Syllabus: Semester III


SEMESTER III
PAPER IX
INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Full Marks: 100
Group A
A detailed study of the following topics:
  1. Social and political conditions of India between 1857 and 1920 from the viewpoint of Indian literature in English
  2. Impact of Raja Ram Mohun Roy on the Indian Renaissance in life and literature
  3. Impact of Gandhi on Indian Writing in English
  4. Impact of Indian freedom movement on Indian Writing in English
  5. Development of Indian English Poetry in Pre-Independence India
  6. Trends in Indian English Poetry in Post-Independence India
  7. Indian Women poets in English
  8. The Origin and development of Indian novel in English up to 1947
  9. Trends in Indian novels in English in post-Independence era
  10. Origin and development of Indian short story in English
  11. Contribution of Indian Women writers to English Fiction
  12. Rise of Political prose in English till 1947
  13. Trends in Indian Prose in English in Post-Independence period
  14. Trends in Indian Drama in English
Group B
Following texts are prescribed:
Mulk Raj Anand:                Untouchable
R K Narayan:                       Waiting for Mahatma
Amitav Ghosh:                   The Hungry Tide
Ruskin Bond:                      Time Stops at Shamli (Penguin Books)
                                                            Following stories are prescribed:
·        Room of Many Colours
·        Most Beautiful
·        Time Stops at Shamli
·        The Tunnel
·        A Crow for All Seasons
·        Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright
Group C
Following texts are prescribed:
  1. Aurobindo:                         Savitri, Part I
  2. R Parthsarthy (Ed.)             Ten Twentieth Century Poets
               Following poems are prescribed:
               K N Daruwalla -                                  From the Epileptic
                                                                           The Ghaghra in Spate
               Kamala Das -                                      A Hot Noon in Calcutta
                                                                           The Looking Glass
               Nissim Ezekiel -                                 Enterprise
                                                                           Poet, Lover and Birdwatcher
               Jayant Mahapatra -                           Indian Summer
                                                                           The Whorehouse in a Calcutta Street
               A K Ramanujan -                                Looking for a Cousin
                                                                           A River
Group D
Asif Currimbhoy:                                              The Dumb Dancer
Girish Karnad:                                   Hayabadan
Distribution of Marks for Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours) -                                          (Marks: 80)
Group A: One question to be attempted out of three to be set -                                                                       18
Group B:               One question to be attempted out of two alternative questions to be set on each book                         18
Group C: One question to be attempted out of two alternative questions to be set from each author       18
Group D: One question to be attempted out of two alternative questions to be set on each text -                              18
Group E: Objective questions to be set on the prescribed texts -                                                                        8
Internal Assessment: (20 Marks)
On the basis of Written Assignments through the term -                                                                                   15
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities, general behavior and conduct, performance at seminars and regularity in attending classes -                                                                                                   5

PAPER X
LITERARY CRITICISM
Full Marks: 100
Group A
A detailed study of the classical background of criticism with special reference to Plato, Aristotle, Horace and Longinus and also an acquaintance with trends in Neoclassical, 19th Century, modern and postmodern criticism
Group B
Following texts are prescribed:
Section I
Dryden:                Essay of Dramatic Poesy
Dr. Johnson:         Lives of Poets:
                              Cowley
                              Dryden
                              Milton
                              Pope
Coleridge:             Biographia Literaria
Arnold:                 Study of Poetry
Section II
T S Eliot:                              Tradition and Individual Talent
                              Functions of Criticism
I A Richards:         Principles of Literary Criticism
F R Leavis:            The Common Pursuit
Distribution of Marks for Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours) -                           (Marks: 80)
Group A: One question to be attempted out of three to be set -                                                       18
Group B: Three questions to be attempted – at least one from each section – out of two alternative questions to be set on each text -                                                                                            3 X 18 = 54
Group C: Objective questions to be set on the prescribed texts -                                                       8
Internal Assessment: (20 Marks)
On the basis of Written Assignments through the term -                                                                    15
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities, general behavior and conduct, performance at seminars and regularity in attending classes -                                                                          5

PAPER XI
GENDER STUDIES
Full Marks: 100
Group A
A detailed study of the following topics:
1.      History of Feminism including the First Wave, Second Wave, Third             Wave
2.      Feminism in Afro-American Literature
3.      Feminism in British Literature
4.      History of Feminism in India
5.      Feminism in Indian English Literature
6.      Feminism in Urdu Literature
7.      Feminism in Hindi Literature
Group B
Section I
Alice Walker:                      The Colour Purple
Virginia Woolf:                   Mrs. Dalloway
Anita Desai:                        Cry, the Peacock
Section II
Tehmina Durrani:               My Feudal Lord
Arundhati Roy:                   God of Small Things
Kiran Desai:                         Inheritance of Loss
Distribution of Marks for Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours) -                           (Marks: 80)
Group A: One question to be attempted out of three to be set -                                                       18
Group B: Three questions to be attempted – at least one from each section – out of two alternative questions to be set on each book -                                                                                                                                       3 X 18 = 54
Group C: Objective questions to be set on the prescribed texts -                                                                     8
Internal Assessment: (20 Marks)
On the basis of Written Assignments through the term -                                                                                   15
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities, general behavior and conduct, performance at seminars and regularity in attending classes -                                                                                         5


Paper XII
English Language Teaching
Full Marks: 100
Group A
Nature, definition and scope of ELT
History of ELT in India
Terminology related to ELT
Problems of teaching English to the non-native speakers in India
Problems of teaching English to non-native speakers of English in Jharkhand
Characteristics of a good teacher of English
Group B
Materials of Teaching English:
Graded Materials- Linguistic, Pedagogic, Cognitive
Adapting materials for children
Adapting materials for adults           
Materials for the development of listening skill
Materials for the development of writing skill
Materials for the development of reading skill
Materials for the development of speaking skill
Materials for evaluating language teaching and learning

Syllabus and Curriculum
Components of Syllabus
Types of Syllabus

Interpreting Poetry
Interpreting Prose
Interpreting Drama
Group C
Phonetics: Organs of Speech, Speech Mechanism, Sounds of English- Vowels and Consonants.
Group D
Phonetic transcription of eight words/ 1 sentence comprising eight words.
Distribution of Marks for Semester Examination: (Duration: 3 Hours)                                             (Marks: 80)
Group A:              One question to be attempted out of three to be set -                                          18
Group B:                              Two questions to be attempted out of five to be set -             2 X 18=                 36
Group C:               One question to be attempted out of three to be set-                                                          18
Group D:              Phonetic transcription of sentence/words -                                                                             8
Internal Assessment: (20 Marks)
On the basis of the student’s performance through the term-                                                                          15
On the basis of the student’s performance at extra-curricular activities, general behavior and conduct, performance at seminars and regularity in attending classes-                                                                           5  

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