ENG5221M INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODOLOGY SEMESTER V

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1 ENG5221M INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODOLOGY SEMESTER V OBJECTIVES: 2hrs. / wk. GENERAL: * To introduce students to the systematic way of doing research. * To familiarize them to the proper methods of presenting their ideas. SPECIFIC: * To enable students to carry out research independently UNIT I: 15hrs Introduction to Research Qualities of a Researcher. Different stages in Research. Preparation Gathering of materials Evaluating materials Arranging the materials Developing the materials. UNIT II: 15hrs Bibliography Preparation and Documentation Card entry and List entry Note Taking. Out lining Format REFERENCE: 1. Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. VI ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, Sripathi, Muthu Krishna: A Concise Handbook on Research Methodology. Madurai: Malar Printers, LEARNING OUTCOMES: ENG5523M VICTORIAN AGE 5 hrs / wk

2 On successful completion of the course the student will be able to: identify the significant features of the Victorian age appreciate the literary merits of the age analyse the literature of the Victorian age critically COURSE OUTLINE: UNIT I: PROSE - DETAILED 15 hrs Thomas Carlyle - The Hero as Poet (1-27 paragraphs) UNIT II: POETRY- DETAILED 15 hrs Matthew Arnold - The Scholar Gipsy Lord Tennyson - Ulysses Robert Browning- Last Ride Together G.M.Hopkins - The Windhover Francis Thompson- The Hound of Heaven D.G. Rossetti - The White Ship UNIT III: DRAMA- DETAILED 15 hrs Bernard Shaw - Arms and the Man UNIT IV: NOVEL 20 hrs Charles Dickens - David Copperfield George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss UNIT V: NON DETAILED STUDY 10 hrs J.M. Barrie - The Admirable Crichton John Ruskin - King s Treasuries from Sesame and Lilies REFERENCE BOOK(S): Cecil, David. Early Victorian Novelists. London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1957 Davids, Hugh Sykes. The Poets and their Critics,London: Hutchinson and Co Ltd.,1962. Grierson, J.C. A Critical History of English Poetry, London: Chatto & Loudus,1956. Ian, Milligan, The Novel in English: An Introduction. London: The Macmillan Press Ltd., ENG 5524M INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

3 LEARNING OUTCOMES: 5 hrs / wk On successful completion of the course the student will be able to: highlight the uniqueness of Indian Literature in English compare and contrast Indian Literature in English with literatures of other nations critically appreciate the different genres in Indian Literature in English COURSE OUTLINE: UNIT I: POETRY 15 hrs Rabindranath Tagore - Gitanjali (31-35) Jayanta Mahapatra - Deaths in Orissa Nissim Ezekiel - A Very Indian Poem in Indian English A.K. Ramanujan - A River Meena Alexander - House of Thousand Doors UNIT II: PROSE 20 hrs Minoo Masani - No man is an Island. Salman Rushdie - The Riddle of Midnight: India, August 1987 (Selection from Imaginary Homelands) Shashi Deshpande - Gods and Goddesses (Selections from Writing from the Margin) Kushwant Singh - The Way we Live (A Selection of Kushwant Singh s Essays) UNIT III:DRAMA 20 hrs Girish Karnad - Tughlaq Rabindranath Tagore - Muktadhara UNIT IV NOVEL 10 hrs R.K. Narayan - The English Teacher UNIT V: SHORT STORIES 10 hrs Kamala Das - Neipayasam Mahasweta Devi - Shishu Ambai - Pirachurikkappadatha Kaiprathi Ruskin Bond - A Crow for all Seasons REFERENCE BOOK(S): Naik, M.K. Aspects of Indian Writing in English. Delhi: Macmillan, 1979.

4 Mukherjee, Meenakshi. The Twice Born Fiction: Themes and Techniques of the Indian Novel in English. New Delhi: Heinemann, Srinivasa Iyengar, K.R. Indian Writing in English. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, Shirwadkar, Meera. Image of Women in Indo Anglian Fiction. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Salman Rushdie. Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism New York: Viking and Granta, ENG 5121P ENGLISH ENHANCEMENT LAB COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: 2 hrs / wk On successful completion of the course the student will be able to communicate effectively in English speak and write grammatically accurate sentences comprehend simple English texts COURSE CONTENT: UNIT I: Listening Comprehension 6 hrs UNIT II: Speaking skills: Accent neutralization 6 hrs UNIT III: Reading skills: Stress and Intonation practice. 6 hrs UNIT IV: Practising grammatical exercises 6 hrs UNIT V: Exercises in Composition 6 hrs TEXTBOOK(S): ELLIS English Language - Learning Innovative Solutions. Learning to speak English Version 8.1 Windows 95/98/me/ 2000/xped-Rom. REFERENCE BOOK( S) : Jakeman, Vanessa, Clare Mc Dowell. Cambridge Practice Tests For IELTS 1,2,3, & 4 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Sharpe, Pamela J. Barron s How to Prepare for the TOEFL TEST. New Delhi: Galgotra, Publications, CDs ELLIS English Language - Learning Innovative Solutions.

5 IDH 5421A SOCIETY AND LITERATURE Semester IV OBJECTIVES: 4hrs./wk. GENERAL To help students see literature as a mirror. To create an awareness of culture uniqueness in society. SPECIFIC: To make the target groups realize the inter-relationship between Society and Literature. To introduce students of English Literature to aspects of sociology which are captured creatively in literary works. UNIT I Sociology and Literature Sociological imagination- C. Wright Mills. Sociological perspective- functional, conflict, symbolic interactionist perspective. Sociological approach in literature- Joseph Wood krutch-tragic fallacy, Wilbur Scott s- Five approaches to Literary Criticism UNIT II Portrayal of Culture in Literature Definition, types of culture- material, nonmaterial. Related concepts- cultural lag, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, cultural universal, subculture. Jumpha Lahiri- The Interpreter of Maladies. UNIT III Representation of Social Inequality in Literature Definition, dimensions of social stratification- power, property, prestige. Forms of stratification- class and caste. Social mobility-meaning, types. Inequalities of gender, inequalities of age, inequalities of race. Telephone Conversation : Wole soyinka Scavengers Son : T.Sivasankara Pillai The Doll s House : Katherine Mansfield UNIT 1V

6 Patterns of Socialization in Literature Socialization Definition- functions, agencies, theories- Cooley, Mead. Franz Kafka- Metamorphosis UNIT V Social Conformity in Literature Definition and characteristics of social control. Types of social control - formal and informal. Bharathi Mukherjee - Wife Reference Books: 1. Anthony Giddens and Mitchell Duneier, Introduction to Sociology. 3 rd ed., W.W.Norton and co., New York, Anthony Giddens, Introduction to Sociology. 1 st ed., W.W. Norton and co., New York, Five Approaches of Literary Criticism: An Arrangement of Contemporary Critical Essays Mass Market Paper, Collier Books, New Delhi, Gibbs, James., ed. Soyinka Wole., ed. Critical Perspective on Wole Soyinka. Oxford Press, James M Henslin. Sociology A down to earth Approach, 2 nd ed., Alyn and Bacon, Boston, Lahiri Jhumpa., The Master Story teller: A critical response to Interpreter of Maladies. edited by Suman Bala. New Delhi, KPH, Scott, Wilbur., Five Approaches to Literary Criticism, New York, Macmillan, Thiher, Allan, Franz Kafka. A Study of the Short Fiction. Boston: Twayne, William Kornblum, Sociology in a Changing World, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NewYork, * * * ENG 5521O INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION SEMESTER V

7 OBJECTIVES: 5hrs/wk. GENERAL: To acquaint the students with the techniques and importance of Journalism To enable interested students choose Journalism as their career. To motivate students contribute to journals, magazines etc. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: To appreciate journalistic writing as literature. To enable students develop skills in writing interesting articles and artful stories To enable students understand the significance of mass media in creating social awareness. To enable students understand the influence of mass media on society. Rationale: Earlier it was more theoretical and the need to incorporate practical journalism was strongly felt. COURSE CONTENT UNIT I INTRODUCTION (10 hrs.) Definition Principles of Journalism Theories of Journalism-history of Press in India Tamilnadu Press laws Role of Mass Media- kinds and effects of Mass Media. Code of Ethics in Journalism Different types of communication. UNIT II REPORTING & EDITING (20hrs.) Reporting Qualifications and aptitudes of a reporter kinds of reporting interview news features- Qualifications, responsibilities and rights of an editor-principles, techniques of editing. UNIT III (20hrs.) NEWS WRITING

8 News writing tools and techniques types of writing writing leads headlines writing features- editorials- review-photo editing- proof reading cartoons writing T.V and radio scripts serials. UNIT IV ADVERTISING (10hrs.) Advertising principles and practices functions kinds- copywriting- evaluation of advertising effectiveness. UNIT V PRACTICAL JOURNALISM (10hrs.) Classroom Newspaper Creating Ads using CAI Designing a journal News Reading- Photo journalism. REFERENCE BOOKS: 1. Ahuja, B.N & S.S.Chhabra. Principles and Techniques of Journalism. New Delhi: Surjeet Publications, Baran J.Stanley, Dennis K. Davis. Mass Communication Theory. New York: Wadsworth Publishing, George A. Hough. News Writing. New Delhi: Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, Joshi, Uma. Text Book of Mass Communication and Media New Delhi: Anmol Publications Kevel J.Kumar. Mass Communications in India. Mumbai: Jaico Publishing House, Parthasarathy, Rangaswami. Basic Journalism. Chennai: Macmillan India Limited, *****