M.A. Modern English Usage & Grammar Paper Code : ENG 121 Course : 1 Semester : I Credits : 4 Contact Hrs. 4 Objectives : • To familiarize students with grammatical structures and their applications. • To develop the ability to comprehend, analyse and appreciate a literary text. • To familiarize the students not only with the communication strategies but also with the Research Methodology while planning a Dissertation. Unit 1 (12 Hrs.) Clause Types (from A University Grammar of English ) Unit 2 (12 Hrs.) Co-ordination & Subordination (Only Finite Clauses) Unit 3 (12 Hrs.) Different Concepts & Notions (viz. request, order, question, condition, purpose, suggestion, wishes, hope, intention, obligation, contrast, concession, permission) (from A.S. Hornby ) Unit 4 (12 Hrs.) Literary Appreciation (Prose) Unit 5 (12 Hrs.) Research Methodology : Selecting a Topic, Compiling a Working Bibliography (from MLA Handbook , 6 th Edition, 2004) Suggested Readings : • A.S. Hornby : A Guide to Patterns & Usage (OUP, 1954) • CIEFL : Material on Morphology & Phonology from the Distance Education Department • L.G.Alexander: Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students (O. Longman, London, 1975) • Krishna Mohan & Meenakshi Rama: Effective English Communication (Tata McGraw Hill, 2001. • MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6 th Edition, 2004. • Quirk and Greenbaum: A University Grammar of English (O. Longman, 1979) • Art of Literary Research by Richard D. Altick and John J. Fenstermaker. • The Scholar Adventurers by Richard D. Altick (The Free Press, New York, 1966) M.A. Chaucer to the Elizabethans Paper Code : ENG 122 Course : 2 Semester : I Credits : 4 Contact Hrs. 4 Objectives : • To acquaint the students with – (i) The representative authors and their individual traits (ii) Poetic devices, strategies and applications. Unit 1 (13 Hrs.) G. Chaucer Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Unit 2 (13 Hrs.) Edmund Spenser : Epithalamion Unit 3 (10 Hrs.) P. Sidney : He seeks Inspiration… The Sleepless Lover With how sad… My True Love (from The Penguin Book of Poetry ed . G.B.Harrison, 1950) Unit 4 (10 Hrs.) C. Marlowe Dr. Faustus Unit 5 (14 Hrs.) F. Bacon : Of Truth, Of Death, Of Revenge, Of Adversity, Of Parents, Of Single & Married Life, Of Envy, Of Love. Suggested Readings • Part 1 & 2 Volumes, I, II & III of Boris Ford (ed.) New Pelican Guide to English Literature. • The Canterbury Tales : A Selection • The English Critic : From Chaucer to Auden Shakespeare’s Sonnets Critical Essay – Schiffer James • Doctor Faustus : Marlowe – Jump and John. D. M.A. Metaphysicals to Milton Paper Code : ENG 123 Course : 3 Semester : I Credits : 4 Contact Hrs. 4 Objectives : • To acquaint the students with – (i) The representative authors and their individual traits (ii) Poetic devices, strategies and applications. Unit 1 (13 Hrs.) J. Donne The Sunne Rising The Cannonization The Extasie A Valediction – Of Weeping A Valediction - Forbidding Mourning The Flea, The Relic Unit 2 (12 Hrs.) G. Herbert Prayer, The Collar, The Pulley, Life, The Flower H. Vaughan The Retreat, They are all gone into the World of Light Unit 3 (8 Hrs.) A. Marvell The Garden, The Definition of Love Robert Herrick The Night Piece, To Julia Delight in Disorder Unit 4 (16 Hrs.) J. Milton Paradise Lost (Book 1) Unit 5 (11 Hrs.) Ben Jonson The Alchemist Suggested Readings • Part 1 & 2 Volumes, I, II & III of Boris Ford (ed.) New Pelican Guide to English Literature. • The Metaphysical Poets : (ed.) Helen Gardner Rupa & Co., New Delhi • From Donne to Marvell : Boris Ford • Donne : Songs & Sonnets (Smith A.J.) • The Metaphysical Poets : (ed.) Helton Gardener Rupa & Co., New Delhi M.A. Pre-Romantics & Romantics - I Paper Code : ENG 124 Course : 4 Semester : I Credits : 4 Contact Hrs. 4 Objectives : • To Familiarize the students with the respective literary ages and their salient features; various literary movements and trends and the representative poets and their individual traits. Unit 1 (12 Hrs.) William Collins Ode to Simplicity Ode to Evening W. Cowper The Castaway Lines Written During a Period of Insanity Unit 2 (12 Hrs.) Thomas Gray Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard The Progress of Poesy Unit 3 (12 Hrs.) William Wordsworth The Prelude, Book 1 Unit 4 (12 Hrs.) S.T. Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Kubla Khan Unit 5 (12 Hrs.) Jane Austen Emma Suggested Readings • Parts 1 & 2 of Volume V of The New Pelican Guide to English Literature ed. Boris Ford • The Romantic Imagination : C.M. Bowra • Romantic Imagination : Graham Hough • John Wiltshire : JA – Introductions & Interventions M.A. Victorian Literature-I Paper Code : ENG 125 Course : 5 Semester : I Credits : 4 Contact Hrs. 4 Objective : • To Familiarize the students with the respective literary ages and their salient features; various literary movements and trends and the representative poets and their individual traits Unit 1 (12 Hrs.) Robert Browning A Grammarian’s Funeral Porphyria’s Lover Andrea Del Sarto Unit 2 (12 Hrs.) Alfred Tennyson The Lotos Eaters Ulysses The Lady of Shallot Unit 3 (12 Hrs.) G.M. Hopkins Spring & Fall Pied Beauty Carrion Comfort, The Windhover, Felix Randall, God’s Grandeur Unit 4 (12 Hrs.) Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance Unit 5 (12 Hrs.) Charles Dickens Oliver Twist Suggested Readings • Re-Interpretation of Victorian Literature by J.E. Baker • The Victorians & After : B. Dobree • The Victorian Temper : F.H. Buckley • Literature of the Victorian Era : H. Walker • The Victorian Age in Literature : G.K. Chesterton M.A. Project Papr Code : ENG 126 Course : 6 Semester : I Credits : 2 Contact Hrs. 2 Objectives: The main goal is to introduce students to research. In keeping with this goal, the main aims and objectives are: • Providing an introduction to research methodology • Orienting them to techniques of documentation. The student will be required to prepare and submit a Project Report / Term Paper. There will be an external evaluation by a Subject-Expert and a Departmental Panel, at the end of the semester. The Division of marks will be as follows: • Internal Evaluation (Continuous Assessment) – 30 Marks, on the basis of : o Regularity o Data Collection o Contact with the Supervisor o Originality of the work • Seminar & Viva-Voce – 70 (50+20) Marks o There will be a Subject-Expert and two Departmental Examiners, one of whom will be the Supervisor M.A. Phonetics & Language Paper Code : ENG 221 Course : 1 Semester : II Credits : 4 Contact Hrs. 4 Objectives : • To enable the students to achieve a scientific sense through linguistics in order to complement the aesthetic sense from their study of literature. • To develop the ability to comprehend and analyze a literary text. • To familiarize the students with writing skills and Research Methodologies while writing a dissertation. Unit 1 (11 Hrs.) Advanced Comprehension Unit 2 (13 Hrs.) Aspects of Pronunciation: Phonemic Symbols & Transcription of Words. Aspects of Pronunciation: Word Stress & Intonation. Unit 3 (12 Hrs.) Theme Writing Unit 4 (11 Hrs.) Research Methodology : Outlining, Writing Drafts (from MLA Handbook, 6 th Ed.) Unit 5 (13 Hrs.) Literary Appreciation (Poetry) Suggested Readings • A.S. Hornby : A Guide to Patterns & Usage (OUP,1954) • CIEFL : Material on Morphology & Phonology from the Distance Education Department. • Praveen K. Thakkar : Appreciating English Poetry (Orient Longman) 1999. • Effective English Communication, Krishna Mohan & Meenakshi Rama, Tata McGraw Hill, 2001. • The Macmillan Guide to Writing Research Papers by W. Coyle (Macmillan, 1990) • The Prentice-Hall Guide to Research Writing by D. Memering (Prentice-Hall Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1989) M.A. Shakespeare Paper Code : ENG 222 Course : 2 Semester : 2 Credits : 4 Contact Hrs. 4 Objectives : • To introduce the learners to the dramatic and theatrical conventions of Shakespeare. • To enable them to analyse plot, characters, themes and stagecraft of the plays. Unit 1 (13 Hrs.) King Lear Unit 2 (12 Hrs.) As You Like it Unit 3 (12 Hrs.) The Tempest Unit 4 (12 Hrs.) Sonnets (To a Friend) 29, 30, 73, 94, 106, 123. Unit 5 (11 Hrs.) Sonnets (To the Dark Lady) 127, 129, 130, 132,137, 141. Suggested Readings • A.C. Bradley : The Shakespearean Tragedy • Who’s Who in Shakespeare’s • Introduction to Shakespeare Tragedy - Hudson • Samuel Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare • A Handbook to the Works of Shakespeare - Luci, Morton • Critics on Shakespeare - Andrews M.A. Dryden to Samuel Johnson Paper Code : ENG 223 Course : 3 Semester : II Credits : 4 Contact Hrs. 4 Objectives : • To familiarize the students with a) The representative writers and their individual traits b) Poetic devices, strategies and applications. c) Interpretation and analysis of the text. Unit 1 (14 Hrs.) J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel Part I Unit 2 (12 Hrs.) J. Swift The Battle of the Books Unit 3 (12 Hrs.) A. Pope The Rape of the Lock Unit 4 (10 Hrs.) S. Johnson Life of Milton Unit 5 (12 Hrs.) R. Sheridan The Rivals Suggested Readings • Chapters 1 & 2 the relevant volume of Boris Ford (Ed.) Pelican Guide to English Literature • Alexander Pope : Stephen • The English Critic : From Chaucer to Auden • John Dryden : A Critical Study – Joseph. T. M.A. Pre-Romantics & Romantics - II Paper Code : ENG 224 Course : 4 Semester : II Credits : 4 Contact Hrs. 4 Objectives : • To Familiarize the students with the respective literary ages and their salient features; various literary movements and trends and the representative poets and their individual traits. Unit 1 (12 Hrs.) J. Keats Ode to a Nightingale Ode to Autumn Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode to Melancholy Ode on Indolence Unit 2 (13 Hrs.) P.B. Shelley Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind, The Cloud, Mutability, When the Lamp is Shattered. Unit 3 (12 Hrs.) Charles Lamb The following Essays from Essays of Elia (ed. Hailward & Hill Macmillan) Oxford in the Vacation, Imperfect Sympathies, Dream Children, Mackery End, In Hertfordshire Unit 4 (11 Hrs.) William Hazlitt The following Essays from Table Talk (ed. C.M. Macken) On Familiar Style, On Going a Journey, Common Sense, A Farewell to Essay-Writing Unit 5 (12 Hrs.) M.