Appendix I INDIAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (YEAR-12) EXAMINATION YEAR 2017 LIST OF PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOKS ENGLISH (Compulsory) IV. ISC Collection of Short Stories (Inter University Paper 1. Language Press Pvt. Ltd.). No specific book is being recommended for 1. The Lost Jewels: Rabindranath Tagore background reading. 2. Lamb to the Slaughter: Roald Dahl Paper 2. Literature in English: Prescribed Texts (For 3. The Drover’s Wife: Henry Lawson Classes XI & XII) Candidates will be required to answer five questions 4. The Stolen Bacillus: H.G. Wells as follows: 5. Old Love: Jeffrey Archer One textual question (compulsory) on Much Ado 6. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: About Nothing or on Arms and the Man, together with G.G. Marquez four other questions on at least three texts, which may include Much Ado About Nothing or Arms and the 7. A Real Durwan: Jhumpa Lahiri Man. 8. The Lumber Room: H.H. Munro (Saki) I. Much Ado About Nothing: Shakespeare 9. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Washington Irving OR Arms and the Man: Bernard Shaw 10. One Thousand Dollars: O. Henry II. Ivanhoe: Sir Walter Scott V. ISC Collection of Poems (Frank Bothers and III. ISC Collection of Essays (Inter University Press Company (Publishers Ltd.)). Pvt. Ltd.). 1. The Eve of Waterloo: Lord Byron 1. The Spirit of Freedom: Rabindranath Tagore 2. The Last Ride Together: Robert Browning 2. On Running After One’s Hat: 3. Mending Wall: Robert Frost G.K. Chesterton 4. Dulce Et Decorum Est: Wilfred Owen 3. The Art of Conversation: Sir Richard Steele 5. Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night: 4. Reading for Pleasure: L.A.G. Strong Dylan Thomas 5. The Writing of Essays: H.G. Wells 6. Enterprise: Nissim Ezekiel 6. Unbirthday and Other Presents: E.V. Lucas 7. Five Ways to Kill a Man: Edwin Brock 7. Go to the Ant: Grant Allen 8. Phenomenal Woman: Maya Angelou 8. The Inward Light: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 9. Breaking Out: Marge Piercy 9. On Going on a Journey: William Hazlitt 10. Father Returning Home: Dilip Chitre 10. The Rule of the Road: A.G. Gardiner 305 ELECTIVE ENGLISH (Optional) The following poets and poems are to be studied: CLASS XI D.H. Lawrence: Discord in Childhood, Piano, Snake, Bavarian Gentians, The Ship of Death. Prescribed Books (Any three of the following): Edward Thomas: October, March, As the Team’s 1. Lord of the Flies: William Golding (Novel) Head Brass, Beauty, The Signpost. 2. Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard: Kiran Desai (Novel) Seamus Heaney: Digging, Follower, At a Potato Digging, Casualty, Punishment. 3. Silence! The Court is in Session: Vijay Tendulkar (Play) Ted Hughes: The Thought Fox, Pike, Crow Tyrannosaurus, Ravens, The Stag. 4. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Tennessee Williams (Play) 5. Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Verse (An Philip Larkin: Church Going, Dockery and Son, anthology of sixteen poets. Edited by Chris The Building, The Whitsun Weddings, Wild Oats. Woodhead) (OUP) W.H. Auden: Refugee Blues, The Shield of The following poets and poems are to be studied: Achilles, The Unknown Citizen, Musee des Beaux Arts, As I Walked out One Evening. William Wordsworth: Lucy Poems (4 poems), Upon Westminster Bridge, Resolution and INDIAN LANGUAGES Independence, Nutting. FOR CLASSES XI & XII Alfred Tennyson: Mariana, The Lady of Shalott, Ulysses, In Memoriam (3 extracts). 1. ASSAMESE (817) John Keats: On First Looking into Chapman’s At least three of the following books are to be Homer, On the Sea, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, offered: Ode to a Nightingale, To Autumn, The Last Sonnet. 1. Pragviswavidyalay Kavita Chayan (University of Gauhati) William Blake: The Lamb, The Tiger, London, Nurse’s Song, Chimney Sweeper, On Another’s The following are to be studied: Sorrow. (i) Dadhi-mathan Gerard Manley Hopkins: God’s Grandeur, Spring, (ii) Kankhowa Hurrahing in Harvest, Binsey Poplars, No Worst (iii) Dhanbar Aru Ratani there is None. (iv) Tejimala Robert Browning: My Last Duchess, Porphyria’s (v) Padum Lover, A Light Woman, A Woman’s Last Word, (vi) Keteki Two in the Campagna. (vii) Ei Bate Nahiba Dunai CLASS XII (viii) Urmila (ix) Sesh Arghya Prescribed Textbooks (Any three of the following): (x) Devadasi 1. To Kill A Mocking Bird: Harper Lee (Novel) 2. Phul by Dandinath Kalita 2. The Hungry Tide: Amitav Ghosh (Novel) 3. Gaonburha by Padamanath Gohainbarua 3. A Doll’s House: Henrik Ibsen (Play) 4. Anandaram Barua by Dr. Surya Kumar 4. Death of a Salesman: Arthur Miller (Play) Bhuyan 5. Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Verse (An Note: Essay-type questions will be set on all anthology of sixteen poets. Edited by Chris books. Woodhead) (OUP) 306 2. BENGALI (803) At least three of the following books are to be offered: At least three of the following books are to be offered: 1. Shething Tsadrel (Prose) 1. Koni (Novel): Moti Nondi 2. Chushingi Tenchoed (Proverbs) 2. Mukut (Drama): Rabindra Nath Tagore 3. Biography of Khando Dowa Zangmo 3. Probondho O Godya Sonkolon (ISC 4. Lhakreg Dang Tshromreg Collection of Short Stories and Essays) – (i) Essay – Detsham Published by: Power Publishers, Kolkata. (ii) Nyealtshom – Poem (i) Thakurda: Rabindra Nath Tagore (iii) Sung – Story (ii) Jora Sankor Dhare (essay): Abanindra (iv) Chyetam – Proverbs Nath Tagore (v) Damling – Culture (iii) Taser Ghar: Tara Shankar (vi) Chelug – Religious Bandyopadhyay Publisher of all the above books: (iv) Anachaar: Ashapurna Devi CAPSD Publications, Ministry of Education, (v) Record: Narayan Gangyopadhyay Thimpu, Bhutan. Phone: 009758271226, (vi) Birjo Shulka: Saradindu Bandyopadhyay Email: [email protected]. (vii) Aadab: Samaresh Basu 4. GUJARATI (804) (viii) Lachmaner Ma: Mahasweta Devi At least three of the following books are to be (ix) Ekti Tulsi Gacher Kahini: Walli Ullah offered: (x) Na Paharar Parikhsha (essay): 1. Gujarati (Pratham Bhasha) – Standard 12: Shankhyo Ghosh Published by Gujarat Rajya Shala Patyapustak 4. Kobita Sonkolon (ISC Collection of Poems) - Mandal, Vidhyayan, Sector 10 A, Gandhinagar Published by: Cambridge India (Educational - 382010. Publishers), Kolkata. The following are to be studied: (i) Ora Kaaj Kore: Rabindra Nath Tagore Padhya Vibhag (Poems): (ii) Poob - Poschim: Achintya Kumar Sen (i) Chhappa by Akho. Gupta (ii) Rang Morli (Lok Sahitya) Lok Geet. (iii) Banolata Sen: Jibanananda Das (iii) Varshani Ek Sundar Saanj (Sonnet) by (iv) Barno Porichoy: Tarun Sanyal Balvantrai Thakore. (v) Salomoner Ma: Subhash Mukhopadhyay (iv) Kasumbi no rang (Shaurya Geet) by (vi) Baboreprarthana: Shankhyo Ghosh Jhaverchand Meghani. (vii) Jodi Nirbasan Dao: Sunil (v) Aavo (Prayer) by Markand Dave. Gangyopadhyay (vi) Ghadik Sangh (Song) by Niranjan Bhagat. (viii) Raasta Karor Ekar Noy: Birendra (vii) Duniya Amaari (Song) by Bhanuprsad Chattopadhyay Pandya. (ix) Swadhinata Tumi: Samsur Rahman (viii) Chitra Vilopan (Khand Kaavya) by Narsinharao Divetia. (x) Noon: Joy Goswami Gadhya Vibhag (Prose): 3. DZONGKHA (819) (i) Dim Light (Ekaanki) by Raghuveer Recommended for background work: Chaudhary. Keayad Dang Yeakguye Jorya – Language and (ii) Paani ni Diwaal (Part of novel) by Dhruv Grammar. Bhatt. 307 (iii) Maatu Nu Smaarak (Short Story) by (iv) Umashanker Joshi (Introduction of Mohammed Mankad. litterateur) by Vinod Bhatt. (iv) Maaro Asbaab (Short Story) by Saroj (v) Hisaab (Short Story) by Mahanbhai Patel. Pathak. (vi) Maanas (Short Story) by Ramesh Trivedi. (v) Eenton Na Saat Rang (Short Story – Fantasy) by Madhu Rai. Vishesh Vaanchan (Rapid Reader): (vi) Cricket Naa Kaaman (Comedy) by Bakul (i) Deshgaman (One incidence) by Gandhiji. Tripathi. (ii) Laambu Jivvaani Kalaa (Essay – Lalit) by (vii) Bhavaan Bhagat (Character essay) by Jyotindra Dave. Joseph Mekvaan. Note: Essay-type questions will be set on all (viii) Mohan Ne Mahadev (Charitra Khand) by books. Naryan Desai. 2. Sapna Bhara (Social Dramas) by Umashankar 5. HINDI (805) Joshi, Published by Gurjar Granthratna Recommended for background work: Karyalya, Ahemedabad - 380001 Vyakaran Manjusha (I.U.P.) 3. Divya Chakshu (Novel) by Ramanlal V. Desai, At least three of the following books are to be Published by R.R. Sheth & Co. offered: Mumbai/Ahmedabad. 1. Saara Akash (Novel): Rajendra Yadav 4. Yuvakbharti – Standard 12: Published by Maharashtra Rajya Secondary and Higher 2. Aashad Ka Ek Din (Drama): Mohan Rakesh Secondary Mandal, Pune – 411005. 3. Gadya Sanklan (ISC Collection of Short The following are to be studied: Stories and Essays) – Published by: Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd., New Delhi. Padhya Vibhag (Poems): (i) Puthra Prem: Munshi Premchand (i) Mahidu Mathvaane Udtya Jashodaraani (Poetry – Pad) by Narshinha Mehta. (ii) Gauri: Subhadra Kumar Chauhan (ii) Kaunvarbai Nu Maameru (Akhyaan) by (iii) Sharanagat: Vrindavan Lal Verma Premanand. (iv) Sati: Shivani (iii) Viraat No Hindolo (Song) by Nhanalal. (v) Interview: Amarkant (iv) Rato Kari Jawaana (Ghazal) by Amrut (vi) Dasi: Jai Shankar Prasad “Ghayal”. (vii) Kya Nirash Hua Jai (essay): Hazari (v) Nen Naa Ulalo (Song) by Harindra Dave. Prasad Dwivedi (vi) Gandhne Honkaaro to Kangraaye Deshe (viii) Bhaktin: Mahadevi Verma (Song) by Ramesh Parekh. (ix) Sanskriti Hai Kya (essay): Ramdhari Singh (vii) To Ame Aveviye (Song) by Vinod Joshi. ‘Dinkar’ Gadhya Vibhag (Prose): (x) Majburi: Mannu Bhadari (i) Kashta Pinjar (Part of Novel) by 4. Kavya Manjari (ISC Collection of Poems) – Kanaiyalal Munshi. Published by: Evergreen Publications (India) (ii) Jamnanu Pur (Short Story) by Ltd., New Delhi. Ramnarayan V. Pathak. (i) Sakhi: Kabir (iii) Nepali Deevi (Travel Essay) by Ramanlal (ii) Balleela: Surdas C Shah. 308 (iii) Ek Phool Ki Chah: Siyaram Sharan 4. Kavya Sudhe (ISC Collection of Poems) – Gupta Published by: Navakarnataka Publications Private Limited, Bangalore. (iv) Aah Dharati Kitna Deti Hai :Sumitra Nandan Pant (i) Panchami Habba: Janapada Geethe (v) Nadi Ke Dweep: Agyeya (ii) Vachanagalu: Allama Dasimayya (vi) Tulsi Das Ke Pad: Tulsi Das (iii) Sukha Jeevana: Madhura Chenna (vii) Jag Tujhko Door Jana Hai: Mahadevi (iv) Doni Hadu: Kuvempu Verma (v) Kueudu Kanchana: D. R. Bendre (viii) Udyami Nar: Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ (vi) Udara Vairagya: Purandara dasaru (ix) Badal Ko Ghirte Dekha Hai: Nagarjun (vii) Dhuryodhana Vilapa: Ranna (x) Andhere Ka Deepak: Hari Bansh Rai (viii) Sariyadiru Irule: Sadananda Bachchan (ix) Railina Antharanga Bahiranga: Mooduradu Chinnaswamy 6.