MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (M.Phil.)

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1 MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (M.Phil.) in ENGLISH SYLLABUS (from the academic year onwards) Department of English SRI CHANDRASEKHARENDRA SARASWATHI VISWA MAHAVIDHYALAYA Enathur, Kanchipuram

2 REGULATIONS Eligibility Criteria for M.Phil., Admission A Candidate with at least 55% marks in M.A. English Degree with / pattern from this university or any other recognized university approved by the University Grants Commission is eligible for admission. There shall be a relaxation of 5% for SC/ST candidates for admission. Duration of the Programme The Duration of the programme is one academic year for full-time candidates and one and half year for part-time candidates. A period of six months (a semester) will be given for part-time students to submit their dissertation. Admission Procedure and Attendance Admission to M.Phil., full-time and part-time programme will be made on merit on the basis of marks obtained in the qualifying examination and the entrance examination conducted by the Department of English. 80% of Attendance is mandatory for the programme failing which the candidate has to redo the programme on paying the fee prescribed by the university. Compulsory Papers The following courses are compulsory for M.Phil. (FT/PT) candidates: i. Research Methodology ii. Literary Theory and Criticism. Specialisation Papers A Candidate has to choose one of the following specialization papers: i. Indian English Literature ii. English Language Teaching iii. Indian Literature in English Translation iv. Twentieth Century English Literature v. Twentieth Century American Literature Scheme of Examination A candidate for M.Phil in English has to take three written examinations. Each examination will be for 100 marks which will be converted to 60%. Internal Assessment will be for 40%. In order to pass the Programme, a candidate has to secure 20/40 in Internal Assessment and 30/60 from External Valuation. The latter indicates that it should be 50/100 in External Valuation. In total, securing 50% in each course (internal and external taken together) and in Dissertation and Viva Voce is mandatory for a pass in the programme. Maximum Marks for each course is 100 and the total of all courses is 500.

3 Declaration of Pass Candidates who secure more than 75% marks in the examination will be declared as First Class with Distinction. Between 60% - 74% as First Class and between 50%-59% as Second Class. Credit System Credits distributed to the components of the courses are given below: i. Research Methodology 05 Credits ii. Literary Theory & Criticism 05 Credits iii. Specialisation paper 05 Credits iv. Dissertation & Viva Voce 15 Credits Question Paper Pattern There shall be Two Sections A & B in the Question paper. Section A shall contain 12 questions out of which the candidate has to answer Eight in about 100 words each. Each question is for 5 marks totaling 40 (8x5=40). Section B shall contain Three questions in either/or pattern. Each question shall carry 20 marks totaling 60 (3x20=60). M.Phil. English Curriculum (for students admitted from ) Paper No Course Title of the course Internal Marks External Marks Total Marks Credits SEMESTER: I I Compulsory Research Methodology II Compulsory Literary Theory and Criticism i. Indian English Literature ii. English Language Teaching Specialization iii. Indian Literature in English Paper Translation III (one paper can iv. Twentieth Century English be selected) Literature v. Twentieth Century American Literature IV Compulsory Dissertation V Compulsory Viva Voce 50 Total

4 M.Phil. (English) Syllabus RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Sub. Code: MPE11 Compulsory Credits: 5 Objectives: To train students in the Philosophy and mechanics of research To make them familiar with the principles of rhetoric. UNIT-I: Research Types and Identification of Problems What is Research? Types of Research Quantitative and Qualitative and other types Research Area Survey of Literature Working Bibliography Research Gap Identification of Research Problem Formulation of Thesis Statement- Working Outline Drafting Final Draft Computer in Research in English. UNIT-II: Mechanics of Research Mechanics of Research - Suitable Language and Style- Abbreviations Quotations Ellipses Parenthesis Tables Appendices Different Kinds of Bibliography Works Cited. UNIT-III: Modes of Writing Modes of Writing- Expository Argumentative Persuasive - Meditative - Polemical - Dramatic. UNIT-IV: Documentation and List of Works Cited What do document? Parenthetical documentation MLA style and APA style, using content notes and bibliographic notes. Other systems of documentation footnotes and end notes, author-date system, number system, specialized style manuals. Placement of the list of works cited, Arrangement of entries, Citing books and other nonperiodical publications, Citing articles and other publications in periodicals, Citing miscellaneous print and non-print sources, Citing electronic publications. UNIT-V: Format of Reporting Empirical Research Introduction purpose of the study, background and significance of the Study, hypotheses (if any), definition of terms, limitations of the study, basic assumptions (if any), procedures for collecting and analyzing the data. Review of Literature (only of relevant studies) Methods and procedures-subjects/participants, instrument(s) used, pilot study and its results (if any), data collection, analysis of data (statistical analysis). Findings of the study (results of data analysis) Conclusions and recommendations Appendices Bibliography

5 Reference: 1. Brooks, Cleanth, and Robert Penn Warren. Modern Rhetoric. 2d ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Print. 2. The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago, Ill.: U of Chicago, Print. 3. Corbett, Edward P. J. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. New York: Oxford UP, Print. 4. Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Seventh ed. Affiliated East- West Press, Winkler, Anthony C., and Jo Ray McCuen. Writing the Research Paper: A Handbook with Both the MLA and APA Documentation Styles. 4th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College, 1994.

6 M.Phil. (English) Syllabus LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM Sub. Code: MPE12 Compulsory Credits: 5 UNIT-I: Literary/Critical Terms Ambiguity, Affective Fallacy, Connotation, Comparative Literature, Denotation, Existentialism, Expressionism, Humanism, Hermeneutics, Impressionism, Intentional Fallacy, Objective Correlative, Platonism, Phenomenology, Realism, Stream of Consciousness, Surrealism, Semiotics, Stylistics. UNIT-II: Approaches: Formalistic, Psychological, Archetypal and Sociological Approaches, Structuralism and Post-modernism. UNIT-III: Critical Essays Formalistic/Structuralist a. M.H.Abrams - Orientation of Critical Theories b. Mark Schoner - Technique as Discovery Myth Criticism and Psychoanalytical Approach a. Sigmund Freud - The Structure of the Unconscious b. C.G.Jung - Psychology and Literature c. Northrop Frye - The Archetypes of Literature d. Lionell Trilling - The Meaning of a Literary Idea UNIT-IV: Prescriptive Criticism and Feminism a. Virginia Woolf - Modern Fiction b. T.E.Hulme - Romanticism and Classicism c. D.H.Lawrence - Why the Novel Matters? d. Elaine Showalter - Towards a Feminist Poetics e. Virginia Woolf - A Room of One s Own UNIT-V: General Study a. Paul De Man - The Resistance to Theory b. Terry Eagleton - Capitalism, Modernism and Postmodernism c. Wolfgang Iser - The Reading Process: A Phenomenological Approach d. Roland Barthes - Death of the Author e. Jacques Derrida - Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of Human Sciences f. Stanley Fish - Is there a Text in This Class?

7 Books Recommended: 1. Guerin, Wilfred L. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. New York: Harper & Row, Print. 2. Lodge, David. Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader. London: Longman, Nagarajan, M S. English Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introductory History. Hyderabad: Orient Black Swan, Scott, Wilbur S. Five Approaches of Literary Criticism; an Arrangement of Contemporary Critical Essays. New York: Macmillan, 1963.

8 M.Phil. (English) Syllabus INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE Sub. Code: MPEE1 Elective Credits: 5 Objectives: To introduce students to works in Indian English Literature UNIT-I: Poetry 1. Sri Aurobindo i) Thought the Paraclete ii) Trans of Waiting 2. Nissim Ezekiel i) Enterprise ii) Encounter 3. A.K Ramanujan i) Obituary ii) Small Scale Reflections of a Great House. 4. Jayanta Mahapatra i) Hunger ii) A Kind of Happiness UNIT-II: Prose S. Radha Krishnan : Civilization and Culture Amitav Ghosh : The Testimony of Grandfather s Book Case Ananda Kumarasamy: What India has Contributed to Human Welfare? UNIT-III: Drama Sri Aurobindo Girish Karnad Mahesh Dattani : Perseus the Deliverer : Broken Images : Tara UNIT-IV: Novel Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: An experience of India Shashi Despande : The Dark Holds No terror Salman Rushdie : The Midnight Children UNIT-V: Criticism R. B Patankar : Aesthetics: Some important Problems Aijaz Ahmed : Orientalism and After: Ambivalence and Cosmopolitan Location in the work of Edward Said M. Hiriyanna : The Number of Rasas Reference: Devy, G. N. Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, Naik, M.K. Indian English Literature : A Critical Survey. Delhi: Pencraft International, 2004

9 M.Phil. (English) Syllabus ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING Sub. Code: MPEE2 Elective Credits: 5 Objectives: To enable students to be familiar with a wide range of approaches, methods, techniques and critical Research on English Language Learning and Teaching. To augment learner s performance on ICT enabled Language learning. UNIT-I: UNIT-II: UNIT-III: UNIT-IV: UNIT-V: Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching Second Language Learning and Language Teaching. Background, Goals and Styles. Research and Methods in Language Learning Technology in Teaching English Language to Learners Practical English Language Teaching and Testing Books Recommended: 1. Allison, Desmond. Language Testing and Evaluation: An Introductory Course. Singapore: Singapore UP ;, Print. 2. Chapelle, Carol. English Language Learning and Technology Lectures on Applied Linguistics in the Age of Information and Communication Technology. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub., Print. 3. Cook, Vivian. Second Language Learning and Language Teaching. 4th ed. London: Arnold ;, Print. 4. Erben, Tony, and Ruth Ban. Teaching English Language Learners Through Technology Print. 5. Linse, Caroline T., and David Nunan. Practical English Language Teaching: Young Learners. New York: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, Print. 6. Nunan, David. Research Methods in Language Learning. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, Print. 7. Richards, Jack C., and Theodore S. Rodgers. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge UP, Print. 8. Syal, Pushpinder. An Introduction to Linguistics: Language, Grammar, and Semantics. New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India, Print. Reference: 1. Bachman, Lyle F. Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing. Oxford: Oxford UP, Print. 2. Bachman, Lyle F., and Adrian S. Palmer. Language Testing in Practice: Designing and Developing Useful Language Tests. Oxford: Oxford UP, Print.

10 3. Burns, Anne. Doing Action Research in English Language Teaching: A Guide for Practitioners. New York: Routledge, Farrell, Thomas S. C., and George M. Jacobs. Essentials for Successful English Language Teaching. London: Continuum, Print. 5. Hall, David R. Innovation in English Language Teaching: A Reader. London: Routledge in Association with Macquarie U and the Open U, Print. 6. Howatt, Anthony P. R., and H. G. Widdowson. A History of English Language Teaching. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, Print. 7. Joseph C. Mukalel. Approaches to ELT. Discovery publishing house. New Delhi 2007.

11 M.Phil. (English) Syllabus TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE Sub. Code: MPEE3 Elective Credits: 5 UNIT-I: Poetry a. Robert Frost: - i. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. ii. Home Burial. iii. The Road Not Taken. b. Ezra Pound - i. The Social Order. ii. The Sea Fever. iii. The Return c. Hart Crane - i. To Brooklyn Bridge. ii. Powhatan s Daughter: The Harbour Dawn. iii. The Tunnel. d. E.E. Cummings - i. Among Crumbling People. ii. As Freedom is a Breakfast Food. iii. My Sweet Old Electra e. Wallace Stevens - i. Of Modern Poetry. ii. The Ultimate Poem is Abstract iii. Anecdote of the Jar UNIT-II: Poetry a. Robert Lowell - i. For the Union Dead ii. Will Not Come Back iii Skunk Hour b. Sylvia Plath - i. Mirror ii. Daddy iii. Lady Lazarus c. Adrienne Rich - i. Living in Sin ii. Power iii. Integrity d. Langston Hughes - i. Black Panther ii. Harlem iii. The Negro Speaks of Rivers e. Gwendolyn Brooks - i. Riders to the Blood-Red wrath ii.negro Hero iii. Ballad of Pearl May Lee UNIT-III: Drama a. Eugene O Neill - i. Long Day s Journey in to the Night b.tennessee Williams - ii. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof c. Arthur Miller - iii. The Crucible d. Amri Baroka - iv. Dutchman e. Edward Albee - v. The Zoo Story

12 UNIT-IV: Fiction a. Theodore Dreiser - i. An American Tragedy b. Sherwood Anderson - ii. Winsburg, Ohio c. F.Scot Fitzgerald - iii. The Great Gatsby d. Earnest Hemingway - iv. The Farewell to Arms e. Thomas Wolfe - v. Look Homeward Angel UNIT-V: Fiction a. William Faulkner - i. The Sound and the Fury b. Joseph Heller - ii. Catch 22 c. Willa Cather - iii. The Professor s House d. Joseph Barth - iv. Lost in the Fun House e. Richard Wright - v. An Invisible Man

13 M.Phil. (English) Syllabus INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION Sub. Code: MPEE4 Elective Credits: 5 Objectives: To introduce students to Indian Classics. UNIT-I: Poetry i. Usha Suktham, Purusha Suktham Translation by Ralph (Sanskrit) ii. God on the Hill (Telugu) Annamacharya Samkeerthanas Translated by Velchreu Narayana Rao and David Shulman iii. Kamayini (Hindi) Jayasankara Prasad Translated by Harichand Bansal (Saraswathi House, 1987) iv. Thirukkural (Virtue)[Tamil] Translation by Drew UNIT-II: Epics i. The Ramayana Translation by Rajaji ii. The Mahabharata Prose Translation by Kamala Subramaniam (Bharathiya Vidhya Bhavan Publications) UNIT-III: Drama i. Sakunthalam (Sanskrit) Any Standard Translation in English ii. Andha Yug (Hindi) Dharamvir Bharathi Translated by Alok Bhalla (Oxford University Press) iii. The Legend of Nandhan (Tamil) Indira Parthasarathy Translated by C.T.Indra (OUP) UNIT-IV: Fiction I i. Karukku (Tamil) Bama Translated by Lakshmi Holmstrom ii. Chemmeen (Malayalam) Thagazhi Sivasankaran Pillai (any standard translation) iii. Puppets (Telugu) G.V.Krishna Rao - Translated by D.Kesava Rao iv. Samskara(Kanada) U.R.Ananda Murthy Translated by A.K.Ramanujan (Oxford University Press) UNIT-V: Fiction II i. Godan (Hindi) - PremChand(any standard translation) ii. Water (Tamil) - Asoka Mitran Translated by Lakshmi Holmstrom iii. The Upheaval (Konkani ) - Pundalik Naik iv. Akademi Award Winning Collection of Stories in Urdu - Retelling Surendra Prakash

14 M.Phil. (English) Syllabus TWENTIETH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE Sub. Code: MPEE5 Elective Credits: 5 UNIT-I: Poetry a. W.B.Yeats - i. A Dialogue of Self and Soul. ii. Byzantium iii. Sailing to Byzantium. b. D.H.Lawrence - i. The Ship of Death. ii. Snake. iii. Bavarian Gentians. c. T.S.Eliot - i. The Waste Land. ii. Sweeney among the Nightingales. iii. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock d. Wilfred Owen - i. Strange Meeting. ii. Anthem for Doomed Youth. iii. Mental Cases. e. W.H.Auden - i. The Shield of Achilles. ii. In Praise of W.B. Yeats. iii. Law, Like, Love. UNIT-II: Poetry a. Stephen Spender - i. The Prisoners. ii. The North iii In Railway Halls. b.louis Mac Niece - i. Sunday Morning. ii. Soap Suds iii. Thalassa. c. Philip Larkin - i. The Whitsun Wedding. ii. Explosion. iii. Church Going d. Thom Gunn - i. Faustus Triumphant ii. Autumn chapter in a Novel. iii. Ambulances. e. Ted Hughes - i. The Thought Fox. ii. Pike. iii. The Bear. UNIT-III: Drama a. J.M.Synge - i. Riders to the sea. b. John Osborne - ii. Look Back in Anger. c. Samuel Backett - iii. End Game. d. Harold Pinter - iv. The Home Coming.

15 e. T.S. Eliot - v. The Cocktail Party. UNIT-IV: Fiction a. D.H.Lawrence - i. The Rainbow. b. Virginia Woolf - ii. The Waves. c. E.M. Forster - iii. A Passage to India. d. Joseph Cornard - i, The Secret Agent. e. James Joyce - v. Ulysses. UNIT-V: Fiction a. Aldous Huxley - i. Brave New World b. Nevil Shute - ii. The Ruined city c. Somerset Maugham - iii. Of Human Bondage d. George Orwell - iv. The Animal Form e. Graham Greene - v. The Human Factor