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Syllabus of the Department of English
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B.A. Honours Coursa
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S€ssiotr : 20/J6-2007
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THE UNIVEN,SITY OF DHAKABANGIADESII' 2007
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UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Syllabus fnrB,A, Honours Coirtse
Front Session : 2A06_2007
First Yerr
Semesier I
Sccond Year
Scmester I
coqli€ NtT---eouGEii;
Semester II
Coutse No. I Crrursem
Coune No. I CourG
S€mester lI(2)
Semester Il
Course Title
gs.4q_, f-c,Iiell! _
!5.1{{{] I Lauguage Thror€h I.iteratrueO| |
Eng. 408(8) i - StruLcLure of jqtj!_0rl
E\9. 408(C) | Langrra-ge and Media
First Ycar : Semestcr IComse Eng. 101 : Deyeloping English Lauguage Skills
Listenitrg i
* fistcning for main ideas/key information* L;stening fol sp€cific details' L:stcning and understanding' both inplrcit aad
cxplicit mossages.
(3)
Listanjng and lespondirg to lexts (i.e.), Ibllowinginstructions, answcring questions, roacting tor cIts. ctc.)Listening r,-nd note-taking
Course No. I Course TitleEng.204 _1 Acaclemio Writrgns lq_ _l E"glith D,"." f .o^ M
I tlonu.eve
-Fru. ?06 | v.clo,,{rn Poclr\.rr)d Pro\e
Third Year
Semest€r I
Fourth Year
Sem€ster I
Spcaking :
American L;.terature
Und-erstantling social conventions ii.e., formal/informal speech, turn takjng etc.)Guided convelsations (involving d.ifferen fnnctionsantl siitLations, c.g.. greeting:, requecring, apnlo-grzing, etc.I *,Two-minulo impronxptu talks
ffil,lioduc,i.,n t., E,tgl'sh Language
, r.g!lng.-TngJdf l_!Tt'y -
frotn Spenscr to Popu
f"g,'10: i.sto') ol E ngland
Semester IIeours. -Nc I couse Title
EnF. 305 | Lng'i.h tr,'.. E Ir' !g9qI lllk"EngJ06 | Hr'lory of Wcj:crn ldea\
( 4t
' Readjng news rter.I]s and rcportillg
' Role-PlaYs itnd simulaxions
" prepailng and prcsgntirg taLks on a giYel thenle* Interviews* Storv telljr)g' intoimrt dlebater ltLl gtotLp dirutrs'i.,'t't Public speaking
Reailing :
. Reading strategres (skirnmirg' scarning, predicting,jnferencing, €tc )* Soced rc:r'-[itrg- tii-u. ,.ra;n"g (highl;gillir)g' getting inlbr,malionfrorn te\i. ouickly finding )oltl way srotLllo rqrt\tnorins kev' wolcts. l'ollowing malll argunlcl{l\'lnr".oarinn- wirh rhe telt and sttlllnl'tllztllgl
- R;il;;:" improve lingu'siic s(ill\ ald eKpand
;;;;iti ) : unclersrancling o\Lrall ditcot'rct. iar,ilatc structure ilnd ncdn;llg 1o lhc anallsl'and comDrchcllsiolt of lhc iexl
" ctn;*l- tJo.Ling (makc judgcrncnts -''bout iow ?'
rcxt is arguc.t, rcRecting and nlllKrllg pcl \oili(l
r..ioonr" i. vTsll 65 closi \cnLlin)- oi lxngtLi'gc 1o
,r,rd"rst"',(.1 u'titet" a:iitudr lnd perspccllv('- f^i.rti,."t."J'ng (rerd ng orrtsid' clas'. bo"ks
sclected by leach(ls; al l(lsl l\\o Doo}.s \\lr!be lead)- R;.,iiil '
iorrrnal art,clc' and lircrarl cliticisn:''" \41';ii"; b'ool revictr'' (revic\\\ ot th': books t"rtti
tltu ing thc cours'e)
frriting :
Developing selltence stluctulc-r 1c) brrild langrt'agc
fl,wat€ness:1.""i?""oi"g basic sentc cc constructiolr willl vocabu-
lary
( 5)
Use of rvo.'d combinations an:l collocaliotrsUje of complex sentence constructjons nith com:t--tivrs, also fragmsnts, run-ons
* Paraphrasing* Summarizils* O.Aanizrng -a pltagr'apb: iopic scntene<. d<ta,lcd
\.n]e'rccs.- l.rgical ordcr and cottcjurions* ?aragi'aph wrrting focusing on the charactedsaics
ol patiering, cohesion, coherence and unitf inthc pa!'agr&ph, paragraph anaiysis, dcvelopmenl,outlinins* \\,riting" pa.rag.aphs followjng differcnt
^ rnodcs
ol writing : deflnitjon. descriptio:r' classification,cl',use and efect, compatjson and contrast
b.
Coutse Erg. 102 : Inttoilucrion to l-iterltrte (CriticdApprecietioE)
Rerding
3 U;ing clific,'ent g.r]ies to inlFoduce nguratjveItngLlage (image, sinlile, metaphors, connoiation'dc;rotation, pelsonification, allusion, synbol, hlper-brrlc, irony. pa-adox. urrmoron and apostrophe)* Undersrandiog .ound nx:rcrns (all;terar;on. conso-,t"',"". a.,on-0n.". inte.nal. ind rhyme. hlankverse, free verse, hel'ojc couplel, rhythm) andscansion.* Understanding aspects of style and structure(m^od, ronc. \elLing. cllar.lcler and rheme)
" UnderstaLrding overlll discourse 1o relxle slruc-ture and meaniug to the analysis and comprehen-sion of the lext.* Rea,ling critically to nake judgcmcnts ilbouthorv a text is argued and to make personal rcs-Donscs as well as closc scrutinv of llnguagc torrndc;'rtand \vr;tef'\ atliludc, and perspcctivc andpoint of vicw (speaker, narrator)
(6) (7)Writing diflelent ilpcs of essays : narrative idc:r.-np-tive, exploratory, argumentativcWriting biographies
Course Eng, 103
Shakespearc
Herrick
DonneGray
Keats
E.B. BrorvningEJiotDyian Thonasfed HughesAdrienne Rich
ArchibaldMacl-e ishSeamus Heat]ey
Introductiotr to PoetrJ
" Sba1.l I Cornpare Tiree to a Sulllrrel ts
are Nolhing
"fipo;r Julia's
1l1y hearl''Country
Chapnran's
Da) ""My \.Iisiress's EvesLlk.' rhe Sun""Deiight in Disordt'r";Clothes",'The Sun Rising", "Birlter"Elegy Writtsn in irQhulehdyald""On First Lookiilg irtoHontcl"
Wnting rcsponse papsrs* Mecharrics of wr,ting : gramnlar, pttllctuatron
spel ling
Cousc {ng, 105 Intloiluction to P(ose erd Drrrr
Pro se'-
BaconLambNcwlnal1WoolfManslicldOrweliO'ConnorDesai
Drama :OedipusMercharrt of Venit:tArms and the Man
Coxsc Eag. 106{A)
qRq:<-fi-s-.il!t bEi4eF4 fual{fr<',fifi st_l
q{}M.'il',t rurfff{< fi{{r{
air :
{Fr{'4 rt:lE:r rt?{r' ,ft{{4 ?{
and
"Of Studies""Witches and Other NiSlrt Fca.s'Froxt '.The lclea of a New tlniversit:"'"Worlletr and Fiction""The Garden Party""Shooting an Elepharf'" My 0 ()dipus Complex""Games at Twilight"
Sonnets lj'on the Portugttest. No. 43
"The Love Song ol J. Alfred Prufrock""Fern Hill".(piker...Jaguar."'Living in SinD' "Aunt Jentrifer'sTigers""Ars Poetica"
First Semcstcr II
Couxse Eng. 104 Advanceil Coruposition
The course w.rll comprise the following:
Irtroil{etior to Brrgle Litsrrhi€
'{41T1" 'efl-.{r{ sfi" ',<Ft'' fi 'cs{a'j','lt{,al n-'}'
'{id€l c$T' 'c<l{" 'qlb {Qr qlr,rJ,j"{i4' ,rrf{t? qtl'r< {tcr-,'r"J€T,'etrft.'{'lffa *Fi'. '?c-r 1tln'1tfr aor !{i
3t!r {tGf.T-< strT c<irrtrTt rtts{lq "$e$ rt{
Prc\\'rjting strateg:cs : free-writing, brainstorming'mind rnapping/clustering, narrowing the focu's etc'Writing iith- purpose aud for specific audienceWriting effcctive thssis statementsOlgani'zirtg/structrrring the c'say : oullinrng. wiiriagop[,"ptioi. i'itrnduciions. supporting derail5 andconclusionsWdting tho first draftRevi\ing and edil ingWriting the final draft
( 8)E t-qtl'r:
i{E-g{.1 rfif'ltfir: "ael< rilstfr
?'nn ,'slrfFrtE,,lr : o trt-< qxl<rtt
Coursc Erg. 106 (B) Berglatlcsh Studies
(Forforcigo students and those who havcBangia at any levol)
introdu ::,'n ro Bangla Language, H 'lo'\Histo;y of Bangladesh since 1905Ethnology and Cl.rltu!:eL:terary Heritage
(e.)Corrsc Erg. 203: Erglish l{orel fron D€foc to HttvDcfo cAustenCharlotl-eBionteCharjes DickcllsHardy
Pobinson CtusoePride ond PreiudiL:c
Jqne EyrcOlirer TwistTess of the D'Urbet'rillcsnot st .d icd
aird CultLrre Sccolil Year : Scncstcr II.collse Eig. 204 : Actilemic lvritirg
Tlre various colnpJ.nents of thc couiso lvill includc :* ReaCing to wiitc : ieading aritical sssays, obia,-
,r,lg info. m.r'ioIt ,Ln.l notc-iakiDg* Sy;rtheslz ng diverse information and rnaklngSccoril Y€rr r Scrcster
Coarsc Erg. 201 : htrodlctior ta Lirguistics
* Dcfir.rition and chal.acteristics ol language* Or ig;n' of huguage* Sub*fi:l,is'b lrnclFs -ol' I ngu sr cs : pJrlnetic' l'ld
phonology, raoiphology, scmantios, $yntax, socio
iingu'sticl,- psychcl i ntnistjcs, discoursc analysis-
and p jagmatics
connections* Tninking criticall,vtheme/issu:
and aralytically on a giYcn
informati0n into* O,ganizrne a1-Id p.-io|itjz;ng thea thematic Patlern
Celrsc Elg. 202
BlakcWordsworrh
C(,lcridg€
81-'ronShcilcvKeats
Ro.rartic Poehy
Songs of lulocence antl Experictrcc"Trntern Abb3)'' ti Michar:lt '
"Odc on Intimxiions of Immor-rolitv":.Th; Pielude" Brok I.,The Rimo oi rhe Ancient Marircr";"Kubla Khan!';"Dejecliou : An Ode"Don Jun I..Odr ro a Skvla.k" 'Adonais"
"Odes"
* Argulng w'th convincing eviclence* S, ting the tone of foiinal rvriting* Drqtion/wofd clrojce in asadenic writlng* Tranritiolrs and co]resion* Aqknowledgjng sou'ces and incorporating dircct
and indirect quotes* Wl.itlng Iiterary essays on chalacter, thcme, st]'le,illot sirxcture, imagery, s5r.mbolisn, e1c
* U,lderstanding exalnination questions and kc,v
' e .ms in qui\. !)!) r.
: Erglish Dr*nr fron Marlowc t.
J)r. FcltsftrsMacbeth
Corrsr Eng. 20-<
€crgrcvc
lVlarlowc :
Shakespearc :
VolponeThe Duchess o.f Malf.The Way of the World
r Victod Poe try eerl Prme
"Lotos Eaters" Ulysses",,.Tithonus":'Locksley Hall""Porphyria's Lover",; "Fra LippoLippi"; "Andrea del Sarto": '!MyLast Duchess"; "Rabbi Ben Ezra""The Scholar Gipsy"; "DovcrBeach"; "Thyrsis"
Selections fr-orn On Liberty a:tdAutobiograplty (as in Norton)(As in Norton)
(11 )
312 : Poetry fron St)eNer to FtEThe Faeie Queene Book I. C"nb I"Goocl Morrow' ; ' Canonizatiotr'-"Song: Sweetest Love I do not goe'; '"Valediction : Forbidtiing Mouraing';"Nooturnal upon St. Luc.iets Day-;'"The qe1i"",'The Extasie"; "Tne Flea-;"Thou Hast Made MeD\"The A I1ar"; "Easrer Wings,'; .'Collar 'Poradise Lost Book IX"To His Coy Mistress",; 'Bsrmuda'.?he Definition of Love"Ihe Rape of the Lock
(10)JonsonWebsterCongreve
Corrse Eng.
Tennyson
Browning
Aronld
206
Course F g.
SpenserDonne
HerbertMiltonMarvell
Pope
Corrse Eng.
Tbird Yeer : Scacstcr ICowse Erg. 301 l Intooduction to Erglish L grage
Tcaehitg
303; Ilistory of trngtanl
The Tudors and the Stuar ts . Renaissancc and Rcforma-t ion EnglandThe Crvil WarThe ftestoration of [660The Glorious Revolution ot 1688The Rise of Political PartiesIndustrial RevolutionThe English Ernp reVictorian E nglandThe Firsl Wo"ld War in England
Third Yeer : Senester IICorsc Eng. 304 : Eagtish fot Profcsdonl Pupecc.
+ Bnsiness (eports* Business Letters' Job Applicarion!' lnternal Memoranda* Minutes* Edir ing
Mill
Walter Pate r
* Brief history of Euglish languagc tcaching* The Gramrnar-Translation MethodI The Direct Mothod'r' The Audio Ungual Metbod* Thc Natrrral approachI Alternative Approaches and Mcthods : Sjlont. Way, Suggestopediar Community Languagc Learning' Commuoicalive Language Tcaching+ [.e311e1-centred Approaches* Issues in ELT Methodology : Classroom intcrec-
tion, authenticity, fluency, accuracy and appro-prialy, usagc of Lt and L2, crror corrcction
( 12)
Dcvelopjng Pt'oss CopicsOral Presentation
'Cmrsc Eng. 305 , English Prose fron Bacor to Brrke
( 13 t
l0Lh CenrrLLv Thoughr :. B,rg.o1 .,1,1 Crerrivc lvolu-lion. Prcgnlr.risl]l- Modern Analyricrl pltilosophy anttlbe Scicr)lif,c WLrrld-Vieu. Modcr; p.yr.Jrotoev (Frcud.Jung and P\ychoanalys;s. Behaviourisnr, Cesriir psysii6ilogy), Existelrtialisn, Fcmini-sm.
Bacon
MiltonSwiftAddison
SamuelJohnsonE, Brrko
Essals :'!Oi Truth", "Of Marrjagc andSinglo Life": "Of Great Place',, "OfPlaltations","Of Friendship"..l.reopqgitica (as in Norton)Gulliver's Tr.tvels"Sir RogeJ at ChurcJr"; "Sir Roger atthc Assizes";"Thc Aims ol t\e Spectatoi";"Wrt: T|ue, Falsc, l\4ixed"
" Ltfe ol' Cowle) ""Speech on the East India Bill"
Four.th Year Semestel ICouse nng. 401 : Teaching Seconrl Language Skills
* Teaching the receptive and productive skiiis :thcory ilnd cllrssroolr applicar ion
' lntcgration of rhc lorrr rkill:" Tcaching Glammai''' Tcach;ng Vocabulary* Teacllirlg Pronrrncirr i iol
Corrse Eng, 402 | 20th ( entury l.iaerrtlre (pochy rnriDrama)
Poetry:Yents : "The Lake Isle of Innsfree',;
"The Man Who Drea_n ol Faerie Lanri";'.ta.rer l9 [6";"Second Coming',; ,'Sajling
1llByTantium,';"The Wild Swans at Crolo',;"Leda and the S\yan,,;" Anong School Chjklr-en',;,.Byzantiunt";"61ra,rs {lrintal's Desorlion',;"A Prayer for My Dalrghtcr',
Eliot : Tlte l|/aste LarttlArrdcn : ' Mtrscc dc Bcau\ Alts": " ln Vcltorv
of w' B. YeatsDl (shield of Achillies'!r,In Prajse of Ljmestone"Itrkin: : '.Ch1rrch Going,', ..Aubade'r,
trMr. Blea.nev", "Thg Building". .'Ambu-lances" "Tirc Whjtsun Wedtlines't,
Gorrsc Eng. 306 : Ilistory of Westerr Iilces
Thc Greeks and 1he Romans : Tlrc Ptc-Socratics,Fiato, Aristotle, Stoics, EpicuIeans. Cyrics, Skeptics.Th: \4rd ier r I W,,-ld VrewThc Renaissance: Eralrus, More, Machiavelli, Bacon.Thc Refornation and the Coonrer-Reformation.The Risc of Modern Sliance: Copernicus, Galilco,Ncwton.Thc Risc of Modern Philosophy: Descartes, Hobb"'s,Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke.The Englightenmenr and 18th Century Thought:'fhe Philosophes, Bsrkele"v, Hume, Burke, Adam Snith,Ir4a llh us, Roasseau. Kani.Romanticisn and the F|ench Revolution.Mary Wollstonecraft and the bi*h of FeminismThc A.rnctican Waf of Independcncc anrl Democracy19 Century Thougbt: Hcgel, Marx and Socialism,Igtiliaiianism, Darwin and the Theory of Evolution,Posjrivism (Comtc), Srhop:nhaucr, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche,Feminism,
( t4)J)fama :
Osbolne : Look Back in AngerBeckott : Waiting for GodotPinter : The Birthday Party
;Coo$e nng. 403 : Classics in T(ansl.tio!
Course Eng. 404(A) ' Language and Society
* Language and Diaiect : Regional and Social. Dialects, Variation Studies, Standard Languagc
'Register* Dglossia' * Code-switching* Bollo'lving* Pidgins* Creoles* Theories of the origins of pidgins and Creoles* World Er\qlishes, Language and C\lture
HomerVirgilAeschYlusSopboclesEutipidesAristophanesAnonymous :
Couse Eng.
EmersonHawthorneH. MelvilleThoreauWalt WlitmanEmily DickinsonHenry JamesFrostEugene O'Neill
The lliodThe Aeneid
AgamemnonElectaAlcestisLysisftataBeowulf
4M@i American Literatue
"The American Scholartt"Young Goodman Btown""Bartlebv'"Economyl' (ftom llalden)"Whgn Lilacs Last"SeleotionsDaisvMiller:AStudlSelec't;onsThe noiry Ape
JD. SaliagerIoni MofiisonAllen Giasberg
Edward Albee
Ccuse Eng. {05
ConradLawrence'lYoolf
Jo1rceGoldingMaudsl SpaFk
Course Eng. 406
(lJ): Catcher in the Rve: The Bluest Eye': ''.4. Supermarket jn California':
"Jessore Pog6": The Zno Stury
Fourth Yeer Semester rI20th Century Fictiol
Lord JimSons and LoyersMrs. DallowayPortrait of the Arti$ as a l'oune MaLord of the FliesThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Cdtical Theory
SydneyDrydenJohnson'Wordsworth
Coler idge
ArnoldEliot
WoolfEagletonSaid
"An Apology for Po€trv""Preface to rh€ Fables"'"Preface to Shakesoeare"'Preface to the Lirical Balla(Is,'Biographia ..Literariq (Clrapters xrii,Xlv, Xv. xviil"The Study of poetrv,'"Tradirion and rbe t;dividuirj Talent':"The lt4e12phtsi.al Poets"A Room of One's Own"The Rise of English',Introduction to Oi ientalism
Coqrre Eng. 4O7: Shahespeate
Twevth NightHamletMeqsure .for MeatarcKing LearTempestRichard IIEenry IY
( 16 )
Couse Erg. 408(A): Lengrage Throrgh Litcrrtrxe
{. Using Literaturo in tha LangliaSo Clas.rioorll* I.iterature and tho La.nguage Learner* Reading Literature Cross-Culturally* Literature and LanguagcSkills: rtsir'g sholt slorics
Dov:l\. poelry anC plalt i,r Ieacllillg thc llrrlgtr"gcslills triading, *t;ting. i\lc,rin! 'n itk'ni', \,\2-bularv and grsnm;lr)
* Srvliriics: Ainls and Pctsf'ettivc* Linzuisljc Dcr.,ipttor of Lt'ertry T((t': Aprly'is
ar -Wo|d Lcrel : Anallsir rt Clilu'c Le\cl ' Anlr-lysis at Sefience Level
Counc nng, 408(8) Sttucture of firglish
* Norrns: Positjon ancL Func.tiol ' Noun Cllsscs:colu , r1oll{'ounl, fropef llotlns ' Deletntinatir'c- :
p e-dcleflnitlcrs. !q11|i11 riert]rrnineis. post tletil-mincrs. The u.e of Aniclet
- Vetb: l.,ti;or vert classes-ti1re, tollse arld ihsvcrb.
* Scouence of Te[.cs : Conclll;o tl- nj",rO. : CharacterisLics oi Lltc adYcrb -tlle
adv"tb as 't
clause ciemont-lhq advclb and oth--f
*oiO "lr"t"i-iyntactic functiolls 01' adverbs-
co;respondencc bctrveen a<ljectivcs.aud adverbs-compalison of adjectives and advet-bs'
. Ajii.riu.t : Charrcrerist:c' ol tirc adjectivc-.;;',;;l ;"i periphcral acllct t ves -llrc adjcctivc
irt relalion to otllor word clssses \ynlxclrL lltll(-tion of adjcclivcs -syl11a. f'c lrlld scnlanllc suo-
classification of adjectives.- eatJt-di"i- bf.iases"- Aclj c ct iva 1 ph rascs -Prepos i-
tioual Pltase' Verb Phrl( r'- i"nt"O,- f.fon-Tcnserl anLi vcrblcs' CllltLses,. i.;i;; ,'
-Ptincjptcs of Passr'vization Yoice
Constraints.- bi.*i"ri'",,a rraditior.rl intcrnfclitlion of lhc
rtse and usagc of modals
(trCo{rse Eng. 10S{C.t : language ani _\ledia
* Hisior'y _oi 1\.iedi3 Jech [clcg,v- _ spec jal ibcus 1..^the aevelopmeni oi pr.in,, nidja* Theory and Aesthelicr oi Audio-l-isual MeC:a_cel.rel rheo,ie\/phi'osopiy and il\ ,npacr -ofmed.ra.
'Fcminist Medi Srudics_criricaj, analwis of':.n,lc' und. ,crlality in prin*iaii.'- nf *.Diotogrrphy.* I)iscourse Ana-lysir of Med;a- crilical anah,s;so' lr:lgtragc : cxamin;aiion of ideology . polii;c:of rep'-esedaijon* Recepfioii and Use of Media_critical theory olJ:r-t Baudrilliard etc.* Wdting for the Media-oxamine the form andcontent_. of popular genres ; preparo ..copi6'of media texts* Reading Films-critical eranlnalion of fllms,'filnr studies.
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