BA (Special) English
Syllabus
for Semester V
|
Paper
No. |
Title
of Paper |
|
VII |
Introduction
to Literary Criticism |
|
VIII |
English Poetry |
|
IX |
English Drama |
|
X |
English Novel |
|
XI |
Language and
Linguistics |
Paper
No. VII: Introduction to Literary Criticism
I)
Introduction to Literary Criticism:
i)
Nature of Criticism
ii) Function
of Criticism
II) Classical Criticism: (From Aristotle’s Poetics)
i)
The concept of Tragedy
ii) The
Ideal Tragic Hero
III)
Neo-classical Criticism
i)
Dr Samuel Johnson’s Preface to Shakespeare (1765)
IV)
Literary Terms
i)
Symbolism
ii) Realism
iii) Humour
iv) Paradox
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Paper No. VII - Question
Paper Pattern:
Q.1 Objective type
questions
A)
Multiple choice questions (04)
B)
Answer the following questions in one word/phrase/sentence (04)
Q.2 Answer the questions
in about 250-300 words each. (10)
(A or B based on I, II, III)
Q. 3 Answer the questions in about 250-300 words
each. (10)
(A
or B based on I, II, III)
Q. 4 Write short notes
(Any 3 out of 5) (12)
(Based on IV, and not covered in Q. 2 and 3)
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* Internal Evaluation:
Seminar Presentation (10)
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Paper
No. VIII: English Poetry
I)
Background Reading
i)
Elizabethan Poetry
ii)
Metaphysical Poetry
iii)
Romantic Poetry
II)
Elizabethan Poetry
i)
‘Sweet Warrior’ (Sonnet 57) by Edmund
Spenser
ii)
‘Sonnet to the Moon’ by Sir Philip
Sidney
iii)
‘Full Many a Glorious Morning’ (Sonnet
33) by Shakespeare
III)
Metaphysical Poetry
i)
‘The Sun Rising’ by John Donne
ii)
‘The Retreat’ by Henry Vaugham
iii)
‘The Collar’ by George Herbert
IV)
Romantic Poetry
i)
‘My Heart Leaps Up’ by William
Wordsworth
ii)
‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ by S.
T. Coleridge
iii)
‘Ozymandias’ by P. B. Shelley
iv)
‘When We Two Parted’ by Lord Byron
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Paper No. VIII - Question
Paper Pattern:
Q.1 Objective type
questions (Based on II, III and IV)
A)
Multiple choice questions (04)
B)
Answer the following questions in one word/phrase/sentence (04)
Q.2 Answer the
questions in about 250-300 words each. (10)
(A or B based on I)
Q. 3 Answer the questions in about 250-300 words
each. (10)
(A
or B based on II, III and IV)
Q. 4 Write short notes
(Any 3 out of 5) (12)
(Based on I, II, III and IV)
___________________________________________________________________________
* Internal Evaluation:
Seminar Presentation (10)
* * * * *
Paper
No. IX: English Drama
I)
Definition and Elements of Drama
II)
Tragedy as a Form
III)
The Importance of Being Earnest by
Oscar Wilde
IV)
Hamlet by
William Shakespeare
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Paper No. IX - Question
Paper Pattern:
Q.1 Objective type
questions (Based on III and IV)
A)
Multiple choice questions (04)
B)
Answer the following questions in one word/phrase/sentence (04)
Q.2 Answer the
questions in about 250-300 words each. (10)
(A or B based on I and II)
Q. 3 Answer the questions in about 250-300 words
each. (10)
(A
or B based on III and IV)
Q. 4 Write short notes
(Any 3 out of 5) (12)
(Based on I, II, III and IV)
___________________________________________________________________________
* Internal Evaluation:
Seminar Presentation (10)
Paper
No. X: English Novel
I)
Rise and Development of Novel
II)
Aspects of Novel
III)
The Old Man and the Sea by
Earnest Hemingway
IV)
The Power and the Glory by
Graham Greene
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Paper No. X - Question
Paper Pattern:
Q.1 Objective type
questions (Based on III and IV)
A)
Multiple choice questions (04)
B)
Answer the following questions in one word/phrase/sentence (04)
Q.2 Answer the
questions in about 250-300 words each. (10)
(A or B based on I and II)
Q. 3 Answer the questions in about 250-300 words
each. (10)
(A
or B based on III and IV)
Q. 4 Write short notes
(Any 3 out of 5) (12)
(Based on I, II, III and IV)
___________________________________________________________________________
* Internal Evaluation:
Seminar Presentation (10)
* * * * *
Paper
No. XI: Language and Linguistics
I)
Language and Communication:
i)
Definitions and characteristics of
language
ii)
Human and Animal Communication Systems
(Hockett’s seven characteristics of
language)
II)
Phonology
III)
Morphology
IV)
Words
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Paper No. XI - Question
Paper Pattern:
Q.1 Objective type:
a)
Three term labels (03)
b)
Transcription of words with primary stress (03)
c)
Conversion of the given transcriptions into the conventional
spellings (02)
Q.2 a) Write short
notes (2/3) (Based on I) (10)
b) Morphological giving labels (2/4) (04)
Q.3 a) Identification
of word formation /morphological processes (04)
b) Identification of word classes (04)
Q.4 Write short notes
(2/4) (Based on II and IV) (10)
___________________________________________________________________________
* Internal Evaluation: Seminar
Presentation (10)
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