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ENGLISH

IST SEMESTER

English Paper I : Language & Writing Skills (General) Full Mark - 100

Unit I : Tense

Voice

Unit II : Agreement

Modals

-ing forms

Unit III : Direct & Indirect Speeches - (10 marks)

Unit IV : Comprehension - (10 marks)

Unit V : Essay - (15 marks)

Unit VI : Precis Writing & Short Story Writing - (10 marks)

with guided outlines

Unit VII : Resume Writing, Letter Writing & - (10 marks)

Application Writing

Notes :

1. Questions will be set from all Units.

2. Weightage of marks for each Unit is given in brackets.

3. Questions of multiple-choice pattern is recommended for Units I,II & III.

4. For Units VI & VII, questions may be set from each item with choices.

Recommended texts :

1. Oxford Practice Grammar with Answers (New Edition), John Eastwood, Oxford

University Press, 1999.

2. Functional Grammar & Spoken and Written Communication in English. Bikram

K.Das, Orient Blackswan, 2006.

3. Living English Structure. W.Stannard Allen, Macmillan, 1999.

4. Modern English : A Book of Grammar, Usage and Composition. Krishnaswamy.

5. The Oxford Guide to Writing and Speaking. John Seely, OUP

}10 marks

}10 marks

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Core Subject : Paper I : History of English Literature Full marks - 100

Unit I : Old English Period

Unit II : Elizabethan Age

Unit III : 18th Century Literature

Unit IV : Age of Romanticism

Unit V : Victorian Age

Reference :

1. English Literature, Its History & Its significance. William J.Long, Kalyani Publishers,

New Delhi (Latest Edition).

2. Critical History of English Literature : David Daichess Vol I, II & IV. Macmillan

Publication.

Notes :

Five questions should be attempted and questions will be set from all Units.

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IIND SEMESTER

English Paper II : Poetry & Prose (General) Full mark - 100

Unit I

1. Let me not to the Marriage of Minds - William Shakespeare

2. The Sunne Rising - John Donne

3. Lucy Gray - William Wordsworth

4. Ode to Autumn - John Keats

Unit II

5. My Last Duchess - Robert Browning

6. The Darkling Thrush - Thomas Hardy

7. The Chimney Sweeper - William Blake

Unit III

8. Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S. - Nissim Ezekiel

9. The Last of the Princes - A.K.Ramanujan

10. Because I Could not Stop For Death - Emily Dickenson

Unit IV

11. Principles of Good Writing - L.A.Hill

12. An Astrologer’s Day - R.K.Narayan

13. In the Punjab - M.K.Gandhi

14. Kunwar Singh - Jim Corbett

Unit V

15. A Simple Philosophy - Seathl

16. Twelve Million Black Voices - Richard Wright

17. Rising Tide of Urban Chaos - Colin Legum

18. What is Culture - Jawaharlal Nehru

Prescribed Texts :

1. Poetry Down the Ages, Orient Longman, 2004

2. Prose for Our Times, Orient Longman, 2004

Note :

Questions will be set from all Units.

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Core Subject : Paper II : History of English Language & Phonetics Full mark - 100

Unit I

1. An Outline History of English Language. F.T. Wood, Macmillan.

2. The English Language. C.L.Wren, Methuen.

Unit II

3. Our Language. Simeon Potter, Penguin.

Unit III

4. Place and Manner of Articulation.

Unit IV

5. Vowels, Consonants, Diphthongs, Clusters and Syllabus.

6. Transcription

Unit V

7. Accents and Intonation

References :

1. Spoken English, R.K.Bansal & J.B.Harrison, Longman, 2006.

2. From Old English to Standard English, D. Freeman, Macmillan, 1992.

3. English Phonetics & Phonology : A Practical Course. Peter Roach, OUP;1983.

4. An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English Language. A.C. Genison.

Note :

Questions will be set from all Units.

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IIIrd SEMESTER

MIL/ Alternative English Full Mark – 100

Unit I

1. A Requiem: Fear No More - Shakespeare

2. Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known - William Wordsworth

3. To A Skylark - P.B. Shelley

Unit II

4. Tears Idle Tears - Lord Tennyson

5. Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold

6. And Death Shall Have No Dominion - Dylan Thomas

Unit III

7. Night of The Scorpion - Nissim Ezekiel

8. Lost - Jayanta Mahapatra

9. Gods - Walt Whitman

10. The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost

Unit IV

11. Money and the Englishman - Nirad C. Chaudhuri

12. The First Atom Bomb - Marcel Junod

13. Vanishing Animals - Gerald Durrell

Unit V

14. What is Courage? - William Slim

15. Living and Reading - Earl Wavell

16. Apollo 8 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

17. The Human Environment - Indira Gandhi

Prescribed Texts : Prose for Our Times, Orient Longman, 2004

Poetry Down The Ages, Orient Longman, 2004

Note : Questions will be set from all Units.

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Core Subject Paper III : Poetry & Short Stories Full Mark – 100

Unit I

1. A Valediction : Forbidding Mourning - John Donne

2. To His Coy Mistress - Andrew Marvell

3. Paradise Lost Book I - John Milton

4. The Tyger - William Blake

Unit II

5. Tintern Abbey - William Wordsworth

6. Ode to the West Wind - P.B. Shelley

7. Ode on a Grecian Urn - John Keats

8. Ulysses - Alfred Lord Tennyson

9. The Bishop Orders His Tomb - Robert Browning

Unit III

10. Felix Randal - G.M. Hopkins

11. Sailing to Byzantium - W.B. Yeats

12. The Express - Stephen Spender

13. The Unknown Citizen - W.H. Auden

Unit IV

14. Civility is all that Counts - S.J. Duncan

15. Chhingpuii - Kaphleia

Unit V

16. Son of the Soil - Sebastian Zumvii

17. He’s Still Alive - Bimabati Thiyum Ongbi

18. The River Within - Harekrishna Deka

Prescribed text for translated Stories from North East India The Heart of the Matter, Published

by Katha, New Delhi 2004


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IVth SEMESTER

Core Subject Paper IV : Fiction I Full Mark - 100

Unit I

1. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

2. Gulliver’s Travels - Jonathan Swift

Unit II

3. Emma - Jane Austen

4. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Unit III

5. The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy

6. The Rainbow - D.H. Lawrence

Unit IV

7. Hard Times - Charles Dickens

8. Silas Marner - George Elliot

Note : 5 questions should be attempted taking atleast one from each Unit.

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Vth SEMESTER

Core Subject : Paper V : Drama-I Full Mark - 100

Unit I

1. Everyman - Anonymous

Unit II

2. Dr. Faustus - Christopher Marlowe

Unit III

3. King Lear - Shakespeare

4. The Tempest - Shakespeare

Unit IV

5. School for Scandal - Richard Sheridan

6. All for Love - John Dryden

Note : 5 questions should be attempted taking atleast one from each Unit

Core Subject : Paper VI : Women’s Writings Full Mark - 100

Unit I

1. Fire on the Mountain - Anita Desai

2. The Color Purple - Alice Walker

Unit II

3. Small Remedies - Shashi Despande

4. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

Unit III

5. To the Light House - Virginia Woolf

6. The Windmill - Margaret Drabble

Unit IV

7. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

8. Uncle’s Tom Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe


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Core Subject : Paper VII

English Literary Theory and Criticism Full mark-100

Unit I - Chapter I : Classical Criticism

Unit II - Chapter II : Medieval and Rennaissance Criticism

Unit III - Chapter III : English Neoclassical Criticism

Unit IV - Chapter IV : Romantic and Victorian Criticism

Unit V - Chapter V : Twentieth Century Criticism

Prescribed Text : English Literary Criticism and Theory : An Introductory History. M.S.Nagarajan.

Orient Blackswan, 2006.


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Core Subject : Paper VIII : Option 1 - Fiction-II Full Mark – 100

Unit I The Ambassador - Henry James

Unit II Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

Unit III Passage to India - E.M.Forster

Unit IV Lord of the Flies - William Golding

Unit V The Burnt Out Case - Graham Greene

1984 - George Orwell


Option II : Popular Studies

Unit I

1. Born to be Wild - Mars Bonfire

2. Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan

3. The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel

Unit II

4. Time - Pink Floyd

5. Imagine - John Lennon

6. Let it Be - The Beatles

Unit III

7. The Insrutable Americans - Anurag Mathur

8. Second Thoughts - Shobha De

Unit IV

9. One Night at the Call Centre - Chetan Bhagat


Notes :

1. The above unit containing song poems from Pop Culture starting from the 1960s is a new and

experimental component in Undergraduate study that reflects and gives expression to the mood of

anti-establishment and rebellion of the youth culture while also giving vent to dreams and aspirations.

It is hoped that students will respond positively and intellectually to the amalgam of embedded

philosophy and vision encapsulated in these prescribed song poems, which have had, and continue

to have, far reaching effects in the formation and development of present day pop culture the

world over.

2. Three novels that come under Popular Literature are added to initiate college students to

contemporary writing techniques and concerns other than traditional and canonical writings. This

is also done to introduce college students to new areas of study and research. The three novels

are by writers from India to provide a balance to the west centric component of Unit I.

3. Teachers will be expected to source their reference materials on pop culture theory and its

implications etc from reliable websites and prepare their lectures accordingly.

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VIth SEMESTER

Core Subject : Paper IX : Indian Writing In English Full Mark – 100

Unit I 1 Kanthapura - Raja Rao

2 Untouchables - Mulk Raj Anand

Unit II 3. The Glass Palace - Amitav Ghosh

4. Where Shall We Go This Summer - Anita Desai

Unit III 5. Naga Mandala - Girish Karnad

6. Silence! The Court is In Session- Vijay Tendulkar

Unit IV 7. Tara - Mahesh Dattani

8. The Doldrummers - Asif Currimbhoy


Core Subject : Paper X : Drama-II

Unit I Major Barbara - George Bernard Shaw

Unit II The Dolls House - Henrik Ibsen

Unit III The Cocktail Party - T.S. Eliot

Unit IV The Birthday Party - Harold Pinter

Unit V Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett


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Core Subject : Paper XI :Literary Criticism Full Mark – 100

Unit I

1. Preface to the Plays of Shakespeare - Dr. Samuel Johnson

Unit II

2. Preface to Lyrical Ballads - William Wordsworth

Unit III

3. The Study of Poetry - Mathew Arnold

Unit IV

4. The Function of Criticism - T.S. Elliot

Unit V

5. Literary Criticism and Philosophy - F.R.Leavis

Recommended Text : Literary Criticism : A Reading. B.Das & J.M. Mohanty, OUP (2001)

Notes : 1) Full texts for Preface to the Plays of Shakespeare and Preface to Lyrical Ballads must be

sourced from Critical Text by Enright and Chickera, OUP.

2) 5 questions should be attempted taking atleast one from each Unit

Core Subject Paper XII (Option III) : Option – III : American Literature

Unit - I

1. House of Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorn

2. The Old Man and The Sea - Ernest Hemingway

Unit II

3. Catcher in the Rye - J.D.Salinger

4. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Unit – III

5. Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller

6. The Hairy Ape - Eugene O’ Neill

Unit IV

7. A Street Car Named Desire - Tennessee Williams

8. The Zoo Story - Edward Albee


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Option – IV : Commonwealth Literature

Unit I

1. A Bend In The River - V.S. Naipaul

Unit II

2. Arrow of God - Chinua Achebe

Unit III

3. Cry The Beloved Country - Alan Paton

Unit IV

4. The Vivisector - Patrick White

Unit V

5. Disgrace - John Maxwell Coetzee


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UG ENGLISH-B.Sc (Science & H.Science)

Ist SEMESTER

ENGLISH-PAPER 1 : LANGUAGE & WRITING / COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Full marks=100

LEARNING OBJECTIVES CONTENTS MARKS

UNIT I Introduction to Language * Importance of English Language (20)

Communication and * Basics of Communication - Process,

Communication Skills Components, factors

in English * Verbal and Non verbal communication

* Barriers to Communication and how

to break them

* E-mail Communication

UNIT II Speak and write * Parts of Speech (20)

grammatically correct * Definition & Identification of ‘Subject’

English and Predicate

* Phrases and Clauses

* Tense-Types of Tenses and their use

* Voice-Active and Passive

* Concepr of concord-What is concord?

Subject-Verb-Agreement

* Reported Speech-Direct &b Indirect Speech

UNIT III Develop writing skills * Report writing-Structure & Layout (20)

- Laboratory Reports, Technical Description,

Technical Proposal

* Writing Abstracts and Summaries

* Note making

* Letter Writing-Job Application Letter,

writing resume etc.

UNIT IV Develop skills in Spoken * Oral Communication : Introducation, (15)

English Structure Plan, Techniques of delivery etc.

* Facing Interviews - Viva Voce

* Different forms of classroom interaction-

Seminar, Paper Presentation, Group

Discussion etc.

Recommended Books :-

1. ARUNA KONERU ‘Professional Communication’, TATA MC GRAW HILL PUBLISH

ING COMPANY LTD.

2. R.C SHARMA & KRISHNA MOHAN, “Business Correspondence & Report Writing, A

Practical Approach to Business and Technical Communication”, Tata McGraw Hill (New)

3. Grammar book suggested for the other streams.

Notes : Questions will be set from all Units.

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UG ENGLISH-B.Sc (Science & H.Science)

IInd SEMESTER

ENGLISH-PAPER II : PROSE & POETRY

Full marks=100

LEARNING OBJECTIVES CONTENTS MARKS

Read and Comprehend Prescribed Course books to develop Reading and Writing Skills

* Poetry

Unit I

1. Shakespeare-Let me not to the Marriage (30)

of True Minds (Sonnet 116)

2. John Milto - The Sun Rising

3. John Keats - Ode to Autumn

Unit II

4. Browning - My Last Duchess

5. Thomas Hardy - The Darkling Thrush

6. N.Ezekiel - Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.

* Prose

Unit III (30)

7. L.A. Hill - Principles of Good Writing

8. J.Nehru - Letter to my Daughter

9. R.K.Narayan - Astrologer’s Day

Unit IV

10. Nirad C.Chaudhuri - Money and the Englishman

11. Marcel Junod - The First Atom Bomb

Develop Skills in Comprehension & Writing

Unit V 12. Comprehension of Unseen Passage (10)

13. Precis Writing (5)

Recommended Texts :

1. Poetry Down the Ages, Orient Longman, 2004

2. Prose of Our Times, Orient Longman, 2004


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UG B.COM. COURSE 2400 MARKS

Ist SEMESTER

English Paper I : Language & Writing Skills (General) Full Mark - 100

Common Paper for B.A. (General) and B.Com

Unit I : Tense

Voice

Unit II : Agreement

Modals

-ing forms

Unit III : Direct & Indirect Speeches - 10 marks

Unit IV : Comprehension - 10 marks

Unit V : Essay - 15 marks

Unit VI : Precis Writing & Short Story Writing - 10 marks

with guided outlines

Unit VII : Resume Writing, Letter Writing & - 10 marks

Application Writing

Notes :

1. Questions will be set from all Units.

2. Weightage of marks for each Unit is given in brackets.

3. Questions of multiple-choice pattern is recommended for Units I,II & III.

4. For Units VI & VII, questions may be set from each item with choices.

Recommended texts :

1. Oxford Practice Grammar with Answers (New Edition), John Eastwood, Oxford

University Press, 1999.

2. Functional Grammar & Spoken and Written Communication in English. Bikram

K.Das, Orient Blackswan, 2006.

3. Living English Structure. W.Stannard Allen, Macmillan, 1999.

4. Modern English : A Book of Grammar, Usage and Composition. Krishnaswamy.

5. The Oxford Guide to Writing and Speaking. John Seely, OUP.

}10 marks

}10 marks

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IInd SEMESTER

English Paper II : Business Communication : B.Com Full Marks - 100

Unit I

Introducing Business Communication : Basic forms of communicating; Communication models

and processes; Effective communication; Theories of communication; Audience analysis.

Unit II

Self-Development and Communication : Development of positive personal attitudes; SWOT

analysis; Vote’s model of interdependence; Whole communication.

Unit III

Corporate Communication : Formal and informal communication networks; Grapevine;

Miscommunication (Barriers); Improving communication.

Practices in business communication; Group discussions; Mock interviews; Seminars; Effective

listening exercises; Individual and group presentations and reports writing.

Unit IV

Principles of Effective Communication.

Unit V

Writing Skills : Planning business messages; Rewriting and editing; The first draft;

Reconstruction the final draft; Business letters and memo formats; Appearance request letters; Good news

and bad news letters; Persuasive letters; Sales letters; Collection letters; Office memorandum.

Unit VI

Report Writing : Introduction to a proposal. short report and formal report, report

preparation.

References :

1. Bovee and Thill : Business Communication Today; Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.

2. Ronald E.Dulek and John S.Fielder : Principles of Business Communication; Macmillan

Publising Company, London.

3. Randall E. Magors; Business Communication : Harper and Row New York.

4. Webster’s Guide to Effective Letter Writing; Harper and Row, New York.

5. Balasubramanyam : Business Communications; Vikas Publishing House, Delhi.

6. Kaul : Effective Business Communication; Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

7. Kaul : Effective Business Communication; Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

8. Patri VR : Essentials of Communication; Greenspan Publications, New Delhi.

9. Senguin J : Business Communication; The Real World and Your Career, Allied Publishers,

New Delhi.

10.Robinson, Netrakanti and Shintre : Communicative Competence in Business English;

Orient Longman, Hyderabad.


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