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ARUMUGAM PILLAI SEETHAI AMMAL COLLEGE, TIRUPPATTUR

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

M.A ENGLISH PROGRAMME

Programme Outcome

Programme Outcome (POs)

The M.A English programme focuses on imagination, creativity, and expression. It helps

the students to write, research, and teach what they have learned. The English faculties are

dedicated to this mission by their research and creative activities.

Human experiences are represented throughout the literature. Our faculty members

believe that intensive study of such literature will develop humanistic values, compassion and

innovation. The practices and methods our faculty members practice help the students to

understand and solve problems throughout their life.

The entire programme trains the students in the skill of interpretation. This skill helps

them to find new meaning in any text and in their daily life. The mission of our entire

programme is to bring out citizens who can comprehend and evaluate arguments from different

perspectives at the same time express their own ideas with clarity, force and eloquence.

M.A English Literature Programme Specific Outcome(PPOs)

The M.A English Literature programme gives a chance to study and write in English. It

also helps to learn English literature from Anglo-Saxon England to the present day. The

programe not only includes British literature , it also includes works written in English from

other parts of the world. It allows students a considerable degree of choice through Elective

programmes. We do have Research Methodology, Study an Author , and Projects to enable the

students for research. Studying literature at Arumugam Pillai Seethai Ammal college involves

reading skills and writing skills to place literary views to their perspectives. With the above skills

the programme will guide the students to analize, judge, and learn more about literary form and

techniques that will help to develop the usage of English language in a better way. The mentor,

mentee ratio of the department is 1: 15, who train their respective wards in a wide range of

literary resources. Students are also given wide range of opportunities every semester to learn

from a wide range of specialist teachers through Allied programmes. The English Faculty

Library allows all the students of literature to access the books. The college library allows the

students to borrow books of their choice. The English Department also uses electronic resources

in teaching . A wide range of e- resources are available for the use of the students. The

department has its own computer room. All Postgraduates M.A English Programme students can

use it.

ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY, KARAIKUDI

NEW SYLLABUS UNDER CBCS PATTERN (w.e.f. 2014-15)

PREAMBLE:

Considering the need for revising and updating the Syllabi from time to time, and as per

the UGC/TANSCHE guidelines, the Board of studies for PG English has evolved a new syllabus,

suitably modified and updated to fit in with the guidelines in the model syllabi provided by the

UGC. The semester pattern and credit system are retained.

The course contains 19 papers, 14 Core papers and 5 Elective papers with 5 credits for

Core papers and 4 credits for Elective papers. The project (Communication Enhancement –

4MEN4PR) in the final semester enhances student’s research attitude and prepares them for Pre-

Doctoral Research.

M.A., ENGLISH – PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Sem

Course Cr. Hrs /

week

Marks Total

Subject

Code

Name Int Ext.

I

4MEN1C1 Core – I – British Poetry 5 6 25 75 100

4MEN1C2 Core – II – Indian Writing in

English

5 6 25 75 100

4MEN1C3 Core – III – Study of an Author– 5 6 25 75 100

Shakespeare

4MEN1C4 Core – IV – Aspects of English

Language and Linguistics

5 6 25 75 100

4MEN1E1

4MEN1E2

A. Elective – I English for Mass Communication –

B. Women’s Studies –

4 6 25 75 100

Total 24 30 -- -- 500

II

4MEN2C1 Core – V – British Prose 5 7 25 75 100

4MEN2C2 Core – VI – British Fiction 5 7 25 75 100

4MEN2C3 Core – VII – American Literature 5 6 25 75 100

4MEN2C4 Core – VIII – Critical Theory – I 5 6 25 75 100

4MEN2E1

4MEN2E2

4MEN2E3

Elective – II

Writing for the Media

–

English for Competitive Examination

Diasporic Literature

4 4 25 75 100

Total 24 30 -- -- 500

III

4MEN3C1

Core – IX – British Drama

5

6

25

75

100

4MEN3C2 Core – X – New Literature 5 6 25 75 100

4MEN3C3 Core – XI – Research Methodology 5 6 25 75 100

Elective – III Literature for Social

Transformation

4 6 25 75 100

Elective – IV Creative Writing 4 6 25 75 100

Total 23 30 -- -- 500

IV

4MEN4C1 Core – XII – Critical Theory – II 5 8 25 75 100

4MEN4C2 Core – XIII – English Language

Teaching –Theory and Practice

5 8 25 75 100

4MEN4PR Core – XIV – Communication

Enhancement

5 6 25 75 100

4MEN4E1

4MEN4E2

4MEN4E3

Elective – V

English for Project Writing

–

Advanced English Grammar and

Usage –

Post Colonial and Subaltern

Literary Studies –

4 8 25 75 100

Total 19 30 -- -- 400

Grand Total 90 120 -- -- 1900

Elective – I

C. English for Mass Communication – 4MEN1E1 D. Women’s Studies – 4MEN1E2

Elective – II

A. Writing for the Media – 4MEN2E1 B. English for Competitive Examination – 4MEN2E2 C. Diasporic Literature – 4MEN2E3

Elective – III

A. Literature for Social Transformation – 4MEN3E1 B. Creative Writing – 4MEN3E2

Elective – IV

A. Comparative Literature – 4MEN3E3

B. Translation – Theory and Practice – 4MEN3E4

Elective – V

A. English for Project Writing – 4MEN4E1 B. Advanced English Grammar and Usage – 4MEN4E2 C. Post Colonial and Subaltern Literary Studies – 4MEN4E3

British Poetry

Course Description

This course traces the generic development of British poetry through the 19th century.

We will begin with the revolution in poetry heralded in Wordsworth’s preface to Lyrical Ballads,

using his emphasis on the democratization of poetry as a frame for considering the first and

second generations of Romantics, especially Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats. We

will then study the Victorian poets Tennyson, the Brownings, Arnold, the Rossettis, Swinburne,

and finally Hopkins by focusing on their debt to their Romantic predecessors.

Course Objectives

 Recognize poetry from a variety of cultures, languages and historic periods

 Understand and appreciate poetry as a literary art form

 Analyze the various elements of poetry, such as diction, tone, form, genre, imagery,

figures of speech, symbolism, theme, etc.

 Identify a variety of forms and genres of poetry from diverse cultures and historic

periods, such as haiku, tanka, sonnets, ballads, dramatic monologues, free verse, etc.

 Recognize the rhythms, metrics and other musical aspects of poetry

 Read and discuss selected poems in translation

Course Outcome (COs)

 Apply the principles of literary criticism to the analysis of poetry

 Broaden their vocabularies and to develop an appreciation of language and its

connotations and denotations

 Develop their critical thinking skills

 Develop a deeper appreciation of cultural diversity by introducing them to poetry from a

variety of cultures throughout the world

 Develop their own creativityEnhance their writing skills

Core – II – Indian Writing in English

Course Description

This course introduces students to a wide range of Indian Writing in English. The

students should be taught the prescribed texts with special emphasis on the issues such as the

representation of culture, identity, history, national and gender politics, etc.

Course Objectives

 To introduce students to major movements and figures of Indian Literature in English

through the study of selected literary texts

 To create literary sensibility and emotional response to the literary texts and implant

sense of appreciation of literary text

 To expose students to the artistic and innovative use of language employed by the

writers

 To instill values and develop human concern in students through exposure to literary

texts

 To enhance literary and linguistic competence of students

Course Outcome (COs)

 After