BA English Core Courses

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MODEL I

BA Programme in English Language and Literature

Syllabi for Core Courses

COURSE! ME"#ODOLO$% O& #UMA'I"IES A'D LI"ERA"URE

Course Code E'CR!

"itle of the (ourse ME"#ODOLO$% O& #UMA'I"IES A'D

LI"ERA"URE

Semester in )hi(h the

(ourse

is to be taught

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'o* of (redits +

'o* of (onta(t hours !,-

!* AIM O& "#E COURSE

o The course is intended to introduce the student to the interrelationship

between paradigms of social formation

2. OB.EC"I/ES O& "#E COURSE

On completion of the course, the student should be able;

o To know and appreciate the location of literature within humanities

o To establish connections across frontiers of disciplines

o To critically engage with culture , gender and marginality

o To become acquainted with narration and representatio

0* COURSE OU"LI'E

Module 1!2 3+ #OURS

A 4 Understanding the humanities - the scientific method how humanities e!plorereality the natural and social sciences facts and interpretation study of natural and

sub"ecti#e world- tastes, #alues and belief systems

B4 $anguage ,culture and identity- language in history- language in relation to caste,class, race and gender- language and colonialism.

C4%arration and representation- what is narration-narrati#e modes of thinking-

narration in literature, philosophy and history- reading.

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Module 152 3+ #OURS

"he follo)ing essays are to be dealt )ith intensi6ely in relation )ith the

methodologi(al 7uestions raised abo6e1module !2

(.)eter *arry + Theory before theory liberal humanism/.Beginning Theory: AnIntroduction to Literary and Cultural Theory.%ew 0ork,1anchester. (&. ((-'3

2.4udhir 5akar, 5atharina 5akar. The 6ierarchical 1an/ The Indians: Portrait of a

People.)enguin 7ndia, 2889. 9-2:.

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COURSECODE E'CR5

"I"LEO&"#ECOURSE I'"RODUC"IO' "O LA'$UA$E A'D

LI"ERA"URE

SEMES"ER I' ;#IC# "#E

COURSE

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'O* O&CREDI"S +

'O* O&CO'"AC"#OURS !,-


"o gi6e the students 8no)ledge about the ba(8ground of English

language and literature and the different


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'. COURSE OU"LI'E

Module4 I !- #OURS

;hat is literature?)hat is a te@t?maor genres in te@tual studies

CORE "E9"4 Mario larer*An Introduction to Literary Studies* Routledge>


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'. American Dnglish :. Australian Dnglish &. 7ndian Dnglish

Module + !- hrs*

Influen(es on English

!* @enaissance 2. @eformation '. )rinting )ress '. Authors and *ooks- The*ible, 4hakespeare, 1ilton.

;ord &ormation

(. >ompounding 2. ambridge Uni#ersity )ress.

'. rystal. The %nglish Language: A Guided Tour of the Language.

)enguin.

:. rystal.%nglish as a Gloal Language. >ambridge Uni#ersity )ress.

&. .$. *rook. *arieties of %nglish. 1acmillan.

E. Gohn )eck and 1artin >oyle.A Brief &istory of the %nglish Language.

)algra#e.

9. )ramod 5. %ayar.A #hort &istory of %nglish Literature. >ambridge

Uni#ersity )ress.

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3. Andrew 4anders. The #hort O-ford &istory of %nglish Literature. O!ford

Uni#ersity )ress.

S%LLABI &OR CORE COURSES

Course 04 LI"ERA"URE A'D I'&ORMA"ICS

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!* AIMO&"#ECOURSE

To introduce students to the #arious rele#ant aspects of 7nformation Technology

and >omputers which will facilitate the study of literature.

To equip the students to make use of the possibilities e!isting in the 7T sector.

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5* OB.EC"I/ESO&"#ECOURSE

Upon completion of the course+

The students will ha#e a thorough general awareness of computer

hardware and software.

The students will ha#e good practical skill in performing common basic

tasks with the computers.

The students are e!pected to create )ower)oint presentations on any topic

in literature incorporating e!tensi#ely researched web sources.

0* COURSEOU"LI'E

MODULEI4 IC" SILLS&OR#I$#EREDUCA"IO' 10 #OURS2


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MODULEIII4 ;RI"I'$SO'I'&ORMA"ICS 1!- #OURS2

=arious essays dealing with informatics and its role in the society

+* CORE"E9"

Alan D#ans et al.Literature and Informatics: Technology in Action. )earson Dducation.

3* MODEL:UES"IO'PAPER

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COURSE +4 READI'$ PROSE

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!* Aim of the Course4

To enhance the le#el of critical thinking of students-to enable them to

critically interact with prose writings from different conte!ts-social, political,economical, historical, national and philosophical

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5* Obe(ti6es4

To de#elop critical thinking in students

To enable them to write and appreciate different types of prose

0* Course Outline

Module !4 Different "yhesterton + The Forship of the Fealthy/

&. *ertrand @ussell + An 7deal 7ndi#idual/

E. @.%.@oy + 1artin $uther 5ing/

9. A ardiner + All About a O@D TDHT

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%O. O? >O%TA>T 6OU@4 8

!* AIM O& "#E COURSE4

To enhance the le#el of critical thinking and appreciation of poems from

different conte!ts and genres

5* OB.EC"I/ES4

To introduce the students to the basic elements of poetry- to enrich the students through#arious perspecti#es readings in poetry

0* COURSE OU"LI'E

1odule (- (3 hours

The )oet - The %ature and the $anguage of )oetry - On studying poetry -

@hythm and metre - 4cansion - ?ree #erse

?orms - 4onnets - Ode - Dpic - 1ock epic - Dlegy - )astoral poetry - *allad - $yric

enres+ %arrati#e poetry -


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+* CORE "E9"

> A =arghese Dd.Sprin# $hythms: %oetic Selections. *ooks.

3* MODEL :UES"IO' PAPER

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COURSE CODE E'CR

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!* Aim of the (ourse+

To introduce the students to different kinds of fiction and to help them

appreciate fiction.

5* Obe(ti6es4

To de#elop critical thinking and imagination through long and short fiction

and to familiariJe students with cultural di#ersity through different representati#e

samples of fiction.

0* COURSE OU"LI'E

Module !4 'o6el 0 hours

The Great Gatsby- ? 4cott ?itJgerald

Module 54 Short &i(tion 0 hours

(. Games Thurber + The %ight the host ot in/

2. Gohn alsworthy + Iuality/

'. Anton >hekho# + The *et/

:. 4omerset 1augham + The =erger/

&. uy de 1aupassant + The Terror/

E. 1ulk @a" Anand + The old Fatch/

9. < 6 $awrence + The @ocking 6orse FinnerK

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3. 5arel >apek + The $ast Gudgment/

. eorge $ouis *orges + The 4hape of the 4word/

(8. >hinua Achebe + The 4acrificial Dgg/

((. %adine odimer + A Fatcher of the


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Syllabi for Core Courses

Course G4 Reading Drama

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To de#elop in the students a taste for reading drama with practical knowledge of

theatrical performances.

5* Obe(ti6es4

On completion of the course, the students should be familiar with the plays of master-

dramatists and will ha#e de#eloped the ability to appreciate and e#aluate #arious types of

plays.

0* COURSE OU"LI'E

Module !

$aceth - Filliam 4hakespeare B92 hoursC

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Module 5 One A(t Plays B'E hoursC

(. The 4wan 4ong/ Anton >hekho#

2. 6ow he $ied to her 6usband/ eorge *ernard 4haw

'. *efore *reakfast/ Dugene O%eil

:. A 4unny 1orning/ 4erafin and Goaquin Al#areJ Iuintero

&. 1atsyagandhi/ 1. 4a"itha

E. The Trick/ - Drisa 5ironde

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Course -4 LA'$UA$E A'D LI'$UIS"ICS

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!* AIMO&"#ECOURSE

The course studies language and what it consists of. This is done through an

e!amination of the internal organiJation of sound systems, words and sentences.The students of linguistics begin by learning how to analyse languages, their

sounds Bphonetics and phonologyC, their ways of forming words BmorphologyC,

their sentence structures Bsynta!C, and their systems of e!pressing meaningBsemanticsC.


To lead to a greater understanding of the human communicati#e action through an

ob"ecti#e study of language.

To familiariJe students with the key concepts of linguistics and de#elop

awareness of the latest trends in language study.

To help students mo#e towards better and intelligible pronunciation and to

impro#e the general standard of pronunciation in e#eryday con#ersation.

0* COURSEOU"LI'E

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MODULEI H LA'$UA$EA'DLI'$UIS"ICS 10 #OURS2

aC Fhat is $anguageL - Arbitrariness 7nterchangeability >ultural transmission

reole

bC Fhat is $inguisticsL - Traditional grammar and linguistics - 4ynchronic and

diachronic linguistics D#olution of the study of linguistics 1a"or linguists -

*asic concepts in linguistics - $angue )arole $anguage as a system ofsigns 4ignifier and signified - >ompetence - )erformance

cC *ranches of linguistics+ )honology - 1orphology+ 1orphemes and allomorphs $e!icalM>ontent Fords - ?unctionalM4tructural Fords - 4imple, comple!,

compound Fords - Ford ?ormation - 7nfle!ion - Affi!ation - )arts of 4peech -

Ford Order - )hrase - >lause - 4ynta!+ )4 rammar Transformational

enerati#e rammar - *asic concepts in 4emantics - Applied linguistics

MODULEII H P#O'E"ICS 13+

#OURS2

aC Air stream 1echanism - Organs of speech - ?unction of #ocal cords 4oft

palate action Acti#e and passi#e articulators

cC @ ) and 7 D Uniformity and 7ntelligibility 1other tongue influence -

>ardinal #owels =owels in @ ) - onsonants )honemes Allophones

dC 4uprasegmentals - 4yllable - 4tress and @hythm Feak forms and 4trongforms 4entence stress - Tone groups - *asic intonation - Guncture - Dlision

Assimilation

+* READI'$LIS"

&ORMODULEI

5rishnaswamy and 4i#araman+An Introduction to Liguistics

4. 5. =erma and %. 5rishnaswamy.$odern Linguistics : An Introduction. %ew


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Course 4 LI"ERAR% CRI"ICISM4 "#EOR% A'D PRAC"ICE

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( To familiariJe the students with some of the key literary terms.2 To introduce the #arious streams in literary criticism' To make them aware of the interdisciplinary nature of literary criticism

: To de#elop the skills for appreciating literature


At the end of the course the student

ets the feeling that e#ery reader including himselfMherself is a critic.

*ecomes able to differentiate between "udgment and appreciation.

ets in touch with #arious mo#ements and schools of thought.

>omes to pra!is from theory.


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1.4. %agara"an.%nglish Literary Criticism and Theory. 6yderabad+ Orient *lackswan,

2883; >hapter 7= and =.

MODULE/ 1!- #OURS2

APPRECIA"IO'O&LI"ERA"URE1PRAC"ICALCRI"ICISM2

7n this module, critical analysis of short poems and prose passages are to be done bystudents. The students may be asked to analyse pieces in terms of theme, diction, tone,

figures of speech, imagery, etc. Theoretical approaches may be a#oided.

eneral B*ackgroundC @eading

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Course !,4 POS"COLO'IAL LI"ERA"URES

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The course is intended to familiariJe the students with the basic tenets of )ostcolonialtheory and literature and to inculcate in the student an awareness of di#erse cultures and

literatures.

2. O*GD>T7=D4 O? T6D >OU@4D

At the end of the course+

The students will be familiar with literary productions that address issues related

to cultural identity in coloniJed societies, the de#elopment of a national identity

after colonial domination, and the ways in which writers articulate and celebratesuch identity.

The students will ha#e been acquainted with the resistance of the coloniJed

against the coloniJer through literature that articulates it.

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MODULE O'E4 Prose 10 hours2

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(. D!tract from Ddward 4aids Out of Place

2. Taisha Abraham ed.

Introducing Post Colonial Theories>hapter 7 The >oloniJer and the >oloniJed/ B1acmillanC

MODULE ";O4 Poetry 1!- hours2

(. Fole 4oyinka + )rocession 7-6anging alcutta

'. 1ahmoud ard

:. ry from Africa

&. >laude 1c5ay + The Dnsla#ed

E. Gean Arasanayagam + ?amily )hotographs

MODULE "#REE4 &i(tion 1!- hours2

>hinua Achebe + Things +all Apart

MODULE &OUR4 Drama 1!- hours2

1ahasweta O@D TDHT


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E. 1OO@D >OU@4D4

Course 9I4 ;OME'S LI"ERA"URE

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To introduce students to the de#elopment of womens writing in #arious

countries.

To familiariJe them with the di#erse concerns addressed by feminism. To moti#ate them to critically analyse literary works from a feminist

perspecti#e.

2. O*GD>T7=D4 O? T6D >OU@4D

At the end of the course,

The students will ha#e an awareness of class, race and gender as social

constructs and about how they influence womens li#es.

The students will ha#e acquired the skill to understand feminism as a social

mo#ement and a critical tool.

They will be able to e!plore the plurality of female e!periences.

They will be equipped with analytical, critical and creati#e skills to interrogate

the biases in the construction of gender and patriarchal norms.

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(. ollins, ?rances. The #layer #lain. Dd.4obhana 5urien and 4usan =arghese B>14

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MODULEI H PROSE !- #RS

(. 1. 5. andhi + The %eed for @eligion/

2. >. =. @aman + Fater, the Dli!ir of $ife/

'. %irad >. >haudhuri + 1oney and the Dnglishmen/ :. Arundhati @oy + The Dnd of 7magination/

MODULEII POE"R% !- #RS

(. 4aro"ini %aidu + The 4ouls )rayer

2. @abindranath Tagore + 4ilent 4teps

' %issim DJekiel + The @ailway >lerk

: A. 5. @amanu"an + The 4triders& Arun 5oltkar + An Old Foman

E. Gayanta 1ahapatra + An October 1orning 9. 5amala O@D@DAU).

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Course !04 COMPARA"I/E LI"ERA"URE

COURSE CODE E'CR !0

"I"LE O& "#E COURSE COMPARA"I/E LI"ERA"URE

SEMES"ER I' ;#IC# "#E

COURSE IS "O BE "AU$#"

'O* O& CREDI"S +

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To inculcate in the pupil the basic idea about and the method of comparati#e

literary analysis.

5* OB.EC"I/ES O& "#E COURSE

To inculcate in the pupil a feel of #arious methods employed to identify shared

features of #arious literatures and to equip himMher to make comparati#e and

contrasti#e analysis of literary te!ts.

0* COURSE OU"LI'E

MODULE ! H "heoreti(al Pers


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of comparati#e literature and comparati#ists like Fellek, 6alliday, 4usan *assnet

and $eo $owenthal need to be discussed. Alongside, a comparison of notions of

comparati#e literature in the east and the west should be part of the course.>oncepts of te!tuality, interte!tuality, genology, stoff, theme, culture, nation,

translation and orature are the key terms in the area.

Readings

4usan *assnet + 7ntroduction/ Comparati"e Literature

*i"oy 5umar onte!t./

@ 5 ase for >omparati#e $iterature/B7ncluded inBet6een the Lines. Dd.


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COURSE !+4 AMERICA' LI"ERA"URE

COURSECODE E'CR!+

"I"LEO&"#ECOURSE AMERICA' LI"ERA"URE

SEMES"ER I' ;#IC# "#E COURSE IS

"OBE"AU$#"

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To introduce students to the glorious masterpieces of American literatureits

unique fla#or, style, form and themes.

To moti#ate students to attempt an intelligent appreciation and critical e#aluation

of American ci#iliJation and culture as re#ealed in the works.

To inspire them to make further e!plorations into contemporary American literary

works.

5* OB.EC"I/ES O& "#E COURSE

At the end of the course the students are e!pected+

To acquire knowledge about American literature, its cultural themes, literary

periods and key artistic features.

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To understand the #arious aspects of American society through a critical

e!amination of the literary te!ts representing different periods and cultures.

0* OU"LI'E O& "#E COURSE

MODULE O'E4 ESSA%S 1!- hours2

(. @alph Faldo Dmerson + Art/

2. 6enry hee#y/

:. @obert ?rost + @eluctance/

&. D D >ummings + 1y 4weet Old Dtcetera/

E. Theodore @oethke + The Faking/

9. Gohn *erryman + The *all )oem/

MODULE "#REE4 &IC"IO' 10 hours2

(. %athaniel 6awthorne + The Fi#es of the


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