Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak (MP) Proposed Syllabus of MA (English) (W.E.F. July, 2014)

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Indira Gandhi National Tribal university, Amarkantak (MP) Proposed Syllabus of MA (English) (w.e.f. July, 2014) Semester Paper Title of the Paper MM I I Poetry 100 II Prose 100 III Drama 100 IV Novel 100 II V Poetry 100 VI Literary Criticism 100 VII Indian Writings in English 100 VIII Dissertation 100 IX History of English Literature 100 X Contemporary Theories of Criticism 100 III XI American Literature 100 XII *Optional Paper 100 XIII Linguistics and Phonetics 100 XIV Contemporary World Literature 100 IV XV *Optional Paper 100 XVI Dissertation 100 *Optional Papers: 1. Group A: Tribal literature Paper-I: M.A. III Semester MM: 100 Paper-II: M.A.IV Semester MM: 100 2. Group B: Dalit Literature Paper-I: M.A. III Semester MM: 100 Paper-II: M.A.IV Semester MM: 100 3. Group C: Gender Studies: Paper-I: M.A. III Semester MM: 100 Paper-II: M.A.IV Semester MM: 100 4. Group D: Indian Literature in English Translation Paper-I: M.A. III Semester MM: 100 Paper-II: M.A.IV Semester MM: 100 NB: For Optional Papers (XII & XV) out of Four Groups i.e. A, B, C, D only one group to be opted. Each group has two papers which will be taught in III Semester: Paper-XII & IV Semester: Paper-XV. Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in each paper (except ‘Dissertation’) shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Dr. Vipin Kumar Singh Dr. Abhilasha Dr. Deepa M Boruah Member Member Member Board of Studies Board of Studies Board of Studies

Prof. RK Singh Prof. Ranjan Kumar Sinha External Member External Member Board of Studies Board of Studies

Prof. Krishna Singh Chairperson Board of Studies Class: MA I Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: I Title of the Paper: Poetry Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-1: Geoffrey Chaucer: ‘Prologue to Canterbury Tales’ Edmund Spenser: ‘The Faerie Queene’ Book I Unit-2: William Shakespeare: *‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day’ *‘Since Brass Nor Stone’ John Donne: *‘Good Morrow’, *‘Death Be Not Proud’, *‘Go and Catch a Falling Star’, *‘Canonization ’ Unit-3: John Milton: *‘Paradise Lost’ Book I John Bunyan: ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ Unit-4: Alexander Pope: *‘Rape of the Lock’ John Dryden: ‘Absalom and Achitophel’ Unit-5: William Blake: *‘Tyger’ Thomas Gray: ‘Progress of Poesy’

NB: Starred poems are for detailed study from which questions for explanations will be set.

Reference Books:

Hamer, Erid. The Metres of English Poetry. London: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1962. Ricks, Christopher. (Ed) The Oxford Book of English Verse. O.U.P., 1999. Fowler, Alastair. (Ed) The New Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century Verse. O.U.P., 2004. Noel, Tod, & Hamilton, Ian. (Eds) The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in English. O.U.P., 2007. Dinah, Birch. (Ed) Oxford Companion to English Literature. O.U.P., 2001. Gill, Richard. Mastering English Literature. London: Macmillan Education Ltd, 1985. Class: MA I Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: II Title of the Paper: Prose Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-1: Francis Bacon: *‘Of Studies’, *‘Of Regiment of Health’, *‘Of Expense’, *‘Of Friendship’ Joseph Addison: ‘Sir Roger at Home’ Unit-2: Charles Lamb: *‘A Bachelor’s Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People’, *‘Poor Relations’ William Hazlitt: ‘On Going a Journey’ Unit-3: R.L. Stevenson: * ‘An Apology for Idlers’ Thomas De Quincey: ‘On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth’ Unit-4: G.K. Chesterton: *‘A Defence of Nonsense’ Robert Lynd: ‘The Pleasures of Ignorance’ Unit-5: Aldous Huxley: *‘Pleasures’ E.M. Forster: ‘On Shooting an Elephant’

NB: Starred essays are for detailed study from which questions for explanations will be set.

Reference Books:

Walker, Hugh. The English Essay and Essayists. New Delhi: S. Chand & Co, 1982. Scholes, Robert & Klaus, Carl H. Elements of the Essay. 1969. Gross, John. (Ed) The Oxford Book of Essay. 1991. Bryan, W.F. & Crane, R.S. (Eds) The English Familiar Essay. 1961. Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow. (Ed) Forms of English Prose: Anthology of English Essays, Short Stories & One Act Plays. Delhi: O.U.P., 1988. Jaico Publishing House. The World’s Greatest Short Stories. Jaico Second Impression, 1994. Deighton, K. (Ed) Addison: Coverley Papers from Spectator. Madras: Macmillan India Ltd, 1991. Hill & Hillward. (Ed) Lamb: Essays of Elia. Macmillan India Ltd, 1979. Class: MA I Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: III Title of the Paper: Drama Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-1: Sophocles: *‘Oedipus the Rex’ (Translated by E.F. Watling) Christopher Marlowe: ‘Dr. Faustus’ Unit-2: Shakespeare: *‘Hamlet’ John Dryden: ‘All for Love’ Unit-3: G.B. Shaw: *‘St. Joan’ T.S.Eliot: ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ Unit-4: John Osborne: *‘Look Back in Anger’ Unit-5: Samuel Beckett: ‘Waiting for Godot’

NB: Starred plays are for detailed study from which questions for explanations will be set.

Reference Books:

Sophocles: The Theban Plays. (Translated by E.F. Watling), Penguin Classics, 1956. Pickering, Kenneth. Studying Modern Drama. (Second Edition) New York: Palgrave/ Macmillan, 2003. Nicoll, Allardyce. Theatre and Dramatic Theory. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1962. Kushwaha, M.S. (Ed.) Dramatic Theory and Practice: Indian and Western (Creative New Literature’s Series-37) Delhi: Creative Books, 2000. Granville-Barker, H. Study of Drama. London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1931. Ellis-Fermor, Una. The Frontiers of Drama. (Second Edition) New Fetter Lane: Meuthen & Co. Ltd. 1964. Turner, Victor. Dramas, Fields and Metaphors. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1974. Evans, Ifor. A Short History of English Drama. New Delhi/Ludhiana: Kalyani, 1979. Hudson, W. H. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. New Delhi: Kalyani Publishers, 1988. Prasad, B. A Background Study of English Literature.(Revised Edition) Macmillan India Ltd.,2006. Gill, Richard. Mastering English Literature. Macmillan India Ltd., 1985. Bradley, A.C. Shakespearean Tragedy. New Delhi: Atlantic Publisers, 2005. Whitfield, George. An Introduction to Drama. Oxford: Oxford University Press, n.d. Class: MA I Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: IV Title of the Paper: Novel Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a.Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b.Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c.Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-1: Jane Austen: ‘Emma’ Unit-2: Thomas Hardy: ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’ Unit-3: Charles Dickens: ‘Great Expectations’ Unit-4: D.H. Lawrence: ‘Sons and Lovers’ Unit-5: Virginia Woolf: ‘To the Lighthouse’ Ernest Hemingway: ‘The Old Man and the Sea’

Reference Books:

Allen , Walter. History of English Novel. Penguin, 1980. Forster, E.M. Aspects of The Novel. London: Penguin,1949. Brooks & Warren. Understanding Fiction. Prentice Hall, 1959. Kermode, Frank. Sense of an Ending. O.U.P., 1967. Lubbock, Percy. The Craft of Fiction. London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. Walt, Ian. The Rise of the Novel. Penguin, 1957. Edel, Leon. The Psychological Novel:1900-1950. Ludhiana: Kalyani, 1997. Brandbury, Malcom. The Novel Today. Glasgow: F.C. Paperback, 1978/1982. Matz, Jesse. The Modern Novel: A Short Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. Rees, R.J. Introduction to English Literature. London: Macmillan, 1966/1968. Hudson, W.H. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. Ludhiana: Kalyani, Class: MA II Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: V Title of the Paper: Poetry Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b.Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-1: William Wordsworth: *‘Tintern Abbey’, *‘Solitary Reaper’, *‘To a Skylark’ G.G. Byron: *‘She Walks in Beauty’ P.B. Shelley: *‘Ode to the West Wind’, ‘To a Skylark’ Keats: *‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’, ‘Ode to Autumn’, Unit-2: Alfred Tennyson: *‘Ulysses’, *‘Break, Break, Break’, *‘Crossing the Bar’ Robert Browning: *‘Porphyria’s Lover’, ‘The Last Ride Together’, ‘My Last Dutchess’,’Prospice’ Matthew Arnold: *‘Dover Beach’, ‘Shakespeare’ Unit-3: G.M. Hopkins: *‘Pied Beauty’, ‘Thou Art Indeed Just Lord’ W.B. Yeats: *‘The Second Coming’, *‘Sailing to Byzantium’ Unit-4: T.S. Eliot: ‘The Waste Land’ W.H. Auden: *‘In Memory of W.B. Yeats’, *‘September 1939’ Unit-5: Wilfred Owen:* ‘Greater Love’ Philip Larkin: *‘The Church Going’, ‘Want’ Ted Hudges: *‘The Thought Box’, ‘Hawk Roosting’

NB: Starred poems are for detailed study from which questions for explanations will be set.

Reference Books:

Hamer, Erid. The Metres of English Poetry. London: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1962. Ricks, Christopher. (Ed) The Oxford Book of English Verse. O.U.P., 1999. Fowler, Alastair. (Ed) The New Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century Verse. O.U.P., 2004. Noel, Tod, & Hamilton, Ian. (Eds) The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in English. O.U.P., 2007. Dinah, Birch. (Ed) Oxford Companion to English Literature. O.U.P., 2001. Gill, Richard. Mastering English Literature. London: Macmillan Education Ltd, 1985. Walker, Hugh. Literature of Victorian Era. Delhi: S Chand & co, 1978. Class: MA II Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: VI Title of the Paper: Literary Criticism Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-1: Aristotle: ‘Poetics’ (Translated by S.C. Butcher) Longinus: ‘On the Sublime’ (Translated by R.R. Roberts) Unit-2: Philip Sydney: ‘An apology for Poetry’ John Dryden: ‘An Essay on Dramatic Poesy’ Unit-3: Samuel Johnson: ‘Preface to Shakespeare’ S.T. Coleridge: ‘Biographia Literaria’ Chapter-XIV, XVII & XVIII William Wordsworth: ‘Preface to Lyrical Ballads’ (Second Edition-1800) Unit-4: P.B. Shelley: ‘A Defence of Poetry’ Matthew Arnold: ‘The Study of Poetry’ Unit-5: T.S. Eliot: ‘Tradition and Individual Talent’, ‘The Metaphysical Poets’, ‘Hamlet and his Problems’ I.A. Richards: ‘Two Uses of Language’ F.R. Leavis: ‘Keats’

Reference Books:

Wellek, Rene and Austin, Warren. Theory of Literature. Penguin, 1985. ------. Discriminations: Further Concepts of Criticism. Yale: the University Press, 1983. Daiches, David. Critical Approaches to Literature. (2nd Edition), London/New York: Longman, 1985. Scott-James, R.A. The Making of Literature. London: Secker and Warburg, 1956. Seturaman, V.S. (Ed) Contemporary Criticism: An Anthology. Macmillan India Ltd., 1989. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory. Chennai: Viva Books, 2007. Bertens, Hans. Literary Theory: The Basics. London and New York: Routledge, 2001 Bressler, Charles E. Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. 3rd Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. Culler, Jonathan. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction, OUP, 2000. Dobie, Ann B. Theory into Practice: An Introduction to Literary Criticism. Thomson, 2002. Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota,1983. Klages, Mary. Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed. Chennai: Viva Books, 2008. Selden, Raman and Peter Widdowson. A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. 3rd Ed. Lexington: University of Kentucky, 1993. Goodman, W.R. Quintessence of Literary Essays. Delhi: Doaba House, 1982. Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Banglore: Prism Books Pvt. Ltd., Hamer, Erid. The Metres of English Poetry. London: Methuen& Co Ltd., 1962. Richards, I.A. Practical Criticism: A Study of Literary Judgement. New Delhi:U.B.S., 2002. ------. The Principles of Literary Criticism. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1983. Seturaman, V.S., Indira, C.T. & Siraman T. Practical Criticism. Madras: Macmillan, 1995. Rawilson, D. H. The Practice of Criticism. Cambridge, 1968. Worsfold, B. Judgement in Literature. London: J.M. Dent & sons Ltd., 1957. ------. Principles of Criticism. New York/London: Kennikat Press, 1977. Class: MA II Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: VII Title of the Paper: Indian Writings in English Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-1: Poetry: Rabindra Nath Tagore: ‘Gitanjali’ Kamla Das: *‘An Introduction’, *‘The Old Playhouse’ Nissim Ezekiel: *‘Woman and Child’, *‘Goodbye Party to Miss Puspa’ A.K. Ramanujan: *‘Still Another View of Grace’ Jayanta Mahapatra: *‘Hunger’ Unit-2: Prose: Mahatma Gandhi: *‘Hind Swaraj’(Navjeevan Publication, Ahmedabad) Sri Aurobindo: *‘Future Poetry’ (Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) Rabindra Nath Tagore: *‘What is Art? (Macmillan) Unit-3: Plays: Vijay Tendukler: ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ Badal Sircar: ‘Evam Indrajit’ Unit-4: Fiction: Mulk Raj Anand: ‘Coolie’ Raja Rao: ‘Kanthapura’ Unit-5: Short Stories: Mulk Raj Anand: ‘The Barber’s Trade Union’ R.K. Narayan: ‘The Axe’

NB: Starred writings are for detailed study from which questions for explanations will be set.

Reference Books:

K.R.S. Iyengar. Indian Writing in English. Revised and Updated Edition. New Delhi: Sterling, 1995 Naik, M.K. A History of Indian English Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, (Reprint) 2009. ---. Studies in Indian English Literature. New Delhi: Sterling, 1977. ---. “Cinderella Still: Recent Indian English Drama” Littcrit, 51&52 Vol. 27, No. 1&2, June- Dec. 2001. 44-60. ---. and S.Mokashi-Punekar. (Eds.) Perspectives on Indian Drama in English. Madras: OUP, 1977. ----- and Shyamala A. Narayan. Indian English Literature 1980-2000: A Critical Survey. New Delhi: Pencraft International, 2001. Peeradina, Saleem. (Ed) Contemporary Indian Poetry in English. Macmillan, 1987. Naikar, Basavaraj. Indian English Literature. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers Sahay, B.N. (Ed) New Horizons: A Verse Anthology. Orient Longman, 1986. Anantha Murthy, U.R. “A Note on Karnad’s Hayavadana”, Literary Criterion 12: 2-3:37-43. Gill, L.S. Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana: A Critical Study. New Delhi: Asia Book Club, 2005. George, K.M. (Ed.) Modern Indian Literature: An Anthology. Vol.III Plays and Prose. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1995 Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Vol. 1-6., New Delhi: Sahitya Academy, Class: MA II Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: VIII Title of the Paper: Dissertation

The students of the II Semester will be distributed among the teachers of the Department. The teachers who become the supervisors will provide different topics to individual students of their interest and guide them in the entire process and finally assess the dissertation at the end of the semester. The Viva-Voce will be conducted by an external examiner. The minimum length of the dissertation will be of 50 pages.

Division of Marks:

Dissertation: 50 Marks Internal Assessment: 20 Marks Viva Voce: 30 Marks

Total: 100 Marks

Reference Books: 1. Adam, Sir John. Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. New Delhi: New Age International, 2004. 2. Allison, B. The Students’ Guide to Preparing Dissertations and Theses. London: Kogan Page, 1997.Print. 3. Altick, RD & Fenstermaker, John J. The Art of Literary Research. (4th Edition) New York: Norton, 1993. Print. 4. Barker, Nancy and Nancy Hulig. A Research Guide for Under Graduate Students: English and American Literature. New York: MLA of America, 2000. 5. Bateson, FW. The Scholar Critic: An Introduction to Literary Research. London: Routledge, 1972. 6. Chindhade, S & A Thorat. An Introduction to Research. Mumbai: CUP, 2009. 7. Eliot, Simon & WR Owens. A Handbook to Literary Research. (4th Edition), London: Routledge & Open University, 1998. 8. Griffin, Gabriele. Research Methods for English Studies (Ed). Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2007. 9. Harner, James L. Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies. New York: MLA of America, 2002. 10. Miller, RH. Handbook of Literary Research. Methuen, 1995. 11. Mishra, DS. A Grammar of Literary Research. New Delhi: Harman Publishing House, 1989. 12. Perry, F. Research in Applied Linguistics. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 1998. 18. 13. Quadri, Syed Mohd. Haseebuddin. The Craft of Language and Literary Research. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 14. Rahim, Abdul F. Thesis Writing: A Manual for Researcher. New Delhi: New Age International, 2005. 15. Rengachari, S & Rengachari, Sulochana. Research Methodology for English Literature. Bareilly: Prakash Book Depot, 1995. 16. Sandros, Chaney. An Introduction to Research in English. New York: Macmillan, 1958. 17. Sinha, MP. Research Methods in English. New Delhi: Atlantic, 2004. Class: MA III Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: IX Title of the Paper: History of English Literature Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1.Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2.Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-1: Elizabethan Age Unit-2: Neo-Classical Age Unit-3: Romantic Age Unit-4: Victorian Age Unit-5: Modern and Post-Modern Age

Reference Books:

Rickett, AC. History of English Literature. New Delhi: U.B.S., 1998. Evans, Ifor. A Short History of English Literature. Penguin, 1996. Legouis & Cazamion. History of English Literature. Macmillan India Ltd, 1983. Sampson, George. Concise Cambridge History of English Literature. C.U.P., 1976. Class: MA III Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: X Title of the Paper: Contemporary Theories of Criticism Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-1: Formalism New Criticism Unit-2: Feminism Marxism Unit-3: Structuralism Post Structuralism Unit-4: Reader Response Theory New Historicism Unit-5: Postcolonial Studies Eco-Criticism

Reference Books:

Wellek, Rene and Austin, Warren. Theory of Literature. Penguin, 1985. ------. Discriminations: Further Concepts of Criticism. Yale: the University Press, 1983. Daiches, David. Critical Approaches to Literature. (2nd Edition), London/New York: Longman, 1985. Scott-James, R.A. The Making of Literature. London: Secker and Warburg, 1956. Seturaman, V.S. (Ed) Contemporary Criticism: An Anthology. Macmillan India Ltd., 1989. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory. Chennai: Viva Books, 2007. Bertens, Hans. Literary Theory: The Basics. London and New York: Routledge, 2001 Bressler, Charles E. Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. 3rd Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. Culler, Jonathan. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction, OUP, 2000. Dobie, Ann B. Theory into Practice: An Introduction to Literary Criticism. Thomson, 2002. Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota,1983. Klages, Mary. Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed. Chennai: Viva Books, 2008. Selden, Raman and Peter Widdowson. A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. 3rd Ed. Lexington: University of Kentucky, 1993. Goodman, W.R. Quintessence of Literary Essays. Delhi: Doaba House, 1982. Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Banglore: Prism Books Pvt. Ltd., Hamer, Erid. The Metres of English Poetry. London: Methuen& Co Ltd., 1962. Richards, I.A. Practical Criticism: A Study of Literary Judgement. New Delhi:U.B.S., 2002. ------. The Principles of Literary Criticism. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1983. Seturaman, V.S., Indira, C.T. & Siraman T. Practical Criticism. Madras: Macmillan, 1995. Rawilson, D. H. The Practice of Criticism. Cambridge, 1968. Worsfold, B. Judgement in Literature. London: J.M. Dent & sons Ltd., 1957. ------. Principles of Criticism. New York/London: Kennikat Press, 1977. Nayar, Pramod K. Literary Theory Today. New Delhi: Prestige, 2002 Class: MA III Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: XI Title of the Paper: American Literature Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-1: Poetry: Walt Whitman: *‘O Captain! My Captain’, *‘Song of Myself’, *‘When the Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed’ Robert Frost: *‘Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening’, *‘After Apple Picking’, *‘Mending Wall’, *‘The Road Not Taken’ Langston Hughes: *‘Mother to Son’, *‘The Weary Blues’ Unit-2: Prose: R.W. Emerson: *Self-Reliance H.D. Thoreau: *Civil Disobedience Unit-3: Fiction: Mark Twain: ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ Toni Morrison: ‘Sula’ Unit-4: Drama: Eugene O’ Neil: ‘Mourning Becomes Electra’ Unit-5: Short Story/Essay: Booker T Washington: *‘My Struggle for Education’ O’ Henry: *‘After Twenty Years’

NB: Starred writings are for detailed study from which questions for explanations will be set.

Reference Books:

Spiller, R.E. (Ed) A Literary History of the United States. New York: Macmillan, 1948. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. New York: W.W. Norton Co, 1945. Class: MA IV Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: XIII Title of the Paper: Linguistics and Phonetics Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit 1: Conceptual foundation Evolution of Man and Language, Human and non Human communication, Characterization of Language, Language, mind and society;

Unit 2: Language Structure Sassure’s concept of Linguistic sign, Langue and Parole; Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic relations, Synchronic and Diachronic studies; Chomsky – Competence and Performance;

Unit 3: Levels of Linguistic structure 1 Basic concepts in Phonetics and Phonology –concept of speech sound and speech production, Vowels & Consonants, Phoneme; Phones and Allophones;

Unit 4: Levels of Linguistics structure 2 Basic concepts in Morphology – Morpheme, Inflectional and Derivational Morphology, Grammatical categories; person, number, gender, case, tense, aspect, mood; word formation process

Unit 5: Levels of linguistics structure 3 Basic concepts in syntax – Universal Grammar, Innateness Hypothesis, Principles and Parameters, Chomsky and Generative Syntax, Sentence structure; Semantics – sense relation- synonymy, antonymy, polysemy

Reference Books:

Bauer, L. 2007. The linguistics student’s handbook. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Fasold, R. & J. Connor-Linton. 2006. An introduction to language and linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Radford, A. Atkinson, M. Britian, D. Clashen, H and Spencer, A. 2002. Linguistics; An Introduction. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Class: MA IV Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: XIV Title of the Paper: Contemporary World Literature Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-I: Poetry: A.D. Hope (Australia): ‘The Death of a Bird’, ‘Standardization’, ‘Moschus Moschiferus’ Gabriel Okara (Africa): ‘Once Upon a Time’, ‘Were I to Choose’, ‘The Mystic Drum’ Unit-II: Poetry: Derek Walcott (West Indies): ‘The Floc’, ‘The Ruins of a Great House’, ‘A Sea Chantey’, ‘A Far Cry from Africa’, ‘Crusoe’s Island’ Unit-III: Prose: V.S. Naipaul: ‘India: The Wounded Civilization Unit-IV: Novel: Margaret Laurence: ‘A Jest of God’ Bapsi Sidwa: ‘Ice-Candy Man’ Unit-V: Drama: Wole Soyinka: ‘The Road’ (Collected Plays of Wole Soyinka) NGugi Wa Thiong’O: ‘The Trial of Dedan Kimathi’ (Worldview, Delhi)

Reference Books: Dhavan, R.K. (Ed) Commonwealth Literature. Vol.1-4, New Delhi: Creative Books. Naikar, Basavaraj. Perspective on Commonwealth Literature. Jaipur: Book Enclave, 2003. Class: MA IV Semester Subject: English Literature Paper: XVI Title of the Paper: Dissertation

The students of the IV Semester will be distributed among the teachers of the Department. The teachers who become the supervisors will provide different topics to individual students of their interest and guide them in the entire process and finally assess the dissertation at the end of the semester. The Viva-Voce will be conducted by an external examiner. The minimum length of the dissertation will be of 50 pages.

Division of Marks:

Dissertation: 50 Marks Internal Assessment: 20 Marks Viva Voce: 30 Marks

Total: 100 Marks

Reference Books:

1. Adam, Sir John. Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. New Delhi: New Age International, 2004. 2. Allison, B. The Students’ Guide to Preparing Dissertations and Theses. London: Kogan Page, 1997.Print. 3. Altick, RD & Fenstermaker, John J. The Art of Literary Research. (4th Edition) New York: Norton, 1993. Print. 4. Barker, Nancy and Nancy Hulig. A Research Guide for Under Graduate Students: English and American Literature. New York: MLA of America, 2000. 5. Bateson, FW. The Scholar Critic: An Introduction to Literary Research. London: Routledge, 1972. 6. Chindhade, S & A Thorat. An Introduction to Research. Mumbai: CUP, 2009. 7. Eliot, Simon & WR Owens. A Handbook to Literary Research. (4th Edition), London: Routledge & Open University, 1998. 8. Griffin, Gabriele. Research Methods for English Studies (Ed). Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2007. 9. Harner, James L. Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies. New York: MLA of America, 2002. 10. Miller, RH. Handbook of Literary Research. Methuen, 1995. 11. Mishra, DS. A Grammar of Literary Research. New Delhi: Harman Publishing House, 1989. 12. Perry, F. Research in Applied Linguistics. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 1998. 18. 13. Quadri, Syed Mohd. Haseebuddin. The Craft of Language and Literary Research. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 14. Rahim, Abdul F. Thesis Writing: A Manual for Researcher. New Delhi: New Age International, 2005. 15. Rengachari, S & Rengachari, Sulochana. Research Methodology for English Literature. Bareilly: Prakash Book Depot, 1995. Optional Paper Group B: Dalit Literature Paper -I (For M.A. III Semester)

Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit I: What is Dalit? Dalit Discourse, Dalit literature: Past, Present and Future, Dalit literature is but Human Literature, Unit II: Poetry Koshal Panwar’s “Life”, M. N. Javaraiah’s “Clamour of the Sin of Merit”, K. C. Kattakkada’s “Blacksmith”, Mohan Das Nemishaya’s “Death of God” Jyoti Lanjewar’s “Caves”, J V Pawar’s “Birds in Prison”, Arun Kamble’s “Which Language I Should Speak?” Namdeo Dhasal’s “Hunger” Unit III: Fiction & Short Story: Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable Short Story: Bandhumadhav’s The Poisoned Bread (Trns by Ramesh Dnyate), Davanaur Mahadev’s “Sold Ones” (Trns by R. K. Naik), T. K. C. Vaduthala, “Take Your Rosary Back”, Unit IV: Drama: Vijay Tendulkar’s Kanyadaan (Trans from Marathi by Gowri Ramnarayan), and A Santhakumar’s Dreamhunt (Trans. From Malayalam) Unit V: Autobiography: Laxman Gaikwad: The Branded: Uchalya ( Trans. from Marathi by P A Kolharkar) Sharankumar Limbale’s Outcaste (Trns. from Marathi by Santosh Bhoomkar)

Reference Books: A. Gunashekaran K. The Scar. (Trans from Tamil by V Kadambari). Chennai: Orient Longman. 2009. Dangle, Arjun. Poisoned Bread: Translations from Marathi Dalit Litarature. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2009. Dasan M., Pratibha V. et al (ed). 2012. The Oxford India Anthology of Malyalam Dalit Writing. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2012 K Satyanarayana & Susie Tharu (ed). No Alphabet in Sight: New Dalit Writing from South India. New Delhi: Penguine Books. 2011 Limble, Sharankumar. Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit Literature. (Trans from Marathi: Alok Mukherjee). New Delhi: Orient Longman R. Kumar . Dalit Personal Narratives. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Sharmila Rege. Writing Caste: Writing Gender. Delhi: Juban, 2006. Optional Paper Group B: Dalit Literature Paper -II (For M.A. IV Semester) Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: a. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b.Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-I: Dalit Aesthetics, Dalit literature and Marxism, Dalit literature and Ambedkarism, Dalit Feminism Unit-I: Mahasweta Devi’s Water (Translated by Samik Bandhopadyay) Girish Karnad’s Tale Danda Unit-III: U R Ananthmurthy’s Samskar: A Rite for Dead Man (Trans from Kannada by A. K. Ramanujan) Bama’s Sangati Kancha Illaih: Untouchable God Unit-IV: Om Prakash Valmiki’s Joothan (Trans. From Hindi by Arun Prabha Mukharjee), K. A. Gunasekaran’s The Scar (Trans from Tamil by V. Kadambari)

Unit V: Bama’s Kurukku ( Tanslated from Tamil by Lakshmi Holmstrom) Baby Kambale’s The Prison We Broke (Translated from Marathi by Maya Pandit)

Reference Books:

Anantha Murhty. Samskara: A Rite for Dead Man. New Delhi: OUP, 1977 (latest print 1998). Devi. Mahasweta. Five Plays. Trans. by Samik Bandhopadhyay. Calcutta: Seagull. 1997. Gunasesekaran, G. A. The Scar. Trans from Tamil by V. Kadambari. New Delhi: Orient Backswan, 2009. Karnad, Girish. Tale Danda. New Delhi: OUP, 1993. Illaih, Kancha. Untouchable God. Kolkata: Samya. 2013. Limble, Sharankumar. Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit Literature. (Trans from Marathi: Alok Mukherjee). New Delhi: Orient Longman Sharmila Rege. Writing Caste: Writing Gender. Delhi: Juban, 2006. Optional Paper Group C: Gender Studies Paper-I: (For M.A. III Semester)

Unit-1: Defining the Concept, Sex and Gender, Stereotypes, Gynocriticism, Body Politics, Female Creativity, Social Practices: Sati, Dowry, Rape, Child marriage, Widowhood, Female Foeticide, and Prostitution. Unit-II: Simon de Beauvoir: ‘The Second Sex’ Kate Millett: ‘Sexual Politics’ Unit-III: Virginia Woolf: ‘A Room of One’s Own’ Elaine Showalter: ‘Speaking of Gender’ Unit-IV: Ellen Moers: ‘Literary Women’ Unit-V: Michele Barrett: ‘Women’s Oppression Today’

Reference Books:

Nayar, Pramod K. Literary Theory Today. New Delhi: Prestige/Asia Book Club, 2002. Optional Paper Group C: Gender Studies Paper-II: (For M.A. IV Semester)

Unit-1: Poetry: Eunice D’ Souza: ‘Tribute to Papa’, ‘Anonymous’, ‘Catholic Mother’, ‘Bequest’, ‘Purdah I’, ‘Battle Line’, ‘Request’ (Selections from Nine Indian Women Poets) Unit-II: Short Story: Mahasweta Devi: ‘Draupadi’ (Translated by Gayatri Spivak) Ismat Chugtai: ‘The Veil’ Unit-III: Novel: Bama: ‘Sangati’ Arun Dhauti Roy: ‘The God of Small Things’ Unit-IV: Drama: Manjula Padamnabhan: ‘The Harvest’ Unit-V: Criticism: Helene Cixous: ‘The Newly Born Woman’ (with Catherine Clement, translation in1986)

Reference Books:

Tharu, Susie & Lalitha, K. (Eds) Women Writing in India. O.U.P., 1989. Optional Paper Group D: Indian Literature in English Translation Paper-I: (For M.A. III Semester)

Note: Scheme of examination and the allotment of marks in the paper shall be as under: 1. Semester: b. Objective Type Questions: 10x1= 10 (10 out of 15 Questions) (At least 02 Questions from each unit) b. Short Answer Questions: 5x5=25 (5 out of 8 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit) c. Long Answer Questions: 3x15=45 (3 out of 5 Questions) (At least 01 Question from each unit to be set and 03 to be attempted) Total=80 Marks 2. Internal Assessment: +20 Marks Total=100 Marks

Unit-1: Translation—Its Meaning & Significance, Problems and Challenges, Source language and Target language, Cultural Translation, Translation in Indian Context.

Unit-2: Poetry: A.K. Ramanujan: ‘Speaking of Shiva’ (Penguin) Unit-3: Drama: Mohan Rakesh: ‘One Day in Ashadha’ (Modern Indian Drama, Sahitya Academy, New Delhi) Mahasweta Devi: ‘Water’ (Seagull, Kolkota) Unit-4: Prose: Siddhalingayya:‘Ooru Keri’ (Sahitya Academy, New Delhi) Durga Khote: ‘I, Durga Khote’ (O.U.P.) Unit-5: Short Stories: Premchand: ‘The Shroud’, ‘The Panchayat is the Voice of God’, The Thakur’s Well’, *‘A Tale of Two Oxen’

Reference Books:

Das, B.K. A Handbook of Translation Studies. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, Mukherjee, Sujit. Translation as Discovery. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1964. Munday, Jeremy. Introducing Translation Studies. London: Routledge, 2001. Naikar, Basavaraj. Indian Literature in English Translation. Delhi: National Publishing House, 2004. Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Vol. 1-6, New Delhi: Sahitya Academy. Optional Paper 4. Group D: Indian Literature in English Translation Paper-II: (For M.A. IV Semester)

Unit-1: Assamese: Indira Goswami: ‘The Man from Chinnamastika’ (Katha Pub. New Delhi) Unit-2: Gujrati: Harindranath Dave: ‘Henceforth’ (macmillan) Unit-3: Kannada: Kuvempu: ‘The House of Kanooru’ (Sahitya Academy, New Delhi) Unit-4: Punjabi: Gurudial Singh: ‘The Survivors’ (Katha Pub, New Delhi) Unit-5: Hindi: Krishna Sobti: ‘Sunflowers of the Dark’ (Katha Pub, New Delhi) Konkani: Pundalik Naik: ‘The Upheaval’ (O.U.P.)

Reference Books:

Das, B.K. A Handbook of Translation Studies. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2005. Mukherjee, Sujit. Translation as Discovery. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1964. Munday, Jeremy. Introducing Translation Studies. London: Routledge, 2001. Naikar, Basavaraj. Indian Literature in English Translation. Delhi: National Publishing House, 2004. Ram Krishna, Shamtha. (Ed) Translation and Multilingualism. New Delhi: Pencraft International, 1997. Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Vol. 1-6, New Delhi: Sahitya Academy.