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A.V.C.College (Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305
Department of English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
I ELC - I 03 06 18 LE 101
English For Communication - I
Course Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to CO1: Attain human values and perceptions through literary pieces. CO2: Taste the sense of humour, moral values and learn the importance of relationships. CO3: Acquire the spirit of national interest through the power of speech and learn the traditional Indian values. CO4: Learn that hard work will be rewarded and giddiness will be punished, understand the sacrifice of a mother through fables. CO5: Be well versed in grammar, vocabulary and in written communication.
Unit – I 1. The Happy Prince – Oscar Wilde
2. On Saying Please - A.G. Gardiner
3. Goliath – Walter De La Mare
Unit – II 1. My Financial Career - Stephan Leacock
2. The Billion Dollar Secret – Bill Gates
3. Obituary - A.K. Ramanujan
Unit – III 1. The Engine Trouble - R.K.Narayan
2. Means and Ends – Jawarharlal Nehru
3. Ulysses - Lord Tennyson
Unit – IV 1. The Ant and the Grasshopper - Somerset Maugham
2. Snobberies - Robert Lynd
3. Night of the Scorpion - Nissim Ezekiel
Unit – V Grammar : Articles and Tenses
Vocabulary : Words often Confused
Composition : Jumbled Words, Formal Letters
A Text Book including these units will be prepared by the Department.
A.V.C.College (Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305
Department of English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code II ELC - II 03 06 18 LE 202
English For Communication - II Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to CO1: Learn the philosophy of life and enjoy the humor in lack of memory concerning dates. CO2: Gain confidence in speaking in English through broken English and enjoy the beauty of nature through the voice of Shelley. CO3: Know the growth of science and society, rational thinking and pure gentlemanliness. CO4: Probe the secret of creation and life after death. CO5: Improve their art of correspondence, rectify grammatical errors in their communication.
Unit – I
1. Karma – Kushwant Singh
2. Concerning Dates - E.V. Lucas
3. All the World Is a Stage – William Shakespeare
Unit – II 1. Retrieved Reformation - O’ Henry
2. Spoken English and Broken English – G.B. Shaw
3. Ode to the West Wind – P.B. Shelley
Unit – III 1. Two Gentleman of Verona – A. J. Cronin
2. Science and Society – Einstein
3. Mending Wall – Robert Frost
Unit – IV 1. The Man Who Knew Too Much - Alexander Baron
2. Secret of Work – Swami Vivekananda
3. The Unknown Citizen – W.H. Auden
Unit – V Grammar : Preposition and Voice
Vocabulary : Idioms and Phrases
Composition : Developing Hints, Informal Letter
A Text Book including these units will be prepared by the Department.
A.V.C. College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305 Department of English
B.A., B.Sc., B.Com Degrees Part II English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code III LC - III 03 06 18 LE 303
English for communication III Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to CO1: Comprehend the local and global issues through the lessons CO2: Gain comprehensive knowledge pertaining to the evaluation of adventurous writings CO3: Enjoy the native writers who have written in English. CO4: Be familiar with the ethos of India.. CO5: Do the tasks based on Skill Development and Grammar
Unit I One-Act Plays 1. Where the Cross is Made - by Eugene O’ Neill
2. Nobody Here But Us Chickens- by Stenphanie Miller
Unit II
1. Lord Byron’s Love Letter - by Tennessee Williams
2. Hijack-by Charles Wells.
(Short plays of Yesterday and Today – Edited by V. Sachithanandan, Macmillan) Unit III & Unit IV Swami and Friends –by R.K Narayan
Unit V Vocabulary : Word Formation (Nouns , Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs), / Plurals
Grammar : Question Tag and Degrees of Comparison Composition : Writing Conversation
A.V.C. College (Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305
Department of English B.A., B.Sc., B.Com Degrees
Part II English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code IV LC – IV 05 06 18 LE 404
English for Communication IV
Course Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to CO1: Understand the field of dramatic literature with special emphasis on societal problems and solutions. CO2: Realize how life and drama are closely linked. CO3: Make social criticism contained in the texts prescribed for them CO4: Know the richness and variety of narrative techniques. CO5: Learn different structures and usage of sentence patterns
Unit I
1. The Power of Words from Julius Caesar 2. Court Scene from The Merchant of Venice
Unit II
3. He Sleeps No More from Macbeth 4. Idyllic and Ideal Love from As You Like It
Unit III & Unit IV
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – by R. L. Stevenson
Unit V Vocabulary : One Word Substitute and Odd words
Grammar : Reported Speech- Simple, Compound and Complex
Composition : General Essay
B.A. ENGLISH -Framework under CBCS Pattern For Students Admitted from June 2018 onwards
Sem. Cod Title Hrs Credits Total I LC-I Part I Tamil 6 3
23
ELC-I Part II English for Communication - I 6 3 CC-I Prose I 5 5 CC-II Poetry I 5 5 AC-I Social History of England 6 5 VBC Human Values 2 2
II LC-II Part I Tamil 6 3
23
ELC-II Part II English for Communication - II 6 3 CC-III Prose - II 5 5 CC-IV Poetry - II 5 5 AC-II Literary Forms and Terms 6 5 ES Environmental Studies 2 2
III LC-III Part I Tamil 6 3
23
ELC-III Part II English for Communication- III 6 3 CC-V Fiction I 6 6 AC-III History of English Literature 6 5 EC-I English Phonetics 4 4 SBC I Schools and Movements 2 2
IV LC-IV Part I Tamil 6 3
22
ELC-IV Part -II English for Communication - IV 6 3 CC-VI Fiction II 6 5 AC- IV History of English Language 6 6 EC-II Grammar and Usage 4 4 EA- I Gender Studies 1 1
V CC-VII British Drama 6 5
24
CC-VIII American Literature 6 4 CC-IX Indian Literature in English 6 4 EC III An Introduction to Linguistics 6 5 NMEC II Offered by History and Tamil 2 2 SBC II Translation 2 2 SSD Soft Skills 2 2
Department of English
Program code: UAENG Program Name: B.A. English
Program Specific Outcomes On completion of B.A. English Program, the students would be able to
PSO 1 : Understand literary terms, theories and concepts in criticism
PSO 2 : Apply critical faculties to relish literary works and reflect upon them
PSO 3 : Interpret literary pieces and explore the scope of research
PSO 4 : Follow the values of life and society expressed in literature
PSO 5 : Understand different cultures of various countries
PSO 6 : Increase his vocabulary bank
PSO 7 : Understand the structure and function of grammatical units
PSO 8 : Use English effectively in formal and informal situations
PSO 9 : Become academicians, critics, creative writers, journalists, administrators
PSO10: Have enriched confidence to appear for competitive examinations.
VI CC-X Shakespeare 7 5 24
CC-XI New Literatures 7 5 New CC- XII Indian Classics in Translation 6 5
CC- XIII An Introduction to Literary Criticism 6 5 NMEC II Offered by History and Tamil 2 2 SBC III Oral Communication Skills (Practical) 2 2 EA II Extension Activities * 1 1 Total Credits 140
V NMEC I Communicative Grammar 2 2 VI NMEC II Spoken English 2 2
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305 Department of English
B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code I CC - I 05 05 18EN101
Prose I
Course Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to CO1: Be aware of eloquent expressions, brevity and aptness of voicing ideas in stylish language CO2: To develop critical thinking CO3: To write and appreciate different types of prose CO4: To write grammatically correct sentences CO5: To discuss the aspects of prose and acquire new vocabulary
. The following essays from A Representative Anthology ed. by W.Cuthbert Robb (Blackie Books) Unit – I (18 Hrs)
Of Studies - Francis Bacon The Spectator Club - Sir Richard Steele Sir Roger and Will Wimble - Joseph Addison
Unit – II (18 Hrs) Man in Black - Oliver Goldsmith Dream Children – a reverie - Charles Lamb
Unit – III (18 Hrs) On Getting up on Cold Morning - James Leigh Hunt Walking Tours - R.L.Stevenson
Unit – IV (18 Hrs) Her Royal ‘Tumnal Tintiness - E.V.Lucas On Cheeses - Hilaire Belloc On Running after One’s Hat - G.K.Chesterton
Unit – V (18 Hrs) The Unexpected - Robert Lynd Witches and Whatnot - E.V.Knox On Doors - C D Morley
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305 Department of English
B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code I CC - II 05 05 18EN102
Poetry-I Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course the students will be able to CO1: Recognise poetry from a variety of cultures and language focuses. CO2: Understand and appreciate poetry as a literary art form. CO3: Analyse various elements of poetry such as diction and tone etc. CO4: Recognise the rhythms, metre and other musical elements of poetry. CO5: Develop their own creativity and enhance their writing skills. Unit – I (18 Hrs)
From Hamlet - Act I Scene iii – Polonius Advises His Son From Amoretti- Spencer Sonnet - 75
Valediction : Forbidden Mourning - John Donne Dirge - Shirley Unit – II (18 Hrs) How Soon Hath Time - Milton
The Portrait of Zimri - John Dryden Essay on Man – Alexander Pope Unit – III (18 Hrs)
Hymn to Adversity – Thomas Gray The Lamb, The Tyger – William Blake
Unit – IV (18 Hrs)
A Red Red Rose - Robert Burns Fidelity – William Wordsworth
Kublakhan – S.T. Coleridge Unit – V (18 Hrs)
Ode to a Skylark – P.B. Shelley Ode on a Grecian Urn – John Keats
Reference Book : The Winged Word edited by David Green ( Macmillan, Chennai)
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English
B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
I AC - I 05 06 18 AEN 101
Social History of EnglandCourse OutcomesUpon completion of the course, the students will be able toCO1: Acquire a fairly basic knowledge of the social history of EnglandCO2: Get familiarity with the main currents of social and political developments inEngland and Europe from the beginning to the mid-twentieth century.CO3: Explain how the great revolutions like Agrarian and Industrial revolution changed economiccondition of England.CO4: Get the clear picture about American War of independence and how it changed the social orderCO5: Understand the changing environment in the history of England and English literature.
The following chapters from Introduction to Social History of England by A.G Xavier.
Unit – I (18Hrs)The RenaissanceThe ReformationThe Dissolution of Monasteries
Unit – II (18Hrs)Colonial ExpansionPuritanismRestoration England
Unit – III (18Hrs)Coffee House Life in EnglandThe Agrarian RevolutionThe Industrial RevolutionEffects of the French Revolution
Unit – IV (18 Hrs)Humanitarian MovementAmerican War of IndependenceReform BillsDevelopment of Education in Victorian England
Unit – V (18 Hrs)The World Wars and Social SecurityTrade UnionDevelopment of Transport and Communications
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305 Department of English
B.A. – English Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week MARKS Code
II CC - III 05 05 IA: 25 ES :75 18 EN 203
Prose-II Course Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to CO1: Get exposure to style of Bacon’s prose CO2: Understand the passage by silent reading CO3: Grasp the feministic aspects of Ruskin CO4: Understand the philosophical ideas of Russell CO5: Learn various sentence structures in English
Unit – I Bacon : Of Love, Of Revenge, Of Truth, Of Death, Unit – II
William Hazlitt : On Going a Journey On Reading Old Books` Common Sense
Unit – III Ruskin : Of Queens’ Gardens
Unit – IV Russell : Can We Keep Open Mind?
Ideas that have helped mankind. Wisdom and Knowledge
Unit – V E.M. Forster : My Wood,
Hymn before Action Tolerance
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305
Department of English B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code MARKS II CC IV 05 05 18 EN 204 IA: 25 ES :75
Poetry – II Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course the students will be able to CO1: Gain knowledge about poetry CO2: Develop the sense of appreciation and enjoyment of English poetry. CO3: Acquire comprehensive knowledge pertaining to the evaluation of English poetry. CO4: Appreciate aesthetics of poetry. CO5: Admire and worship nature.
Unit – I
Tithonus – Tennyson My Last Duchess – Browning
Dover Beach - Mathew Aernold Unit – II
The Blessed Damozel- D.G Rossetti The Darkling Thrush - Thomas Hardy Pied Beauty – Hopkins
Unit – III Snake - D.H. Lawrence Nightingales - Bridges Second Coming - W.B. Yeats
Unit – IV Insensibility –Owen
Warning to Children - Robert Graves The Hollow Man – T.S. Eliot
Unit – V Prayer Before Birth – Louis Macneice I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great – Spender Hawk Roosting – Ted Hughes Wants – Philip Larkin
Reference Book : The Winged Word edited by David Green ( Macmillan, Chennai)
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305 Department of English
B.A. – English Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
III CC V 06 06 18 EN 305
Fiction - I Course Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to CO1: Comprehend different types of narrative techniques and be familiar with psycho- thrillers and humorous writings. CO2: Identify the uniqueness of Indian writing in English and be exposed to the unexpected characteristic twists of short fictions. CO3: Have perspective of human passions such as pathos and greed and observe how efficiently they are brought out by legendary Russian writers Chekhov and Tolstoy . CO4: Develop critical thinking and imagination by being familiar with the style of eminent writers like Twain and Collins. CO5: Have a glimpse of the complexities of human psychology and get to know the realistic portrayal of life in the artistic writings of Maupassant and Maugham. The following short stories from Twelve Short Stories ed. by C.M.Sharma (Oxford) Unit – I (18 Hrs) A Cup of Tea - Katherine Mansfield The Black Cat - Edgar Allen Poe The Paradise of Thieves - G.K.Chesterton Unit – II (18 Hrs) The Post Master - Tagore The Ransom of Red Chief - O’Henry Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment - Nathaniel Hawthorne Unit – III (18 Hrs) The Grief - Anton Chekhov How much Land Does a Man Need? - Leo Tolstoy Unit – IV (18 Hrs) A True Story - Mark Twain Blow up with the Ship - Wilkie Collins Unit – V (18 Hrs) My Uncle Jules - Guy De Maupassant The Mother - Somerset Maugham
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305 Department of English
B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code III AC III 05 06 18 AEN 303
History of English Literature Course Outcomes CO1: Students learnt about the historical background of Chaucer’s age, works of Chaucer and his contemporaries; they also learnt about the development of drama in Elizabethan’s age. CO 2: Students had a clear idea of Puritanism, Caroline poets, Metaphysical poets and the rise of the modern prose in the Restoration age. CO 3: Students learnt about classical school of poetry, the revival of romance during Johnson’s age. CO 4: Students familiarised with the political history and the literary history during the Victorian age and their influences upon each other. CO 5:The writers of the modern age and their works were introduced to students. The following chapters from Introduction to An Outline History English Literature by W.H.Hudson Unit – I
The Age of Chaucer The Age of Shakespeare
Unit – II
The Age of Milton The Age of Dryden
Unit – III The Age of Pope
The Age of Johnson
Unit – IV The Age of Wordsworth The Age of Tennyson
Unit – V
The Age of Hardy The Present Age
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305 Department of English
B.A. – English Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
III EC I 05 04 18 ENE 301 English Phonetics
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1: To understand the differences of oral and written communication. CO2: Learn how to articulate consonant sounds effectively. CO3: Use the vowel sounds towards a better enunciation. CO4: Acquire precise articulation displaying the attitude and mood of the language uses. CO5: Master transcription (Phonemic), and use tone group boundaries.
Text Book: English Phonetics for Indian Students by T.Balasubramanian (Trinity, Third Edition)
Unit – I Language ,Linguistics and Communication
The Articulation of Speech Sounds Unit – II Classification and Description of Consonants Consonants of English Consonant Clusters in English
Unit – III Classification and Description of Vowels The Pure Vowels and Diphthongs of English Unit – I V
The Syllable Word Accent
Accent and Rhythm in Connected Speech Intonation
Unit – V Phonetic Transcription: Words and Phrases and Simple Sentences only
A.V.C.College (Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305 Department of English
B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code IV CC VI 06 06 18 EN 406
Fiction - II
Course Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to CO1: Get exposed to the historical novels . CO2: Acquire socio-cultural literacy of the period. CO3: Comprehend the role of literature in the society and how it can bring about reformation in the society. CO4: Understand treatment of nature and regionalism in literature . CO5: Have a different perspective of war and the inherent qualities of human beings . Unit – I Ivanhoe - Walter Scott
Unit – II Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Unit – III Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
Unit – IV The Woodlanders - Thomas Hardy
Unit – V Lord of the Flies - William Golding
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305 Department of English
B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code IV AC IV 06 06 18 AEN 404
An outline History of the English Language
Course Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to Co1: Learn the origin of language, language theories and descent of modern English. Co2: Get a clear idea of the development of language from old English and middle English period. Co3: Learn the impact of Renaissance on the English language and the growth of vocabulary in the Restoration period. Co4: Understand the methods by which words have changed their meaning and the evolution of standard English. Co5: Get familiarized with the contribution of foreign languages to English.
The following chapters from The English Language by C.L.Wren Unit – I
Chapter I Introduction to the History of English Language
Unit – II
Chapter II Vocabulary Chapter III Spelling and Pronunciation Unit – III
Chapter IV: The Shaping, Building and Ordering of Words - I
Chapter V: The Shaping, Building and Ordering of Words - II
Unit – IV Chapter VI : Individuals and the Making of Modern English
Unit – V Chapter VII : The English Language Today
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English
B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
IV EC II 02 04 18 ENE 402
Grammar and Usage
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able toCO1 : Learn the rubric of grammar rules.CO2 : Learn to be more semantic in the framed sentences.CO3: Relate object to verbs in a well comprehended manner..CO4: Progress towards better sentence precision and avoid mistakes.CO5: Gain confidence in their use of language.
The following chapters from English Grammar and Composition - G. Radhakrishna Pillai(Published by Emerald)
Unit – I
SentencesNounsPronouns
Unit – II
AdjectivesArticles
Unit – III
Verbs – Transitive, Intransitive, Tenses and Voices,Non-finite verbsPhrasal Verbs
Unit – IV
AdverbsPrepositionsConjunctions and Interjections
Unit – V
Phrases and Clauses,Synthesis and Transformation, Reported Speech
Reference : A Course in English Grammar by R. N. Bakshi
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week CodeV CC - VII 05 07 18 EN 507
British Drama
Objectives:
1. To expose the students to British drama and its different forms 2. To develop the students’ thinking skills to make critical and rational judgments of characters’ behaviour.
Programme Specific Outcome: Students will be able to
PSO 1: Understand literary terms, theories and concepts related to drama and relish literary worksPSO 2: Apply critical faculties and explore the dramas for aesthetic appreciation.PSO 3: Comprehend the values of life and get exposed to varied philosophies and cultures.PSO 4: Acquire the potentiality to become academicians, critics, creative writes, translators, journalists, and administrators with effective communication skills.
Course Outcomes: Students will be able to CO 1: know the origin and development of drama.CO 2: explain how chorus assists in developing the narrative in the play.CO 3: utilize text evidence to describe the development of the themes within the play.CO 4: understand the genre - Comedy of Manners.CO 5: appreciate the satirical play on all pretensions of nobility from war.
UNIT I
1. Origin and Development of English Drama
2. Basic Elements of Drama : Plot, Character, Dialogue, Action. Conflict, Stage Direction
3. Essential Terms of Drama: Three Unities, Tragic Hero, Hamartia, Catharsis, Dénouement, Chorus, Climax, Comic Relief, Irony, Subplot, Soliloquy
UNIT II & III (Detailed Study) ( Question No. 12 in Section B shall be Annotation Question) Christopher Marlowe : Dr. Faustus
UNIT IV Oliver Goldsmith : She Stoops to Conquer
UNIT V Bernard Shaw : The Arms and the Man
A.V.C.College (Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week CodeV CC -VIII 05 07 18 EN 508
American Literature
Objectives
1. To introduce students to the American Literary World and initiate them to appreciate the literary pieces prescribed.2. Ito understand the issues, conflicts, preoccupations, and themes of the various literatures of America.
Programme Specific Outcomes: Students will be able to
PSO 1: Understand literary terms, theories and concepts in criticism to relish literary worksPSO 2: Apply critical faculties and explore the works for aesthetic appreciation.PSO 3: Comprehend the values of life and get exposed to various varied philosophies and cultures.PSO 4: Acquire the potentiality to become academicians, critics, creative writes, translators, journalists, and administrators with effective communication skills.
Course Outcomes: Students will be able to CO 1: know the origin and development of American poetry .and its major themesCO 2: identify the key features of American proseCO 3: explore the impact of dramatic theater as a catalyst for social, political, and cultural change.CO 4: recognize the elements of a short story and involve in creative wringCO 5: Identify and analyze the symbols in the novel and how they are developed.
UNIT I Poetry Walt Whitman - O Captain! My Captain!
Frost - Mending WallStevens - The Emperor of Ice CreamEmily Dickinson - Success is counted sweetestEdgar Allan Poe - The Raven
UNIT II Prose Emerson - Nature Ihab Hassan - Towards a Concept Postmodernism
UNIT III Drama Arthur Miller - The Crucible
UNIT IV Short StoriesHans Christian Andersen - The Little Match GirlO’Henry - The Last Leaf Stephen Crane - The Open Boat
UNIT V Fiction Nathanial Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week CodeV CC - IX 04 06 18 EN 509
Indian Literature in EnglishLearning Objectives: The study aims to 1. To introduce Indo-anglian writers of different regions during the British rule and after the British rule. 2. To inculcate moral and ethical values through prose writings of India. Moreover it brings awareness on social, political, and cultural issues reflected through short stories in Indian languages.
Programme Specific Outcomes: The students are able toPSO 1: Understand literary terms, theories and concepts in criticism to relish literary worksPSO 2: Apply critical faculties and explore the works for aesthetic appreciation.PSO 3: Comprehend the values of life and get exposed to various, varied philosophies and cultures.PSO 4: Acquire the potentiality to become academicians, critics, creative writers, translators, journalists, and administrators with effective communication skills.
Course Outcomes: The students are able toCO1: Comprehend the evolution of Indian Writing in English from the colonial to the post colonial period. CO2: Be familiar with the major Indian writers and their monumental works in the independent field of literature in English.CO3: Get a deeper understanding of the major traditions and values of the ancient India.CO4: Be acquainted with the Indian way of perceiving the world and present their findings in their writings in an appreciable way.CO5: Appreciate the values and the human concern through the exposure of literary texts in a critical and aesthetic sense.
UNIT I Poetry Sri Aurobindo : The Tiger and the DeerShiv K.Kumar : Indian WomenRabindranath Tagore : Where the Mind is Without FearKamala Das : My Grandmother’s House Gopal Honnalgere : Of Crows
UNIT II Prose Jawaharlal Nehru : The Variety and Unity of IndiaVivekananda : The Secret of Work
Gopalakrishna Gokale : Students and their Duties
UNIT III Drama Vijay Tendulkar : Ghashiram Kotwal UNIT IV Short Stories
R.K. Laxman : The Gold FrameKushwant Singh : The Portrait of a LadyMulk Raj Anand : The Barber’s Trade Union
UNIT V FictionMahaswetha Devi : Mother of 1084
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week CodeV EC - III 05 06 18 ENE 503
An Introduction to Linguistics
Learning Objectives: 1. To develop knowledge of theories of language and how theories relate to data.2. To develop skills in the analysis of linguistic data and to relate linguistic structure to the functions they perform.
Programme Specific Outcomes: The students are able toPSO 1: Understand literary terms, theories and concepts in criticism to relish literary worksPSO 2: Apply critical faculties and explore the works for aesthetic appreciation.PSO 3: Comprehend the values of life and get exposed to various , varied philosophies and cultures.PSO 4: Acquire the potentiality to become academicians, critics, creative writers, translators, journalists, and administrators with effective communication skills.
Course Outcomes: The students are able to CO1: Ability to understand the important developments in language study.CO2: Understanding of language variation including historical, social and regional dialects.CO3: Ability to recognize and analyse the grammatical system of English and other languages.CO4: Ability to analyse the structure and function of language as used in natural discourse.CO5: Offer explanations and make predictions about the nature of human language acquisition.
UNIT I 1. Language2. What is Linguistics?3. Some Fundamental Concepts and Distinctions in Linguistics
UNIT II4. Modern Linguistics :A historical survey5. The Study of Language Variations
UNIT III6. What is Grammar?7. Morphology and Word Formation
UNIT IV8. Basic Sentence patterns9. Structuralist View of Grammar and IC Analysis
UNIT V10. Transformational Generative Grammar11. Supra – sentential Grammar
Text Book : An introduction to linguistics by Pushpinder Syal; D V Jindal.New Delhi : Prentice-Hall of India, 1998.
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305
Department of English B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
V SBC II 02 02 18 SEN 502
Skill Based Course – II
Translation: Theory and Practice
Objectives:
1. To introduce translation as a highly complex activity involving literature, linguistics and the understanding of different cultures.
2. To make students acquire a sound knowledge in the aspects of translation theory and the issues involved in translation.
Programme Specific Outcomes: The Students will be able to
PSO 1: Understand literary terms, theories and concepts in criticism to relish literary worksPSO 2: Apply critical faculties and explore the works for aesthetic appreciation.
PSO 3: Comprehend the values of life and get exposed to various varied philosophies and cultures.PSO 4: Acquire the potentiality to become academicians, critics, creative writers, translators, journalists, and
administrators with effective communication skills.
Course Outcomes: The Students will be able to
CO 1: understand the various perspectives from which different scholars have attempted to develop a theory of translation.
CO 2: know the different types of translation and apply them.CO 3: overcome the issues of cultural and social differences while translating texts.
CO 4: convey the original tone and intent of a message, taking into account cultural and regional differences between source and target languages
CO 5: establish lexical, grammatical and stylistic correspondences and divergences between two languages ( SL & TL ) .
Unit – I History of Translation
Unit – II Types of Translation and Attributes of a Translator
Unit – III Problems of Translation
Unit – IV Translation of Phrases , Sentences and Passages from English to Tamil
Unit – V Translation of Phrases Sentences and Passages from Tamil to English
Reference Book: Bassnett, Susan. Translation Studies. New York: Routledge, 1991.
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English
B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week CodeV NMEC I 02 02 18 NMEN 501
Offered to History and Tamil Students
Communicative GrammarObjectives:1. To make the students internalize rules and patterns not in isolation but to serve social functions in contexts.2. To develop communicative competence in students, for meaningful communication marked by fluency, aswell as grammatical appropriateness.
Programme Specific Outcomes: The Students will be able to PSO 1: Understand literary terms, theories and concepts in criticism to relish literary worksPSO 2: Apply critical faculties and explore the works for aesthetic appreciation.PSO 3: Comprehend the values of life and get exposed to various varied philosophies and cultures.PSO 4: Acquire the potentiality to become academicians, critics, creative writes, translators, journalists, and administrators with effective communication skills.
Course out comes: The Students will be able to
CO1: Students will heighten their awareness of correct usage of English grammar in writing and speakingCO 2 : Students will give oral presentations and receive feedback on their performanceCO3: Students will improve their speaking ability in English both in terms of fluency and comprehensibilityCO4: Students will enhance their writing skills CO 5: Students will develop their ability as critical readers and writers
Unit I : Seeking and Giving Information (Statements and Questions)
Unit II : Talking about Present, Past and Future ( Tenses)
Unit III : Focusing on the Thing affected ( Voice)
Unit IV : Reporting What People Say ( Reported Speech)
Unit V : Making Connections and Giving Further Information (Conjunctions and Relative Clauses)
Text Book : Form and Function: A Communicative Grammar for Colleges (2003) by V.
Sasikumar and V. Syamala. Chennai: Emerald Publishers, 2010.
A.V.C.College (Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305
Department of English B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week CodeVI CC - X 05 07 18 EN 610
Shakespeare
Objectives:
1. To increase their familiarity with Shakespearean language and expression.
2. To develop an understanding of how themes can be explored in a literary text.
Course outcomes:
CO1: Familiar with Shakespeare’s life, times and theatre and explain the origins of Shakespeareandrama.
CO2: To appreciate the dramatic conventions and linguistic qualities of scenes and understand theirsignificance to the play as a whole.
CO 3: Appreciate the moral and philosophical significance of Shakespeare’s plays and their relevancefor a contemporary audience
CO4: Gain awareness of the features of Shakespearean comedy.
CO5: Understand the significance of the social, historical and cultural contexts of a Shakespeare play.
UNIT I
1. Characteristics of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Tragedies, Tragic comedies and Histories
2. Importance of Opening Scenes and Soliloquies of Shakespeare’s plays
3. Shakespeare’s women characters and his fools
4. Shakespearean Theaters and Audience
UNIT II & III (Detailed) ( Question Number 12 in Section B shall be – Annotation) Question)
Macbeth
UNIT IV Twelfth Night
UNIT - V Julius Caesar
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week CodeVI CC - XI 05 07 18 EN 611
New LiteraturesObjectives:1. To introduce texts of new nations and widen students' perception of the world around them.2. To acquaint the students with the geography of the foreign country, thesocial-historical-political conditions of the Nations, the diverse people and their respectivecultures
Programme Specific OutcomesPSO 1: Understand literary terms, theories and concepts in criticism to relish literary worksPSO 2: Apply critical faculties and explore the works for aesthetic appreciation.
PSO 3: Comprehend the values of life and get exposed to various varied philosophies and cultures.
PSO 4: Acquire the potentiality to become academicians, critics, creative writes, translators,journalists, and administrators with effective communication skills.
Course Outcomes: The students will be able toCO 1: understand the variety of sensibilities reflecting different landscapes, races, nationalities,religions and cultures, in poetry of new nations.CO2: know the life of hardship, adventure and incident by the settlers in new countries.CO3: appreciate the writer’s effort to develop forms of expression that are particularly suited totheir own problems, and not to resort blindly adopting the techniques of the Europeanliteratures.CO4: become aware of the tension between one's own culture (native) and that of the invadingculture (foreign).CO 5: understand the major theme of postcolonial writing – the search for identity.UNIT I Poetry
Kishwar Naheed - I am not that WomanE.J.Pratt - The Dying Eagle EdwinThumboo - The Exile
UNIT II ProseChinua Achebe - Novelist as a TeacherMargaret Atwood - Nature as a Monster From Chapter 2 in Survival
UNIT III DramaWole Soyinka - Kongi’s Harvest
UNIT IV Short StoriesM.G.. Vassanji - LeavingW.W.Jacobs - The Monkey’s Paw HenryLawson - The Drover’s WifeLee kok Liang - Five fingers
UNIT V FictionV.S.Naipaul - A House for Mr.BiswasNasreen Taslima - Lajja
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week CodeVI CC - XII 05 06 18 EN 612
Indian Classics in TranslationLearning Objectives:
1)To introduce how translations reflect cultural and aesthetic values.
2)To expose the uniqueness of regional literature through varied styles of expression and thought
Programme Specific Outcomes
PSO 1: Understand literary terms, theories and concepts and relish literary works
PSO 2: Apply critical faculties and explore the works for aesthetic appreciation.
PSO 3: Comprehend the values of life in various philosophies and cultures.
PSO 4: Acquire the potentiality to become academicians, critics, creative writes, translators, journalists, and
administrators with effective communication skills.
Course Outcomes: Students are able to
CO1: Identify cultural similarities and differences among the different states.
CO2: Get motivated to read extensively similar works on their own.
CO3: Appreciate rich literary tradition of the country.
CO4: Recognize the distinct quality of regional languages and the difficulties in carrying it out to the target
language.
CO5: Write research articles on classical works and attempt to do translation.
Unit – I PoetryKaniyan Poongundran : Purananooru (192)Thiruvalluvar : The Excellence of Rain (Cato-2) Bharathiyar: WindMirabai : I Will Sing the Praises of HariMirza Ghalib : Heart it is, Not a Brick or Stone
Unit – II ProseM. K. Gandhi : My Experiments with Truth ( Chapter XXII- Narayan Hemchandra) C. Raja Gopalachari: The Mahabharata ( Chapter XXXXII – The Enchanted Pool)Sri Aurobindo : The True Meaning of Freedom
Unit – III DramaRabindranath Tagore : Muktadhara
Unit – IV Short StoryMunshi Premchand : IdgahVaikom Muhammad Basheer : The Snake and The MirrorJayakanthan : Ages Meet
Unit – V FictionAsokamitran : Eighteenth Parallel
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week CodeVI CC - XIII 05 06 18 EN 613
An Introduction to Literary CriticismObjectives:
1. To introduce literary criticism from the beginning to the 20th century.
2. To train to relevantly apply literary criticism to analysis of literary texts.
Programme Specific Outcomes
PSO 1: To Understand literary terms, theories and concepts and relish literary works
PSO 2: Apply critical faculties and explore the works for aesthetic appreciation.
PSO 3: Comprehend the values of life and get exposed to various varied philosophies and cultures.
PSO 4: Acquire the potentiality to become academicians, critics, creative writes, translators, journalists, and
administrators with effective communication skills.
Course Outcomes. The students will be able to
CO1. To trace the critical thought down the ages and know the different types of criticism, the
fundamental concepts and terms in the classical criticism.
CO2: Be acquainted with the significant features of the classical criticism.
CO3: Have an adequate knowledge of the development of neoclassical criticism. CO4: Know
the characteristics of Romantic criticism.
CO5: Have a comprehensive outlook of literary criticism and know the historical aspects of the trends and
developments in the domain of criticism
UNIT I
1. Nature and Function of Criticism
2. The Phases of Literary Criticism – (Classicism to New Criticism) – Author - centred, Text - centred and
Reader- centred approaches
3. Basic Critical Terms: Mimesis, Catastrophe, Intentional fallacy, Affective Fallacy, Negative Capability,
Dissociation of Sensibility, Objective Correlative, Pathetic Fallacy, Archetype, Stream of Consciousness
UNIT II : Philip Sydney - An Apology for Poetry
UNIT III : John Dryden - An Essay on Dramatic Poesy
UNIT IV : William Wordsworth - Preface to Lyrical Ballads
UNIT V : Mathew Arnold - The Study of Poetry
T. S. Eliot -Tradition and Individual Talent
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English B.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week CodeVI SBC - III 02 02 18 SENP 603
Practical Paper - Oral Communication SkillsObjectives:1. To communicate spontaneously with remarkable fluency and ease of expression2. To produce well-structured speech with connectors and cohesive devices.Programme Specific Outcomes
PSO 1: Understand literary terms, theories and concepts and relish literary worksPSO 2: Apply critical faculties and explore the works for aesthetic appreciation.
PSO 3: Comprehend the values of life in various philosophies and cultures.PSO 4: Acquire the potentiality to become academicians, critics, creative writes, translators, journalists, andadministrators with effective communication skills.Course Outcomes: The students will be able to
CO1: incorporate variations in pitch, tone, pace, pauses, to produce a fluent andenjoyable communication while reading loudly.
CO2: develop and sharpen active listening skillsCO3: understand the different forms of oral communicationCO4: apply basic oral communication skills in real life settingCO5: participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions building on others' ideas and expressing
their own clearly and persuasively.UNIT I: Reading
1. Loud Reading of minimal pairs, words, sentences, passages , conversationswith proper stress, intonation, pause and stop
UNIT II: Listening2. Answering oral questions after having listened to a recorded passage, story,
news bulletin, conversation.UNIT III: Speaking3. Oral Description of the visual prompts given /4. Narrating stories, events.
UNIT IV: Speaking5. Giving a welcome address or proposing a vote of thanks6. Review of a fiction read or a Film watched.
UNIT V: Speaking7. Role-playing of a character – Monologue & Soliloquy8. Attending mock interviewsCIA - 40Marks
i. Two CIA tests : 60 Marks ii.Observation Note : 20 Marks iii. RecordWork :10 Marks iv. Attendance:10 Marks
Practical – 60Marks1. Reading 10 Marks2. Listening 10 Marks3. Any THREE Speaking Tasks (3X10) 30 Marks
4. Record Note 10 Marks
A.V.C. College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305Department of English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week CodeVI NMEC - II 02 02 18 NMEN 602
(Offered to History major students of Day College and Tamil Major Students of Evening Session)Spoken English
Objectives:
1. To improve the fluency and confidence of the student when speaking English, and so improve the ability of
the student to communicate effectively in English.
2. To achieve conversational fluency by focusing on the the most common phrases, idioms,
expressions and sentence patterns that are used in daily life.
Programme Specific Outcomes
PSO 1: Understand literary terms, theories and concepts and relish literary works
PSO 2: Apply critical faculties and explore the works for aesthetic appreciation.
PSO 3: Comprehend the values of life in various philosophies and cultures.
PSO 4: Acquire the potentiality to become academicians, critics, creative writes, translators, journalists, and
administrators with effective communication skills.
Course Outcomes: The students will be able to
CO1: ask questions in a two-way listening/speaking interaction to understand a situation better and be
able to use spoken English effectively and confidently.
CO2: deal with most typical situations when travelling.
CO3: use information-seeking skills and strategies necessary to make a decision.
CO4: use knowledge of language and its conventions when speaking.
CO5: express personal beliefs, views and opinions in interviews
Unit – I 1. At the Doctor’s,
2. At the Post Office
3. At the Bank
Unit – II 4. Railway Enquiry
5. At the Airport
6. At a Restaurant
Unit – III 7. At a Bookshop
8. At the Greengrocer’s
9. Booking a Room in a Hotel
Unit – IV 10. Seeking Admission in a School
11. Asking about a Course
12. Selling a Product
Unit – V 13. Getting a Book Published
14. Buying a Computer
15. An Interview
Text book : Spoken English For You Level Two by G. Radhakrishna Pillai (Emerald)
Program code: PAENG Program Name: M.A. English
Programme Specific Outcomes
On completion of M.A. English Programme, the students would be able to
PSO1: Acquire enriched communication skills and lateral thinking
POS2: Become familiar with authors of various countries and their masterpieces.
PSO3: Acquire advanced knowledge in various literary genres and critical theories.
PSO4 : Analyze the works of art critically with literary sensibility.
PSO5 : Get acquainted with the process of research and write thesis.
PSO6 : Compare literatures of various countries in terms of themes and genres,
PSO7 : Gain knowledge in teaching, learning and evaluation process of a language.
PSO8 : Obtain mechanical knowledge of a language and compare different languages.
PSO9 : Understand the problems and the process of translation
PSO10 : Attain confidence to appear for competitive examinations.
PSO11: Become academicians, critics, creative writers, translators, journalists, administrators.
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Department of English
M.A. English Chaucer and the Elizabethan Age
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Marks Code
I CC - I 05 06 IA: 25 ES : 75 18 PEN 101
Course Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to Co1: Relish the first creation of poetry. Co2: Get knowledge of the metaphysical poets and their famous writings. Co3: Explain Bacon’s style of writings and the moral thoughts of the Bible. Co4: Indicate the fatal weakness of human characters. Co5: Understand how to refine the unpolished thinking.
Unit I Poetry : Chaucer : Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Sir Thomas Wyatt : Forget not yet The Earl of Surrey : A Praise of his Love Philip Sidney : From Astrophel and Stella ( Sonnet – I)
Unit II Poetry : Edmund Spenser : Prothalamion John Donne : The Flea, Death be not proud Andrew Marvel : To His Coy Mistress George Herbert : The Collar, Virtue
Unit III Prose: Bacon’s Essays : Of Counsel , Of Adversity,
Of Simulation and Dissimulation Of Marriage and Single Life The Bible : The Book of Job Unit IV Drama:
Christopher Marlowe : Edward II Thomas Kyd : The Spanish Tragedy Unit V Drama Webster : The White Devil
Ben Jonson : Everyman in His Humour
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Department of English
M.A. English The Restoration Age
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Marks Code I CC - II 05 06 IA: 25 ES : 75 18 PEN 102
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to CO1:Know the picture of the period through the works of the writers CO2:Identify the themes of the period CO3:Compare the literary merits of the restoration period CO4:Find out the difference among writing styles of the writers CO5:Discuss the treatment of various themes in various genres Unit -I Poetry :
Milton : Paradise Lost Book IX Unit -II Poetry : Pope : The Rape of the Lock Dryden : Mac Flecknoe Unit -III Prose:
Dr. Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare Jonathan Swift : The Battle of the Books
Unit- IV Fiction: Samuel Richard : Pamela Henry Fielding : Tom Jones Unit- V Drama:
Sheridan : The Rivals Congreve : The Way of the World
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Department of English
M.A. English American Literature
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Marks Code
I CC - III 05 06 IA: 25 ES : 75 18 PEN 103
Upon completion of this course the students will able to:
CO1: Recast the text.
CO2: Become insightful readers and develop creativity in thinking and writing.
CO3: Acquire knowledge of innovation, inquiry, analysis, evaluation and communication.
CO4: Understand the structure of the play and learn the dramatic devices used in writing a play.
CO5: Asses the constituent elements of the fiction – narrative technique, setting, point of view and style
UNIT-I Poetry: Emerson - Hamatreya Whitman - One’s Self I sing.
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking. Dickinson - Because I Could Not Stop For Death,
I Felt a Funeral in my mind, They say Time Assuages,
I Felt a Cleave in my mind Frost - After Apple Picking, Home Burial. UNIT-II. Poetry E.A. Poe - Raven E.E. Cummings - Cambridge Ladies
Wallace Stevens - Of Modern Poetry, Hart Crane -To Brooklyn Bridge Carl Sandburg - Chicago
Sylvia Plath - Lady Lazarus UNIT III. Prose
Emerson - Self Reliance Thoreau - From Walden Chapter 2 &12 UNIT IV . Drama Arthur Miller - Death of a Salesman O Neil - Emperor Jones UNIT V . Fiction Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms Gabriel Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Department of English M.A. English
Indian English Literature
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Marks Code
I CC - IV 05 06 IA: 25 ES : 75 18 PEN 104 Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1: Gain to ability to read, understand, analyse , interpret and develop their intellectual,
personal and professional abilities.
CO2: Acquire basic language skills.
CO3: Get familiarity in indian philosophy.
CO4: Explain the meaning and the significance of life.
CO5: Understand the realistic presentation of Indian condition and obtain social and national
consciousness.
Unit I Poetry :
Tagore : Gitanjali ( 1 – 15 verses) Toru Dutt : Our Casuarina Tree Aurobindo : Thought the Paraclete Kamala Das : A Dance of the Eunuchs Parthasarathy : Home Coming A.K.Ramanujam : Small Scale Reflection on a Great House
Unit II Poetry : Nissim Ezekiel : Enterprise Arun Kolatkar: : An Old Woman Karan Singh : The Seminar Sarojini Naidu : The Queen’s Rival V.Krishna Gokak : The Song of India
Unit III Prose : Anand Coomarasamy : The Dance of Shiva Nirad Chaudhri : The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
Unit IV Drama : Girish Karnad : Tughlaq
Mahesh Dattani’s : Dance Like a Man Unit V Fiction :
Amitav Ghosh : The Shadow Lines Shashi Deshpande : Dark Holds no Terror
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Department of English
M.A. English An Introduction to Journalism
Semeste
r Course Credits Hours Per Week Marks Code
I EC - I 04 06 IA: 25 ES : 75 18PENE 101
Upon completion of this course the students will be able to
Co1: Think critically, creatively and independently
Co2: Express themself clearly, both in writing and speaking
Co3: Carry out journalistic research and interviews
Co4: Prepare content for news media outlets
Co5: Meet deadlines and competently use technology appropriate to the medium
UNIT I: JOURNALISM What is journalism? - Definition and Scope of Journalism - Professional Journalism - Freelancer - Role of the Press - Freedom of the Press - The Press Council - The Press Laws - Principles and Ethics of Journalism - History of the Indian Journalism
UNIT II: NEWS What is News? - Characteristics (or) Quality of News - Types of News - The Sources of News - Gathering News - Interviewing - News Agencies
UNIT III: REPORTING The Qualities of a Good Reporter - Kinds of Reporting - Crime News - Sports News - Investigative Reporting - . Election Reporting - Court Reporting
UNIT IV: EDITING Editing - The News Editor - Sub-Editor
UNIT V: ART OF WRITING NEWS STORY Language of Journalism - Writing Opinion Pieces - Writing Leads - . Headlines.
Reference Books:
1. Theory and Practice of Journalism by B.N. Ahuja ( Surjeet Publications, New Delhi) 2. Introduction to Journalism by Dianne Smith, published by TEACHING pointas part of
the Expert Systems for Teachers™ Series
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Department of English
M.A. English The Romantic Age
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code II CC - V 05 07 18 PEN 205
Upon completion of this course the students will be able to Co1: Think critically, creatively and independently Co2: Express oneself clearly, both in writing and orally Co3: Carry out journalistic research and interviews Co4: Prepare content for news media outlets Co5: To meet deadlines and competently use technology appropriate to the medium Unit- I Poetry :
Thomas Gray : Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Wordsworth : Resolution and Independence
Coleridge : The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Unit -II Poetry :
Keats : Ode to a Nightingale Shelley : Hymn to Intellectual Beauty Byron : Prisoner of Chillon
Unit- III Prose :
Lamb : South Sea House, A Dissertation upon Roast Pig. Christ’s Hospital: Five and Thirty years Ago
Hazlitt : My First Acquaintance with Poets Unit -IV Drama
Shelley : Prometheus Unbound Unit - V Fiction
Mary Shelley : Frankenstein Jane Austen : Emma
Reference: Winged words edited by David Green Silver Cascade edited by Dr. K.Chellapan
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Department of English
M.A. English The Victorian Age
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
II CC - VI 05 07 18 PEN 206
Upon completion of this course the students will be able to
CO1: Get an idea about the massive literary output of the Victorian writers.
CO2: Understand the prevailing controversy between Science and religion in Victorian era.
CO3: Learn about trends and movement in Victorian age through the study of prose works.
CO4: Examine the theme, plot, characters and social milieu of the 19th century.
CO5: Analyze the historical and cultural framing for the novel.
Unit I Poetry
Tennyson : The Lotos-eaters, Morte D’ Arthur Browning : Andrea del Sarto Arnold : The Scholar Gipsy,
Unit II Poetry
Francis Thompson : The Hound of Heaven Morris : from The Earthly Paradise: an Apology
Swinburne : Before the Beginning of Years Unit III Prose
Carlyle : The Hero as Poet Ruskin : Unto this last
Unit IV Drama :
Oscar Wilde : The Importance of Being Earnest J.M. Synge : Riders to the Sea
Unit V Fiction :
Dickens : A Tale of Two Cities Hardy : The Mayor of Casterbridge
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Department of English
M.A. English Canadian and Australian Literatures
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
II CC - VII 05 06 18 PEN 207
Upon completion of this course the students will be able to
Co1: Learn about various Canadian Poets.
Co2: Know the rich tradition of poetry in Australia through most famous poets and their poems
Co3: Examine the themes and techniques of Canadian Literature,
Co4: Understand Survival issues and class struggles of various aboriginals in Canada
C05: Learn Post world war Australia, Feministic issues, Europeans explorations and cultural clashes.
Unit I Poetry (Canada)
Archibald Lampman : The City of the End of Things A.J.M.Smith : Ode on the Death of William Butler Yeats Duncan Campbell : A Prairie Water Colour A.M. Klein : Indian Reservation: Caughnawaga P.K.Page : Adolescence, First Neighbours
Unit II Poetry (Australia)
A.D Hope : Australia Judith Wright : The Company of Lovers Kenneth Slessor : Beach Burial, E.J. Pratt : Dying Eagle Peter Poeter : Your attention , Please
Unit III Prose
Margaret Atwood : Survival ( Chapter 1- 4) Unit IV Drama :
George Ryga : The Ecstasy of Rita Joe Douglas Stewart : Ned Kelly Unit V Fiction :
Patrick White : Voss Margret Atwood : The Edible Woman
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Department of English
M.A. English The Study of Language
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
II EC - II 04 06 18 PENE202
Syllabus The prescribed Text Book is The Study of Language by George Yule ( Cambridge University Press) Upon completion of this course the students will be able to
Co1 : Understand key issues in the relationship between language and learning.
Co2 : Understand the different ways in which language features in learning.
Co3: Recognize and summarize impact and intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality.
Co4: Develop means of expressing concepts, propositions, and beliefs in coherent, concise
and technically correct forms appropriate to their professional goals.
Co5: Articulate and apply values, principles, and ideals derived from an individual as well as integrated
understanding of their areas of study that demonstrate awareness of current societal challenges.
Unit – I Word Formation & Morphology
Unit – II Grammar & Syntax
Unit – III Semantics & Pragmatics
Unit – IV The Brain and First and Second Language Acquisition
Unit – V Regional , Social and Cultural Variations in Language
Reference Books : 1. An Introduction to Linguistics by Pushpinder Syal and D.V.Jindal 2. A Course in Linguistics by Tarni Prasdad, published by PHI New Delhi
A.V.C COLLEGE ( AUTONOMOUS ) MANNAMPANDAL-609 305
Department of English PG EXTRA DISCIPLINARY COURSE (EDC)
English for Career Examinations
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code II EDC -I 02 04 18 EDEN 201
Upon completion of this course the students will be able to
CO1: Know the basics of English language.
CO2: Have flawless writing and good communication through grammar skills.
CO3: Read and write a passage having their own ideas with learning skills.
CO4: Understand all the written skills and are capable of maintaining their career in academic institutions.
CO5: Know how to draft letters and reports.
UNIT 1 – Word Grammar 1. Noun & Pronoun 2. Articles 3. Preposition
4. Adjective & Adverbs 5. Verbs
UNIT II – Sentence Grammar
1. Phrases 2. Concord 3. Sentences & Transformation of
Sentences
4. Questions 5. Voices: Active & Passive 6. Reported Speech
UNIT III – Reading Skill 1. Note-Making 2. Précis Writing
3. Reading Comprehension
UNIT IV Guided Composition 1. Developing the Hints 2. Expansion of Proverbs
3. Writing Dialogue
UNIT V Free Composition 1. Writing Letters 2. Reporting
3. Writing an essay
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
1. Intermediate English grammar- Raymond Murphy, Cambridge univ,Press 2. Objective English for Competitive Examination- Hari mohan Prasad, Tata Mc Graw hill
Publishing Co., 3. ABC of Common Grammatical Errors – Nigel d. Turton ,Macmillan India Ltd.,
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal
Department of English
M.A. English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
III CC VIII 05 07 18PEN 308
The Modern Age
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to Co1: Understand the new techniques i.e.Psycho analysis and stream of consciousness Co2: Gain knowledge about the various aspects of women's movement along with the different causes contributed to the rise of such movement Co3: Understand the aftermath of the movement and its impact on society Co4.: Realize the decay and decadence of morality and human values in modern age Co5: Learn about various modern poets. Unit I Poetry
T.S.Eliot : The Waste Land Hopkins : The Wreck of the Deutschland
W.B.Yeats : Sailing to Byzantium, Byzantium Unit II Poetry
Wilfred Owen : Insensibility Philip Larkin : Church Going Ted Hughes : Pike, Hawk Roosting
Stephen Spender : The Double Shame Seamus Heaney : Digging, Punishment, Casualty Unit III Prose Aldus Huxley : a) Literature and Science, b) Writers and Readers Bertrand Russell : a) The Future of Man b) On the Value of Skepticism George Orwell : a) Politics and the English Language
Unit IV Drama Shaw : The Apple Cart
Harold Pinter : The Birthday Party Unit V Fiction
Virginia Woolf : To the Light House James Joyce : Ulysses
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal
Department of English
M.A. English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
III CC IX 05 07 18 PEN 309
African and Caribbean Literatures
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to Co1: Learn about racism, imperialism and slavery in African Continent. Co2: Get familiarized with various poets who emerged in the 1950's. Co3: Learn the language and identity crisis prevailed in Africa during Colonialism. Co4: Learn the ethinic culture and tradition of Africans. Co5: Learn Nigerian Politics, culture and contemporary writers.
UNIT-I Soyinka : Telephone Conversation Gabriel Okara : Once upon a time, The Mystic Drum, David Rubadiri : A Negro Labourer in Liverpool
Bernard B. Dadie : I Thank You God David Diop : Africa UNIT-II Derek Walcott : Ruins of a Great House Mervyn Morris : Literary Evening, Jamaica E. Mc G. Keane : The Age of Chains Edward Brathwaite : Tizzic Stephanic Correia : Chant to Earth Mother -I UNIT-III Chinua Achebe : Individual and his fulfillment. Ngugi wa Thiongo : Decolonizing The Mind UNIT- IV Wole Soyinka : Death and the King's Horseman
Derek Walcott : Pantomime UNIT-V Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie : Purple Hibiscus V.S. Naipaul : The Mimic Man
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal
M.A. English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
III CC -X 05 06 18 PEN 310 Modern Rhetoric and Research Methodology
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to CO1: Learn the importance of reading and writing skills. CO2: Learn about meaning, characteristics and types of research etc. CO3: Identify characteristics of certain structures of the body of writing and explain how structure governs function. CO4: Get idea about evaluation , monitor, test, revise, compose etc. CO5: Acquire basic knowledge of the most widely used research techniques in development studies. Unit I Basics of Writing
● Characteristics of a Composition - UNITY , COHERENCE, and EMPHASIS ● The Paragraph ● The Sentence ● Diction ● Aspects of Style
Unit II Forms of Discourse ● Expository Discourse ● Argumentative Discourse ● Descriptive Discourse ● Narrative Discourse
Unit III Fundamentals of Research ● Types of Research ● Selecting a topic ● Reviewing the Literature ● Designing the Study ● Scholarly Writing
Unit IV Research and Writing ● Compiling a Working Bibliography ● Taking Notes ● Outlining ● Writing Drafts ● Plagiarism: Forms and Consequences ● Mechanics of Writing
Unit V Documentation ● Format of the Research Paper ● Preparing a List of Works Cited ● Citing sources in the Text ● Abbreviation
Text Books Unit-I & II 1. Brooks, Cleanth & Robert Penn Warren. Modern Rhetoric. Unit-III 2. Anderson, Jonathan. Thesis and Assignment Writing. Unit-IV & V 3. MLA Handbook for Writer of Research Papers.
A.V.C.College(Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305 Department of English
M.A. – English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code III EC- III 05 06 18 PENE 303
English Language Teaching Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to Co:1 Use language learning strategies effectively. Co:2 Understand, interpret and evaluate different tests that they may encounter in their professional life. Co:3 Communicate in English in a way close to native language level. Co:4 Have professional confidence. Co:5 Develop new materials to be used in the teaching process.
UNIT I : The English Language Teaching Situation in India
Language Acquisition Theories
Approaches, Methods and Techniques in ELT
Curriculum and Syllabus Design
UNIT II : Classroom Management
The Teaching of Prose Text
The Teaching of language Skills
The Teaching of Grammar
UNIT III : Remedial Teaching
Language Games
Lesson Planning and Classroom Observation
UNIT IV : Language Testing and Evaluation
Constructing a Language Test
ELT and Source Disciplines
UNIT V : Practice Teaching
Text Book : English Language Teaching by Dr. M.N.K. Bose New Century Book House (P) Ltd. Chennai
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal
Department of English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
III EDC -II 02 04 18 EDENP 302
Oral Communication Skills
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course the students will be able to CO1: Develop an understanding of the process of oral communication. CO2: Become more effective and efficient writers. CO3: Obtain their own speaking style. CO4: Improve listening, note making and observation skills. CO5: Develop message generating and delivery skills. Communicative Tasks Loud Reading & Recitation
1. Reading Minimal Pairs, Words , Passages and Conversations with proper stress, intonation, pause and stop. 2. Reciting a passage of about 20 lines
Effective Listening: 1. Mark the word in the minimal pair 2.Answering the questions after having listened to a recorded passage, story, news bulletin, and conversation.
Narration & description 1. Narrate a story / an incident 2. Describing people, places, events and a picture / 3. Interpreting a Chart
Public Speaking 1. Giving a welcome address or proposing a vote of thanks 2. Giving a talk on the given topic.
Interpersonal Skills 1. Ask and answer Questions 2. Attend a Mock Interview 3. Role-Play / Group Discussion
Reference Books: 1. A Course in Listening and Speaking I & II by V.Sasikumar, .published by Foundation 2. A Practical Course in Spoken English by J.K.Gangal , Published by PHI
CIA - 40Marks
i. Two tests : 60 Marks ii. Observation Note : 20 Marks iii. Record Work : 10 Marks iv. Attendance : 10 Marks
Practical – 60Marks 1. Reading / Reciting 10 Marks 2. Listening 10 Marks 3. Narration/ Description 10 Marks 4. Public Speaking 10 Marks 5.Interpersonal Skills 10 Marks 6. Record Note 10 Marks
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal M.A. English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code IV CC XI 05 07 18 PEN 411
Literary Criticism. Theory and Practice
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to CO1: Understand the critical theory formed by critics CO2: Make use of the theories in analysing a work of art CO3: Compare the literary theories of writers CO4: Know the stylistic aspects of the work of art CO5: Apply the stylistic aspects in a work of art
Unit I Psycho-Analytical and Myth Criticism Lionel Trilling : Freud and Literature Northrop Frye : Archetypes of Literature Unit II Post-Colonialism and Feminism Edward Said : Crisis (in Orientalism) Elaine Showalter : Towards Feminist Poetics Unit III Structuralism Roland Barthes : The Death of the Author Stanley Fish : Is there a Text in the Class? Unit IV Post-Structuralism Jacques Derrida : Sign and Play in the discourse of human signs M.H. Abrams : The Deconstructive Angel Unit V H.G. Widdowson : Stylistics
Practical Criticism Question No 15 : Explication of a prose passage or a short Poem not Exceeding 15 lines
in terms of Structure, texture, tone and theme .
Reference: 1. Modern Criticism and Theory by David Lodge with Nigel Wood
2. Contemporary Criticism by V.S.Sethuraman
2. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, III Edition, by Peter Barry
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Department of English
M.A. English Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
IV CC XII 05 07 18 PEN 412
Shakespeare
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to Co1: Understand the historical background of the English Kingdoms. Co2: Show how to get rid of vulgar qualities. Co3: Explain how usurping destroys the life of human beings. Co4: Indicate the fatal weakness of human characters. Co5: Examine texts with critical eyes.
UNIT- I Richard II
UNIT-II Othello
UNIT –III As You Like It.
UNIT-IV Antony and Cleopatra
UNIT –V Shakespearean Criticism
1. Dr. Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare
2. T.S. Eliot: Hamlet and His Problems
3. F.R. Lewis: DIABOLIC INTELLECT ANDTHE NOBLE HERO: A NOTE ON 0THELLO
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A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal
Department of English M.A. English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
IV CC XIII 05 07 18 PEN 413
Comparative Literature and Classics in Translation Course Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to Co1: Get exposure to classics of other languages. Co2 : Understand the culture and society of the literary works. Co3: Know from Tamil Classic Thirukural literary and moral values. Co4 : Get equipped with additional qualification of becoming translators. Co5 : Gain source-language words, grammar and syntax reflected in translation.
Unit I Comparative Literature:
Definition and Scope. National, General and World Literatures Schools of C.L Influence and Analogy. Thematology.
Unit II Comparative Literature Periods, Epochs and Movements Literary Genres. Literature and other Arts. Literature and Society. Literature and Psychology Unit III Classics in Translation Thirukkural : Praise of God, Friendship, Learning and Love Divine Comedy 1. Inferno : Dante Unit IV Classics in translation
Henrik Ibsen’s : A Doll’s House. Sophocles : Oedipus Rex Unit V Classics in translation Thagazhi Sivasankaran Pillai : Chemmeen. Hermann Hesse : Siddhartha Reference Books : 1.Theory of Literature by Rene Welleck and Austin Warren. 2. WEISSTEIN, Ulrich (ed.) Comparative Literature and Literary Theory: Survey and Introduction 3. SUSAN BASSANETT. Comparative Literature: Introduction
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal M.A. English
Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
IV CC – XIV 05 07 18 PEN 414
English literature for Competitive Examination Course Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to Co: 1 Employ knowledge of literary traditions in their creative writing.
Co: 2 Demonstrate knowledge of the history and culture of the English language. Co: 3 Contribute to innovative thinking both within and outside of the sphere of English literary studies. Co: 4 Analyse a wide range of problems relating to literary and historical scholarship in English. Co: 5 Extend knowledge and skills to new areas
Unit I 1.The Anglo – Norman Period 2. The Age of Chaucer 3. The Age of Revival 4. The Age of Elizabeth
Unit II 5. The puritan & Restoration Age 6. Neo-Classical / Augustan Age 7. The Romantic Age
Unit III 8. The Victorian Age 9. The Modern Age 10. Contemporary English Literature
Unit IV 11. American and Other Non British Literature 12. Indian Writing English
Unit V 13. Literary Theory and Criticism 14. Rhetoric and Prosody
Reference: S.G.Mundra’s A Handbook for English Literature for Competitive Exams O.P.Bhatnagar’s English Literature
Pattern of Question Paper
Five Set of Questions.
Each sets consists 20 Questions out of which 15 questions are to be answered.
The students will answer in the Question Paper itself (5X15=75)
A.V.C.College (Autonomous) Mannampandal Department of English
M.A. English Semester Course Credits Hours Per Week Code
IV 04 02
Project Work
Course Outcomes Upon completion of the project, the students will be able to CO 1 : Gain confidence of independent research in their future career. CO 2 : Get the habit of critical reading and forming a sense of relative value of whatever they read. CO 3 : Use the tools needed for their career as research scholars and teachers. CO 4 : Master the art of formal thesis writing. CO 5 : Do a formal presentation of their research in a viva voce. In their project the students will focus on a work or author or an area of interest or problem related to various aspects they have studied during the course. The choice of the topic for the project can be from a wide range of subjects, but a text or topic prescribed for study should be strictly avoided. The length of the project report will be 25-30 pages in the standard MLA format.
