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M. A. (ENGLISH) (ANNUAL SYSTEM) (Parts: I & II)

Examination: 2011

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M.A. (ENGLISH) (ANNUAL SYSTEM) (PART-I & II)

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PART-I

Paper I: English Poetry up to the Nineteenth Century Paper II: English Drama Paper III: English Novel Paper IV: Structure of Modern English and Advanced Composition Paper V: Opt. (i): Indian Writing in English

Opt. (ii): Greek Literature in Translation Opt. (iii): Post Colonial Literature

PART-II

Paper VI: History of English Literature Paper VII: Modern Literary Theory and Criticism Paper VIII: Twentieth Century British Literature Paper IX: Introduction to Linguistics Paper X (Opt. i): American Literature

(Opt. ii): World Classics in Translation (Opt. iii): Indian Writing in English Translation

Note: Colleges are advised to ensure at least 5 contact hours per week for each course of M.A. English.

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Paper-I: English Poetry up to the Nineteenth Century Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight (8) of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows: 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different authors/texts). 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different authors/texts). 3 questions from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background). These short answer questions are aimed at examining the first hand reading of prescribed texts and as such shall relate to themes, actions, characters, setting, literary/linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32) Part-B: 4 questions (one each from 3 units with internal choice and one question on the literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an author or text. If required, the examiner may also have sub-parts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48)

Unit-I 1. John Milton: Paradise Lost, Book I 2. John Donne: The Good Morrow

The Sunne Rising The Extasie A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning The Canonization Batter My Heart, three-personed God A Hymn to God the Father The Flea

3. Alexander Pope: The Rape of the Lock


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Unit-II 1. William Wordsworth : Lines Composed a Few Miles

Above Tintern Abbey Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood Three years She grew Sonnet: London, 1802

2. John Keats : Ode to Psyche Ode to a Nightingale Ode on Grecian Urn To Autumn

3. S.T. Coleridge : Dejection : an Ode The Ancient Mariner

Unit-III 1. Robert Browning : Porphyria's Lover

The Last Ride Together One Word More The Bishop Orderes His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church

2. Alfred Tennyson: Epilogue Lotus Eaters Ulysses Morte d' Arthur The Lady of Shalott Tithonus Crossing the Bar

Supplementary Readings:

1. Sidney, Philip. : Defence of Poesy 2. Coleridge, S.T. : Biographia Literaria, Chapter XIV. 3. Wordsworth : William. Preface to Lyrical Ballads. 4. Arnold, Mathew : Study of Poetry. 5. Tillyard, E.M.W. : The Elizabethan World Picture, London : Chatto and Windus,

1943. 6. Abrahams, M.H. : The Mirror and the Lamp, OUP, 1953 7. Houghton, W.E. : The Victorian Frame of Mind, 1830-1870, New Haven, 1957 8. Hulme, T.E. "Romanticism and Classicism" in David Lodge (ed.) Twentieth

Century Literary Criticism: A Reader, Longman, 1972. 9. Lovejoy, A.O. The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of Ideas,

London: 1936. 10. Bobbit, Irving. Rousseau and Romanticism, Boston: Houghton and Mifflin, 1919. 11. Bloom, Harold. The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry, OUP, 1973.

Suggested Reading: The Poetry Handbook, 2nd Edition, OUP by John Lennard.


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Paper-II: English Drama Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer Eight (8) of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows: 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background) These short answer questions are aimed at examining the first hand reading of prescribed texts and as such shall relate to themes, concepts, actions, characters, setting, literary/linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32) Part-B: 4 questions (one each from 3 units with internal choice and one question on the literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an author or text. If required, the examiner may also have sub-parts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48)

Unit-I 1. Aristotle Poetics (Butcher's Translation) 2. Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus 3. William Shakespeare Hamlet

Unit-II

1. William Shakespeare As You Like It 2. Samuel Backet Waiting for Godot 3. Sean O' Casey Juno and the Paycock

Unit-III

1. Bernard Shaw Saint Joan 2. T.S. Eliot The Family Reunion


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1. Dryden, John : An Essay of Dramatic Poesy

2. Kreiger, Murray : The Tragic Vision. University of Chicago Press, 1960.

3. Frye, Northrop : A Natural Perspective: The development of Shakespearean

Comedy and Romance. New York: Harcourt Brace and World, 1965.

4. Bradbrok : M.C. Elizabethan Stage Condition, CUP, 1968.

5. Nicoll : A. The Theory of Drama, New Delhi; Doaba House, 1969.

6. Knight : Wilson. The Wheel of Fire, London: Methuen, 1969.

7. Craig : Edward, Gordon On the Art of the Theatre, London: Heinemann, 1911.

8. Williams : Raymond. Drama in Performance. Penguin, 1968.

9. Kitto : H.D.F. Form and Meaning in Drama, London: Methuen, 1956.

10. Hume : R.D. The Rakish Stage: Studies in English Drama, 1660-1800. Southern

Illinois University Press, 1983.

11. Woodfield : James. English Theatre in Transition,1881-1914. London: Croom

Helm, 1984.


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Paper-III: English Novel Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight (8) of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows: 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different authors/texts). 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different authors/texts). 3 questions from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background). These questions requiring short answers are aimed at examining the first hand reading of prescribed texts and as such shall relate to themes, concepts actions, characters, setting, literary/linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32 marks) Part-B: 4 questions (one each from 3 units with internal choice and one question on the literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an author or text. If required, the examiner may also have sub-parts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48 marks)

Unit-I 1. D.H. Lawrence : Sons and Lovers 2. Virginia Woolf : Mrs. Dalloway 3. Graham Greene : The Heart of the Matter

Unit-II

1. Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice 2. Thomas Hardy : Jude the Obscure 3. Emily Bronte : Wuthering Heights

Unit-III

1. George Eliot : The Mill on the Floss Hard Times


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1. Forster, E.M. Aspects of the Novel, London, 1927.

2. Kettle, Arnold., An Introduction to the English Novel. London: Hutchinson, 1951.

3. Gallagher, Catherine. The Industrial Reformation of English Fiction, University

of Chicago Press, 1985.

4. Miller, Hillis J. The Form of Victorian Fiction, University of Notre Dame Press,

1968.

5. Auerbach, Erich. Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature,

Princeton. University Press, 1953.

6. Stern, J.P. On Realism. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1973.

7. Frye, Northorp. The Great Code: The Bible and Literature, ARK Paperbacks.

8. Gardner, John. On Moral Fiction, New York: Basic Books.

9. Williams, Raymond. Culture and Society. London: Chatto and Windus, 1958.

10. Leavis, F.R. The Great Tradition, London : Chatto and Windus, 1948.

11. Trilling, Lionel. 'Manners, Morals and Novel' in The Liberal Imagination, NY:

Anchor, 1950.


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Paper-IV: Structure of Modern English and Advanced Composition Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer any eight (8) of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows: 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different sections) 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different sections) 3 questions from Unit III, atleast one from each section. As far as possible, the questions should be direct and to the point. Questions may relate both to theoretical and practical issues. The narrower the question, the better it is. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32 marks). Part-B: The examiner will set three questions one each from three units. Students will be required to attempt all the three questions with internal choice.

Unit-I

Sec-I.: Organs of Speech The Sounds of English (R.P.) Articulation, description and classification of English phonemes.

Sec-II.:

Allophonic Variables in R.P. English The Syllable and its structure.

Sec-III.:

Weak forms Stress in English words Intonation Recommended Text for sections 1 - 3: Roach, Peter, English Phonetics and Phonolgy, Cambridge: CUP, 2000. Chapters 1-12, 15-17.

Unit-II Syntax: Sec-1: Parts of Speech:

Form and Function: Verb and Verb phrase; Verbal forms, regular and irregular verbs; Auxiliaries: Tenses and aspect Noun and Noun Phrase


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Determiners and sequence of determiners; Reference Adjective: Attributive and predicative; Comparison and intensification Adverb and Adverbials, Place relation, Time relation Adjunct, Disjunct and Conjunct Preposition and Prepositional Phrase

Sec-2: The Simple sentence: basic sentence patterns; concord co-ordination; conjunctions The complex sentence: subordination Reporting other's language. Finite and non-finite clauses Sec-3: Relative clauses; Apposition; restrictive and non-restrictive clauses. Adverbial Complement clauses the complex noun phrases. Cohesion in text: Sentence/clause connectors, ellipsis, substitution, discourse references. Recommended Text: Quirk, R and Greenbaum, S. A University Grammar of English, Longman, 1973.

Unit-III Applied Grammar and Writing: This part will comprise units in Legget, Glen et al. Essentials of Grammar and Composition, Prentice Hall of India, 1988. Sec-1. Basic sentence faults (section 6-14) Effective sentences (section 33-36) Sec-2. The whole composition (section 31) Effective paragraphs (section 32) Supplementary Readings:

1. Sethi, J. and Dhamija P. V., A Course in Phonetics and Spoken English, ND :

Prentice Hall of India, 1990.

2. Sethi, J. and Jindal, D.V., A Handbook of Pronunciation of English Words, ND :

Prentice Hall of India, 1993.

3. Bansal, R.K. and Harrison J.B., Spoken English for India. ND : Orient Longman,

1972.

4. Huddleston, Rodney, English Grammar : An Outline, OUP, 1996.

5. Halliday, M.A.K. & Hasan, R., Cohesion in English. Longman, 1976.

6. Brooks, Cleanth & Warren, R.P., Modern Rhetoric. NY: Harcourt Brace

Jovanovich, 1972.

7. Corbett, E., The Little Rhetoric, NY : Wiley, 1977.

8. McCrimmon, J.M., Writing with a Purpose: NY : Houghton Mifflin, 1957.

9. Chaplan, Frank, Paragraph Writing, London: OUP, 1970.


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Paper-V: Opt. (i) Indian Writing in English Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight (8) of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows: 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background) These questions requiring short answers are aimed at examining the first hand reading of the prescribed texts and as such shall relate to themes, concepts, actions, characters, setting, literary/linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is. The students shall answer each question within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32 marks) Part-B: 4 questions (one each from 3 units with internal choice and one question on the literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an author or text. If required, the examiner may also have sub-parts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48 marks).

Unit-I

1. Raja Rao: Kanthapura,Oxford University Press, India, 2003. 2. R.K. Narayan: The Guide, Penguin Books, 2006. 3. Anita Desai: Fasting Feasting, Vintage 2000.

Unit-II

1. Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things, Harper Collins, Publishers. 2. Shashi Thurur: Riot, Penguin, 2003. 3. Manju Kapoor: Difficult Daughters, Penguin India, 1998.


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Unit-III 1. Nissim Ezekiel:

Enterprise Philosophy Night of the Scorpion Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher The Vistor Background, Casually Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa, T.S

2. Kamala Das:

The Freaks My Grandmother's House A Hot Noon in Malabar The Sunshine Cat The Invitation The Looking-glass

Note: The poems listed above are included in Ten Twentieth Century Indian English Poets Edited by R. Parthasarthy (O.U.P.) Supplementary Readings:

1. Ashcoft, B., Griffiths, G. and Tiffin, H.: The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post Colonial Literatures, London: Routledge, 1989.

2. Narsimhaiah, C.D. : Indian Literature of the Past Fifty Years, Mysore: University of Mysore, 1970.

3. Naik, M.K. : Aspects of Indian Writing in English. Delhi: Macmillan, 1979. 4. Mukerjee, Meenakshi : The Twice Born Fiction, Delhi: Arnold Heinmann, 1971. 5. King, Bruce : Modern Indian Poetry in English, Delhi: OUP, 1987. 6. Nehru, J.L. Discovery of India. 7. Radhakrishnan, S. : Religion in a Changing World 8. Thomas, P. : Epics, Myths and Legends of India, Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala,

1973. 9. Sarma, G.P. : Nationalism in Indo-Anglian Fiction. New Delhi: Sterling

Publishers, 1978. 10. Walsh, William : Indian Literature in English, London: Longman, 1990. 11. Vishwanathan, G. : Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and the British Rule in

India, London: Faber and Faber, 1990. 12. Aurobindo, Sri. : The Foundations of Indian Culture. NY: The Sri Aurobindo

Library, 1953. 13. Ahmed, Aijaz. In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures. London: Verso, 1992. 14. Sachidanandan : Indian Poetry: Modernism and After, ND: Sahitya Academi,

2001.


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Paper V: Opt. (ii) Greek Literature in Translation Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight (8) of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows. 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background) These short answer questions are aimed at examining the first hand reading of prescribed texts and as such shall relate to themes, concepts, actions, characters, setting, literary/linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32 marks) Part-B: 4 questions (one each from III units with internal choice and one question on the literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an author or text. If required, the examiner may also have subparts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48 marks)

Unit-I

1. Aeschylus Agamemnon 2. Sophocles Oedipus, the King 3. Sophocles Antigone

Unit-II 1. Euripides Medea 2. Euripides Electra 3. Aristophanes The Frogs

Unit-III 1. Homer The lliad 2. Plato The Republic (Book X)


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Supplementary Readings :

1. Reinhold, Mayer. Greek and Roman Classics, Barron's Educational Series. New

York: Woodbury, 1971.

2. Vickers, Brian. Towards Greek Tragedy, London: Longman, 1973.

3. Luce, J.V. Homer and the Heroic Age. London: Thomas and Hudson, 1975.

4. Jones, John. On Aristotle and Greek Tragedy, London ; Chatto and Windus, 1962.

5. Kitto, H.D.F. Greek Tragedy : A Literary Study, London: Methuen, 1961.

6. Kitto, H.D.F. Form and Meaning in Drama, London: Methuen, 1956.

7. Lever, K. The Art of Greek Comedy, London: Methuen, 1956.

8. Kaufmann, W. Tragedy and Philosophy, London: Doubleday, 1969.

9. Hawthorn, Geoffrey. Tragedy, Myth and Mystery.

10. Sewall, R.B. The Vision of Tragedy. Yale University Press, 1958.

11. Dodds, E.R. The Ancient Concept of Progress and Other Essays on Greek

Literature and Belief. OUP, 1973.


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Paper-V: Opt.(iii) Post Colonial Literature Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows: 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different authors/texts). 3 questions from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background). These short answer questions are aimed at examining the first hand reading of prescribed texts and as such shall relate to themes, concepts actions, characters, setting, literary/linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32 marks) Part-B: 3 questions (one each from III units with internal choice and one question on the literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an author or text. If required, the examiner may also have subparts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48 marks)

Unit-I

1. V.S. Naipaul House for Mr. Biswas

2. Wole Soyinka The Lion and the Jewel

3. Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart

Unit-II

1. Mulk Raj Anand Untouchable

2. Amitav Ghosh The Glass Palace

3. Bapsi Sidhwa The Ice-Candy Man


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Unit-III

1. Judith Wright:

The Company of Lovers

Women to man

The Harp and the King

Clock and Heart

The Two Fires

The Beanstalk, Meditated later

Vision

For my daughter

Poem and Audience

2. Margaret Atwood:

Surfacing


1. Walsh, William : A Manifold Voice, London: Chatto and Windus, 1970. 2. Ashcroft, B., Griffiths, G. and Tiffin, H. : The Empire Writes Back: Theory and

Practice in Post Colonial Literatures. London: Routledge, 1989. 3. Lyengar, K.R.S. : Two Cheers for the Commonwealth, Asia Pub. House, 1970. 4. Ramchand, Kenneth. The West Indian Novel and its Background. London: Faber

and Faber, 1970. 5. Fanon, Franz : Black Skin White Masks, Paladin Edition, 1970. 6. Fanon, Franz. The Wretched of the Earth, Penguin, 1978. 7. Marquez, Gabriel Garcia : Nobel Prize acceptance speech in Gabriel Garcia

Marquez: New Readings (ed.) Bernard McGuirk and Richard Cardwell, CUP, 1987.

8. Bhabha, H.K. : Nation and Narration London: Routledge, 1990. 9. Leela Gandhi : Introduction to Post Colonial Theory, OUP.

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Paper-VI: History of English Literature Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows. 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different sections). 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different sections). 3 questions from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background). These short answer questions are aimed at examining the first hand reading of prescribed texts, as such shall relate to themes, concepts, actions, characters, setting, literary/ linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is,. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32 marks) Part-B: 4 questions (one each from three units with internal choice and one question on literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an authors or text. If required, the examiner may also have subparts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48 marks) Unit-I I. Beginnings and Backgrounds:

1. Old English Period 2. Middle English Period 3. Development of English Language 4. Chancer and his Canterbury Tales 5. Chancer Shifted Contemporaries and Successors 6. Ballads, Romances, Dreams Allegories 7. Spirit of the Middle Ages 8. Biblical Background of English Literature 9. Impact of Greek and Roman Classical Literature


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II. The Renaissance:

1. Humanism and Reformation 2. Elizabethan World Picture 3. Continuity with Middle Ages 4. Sonnets and Lyrics 5. Long Poems 6. Metaphysical and Cavalier Poetry 7. Bacon 8. Translations and the Authorized Version, 1611. 9. Renaissance Prose and Criticism.

III. Renaissance and Neoclassical Drama:

1. Traditional Religious Drama 2. The First Experiments 3. University Wits 4. Influence of Seneca and Classical Dramatic Theory 5. Shakespeare 6. Ben Jonson and the Comedy of Humours 7. The Elizabethan Theatre. 8. Drama After Shakespeare. 9. Neo Classical Drama

Unit-II I. Neo Classical Period:

1. Neoclassicism 2. Enlightenment and Deism 3. Sentimentalism and Sensibility 4. Satire in Verse 5. Pre Romantic Poetry 6. Rise of the Novel 7. Age of Prose 8. Neoclassical Criticism 9. Women's Writing and Thought

II. Romantic Period:

1. Contrast with Neoclassicism 2. Romantic Ideas and Concepts 3. Romantic Movement as a Trans European and American Phenomenon 4. Influence of the French Revolution 5. Major Romantic Poets 6. Lyrical Ballads as an epoch making book 7. Jane Austen and Walter Scott 8. Romantic Prose 9. Romantic Criticism


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III. Victorian Period: 1. The Victorian Temper 2. Victorian Movements 3. The Victorian Sages 4. Science and Religion 5. Victorian Poetry 6. Victorian Novel 7. Realism and Naturalism 8. Aestheticism and Decadence 9. Victorian Criticism

Unit-III I. Modern Period:

1. Attitudes to Colonialism: Kipling, Conrad and Forster 2. The Modernist Movement 3. Stream of Consciousness Technique and Interior Monologue 4. Marxism, Psychoanalysis and Existentialism. 5. Modern Poetry 6. Modern Drama 7. Modern Fiction 8. Modern Prose 9. Modern Criticism

II. Contemporary Period: 1. Modernism and Postmodernism 2. Contemporary Literary Theories 3. Culture and Popular Culture 4. Internationalization of English Language and Literature 5. The Question of Canon 6. Survival of Literary Genres 7. Contemporary Poetry 8. Contemporary Drama 9. Contemporary Fiction

Recommended Readings:

1. Baugh, A.C.: A Literary History of England

2. Daiches, David: Critical History of English Literature

3. Sampson and Churchil: Cambridge History of English Literature, 3rd

Edition.

4. Hudson W.H.: An Outline History of English Literature

5. Long W.J.: History of English Literature


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6. Legouis & Cazamian : A History of English Literature

7. W.W. Robson: Modern Literature

8. The New Pelican Guide to English Literature Series

9. The Sphere History of Literature Series

10. The Longman Literature in English Series

11. Preminger, Alex. (Ed.) The Princeton Encyclopaedia of Poetry and

Poetics. Princeton University Press, 1965.

12. lyengar, K.R.S. and Introduction to the Study of English Literature. ND:

Nandakumar, Prem. Sterling, 1985.

13. Seymour Smith, Martin, Guide to Modern World Literature. London:

Macmillan, 1985.

14. Coyle, Martin et., al. Encyclopaedia of Literature and Criticism. London:

Routledge, 1990.

15. Hawthorn, Jeremy, A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory,

London: Arnold, 2000.

16. Culler, J. A Very Brief Introduction to Postmodernism. Delhi:

OUP, 2000.


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Paper-VII: Modern Literary Theory and Criticism Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows. 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background) These short answer questions are aimed at examining the first hand reading of prescribed texts, and as such shall relate to themes, concepts, actions, characters, setting, literary/ linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is,. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32 marks) Part-B: 4 questions (one each from three units with internal choice and one question on the literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an author or text. If required, the examiner may also have subparts of a question. The students answer shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48 marks)

Unit-I

1. T.S. Eliot: Tradition and Individual Talent The Frontiers of Criticism

2. Northrop Frye: The Archetypes of Literature 3. Victor Shklovsky: Art as Technique

Unit-II

1. Lionel Trilling: Freud and Literature 2. Terry Eagleton: Literature and History

Form and Content 3. Toril Moi: Feminist Literary Criticism 4. Edward Said: Crisis (in Orientalism)


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Unit-III 1. Roman Jakobson: Linguistics and Poetics 2. Roland Barthes: Introduction to Structural Analysis of Narratives

The Death of the Author Supplementary Readings:

1. Selden, Raman., A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. Brighton: Harvester Press, 1985.

2. Guerin, W.L. et. al., A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature, NY: OUP, 1992.

3. Barricelli, J. and Gibaldi, J., Interrelations of Literature. NY: MLA of America, 1982.

4. Jaaware, Aniket., Simplifications. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2001. 5. Fokkema, D. and Ibsch, E., Theories of Literature in the Twentieth Century. New

Delhi: Orient Longman, 1997. 6. Culler, Jonathan, Structuralist Poetics: Structuralism, Linguistics and the Study of

Literature. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1975. 7. Ward, Glen., Postmodernism, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1997. 8. Loomba, Anita., Colonialism/Postcolonialism. London: Routledge, 1998. 9. Freedman, Jane., Feminism. New Delhi : Viva Books, 2002. 10. Howarth, David., Discourse. New Delhi : Viva Books, 2002 11. Zima, P.V., The Philosophy of Modern Literary Theory. London: The Athlone

Press, 1999. 12. Krishnaswamy, N. Varghese, John and Mishra, Sunita: Contemporary Literary

Theory: A Student's Companion. Delhi: Macmillan, 2001. 13. Wheeler, Kathleen and Indra C.T.: Explaining Deconstruction, Delhi: Macmillan,

1997.


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Paper-VIII: Twentieth Century British Literature Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows. 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background) These short answer questions are aimed at examining the first hand reading of prescribed texts, and as such shall relate to themes, concepts, actions, characters, setting, literary/ linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is,. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32 marks) Part-B: 4 questions (one each from III units with internal choice and one question on the literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an author or text. If required, the examiner may also have subparts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48 marks)

Unit-I

1. W.B. Yeats: When you are old and grey The Second Coming A Prayer for my Daughter Leda and the Swan Sailing to Byzantium Among School Children Easter 1916

2. T.S. Eliot: The Waste Land Gerontion


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3. Philip Larkin: Church Going The Whitsun Weddings Toads Dockery and Son The Building High Windows Unit-II

1. Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness 2. William Golding: Lord of the Flies

Unit-III

1. John Osborne: Look Back in Anger 2. Harold Pinter: The Birthday Party Supplementary Readings:

1. Freud, Sigmund., 'On Art and Literature' in Vol. 14 of the Pelican Freud Library. 2. Richards, I.A., Principles of Literary Criticism, London: Routledge and Kegan

Paul, 1926. 3. Empson, William., Seven Types of Ambiguity, London; Penguin, 1961. 4. Chadwick, Charles., Symbolism London: Methuen, 1971. 5. Benjamin Walter., Illuminations, London: Fontana, 1973. 6. Smith, Stan., Inviolable Voice, History and Twentieth Century Poetry, London:

Macmillan, 1982. 7. Williams, John., Twentieth Century British Poetry, London: Edward Arnold,

1987. 8. Camus, Albert., The Myth of Sisyphus, Penguin, 1975. 9. Brustein, Robert., The Theatre of Revolt, London: Methuen, 1962. 10. Stevenson, Randall., The British Novel Since the Thirties, London: Batsford,

1986. 11. Dipple, Elizabeth., Unresolvable Plot: Reading Contemporary Fiction. London:

Metheun 12. Bergonzi, Bernard., The Situation of the Novel, London: Macmillan, 1970. 13. Fraser, G.S., The Modern Writer and His World London: Curtis Brown, 1961. 14. Spender, Stephen., The Struggle of the Modern. Hamish Hamilton, 1963


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Paper-IX: Introduction to Linguistics Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight (8) of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows : 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different sections) 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different sections) 3 questions from Unit-III atleast (one from each section) As far as possible, the questions should be direct and to the point. The Questions may relate both to theoretical and practical issues. The narrower the question, the better it is. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32 marks) Part-B: Three questions (one each from three units with interest choice) will be set. The students will be required to attempt all. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different sections In those units, where there are more than two sections, examiner may ask broad based questions covering more than one section. If required, examiner may also have sub-parts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48 marks)

Unit-I 1. The Nature and Functions of Language:

Language as system of Signs Language as communication Language as Social Behaviour Varieties of Language: Social, Regional and Registeral.

2. Behaviourist and Mentalist theories of Language Acquisition 3. Semantics:

Kinds of Meaning, Reference and sense, Denotation and Connotation Polysemy, Synonymy, hyponymy and ambiguity Semantics and pragmatics


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Unit-II Linguistic Theories: 1. Structural Theory:

Saussure: Signifier and Signified; Syntagmatic and paradigmatic Relations Synchrony and Diachrony; Langue and Parole etc. Bloomfied: Scientific Study of Language; Corpus based analysis; Discovery Procedures; minimal pairs, pattern congruity, complementary distribution, IC analysis.

2. Transformational Generative Theory: Chomsky; Competence and Performance, Syntactic Structures,Phrase Structure rules, Basic transformational rules e.g.negative, question, passive. Inter Personal, Deep Structure and Surface Structure

3. Functional Theory: Halliday: Functions of Language Ideational, Interpersonal Textual. Field, Tenor and Mode of Discourse. Clause as message, exchange and representation.

Unit-III

Applied Linguistics: 1. Stylistics: Text and discourse; Deviation, Foregrounding and Cohesion. 2. Methods and Approaches to language Teaching: Grammar-Translation, Direct and

Audio-Lingual Methods; Structural and Communicative Approaches. Recommended Readings:

1. Bloomfield, L. Language, Allen and Unwin, 1933. 2. De Saussure, Ferdinand. Course in General Linguistics (Tr. Wadw Baskin)NY:

McGraw Hill, 1959. 3. Chomsky, N. Syntactic Structures. The Hague: Mouton, 1957 4. Chomsky, N. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1965 5. Halliday, M.A.K. Explorations in the functions of Language, London, Edward

Arnold, 1973 6. Halliday. M.A.K. An Introduction to the Functional Grammar, London: Edward

Arnold, 1985 7. Halliday, M.A.K. and Hassan, Ruquiya: Language, Context and Text. OUP, 1985. 8. Crystal David Linguistics.Penguin, 1985. 9. Yule, George The Study of Language, CUP, 1985. 10. Lyons, John. Language and Linguistics, CUP, 1981. 11. Verma, S.K. and Krishnaswami, N.: Modern Linguistics: An Introduction. Delhi:

OUP, 1989. 12. Traugott,Elizabeth C. and Bratt, L. Bratt: Linguistics for the students of

Literature. London: Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1980. 13. Laster, Mark, Introductory Transformational Grammar of English. 14. Morley, G.D. An Introduction to Systemic Grammar 15. Krishnaswami, N. Verma S.K. and Nagarajan, M.: Modern. Applied Linguistics.

Delhi: McMillan, 1992. 16. Hudson, R.A. Sociolinguistics, CUP, 1980. 17. Palmer, F.R. Semantics. CUP, 1996. 18. Leech, G.N. and Short, M.: Style in Fiction, London: Longman, 1981.


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Paper-X: Opt.(i) American Literature Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight (8) of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows : 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background) These short answer questions are aimed at examining the first hand reading of prescribed texts and as such shall relate to themes, concepts,actions, characters, setting, literary/linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32) marks Part-B: 4 questions (one each from 3 units with internal choice and one question on the literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an author or text. If required, the examiner may also have subparts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48) marks

Unit-I

1. Walt Whitman: From Song of Myself Sec. 1, 6, 32, 40. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Passage to India Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

2. Robert Frost:

Neither Out Far Nor in Deep Provide Provide The Onset Design


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Mending Wall The Road Not Taken Desert Places Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Birches The Gift Outright.

3. Wallace Stevens: Peter Quince at the Clavier Sunday Morning Anecdote of the Jar A High-toned Old Christian Woman Emperor of Ice Cream Poetry is a Destructive Force Of Modern Poetry Thirteen ways of Looking at a Blackbird The Idea of Order at Key-West Life is Motion

Unit-II 1. Nathaniel Hawthrone: The Scarlet Letter 2. Saul Bellow: The Victim 3. J.D. Salinger: Catcher in the Rye

Unit-III 1. Tennessee Williams: Street Car Named Desire 2. Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman Supplementary Readings:

1. Erich Fromm. The Sane Society. NY : Fawcett Premier, 1985. 2. Alter, Robert. Partial Magic: The Novel as a selfconscious. Genre. University of

California Press, 1973. 3. Lewis, R.W.B. Trials of the World: Essays in American Literature and the

Humanistic Tradition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. 4. Mellard, J.M. The Exploded Form: The Modernist Novel in America, University

of Illinois Press, 1980. 5. Marlin, Irving, Jews and Americans. Southern Illinis University Press, 1965. 6. Mathiessen, F.O. American Rennaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of

Emerson and Whithman. NY: OUP, 1969. 7. Pearce, Roy Harvey. The Continuity of American Poetry. New Jersey: Princeton

University Press 1961. 8. Fiedler, Leslie, Love and Death in American Novel. NY : Dell, 1966. 9. Von Hallberg, Robert. American Poetry and Culture. Harvard University Press,

1985. 10. Lewis, R.W.B. The American Adam, University of Chicago Press, 1955. 11. Bradbury, Malcolm. The Modern American Novel, OUP, 1983. 12. Tanner, Tony. City of Words : American Fiction. NY: Harper Row.


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Paper-X: Opt.(ii) World Classics in Translation Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight (8) of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows : 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-II (atleast one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions with internal choice from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background) These short answer questions are aimed at examining the first hand reading of prescribed texts and as such shall relate to themes, concepts, actions, characters, setting, literary/linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32) marks Part-B: 4 questions (one each from 3 units with internal choice and one question on the literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an author or text. If required, the examiner may also have subparts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48) marks

Unit-I

1. Homer: The Iliad 2. Kalidasa: Shakuntala 3. Dante: The Inferno (From The Divine Comedy)

Unit-II

1. Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment 2. Franz Kafka: The Trial 3. Henrik Ibsen: Ghosts

Unit-III

1. Jean Paul Sartre: Nausea 2. Albert Camus: The Outsider


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1. Eliot, T.S. 'What is a Classic'

2. Eliot, T.S. 'Modern Education and the Classics' in Selected Essays. London :

Faber and Faber,1972.

3. Calvino, Italo, Why Read the Classics? London: Vintage, 2000.

4. Highet, G. The Classical Tradition, OUP, 1949.

5. Thomson, J.A.K. The Classical Background to English Literature, London : Allen

and Unwin, 1950.

6. Baldry, H.C. Greek Literature and the Modern Reader, CUP, 1960.

7. Luckas, Georg, Studies in European Realism, London: 1972.

8. Camus, Albert, The Myth of Sisyphus, Penguin, 1975.

9. Auberach, Erich, Dante, Poet of the Secular World. Chicago University Press,

1961.

10. Whitman, C.H. Homer and the Heroic Tradition, New York: Norton, 1965.

11. Keith, A.B. A. History of Sanskrit Literature, OUP, 1920.

12. Sartre, Jean Paul, Existentialism and Humanism. London: Eyre Metheun, 1974.

13. Turnell, Martin, The Novel in France, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1950.

14. Bogard, Travis and Oliver. W.T. (ed.) Modern Drama, 1965.


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Paper-X: Opt.(iii) Indian Writing in English Translation Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80 The question paper shall consist of Part A and B having 32 and 48 marks respectively. Part-A: Nine (9) short answer questions will be set. Students will be required to answer eight (8) of them. The distribution of questions shall be as follows : 3 questions from Unit-I (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions from Unit-II (one each from different authors/texts) 3 questions with internal choice from Unit-III (one each from different authors/texts and one on the literary background) These short answer questions are aimed at examining the first hand reading of prescribed texts and as such shall relate to themes, concepts, actions, characters, setting, literary/linguistic significance of particular scenes/stanzas etc. The narrower the question, the better it is. The students shall answer these questions within 100 words. Each question will carry 4 marks. (8x4=32) Part-B: 4 questions (one each from III units with internal choice and one question on the literary background) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any 3 questions. Each question will have internal choice from within the unit dealing with different authors/texts. In those units, where there are more than two authors/texts, examiner should preferably ask one comparative question and one direct question on an author or text. If required, the examiner may also have subparts of a question. The students shall answer these questions between 800-1000 words. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x3=48)

Unit-I

1. Rabindernath Tagore: Home and the World 2. Gurdial Singh: Night of the Half Moon 3. Bhisham Sahni: Tamas

Unit-II

1. U.R. Anathamurthy: Samskara 2. Vijay Tendulkar: Ghasiram Kotwal 3. Sadat Hasan Manto Kingdom's End and other stories (Penguin)

Unit-III

1. Guru Nanak: Japuji (tr. Khushwant Singh) 2. Shiv Batalvi: Luna (tr. B.M. Bhalla), Sahitya Academi


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1. Sekhon, S.S. and Duggal, K.S.: A History of Punjabi Literature. ND: Sahitya

Academi, 1992.

2. George, K.M. (ed.) : Comparative Indian Literature 2 Vol. Madras : Macmillan,

1984.

Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, 6 Vols. ND, 1987-94.

Indian Literature (A Journal of the Academi)

Journal of South Asian Literatrue (Published by Michigan State University).

3. Russell, Raplh : The Pursuit of Urdu Literature: A Select History, ND: OUP,

1992.

4. Dev, Amiya, Narrative : A Seminar, ND: Sahitya Academi, 1994.

5. Mukerji, Meenakshi : Realism and Reality: the Novel and Society in India. OUP,

1985.

6. Panja, Shormistha : Many Indias, Many Literatures: New Critical Essays, ND:

Worldview, 2001.

7. Nair, Rukmini Bhaya (ed.) : Translation, Text and Theory: The Paradigm of

India. ND: Sage, 2002.

8. Sharma, O.P. : Shiv Batalavi, A Solitary and a Passionate Singer. ND: Sterling,

1979.

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