M.A Eng Syllabi 2010-11

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HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE - I

ENG- 901

Semester I

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To offer students a critical and historical insight into salient literary trends and movements from

Anglo-Saxon to Eighteen Century

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Anglo-Saxon Literature

Chaucer and his time

The end of the Middle Age and early Tudor Scene

Spenser and his time

UNIT II

Drama from the miracle plays to Marlow

Shakespeare and his time

Drama from Johnson to closing of the theatres

UNIT III

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Prose in sixteenth & seventeenth century

Poetry after Spenser (Metaphysical traditions)

Milton and his milieu

Restoration Age (prose, poetry & drama)

UNIT IV

The Augustan Age (Defoe, Swift, Pope)

Novel from Richardson to Jane Austen

Eighteenth Century Prose and Miscellaneous Writings

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Bowden, M. A. Readers Guide to Geoffrey Chaucer. London: Thames and Hudson, 1965.

2. Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature. New York: Ronald Press Co.,1960.

3. Hudson, W.H. An Outline History of English Literature. London: Bell, 1932.

4. Ford, Borris. A Pelican Guide to English Literature, New York: Penguin Books, 1968.

5. Hawkins-Dady. Mark. Reader s Guide to Literature in English, London: Taylor & Francis, 1996.

6. Sanders Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature (3rd ed ition). New Delhi: OUP, 2005.

REFERENCE BOOKS

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1. Baugh, A.C. Ed. A Literary History of England (2nd ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967.

2. Sphere History of English Literature. London: Sphere, 1971. Rev. ed . 1986. Rpt. as Penguin

History of Literature. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1993.

3. Ford , Boris Ed . The new Pelican Guide to English Literature Series. Harmondsworth,

Middlesex, England, New York, N.Y: Penguin Publications, 1982.

4. Simon, J. Education and Society in Tudor England. Cambridge: University Press,1966.

SCHEME OF END SEMESTER EXAMINATION (MAJOR TEST)

Theory

1. The duration of the exam will be 3 hours.

2. The Question Paper shall have five questions in all. Each question will carry equal marks.

3. The student is required to attempt all the five questions.

4. Question no. 1 will be in the form of short notes/ objective type

questions/ explanation of basic concepts covering all the four units of the

syllabus. The question will constitu te various sub-parts with enough choice.

The emphasis would be on testing the basic conceptual understanding of

students regarding theoretical inputs of the course.

5. There shall be four more questions (Questions no.2 to 5), one each from all

the four units of the syllabus. These questions will be essay type questions

with internal choice. In other words, each unit will have one question (essay

type) with internal choice.

Note: No question exclusively based on individual author/text will be set.

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CRITICAL FOUNDATION

ENG- 903

Semester I

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To equip students with literary, critical and cultural concepts with a view to nurture an informed

response to an appreciation of literature.

UNIT I

Introduction to Literary Genres:

Romance, Epic, Poetry, Drama, Fiction, Biography, Travelogues etc along with their sub-

genres

UNIT II

Critical and Cultural Idiom:

Figures of Speech (imagery, metaphor, metonymy, Paradox, Irony, Pun, Satire),

Allegory, Ambiguity, Archetype, Discourse, Inter-textuality, Dialectics, Subaltern,

Gender & Patriarchy, Hegemony, Ideology, Deconstruction

UNIT III

Literary Movements & Phenomena:

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(Brief introduction) Neo classicism, Romanticism, Renaissance, Realism, Naturalism,

Modernism, Marxism, Post-modernism, Colonialism, Post-colonialism, Feminism

UNIT IV A Critical Texts: Plato s Republic, Book X

Aristotle s Poetics

B Assignments: Application of critical, cultural idiom through text based assignments.

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Atkins, J.W.H. English Literary Criticism I The medieval Phase, Cambridge: CUP, 1943; II The Renaissance, London: Methuen & Co.1947; III The Seventeenth and eighteenth Centuries, London: Methuen & Co., 1951.

2. Peck, John & Martin Coyle. Literray Terms and Criticism. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 1984, III edition 2002.

3. Ramaswami, S. & V.S. Sethuraman. eds.The English Critical Trad ition. Vol.1, Delhi: Macmillan, 1977, rpt. 2007

4. Rees, R.J. English Literature: An introduction for Foreign Readers. New Delhi: Macmillan India, 2004.

5. Mikula, Maja. Key Concepts in Cultural studies. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

6. Butcher, S.H. Aristotle s Theory of Poetry and Fine Art. New York: Dover Publishers, 1951.

7. Culler, Jonathan. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

8. Enright, D. J. & Earnest de Chickera. English Critical Texts. Oxford: OUP, 1999

9. Plato. Tr. Benjamin Jowett. The Republic, Book X. New York: Random House, 1957.

10. Prasad, B. A Short History of Literary Criticism. New Delhi: Macmillan, 1986.

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11. Rivkin, Ju lie & Michael Ryan, eds. Literary Theory: An Anthology (II ed). Malden, M.A.: Wiley-Blackwelll, 2004.

12. Waugh, P. Literary Theory and Criticism. New Delhi: OUP, 2007.

13. Wimsatt & Brooks. Literray Criticism: A Short history. London: Routledge, 1970.

14. Washburn, Phil.. The Vocabulary of Critical Thinking, OUP


Theory


2. The Question paper shall have five questions in all. Each question will carry equal marks.


4. Question no. 1 will be in the form of short notes/ objective type questions/ explanation of

basic concepts covering all the four units of the syllabus. The question will constitu te

various sub-parts with enough choice. The emphasis would be on testing the basic

conceptual understanding of students regarding theoretical inputs of the course.

5. There shall be four more questions (Questions no.2 to 5), one each from all the four units

of the syllabus. Each question will have two parts of 10 marks each with enough internal

choice, covering various components of the unit. V. In other words, each unit will have

one question (essay type) with internal choice.

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PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY

ENG- 905

Semester I

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To help students to develop proficiency in oral communication in English. For this, it focuses on

honing up their basics of speaking i.e. pronunciation, rhythm of language etc. in order to improve

their oral interface

both in formal and informal situation

in professional, interpersonal or

social surroundings.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Introduction:

Speech Mechanism: Articulation above the larynx; Accent and d ialect in English:

RP/MRP; World Englishes

UNIT II

Phonetics:

Card inal Vowels; English Speech Sounds: Description of Speech Sounds; Phonemes;

Allophones; Phonemic Transcription of words

UNIT III Phonology: Syllable: Syllable structure, syllabic consonants, consonant clusters; Prosodic Features:

Stress and Rhythm, Word Accent; Intonation: Form and functions of intonation

UNIT IV

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Features of Connected Speech:

Assimilation, Ellison, Liaison, Glottalling; Phonemic Transcription of sentences and paragraphs

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Ashby, Patricia. Speech Sounds. London: Routledge, Second edition, 2005.

2. Balasubramanian, T. A Textbook of English Phonetics. New Delhi: MacMillan, 1981 (rpt 2007).

3. Collins, Baverley & Inger M. Mes. Practical Phonetics & Phonology. Oxon: Routledge, 2003 (rpt2008)

4. Cruttenden, A. Gimson' s Pronunciation of English. London: Edward Arnold . Sixth ed ition, 2001.

5. O'Connor, J.D. Better English Pronunciation. Cambridge University Press. Second edition, 1980.

6. Roach, P. English Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge University Press. Third ed ition, 2000.

7. Roach, P. J. Hartman and J. Setter (ed .), English Pronouncing Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. Seventeenth edition, 2006.

8. Wells, J. C. English Intonation: an introduction. Cambridge University Press, 2006

9. Wells, John. Longman s Pronunciation Dictionary. London: Longman Pearson, 2008


Theory


2. The Question Paper for each theory course shall have five questions in all. Each

question will carry equal marks.


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syllabus. The question will constitu te various sub-parts with enough choice. The

emphasis would be on testing the basic conceptual understanding of students

regarding theoretical inputs of the course.

5. There shall be four more questions (Questions no.2 to 5), one each from all the

four units of the syllabus. Each question will have two/ three parts with enough

internal choice, covering various components of the unit. In other words, each

unit will have one question (essay type) with internal choice.

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ADVANCE WRITING SKILLS

ENG-907

Semester I

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To prepare students with writing skills needed in academic and the professional world ; to give

them the opportunity to learn techniques, forms, and trad itions of various types of writing; to

make them learn from basic expository prose to more advanced forms of non-fictional prose.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Introduction to Writing:

Introduction and importance of writing skills; Types of Writing: Descriptive,

Expository, Narrative, Argumentative and Analytic

UNIT II Writing & Discourse Analysis: Textual and structural analysis of various texts

fictional and non fictional: Sentence

styles & their applications; paragraph development: basic structure of paragraph,

paragraph unity etc; Use of figurative language.

UNIT III

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Creative & Professional Writing:

Newsletter & Magazine Writing: Writing Articles, Features and Editorials; Info-

commercial Writing, Web - Content Writing; Writing Book Reviews

UNIT IV

Copy Editing & Writing Assignments:

Editing & Formatting; Writing a Research Paper Exercises designed to offer students

critique of their own writing, and that of published books, articles, and essays.

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Goatly, Andrew. An Introductory Coursebook: Critical Reading and Writing. London: Routledge, 2000

2. McLoughlin, Linda. The Language of Magazines. London and New York: Routledge, 2000 (Reprint 2006).

3. Reah, Danuta.. The Language of Newspapers. London and New York: Routledge, 2004.

4. Goddard, Angela. The Language of Advertising. London and New York: Routledge, 2005.

5. Booher, Dianna. E-Writing: 21st Century Tools for Effective Communication. New Delhi: McMillan, 2007.

6. Boardman, Mark. The Language of Websites. London and New York: Routledge, 2005.

7. Mills, Sara. Discourse. London and New York: Routledge, 1997.

8. Salkie, Raphael. Text and Discourse Analysis. London and New York: Routledge, 1995.

9. Butcher, Judith. Copy Editing. Cambridge: CUP (Third Edition).

10. Gibald i, Joseph . MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New Delhi: EWP 2000 (6th Edition).

11. Baran, Stanley J & Dennis K. Davis. Mass Communication Theory: Foundations, Ferment, and Future Thomson Press, 2007 (Indian reprint).

12. Childs, Peter. Texts: Contemporary Cultural Texts and Critical Approaches. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2006.

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2. The Question paper shall have five questions in all. Each question will carry equal marks.








four units of the syllabus. A question can also be d ivided into two parts of 10

marks each with enough internal choice, covering various components of the

unit. In other words, each unit will have one question (essay type) with internal

choice.

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BRITISH POETRY

ENG- 909

(Elective I: Group A)

Semester I

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To expose students to various nuances of British poetry till early Romantics through an extensive

study of major poets.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

1. Chaucer: The General Prologue to Canterbury Tales

2. Donne: A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning , The Good-morrow , Love s Growth , The Sun Rising , The Canonization

UNIT II

1. Milton: Paradise Lost: Book I

2. Pope: The Rape of the Lock (Canto I, III, V)

UNIT III

1. Wordsworth: Tintern Abbey and Intimations of Immortality

2. Keats: The Eve of St. Agnes & Ode on a Grecian Urn

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UNIT IV

1. Yeats: Among School Children, The Second Coming, A Prayer for My Daughter, Leda and the Swan

2. Auden: Musee des Beaux Arts , The Unknown Citizen , In Memory of W.B. Yeats, Lullaby

3. Eliot: The Wasteland

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Beardsley, Aubrey. The Rape of the Lock: An Heroicomical Poem in Five Cantos. New York: Dover Publication, 1969.

2. Bowden, M. A Readers Guide to Geoffrey Chaucer. New York: Ferrar, 1964.

3. Blamires, Harry. Milton s Creation: A Guide Through Paradise Lost. London: Matheun, 1971.

4. Cooper, Helen. The Canterbury Tales: Oxford Guide to Chaucer. USA: OUP, 1989.

5. Empson, William. Milton s God. Cambridge: CUP, 1981.

6. Frye, Northrop. T.S. Eliot: An Introduction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981.

7. Jeffares, Alexander Norman. Poems of W.B. Yeats: A New Selection. London: Macmillan, 1984.

8. ----. A New Commentary on the Poems of W.B. Yeats. Standford : Stanford University Press, 1984.

9. Mendelson, Edward. W.H. Auden: Collected poems. New York: Random House, 2007.

10. Moody, A. David. The Cambridge Companion to T.S. Eliot. Cambridge: CUP, 1994.

11. Reeves, James. A Short History of English Poetry. London: Heinemann, 1897.

12. Sanders, Wilbur. John Donne s Poetry. London: CUP, 1971.

13. Soatham, B.C. ed. Twentieth Century Poets. London: Routledge, 2007

14. Mack, Maynard. Pope: A Life. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985.

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15. The Complete Works of William Wordsworth. New York: Bartleby, 1999.


Theory


2. The Question Paper shall have five questions in all. Each question will carry

equal marks.




syllabus. The question will constitute various sub-parts with enough choice.




type) with internal choice. In other words, each unit will have one question

(essay type) with internal choice.

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BRITISH DRAMA

ENG- 911


Semester I

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To familiarize students with the history of the theatre and its sub-genres through a detailed study

of selected canonical British plays

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

1. Jew of Malta/Christopher Marlow

2. King Lear /Shakespeare

UNIT II

1. The Duchess of Malfi/ Webster

2. The Way of the World /William Congreve

UNIT III

1. The Alchemist/ Ben Jonson

2. The Apple Cart/ Shaw

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UNIT IV

1. The Birthday Party/ Pinter

2. Waiting for Godot/ Samuel Beckett

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Brown, John Russel, ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre. New York: Oxford University Press,.1997.

2. Chaney, Patrick. A Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare s Poetry. Cambridge: CUP, 2007.

3. Dollimore, Jonathan & Alan Sinfield ., eds. The Selected Plays of John Webster. Cambridge: CUP, 1983

4. Gordon, Campbell. The Alchemist and other Plays. London: OUP, 1995.

5. Gunnar, Boklund. The Duchess of Malfi: Sources, Themes, Characters. Harvard : Harvard UP, 1962.

6. Jacobus, Lee. A The Bedford Introduction to Drama. Boston: Bedford, 1993.

7. Kenner, H. A Reader s Guide to Samuel Beckett. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973.

8. Leggat, Alexander. Shakespearian Tragedies. Cambridge: CUP, 2005

9. Marlow, Christopher. Jew of Malta. New York: Dover Publications, 2003.

10. Miesel, M. Shaw and the Nineteenth Century Theater. Princeton NJ and London: Princeton University Press, 1963.

11. Rabkin, Norman. Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Duchess of Malfi: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1968.

12. Raby, Peter ed. The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter. Cambridge: CUP, 2001.

13. Scott, McMillin. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy. New York: Norton, 1973.

14. Shakespeare, William. King Lear. New Delhi: Rupa, 2007.

15. Steane, J.B. Marlow: A Critical Study. Cambridge: CUP, 1970.

16. Stewert, M.J. King Lear. UK: Wine Dark press, 2005.

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17. Wells, Stanley. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Studies. Cambridge: CUP, 1986.


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various sub-parts with enough choice.


of the syllabus. These questions will be essay type questions with internal choice. In other

words, each unit will have one question (essay type) with internal choice. In other words,

each unit will have one question (essay type) with internal choice.

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ENGLISH PROSE

ENG- 913


Semester I

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To develop an appreciation of English prose as an integral aspect of literature among students.

UNIT I

1. Francis Bacon s Of Truth , Of Discourse , Of Friendship , Of Studies ##

2. Charles Lamb s Dream Children: A Reverie , A Bachelor s Complaint , In Praise of Chimney Sweepeers ###

3. William Hazlitt s The Indian Jugglers , On Thought and Action and On the Past and Future

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UNIT II

1. Thomas Babington Macaulay s On the Royal Society of Literature and On the Athenian Orators *#

2. Mathew Arnold s Equality **#

3. Chestorton s Conceit and Caricature , The Worship of the Wealthy *##

UNIT III

1. Huxley s Tragedy and the Whole Truth *̂

2. Virginia Woolf s A Room of One s Own

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3. Salman Rushdie s Satyajit Ray , Is Nothing Sacred , In God We Trust

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UNIT I V

1. Alice Walker s In Search of our Mother s Garden *

2. Chinua Achebe s The African Writer and the English Language **

RECOMMENDED READING

1. ** Burke, Lucy, Tony Crowley and Alan Girvin, eds., The Routledge Language and Cultural Theory Reader, London: Routledge, 2000 (rpt. 2001).

2. *Walker, Alice. In Search of our Mothers Garden.

3. #Rushdie, Salman. Iamginary Homelands. London: Granta Books, 1991.

4. **# Arnold, Matthew. Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold >Release Date: June 15, 2004 [EBook #12628]

5. *## Chesterton, G. K. All Things Considered Release Date: March 7, 2004 [EBook #11505]

6. ### Lamb, Charles. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume. Release Date: November 30, 2003 [eBook #10343]

7. #### Hazlitt, William Table-Talk: Essays on Men and Manners. Release Date: November 2, 2009 [EBook #3020]

8. *# Macaulay, Thomas Babington The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 1 (of 4) Contibutions to Knight's Quarterly Magazine]

Release Date: June 14, 2008 [EBook #2167]

9. ## Bacon, Francis. The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld.

Verulam Viscount St. Albans. Release Date: November 25, 2009 [EBook #575]

11.*^ Available on Net

12. Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1989.

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LITERATURE & COMMUNICATION

ENG-915

(Elective I: Group B)

Semester I

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To give learners exposure to literature with a sound base in language and communication.

Learners will acquire critical abilities and linguistic competence.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Basic concepts:

Literature

what and why; Origin and Evolution; Formal elements and Literary genres; Language of literature; Literature as cognitive, ideological and aesthetic medium; Production, communication and consumption of literature

UNIT II

Poetry and Communication:

(A) Poetry and poetic trad ition with special reference to Classical, Romantic and Modern poetic sensibility across cu ltures; the scope and significance of poetry as communicative medium

(B) Detailed study of the following texts as case studies:

1. Sonnet 18 and 73/ Shakespeare

2. Daffod ils / William Wordsworth

3. Dover Beach / Matthew Arnold

4. My Last Duchess / Robert Browning

5. Two Tramps in Mud / Robert Frost

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6. Introduction / Kamala Das

7. Dil Hi To Hai / Mirza Ghalib; Bol Ke Lab Azaad Hein Tere / Faiz Ahmed Faiz

UNIT III

Fiction and Communication:

(A) Short Stories and Novels as Communicative Media; Fiction as Social and Political Narrative

(B) Detailed Study of the following texts as case studies:

1. ** Kafan / Prem Chand; * Mother / Baburao Bagul/ ##

Daupadi / Mahasweta Devi

2. The Guide/R.K. Narayan

UNIT IV

Drama and Communication:

(A) Drama as a medium of interpersonal and cultural communication

(B) Detailed study of the following texts as case studies:

1. Julius Caesar /Shakespeare

2. Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf/Edward Albee

RECOMMENDED READING

1. ** Available on Net

2. Dangle, Arjun. Ed. Poisoned Bread. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1992.

3. Narayan, R.K. The Guide , London: Penguin Books , 1988

4. ## Devi, Mahasweta .Breast Stories,Calcutta: Seagull Books, 1998

5. Miller, J. Hillis. On Literature: Thinking in Action, London: Routledge, 2002.

6. Thornborrow, Joanna and Shan Wareing, Patterns in Language: An Introduction to Language and Literary Style, London: Routledge, 1998.

7. Rees, R.J. English Literature: An Introduction for Foreign Readers, Delhi: Macmillan, 1973 (rpt 2004).

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8. Carter, Ronald and Peter Stockwell, eds., The language and Literature Reader, New York: Routledge 2008.

9. Albee, Edward. Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, New York: Signet, 1983.

10. Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. London: Penguin Books; 1976.

11. Gaur, Albertine .A History of Writing. London: The British Library, 1984.

12. Widowson, Peter. Literature, London: Routledge, 1988/2007

13. Prasad, B. .A Background to the Study of English Literature, Madras: Macmillan, 65/87.


Theory


2. The Question Paper shall have five questions in all. Each question will

carry equal marks.




syllabus. The question will constitu te various sub-parts with enough

choice. The emphasis would be on testing the basic conceptual

understanding of students regarding theoretical inputs of the course.

5. There shall be four more questions (Questions no.2 to 5), one each from

all the four units of the syllabus. These questions will be essay type

questions with internal choice. In other words, each unit will have one

question (essay type) with internal choice. In other words, each unit will

have one question (essay type) with internal choice.

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NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION

ENG-917


Semester I

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To teach students the importance of body language as a means of effective communication and

to train them to use body language to (a) increase personal impact over the listeners and build

rapport with others (b) read and interpret other people s non-verbal signs, and (c) help control

tension and conflict in interactive/communicative situations.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Introduction:

Concept, scope and significance of Non-Verbal Communication; Domains of Non-Verbal

Communication: Body Language, Sign Language (i.e. Traffic signals etc), Cultural

Conventions, Customs, Space and Time Conventions etc; Clothing and Personal

Appearance

UNIT II

Body Language:

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Concept, Scope and Significance of Body Language as Communicative Tool; Facial

Expressions and Eyes, Gestures, Postures, Gait and Space, Physical Environment

UNIT III

Non-Verbal Communication & Inter-Personal Relationships:

Improving Body Language for Effective Communication; Case Study of silent

movies like Singeetam Srinivasa Rao s Pushpak

UNIT IV

Non Verbal Communication & Culture:

Socio-Cultural Influence on non-verbal communication: Rituals, Symbols and Taboos;

Socio-Geographical Space; case and field studies

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Allan, Keith and Kate Burridge. Forbidden Words. Cambridge: CUP, 2006.

2. Morris, Desmond. Peoplewatching. London: Vintage Books, 2002.

3. ------. The Pocket Guide to Man Watching. London: Grafton Books

4. ------. The Naked Ape, London: Grafton Books, 1977/89

5. Pease, Allan. Body Language: How to Read Other s Thoughts by Their Gestures. New Delhi: Sudha Publication, 2003

6. Ribbens, Geoff and Richard Thompson. Body Language. New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007.

7. Rao, Singeetam Srinivasa. Pushpak ( movie)


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of the syllabus. A question can also be d ivided into two parts of 10 marks each with

enough internal choice, covering various components of the unit. In other words, each

unit will have one question (essay type) with internal choice.

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COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE

HUE-919


Semester I

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To enhance students understanding of the processes of cultural and intercu ltural communication; to promote

open and affirmative attitudes towards cultural d ifferences, and develop skills to manage and understand

intercultural encounters and cultivate intercultural relationships.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Conceptual Basics:

Culture, Essentialist and Non Essentialist view of Culture: Intercu ltural Contexts:

Identity, Otherization, Representation/ Discourse; Cultural Texts: Literature, Myths,

Symbols and Stereotype; Models of Cultural Integration and Communication

UNIT II Identity: Identity as a Personal Project, Globalization and Identity, Discourse, Identity and

Culture, Identity and Language Learning, Identity Community and the Internet;

Explorations into Identity Communication: The Story of the Self, Self vis-à-vis the Other,

Tackling Cultural Fundamentalism, Investigating Discourse and Power

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UNIT III

Otherization:

Images of the Other, Absence and Invisibility in Otherization; Explorations into

Otherization: The Located Self , Integrating the Other, Introspecting Self

UNIT IV

Representation:

(A) Representation in Literature and Mass Media; Personality and its Social

Construction, Social Constructionism and Social Representations, Cultural

Constructs; Exploring Representations

(B) The detailed study of following texts:

1. Untouchable by Mulkraj Anand

2. Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Anand, Mulkraj. Untouchable, London: Penguin India, 1940

2. Desai , Anita. Fasting, Feasting, London: Chatto and Windus, 1999.

3. Holliday, Adrian, Martin Hyde and John Kulliman. Intercultural Communication: An

Advanced Resource Book. London/ New York: Routledge, 2004.

4. Childs, Peter. Texts: Contemporary Cultural Texts and Critical Approaches.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2006.

5. Burk, Lucy, Tony, Crowley and Alan Girvin, Eds. The Routledge Language and Cultural

Theory Reader. London and New York, 2000.

6. Chaudhary, Nandita. Listening to Culture: Constructing Reality from Everyday Talk.

New Delhi: Sage Publication: 2004.

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7. Leeuwen, Theo Van. Introducing Social Semiotics. London: Routledge, 2005.

8. Kress, Gunther and Theo Van Leeuwen. Reading Images: The Grammar of

Visual Designs. London: Routledge, 2006.

9. Stockwell, Peter. Sociolinguistics: A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge, 2002.

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questions/explanation of basic concepts covering all the four units of

the syllabus. The question will constitu te various sub-parts with

enough choice. The emphasis would be on testing the basic

conceptual understanding of students regarding theoretical inputs of

the course.

5. There shall be four more questions (Questions no.2 to 5), one each

from all the four units of the syllabus. A question can also be divided

into two parts of 10 marks each with enough internal choice,

covering various components of the unit. In other words, each unit

will have one question (essay type) with internal choice.

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ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS LAB

ENG-951

Semester I

Credit: 4

LAB: 4 hrs.

External Marks: 50

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To train students to have proficiency in oral communication

COURSE CONTENT

Oral Communication in Practice:

Need and Significance of Effective Oral Communication; Practice of

Conversation

Interpersonal and Telephonic Conversation; Formal Talks;

Practicing verbal and non-verbal communication (Body Language) to acquire

effective Oral Communication; Exercises in Listening to Talk Shows, Speech

Reviews; Practice in English Sounds and Speech using RP/ MRP; Practice in

word stress and Intonation.

NOTE: Students will be tested for their oral proficiency (ear-training through dictation,

recorded tracks, speaking out the sounds/speech given) through a practical test/viva

conducted by an external examiner.


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Practical exam for the course will be conducted by an external examiner appointed by

the university.

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Pridham, Francesca. The Language of Conversation. London: Routledge, 2001 (rpt 2006).

2. Hamilton, Cheryl. Communicating for Results. Wadsworth/Thompson Learning

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INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY LAB

HUE-953

Semester I

Credit: 4

LAB: 4hrs

Internal Marks: 50

External Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To help students practice application of computer skills and software packages. Special emphasis

will be laid on Photoshop, corelDraw and other relevant software for text formatting and HTML

for Web page design.

COURSE CONTENT

HTML & Web Page Design: Writing HTML, Structure of HTML, Document;

HTML Tags, Inserting Images, Creating Links, Tables, Forms, Frames

Working with Software Packages: Word Processor

working with Text, Tables,

Checking spelling and Grammar, Printing a Document, mail Merger; PowerPoint

Presentation

working with Different Views and Designing Presentation;

Introduction to CorelDraw and Photoshop

NOTE: Students will be tested for their knowledge and application of basic computer skills

and prescribed software/language through a practical test/viva conducted by an

external examiner.

SCHEME OF END SEMESTER EXAMINATION (MAJOR TEST

Practical

Practical exam for the course will be conducted by an external examiner appointed by

the university.

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HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE - II

ENG- 902

Semester II

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To offer students a critical and historical insight into salient literary trends and movements from

Eighteenth Century to twentieth century.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

French Revolution and English Literature: French Revolution, pre-romantic era,

Romantic Movement: Poetry, Prose of early and middle 19th century, early 19th century

novel

UNIT II

Industrial Revolution and the Early Victorian Literature: Intellectualism and science, the

Doctrine of Religious Beliefs, Early Victorian prose, Poetry and novel

UNIT III

Late Victorian Age: The Chartist movement, The Victorian Compromise, the Agrarian

Crisis, Drama and late Victorian Novel

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UNIT IV

Twentieth Century Literature: Economic and Social changes before World War I, Socio-

political and economic scenario between the wars, Psychological novel, Poetry & other

writings (post-war and post-modern)

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Cazamian and Emile Legouis.. History of English literature. London: JM Dent & Sons. Ltd., 1971.

2. Evans, Ifor. A Short History of English Literature. London: Penguin Books, 1976.

3. Ford, Boris. Ed. The Pelican Guide to English Literature Vol.1 to 7. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1983.

4. Greenblatt, S. and Giles Gunn, eds. Redrawing the Boundaries. New York: MLA, 1992.

5. Hoffman, Daniel, ed. Harvard Guide to Contemporary Writing. Mass: Harvard UP, 1979.

6. Long, William. J. English Literature: Its History and Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World. Boston: Ginn & Co., 1909.

7. Ruland, Richard and Malcolm Bradhury. From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature. New York: Penguin, 1992.

8. Trevelyan, G. M. English Social History. London: Penguin Books, 1944.


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Note: No question exclusively based on individual author/s will be set.

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LITERARY CRITICISM & THEORY

I

ENG-904

Semester II

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To acquaint students with the works of significant critics, critical movements, theories; and to

enable them to apply principles of criticism to literary texts.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Wordsworth s Preface to Lyrical Ballads ( 1800)**

Samuel Taylor Coleridge s Biographia Literaria ( Ch. XIV)**

Matthew Arnold s Function of Criticism at the Present Time ***

UNIT II

T.S. Eliot s Tradition and the Individual Talent *

Henry James The Art of Fiction ***

Freud s Creative Writing and Day Dreaming *

UNIT III

I A Richards

Four Kinds of Meaning *

William Empson s The Seven Types of Ambiguity ***

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Cleanth Brooks Irony as a Principle of Structure ***

UNIT IV

Northrop Frye s The Archetypes of literature *

George Lukacs The Ideology of Modernism *

Wayne C. Booth s Objectivity in Fiction *

Note: Different signs such as *, # etc. indicate source of the essays, i.e. books enlisted in the

RECOMMENDED READING

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Daiches, David . A Critical History of English Literature. New York: Ronald Press Co.,1960.

2. . .Critical Approaches to Literature. Hyderabad: Macmillan, 1956.

3. Empson, William. The Seven Types of Ambuiguity. London: Chatto and Windus, 1949.

4. Johnson, Leslie. The Culture Critics: From Matthew Arnold to Raymond Williams. London: Routledge, 1979.

5. *Lodge, David. Twentieth Century Criticism. London: Longman, 1972.

6. Morton, Stephen. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. London: Routledge, 1972. Indian rpt.2007.

7. **Ramaswami, S. & V.S. Sethuraman. The English Critical Tradition. Vol 1. Delhi: Macmillan, 2007.

8. *** ... The English Critical Tradition. Vol 2. Delhi: Macmillan, 2007.

9. Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: A User Friendly Guide. New York: garland, 1999.

10. Wimsatt, W.K. & Cleanth Brooks. Literary Criticism: A Short History. London: Routledge, 1970.

11. Wellek, Rene. A History of Modern Criticism. New Heaven: Yale University Press,1955.

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ENGLISH NOVEL

ENG-906

Semester II

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To familiarise students with major English novels to inculcate in them an appreciation of the texts

and contexts of English novel.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

1. Joseph Andrews/Henry Fielding

2. Hard Times/ Charles Dickens

UNIT II

1. Pride and Prejudice/ Jane Austen

2. Jude the Obscure/ Thomas Hardy

UNIT III

1. The Rainbow/ D.H. Lawrence

2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man/James Joyce

UNIT IV

1. The Heart of the Matter/ Graham Greene

2. Prime of Miss Jean Brodie/ Muriel Spark

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. London: Random House, 2008.

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2. Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Height. London: Random House, 2008.

3. Dickens, Charles. Hard Times. New Delhi: Rupa & Co., 2007

4. Fielding, Henry. Joseph Andrews. London, Penguin, 1977.

5. Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. New York: Penguin Books, 1971.

6. Hardy, Thomas. Jude the Obscure/. London: Penguin Classics, 1895.

7. Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. New York: Barnes and Nobel classics, 2004.

8. Lawrence, D.H. The Rainbow. Digireads.com Publishing, 2008.

9. Sage, Lorna. The Cambridge Guide to Women s Writing in English. Cambridge: CUP, 1999.

10. Spark, Muriel. Prime of Ms Jean Brodie. London: Macmillan, 1961.

11. Taylor, Harriet. The Enfranchisement of Women in John Taylor Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill, Essays on Sex Inequality. ed. Alice Rossi . Chicago: Chicago UP, 1970.

12. Wilson, Keith, Ed. Companion to Thomas Hardy. Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.


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type) with internal choice. In other words, each unit will have one question

(essay type) with internal choice.

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TRANSLATION

ENG-908

Semester II

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To expose students to translation, its dynamics and its role as a communicative tool across

cultures and languages.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Initiation:

Understanding the Concept: Types of Translation; Problems of Translation: Loss and

Gain, translating poetry, prose and drama; History of Translation Theory: A Brief

Historical and Theoretical Overview from Early theories to the Present.

UNIT II

Perspectives: Detailed study of the following essays:

1. Translation as New Writing by Sujit Mukherjee (From: Mukherjee Sujit,

Translation as Discovery. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1981(rpt. 2006): 77-85.

2. Translation and Comparative Literature by Abhai Maurya (From: Gargesh

Ravinder and Krishan Kumar Goswami, eds. Translation and Interpreting:

Reader and Workbook. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2007: 65-86.

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3. The Politics of Post-Colonial Translation by Harish Trived i (From: Singh,

Avadhesh K, ed . Translation: Its Theory and Practice. New Delhi: Creative

Books, 1996: 46-55.

UNIT III

Case Studies:

Analysis of the following woks in original and their translation across languages and

genres:

1. Shakespeare s Othello and its *textual translations and **cinematic rendering in Hindi

and English

Raghav, Rangey. Trans. Othello

Burge, Stuart, / Parker, Oliver. Director. Othello ( Movie)

Bhardwaj, Vishal. Director. Omkara (Movie)

2. Krishna Sobti s Mitro Marjani and its ##translations in English:

Rajendra Yadav, Trans. Damn, You Mitro.

Rajan, Gita and Raji Narsimhan. Trans. To Hell with You Mitro.

3. *# Kabir s selected poems and their English translations:

Kabir s Poems

Panni Me Meen Payasi , Naahin Dharmi Naahin

Adharmi , Maya Maha Thagini Hum Jani , Jhini Jhini Bini Chadariya

from Kabir by Acharya Hazari Prasad Diwedi

Translations of these poems by Tagore, G.N. Das, Linda Hess & Sukhdev

Singh, Vinay Dharvadkar, Rajinder Singh Verma

UNIT IV

Activity:

Translation of various literary and non literary texts - stories, prose pieces, novellas,

plays, poems from Hind i to English and English to Hindi; Assignments and d iscussion

sessions regarding specific problems of translation.

RECOMMENDED READING

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1. Basnett, Susan. Translation Studies. London/New York: 1980 (Indian rpt 2005).

2. Bassnett, Susan and Harish Trivedi. Post-Colonial Translation: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge, 2005

3. Bhardwaj, Vishal. Director. Omkara, a movie based on Othello

4. **Burge, Stuart, / Parker, Oliver. Director. Othello a Movie

5. *# Diwedi, Acharya Hazari Prasad . Kabir. New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakasan.

6. Gargesh Ravinder and Krishan Kumar Goswami, eds. Translation and Interpreting: Reader and Workbook. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2007.

7. Hatim, Basil and Ian Mason. The Translator as Communicator. London/New York: 1997.

8. Mukherjee, Sujit. Translation as Discovery. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, , 2006.

9. Munday, Jeremy. Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and Applications. London: Routledge, 2001 (rpt 2006).

10. * Raghav, Rangey. Trans. Othello. Delhi: Rajpal, 2007.

11. Rahman, Anisur, ed. Translation: Poetics and Practice. New Delhi: Creative Books, 2002.

12. Rajan, Gita and Raji Narsimhan. Trans. To Hell with You Mitro. Delhi: Katha, 2007.

13. Yadav, Rajendra. Trans. Damn, You Mitro. Kolkata: The Little Magazine

14. Robbin, Douglass. Becoming a Translator. London/New York: Routledge,1997.

15. Shakespeare, William. Othello. Delhi: Pearson Longman, 2009

16. Sobti, Krishna. Mitro Marjani. Delhi: Rajkamal Paperbacks, 1984, 2009.

17. Venuti, Lawrence, ed. The Translation Reader. London/ New York: Routledge, 2000.


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2. The question Paper shall have five questions in all. Each question

will carry equal marks.


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conceptual understand ing of students regard ing

theoretical/practical inputs of the course.


from all the four units of the syllabus. These questions will be essay

type questions with internal choice. In other words, each unit will

have one question (essay type) with internal choice. In other words,


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INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

ENG- 910

( Elective-II, Group A)

Semester II

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To introduce students to Indian literature through translation so as to enrich them with great

Indian literary heritage.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Poetry:

1. Poems no 4, 6, 10, 28, 29,64,76/ Tukaram * 2. Gitanjali/ Rabindranath Tagore

UNIT II

Drama:

1. Kalidas s Abhijnansakuntalam**/ William Jones

2. Tuglaq/ Girish Karnad

UNIT III

Novel:

1. Praja/ Gopinath Mohanty

2. Chemmeen/ Thakazhi S. Pillai

UNIT IV

Short Fiction:

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1. Saadat Hasan Manto s ## Toba Tek Singh , Open it , and # Sketches ( Division ,

Pathanistan , Proper Use , The Benefit of Ignorance , Jelly )

2. Prem Chand s The Chess Players , The Thakur s Well , The Shroud ,

Deliverance , The Price of Milk , Miss Padma

Note: Different signs such as *, # etc. indicate source of the essays, i.e. books enlisted in the RECOMMENDED READING

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Chand, Prem. Premchand: Oxford Omnibus. Trans. David Rubin. Delhi: OUP, 2004.

2. **Jones, William. The works of Sir William Jones. Delhi: Agam Prakashan, 1979.

3. Karnad, Girish . Three Modern Induian Plays. Delhi: OUP, 1989.

4. ## Manto, Sadat Hasan. A Wet Afternoon. Trans. Khalid Hasan. Islamabad: Alhamra, 2001.

5. #........ Black Margins. Trans.Muhammad Umar . New Delhi: Katha, 2003

6. Mohanty, Gopinath. Paraja. Trans. Bikram K. Das. Delhi: OUP, 1987.

7. Pillai, Thakazhi S. Chemmeen. Trans. Narayana Menon. Mumbai: Jaico Publishing, 2004.

8. Tagore, Rabindranath. Gitanjali. London: Macmillan, 1965.

9. Tukaram. Tukaram. Poems. Trans. Prabhakar Machwe. Calcutta: United Writers, 1977.


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conceptual understanding of students of various inputs of the course.





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NON-FICTIONAL NARRATIVES

ENG-912

(Elective-II, Group- A)

Semester II

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To introduce students to non-fictional narratives as an integral aspect of literary studies; to study

these narratives for their literary, cultural and aesthetic value.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Biographies/Autobiographies:

1. The Diary of Anne Frank/ Anne Frank

2. Kaifi & I/ Shaukat Kaifi

UNIT II

Travel Writings:

1. River of Beauty / Amrit Lal Vegad s Narmada

2. Kumbh Mela */ Mark Tully

3. The City of Widows */ William Dalrymple

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UNIT III

Historical and Cultural Writing:

1. Hind Swaraj / M K Gandhi s (*What is Swaraj, Civilisation, What is True Civilisation, Education)

2. The Riot ** / Sudhir Kakkar

3. The Argumentative Indian ***/ Amartya Sen

UNIT IV

Miscellaneous:

1. Knowing and Seeing [chapter 2]^^^/ Fritjof Capra

2. Road Food on the Highway , The Indigenous Pot ##/ Chitrita Banerji

3. Confronting Empire *#/ Arundhati Roy


RECOMMENDED READING

RECOMMENDED READING

1. ##Banerji, Chitrita. Eating India. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2008

2. ^^^Capra, Fritjof. The Tao of physics. London: Flamingo, 1991.

3. ^^ Gopal, Sarvepalli. ed. Anatomy of a Confrontation. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1990.

4. Halder, Baby , tr. Urvashi Butalia. A Life Less Ordinary. New Delhi; Penguin Books, 2006

5. Kaifi, Shaukat. tr. Nasreen Rahman. Kaifi & I New Delhi: Zubaan, 2010.

6. **Kakkar, Sudhir. The Colours of Violence. New Delhi: Viking, 1995.

7. *Moraes, Dom, ed. The Penguin Book of Indian Journeys. New Delhi; Penguin Books, 2001

8. *# Roy, Arundhati. Confronting Empire War Talk. Cambridge, Massachusetts: South End Press, 2003.

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9. ***Sen, Amartya. The Argumentative Indian, London: Allen Lane/Penguin, 2005

10. Vegad, Amrit Lal. Narmada: River of Beauty. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2008


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2. The Question Paper for each theory course shall have five questions in all. Each

question will carry equal marks.


4. Question no. 1 will be set in a way so as to cover all the four units of the syllabus.

It will have four parts with enough internal choice. These will be in the form of

short notes/ objective questions/ explanation of basic concepts. The emphasis

would be on testing the basic conceptual understanding of the students



four units of the syllabus. These questions will be essay type questions with

internal choice. In other words, each unit will have one question (essay type)



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LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

ENG- 914

(Elective-II, Group- A)

Semester II

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To introduce students to the tools essential for a systematic study of language.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Language:

Language & communication; properties of human language; language varieties:

standard and non-standard language, dialect, register, slang, pidgin, Creole;

varieties of English; language change

UNIT II

Structuralism:

Ferdinand de Saussure; synchronic and diachronic approaches; langue and parole; sign,

signifier, signified and semiology; syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations

UNIT III

Grammar and Morphology:

Functions and categories: traditional grammar, structural grammar ( some basic

structures, IC analysis) TG grammar( structural ambiguity); functional grammar (

connection and coherence); Morpheme; word, word classes, inflection, derivation,

compounding, English Morphology

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UNIT IV

Syntax and Semantics:

Categories and constituents, predicates and argument structure, thematic roles, case;

phrase structure; lexical meaning relations; implicature, entailment and presupposition;

maxims of conversation, speech act

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Akmajian, A. , R.A. Demers and R.M. Harnish. Linguistics: An Introduction to Language

and Communication. 2 edn. Cambridge, mass: MIT Press, 1984; Indian edn, Prentice

hall, 1991. ( ch 3 & 4 for unit III and ch 5 & 6 for unit Iv).

2. Chierchia, Gennaro and Sally Mcconnell Ginet. Meaning and Grammar: An Introduction

to Semantics. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2000. ( ch 1 The Empirical domain

of Semantics for unit IV)

3. Chomsky, Noam. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press,

1965. ( ch 1 Methodological Preliminaries for unit IV)

4. De Saussure, Ferdinand. Course in General Linguistics. New York: Mcgraw Hill, 1966. (

Introduction- ch3, Part I- ch 1&2, Part II

Synchronic Linguistics, Part III

Diachronic Linguistics for unit II)

5. Fromkin, Victoria , ed. Linguistics: An Introduction to Linguistic Theory. Malden, MA:

Blackwell, 2000. ( Ch 2, 11 &12 for unit III and ch 4&5 for unit IV)

6. Fromkin, V and R. Rodman. An Introduction to Language. 2 edn New York: Holt,

Rinehart and Winston, 1974. ( ch 3,6 & 7 for unit III and ch 4&5 for unit IV)

7. Haugh, A.C. & Cable T. A History of English Language. 5th ed London: Routledge, 2000.

8. Hudson, R.A. Sociolinguistics. Cambridge: CUP (rpt), 1986

9. Jacobs, R.A. & P.S. Rosenbaum. English Transformational Grammar. Delhi: Doaba

Publications, 2000.

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10. Mesthrie, Rajend and Rakesh M Bhatt. World Englishes: The Study of New Linguistic

Varieties. Cambridge: CUP, 2008. ( Ch.1 Spread of English for unit I)

11. Pinker, Steven. The Language Instinct. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1994. ( Ch1 An

Instinct to Acquire an Art , ch 2 Chatterboxes , ch3 Mentalese for unit I)

12. Quirk, R. and S. Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. London: Longman and

ELBS, 1982.

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2. The Question Paper for each theory course shall have five questions in all. Each question will carry equal marks.


4. Question no. 1 will be in the form of short notes/ objective type questions/ explanation of basic concepts covering all the four units of the syllabus. The question will constitu te various sub-parts with enough choice. The emphasis would be on testing the basic conceptual understanding of students regarding theoretical inputs of the course.

5. There shall be four more questions (Questions no.2 to 5), one each from all the four units of the syllabus. Each question will have two/ three parts with enough internal choice, covering various components of the unit. In other words, each unit will have one question (essay type) with internal choice.

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INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION & PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

ENG-916

(Elective-II, Group- B)

Semester II

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To offer learner a relevant and systematic approach for developing self understanding and

promoting socially sensitive personal growth through commensurate communication skills and

personality

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Interpersonal Effectiveness:

Means of Contact, Dealing with Others (Techniques on how to talk, listen, criticize, compliment, thank and converse effectively), Perception of Self and Others, Barriers in communication, Relationship Management, Conflict Resolution, Ethical and Moral Responsibilities

UNIT II

Personality Enhancement:

Self Esteem, Self-Improvement, Positive Attitudes, Communication Channels, Self and Time Management, Standards of Conduct, Negotiating Diversity, Social and Personal Ethics

UNIT III

Communication in Groups:

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Understanding Groups, Group Dynamics and Types, Group Formation, Key Factors in Groups, Communicating in Groups, Intra Group Relationships, Problem Solving and Conflict Management, Leadership , Small Group Communication: Presentations on social & critical topics, small activities like role play, case study etc

UNIT IV

Literature and Media as Case Studies in Interpersonal Communication & Personality Development: A detailed study and analysis of the following texts*:

1. My Experiments with Truth/ M.K. Gandhi

2. #Selected Tales from Panchtantra / Vishnu Sharma

# The Ungrateful Man , The Result of Education (Book I

The Loss of Friends), The Bharunda Birds , Self-Defeating Forethought ( Book-II The Winning of Friends)

3. Chak-De India - A movie

* A text each from Literature, Personality Development and movies/ visual may be chosen by the

teacher concerned after due approval from the competent authority.

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Amin, Shimit. Director. Hindi Movie Chak De India

2. Dimbleby, Richard and Graeme Burton. More than Words: An Introduction to

Communication. London and New York: Routledge, 2001 (rpt, third edition).

3. Gandhi, M.K. An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Ahmedabad:

Navjivan publishing House, 1927.

4. # Ryder, Arthur W. Trans. Panchantantra Delhi: Jaico Publishing House, 1949, rpt.1998.

5. Wallace, Harold R. and L. Ann Masters. Personal Development for Life and Work. Singapore:

Thompson, 2006.

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the course.




have one question (essay type) with internal choice. In other words,


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LANGUAGE CHANGE & CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGE USE

ENG-918


Semester II

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To make students appreciate and analyze many changes wrought in English language over a

passage of time and its use. All languages change with time. They adapt to, adopt and absorb the

pressures and fashions of the time. These changes manifest in the form of new jargon, vocabulary,

register etc and are rooted in socio-historical dynamics of the times, i.e., cross-cultural interactions.

The change in language brings about a corresponding change in the communicative behaviour.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Social Change and its Effect on Language/Communication:

Analysis of the cause and consequences of cultural, technological, attitud inal, socio-

psychological changes on language and communication; Attitudes to Language: From

English to Englishes

UNIT II

Mass Media and Language:

Language of Bollywood, Newspapers, Tabloids, and Gen X ; Language Politics and

Language Ethics.

UNIT III

Globalization, ICT and Language:

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Language of/ in the Electronic Media

SMSs, E-mails, Web Communication, Chats, TV

Shows etc.; Neologism

UNIT IV

(A) Field Assignments and Presentations: Survey and collection of data samples of

language Use from various sections of the Society; Report and Presentation

(B) Study and Analysis of Language Use: Samples from Various Literary and Non-

literary Texts; Profession Specific Registers and Jargons; Socio-Psychological

Attitudes to Language

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Beard, Adrian. Language Change. London: Routledge, 2004.

2. Cameron, Deborah. Verbal Hygiene. London: Routledge, 1995.

3. Croft, William. Explaining Language Change: An Evolutionary Approach. Harlow: Longman, 2000.

4. Graddol, David , Dick Leith and Joan Swan. English: History, Diversity and Change London: Routledge, 1996.

5. Macaulay, Ronald. The Social Art: Language and its Usage. New York: OUP, 1994.

6. Nambisan, Vijay. Language as an Ethic. New Delhi: Penguin, 2003.

7. Rai, Alok, Hindi Nationalism. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2000.

8. Smith, Jeremy. A Historical Study of English. London: Routledge, 1996.


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of the syllabus. Each question will have two/ three parts with enough internal choice,

covering various components of the unit. In other words, each unit will have one

question (essay type) with internal choice.

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

ENG-920


Semester II

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To equip students with the domains and intricacies of English language teaching.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Principles of English language Teaching; Introductory Approach to Second Language Learning; Methods of Teaching English: Direct Method, Bilingual Method, Translation method

UNIT II

Linguistic Devices: Meter, Rhythm, Schemes and tropes, Neologism, Tautology, Synthesis, Symmetric and Asymmetric, Contrastive, Euphemism

UNIT III

The Oral Approach and Situational Language teaching; the structural Approach; Communicative language teaching

Teaching of prose, poetry and fiction; Language of Literature: Figurative Language ; Teaching Communication Skills in English;

UNIT IV

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Practice of teaching in real classrooms; Analysis and review of self and others teaching skills.

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Allen, H.B. ed. Teaching English as a Second Language. NY: Mcgraw-Hill, 1972.

2. Brumfit, C.J. Communicative Methodology in Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP, 1984.

3. Brumfit, C.J. and Carter R. (eds). Language and Literature Teaching. London: Routledge, 1986.

4. Collie, J. & S. Slater.. Literature in the Classroom: A Resource Book of Ideas and Activities. Cambridge: Cambridge University press, 1987.

5. Doff, Adrian. Teach English 2 Sets. Cambridge: CUP, 1988.

6. Harmer, J. The Practice of ELT. London: Longman, 1983.

7. Celce-Murcia, M. & L. Mcintosh, eds. Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. Rowley, Mass: Newbury, 1979.

8. Lazar, Gillian. Literature and Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP, 1997.

9. Mackey, W.F. Language Teaching Analysis. London: Longmans 1965.

10. Prabhu, N.S. Second Language pedagogy. Oxford: OUP, 1987.

11. Quirk, R. & H. Widdowson, eds. English in the world: Teaching and Learning the Language and Literatures. Cambridge: CUP, 1985.

12. Richards and Rogers. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP, 2001.

13. Smith, L. ed. English for Cross Cultural Communication. London: Macmillan, 1981.

14. Widdowson, H. Stylistics and Teaching of Literature. London: Longman, 1975.

15. Yardi, V.V. Teaching English in India.Today. Aurngabad: Parimal Prakashan, 1977.

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equal marks.



questions/explanation of basic concepts covering all the four units of the





the four units of the syllabus. Each question will have two/ three parts with

enough internal choice, covering various components of the unit. In other

words, each unit will have one question (essay type) with internal choice.

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ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS LAB

ENG-952

Semester II

Credits: 4

LAB: 4hrs.

External Marks: 50

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To train students to learn how to make effective oral presentation skills at personal and

professional forum.

COURSE CONTENT

Oral Presentation: Seminar, Presentation using Visuals and graphics, Power Point Presentation, Group Discussion; Meetings: Meeting Etiquettes, Press-conference; Mock Interviews and Mock situations

NOTE:

Students will be tested for their presentation skills through a practical test/ viva conducted by an external examiner.


Practical

Practical exam for the course will be conducted by an external examiner appointed by the university.

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INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE

ENG-921

Semester III

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To introduce students to the issues and concerns in the area of Indian writing in English; to teach

them to debate and engage with variety of texts and to examine the various nuances of Ind ian

Writing in English.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Essays:

1. Preamble & The Literary Landscape from Twice Born Fiction/.Meenakshi Mukherji *#

2. Introduction to Women Writing in India. Vol. II / Susie Tharu and K Lalitha**

3. Indian Literature: Notes Towards the Definition of a Category / Aijaz Ahmad*

UNIT II

Poetry:

1. Nissim Ezekiel: Poet, Lover, Bird Watcher ; Very Very Ind ian Poem in English . ##

2. A.K.Ramanujan: Small-scale Reflections on a Great House ; Love Poem for Wife I ; At Zero ; The Difference (From Collected Poems OUP)

3. Arun Kolatkar: An Old Bicycle Tyre; Meera (Kala Ghoda Poems OUP)

4. Imtiaz Dharkar: Pardah I ; Pardah II ; The Word ; The Mask ; Image ( From Pardah and Other Poems)

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UNIT III

Fiction:

1. Kanthapura/ Raja Rao

2. The God of Small Things/Arundhati Roy

UNIT IV

Drama:

1. Meera/ Gurcharan Das

2. The Final Solution /Mahesh Dattani


RECOMMENDED READING

RECOMMENDED READING

1. *Ahmad, Aijaz . In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, New Delhi: OUP, 1992.

2. Das, Gurcharan. Three English Plays. New Delhi: OUP, 2001.

3. Dallmayr, Fred and G.N. Devy, Between Tradition and Modernity: India s Search for Identity, New Delhi: Sage, 1998.

4. Dattani, Mahesh . Final Solutions and Other Plays, Madras: Manas, 1994.

5. Dharkar, Imtiaz .Purdah and Other Poems, Delhi: OUP, 1989/90.

6. Gandhi, M.K. Hind Swaraj, (* What is Swaraj, Civilisation, What is True Civilisation, Education) New Delhi: Foundation books, 1997

7. Kolatkar, Arun. Kala Ghoda Poems, Mumbai: Pras Prakashan, 2004.

8. Mehrotra, Arvind Krishan, ed., An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English, New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2001/06.

9. *#Mukherji, Meenakshi . The Twice Born Fiction. London: Heinemann: 1971.

10. Padmanabhan, Manjula. Harvest, New Delhi: Kali, 1997.

11. Rao, Raj . Kanthapura, Madras: OUP, 1974/89

12. Ramanjun, A.K. Collected Poems, Delhi: OUP, 1995.

13. Roy, Arundhati . The God of Small Things, New Delhi: India Ink, 1997

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14. ## Available on Net

15. **Tharu, Susie & K.Lalitha, eds.Women Writing in India, 2 Vols. Delhi: OUP, 1991


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AMERICAN LITERATURE

ENG-923

Semester III

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To expose students to the polyphonic voices those constitu te American literary imagination; to

study the characteristic features of Modern American Literature, its Prose, Poetry, Drama and

Fiction.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Poetry:

1. Song of Myself ( No. 1,5,10,16,24)/ Walt Whitman

2. Mending Walls, Design, The Road Not Taken and

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening / Robert Frost

3. The Snowman, Sunday Morning

/ Wallace Stevens

4. Supermarket in California / Allen Ginsberg

UNIT II

Drama:

1. Death of a Salesman/ Arthur Miller

2. Desire Under the Elms/ Eugene O Neil

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UNIT III

American Novel:

1. The Scarlet Letter/ Nathaniel Hawthorne

2. Old Man and the Sea/ Ernest Hemingway

3. Of Mice and Men/ John Steinbeck

UNIT IV

Black American Novel:

1. Invisible Man/ Ralph Ellison

2. Sula/ Toni Morrison

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Frost, Robert. Poems. New York: Washington Square Press, 1946/69

2. *Available on net

3. Gascoigne, Bamber..Twentieth Century Drama, London: Huthinson University Library, 1962/74.

4. Hemingway, Ernest. Old Man and the Sea New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 1952

5. .The Essential Hemingway, Frogmore: Triad/Panther, 1947.

6. Knippling, Alpana Sharma. New Immigrant Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook to Our Multicultural Literary Heritage. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.

7. Miller, Arthur .Collected Plays, Bombay: Allied Publishers, 1957/73

8. Morrison, Toni . Sula, Badford: Triad, 1973/80

9. O Neil, Eugene Desire Under the Elms & Great God Brown, Great Britain: Jonathon Cape, 1925

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10. Peck, David R. American Ethnic Literatures: Native American, African American,

Chicano/ Latino, and Asian American Writers and Their Backgrounds. Pasadena, CA:

Salem Press, 1992.

11. Peck, John & Martin Coyle, Literary Terms and Criitcism, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.

12. Phil. Washburn. The Vocabulary of Critical Thinking USA: OUP, 2009.

13. Steinbeck, John .Of Mice and Men, New York: The Modern Library, 1938/65.

14. Walker, Alice. In Search of Our Mother s Garden, New York: Harvest/HBJ Book 1983


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4. Question no.1 will be in the form of short notes/objective type questions/explanation of basic concepts covering all the four units of the

syllabus. The question will constitute various sub-parts with enough choice. 5. There shall be four more questions (Questions no.2 to 5), one each from all the

four units of the syllabus. These questions will be essay type questions with internal choice. In other words, each unit w ill have one question (essay type) with internal choice.

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MODERN WORLD LITERATURE

ENG-925

Semester III

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To give students an exposure to a wide range of literatures with a sound base in language and

culture. Learners will acquire critical abilities, linguistic competence and communicative insights.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Poetry:

1. Pablo Neruda: Poem Twenty (from Twenty Poems of Love and A Song of Despair)

2. Aga Sahid Ali: The Country Without a Post Office , (from The Country Without a Post Office); Summers of Translation (from Rooms are Never Finished); Beyond English and In Arabic (from Call Me Ishmael Tonight)

3. Chris Wallace Crabb: In the Scent of Eucalyptus; We Live in Time so Little Time

UNIT II

Fiction:

1. Hundred Years of Solitude/Gabriel Garcia Marquez

2. July s People/Nadine Gordimer

UNIT III

Drama:

1. Accidental Death of an Anarchist/ Dario Fo

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2. Six Characters in Search of an Author /Luigi Pirandello

UNIT IV

Essays and Criticism:

1. # Introduction: Literature Among the Signs of Our Times /Aijaz Ahmed

2. Introduction to Orientalism/ Edward Said

3. The Imam and the Indian (from The Imam and the Indian)/ Amitav Ghosh

Note: Different signs such as # etc. indicate source of the essays, i.e. books enlisted in the

RECOMMENDED READING

RECOMMENDED READING

1. #Ahmad, Aijaz. In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures. London: Verso, 1992.

2. Antor, Heinz, and Kevin L. Cope, eds. Intercultural Encounters: Studies in English Literatures. Heidelberg, Ger.: Carl Winter U, 1999.

3. Ashcroft, William D., Gareth Griffith, and Helen Tiffin, eds. The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures. London: Routledge, 1989.

4. Brians, Paul. Modern South Asian Literature in English (Literature as Windows to World Cultures) Westport: Greenwood Press, 2003.

5. Eisner, Mark. ed. The Essential Neruda, intro by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (City Lights), 2004

6. Fo, Dario. Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Turin: Einaudi, 1970 .

7. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. One Hundred Years of Solititude. Trans from Spanish Gregory Rabassa, New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1996

8. Ghosh, Amitav .The Imam and the Indian. New Delhi: Ravi Dayal Publishers,2002.

9. Gordimer, Nadine. July s People. London: Penguin, 1981/82

10. Peck, David R. American Ethnic Literatures: Native American, African American, Chicano/Latino, and Asian American Writers and Their Backgrounds. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1992.

11. Pelayo, Ruben. Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Critical Companion. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2001.

12. Pirandello, Luigi Six Characters in Search of an Author, London: Nick Hern Books, 2003

13. Said, Edward W. Orientalism, New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1978/2001.

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14. Sahid Ali, Aga . Rooms are Never Finished, New York : Norton, 2002.

15. ., Call Me Ishmael Tonight, New York : Norton, 2002.

16. The Golden Apples of the Sun: Twentieth Century Australian Poetry, Melbourne: M.U.P., 1980

17. Recreating Ourselves : African Women and Critical Transformations. Trenton: Africa World P, 1994.


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LITERATURE & CINEMA

ENG-927

(Elective-III)

Semester III

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To ground students within the context, scope and significance of cinema as a communicative

tool/text through a study of Indian and World cinema

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Contexts:

Scope and Significance of Film Studies: Literature and Films; Films as Communicative

Text; Language of Films; Concept/ Story; Screenplay; Dialogue; Shot Division; Lighting;

Camera Angle; Panning/ Zoom; Editing: Flashback and Flash-forward; Fade-in and Fade

out; Sound; Recording; Theme and Background Music; Lyrics.

UNIT II

World Cinema and Literature:

1. Grapes of Wrath /John Ford; Grapes of Wrath/ John Steinbeck

2. All Quite on the Western Front/ Lewis Milestone; All Quite on the Western Front/Eric Maria Remarque

3. Shakespeare s Macbeth and its cinematic rendering in Hindi and English

Gold, Jack. Director. Macbeth (a BBC Movie )

Kurosava, Akira. Director. Throne of Blood ( Movie)

Bhardwaj, Vishal. Director. Macqbool ( Movie)

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4. Color Purple/ Speilberg; The Color Purple/ Alice Walker

UNIT III

Indian Cinema and Literature:

1. Devdas/ Vimal Roy, Leela Bhansali, Anurag Kashyap; Devdas/ Sharat Chandra Chatterrjee

2. Teesari Kasam/ Bimal Roy; Teesri Kasam urf Mare Gaye Gulfam / Phanishwarnath Renu

3. Guide/ Dev Anand; Guide/ R. K. Narayan

4. Namesake/Mira Nair; Namesake/ Jhumpa Lahri

UNIT IV

Activities:

1. Film Appreciation and Reviews

2. Script/Dialogue Writing

3. Visit to Film Studios

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Dudrah, Rajinder Kumar .Bollywood: Sociology Goes to the Movies, New Delhi: Sage, 2006/2007.

2. Evans, Jessica and Stuart Hall, eds, Visual Culture: A Reader, London: Sage, 2001

3. Frank Eugene Beaver, A Dictionary of Film Terms: The Aesthetic Companion to Film Art, New York: Peter Lang, 2006

4. James Monaco, How to Read a Film: Motives, Media, Multimedia, New York: OUP, 2000/2007 (Indian Edition)

5. Jarek Kupsc, The History of Cinema For Beginners, Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2003/2006

6. Jyotika Vird i, The Cinematic Imagination: Indian Popular Films as Social History, New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2004/7.

7. Kaur, Raminder and Ajay J. Sinha, eds., Bollywood: Popular Indian Cinema through a Transnational Lens, New Delhi: Sage, 2005

8. Ray, Satyajit .Our Films Their Films, Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1976.

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9. Vaidyanathan, T.G. Hours iin the Dark: Essays on Cinema, New Delhi: OUP, 1996/1999.


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LITERATURE AND PSYCHOLOGY

ENG-929

(Elective-III)

Semester III

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To problematise relationship between literature and psychology and to read literature as domain of

psychological insights.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

1 Psychology and Literature

*/. C.G. Jung

2. Femininity, Narrative and Psychoanalysis

**/ Juliet Mitchell

UNIT II

Poetry and Psychology:

1. #*Sylvia Plath s Ariel , Lady Lazarous , Novmber Graveyard , The Stones ,

Tulips , Daddy , Mirror

2. #*Emily Dickinson s Heart we will forget him , Hope is the thing with feathers

There has been death in the opposite house , I d ied for beauty, but was scarce ,

Because I couldn t stop for death , I am no body! Who are you

UNIT III

Fiction and Psychology:

1. Mrs Dalloway / Virginia Woolf

2. Cry the Peacock/Anita Desai

UNIT IV

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Drama:

1. Hamlet/ Shakespeare 2. The House of Bernarda Elba/ Federico Garcia Lorca

Note: Different signs such as *, ** etc. indicate the source of the texts enlisted in the

RECOMMENDED READING

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Desai, Anita. Cry the Peacock. New Delhi: Orient paperbacks, 1980.

2. Federico Garcia Lorca, Three Tragedies, Harmondsworth: penguin Books, 1982 (rpt).

3. Fireman, Gary D., Ted E. Mcvay Jr., et. al. Narrative and Consciousness: Literature, Psychology,and the Brain New York: OUP, 2003.

4. Knapp, Bettina L. A Jungian Approach to Literature. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1984.

1. *Lodge, David. 20th Century Literary Criticism. Essex: Longman, 1972.

2. **Lodge, David and Nigel Wood,eds. Modern Criticism and Theory. Ind ian rpt. Delhi: Pearson, 2003

3. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet, Harmondsworth/ Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1957/80

4. #* Available on Net

5. Woolf, Virginia.. Mrs Dalloway, London: Hogarth Press, 1925


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equal marks.

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5. There shall be four more questions (questions no.2 to 5), one from each unit of

the syllabus. These questions will be essay type questions with internal choice. In

other words, each unit will have one question (essay type) with internal choice

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LITERATURE & PHILOSOPHY

ENG-931

(Electives-III)

Semester III

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To sensitize the students about the basics of philosophy and the philosophical dynamics of

communication; to expose them to the inter-relationship between philosophy and literature/life.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

(A) Understanding Philosophy: Methods for Doing Philosophy: Exposit, Analyse, Synthesise Describe, Speculate, Prescribe, Criticise; Truth, Knowledge, Logic.

(B) Literature and philosophy: Existentialism, Determinism, Modernism, Post-modernism

UNIT II

Philosophy and Everyday Life:

1. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance/ Robert M. Pirsig

2. The Prophet/Khalil Gibran

UNIT III

Philosophy in Popular Fiction:

1. Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead

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2. Jostein Gaarder, Trans., Paulette Moller: Sophies s World

UNIT IV

Philosophy in Literature:

1. Camus: The Myth of Sisyphus

2. Raja Rao: The Serpent and the Rope

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Camus, Albert. The Myth of Sisyphus in The Kingdom and Selected Essays, New York: Alfred

A. Knopf, 2004.

2. Gaarder, Jostein. Sophies s World. Trans. Paulette Moller H. London: Macmillan

Paperback, 2007.

3. Gibran, Khalil. The Prophet. Calcutta: Rupa & Co., 1992.

4. Raja Rao, The Serpent and the Rope, New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1960/68.

5. Rand, Ayn .The Fountainhead, New York: Signet, 1971

6. Richard E Creel, Thinking Philosophically: An Introduction to Critical Reflection and Rational

Dialogue, London: Blackwell, 2001.

7. R.N. Kiran, Philosophies of Communication and Media Ethics: Theory, Concept and Empirical

Issues, New Delhi: BR Publishing Corporation, 2000.

8. Pirsig, Robert M.. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Enquiry into Vlaues. USA:

1974. William Morrow and Company,


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DALIT WRITING IN INDIA

ENG-933

(Elective-IV)

Semester III

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To introduce students to the literature of Dalits in India so as to bring them and their sensibility

to the mainstream.

UNIT I

Literary Perspecvtives:

1. Sharankumar Limbale s Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit literature

2. Kancha Ilaiah s Why I am not a Hindu ( Excerpts)

Excerpts: Childhood Formations , Dalitisation not Hiduisation , Contemporary Hinduism

UNIT II

Biographies:

1. Changiya Rukh/ Balbir Madhopuri

2. Akramashi/ Limbale

UNIT III

Fiction:

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1. Kurukku/ Bama s 2. Jhoothan/ Om Prakash Valmiki

UNIT IV

Potery:

1. Namdeo Dhasal s Man You should Explode , Kamatipura , Hunger ** 2. Hira bansode s Yashodhara , Bosom Friend , Slave , O Graet Man * 3. Jyoti lanjewal s Caves , Mother , The nameless One *

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Anand, Mulk Raj. & Eleanor Zelliot, eds. An Anthology of Dalit Literature. Delhi: Gyan Publications, 1992.

2. Bama. Trans. Lakshmi Holmstrom. Sangati. New Delhi: OUP, 2005

3. Balmiki, OmPraksh. Jhoothan. Delhi: Radhakrishna Prakashan, 1997

4. Dangle, Arjun. ed. Poisioned Bread. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1992.

5. Dhasal, Namdeo . Namdeo Dhasal: Poet of the Underworld. Ed & Trans. Dalip Chitre. Chennai: Navayana, 2007.

6. Iliah, Kanacha. Why I am not a Hindu. Calcutta: Samya, 1996, 2 ed 2005.

7. Limbale, Sharankumar., Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit literature. Trans. Alok Mukherjee. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2004

8. ..Akramashi (The Outcaste). Trans. Santosh Bhoomkar. New Delhi: OUP, 2003.

9. Madhopuri, Balbir. Changiya Rukh. Trans, Tripti Jain. New Delhi: OUP, 2010.


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LANGUAGE & DISCOURSE

ENG-935

(Elective-IV)

Semester III

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To sensitize students about theory and discourse specific vocabulary and communicative

dynamics of language with specific focus on the discursive domains of gender, culture and

politics.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Initiation:

(A) Language in Theory:

Language Relativity and Determinism ; Language and Society; Performative

Language; Locating Intention; Creativity in Language; Reception of Meaning.

(B) Language and Discourses:

Gender, Politics, Literature and Journalism, Science and Technology,

Bureaucracy and Rituals & Myths; Ethics of Language

UNIT II

Language and Gender:

1. Language and Gender / Cora Kaplan*

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2. The Semantic Derogation of Woman / Muriel R Sultz**

3. The Sexual (Re)production of Meaning: A Discourse Based Theory / Sally McConnell-Ginet*

4. Extracts from Language and Woman s Place / Robin Lakoff*

5. Introduction to the A-Z of Non-sexist Language / Margaret Doyle*

UNIT III

Language, Culture and Politics:

1. The Discourse on Language / Michel Foucault**

2. The African Writer and the English Language / Chinua Achebe**

3. The Language of African Literature / Ngugi wa Thiang o**

4. The Alchemy of English / Braj B. Kachru**

5. Rewriting English / Gauri Viswanathan****

UNIT IV

Case Studies/Fieldwork:

Students would be required to prepare and submit a project/assignment based on the

fieldwork in their chosen/allotted area related to language and discourse.


RECOMMENDED READING

1. *Deborah Cameron, ed ., The Feminist Critique of Language: A Reader, London: Routledge, 1998

2. **Lucy Burke, Tony Crowley and Alan Girvin, eds., The Routledge Language and Cultural Theory Reader, London: Routledge, 2000 (rpt. 2001).

3. ***Paul Cobley, ed . Communication Theories: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, Vol. III, London: Routledge, 2006

4. ## Tariq Rahman, Language and Politics in Pakistan, Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2007

5. Darren G. Lilleker, Key Concepts in Political Communication, London: Sage, 2006

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6. Frantz Fanon, The Fanon Reader, Ed, Azzedine Haddour, London: Pluto Press, 2006.

7. Adrian Leftwich, ed ., What is Politics: The Activity and its Study, Cambridge: Polty/ Delhi: Atlantic, 2004/2005.

8. ****Viswanathan, Gauri. Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India, OUP: Delhi, 1998.


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POPULAR FICTION

ENG-937

(Elective-IV)

Semester III

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To foreground the importance of popular culture through literature in students.

UNIT I

Science Fiction:

1. Around the World in Eighty Days/ Jules Verne

2. The Naked Sun/ Isaac Asimov

UNIT II

Detective and War Fiction:

1. The Spy Who Came in from the cold / John Le Carre

2. Battle Cry/Leonee Urice

UNIT III

Romantic Fiction:

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1. Gone with the Wind/ Margaret Mitchell

2. The Thorn Birds/ Colleen McCullough

UNIT IV

Humour:

1. Right Ho, Jeeves/ P.G. Wodehouse

2. Inscrutable Americans/ Anurag Mathur

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Asimov, Isaac. The Naked Sun. New York: Doubleday, 1957.

2. Bennet, Tony. Popular Fiction. London: Routledge, 1990.

3. Carey, J. The Intellectuals and the Masses. London: Faber, 1992.

4. Carre, John Le. The Spy Who Came in from the cold . London: Penguin Books, 2010.

5. Fiske, J. ed. Understanding Popular Culture. Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1989.

6. MacCabe, C. ed. High Theory/ Low Culture. Manchester: ManchesterUP, 1986.

7. Mathur, Anurag . Inscrutable Americans. Delhi: Rupa & Co. , 1996

8. McCullough, Colleen.The Thorn Birds. Australia: Harper Collins, 1977.

9. Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind,ew York: New Macmillan, 1936

10. Uris, Leon .Battle Cry New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953

11. Verne, Jules. Around the World in Eighty Days, Trans. George M. Towle London: Puffin Books, 1990./ Penguin Books: 1873.873.

12. Wodehouse, P.G. Right Ho, Jeeves London: Arrow Books, 1934.


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students regarding different inputs of the course.




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SEMINAR

ENG-955

Semester III

Credit: 2

LAB: 2hrs.

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To train students to have confidence in public speaking in conferences, seminars etc.

COURSE CONTENT

Topics of students interests from texts, theories prescribed in their syllabi of the present semester

or/and issues from other relevant areas.

NOTE: Students will be trained and tested for their thesis build ing and its oral presentation

through discussion, handling question-answer sessions in seminars, conferences etc. A

group of ten students get 2 hours per week for this seminar practice. Two faculty

members will be assigned to each group for regular weekly meeting. Towards the end

of the semester, all the faculty members together including chairperson will assess and

evaluate the final seminar presented by students.

Seminar will be of 50 marks. It will be evaluated internally only. There will be no end term practical exam for this.

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LITERARY CRITICISM & THEORY -II

ENG-922

Semester IV

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To make students understand the inter-connections of literature and critical theories; to sensitize

them to varieties of ways in which texts can be stud ied and to enable them to apply various

approaches to the critical analysis of texts; to inculcate in them a spirit of critical enquiry and

develop their analytical, critical and creative faculty

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

1. Marxism and Lterature / Edmond Wilson***

2. Base and Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory / Raymond Williams*

3. The Politics of Theory: Ideological Positions in the Postmodernism

Debate / Fredric Jameson ##

4. Capitalism, Modernism, Postmodernism / Terry Eagleton##

UNIT II

1. Nature of the Linguistic Sign / Saussure*

2. The Death of the Author / Roland Barthes##

3. Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Huamn Sciences / Jacques

Derrida ##

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4. From the Work Ethic to the Aesthetic of Consumption / Zygmunt Bauman#

UNIT III

1. Crisis (In Orientalism)Edward Said ##

2. Can the Subaltern Speak? / Gayatri Spivak *#

3. Some Principles of Eco-Criticism/William Howarth ###

4. Reading Ourselves: Towards a Feminist Theory of Read ing / Patrocinio P.

Schweickart ##

UNIT IV

(A) Application of various critical approaches

from Marxism to Post-Colonialism

on literary texts prescribed in the syllabus.

(B) Assignments/seminars.

Note: Different signs such as *, # etc. indicate the source of the texts enlisted in the

RECOMMENDED READING

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Abraham, Taisha. Introducing Postcolonial Theories: Issues and Debates, Delhi: Macmillan, 2007

2. Ahrens, Rudiger, and Laurenz Volkmann, eds. Why Literature Matters: Theories and Functions of Literature. Heidelberg, Ger.: Winter, 1996.

3. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory, Manchester: M Univ Press, 2007.

4. # Beilharz, Peter. ed, The Bauman Reader, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 2001

5. *Davis, Robert Con and Ronald Schleifer, ed ., Contemporary Literary Criticism: Literary and Cultural Studies, New York: Longman, 1989 .

6. ###Glotfelty, Cherryll & Harold Fromm. The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmark in Literary Ecology. Georgia: UGeorgia P, 1999.

7. Guerin, Wilfred L et al, A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature, Oxford : OUP, 1992 (fourth Edition 1999)

8. ***Lodge, David, ed. 20th Century Literary Criticism. London: Longman, 1989.

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9. ##- Lodge, David and Nigel Wood, eds, Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader, Delhi: Pearson Education, 2003.

10. ** Ramaswami, S and V. S. Seturaman, ed , The English Critical Tradition: An Anthology of English Literary Criticism Vol. II, Delhi: Macmillan, 1978/2007.

11. Selden, Raman. A Reader s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory, Harvester Wheatsheaf: 1985/1989.

12. Seturaman, V.S. ed, Contemporary Criticism: An Anthology, Chennai: Macmillan, 1989

13. *# Available on Net

14. Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: A User Friendly Guide, New York: Routledge, 2006

15. Wheeler, Kathleen. Explaining Deconstruction, Chennai: MacMillan India, 1997


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LITERATURE AND GENDER

ENG-924

Semester IV

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To understand problematics of gender as an important aspect of literary sensitivity and

sensibility.

UNIT I

1. Simone de Beauvoir s Introduction to The Second Sex*

2. Kate Millet s Theory of Sexual Politics *

3. Bell Hooks s Black Woman: Shaping Feminist Theory *

4. Judith Butler s Subjects of Sex/ Gender/ Desire *

UNIT II

1. Orlando/ Virginia Woolf

2. Surfacing/ Margaret Atwood

UNIT III

1. My Story/ Kamala Das

2. Ambai s Black Horse Square , Gifts , Unpublished Manuscript

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UNIT IV

1. The Picture of Dorian Gray/Oscar Wilde

2. The Wife s Letter ** and Woman ***/ Rabindranath Tagore


RECOMMENDED READING

1. Ambai. A Purple Sea. Trans. Lakshmi Holmstrom. Chennai: Manas,(East West Books), 1992.

2. Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. New York: Anchor Books Doubleday, 1998.

3. * Cudd, Ann E. & Robin Anderson. Feminist Theory. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005.

4. Das, Kamala . My Story. New Delhi: Sterling, 1988.

5. Geetha, V. Gender. Kolkota: Stree, 2002.

6. Glover, David & Cora Kaplan. Genders. London: Routledge, 2000.

7. ** Tagore, Rabindranath. Selected Short Stories. Trans. Supriya Choudhuri. ed. Sukanta Chaudhuri. New Delhi: Oxford, 2000.

8. *** . The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore, ed. Shishir Kr Das. Vol. 2. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1996.

9. Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Collector s Library, 2003

10. Woolf, Virginia. Orlando. U.K.: Hogarth Press, 1928.


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INDIAN LITERARY CRITICISM & THEORY

ENG- 926

(Elective - V)

Semester IV

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To inculcate among students an awareness and appreciation of Indian literary critical traditions

and its major texts.

UNIT I

1. Bharatamuni s On Natya and Rasa: Aesthetics of Dramatic Experience from Natyashashtra

2. Anandavardhana s Dhvani: Structure of Poetic Meaning from Dhvanyalok

3. Kuntaka s Language of Poetry and Metaphor from Vakrokti-jivita

UNIT II

1. Amir Khusrau s Multilingual Literary Culture from Nuh Siphir

2. Al-Badaoni: Excerpts from the Tawarikh

3. Mirza Asadullah Kahna Ghalib s Excerpts from Letters (Potery as Freedom)

UNIT III

1. Rabindranath Tagore s What is Art?

2. Sri Aurobindo s The Sources of Poetry

3. Sri Aurobindo s The Essence of Poetry

UNIT IV

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1. Balkrishna Sitaram Mardhekar s Poetry and Aesthetic Poetry

2. Krishna Rayan s What is Literariness?

3. Bhalchandra Nemade s The Marathi Novel

Note: All essays from G.N. Devy s Indian Literary Criticism

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Devy, G.N. Indian Literary Criticism . Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2002.

2. Krishnamurthy, K. ed and tr. Dhvanyalok of Anandavardhana. Delhi: Motilal

Banarasidas, 1974.

3. Perry, John Oliver. Ind ian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation

University of Oklahoma: World Literature Today, April 1, 2003.

4. Unni, Prof. N.P. Nadyasastra. Vols. I, II, III, IV. Delhi: Nag Publishers, 1998.


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the four units of the syllabus.. These questions will be essay type questions



103

MODERN EUROPEAN LITERATURE

ENG-928

(Elective - V)

Semester IV

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To acquaint students with the d ifferent genres of European writing; to d iscuss the literary/

critical trends that have characterized European writing.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

Essays:

1. Division of Labour and Social Consciousness; Money and World Culture / Karl Marx (Marx and Engels, On Literature and Arts:130-39)

2. The Dialogic Idea as Novelistic Image / M. M. Bakhtin

3. What is Literature / Jean Paul Sartre

4. Dialogue on the Art of the Novel / Milan Kundera

UNIT II

Short Fiction:

1. Artistry , Husband , Revenge , The Fugitive / Anton Chekhov

2. Metamorphosis/ Kafka

UNIT III

Drama:

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1. A Doll s House/ Ibsen

2. Mother Courage/ Bertolt Brecht

UNIT IV

Novel:

1. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich/ Aleksander I Solzhenitsyn

2. The Stranger/ Camus

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Bakhtin, M.M. The Bakhtin Reader, ed. Pam Morris, London: Edward Arnold, 1994.

2. Brecht, Bertolt . Mother Courage and Her Children in Bertolt Brecht: Plays, Volume II, translated by Eric Bentley, New York: Methuen, 1955.

3. Camus, Albert. The Strange. London: Penguin Classics, 1943.

4. Chekov, Anton .Collected Works. Vol.I &II, Moscow: Raduga, 1988

5. Frank, Anne. Trans. Massotty, Susan, The Diary of a Young Girl, New York: Doubleday, 1995.

6. Ibsen, Henrik. The Doll s House, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1889.

7. Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories, trans. Donna Freed . New York: Barnes & Noble, 1996.

8. Kundera, MilanThe Art of the Novel, trans. Linda Asher, London: Faber and Faber, 1990.

9. Marx and Engels, On Literature and Art, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1976

10. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Trans. Thomas P. Whitney, New York: Harper & Row, 1956.

11. Washburn, Phil. The Vocabulary of Critical Thinking, New York: OUP, 2009.

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SOUTH ASIAN AND DIASPORIC FICTION

ENG- 930

(Elective - V)

Semester IV

Credit: 5

Lectures: 5

External Marks: 100

Internal Marks: 50

OBJECTIVE

To sensitize students to converging cultural and literary inheritance of south asian countries

through study of their fiction.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I

1. Basti/ Intizar Husain

2. The Reluctant Fundamentalist/ Mohsin Hamid

UNIT II

1. The Kite Runner/ Khaled Hosseini

2. Reef/ Romesh Gunesekera

UNIT III

1. Brick Lane/ Monica Ali

2. Like a Diamond in the Sky/ Shazia Omar

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UNIT IV

1. Midnight s Children/ Salman Rushdie

2. Namesake/ Jhumpa Lahri

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Ali, Monica Brick Lane. New York: Scribner, 2003.

2. Brians, Paul. Modern South Asian Literature in English (Literature as Windows to World Cultures) Westport: Greenwood Press, 2003.

3. Gunesekera, Romesh. Reef. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1994.

4. Hamid, Mohsin. The Reluctant Fundamentalist. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2007.

5. Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. London: Bloomsbury, 2004.

6. Husain, Intizar. trans. Frances W. Pritchett. Basti. New Delhi: HarperCollins, 1995.

7. Lahri, Jhumpa. Namesake. New Delhi: HarperCollins, 2007.

8. Omar, Shazia. Like a Diamond in the Sky. New Delhi: Zubaan, 2009.

9. Rushdie, Salman. Midnight s Children. London: Jonathan Cape, 1980.


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DISSERTATION

ENG-954

Semester IV

Credit: 10

External Marks: 150

Internal Marks: 50

Student will be required to write a d issertation/ thesis or undertake a project involving fieldwork

on a topic in the field of literature, language or communication Studies or any other related field .

The topic would be decided in III Semester in consultation with the supervisor/ internal

examiner. Students would have to submit the Dissertation/ Thesis at the end of the IV semester

(before the commencement of end semester exam).

The Dissertation/ Thesis will carry 150 marks. Dissertation/ thesis report will be evaluated both

by internal and external examiners as specified in the ordinance.

The viva based on it will carry 50 marks.

For Dissertation work the teaching hours will be 1 hour per student per week.

Documents

M.A Eng Syllabi 2010-11