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REGULATIONS & SYLLABUS FOR MA IN ENGLISH (DISTANCE) 2015-16 Directorate of Distance & Continuing Education Fakir Mohan University Vyasa Vihar,Old Campus, Balasore 756019 Phone: (06782) 241840 Web: www.fmuddce.org/www.fmuniversity.nic.in

REGULATIONS FOR MA ENGLISH (MAE) PROGRAMME 1. Course Title: The two Years Master of Arts (English) is a general degree programme under distance mode consisting of four semester examinations. After successful completion of the programme the MAE degree will be awarded by the University. MA Programme in English has been developed with a view to provide an opportunity to those learners who wish to go for higher studies in English. The Programme would be of great use for the teachers working in schools, personnel working in various institutions associated with English and literature, working people in various organisations and all graduates who are desirous of acquiring a Masters Degree in English. 2. Eligibility Criteria for Admission: A student who has passed Bachelor Degree in any stream from any recognized University shall be eligible for admission into the MAE programme. 3. Components of MAE Programme: The MAE programme comprises 24 courses, 6 papers in each semester. 4. Medium of Instruction: The programme is offered in English only. 5. Duration of the Course: The duration of the course is minimum two year and maximum four years. In case a student is not able to secure the pass percentage in four years, he/she has to take readmission as a fresh candidate, in case he/she wants to pursue the programme. 6. Attendance: A student has to attend a minimum of 60% of the classes to be permitted to sit in the semester examinations. In case of medical ground if certified by a Medical Officer not below M.B.B.S. doctor, his/her case may be considered. In case a Candidate is unable to acquire the stipulated attendance, he/she will not be allowed to take the examination. The candidate shall have to take re-admission to continue the programme.

7. Counseling Sessions: The counseling sessions are held at the center during week ends, i.e. on Saturdays and Sundays and Vacations. Counseling sessions are very different from class room teaching. Counselors will not be delivering lecturers as in the conventional teaching method. They will try to overcome difficult that you may face in your study. Before attending the counseling sessions, the students are advised to go through their course material. Counseling session will be made available by the study center. 8. Examination and Evaluation: A student will take two annual examinations to complete all 10(Ten) courses in two academic years. The examination relating to this course has two components: a) Continuous evaluation 20% b) Terminal examination 80% Continuous evaluation is related to the assignment (that each student has to submit one assignment in each Theory paper) before being declared eligible to appear for the terminal examination. The term end examination will be of 3 hours duration. To pass, a student has to secure minimum 40% mark both in continuous evaluation and term end examination of each paper, On the basis of aggregate marks obtained in all the courses the division will be awarded as under. First Division : 60% and above Second Division : 50% and above but less than 60% Third Division : 40% and above but less than 50% 9. Evaluation of Answer scripts: Answer scripts of the final examination will be valued by the examiners appointed by this University. 10. Back Examination: If a candidate fails in any one paper (or papers) in any semester/yearly examination he/she has to appear the end semester examination for that paper (papers) only whenever the said examination is held.

11. Semester-wise Course and Mark-Structure for M.A in English Compulsory Courses: 50 marks X18 = 900 Special Paper: 50 marks X 04 = 200 Dissertation: 50 marks X 02 = 100 Semester I: Total marks: 50 marks X 6 = 300 marks Papers Name of the Paper Credit Point Theory Internal Total marks Paper 1 Elements of Style and Literary Forms 4 40 10 50 Paper 2 Literary Critical Essays (Classical/Romantic) 4 40 10 50 Paper 3 Literary Critical Essays (Modern I) 4 40 10 50 Paper 4 Literary Critical Essays (Modern II) 4 40 10 50 Paper 5 Literary Theories 4 40 10 50 Paper 6 Renaissance Drama 4 40 10 50 Semester II: Total marks: 50 marks X 6 = 300 marks Papers Name of the Paper Credit Point Theory Internal Total marks Paper 7 17th century Poetry 4 40 10 50 Paper 8 Restoration and Augustan Literature 4 40 10 50 Paper 9 Romantics (Senior) 4 40 10 50 Paper 10 Romantics (Younger) 4 40 10 50 Paper 11 Victorian Literature 4 40 10 50 Paper 12 End of 19th and Beginning of 20th century 4 40 10 50 Semester III: Total marks: 50 marks X 6 = 300 marks Papers Name of the Paper Credit Point Theory Internal Total marks Paper 13 Essay/Biography (19th and 20th century) 4 40 10 50 Paper 14 20th century Poetry 4 40 10 50 Paper 15 20th century Drama 4 40 10 50 Paper 16 Continental Literature 4 40 10 50 Paper 17 Indian/Indo-Anglican Writing 4 40 10 50 Paper 18 Choice-based (Communicative Business English) 4 40 10 50

Semester IV: Total marks: 50 marks X 6 = 300 marks Special Papers: 1- American Literature Papers Name of the Paper Credit Point Theory Internal Total marks Paper 19 Poetry 4 40 10 50 Paper 20 Fiction 4 40 10 50 Paper 21 Drama 4 40 10 50 Paper 22 Prose and Autobiography 4 40 10 50 Paper 23 Dissertation 4 40 10 50 Paper 24 Presentation of Dissertation and Grand Viva-voce 4 40 10 50 2- Indian Writing in English Papers Name of the Paper Credit Point Theory Internal Total marks Paper 19 Poetry 4 40 10 50 Paper 20 Fiction 4 40 10 50 Paper 21 Drama 4 40 10 50 Paper 22 Prose 4 40 10 50 Paper 23 Dissertation 4 40 10 50 Paper 24 Presentation of Dissertation and Grand Viva-voce 4 40 10 50 3- English Language Teaching and Studies Papers Name of the Paper Credit Point Theory Internal Total marks Paper 19 Phonetics and Spoken English 4 40 10 50 Paper 20 Linguistics and Structure of Modern English and Stylistics 4 40 10 50 Paper 21 English Language Teaching I 4 40 10 50 Paper 22 English Language Teaching II 4 40 10 50 Paper 23 Dissertation 4 40 10 50 Paper 24 Presentation of Dissertation and Grand Viva-voce 4 40 10 50

Semester- I Syllabus for MA in English (Distance) 2015-16 Paper 1: Elements of Style and Literary Forms Unit-1 Elements of Style: alliteration, assonance, ambiguity, archetype, conceit, euphemism, objective correlative, myth, negative capability, oxymoron, paradox, pathetic fallacy, synecdoche Unit-2 Literary Forms/Genres: novel, short-story, genre of prose (essay, biography, autobiography) Unit-3 Poetry and its types; Drama and its types Unit-4 Important movements in history of literature: Renaissance, Restoration, Neoclassicism Paper 2: Literary Critical Essays (Classical/Romantic) Unit-1 Aristotle: The Poetics (chs. V, VI, XIII, XIV) Or Bharatmuni: Natyasastra (chs. I - XIX) Unit-2 Samuel Johnson: Preface to Shakespeare Or S. T. Coleridge: BiographiaLiteraria (chs. 13 & 14) Unit-3 Matthew Arnold: The Study of Poetry Unit-4 Important movements in history: Romanticism, Modernism Paper 3: Literary Critical Essays: Modern I Unit-1 T. S. Eliot: Function of Criticism, Frontiers of Criticism Unit-2 John Crowe Ransom: Poetry - A Note on Ontology Unit-3 Northrop Frye: The Archetypes of Literature Unit-4 Roland Barthes: From Work to Text, Criticism as Language aper 4: Literary Critical Essays: Modern II Unit-1 Jacques Derrida: Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences Unit-2 Michel Foucault: What is an Author? Unit-3 Raymond Williams: Uses of Cultural theory Unit-4 Gayatri C. Spivak: Can the subaltern speak? Paper 5: Literary Theories Unit-1 New criticism, Structuralism, Psycho-analytic criticism Unit-2 Feminism, Marxist criticism, Reader-response criticism Unit-3 New historicism, Cultural criticism, Queer theory Unit-4 Post-colonialism, Translation theories, Subaltern studies Paper 6: Renaissance Drama Unit-1 Christopher Marlowe: Edward II Unit-2 Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra Unit-3 Ben Jonson: Volpone Unit-4 John Webster: The Duchess of Malfi

References: M. H. Abrams: A Glossary of Literary Terms Lewis Turco: The Book of Literary Terms: The Genres of Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, and Scholarship Brian Moon: Literary terms: A practical glossary Johns Hopkins: Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. Johns Hopkins University Press, US (Relevant chapters) Pelican Guide to English Literature Vol. IV B. IforIvans: A Brief History of English Literature Bharatmuni: Natyasastra Aristotle: The Poetics Samuel Johnson: Preface to Shakespeare S. T. Coleridge: BiographiaLiteraria Jacques Derrida: Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences Michel Foucault: What is an Author? Matthew Arnold: The Study of Poetry Northrop Frye: The Archetypes of Literature Roland Barthes: From Work to Text, Criticism as Language T. S. Eliot: Function of Criticism, Frontiers of Criticism John Crowe Ransom: Poetry - A Note on Ontology Raymond Williams: Uses of Cultural theory Gayatri C. Spivak: Can the subaltern speak? Christopher Marlowe: Edward II Ben Jonson: Volpone John Webster: The Duchess of Malfi Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra Standard and authentic editions of the texts published by the publishers like OUP, CUP, Longman, Macmillan, Penguin, Routledge, Signet Classic etc.

Semester - II Paper 7: 17th Century Poetry Unit-1John Donne Selected Poems: The Flea, Song, Go and Catch a Falling Star, The Good-morrow, Loves Alchymie, TheSunne Rising, Anniversarie, The Canonization, A Valediction: Forbidding mourning, The Extasie, Batter my heart Unit-2 Andrew Marvell Selected Poems: The Garden, To his Coy Mistress Unit-3 John Milton: Paradise Lost Book I Unit-4 Francis Bacon Essays: Of Truth, Of Unity in Religion, Of Adversity, Of Parents and Children, Of Marriage and Single Life Paper 8: Restoration and Augustan Literature Unit-1 W. Congreve: The Way of The World Or Sheridan: Rivals Unit-2 J. Swift: Gulliver s Travels Or D. Defoe: Robinson Crusoe Unit-3 A. Pope: The Rape of the Lock OrTheDunciad Unit-4 H. Fielding Tom Jones OrJ. Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel Paper 9: Romantics (Senior) Unit-1 W. Blake Poems:Tiger, The Lamb, The Divine Image, Holy Thursday, Earth s Answer Unit-2 W. Wordsworth: The Prelude Books I and II Unit-3 S. T. Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel Unit-4 Jane Austen: Pride and PrejudiceOrEmma Paper 10: Romantics (Younger) Unit-1 P. B. Shelley:Prometheus Unbound Acts 1 &2 Or The Odes and Lyrics: Ode to the Westwind, Ode to a Skylark, The Cloud Unit-2 J. Keats: Hyperion Or The Odes: Ode to a Nightingale, Ode to Autumn, Ode on a Grecian Urn Unit-3 Lord Byron: Don Juan canto I OrChilde Harold's Pilgrimage canto I Unit-4 Emile Bronte: Wuthering Heights Or Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre Paper 11: Victorian Literature Unit-1 A. L. Tennyson: Tithonus and TheLotos Eaters Unit-2 R. Browning: My Last Duchess and The Last Ride Together Unit-3 M. Arnold: Scholar Gipsy and Dover Beach Unit-4 C. Dickens: Great ExpectationsOrHard Times Paper 12: End of 19th and Beginning of 20th century Unit-1 T. Hardy: Tess of D Urbervilles OrFar from the Madding Crowd Unit-2 D. H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers OrThe Rainbow Unit-3 J. Conrad: Heart of DarknessOrLord Jim Unit-4 Virginia Woolf: To The Light House

References: John Donne Selected Poems Andrew Marvell Selected Poems John Milton: Paradise Lost Francis Bacon Essays W. Congreve: The Way of The World Sheridan: Rivals J. Swift: Gulliver s Travels Defoe: Robinson Crusoe Pope: The Rape of the Lock Pope: The Dunciad H. Fielding Tom Jones J. Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel W. Blake Poems W. Wordsworth: The Prelude Books I and II S. T. Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Emma P. B. Shelley:Prometheus Unbound P. B. Shelley: The Odes and Lyrics J. Keats: Hyperion J. Keats: The Odes Lord Byron: Don Juan Lord Byron: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Emile Bronte: Wuthering Heights Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre L. Tennyson: Poems R. Browning: My Last Duchess and The Last Ride Together M. Arnold: Scholar Gipsy and Dover Beach Dickens: Great Expectations Dickens: Hard Times T. Hardy: Tess of D Urbervilles Or Far from the Madding Crowd H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers Or The Rainbow J. Conrad: Heart of Darkness Or Lord Jim Virginia Woolf: To The Light House Standard and authentic editions of the texts published by the publishers like OUP, CUP, Longman, Macmillan, Penguin, Routledge, Signet Classic etc

Semester - III Paper 13: Essay/Biography (19th and 20th century) Unit-1 C. Lamb: In praise of chimney sweepers, Dream children, Christ hospital, Bachelor s complaint Unit-2 G. K. Chesterton: An accident, The anarchist, A piece of chalk, On lying on bed, The advantages of having one leg, The superstition of school, The new house; A. G. Gardiner: On a case of conscience, On a painted face, On catching the train, On saying please, On cats and dogs, On falling in love; Robert Lynd: Luck, Importance of bad manners, The devil, The pleasures of ignorance, Why tall men are so modest? Unit-3 B. Russell: Philosophy for laymen, The future of mankind, On being modern minded, Ideas that help mankind, Ideas that harm mankind from Unpopular Essays Unit-4 Lytton Strachey: Eminent Victorians Or Queen Victoria Paper 14: 20th Century Poetry Unit-1 W.B. Yeats Poems: Sailing to Byzantium, Leda and the Swan, Byzantium, Dialogue of Self and Soul, September 1913,The Circus Animals Desertion Unit-2 T. S. Eliot: The Wasteland Or The poems: Hollowmen, Gerontion, The love song of J. Alfred Prufock Unit-3 W. H. Auden: In memory of W. B. Yeats, The Unknown citizen, 1st September, 1947, The managers, Musee des beaux arts Unit-4 Ted Hughes: Wind, Thrushes, An otter, The jaguar, Hawk roosting Paper 15: 20th Century Drama Unit-1 Henrik Ibsen: Pillars of society OrG. B. Shaw: St. Joan Unit-2 S. Beckett: Waiting for GodotOrEndgame Unit-3 H. Pinter: The Birthday party OrJ. Osborne: Look back in Anger Unit-4 E. O Neill: The Hairy Ape OrDesire under the Elms Paper 16: Continental Literature Unit-1 F. Kafka: The Trial Or A. Camus: The Outsider Unit-2 B. Brecht: Mother Courage Unit-3 C. Baudelaire: Selected poems from Les Fleurs du mal (A Bilingual Edition Translated by Norman R. Shapiro) Unit-4 G. G. Marquez: One hundred years of Solitude Paper 17: Indian/Indo-Anglican Writing Unit-1 U. R. Ananthamurthy: Samskara: a rite for a dead man (Tr. A.K.Ramanujan) Unit-2 Mahesh Dattani: Final Solution Unit-3 JayantaMahapatra: Land Unit-4 Amitav Ghosh: The Hungry Tide

Paper 18: Choice-based(Communicative Business English) Unit-1Meaning, definition and concepts of Communication, Process of Communication and Factors responsible for it such as Sender, Receiver, Message, Channel, Audience, Feedback, Noise, Context Unit-2Types ofbusinesscommunication: Formal/Informal/Internal/External/Upward/Downward/Horizontal/Parallel/Grapevine Unit-3 Communication Barrier: types of barrier and overcoming them, Non-verbal Communication and types: Ideas of Kinesics, Proxemics, Signs and Symbols Unit-4 Personal and Soft-skills development Theories: Emotional Intelligence and its characteristics, Lateral Thinking, Leadership skills and its principles, Teamship and its role, Time Management, Presentation skill-power-point and Oral Presentation, Interview skills References: Lamb Essays G. K. Chesterton Essays G. Gardiner Essays Robert Lynd Essays Russell Unpopular Essays Lytton Strachey: Eminent Victorians Or Queen Victoria W.B. Yeats Poems T. S. Eliot: The Wasteland Eliot: Selected poems W. H. Auden Poems Ted Hughes Poems Henrik Ibsen: Pillars of society G. B. Shaw: St. Joan S. Beckett: Waiting for Godot Or Endgame H. Pinter: The Birthday party J. Osborne: Look back in Anger O Neill: The Hairy Ape Or Desire under the Elms Kafka: The Trial Camus: The Outsider Brecht: Mother Courage Baudelaire: Selected poems from Les Fleurs du mal (A Bilingual Edition Translated by Norman R. Shapiro) G. G. Marquez: One hundred years of Solitude U. R. Ananthamurthy: Samskara: a rite for a dead man (Tr. A.K.Ramanujan) Mahesh Dattani: Final Solution JayantaMahapatra: Land Amitav Ghosh: The Hungry Tide Essentials of Communicative Englishby Sharmila Subramanian, Vrinda Publications (P) Ltd. Communicative English, Orient Longman, India Standard and authentic editions of the texts published by the publishers like OUP, CUP, Longman, Macmillan, Penguin, Routledge, Signet Classic etc.

Semester - IV Special Papers: 1- American Literature (AL) Paper 19: Poetry Unit-1 Walt Whitman Selected Poems: Song of Myself, One s Self I Sing, Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, A Noiseless Patient Spider, O Captain! My Captain! Or Wallace Stevens Selected Poems: Of Modern Poetry, The Emperor of Ice- Cream, Sunday Morning, The Idea of Order at Key West, Anecdote of the Jar Unit-2 Emily Dickinson Poems: After Great Pain a Formal Feeling Comes, Because I Could Not Stop for Death, Going to Church, I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed, Much Madness is Divinest Strength, Hope is the Thing with Feathers Unit-3 Robert Frost Selected Poems: Mending Wall, Come in, The Road Not Taken, Fire and Ice, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, After Apple-Picking Unit-4 William Carlos Williams Selected Poems: The Red Wheel-Barrow, Rain, The Yachts, Tract, Nantucket OrE. E. Cummings Selected Poems: As Freedom is a Breakfast food, Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town, My Love, All in Green Went My Love Riding, I Sing of Olaf Paper 20: Fiction Unit-1 Melville: Moby DickOrH.B.Stowe: Uncle Tom s Cabin Unit-2 Mark Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry FinnOrHenry James: The Portrait of a Lady Unit-3 Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby Or E. Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea Unit-4 Toni Morrison: Sula Or S. Bellow: The Victim Paper 21: Drama Unit-1 Eugene O Neill: Mourning becomes Electra Or Emperor Jones Unit-2 Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman Or All my sons Unit-3 Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire Unit-4 Edward Albee: The Zoo Story Paper 22: Prose and Autobiography Unit-1 Emerson Selected Essays: The American Scholar, Self-Reliance Unit-2 Thoreau: Walden Unit-3 Frederick Douglass: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Unit-4 Harriet Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Paper 23:Dissertation (F.M=50) Paper 24:Presentation of Dissertation and Grand Viva-Voce (F.M=50)

References: Walt Whitman Selected Poems Wallace Stevens Selected Poems Emily Dickinson Poems Robert Frost Selected Poems William Carlos Williams Selected Poems Melville: Moby Dick Frederick Douglass: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Mark Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea Toni Morrison: Sula S. Bellow: The Victim Eugene O Neill: Mourning becomes Electra Or Emperor Jones Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman Or All my sons Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire Edward Albee: The Zoo Story Emerson Selected Essays: The American Scholar, Self-Reliance Thoreau: Walden H.B.Stowe: Uncle Tom s Cabin Harriet Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a slave girl Standard and authentic editions of the texts published by the publishers like OUP, CUP, Longman, Macmillan, Penguin, Routledge, Signet Classic etc

2- Indian Writing in English (IWE) Paper 19: Poetry Unit-1 R.N.Tagore: From Geetanjali(English): Canto 1, 2, 3 Or N. Ezekiel: Goodbye party for Miss Puspa T. S, Poet, Lover, Bird-watcher, Background, Casually Unit-2 A.K.Ramanujan: Still another view of grace, What his girlfriend said to her Or Kamala Das: An introduction, The old play house Unit-3 R. Parthasarathy: From exile, Homecoming Or Shiv K. Kumar: Indian women, To an unborn child Unit-4 JayantaMahapatra: Land Or Vikram Seth: Dedication, Acknowledgements, Excerpts Paper 20: Fiction Unit-1 R. K. Narayan: Guide Or The world of Nagaraj Unit-2 Mulk Raj Anand: Untouchable Or KamalaMarkandeya: Nectar in a Sieve Unit-3 Anita Desai: Where shall we go this Summer? Or Shashi Despande: That Long Silence Unit-4 A. Roy: The God of Small Things Or JhumpaLahiri: The Namesake Paper 21: Drama Unit-1 Bharati Sarabhai: The Well of the People Or ManjulaPadmanava: The Harvest Unit-2 Girish Karnad: YayatiOrNagamandalam Unit-3 Mahesh Dattani: Final Solution Unit-4 BadalSircar: EbamIndrajit Or There is no End Paper 22: Prose Unit-1 Nirad C. Chaudhury: Autobiography of an Unknown Indian(chs 4 & 5) Unit-2 Khushwant Singh: With malice towards One and All Unit-3 J. Krishnamurty: Freedom Unit-4 A. K. Mehrotra: History of India Paper 23:Dissertation (F.M=50) Paper 24:Presentation of Dissertation and Grand Viva-Voce (F.M=50)

References: R. N. Tagore: From Geetanjali(English): Canto 1, 2, 3 N. Ezekiel: Selected Poems K. Ramanujan: Selected Poems Kamala Das: Selected Poems R. Parthasarathy: Selected Poems JayantaMahapatra: Land Vikram Seth: Selected Poems R. K. Narayan: Guide Or The world of Nagaraj Mulk Raj Anand: Untouchable Kamala Markandeya: Nectar in a Sieve Anita Desai: Where shall we go this Summer? Shashi Despande: That Long Silence Roy: The God of Small Things JhumpaLahiri: The Namesake Bharati Sarabhai: The Well of the People ManjulaPadmanava: The Harvest Girish Karnad: Yayati Or Nagamandalam Mahesh Dattani: BadalSircar: EbamIndrajit Or There is no End Nirad C. Chaudhury: Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (chs. 4 & 5) Khushwant Singh: With malice towards One and All J. Krishnamurty: Freedom K. Mehrotra: History of India Standard and authentic editions of the texts published by the publishers like OUP, CUP, Longman, Macmillan, Penguin, Routledge, Signet Classic etc.

3- English Language Teaching and Studies (ELTS) Paper 19:Phonetics and Spoken English Unit-1 Definition and Scope of Phonetics, Mechanism of speech production Unit-2 Classification of Sounds-description of English consonants and vowels with examples of Transcription Unit-3 Syllable-structure and types of the syllable, Word-stress, Rhythm, Rhythm in connected speech Unit-4 Intonation-types, Features of connected speech Paper 20: Linguistics and Structure of Modern English and Stylistics Unit-1 Definition and Scope of Linguistics, Language: its features and functions, Language variations-language varieties, Languages in contact, Language change Unit-2 Introduction to various schools of Linguistics-Traditional, Structural and Transformational Generative, Structure of Modern English-Structure of Noun-Phrase, Verbal Group, Patterns of other sentential constituents, Surface and Deep structure inter-relations, Ambiguities Unit-3 Stylistics-Styles, Features, Purpose and Effect, Style and Context, Various approaches to stylistic analysis-literary stylistics, Linguistic stylistics, Discourse analysis, Stylo-statistics Unit-4 Stylistic markers and conventions, Practical stylistic interpretation of unseen poem(s) or prose passages Paper 21: English Language Teaching- I Unit-1 Language acquisition versus Language learning Unit-2 Language learning theories-behaviourist and Cognitivist Schools Unit-3 Various approaches and methods of Language Teaching-Grammar, Translation method, Reading method, Direct method, Audio-lingual method, Situational method, Communicative method, Lexical approach Unit-4 Testing and evaluation-principles of evaluation, Types of tests, ELT in contemporary India-alternative methodology to suit Indian context Paper 22: English Language Teaching- II Unit-1 ELT in India: Advent and rise of English in Pre-independence India, Language Policy and ELT planning in Post-independence India, Global spread of English, Emergence of non-native varieties of ESL in bilingual education Unit-2 What is Language? Principles of Language Teaching, Usage and Grammar, Types of grammar: Formal Grammar (G1), Functional Grammar (G2), Role of grammar in Language Pedagogy Unit-3 Teaching of reading: Theoretical approaches, Reading strategies and types- Intensive reading and Extensive reading; Writing as a communication: Development of written skills, Introduction to various kinds of specialized writing, Planning, Drafting, Revision,Tournalese, Narrative, Descriptive, Argumentative, Technical, Letter and Report-writing etc. Unit-4 Methods-Technology in Teaching and Learning: Communicative approach to Language teaching, Application of communicative technology in ELT, Computerinsisted instruction in Language teaching, English by e-mail creating a global classroom via the medium of computer technology websites on the internet ELT

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