).
3. M.K.Naik and Shyamala A.Narayan: Indian English Literature 1980-2000 (2001).
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : I No. of Hours : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject - Paper IV No. of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: PHONETICS AND GRAMMAR
Objectives:
To give students a knowledge of advanced English grammar and usage
To give students a knowledge of Phonetics
Unit I
Kinds of Sentences–(Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, & Exclamatory) Sentence
Structures
Noun, Classification, Number, Gender & Case, and Functions
Pronoun, Kinds of Pronouns & their Usage
Unit II
Adjectives (definition), Kinds of Adjectives & their Usage,
Determiners & Articles,
Adverbs, Kinds of Adverbs & their Usage
Prepositions, Conjunctions
Unit III
Verb, Main Verbs & Auxiliary Verbs, Finite & Non Finite Verbs,
Transitive & Intransitive Verbs, Modals & Phrasal Verbs
Infinitives, Participles & Gerunds
Tenses
Concord
Unit IV:
Transformation of Sentences–Active & Passive Voice, Direct & Indirect Speech,
Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences
Question Tags & Short Forms
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Unit V: Phonetics
1. Classification and Description of Vowels, Consonants
2. Transcribing sentences
Textbooks:
1. J.C. Nesfield: English Grammar, Composition & Usages Revised New Edition
(Chennai: Macmillan, 2004)
2. A.E. Subramanian: A Students’ Grammar of Current English (Chennai: Anu
Chithra, 2000).
References:
1. P. Titus: Remedial English (Chennai: NCBH)
2. A.E. Augustine and K.V. Josheph: Macmillan Grammar: A Hand Book
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : I No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Elective Paper I No. of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: TRANSLATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Objective:
To introduce students to the principles of Translation
To equip them with the Translation Skills
Unit I: Introduction to Translation
1. Definition of Translation
2. Translation as a Science or an Art
3. The importance of Translation
Unit II: Aspects of Translation
1. Qualities of Good Translation
2. Translation Studies
3. Translation Process - Eugene Nida’s Classical Model
Unit III: Types of Translation
1. The views of Dryden, Roman Jakobson, J.C. Catford & Theodore Savory
2. Translation – Total & Restricted, Rank-bound & Unbounded, Free & Literal, and
Semantic & Communicative
3. Transcription, Copying, Transliteration & Adaptation
Unit IV: Problems of Translation
1. Equivalence in Translation – Eugene Nida & Popovic
2. Translating Literary Texts (Poetry, Prose & Drama
3. Translating Non-Literary Texts
4. The Question of Loss and Gain in Translation
5. Limits of Translatability
Unit V: Translation Practice
Translating specified literary texts (i.e., passages from prose texts, stories, novels,
biographies, etc.)- English to Tamil & Tamil to English
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Textbook:
Susan Bassnett: Translation Studies. Third Edition (New York: Routledge, 2002)
References:
1. Prof. S. Yusuf: Translation Studies ( Based on Susan Bassnett)
(Madurai: Vasans, n.d.)
2. Dr. A. Shanmugakani and Dr. J. Samuel Kirubahar: Translatology
(Madurai: Vasans, n.d.)
3. R. Shanti : Towards Translation
(Chennai: Emerald Pub., 2009)
4. Krishna Shastri: Translation Theory
5. Eugene Nida: On Translation
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : II No. of Hours allotted: 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper V No. of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: BRITISH LITERATURE III
Objective:
To introduce English Romantic Literature to students.
Unit I: Prose
S.T. Coleridge : Biographia Literaria (Chapters XIII and XIV)
Unit II: Poetry-I
William Blake : The Lamb & The Tyger
William Wordsworth : The Solitary Reaper
S.T. Coleridge : The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Unit III: Poetry-II
Lord Byron : Don Juan (Canto VIII)
P.B. Shelley : The Cloud
John Keats : Ode to a Nightingale
Unit IV: Novel-I
Sir Walter Scott : Kenilworth
Unit V: Novel-II
Emily Bronte : Wuthering Heights
Reference:
M.H. Abrams et al.: Norton Anthology of English Literature (Vol. II) (New
York: W.W. Norton & co., 1979)
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : II No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper VI No. of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: SHAKESPEARE
Objective:
To give students a knowledge of Shakespeare’s plays
Unit I: Comedy
As You Like It
Unit II: Roman Play
Julius Caesar
Unit III: Tragedy
Othello
Unit IV: Tragi-Comedy
The Winter’s Tale
Unit V: General Shakespeare
Theatre & Audience
Comedies, History Plays (Roman & English), Dark Comedies,
Tragedies (Major and Minor) & Last Plays
Tragic Heroes, Heroines in Comedies, Fools & Villains
Songs & Music
Supernatural Elements
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References:
1. Dr. Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare (Chennai: Macmillan)
2. A.C. Bradley : Shakespearean Tragedy (Delhi: Surjeet Pub., 2006)
3. Irving Ribner : William Shakespeare: Life, Times and Theatres
4. Brandon Toropov : Shakespeare for Beginners Indian Edition (Chennai: Orient Longman,
2003)
5. G. Wilson Knight : The Wheel of Fire: Interpretations of Shakespearean
Tragedy (Cleveland: World Publishing / Meridian Books, 1957)
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : II No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper VII No. of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: AMERICAN LITERATURE
Objective:
To introduce students to representative pieces of American Literature
Unit I: Prose
Thoreau : Civil Disobedience
Abraham Lincoln : Gettysburg Speech
Unit II: Poetry-I
Emerson : Brahma
Edgar Allen Poe : The Raven
Walt Whitman : Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
Unit III: Poetry-II
Robert Frost : Mending Wall
After Apple Picking
Emily Dickinson : Hope is the thing with feathers
Sylvia Plath : Daddy
Wallace Stevens : Anecdote of the Jar
Unit IV: Drama
Arthur Miller : Death of a Salesman
Unit V: Novel
Hemingway : For Whom the Bell Tolls
Reference:
1. William J. Fisher et al (eds.): American Literature of the Nineteenth Century: An
Anthology (New Delhi: Eurasia, 1970)
2. Dr. Egbert S. Oliver (ed.): American Literature 1890–1965: An Anthology (New Delhi:
Eurasia, 1970)
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : II No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper VIII No. of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ENGLISH FICTION
Objective:
To expose students to contemporary trends in Postcolonial fiction
Unit I
Rohinton Mistry : Such a Long Journey
Unit II
Amitav Ghosh : The Shadow Lines
Unit III
Arundhati Roy : The God of Small Things
Unit IV
Upamanyu Chatterjee : English, August; An Indian Story
Unit V
Kiran Desai : The Inheritance of Loss
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : II No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Elective Paper II No. of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
Objective:
To impart teaching skills to students
Unit I
Problems and Principles of ELT
The Role of English in India as Second language and Foreign Language
Objectives of English Teaching in India
Unit II
The Theories of Language Learning and their Relevance to ELT—Cognitive
Code, Communicative Competence, Learning versus Acquisition, the Speech
Act Theory, Differences between First and Second Language Learning, and
Attitudes to Errors in English
Unit III
Syllabus, methods & materials
Approaches—Structural, Situational, Functional & Communicative
Approaches to Teaching Methodology
Audio – lingual (structural drills): grammar translation (rules and exercise);
Communicative Language Teaching—Structuring a Lesson and
Classroom-Interaction & Learner-Centered Teaching.
Unit IV:
Teaching of Reading—Macro-Skills & Micro-Skills
Teaching of Writing—Macro-Skills & Micro-Skills
Teaching of Listening Comprehension—Macro-Skills & Micro-Skills
Teaching of Speaking
Teaching of Literature – Grammar, Prose, Poetry & Story
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Unit V:
Practical Sessions
Textbooks:
1. M.L. Tickoo: Teaching and Learning English (New Delhi: Orient Longman,
2003)
2. Dr. S. Vincent: The Teaching of English (Madurai: Soundra Pub., 2007)
3. Krishnasamy: English in India
References:
1. M.K. Halliday et al. : The linguistics science and language Teaching
2. Pit Corder : Introducing Applied Linguistics
3. Lyons : Recent Trends in Linguistics
4. R. Lado : Language Teaching
5. W.R. Lee : English Language Teaching Selections I & II
6. Mackey W.R : Language Teaching Analysis
7. Yardi V.V : Teaching English in India Today
8. Jean Forester : Teaching without Lecturing
9. Brumfit and Johnson : The Communicative Approach to Language Teaching
10. Wilkins D.A. : Second Language Learning and Teaching
11. West M : Teaching English in Difficult Circumstances
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : III No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper IX No. of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: BRITISH LITERATURE IV
Objective:
To introduce students to representative pieces of Victorian Literature
Unit I: Prose
Matthew Arnold : The Study of Poetry
Unit II: Poetry-I
Alfred Lord Tennyson : Ulysses
Robert Browning : My Last Duchess
Matthew Arnold : Dover Beach
Unit III: Drama
Oscar Wilde : The Importance of Being Ernest
Unit IV: Fiction I
Charles Dickens : A Tale of Two Cities
Unit V: Fiction II
Thomas Hardy : The Mayor of Casterbridge
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : III No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper X No. of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: BRITISH LITERATURE V
Objective:
To introduce students to Modern English Literature
Unit I: Prose
Bernard Russell : Knowledge and Wisdom
George Orwell : The Sporting Spirit
G.B.Shaw : Spoken English & Broken English
Unit II: Poetry I
T. S. Eliot : The Wasteland
Unit III: Poetry II
W.B. Yeats : Easter 1916
W.H. Auden : The Unknown Citizen
Philip Larkin : Church Going
Ted Hughes : Hawk Roosting
Tom Gunn : On the Move
Unit IV: Drama
G.B.Shaw : Arms and the Man
Unit V: Fiction
D.H.Lawrence : Sons and Lovers
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : III No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper XI No. of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: Literary Criticism and Theory I
Objective:
To introduce students to some principles of literary criticism and theory
Unit I: New Criticism
I.A Richards : The Four Kinds of Meaning
Cleanth Brooks : The Language of Paradox
Unit II: Politics and Ideology
Edmond Wilson : Marxism and Literature
George Orwell : Politics and the English Language
Unit III: Postcolonialism and Postmodernism
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak : Can the Subaltern Speak?
Jean-Francois Lyotard : The Postmodern Condition
Unit IV: Poststructuralism and Deconstruction
Jacques Derrida : Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human
Sciences
Paul De Man : The Resistance to Theory
Unit V: Reader-Response Theory
Roland Barthes : The Death of the Author
Stanley Fish : Is There a Text in the Class?
References:
1. David Lodge (ed.): Modern Criticism and Theory : A Reader
2. V.S.Sethuraman (ed.): Contemporary Criticism: An Anthology
3. S. Ramasami and V.S. Sethuraman (eds.): English Critical Tradition Vol. II
4. Patricia Waugh and Philip Rice (eds.): Modern Literary Theory.
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : III No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper XIV No. of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: GENDER AND LITERATURE
Objective:
To make students understand the relationship between literature and gender
Unit I: Prose-I
Susie Tharu and Lalitha : “Introduction” to Women’s writing in India:
600 AD to the Present (Vol.I)
Unit II: Prose-II
Virginia Woolf : A Room of One’s Own
Unit III: Poetry
Judith Wright : Woman to Man
Kamala Das : Dance of the Eunuchs
Mary Gilmore : Eve Song
Margaret Atwood : This is a Photograph of Me
Elizabeth Barrett Browning : The Mask
Unit IV: Drama
Usha Ganguly : Rudali
Unit V: Novel
Alice Walker : The Colour Purple
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References:
De Beauvoir : The Second Sex (1997)
Eagleton (ed.) : Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader
Gilbert and Gubar: The Mad Woman in the Attic
Millett : Sexual Politics
Moi : Sexual / Textual Politics
KK Ruthven : Feminist Literary Studies: An Introduction (1990)
Showalter : A Literature of Their Own
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : III No. of Hours allotted: 6 / week
Paper : Non Major Elective No. of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: ENGLISH AND SOFT SKILLS
Objectives:
To help students acquire the required skills for employment
Unit I
Listening Skills
Written Communication Skills
Unit II
Learning Skills
Problem-Solving Skills
Unit III
Team-Work Skills
Adaptability Skills
Unit IV
Emotional Intelligence Skills
Non-Verbal Communication Skills
Unit V
Assertive Skills
Interview Skills
Text:
S.P. Dhanavel: English and Soft Skills (Hydrabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2010)
SRNMC Regulation - 2013 Syllabus
SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : IV No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Paper XIII No. of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: EUROPEAN LITERATURES IN TRANSLATION
Objective:
To introduce students to some world classics
Unit I: Prose
Albert Camus : The Myth of Sisyphus
Unit II: Poetry I:
Homer : The Iliad (Book I)
Unit III: Drama
Eugene Ionesco : Rhinoceros
Unit IV: Fiction I
Fyodor Dostoevsky : Crime and Punishment
Unit V: Fiction II
Franz Kafka : The Metamorphosis
SRNMC Regulation - 2013 Syllabus
SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : IV No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper No. of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: Literary Criticism and Theory II
Objective:
To introduce students to some principles of literary criticism and theory
Unit I:
Formalism and Structuralism
Unit II:
Marxist Criticism and New Historicism
Unit III:
Psychoanalytical Criticism
Unit 4:
Poststructuralism and Deconstruction
Unit 5:
Reader Response Theory and Eco-feminism
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References:
1. David Lodge (ed.): Modern Criticism and Theory : A Reader
2. V.S.Sethuraman (ed.): Contemporary Criticism: An Anthology
3. S. Ramasami and V.S. Sethuraman (eds.): English Critical Tradition Vol. II
4. Patricia Waugh and Philip Rice (eds.): Modern Literary Theory.
5. Francis Barker (ed.): Literature, Politics and Theory.
6. Terry Eagleton: Literary Theory: An Introduction.
7. Robert Con Davis: Contemporary Literary Criticism: Modernism through Post
structuralism.
8. Wilfred L Guerin: A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature.
9. Rosemary Radford Ruether: Sexism and God-Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology,
Beacon Press (1993)
10. Rosemary Radford Ruether: Gaia and God: An Ecofeminist Theology of Earth
Healing, Harper-Collins (1994)
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : IV No. of Hours allotted : 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject– Paper XV No. of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
Objective:
To make students familiar with postcolonial literatures
Unit I: Prose
Ngugi Wa Thiongo : From Decolonizing the Mind (from Arnold Anthology)
Salman Rushdie : Imaginary Homelands
Unit II: Poetry
Derek Walcott : A Far Cry from Africa
Wole Soyinka : Telephone Conversation
A.D. Hope : Australia
P.K. Page : Adolescence
Gabriel Okara : Once Upon a Time
Unit III: Drama
George Ryga : The Ecstasy of Rita Joe
Unit IV: Novel -I
Chinua Achebe : Arrow of God
Unit V: Novel -II
K.N.Daruwallah : For Pepper and Christ
Reference:
Thieme (ed.) : The Arnold Anthology of Postcolonial Literature in English (2000)
Loomba : Colonialism and Post colonialism (2001)
Said : Orientalism (1976).
Ashcroft, et al. : The Empire Writes Back (1995).
SRNMC Regulation - 2013 Syllabus
SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : IV No. of Hours allotted: 6 / week
Paper : Elective Paper III No. of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Objectives:
To introduce students to the historical development of English Language
To provide them with a basis for an understanding of present-day English
Unit I
1. The Indo-European Family of Languages and the place of English in it
2. English Language - Old, Middle & Modern
3. Grimm’s Law, Verner’s Law, Gradation, Mutation, the Great Vowel Shift and the
Simplification of English Accidence
Unit II
1. Latin, Greek, French, Spanish and Scandinavian Elements in
English
2. Native Resources—Anglo-Saxon & Celtic Elements
3. The Impact of the Renaissance, Reformation and Bible Translations on the
English Language
Unit III
1. Shakespeare’s Contribution
2. Contributions of Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, Matthew Arnold and T.S. Eliot
3. Standardization of Spelling and Pronunciation and the Evolution of Dictionaries
Unit IV
1. Word-Formation in English
2. Change in the Meanings of Words
3. Standard English
Unit V
1. American English
2. Indian and Other Varieties of English
3. The Impact of Modern Science and Technology on the English Language
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Textbooks:
1. Frederick T. Wood : An Outline History of the English Language. Second Edition
(Chennai: Macmillan, 1969)
2. Dr. R. Venkataraman: A History of the English Language (New Delhi: Rama
Brothers India Pvt. Ltd., 2007)
3. H. Bradley : The Making of English
References:
1. Albert C. Baugh: A History of the English Language Indian Reprint
(New Delhi: Allied Publishers Private Limited, 1978)
2. Dr. S. Vincent : The Study of English Language (Madurai: Vasans, n.d.)
SRNMC Regulation - 2013 Syllabus
SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of English
(For those who are joining in 2013- 2014 and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : IV No. of Hours allotted: 6 / week
Paper : Core Subject- Paper XVI No. of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: PROJECT WORK
Objective: To evaluate the critical competence, logical reasoning and scholarly
composition of the students at the end of the M.A. Programme.
Project
To be submitted on or before the last working day of the semester. It should not be less than
30 pages. It should be a critical perspective of an author or a work or an area of interest. It may
also be a translation or about an aspect in linguistics. It should be based on Methodology and
documentation as per Gibaldi’s MLA Handbook 7Th
Edition.
Allotment of Marks:
Internal
Project Proposal – 10 Marks
Proposal Presentation – 10 Marks
Progressive Report – 10 Marks
Pre- Submission Presentation – 10 Marks
External – 60 Marks
Evaluation Method for Project:
Maximum Marks Credits
Internal External
Project
Report 40 40
Viva voce 20
Total 100 4
Reference Book
Title of the Book : MLA Handbook,for writers of Research Papers
Names of the Author : Joseph Gibaldi
Publisher : Affliated East-West Press Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi.
Edition / Year : 7th
Edition/ 2004
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