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1 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Course Content Batch Programme Level Course Course code : Social Sciences : Postgraduate : MA (English) : EG University School of Social Sciences University School of Social Sciences 1

2 SUMMARY OF TOTAL CREDITS S.No. Semester L T P Library Contact Credits time hours/week 1 I II III IV Total University School of Social Sciences 2

3 STUDY SCHEME SEMESTER I PAPER COURSE TITLE Code L (Lecture) T (Tutorial) P (Practical) C (Credit) 1. Introduction to History of EG6101 English Literature 2. Phonetics EG Poetry -I EG Drama -I EG Communication (Practical) I EG Total Credits: 18 SEMESTER II PAPER COURSE TITLE Code (Lecture) (Tutorial) (Practical) (Credit) 1. Twentieth Century British EG6201 Literature 2. Fiction EG Poetry -II EG Drama -II EG Communication (Practical)- II EG Total Credits: 18 University School of Social Sciences 3

4 SEMESTER III PAPER COURSE TITLE Code L 1. Introduction to Literary Criticism (Lecture) T (Tutorial) P (Practical) C (Credit) EG Indian writing in English I EG Linguistics I EG Communication (Practical)- III EG Any one of the following 5. American Literature EG7105 World Literature EG7106 Total Credits: 18 SEMESTER IV PAPER COURSE TITLE Code (Lecture) (Tutorial) (Practical) (Credit) 1. Literary Criticism & Theory I EG Indian Writing in English II EG Linguistics II EG Practical Criticism EG Any one of the following 5. New Literatures in English EG7205 Women s Writing EG7206 Total Credits: 18 University School of Social Sciences 4

5 Evaluation Scheme for Theory Type/Exam Mid Term Test I Mid Term Test II Evaluation Scheme Assignment/Quiz/ Presentation/Semina r End Term Test Total Marks Theory = Evaluation Scheme for Practical Continuous Evaluation System End Term Test (50) (50) Practical File Practical Viva Voce Question Paper Pattern for Mid Term Tests Question Paper will be divided into three parts: (Total Marks=35 and Maximum Time Duration 1/1/2hr) Section Question Type Total No. of Questions No. of questions to be attempted Each question carry marks Part I Objective Type 4 All 2 8 Part-II Short Answer 3 All 5 15 Type Part-III Comprehensive Answer Type 1 All Total Marks Total 35 Question Paper Pattern for End Term Test Question Paper will be divided into three parts: (Total Marks=70 and Maximum Time Duration 3 hrs) Section Question Type Total No. of Questions No. of questions to be attempted Each question carry marks Part I Objective Type 8 All 2 16 Part-II Short Answer 6 All 5 30 Type Part-III Comprehensive Answer Type Total 70 Teaching Learning Evaluation Plan depending upon the Course/Subject Assignment:- There will be 8-10 assignments per subject per student. Quiz :- There will be two to four Quizzes per subject per student. Extempore :- There will be one extempore per subject per student. Seminar:-There will be one seminar per subject per student. Total Marks University School of Social Sciences 5

6 SEMESTER I EG6101 INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Develop the interest in studying English Literature. Develop the knowledge about the history of English literature. Extend their learning of major literary genres. Focus the attention on Ballads and Romances. Age of Chaucer : Ballads and Romances, Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales, Chaucer s Contemporaries and Successors, Middle Ages, Impact of Italian Renaissance. Renaissance Period : General Characteristics, Reformation and Puritanism, Elizabethan World Picture, Metaphysical and Cavalier poets, Spencer s Fairy Queene and Milton s Paradise Lost. I Renaissance Drama : Rise of Drama, Mysteries, Miracles, Moralities and Interludes, Revenge Tragedy, Elizabethan Theatre, University Wits, Shakespeare s Plays, Ben Johnson and Comedy of humours. Neo-Classical Period : Dryden and Pope, The Age of Reason and Prose, The Rise of Engish Novel, Pre Romantic Poets. University School of Social Sciences 6

7 Donaldson, E.T.(1970). Speaking of Chaucer.London. Hudson, W.H.(1913). An Outline History Of English Literature.London G.Bell. Iyenger,K.R.S.and Nandakumar,Prem.(1983).Introduction to the Study of English literature.penguin Books England. Legouis & Cazamian (1985). A History of English Literature ND: Sterling. Long,W.J.(2004). History of English Literature.Boston : Ginn & Company. EG6102 PHONETICS Distinguish between various speech sounds of English. Understand the meaning of Phonetics and Phonology. Develop the knowledge about organs of speech. Grasp the idea underlying the connected speech. Make the correct use of stress, intonation and rhythm. Phonology : Speech Mechanism and the Organs of Speech, Consonants, Vowels, Diphthongs and Phoneme. Morphology : Morphemes, Words and Affixes, Free and Bound Morphemes, Word formation Process in English. I The Syllable : Strong and Weak syllables, The Structure of Syllable, Connected Speech, Stress and Stress change in English Words, Sentence Stress, Intonation and Rhythm. Parts of Speech : A Verb and Verb Phrase, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Auxiliaries, Noun and Noun Phrase Adjectives, Adverb and Adverbials, Place Relation and Time Relation. Halliday,M.A.K & Hasan,R.(1976). Cohesion in English. Longman. Huddleston,Rodney(1996). English Grammar: An Outline,CUP. Quirk,R and Greenbaum,S.(1973). A University Grammar of English.Longman. University School of Social Sciences 7

8 Roach, Peter.(2000). English phonetics and phonology, Cambridge.CUP. Sethi, J. and Dhamija P.V.(1990). A Course in Phonetics and Spoken English, ND: Prentice Hall India. EG6103 POETRY -I Develop their interest in poetry. Enhance their power of imagination. Develop their critical thinking. Appreciate the ideas and theme underlying the literary works. John Donne : The Blossom, The Canonization, The Good Morrow. Alexander Pope : The Rape of the Lock. I Robert Browning : The Last Ride Together, Porphyria s Lover. John Keats : Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn. Abrams, M. H. (1975). English Romantic Poets : Modern Essays in Criticism. 2 nd ed, Oxford University Press. Drew, P. ( ed. ) (1985). Robert Browning : A Collection of Critical Essays.New Delhi: Macmillan. Earl, R. Wasserman. (1967). The Finer Tone : Keats Major Poems, Balltimore : The John Hopkins Press. Fraser, G. S. ed.(1971). Keats : The Odes ( Case Book Series ).London: Macmillan. Helen, Gardner ed.(1979).john Donne : A collection of Critical Essays ( 20 th Century Views Series ).New Delhi : Prentice Hall India Ltd. University School of Social Sciences 8

9 EG6104 DRAMA -I Read the Drama script in English. Understand the main ideas and details in dramatic script. Appreciate the dramatic techniques of famous authors. Improve the listening, speaking and comprehension Skills. Develop the Role Playing skill. John Webster : The Duchess of Malfi Christopher Marlowe : Dr. Faustus I William Congreve : The Way of the World William Shakespeare : King Lear Adelman, Janet. ( ed ). (1980). 20 th Century Interpretation of King Lear.New Delhi : Prentice Hall,India. Bradley,A.C.(2009). Shakespearean Tragedy : Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth.New Delhi : Dodo Press. Kreiger, Murray. (1960). The Tragic Vision.University of Chicago Press. Leech, Clifford.(1978). Christopher Marlowe : A Collection of Critical Essays ( 20 th Century Views Series ).New Delhi : Prentice Hall, India. Williams, Raymond.(1968). Drama in Performance.Penguin Books England. University School of Social Sciences 9

10 EG6105 COMMUNICATION (PRACTICAL) - I Max. Marks: Improve their Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Develop the communication skill. To share the ideas and thoughts clearly. Develop the confidence level to speak clearly. Reading Skills: (a) Understand and assimilate the main ideas and specific details in a word text of moderate difficulty. (b) Comprehension Paragraphs. Writing Skills: (a) Write a letter of request, complaint, apology, order. (b) Write a notice, poster. (c) Write a paragraph on a given topic. Listening Skills: (a) Classroom talk and discussions. (b) News items and public announcements. I Speaking Skills: (a) Pronounce the words and text correctly and to speak with proper intonation. (b) Group discussions. (c) Role Playing. (d) Debates. University School of Social Sciences 10

11 SEMESTER II EG6201 TWENTIETH CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE Develop their interest in poetry. Enhance their power of imagination. Appreciate the dramatic techniques of famous authors. Improve the listening, speaking and comprehension Skills. Develop the Role Playing skill. W. B. Yeats : When you are Old and Grey, The Second Coming, A Prayer for my Daughter, Among School Children. Philip Larkin : Church Going, The Whitsun Weddings, Toads, The Buildings. I William Golding : Lord of the Flies. John Osborne : Look Back in Anger. Benjamin, Walter.(1973). Illuminations. London: Fontana. Bergonzi, Benard.(1970). The Situation of the Novel.London: Macmillan. Brustein, Robert.(1962). The Theatre of Revolt. London: Methuen. Camus, Albert.(1975). The Myth of Sisyphus.Penguin. Chadwick, Charles.(1971). Symbolism. London: Menthuen. Fraser, G. S.(1961). The Modern Writer and His World.London: Curtis Brown. University School of Social Sciences 11

12 EG 6202 FICTION Develop the interest in English literature. Understand the thematic technique of different authors. Understand the plot construction technique of different authors. Develop the critical thinking. Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice. Charles Dickens : Great Expectations. I Thomas Hardy : Jude the Obscure. George Eliot : The Mill on the Floss. Forster,E. M.(1927). Aspects of the Novel.London. Gallagher, Catherine.(1985). The Industrial Reformation of English Fiction.University of Chicago Press. Hardy,B.(1970). The Mill on the floss in Critical Essays on George Eliot( B.Hardy,ed.) London.Routledge and Kegan Paul. Kettle,Arnold.(1951). An Introduction to the English Novel.London:Hutchinson. Stern, J. P. (1973).On Realisim. London:Routledge and Kegan Paul. University School of Social Sciences 12

13 EG6203 POETRY -II Develop their interest in poetry. Enhance their power of imagination. Develop their critical thinking. Appreciate the ideas and theme underlying the literary works. William Wordsworth : The Prelude, Book I. Alfred Tennyson : Ulysses, The Lotus Eaters. I John Milton : Paradise Lost-I. S.T Coleridge : The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Arnold, Mathew.(1880). Study of Poetry. Chicago Press. Campbell, Mathew.(1999). Rhythm & Will in Victorian Poetry. Cambridge University Press. Coleridge, S. T.(1817). Biographia Literaria,Chapter XIV. Tillyard, E.M.W.(1943). The Elizabethan World Picture.London: Chatto and Windus. University School of Social Sciences 13

14 EG6204 DRAMA II Read the Drama script in English. Understand the main ideas and details in dramatic script. Appreciate the dramatic techniques of famous authors. Improve the listening, speaking and comprehension Skills. Develop the Role Playing skill. William Shakespeare : Hamlet. Ben Jonson : Volpone. I Bernard Shaw : Saint Joan. T.S. Eliot : The Family Reunion. Bradbrok, M. C.(1968). Elizabethan Stage Condition.CUP. Craig, Edward, Gordon.(1911). On the Art of the Theatre.London: Heinemann. Kitto,H. D. F.(1956). Form and Meaning in Drama.London: Methuen. Knight, Wilson.(1969). The Wheel of Fire.London: Methuen. Nicoll, A.(1969). The Theory of Drama. New Delhi: Doaba House. Woodfield, James.(1984). English Theatre in Transition, London: Croom Helm. Williams, Raymond.(1968). Drama in Performance. Penguin Books England. University School of Social Sciences 14

15 EG6205 COMMUNICATION (PRACTICAL) - II Max. Marks: Improve their Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Develop the communication skill. To share the ideas and thoughts clearly. Develop the confidence level to speak clearly. Reading Skills (a) Read a text at normal speed with correct pronunciation, intonation and pauses and with ap propriate facial expression and gestures (especially in poetry and drama). (b) Dramatization of Text. Writing Skills (a) Write an application for a job with a covering letter. (b) Write an advertisement for selling/ buying an item. (c) Write a short narrative or essay (up to 100 words). Listening Skills (a) Take notes. (b) Dictation. (c) Listening and performing games. Speaking Skills (a) Introduce one s self and others. (b) Make requests. (c) Seek permission and information. (d) Place an order. (e) Accept an invitation. (f) Give directions. I University School of Social Sciences 15