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(for candidates admitted from June 2018 onwards) HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Tiruchirapalli – 620002

PG AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH I M.A. ENGLISH – SEMESTER I

Course Title Major Core 1 – Modern Literature I

Total Hours 75

Hours/Week 5

Code P15EL1MCT01

Course Type Theory

Credits 4

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVES: To help the students understand the works of the Age of Chaucer to the Age of Elizabethans and to appreciate the different literary styles of writers.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: The Learner will be able to CO No. Course Objectives

CO-1 remember, analyse, evaluate the Poetry and the style of poets belonging to the age of Chaucer and Spenser

CO-2 remember, understand, analyse by applying the characteristics of Metaphysical School of Poetry and evaluate the style and structure and texture of the poems

CO-3 remember, analyse the Prose style and evaluate the texts in terms of content and structure.

CO-4

remember, analyse the content by applying the characteristics of some schools /tragedy/morality play and value system and the characters in the Drama by comparing and contrasting with other prominent characters in literature and evaluate the contribution of the text and the dramatist

CO-5

understand, analyse, apply the characteristics of the particular school /Comedy of humours and evaluate the relative merit of the Drama in the genre and sub genre and also the contribution of the dramatist.

UNIT I – POETRY – I 15 HRS Geoffrey Chaucer – The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Thomas Wyatt – They flee from me, that sometime did me seek Edmund Spencer - Prothalamion Sir Philip Sidney – From Astrophel & Stella: ―It is most true that eyes are formed to serveǁ Extra Reading/Key Words: Ornamental Style ,Sonnet and its variations ,Wedding song- Chaucer-The Nun’s Tale , The Pardoner’s Tale, Spenser-Epithalamion,

UNIT II – POETRY – II 15 HRS John Donne – The Canonization George Herbert – The Flower Andrew Marvell –To His Coy Mistress Henry Vaughan – The Retreat Extra Reading/Key Words: Metaphysical school of poetry, paradox ,conceit, hyperbole -Minimum of 5 poems of each Metaphysical poet-love poems and religious poems

UNIT III – PROSE 15 HRS Francis Bacon - a) Of Truth

b) Of Friendship The Bible - The Book of Job Extra Reading/Key Words: Essay, aphoristic style, maxims ,antithesis, epigrammatic style,allusion,irony, mythopoeic language, paronomasia , irony - Bacon- Of Studies ,Of Travel Bible –Psalms-4, 22 ,69 ,73 ,119- 143

UNIT IV – DRAMA – I 15 HRS Christopher Marlowe - Doctor Faustus Extra Reading/Key Words: The Faust myth and quest myth –concept of Evil and Satan ,Blank verse ,Renaissance , morality play / Johanne Van Goethe’ s Faust Vols-I &II ,Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus

UNIT V – DRAMA – II 15 HRS Ben Jonson - Every Man in His Humour Extra Reading/Key Words: Theory of Comedy, Farce , Slapstick Comedy, Burlesque ,parody, dark ,irony, Comedy of Humour, Black Humour , Sentimental comedy , anti-sentimental comedy Extra reading –Volpne

Note: Texts given in the Extra Reading/Key Words must be tested only through Assignment and Seminars.

COURSE OUTCOMES: The Learner will be able to CO No. Course Outcomes PSOs

Addressed Cognitive

Level

CO-1 understand the purpose of Chaucer‘s writing and analyse the por- traits he painted through his description. PSO 1, 6 U

CO-2 evaluate the ornamental style of Spenser and the art of sonnet writing of Thomas Wyatt. PSO 1, 3 E

CO-3

apply the characteristics of metaphysical writing to examine the poems of John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert and Henry Vaughan.

PSO 1, 3

Ap

CO-4

comprehend the ideas present in Bacon‘s essays, discuss the validity of the ideas down the centuries to life and cull out the message through the story of Job.

PSO 3, 6

An

CO-5 appreciate the aphoristic style of Bacon and the poetic prose of Book of Job. PSO 1, 3 E

CO-6

evaluate the religious and the social message of the plays and compare and contrast the playwrights in terms of their ideas, method of presentation ,and their commitment to humanity.

PSO 3, 6

E

CO-7

develop Employability skills and enhance Teaching, Research, Ana- lytical, and Creative Writing Skills that can further help in preparing for Competitive Exams.

PSO 2

E

PRESCRIBED TEXTS Ferguson, Margaret, Mary Jo Salter and Jon Stallworthy. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. USA:

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2005. Print Coghill, Neville. Ed. The Canterbury Tales. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2003. Print. Bacon, Francis. Complete Essays. London: Courier Corporation, 2012. Print. Abrams, M.H. Norton Anthology of English Literature, Fifth Edition, W.W. Norton and Company, London, 1999. Print. Jonson, Ben. Every Man in His Humour. Norwich: Methuen English Classics,1965. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Black, Joseph (Ed). : The Broadview Anthology of British Literature Concise Edition,Vol. A. Broadview Press, London, 2007. Christopher, C. Readings in Modern English Literature. Vol.1, New Delhi: Ammon Publications,1977. Print.

Sanders Paul. S. Twentieth Century Interpretations: The Book of Job. Engle Wood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. 1989. Nair. G.W. Modern English Literature, New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications, 1989. Print. Robson. W.W. Modern English Literature. Oxford University Press, 1986. Print.



Course Title Major Core 2 - Comparative Literature

Total Hours 75

Hours/Week 5

Code P15EL1MCT02

Course Type Theory

Credits 4

Marks 100 GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To help the students understand the terms, methods, approaches and techniques used in the field of Comparative studies.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: The Learner will be able to

CO No. Course Objectives

CO-1 obtain a clear understanding of the concepts of the theories.

CO-2 understand and analyze the characteristics of a translation.

CO-3 analyze and identify the intrinsic fields of Comparative Literature.

CO-4 identify, compare and differentiate the characteristics of the various literatures.

CO-5 understand the influence of society, philosophy and psychology on Literature

UNIT I: INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 15 HRS Definition of Comparative General, World and National Literature Scope and Methodology of Comparative Literature French, American and Indian Schools of Comparative Literature Extra Reading/Key Words: Harry Levia. Grounds For Comparison, Cambridge: Harward University. 1998. Print.

UNIT II : COMPARATIVE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 15 HRS Influence Study & Reception Study Translation Extra Reading/Key Words: R.K. Dhavan Edited Language Forum Special Issue on Comparative Literature Volume II, Hyderabad: Sterling Publishers, 1985.

UNIT III : THEORY 15 HRS Thematology Genology Periodisation Extra Reading/Key Words: Ulrich Weisslein. Comparative Literature and Literary Theory Survey and Introduction Indiana University. 2000. Print.

UNIT IV: COMPARATIVE LITERATURE IN OTHER ARTS AND CULTURE 15 HRS Literature and Other Arts Comparative literature and Inter Cultural studies Extra Reading/Key Words: Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek. Comparative Literature: Theory, Method, Application.

Editions Rodopi B.V.; Reissue edition (1 January 1998). ISBN-10: 9042005343

UNIT V: COMPARATIVE LITERATURE & SCIENCES 15 HRS Literature and Psychology Literature and Philosophy Literature and Society Extra Reading/Key Words: G.S. Amur. Essays on Comparative Literature Linguistics, Hyderabad: Sterling Publishers. 1997. Print


COURSE OUTCOMES: The Learner will be able to

CO No. Course Outcomes PSOs Addressed

Cognitive Level

CO-1 recall the different concepts and theories. PSO 1,3,5,6 R

CO-2 identify and analyze the characteristics of a translation. PSO 1,3,5,6 An

CO-3 analyze and identify the intrinsic fields of Comparative Literature. PSO 1,3,5,6 An

CO-4 identify, compare and distinguish various literatures. PSO 1,3,5,6 E

CO-5 value the influence of society, philosophy and psychology on Literature. PSO 1,3,5,6 E

CO-6

develop Employability skills and enhance Teaching, Translation, Interpretation, Research, Analytical and Creative Writing Skills, which helping in the preparation for Competitive Exams.

PSO 2

E

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Harry Levia. Grounds For Comparison, Cambridge: Harward University. 1998. Print. Ulrich Weisslein. Comparative Literature and Literary Theory Survey and Introduction Indiana University. 2000. Print. R.K. Dhavan Edited Language Forum Special Issue on Comparative Literature Volume II, Hyderabad: Sterling Publishers, 1985. G.S. Amur. Essays on Comparative Literature Linguistics, Hyderabad: Sterling Publishers. 1997. Print.



Course Title Major Core 3 - Linguistics and English Language Teaching

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL1MCT03

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To help students acquire a theoretical background of ELT and to expose them to practice teaching and the application of various testing techniques and teaching methodologies.



CO-1 understand the pattern and transmission of Phonology and Morphology through linguistic study and phonetic transcription.

CO-2 understand the English language and its grammatical structure and analyse the various forms of Syntax.

CO-3 understand the process of language acquisition, linguistic concepts and theories and apply Language Approaches and Methods by means of teaching practice.

CO-4 apply the LSRW skills and evaluate the Teaching of Skills through practice in teaching of drama, prose, poetry and fiction.

CO-5 learn how to apply and analyse curriculum planning and testing techniques in Curriculum design and testing.

UNIT I – PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY (18 HRS) Phoneme, Syllable, Features of Connected Speech, Prosodic Features, Strong and Weak Forms Phonetic Transcription. Free and Bound Morphemes – Inflexion, Derivation. Extra Reading/Key Words: Applied Linguistics

UNIT II – SYNTAX (18 HRS) T.G. Grammar – Deep and Surface Structures – Simple Transformation, Embedding. Semantics, Pragmatics Extra Reading/Key Words: Stylistics – syntactic devices - ambiguity

UNIT III – LANGUAGE ACQUISTION, APPROACHES AND METHODS (18 HRS) General Linguistic Concepts: Diachronic versus Synchronic study Theories of cognition and learning with reference to the second language situation. Error Analysis English Teaching Methods: Grammar Translation Method, Direct Method, Situational Language Teaching, Structural Approach, Bilingual Method, Multi-skill approach, Communicative Language Teaching Method, Task based Teaching, Learning Centered Teaching, Immersion Technique and Neuro Linguistic Program. Extra Reading/Key Words: Psycholinguistics

UNIT IV - TEACHING OF SKILLS AND LITERATURE (18 HRS) Vocabulary, Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Skills, Drama, Prose, Poetry, Fiction Extra Reading/Key Words: Preparation of teaching material and lesson plans

UNIT V – CURRICULUM DESIGN AND TESTING (18 HRS) Curriculum Planning Testing Techniques Practice Teaching Extra Reading/Key Words: Curriculum Evaluation Note: Texts given in the Extra Reading/Key Words must be tested only through Assignment and Seminars.


Addressed Cognitive

Level

CO-1 recognize and apply Phonology and Morphology through linguistic study and phonetic transcription. PSO 1,4,6 A

CO-2 relate and illustrate the English grammatical structure and analyse the various forms of Syntax. PSO 2,3,4 An

CO-3 classify and apply Language approaches and different types of English teaching methods. PSO 2,5,6 A

CO-4 organize and generate LSRW skills through practice in teaching of drama, prose, poetry and fiction. PSO 4,5,6 An

CO-5 formulate and apply curriculum design and testing techniques. PSO 5,6 A

CO- 6 develop Employability skills, namely teaching skills and enhancement of language acquisition. PSO 2 E

PRESCRIBED TEXT Nagaraj, Geetha. English Language Teaching Approaches, Methods and Techniques, Calcutta: Orient Longman Limited, 1996. Print. Balasubramanian T. English Phonetics for Indian Students, New Delhi: Trinity Press,2014.Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Corder, S. Pit. Error Analysis and Inter language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. Print. Hornby, A.S.The Teaching of Structural Words and Sentences Patterns, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. Print. Palmer, F.R. Semantics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Print. Wallwork. Language and Linguistics, London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1978. Print. Baruah, T.C. The English Teacher’s Handbook, Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private Limited, 1991. Print.



Course Title Major Core 4 - Perspectives of Women in Literature

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL1MCT04

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To introduce the students to the tradition of Women‘s writing down the ages and direct attention to important issues related to Women‘s lives and Women‘s writing.



CO-1 remember, understand and evaluate the Poetry of female writers from different literatures across the world.

CO-2 understand and evaluate the history and development of feminist criticism as presented in the selective Prose pieces.

CO-3 appreciate and analyse the Drama works by Female playwrights.

CO-4 evaluate and critically analyse the short stories with a Feminist perspective.

CO-5 analyse the problems and dilemmas faced by women in the society through the prescribed texts

UNIT I – POETRY 18 HRS Adrienne Rich – Snapshots of a Daughter- in-Law Sylvia Plath – Daddy Kamala Das – An Introduction Carol Ann Duffy – Eurydice Margaret Atwood – Siren Song Maya Angelou – Phenomenal Woman Imtiaz Dhakar – Purdah (1) Extra Reading/Key Words: Faber Book of 20th Century Women’s Poetry

UNIT II - PROSE 18 HRS Sharon Spencer – Feminist Criticism and Literature Virginia Woolf – A Room of One‘s Own (Chapter 3) Dale Spender – Women and Literary History Extra Reading/Key Words: Showalter Elaine. A Literature of Their Own, London:

UNIT III - DRAMA 18 HRS Lorraine Hansberry - A Raisin in the Sun Sharon Pollock – Doc

Extra Reading/Key Words: Feminist Theatre, Helene Keyssar.

UNIT IV - SHORT STORY 18 HRS Charlotte Perkins Gilman – The Yellow Wallpaper Joyce Carol Oates – Where are you Going, Where have you been? Isabel Allende – And of Clay are we Created Extra Reading/Key Words: The Stories of Eva Luna, Isabel Allende

UNIT V – FICTION 18 HRS Charlotte Bronte – Jane Eyre Toni Morrison - Beloved Anita Desai – Fasting, Feasting Extra Reading/Key Words: Matter of Time by Shashi Deshpande, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath



Addressed Cognitive Level

CO-1 recognize and analyze power structures within a patriarchal society impact woman and their subsequent struggles. PSO 1, 6 An

CO-2 appreciate the prescribed texts by identifying similar patterns and themes notably patriarchy, oppression, discrimination, stereotyping PSO 1, 6 E

CO-3 interpret the prescribed texts from their own perspectives and demonstrate with similar examples from personal experience. PSO 1, 6 E

CO-4 apply feminist theories to evaluate women‘s writings and experiences. PSO 1, 6 Ap

CO-5 recall and organize additional information about the writings by women and their literature. PSO 3, 6 R

CO-6 summarize the prescribed texts and collect additional information about the authors and their works. PSO 3, 6 An

CO-7

develop Employability Skills, improve social responsibility and gain female empowerment and finally enhanceTeaching, Research and Analytical Skills to improve preparation for Competitive exams.

PSO 2,6

E

PRESCRIBED TEXTS Zimmerman, Cynthia. Sharon Pollock: Collected Works: 2, Vancouver: Playwrights Canada Press, 2008. Print. Belsey, Catherine and Jane Moore. The Feminist Reader: Essays in Gender and the Politics of Literary Criticism, London: Blackwell, 1997. Print. Duffy, Carol Ann. The World’s Wife. London: Picador Publications, 1999. Print. Thieme, John. ed. The Arnold Anthology of Post Colonial Literatures in English. London: Arnold, 1996. Print. Allende, Isabel. The Stories of Eva Luna. New York: Macmillan Inc., 1991. Print. Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Delhi: Peacock Books, 2006. Print. Morrison, Toni. Beloved. London: Vintage, 2005. Print. Desai, Anita. Fasting, Feasting. Delhi: Chatto & Windus, 1999. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Adair, ed. Faber Book of 20th Century Women’s Poetry, Allahabad: St. Paul‘s Publications, 1900. Print. Gaur, Rashmi. Women’s Writing, New Delhi: Sarut and Sons, 2003. Print. Keyssar, Helene. Feminist Theatre, London: Macmillan, 1984. Print. Showalter Elaine. A Literature of Their Own, London: Virago, 1978. Print.



Course Title Major Core 5 - American Literature

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL1MCT05

Course Type Theory

Credits 4

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To acquaint the students to the literature of America and familiarize them with the important literary movements that influenced the literary works of the different genres.



CO-1 remember, understand and evaluate the poetic style and literary devices used in the poems by the literary giants of America

CO-2 understand and apply the philosophies propounded in the prose pieces regarding civil governance and literary composition

CO-3 understand and analyze the psychological and moral dilemmas of the individual in a society as reflected by the dramas of the critically acclaimed American playwrights

CO-4 analyze the situation and evaluate the effects of language on the same that pertain to a typical American short story

CO-5 analyze the historical context that the classic representative of American fiction mirrors and evaluate how it reflects the major changes of the nation down the ages.

UNIT I – POETRY 18 HRS H.W. Longfellow – A Psalm of Life Walt Whitman – Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking Emily Dickenson – Because I Could Not Stop for Death Robert Frost – After Apple Picking William Carlos Williams – The Red Wheelbarrow Langston Hughes – Cross Wallace Stevens – Anecdote on a Jar Extra Reading/Key Words: Robert Lowell, Ann Bradstreeet.

UNIT II- PROSE 18 HRS Ralph Waldo Emerson – The American Scholar Henry Thoreau – Civil Disobedience Edgar Allan Poe – The Philosophy of Composition Extra Reading/Key Words: Franklin, Cooper

UNIT III – DRAMA 18 HRS Eugene O‘Neill – The Iceman Cometh Arthur Miller – Death of a Salesman Extra Reading/Key Words: Tennesse Williams, Edward Albee

UNIT IV- SHORT STORY 18 HRS Mark Twain – Bakers Blue Jay Yarn William Faulkner – A Rose for Emily O Henry – The Robe of Peace Extra Reading/Key Words: Fitzgerald,Updike

UNIT V – FICTION 18 HRS Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Scarlet Letter Ralph Ellison – The Invisible Man Ken Kesey – One Flew Over the Cuckoo‘s Nest Extra Reading/Key Words: Saul Bellow, Hemmingway



Addressed Cognitive

Level

CO-1 recall and evaluate the poetry written by the American masters PSO 1,3 E

CO-2 interpret correctly the ideas propounded in the prescribed American prose. PSO 2,6 U

CO-3 relate to the dilemmas and issues faced by an American as presented through the prescribed drama. PSO 1,2,6 U

CO-4 appraise the style of writers and estimate the values promulgated by the short stories. PSO 1,2,6 E

CO-5 assess the themes and justify the actions of the characters in the specified novels. PSO 1,3,6 E

CO-6

develop Employability Skills and enhance Teaching, Research, Analytical, Critical and Creative Writing Skills in addition to helping in the preparation for Competitive Exams.

PSO 1,2, 3

E

PRESCRIBED TEXTS McMichael, George .Anthology of American Literature Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 Print. Ferguson, Margaret, Mary Jo Salter and Jon Stallworthy. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. USA:

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2005. Print O'Neill, Eugene. The Plays of Eugene O'Neill: Vol 1. Delhi: East-West Press Pvt. Ltd., 1989. Print. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Delhi: Peacock Books, 2001. Print. Ellison, Ralph. The Invisible Man. USA: Second Vintage International Edition, 1995. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Van Spanckeren. Outline of American Literature. USA. Print. Hudson, Robert and Johnson Edwin. Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Critical Study. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1971. Print. Malkoff, Karl Crowell‘s. Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry. USA: Library of Congress, 1973. Print.

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PG AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH I M.A. ENGLISH – SEMESTER II

Course Title Major Core 6 - Modern Literature II

Total Hours 75

Hours/Week 5

Code P15EL2MCT06

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To help the students understand the representative works of the 17th and 18th Century and to appreciate the variety of genres practiced in this age and the richness of the literary scene.



CO-1 remember, understand and evaluate the style of the poetry of Milton and Dryden.

CO-2 remember, understand and evaluate the poetic style of Gray and Pope.

CO-3 appreciate the Prose of the age of Pope and Samuel Johnson and analyse the diction, style and characteristics of the prescribed writers.

CO-4 appreciate and critically analyse the characteristics of comedy of manners and Anti Sentimental Drama.

CO-5 appreciate and critically analyse the prescribed Fiction in terms of plot, characterization and themes.

UNIT I – POETRY – I 15 HRS John Milton – Paradise Lost (Book 9) John Dryden – Absalom and Achitophel Extra Reading/Key Words: Butler’s Hudibras, The Rape of the Lock

UNIT II - POETRY – I 15 HRS Thomas Gray – Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Alexander Pope – Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot Extra Reading/Key Words: Oliver Goldsmith’s The Deserted Village, William Collins’Ode to Evening

UNIT III – PROSE 15 HRS Samuel Johnson – Preface to Shakespeare Addison & Steele – The Spectator -

1. The Spectator‘s Account of Himself 2. Of The Club 3. Character of Will Wimble

Extra Reading/Key Words: The Tatler

UNIT IV – DRAMA 15 HRS Richard Sheridan – The School for Scandal William Congreve – The Way of the World Extra Reading/Key Words: The Double Dealer, She stoops to conquer

UNIT V – FICTION 15 HRS John Bunyan – The Pilgrim‘s Progress Laurence Sterne – Tristram Shandy Extra Reading/Key Words: Daniel defoe’s Moll Flanders, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.



Addressed Cognitive

Level

CO-1 recall and analyse the particular poetic styles of Dryden and Milton. PSO 1,2 An

CO-2 examine the development of the prose style and the rise of the character novels. PSO 1,2,4 An

CO-3 evaluate and analyze the diction and characterisation used by the authors PSO 3,4,5 E

CO-4 appreciate the different kinds of drama, especially comedy, comedy of manners, anti-sentimental comedy. PSO1,2,4 An

CO-5 appreciate and critically analyse the prescribed Fiction PSO 1, 2,5 An

CO-6 evaluate the literary output of the Restoration Age, its themes, styles and major writers. PSO 4,5 E

CO-7

develop Employability skills and enhance Teaching, Research, Ana- lytical, Creative Writing Skills etc. and help in the preparation for Competitive Exams.

PSO 1,2

E


W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2005. Print Wright, B.A. ed. Milton’s Paradise Lost. Great Britain: The Camelot Press, 1962. Print. Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress. Delhi: Rupa, 2000. Print. Lynch, Kathleen .M. ed. Congreve- The Way of the World. Great Britain: University of Nebraska Press, 1978. Print. Barranger, Milly .S. Understanding Plays. London: Allyn and Bacon, 1990. Print. Abrams, M.H. Norton Anthology of English Literature, Fifth Edition, W.W. Norton and Company, London, 1987. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Dyson, A. E and Lovelock, Julian. Milton : Paradise Lost: A casebook. London: The Macmillan Press Limited, 1973. Print. Greene, Donald ed. Samuel Johnson – A Collection of Critical Essays. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1965. Print Kettle, A : An Introduction to the English Novel Vol. 1. London: Hutchinson & Company Limited, 1951. Print. Tillotson, Geoffrey : On the Poetry of Pope. Oxford: Clarenden Press, 1950. Print.

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Course Title Major Core 7 - Canadian Literature

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL2MCT07

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To enable the learner to understand and appreciate the uniqueness of Canadian Literature.



CO-1 understand the themes and poetic styles of Canadian poets.

CO-2 analyse and evaluate the themes of Canadian Literature that are directly related to the landscape of Canada and the experiences of the first settlers.

CO-3 understand the perspectives of First Nation aboriginal Canadian dramatists.

CO-4 recognize the narrative techniques used by Canadian short story writers to bring out man‘s relationship with nature and man.

CO-5 recall and apply the nature of diasporic, feminist and Bildungsroman fiction.

UNIT I - POETRY : 18 HRS John Mc Crae - In Flanders Fields A.M. Klein - Portrait of the poet as landscape Bliss Carmen - Low Tide on Grand Prė Uma Parameswaran - Invocation in Trishanku Robert Service - The Spell of the Yukon Leonard Cohen - The Book of Longing Michael Ondaatjee - To a Sad Daughter Extra Reading/Key Words: E. J. Pratt, Irving Layton

UNIT II - PROSE 18 HRS Margaret Atwood - Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature (Chapters 1, 2, 3) Extra Reading/Key Words: The remaining chapters of Survival

UNIT III – DRAMA: 18 HRS George Ryga - The Ecstasy of Rita Joe Tomson Highway - The Rez Sisters Extra Reading/Key Words: Sharon Pollock

UNIT IV - SHORT STORY : 18 HRS Margaret Lawrence - The Perfume Sea

Sinclair Ross - The Lamp at Noon Jeanette Armstrong – This is a Story Extra Reading/Key Words: Alice Munro, Stephen Leacock

UNIT V – FICTION: 18 HRS

Extra Reading/Key Words: Joy Kogawa, Gabrielle Roy


Addressed Cognitive

Level

CO-1 recall the cultural and traditional practices of Canadians and their struggles with man- made and natural disasters PSO 1, 6 An

CO-2

appreciate the prescribed texts by identifying alike patterns and themes particularly survival, displacement, alienation, native‘s miseries etc.

PSO 1, 6

E

CO-3 interpret the prescribed texts from their own perspectives and show similar examples from personal experience. PSO 1,3,5,6 C

CO-4 analyze the writing styles, dramatic techniques, and the treatment of themes, plot and characterization of the prescribed authors PSO 1,3, 5,6 An

CO-5 appraise the representation of Canadian Literature and tradition and critically evaluate the writings and structural patterns of the works. PSO 1,3, 5,6 E

CO-6 discuss and summarize additional information on Canadian writings and its themes. PSO 1,6 E

CO-7

develop Employability skills and enhance Teaching, Research, Analytical and creative writing Skills and help in the preparation for Competitive Exams.

PSO 1, 2

E

PRESCRIBED TEXTS Atwood , Margaret. Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature. Canada, 1972. Print. Thieme, John.ed. The Arnold Anthology of Post Colonial Literatures in English. London: Arnold, 1996. Print. Narasimhaiah, C.D. An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry, New Delhi: Macmillan India Ltd., 1990. Print. Ryga, George. The Ecstasy of Rita Joe. New York: Talon Books, 1991. Print. Vassangi, M.G. No New Land. Canada: Emblem Editions, 1997. Print. Atwood, Margaret. The Blind Assassin. New York: Virago, 2001. Print. Richler, Mordecai. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. Canada: Penguin Books Ltd., 1980. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Manorama Trikha ed. The Canadian Literature - Recent Essays. New Delhi: Pencraft International, 1994. Print. Balachandra.K. Critical Essays on Canadian Literature. New Delhi: Sarup and Sons, 2003. Print. C.D. Narasimhaiah and C.N Srinath. The Glimpses of Canadian Literature. Bombay: Dhvanyaloka. 1989. Print.

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Mordecai Richler - The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

- No New Land M.G Vassangi - The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood



Course Title Major Core 8 - Shakespeare

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL2MCT08

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To acquaint the students with Shakespeare - his plays, his literary style and his genius.



CO-1

understand the relation among characters, title and the plot of the play; analyse the theme, style, characters; apply the theory of drama and evaluates the contribution of the dramatist in writing comedy

CO-2

remember, understand the relation among characters, title and the plot of the play, analyse the theme, style and characters, apply the theory of tragedy and theatrical devices and evaluate the relative merit of the Drama in the genre.

CO-3

remember, understand the relation among characters, title and the plot of the play, analyse the theme, style and characters, compare the play with the historical events.

CO-4

understand the relation among characters, title and the plot of the play, analyse the theme, style and characters, and the theatrical devices and evaluate the relative merit of the dramatist in writing romantic tragedy.

CO-5 understand the Sonnets; analyse the theme, style and characters; apply the rules of Shakespearean sonnet writing and evaluate the poetical contribution of the dramatist.

UNIT I - COMEDY 18 HRS As You Like It ‗The Love Theme in the Playǁ from On Ten Plays of Shakespeare by Stopford Brooke (from the Clarendon Edition) Extra Reading/Key Words- Mid Summer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing

UNIT II - REVENGE TRAGEDY 18 HRS Hamlet ―The Character of Hamletǁ by Walter Raleigh & Granville – Barker (from the Clarendon Edition) Extra Reading/Key Words- Othello, Macbeth, King Lear

UNIT III - HISTORY 18 HRS Richard II ―The Garden Imagery in the Playǁ in Shakespeare’s Imagery by Caroline Spurgeon Extra Reading/Key Words- Henry IV UNIT IV - TRAGEDY 18 HRS

Antony and Cleopatra Bernard Shaw‘s attack and Mark Van Doren‘s Defense (from Everyman Edition) Extra Reading/Key Words- Romeo and Juliet

UNIT V - SONNETS 18 HRS Shakespeare’s Sonnets (Sonnets 18, 92, 116, 130 & 144) ‗The Art of the Sonnets and the Speaker they createǁ from The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets by Helen Vendler. Extra Reading/Key Words- 10 more sonnets from Sonnet no-127-137




Cognitive Level

CO-1

recognize the elements of dramatic devices and techniques in Eliza- bethan drama as found in the prescribed texts and list out other works that follow similar patterns.

PSO1,6

U

CO-2

identify the unique dramatic styles of Shakespeare and explain the contexts of setting, plot, characterization and thematic contents of the prescribed texts.

PSO1, 2

E

CO-3 apply various literary theories to the prescribed texts for an intense study of the thematic and structural implications. PSO 2 Ap

CO-4

analyze the writing styles, dramatic techniques, and the treatment of themes, plot and characterization and distinguish them from those of his contemporaries

PSO1,2,3

An

CO-5 summarise the prescribed texts and organize and collect additional information about Shakespeare PSO 2,3,4 C

CO-6 critically evaluate his writings and appraise the structural patterns of his works. PSO 2,3,6 E

CO-7

Gain Employability skills by enhancing Teaching, Research, and Analytical Skills, develop performance/ Theater techniques and also prepare for Competitive Exams.

PSO 1,2

E

PRESCRIBED TEXT Craig, W.J. ed. Shakespeare: Complete Works. UK: Oxford University Press, 1975. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Raleigh,Walter. Shakespeare. London : Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1965. Print. Bradley, A.C. Shakespearean Tragedy, Toronto: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1989. Print. Hopkins, Lisa. Beginning Shakespeare, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007. Print. McEachern, Claire. ed. Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Print. De Graziaz, Margreta and Stanley Wells. Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Print.

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(for candidates admitted from June 2018 onwards)

HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Tiruchirapalli – 620002 PG AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

I M.A. ENGLISH – SEMESTER II Tiruchirapalli - 620002..

Course Title Major Core 9 - Post Colonial Literature

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P17EL2MCT09

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To acquaint the students with the chief concepts of post colonial literature as seen in the different genres of literature and introduce them to the literary style of the writers.



CO-1 understand and evaluate the Poetry of the Postcolonial poets through the postcolonial lens.

CO-2 understand and evaluate the Prose that advocates for the liberation of subaltern minds

CO-3 analyse the Drama and evaluate problems relating to the political and cultural independence of formerly subjugated people

CO-4 analyse the plot, setting and characters of the Short story from the postcolonial perspective.

CO-5

understand and evaluate how Postcolonial Fiction treats the issues surrounding the decolonized people

UNIT I – POETRY 18 HRS A.D. Hope – Australia Derek Walcott – Far Cry from Africa Bernard Dadie – I Thank You God Gabriel Okara – Piano and Drums Roy Campbell – The Zulu Girl Judith Wright - The Dark Ones Sujatha Bhatt - A Different History Extra Reading/Key Words: Chimamanda Achide,Naipaul

UNIT II – PROSE 18 HRS Ngugi Wa Thiong‘O - Chapter 1 from Decolonizing the Mind Chinua Achebe - "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness,"

from Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths & Helen Tiffin - Chapter 1 from The Empire Writes Back Extra Reading/Key Words: Franz Fanon, Homi Bhaba

UNIT III – DRAMA 18 HRS Wole Soyinka – Kongi‘s Harvest Manjula Padmanabhan –Harvest

Extra Reading/Key Words: Ray Lawler, Dereck Walcott

UNIT IV - SHORT STORY 18 HRS Henry Lawson – The Drover‘s Wife Katherine Mansfield – The Garden Party Sam Selvon – Working the Transport Extra Reading/Key Words: Gordimer, Janet Frame

UNIT V – FICTION 18 HRS Jean Rhys – Wide Sargasso Sea Salman Rushdie – Midnight‘s Children J.M. Coetzee – Disgrace Extra Reading/Key Words: Arundhati Roy, Achebe



Addressed Cognitive

Level

CO-1 understand the poetic styles and relate the poetry to the Post Colonial backdrop PSO 1 U

CO-2 interpret and examine critically the ideas of emancipation in the prescribed prose PSO 2 An

CO-3 analyse the predicaments and issues faced by the colonized nations as presented through the prescribed drama PSO An

CO-4 examine and appraise the style of writers and estimate the values promulgated by the short stories PSO 3 E

CO-5 explain the themes and deduce the consequences of the actions of the characters in the specified novels PSO 1,2 E

CO-6 discuss and classify information on Post Colonial writings PSO 6 C

CO-7

develop Employability Skills, and enhance Teaching, Research, Ana- lytical, Research and Creative Writing skills in addition to preparing for Competitive Exams.

PSO 1,2

E

PRESCRIBED TEXTS Norton Anthology of African Literature, Fifth Edition, London: W.W. Norton and Company, 1987. Print. Thieme, John.ed. The Arnold Anthology of Post Colonial Literatures in English.London: Arnold, 1996. Print. Padmanabhan, Majula. Harvest. Delhi: Aurora Metro Publications, 2003. Print. Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea. Delhi: Penguin Modern Classics, 2000. Print. Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. Delhi: RHUK, 2013. Print. Coetzee, J.M. Disgrace. Delhi: Vintage Books, 2000. Print. Narasimhaiah, C.D. An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry, New Delhi: Macmillan India Ltd.,

1990. Print. Ashcroft, William D., Gareth Griffith, and Helen Tiffin, eds. The Empire Writes Back:Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures. London: Routledge, 1989. . The Post-Colonial Studies Reader. London: Routledge, 1995. BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Cook, David. African Literature: A Critical View, London: Longmans Green, 1977. Print. King, Bruce. New English Literature, London: Macmillan, 1989. Print. Ravenscroft, Arthur . Chinua Achebe, London: Longmans Green, 1977. Print. Walsh, William. Reading in Commonwealth Literature, London: Clarendon Press, 1973. Print.



Course Title Non Major Elective 1 - Spoken English and Effective Communication

Total Hours 75

Hours/Week 5

Code P15EL2NMT01

Course Type Theory

Credits 3

Marks 100 GENERAL OBJECTIVE: The learners understand the importance and nuances of spoken English and effective communication.



CO-1 remember and understand listening skills and learn to evaluate famous public speeches.

CO-2 understand the speaking skills and apply the same through Dialogues, group discussions and public speeches.

CO-3 understand the reading and comprehensive skills and analyze the comprehension passages in Competitive Examination books.

CO-4 develop their writing skills and learns to draft letters, creates their own Resume and understand the importance of communication.

CO-5 draft and practice the skills they learnt through the course.

UNIT I (For internal testing only): LISTENING SKILLS: 15HRS Listening to famous speeches (5) Speeches by: Swami Vivekananda, Barack Obama, Malala Yousafzai, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs. Comprehension : models for TOEFL (or) IELTS Extra Reading/Key Words: Ted Talks, Mind Your Language, Onward English

UNIT II - SPOKEN SKILLS: 15HRS Group discussion on current topics Conversational English – Dialogues based on situations (10 domains specified) Idioms and Phrases (50) Extra activities: Public Speaking - Welcome, Vote of Thanks, Felicitation, Master of Ceremonies. Extra activities: Introductory note for seminars, MC in the departments, Welcome Speech and Vote of thanks.

UNIT III - READING AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS: 15HRS Comprehension passages from Competitive Examination books Synonyms (100) and Antonyms (50) Extra activities: Evaluate different levels of comprehension in Competitive Examination books, Reading Readers Digest, and magazines like India Today.

UNIT IV: WRITING SKILLS: 15HRS Letter Writing (formal and informal), E-mail, Abstract Writing, Report Writing, Minutes,

Preparation of Agenda, Essay Writing Extra activities: Drafting letters, abstracts for paper presentation or publication, poster presentation, Invitation or Agenda designing, Creating a Blog Entry

UNIT V : JOB ACQUIRING SKILLS 15HRS Job Acquiring Skills : Interview - Creating a Resumé – Application Letter Extra activities: Correcting the resume, conducting interviews, create templates for Resume. Note: Texts given in the Extra Reading/Key Words must be tested only through Assignment and Seminars.


Addressed Cognitive

Level

CO-1 critically evaluate and write public speeches. PSO 2 C

CO-2 become effective public speakers. PSO 2 C

CO-3 face competitive exams confidently PSO 2 Ap

CO-4 apply appropriate and accurate methods and diction to their writing skills. PSO 4 Ap

CO-5 create personal and common templates for job profiles. PSO 2 C

CO-6

develop Employability and Entrepreneurial Skills by improving LSRW – Communicative Skills, Creative thinking and developing the skill of Data Organisation.

PSO 2

E

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE V. Syamala, Effective English Communication For You, Chennai : Emerald Publishers, 2002. Print. Jayakaran, Everyone’s Guide to Effective Writing, Chennai: 2 M Publishing Internal, 2000. Print. Lingua Forum, Lingua Essays for TOEFL/IELTS, New Delhi: Dream tech Press, 2003. Print. Pamela J. Sharpe, How to prepare for the TOEFL test, New Delhi: Galgotia Publications Private Limited, 2001. Print.

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Course Title Extra Credit (Compulsory) - Self Study Course: Genre Fiction

Total Hours

Hours/Week

Code P17EL2SST01

Course Type Theory

Credits 2

Marks 100 GENERAL OBJECTIVES: The learner is introduced to different categories of Genre Fiction and learns to choose an appropriate field of study for their research project.



CO-1 understand and remember the characteristics of the genre of Fantasy through the works of C. S Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Amish Tripathi.

CO-2 understand the elements of the genre of Mystery Fiction through the works of P.D. James, Agatha Christie, Scott Smith.

CO-3 understand the world of Psychological Realism in fiction through the works of Virginia Woolf, Robert Ludlum, Emma Donoghue.

CO-4 understand and evaluate the Diasporic novels of Chitra Banerjee, Amy Tan, Orhan Pamuk.

CO-5 understand the importance of Main Stream fiction through the novels of Aimee Bender, Paulo Coelho, Preethi Shenoy.

UNIT I: Fantasy: C. S Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Amish Tripathi

UNIT II: Mystery Fiction P.D. James, Agatha Christie, Scott Smith

UNIT III: Psychological Realism Virginia Woolf, Robert Ludlum, Emma Donoghue

UNIT IV: Novels of the Diaspora Chitra Banergie, Amy Tan, Orhan Pamuk

UNIT V: Mainstream Aimee Bender, Paulo Coelho, Preethi Shenoy



Cognitive Level

CO-1 identify the elements of fantasy when they read a new book. PSO 1, 3,5,6 An

CO-2 explore the elements of mystery fiction in the books they read. PSO 1, 3,5,6 An

CO-3 understand the reflection of different cognitive domains in various literatures. PSO 1, 3,5,6 U

CO-4 understand the multicultural societal behavior. PSO 1, 3,5,6 U

CO-5 accept new concepts and behavioral changes in the globalized society. PSO 1, 3,5,6 An

CO-6

develop Employability skills and enhance Teaching Skills, Reading, Re- search, Analytical and Creative Writing Skills to aid in the preparation for competitive exams.

PSO 2,5

E

BOOK FOR REFERENCE: Mays, Kelly. J. The Norton Introduction to Literature: Twelfth Edition. WW Norton & Company, 2015.

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PG AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH II M.A. ENGLISH – SEMESTER III

Course Title Major Core 10 - Modern Literature III

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL3MCT10

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVES: To enable students to gain awareness of the 19th Century literature and writers and to appreciate and identify the richness of the literary genres in the age.



CO-1 understand and identify the various poetic trends, styles and themes during the Romantic Age.

CO-2 understand and identify the various poetic trends, styles and themes during the Victorian Age.

CO-3 read the text comprehensively and appreciate the richness of the prose pieces.

CO-4 comprehend and critically evaluate the Fiction of the age - especially the writings of women.

CO-5 evaluate the themes and narrative structure of literary Fiction in terms of setting, character, plot and symbolism.

UNIT I – POETRY – I 18 HRS William Blake – Songs of Innocence - The Lamb

Songs of Experience - The Poison Tree William Wordsworth – Ode on the Intimations of Immortality Samuel Coleridge – Rime of the Ancient Mariner Percy Shelley – Ode to the West Wind John Keats – Ode to a Nightingale Extra Reading/Key Words: Lord Byron-Don Juan, Felicia Dorothea Hermans-Casabianca

UNIT II – POETRY - II 18 HRS Alfred Tennyson – The Lotus Eaters Robert Browning – Fra Lippo Lippi Mathew Arnold – Dover Beach Christina Rossetti - Remember Extra Reading/Key Words: George Crabbe- The Village, Lord Byron- The Giaour

UNIT III - PROSE 18 HRS Charles Lamb - Dissertation upon a Roast Pig William Hazlitt - My First Acquaintance with the Poets John Ruskin - Sesame and Lilies – Of Queens Gardens (51 – 95) Extra Reading/Key Words: Thomas De Quincey- Confessions of an English Opium Eater, John Clare- Popularity of Authorship

UNIT IV – FICTION - I 18 HRS Jane Austen – Emma Emily Bronte – Wuthering Heights Extra Reading/Key Words: John William Polidori- The Vampyre, Maria Edgeworth- Castle Rackrent

UNIT V – FICTION - 2 18 HRS Charles Dickens - Great Expectations George Eliot – The Mill on the Floss Extra Reading/Key Words: Sir Walter Scott- Old Mortality, William Thackeray- Vanity Fair




Cognitive Level

CO-1 critically evaluate the poems and identify what makes the poems representative of Romantic poetry. PSO-3 E

CO-2 critically evaluate the prescribed poetic works and identify what makes them Victorian in character. PSO-3 E

CO-3 comprehend and recall the themes and styles used in the prose pieces PSO-2 U

CO-4 evaluate the Fiction from a moralistic and social perspective PSO-3 E

CO-5 elucidate the themes, narrative, setting, character, plot, symbolism found in the fiction of the Romantic age. PSO-4 An

CO-6 categorize the different writers during this age and evaluate the promi- nence according to their contribution PSO-1 E

CO-7

develop Employability Skills, and enhance Teaching, Research, Analytical, Research and Creative Writing skills in addition to preparing for Competitive Exams.

PSO 1,2

E


W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2005. Print. Austen, Jane. Emma. Delhi: Harper Press, 2010. Print Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. London: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993. Print. Eliot, George. The Mill on the Floss. Delhi: Peacock Books, 2001. Print. Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. Delhi: Harper Press, 2010. Print. Abrams, M.H. Norton Anthology of English Literature, Fifth Edition, W.W. Norton and Company, London, 1987. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Clubbe, John and Lovell , Ernest J. English Romanticism, The Grounds of Belief. London: Macmillan Press Ltd, 1983. Print. Rowse, A.L. Mathew Arnold: Poet and Prophet. London: Latmer Trend and Co, 1976. Print.

Watt, Ian. ed. 20th Century views. London: Prentice Hall, Inc, 1963. Print.

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(for candidates admitted from June 2017 onwards) Course Title Major Core 11 - Literary Theory and Criticism I

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL3MCT11

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVES: The learner will be able to understand the traditional and modern critical approaches of literature and apply the same to criticize and evaluate literary texts.



CO-1 remember and understand Classical perspectives regarding the nature of Drama and Poetry.

CO-2 understand and examine the nuances of the nature of Poetry with regards to Emotional and Impersonal poetry in Modern Criticism.

CO-3 understand and relate the characteristics of New Criticism with respect to Meaning.

CO-4 understand and analyse the Creative Process through Psychoanalytical Criticism.

CO-5 understand and appraise the archetypal and mythical patterns in critical texts.

UNIT I - CLASSICAL CRITICISM 18 HRS

Extra Reading: Christopher Marlowe - Doctor Faustus, Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games

UNIT II- MODERN ENGLISH CRITICISM 18 HRS

Extra Reading: William Wordsworth - The Solitary Reaper, T.S. Eliot - The Waste Land

UNIT III- NEW CRITICISM / FORMALISM 18 HRS I.A. Richards : The Four Kinds of Meaning Cleanth Brooks : The Language of Paradox (from The Well Wrought Urn) Extra Reading: Emily Dickinson- I Felt a funeral in my Brain, William Wordsworth- It is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free

UNIT IV - PSYCHOANALYTICAL CRITICISM 18 HRS Sigmund Freud : Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming Carl Jung : Literature and Psychology Extra Reading: James Joyce - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,Herman Melville- Moby Dick UNIT V- ARCHETYPAL CRITICISM 18 HRS

: Republic (Book 3) Plato : Poetics (Chapter 1-3 on Imitation) Aristotle

: Preface to Lyrical Ballads : Tradition and Individual Talent

Wordsworth T.S Eliot

Northrop Frye : The Archetypes of Literature Joseph Campbell : The Hero and the God (from The Hero with a Thousand Faces) Extra Reading: William Shakespeare -Hamlet, J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone




Cognitive Level

CO-1 recognise and relate the concepts in the prescribed essays with texts previously studied or yet to be studied. PSO 1,3 U

CO-2 describe and explain the theoretical approaches of each critic and also discuss the pros and cons of each approach. PSO 1,3 E

CO-3 apply the theoretical approaches learnt, to modern literary texts and thereby interpret them in various ways. PSO 1,3 Ap

CO-4 distinguish between the various critical theories and analyse the differences in opinion among critics regarding similar concepts.

PSO 1,3 E

CO-5 summarise the theoretical approaches and formulate an individual hypothesis for prospective research based on prescribed theories. PSO 1,3 E

CO-6

appraise the different perspectives of the individual critics regarding different theories and develop the individual judgement and critical skills in the learner.

PSO 1,3 E

CO-7

develop Employability Skills, and enhance Teaching, Research, Ana- lytical, Research and Critical Writing skills in addition to preparing for Competitive Exams.

PSO 1,2

E

PRESCRIBED TEXTS Russell, Donald Andrew and Micheal Winterbottom. Classical Literary Criticism. Delhi: Oxford University Press. 1998. Print. Lodge. David. 20th Century Literary Criticism: A Reader. London: Longman, 1972. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. New Delhi: Viva Books, 2008. Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. (8th Edition) New Delhi: Akash Press, 2007. Lodge, David and Nigel Wood (Ed.) Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader (Second Edition). New Delhi: Pearson, 1988. Print. Waugh, Patricia. ed. Literary Theory and Criticism. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006. Print. Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with the Thousand Faces. California: New World Library, 2008. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE I.A. Richards. Practical Criticism. New Delhi: Allied Publishers Private, 1989. Print. W.K. Habib, M. A. R. A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present. London: Blackwell, 2005. Wimsatt and Cleanth Brooks. A Short History of Literary Criticism. New Delhi: Oxford and IBH Publishing Co Pvt. Ltd, 2010. Print. Baldick, Chris. The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford: Oxford University Press,2001. Fowler, Roger. Ed. A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. Rev. ed. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.

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Course Title Major Core 12 - Research Methodology

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL3MCT12

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: The learner becomes familiar with the facets and tools of Research Methodology.



CO-1 remember and understand the theory of Research.

CO-2 understand the structure of a thesis and methodology and apply it in the documentation of the research.

CO-3 analyze and evaluate the different kinds of discourse and style used in research.

CO-4 identify and analyze logical and scientific methods in literary research.

CO-5 apply the mechanics and tools of literary research in their project report and research paper.

UNIT I - INTRODUCTION: 18 HRS The Aims of Literary Scholarship and Literary Research. The Nature and Identification of a Research Problem. Extra Reading/Key Words: Theory of Literature

UNIT II : THESIS STRUCTURE: 18 HRS Thesis Structure: The Structure of a Thesis. Extra reading: G. Watson. The Literary Thesis: The Guide to Research London: n.p, 1970. Print. Preparing Notes.Data Collection: Primary and Secondary sources, foot notes, end notes, works cited, Bibliography and Use of Quotations. Extra Reading/Key Words: Thorpe (ed) The Aims and Methods of Scholarship. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1970. Print.

UNIT III: RESEARCH LANGUAGE: 18 HRS Research Language: Different Kinds of Discourse. Language, Tone and Style of Thesis writing Extra Reading/Key Words: Bateson, F.W. The Scholar Critic.An Introduction to Literary Research. London: Routledge & Kegan

UNIT IV: METHODOLOGY: 18 HRS

Methodology: Logic and scientific methods in Literary Research. Extra Reading/Key Words: G. Leech et al. English Grammar for Today. London, Macmillan, 1982. Print.

UNIT V: MECHANICS 18 HRS Mechanics: Mechanics of Writing. Tools of Literary research: Eg:Amelioration, pejoration, balance and parallelism, jargon,syllogism, paradigms, hypothesis, case study, methods, use of diagrams etc. Paragraph structure, Diction. Extra Reading/Key Words: Bateson, F.W. The Scholar Critic.An Introduction to Literary Research. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. Print. Note: Texts given in the Extra Reading/Key Words must be tested only through Assignment and Seminars.


Addressed Cognitive

Level

CO-1 apply the theory of Research to their research. PSO 4 A

CO-2 use appropriate discourse and style for their research. PSO 2,4 A

CO-3 use logic and scientific methods in literary research. PSO 2,4 U

CO-4 apply the mechanics and appropriate tools of literary research in their project report and research paper. PSO 2,4 A

CO-5 follow the structure of a thesis and methodology and apply it in the documentation of the research PSO 2,4 A

CO-6 develop Employability skills and enhance Research, Critical writing and Analytical Skills. PSO 2,4 E

PRESCRIBED TEXT MLA Hand Book for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed., 8th ed., New Delhi: Affiliated East –West Press Pvt Ltd.,2009. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE G. Watson. The Literary Thesis: The Guide to Research London: n.p, 1970. Print. Bateson, F.W. The Scholar Critic.An Introduction to Literary Research. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. Print. Thorpe (ed) The Aims and Methods of Scholarship. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1970. Print. Brooks, Cleanth and Robert Perm Warren. Modern Rhetoric. New York: Harcourt, 1950. Print. G. Leech et al. English Grammar for Today. London, Macmillan, 1982. Print.



Course Title Major Elective 1 - English for Eligibility Examinations

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL3MET01

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100 GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To prepare the students in accordance with the parameters of the NET/SET exam papers to have a comprehensive picture of the movements, genres and trends of the literatures of the world.



CO-1 remember and understand the different literary trends, approaches, schools and movements.

CO-2 understand and remember the origin and development of Prose and Poetry.

CO-3 understand and remember the origin and development of Drama and Novel.

CO-4 understand and analyse a poem, prose work and reflect on the devices of grammar and literary forms and terms.

CO-5 remember the major Literary Characters, Quotations, Contemporary Literary Prizes, Authors and Works. UNIT I 18 HRS Different Literary Trends and Approaches (10) Different Schools and Movements (10) Extra Reading/Key Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms- Chris Baldick

UNIT II 18 HRS Origin and Development of Prose. Origin and Development of Poetry. Extra Reading/Key Words: Essay

UNIT III 18 HRS Origin and Development of Drama. Origin and Development of Novel Extra Reading/Key Words: From 1980’s to present

UNIT IV 18 HRS Analysing a poem– Devices of Sound, Devices of Comparison (Figures of Speech), Analysing a prose work – Rhetoric, Formal, Informal, Expository, Narrative, Descriptive, Argumentative. Devices of Grammar – Inversion, Elipsis, Juxtaposition, Apostrophe Literary Forms and Terms ( Select Terms from Cuddon & Abrams) (50) Important terms from Critical Theories ( Select Terms from Cuddon & Abrams) Extra Reading/Key Words: Alliteration, Antithesis, Hyperbole, Litotes. UNIT V 18 HRS Major Literary Characters and Quotations

Contemporary Literary Prizes, Authors and Works Extra Reading/Key Words: From 1980’s to present



Addressed Cognitive

Level

CO-1 recall and relate the concepts in the different literary trends approaches, schools and movements. PSO1,6 R

CO-2 explain the Origin and Development of various genres of Literature PSO 2 An

CO-3 identify the theoretical approaches learnt, to modern literary texts and thereby interpret them in various ways. PSO 3 U

CO-4 examine and categorise the various Devices of Grammar and Liter- ary Forms and Terms PSO 4,6 An

CO-5 evaluate the Major Literary Characters and their Quotations, Con- temporary Literary Prize Winners, Authors and their works. PSO 6 E

CO-6

determine the different genres of Literature through devices of sound, devices of comparison (Figures of Speech), and rhetoric, formal, informal, expository, narrative, descriptive, argumentative.

PSO 6

E

CO-7 develop Employability skills and enhance Teaching Skills, and prepare for taking up Competitive Exams. PSO 1,2 E

PRESCRIBED TEXTS Prasad,Birjadish. A Background to the Study of English Literature .Revised Edition.Macmillan India Press,2009.Print Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. (8th Edition) New Delhi: Akash Press, 2007. Drabble, Margaret.The Oxford Companion to English literature 5th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Masih, K. Ivan, et al. An Objective Approach to English Literature for NET, JRF, SLET and Pre-Ph D. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2007. Print. Jain, B.B. UGC NET/JRF/SLET English (Paper - II & III) 1st Edition. Delhi: Upkar Prakashan, 2010. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Harmon William & C. Hugh Holman ed. A Handbook to Literature. New Jersey: Prentice Hall,1996. Print. Hamilton Ian ed. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English. Oxford University Press, New York: 1994. Print. Preminger, Alex ed. New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1993. Print. Ward, W.A. A.R. Waller, ed. The Cambridge History of English Literature. London: Putnam, 1907-33.Print. Fowler, Roger ed. A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987. Print. Crompton and Rickett – History of English Literature. NET/SET GO by D.E. Benet (Author), S. Samuel Rufus (Author) Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. New Delhi: Viva Books, 2008. Ronald Carter and John McRae - The Routledge History of Literature in English : Routledge, 2001.

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Course Title Major Elective 1 – Postmodern Fiction

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL3MET01

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVE:

To introduce to the students to the pearls of wisdom and moral codes, hidden and embedded in the classics written by European writers.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The Learner will be able to


CO-1 understand and appreciate the reliance on narrative techniques such as fragmentation, paradox, and the unreliable narrator in the Postmodern Fiction

CO-2 remember, understand and evaluate the Postmodern Fiction writings.

CO-3 Analyze and identify the themes, settings and characters in the Postmodern Fiction.

CO-4 Appreciates and analyzes the narrative style and the characteristics of the Postmodern Fiction

CO-5 The use of the amalgamation of Literature with Science, Politics, Religion, Crime etc

UNIT I Thomas Pynchon- The Crying of Lot 49 Extra Reading/Key Words: Gravity’s Rainbow

UNIT II Kurt Vonnegut – Slaughter House Five Extra Reading/Key Words: Cat’s Cradle

UNIT III John Fowles – The French Lieutenant‘s Woman Extra Reading/Key Words: John Barth- The Sot-Weed Factor

UNIT IV Italo Calvino – If on a Winters Night a Traveller Extra Reading/Key Words: Cosmicomics

UNIT V Umberto Eco- The Name of the Rose Extra Reading/Key Words: Foucault's Pendulum


COURSE OUTCOMES:

The Learner will be able to


Cognitive Level

CO-1 recall the characteristics of a Postmodern Writings. PSO 1,2,6 R

CO-2 will be able to recall the story line and apply criticism to analyze the Postmodern Works. PSO 1,3 E

CO-3 will be able to understand the Postmodern narrative style. PSO 2,6 An

CO-4 will be able to analyze characters and their motivation. PSO 2,3 An

CO-5 evaluate the significance of the characters/ title / brought to light in the Postmodern Fiction. PSO 2,3,6 E

CO-6

will evaluate the themes and the use of language, pastiche, intertextuality, metafiction, equality, technoculture and hy- perreality, temporal distortion, paranoia, magic realism max- imalism and minimalism in the Postmodern Fiction.

PSO 6

An

PRESCRIBED TEXTS

Calvino, Italo. If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller. Vintage Classics,1992

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. RHUK,1992.

Fowles, John.The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Vintage Classics, 2004.

Pynchon, Thomas.The Crying of Lot 49. Penguin Press, 2012.

Vonnegut, Kurt.Slaughter House Five. RHUK, 2019.



Course Title Non Major Elective 2 - Public Speaking Skills

Total Hours 75

Hours/Week 5

Code P15EL3NMT02

Course Type Theory

Credits 3

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To expose the student to the art of public speaking and develops their personal skills through LSRW skills.



CO-1 understand functional communication skills.

CO-2 understand the meaning of descriptive and narrative communication and the techniques of facing interviews.

CO-3 remember the different types of public speeches and develop confidence through speech practice.

CO-4 acquire practical knowledge by applying the oratorical techniques on specified topics.

CO-5 develop presentation skills in public speaking on specified general topics. UNIT I – COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE - GENERAL TOPICS 15 HRS - Greetings – introduction – inviting – seeking permission – expressing gratitude.

- Speaking about oneself – inviting personalities – role play. - Expressing oneself - a) situations—anger, happiness, sadness

b) relating anecdotes Extra Reading/Key Words: Speaking about one’s family and profession. Conversational exchanges in entrepreneurship.

UNIT II – COMMUNICATION 15 HRS Description –things, places, people and incidents Interview Narration Extra Reading/Key Words: Phone interviews, Video conferencing, and enactment.

UNIT III – PUBLIC SPEAKING 15 HRS Types of public speech.-reading of minutes, welcome speech, vote of thanks, master of ceremonies. Developing confidence – through practicing speech Extra Reading/Key Words: Chief Guest address, debates and elocutions

UNIT IV – SPEECHES – GENERAL TOPICS 15 HRS Knowledge is power Importance of English Language Discipline Habit of reading novels

Science and technology The use of library Natural disaster The age of advertisement Computers Where there is a will, there is a way. Extra Reading/Key Words: Current affairs, Social media, All that glitters is not gold.

UNIT V – PRESENTATION SKILLS – GENERAL TOPICS 15 HRS Empowerment of Women Tourism Industry Fundamental Human Rights English for Media Medical Miracles Extra Reading/Key Words: Paparazzi culture, Women Leaders, Political Influence in societies.

Note: Texts given in the Extra Reading/Key Words must be tested only through Assignment and

Seminars.


Addressed Cognitive

Level

CO-1 recall and reproduce the English language effectively in communication. PSO 2,6 R

CO-2 interpret and apply Business English in various occasions. PSO 2,6 Ap

CO-3 develop and master oratory skills. PSO 2,6 Ap

CO-4 differentiate between formal and informal modes of communication. PSO 2,6 U

CO-5 learn, collect, organise and generate great speeches for various occasions. PSO 2,6 E

CO-6 develop oratory skills and communication skills for employment. PSO 2,6 E

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Stephen E. Lucas. The Art of Public Speaking. McGraw Hill: Higher Education, 2001. Print. J.V. Vilanilam. More Educational Communication A Manual for Professional Response Books. London: Macmillian, 2000. Print. Krishna, Mohan and Meera Banerji. Developing Communication Skills. London: Macmillan, 2001. Print. Radhakrishna Pillai. Spoken English for You. Level I and Level II. New Delhi: Emerald publications, 2000. Print.


PG AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH II M.A. ENGLISH – SEMESTER IV

Course Title Major Core 13 - Modern Literature IV

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL4MCT13

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVES: The student learns the evolving styles, trends and movements, influencing the literary corpus of the 19th and 20th centuries and appreciates the different literary styles of different writers.



CO-1 understand and identify the evolving poetic trends, styles and its movements in 19th and 20th century poetry.

CO-2 learn to read comprehensive prose narratives that reflect, apply and evaluate society and culture

CO-3 learn to appreciate and analyses dramatic forms and styles with its social and psychological impact on individual and society.

CO-4 learn to comprehend and critically evaluate the short stories from a mythical, moralistic and psychological perspective

CO-5 learn to perceive, interpret and evaluate the thematic and narrative structure of literary fiction in terms of content and form, setting, character, plot, themes, symbolism and approaches.

UNIT I – POETRY 18 HRS Gerald Manley Hopkins - God‘s Grandeur W.B. Yeats – Sailing to Byzantium T.S. Eliot – The Waste Land Wilfred Owen – Strange Meeting W.H. Auden – The Unknown Citizen Philip Larkin – Toads Ted Hughes – Crow - Blacker than ever Seamus Heaney - Traditions Extra Reading/Key Words: Naturalism and Imagism

UNIT II – PROSE 18 HRS Bertrand Russell – What I Believe A.G. Gardiner - In Defense of Ignorance G. K. Chesterton – On Running after one‘s Hat Extra Reading/Key Words: Style and Stylistics only for Internal Testing

UNIT III – DRAMA 18 HRS

Samuel Beckett – Waiting for Godot John Osborne – Look Back in Anger Extra Reading/Key Words: Existentialism and Absurdism only for Internal Testing (for seminar/assignment)

UNIT IV – SHORT STORY 18 HRS Thomas Hardy – An Imaginative Woman Somerset Maugham – The Outstation Arthur C. Clarke – The Star Extra Reading/Key Words: Symbolism and Ambiguity only for Internal Testing (for seminar/assignment)

UNIT V – FICTION 18 HRS D. H. Lawrence – Sons and Lovers Joseph Conrad – Heart of Darkness George Orwell – Animal Farm Extra Reading/Key Words: Modes of Narrative Fiction only for Internal Testing (for seminar/assignment) Note: Texts given in the Extra Reading/Key Words must be tested only through Assignment and Seminars.


Addressed Cognitive Level

CO-1 identify and illustrate the different poetic types, styles and its movements in modern poetry. PSO 1,2 E

CO-2 distinguish and apply various types of prose narratives to reflect and evaluate society and culture. PSO 2,3 Ap

CO-3 analyse and synthesize various dramatic forms and styles with its social and psychological impact on individual and society. PSO 3,4,5 An

CO-4 examine and compose short stories from a mythical, moralistic, social, cultural and psychological perspective. PSO 5,6 E

CO-5 critically evaluate and construct the thematic and narrative structure of literary Fiction. PSO 4,5,6 E

CO-6

develop Employability Skills, and enhance Teaching, Research, Analytical, Research and Creative Writing skills in addition to preparing for Competitive Exams.

PSO 1,2

E

PRESCRIBED TEXTS Osborne, John. Look Back In Anger. London : Faber and Faber, 1957. Print. Ferguson, Margaret, Mary Jo Salter and Jon Stallworthy. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. USA:

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2005. Print. Abrams, M.H. Norton Anthology of English Literature, Fifth Edition, W.W. Norton and Company, London, 1987. Print. Lawrence, D.H. Sons and Lovers. Delhi: Peacock Books, 2001. Print. Orwell, George. Animal Farm. Delhi: Penguin Books, 2005. Print. Beckett, Samuel. Waiting for Godot. Delhi: Pearson education, 2010. Print. Reeves, James. The Modern Poet’s World. London: Faber and Faber 1957. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Bottrall, Margaret ed. Gerard Manley Hopkins. London: Macmillan, 1975. Print. Cullingford, Elizabeth. Yeats: Poems. London: Macmillan, 1984. Print. Taylor, John Russel. Look Back In Anger. London: Macmillan, 1975. Print.

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Course Title Major Core 14 - Literary Theory and Criticism II

Total Hours 105

Hours/Week 7

Code P15EL4MCT14

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVES: The learner understands the contemporary critical approaches and applies the same to criticize and evaluate literary texts.



CO-1 understand and analyze the structures that help in the creations of meaning in literary texts.

CO-2 understand the importance of Post Structural ideas, namely Deconstruction in constructing meaning.

CO-3 understand and examine the role of a reader in the generation of textual meaning.

CO-4 understand and appraise theories related to feminist issues, namely the portrayal of women in literature.

CO-5 understand and outline how colonialization affects the colonized through issues of mimicry and hegemony. UNIT I - STRUCTURALISM 21 HRS Ferdinand de Saussure : Chapter 1 ―Nature of the Linguistic Signǁ from A Course in

General Linguistics

Extra Reading:Philip Larkin- To My Wife (Poem) Christiana Rossetti- Sonnets are full of love (Poem)

UNIT II - POST STRUCTURALISM/ REACTION TO POST STRUCTURALISM 21 HRS

Extra Reading: Oscar Wilde- The Picture of Dorian Gray

William Blake: The Little Black Boy

UNIT III - READER RESPONSE 21 HRS

Extra Reading: Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice

Mordecai Richler: Son of a Smaller Hero

UNIT IV - FEMINIST CRITCISM 21 HRS

Gérard Genette : Structuralism and Literary Criticism

: The Death of the Author : The Deconstructive Angel

Roland Barthes M.H. Abrams

Wolfgang Iser Stanley Fish

: The Reading Process: A Phenomenological Approach : Is there a Text in this Class?

: Women and Madness: The Critical Phallacy ShoshanaFelman : Towards a Feminist Poetics Elaine Showalter

Extra Reading: Thomas Hardy -The Mayor of Casterbridge, Honore de Balzac - Adieu

UNIT V - POST COLONIALISM 21 HRS

Extra Reading: Mulk Raj Anand – The Untouchable,

V. S. Naipaul -The Mimic Men Note: Texts given in the Extra Reading/Key Words must be tested only through Assignment and Seminars.


Addressed Cognitive

Level

CO-1 recognize and relate the concepts in the prescribed essays with texts previously studied or yet to be studied. PSO 1 U

CO-2 describe and explain the theoretical approaches of each critic and also discuss the pros and cons of each approach PSO 3 An

CO-3 apply the theoretical approaches learnt, to modern literary texts and thereby interpret them in various ways. PSO 3 Ap

CO-4 distinguish between the various critical theories and analyze the differences in opinion among critics regarding similar concepts. PSO 4 An

CO-5 summarise the theoretical approaches and formulate an individual hypothesis for prospective research based on prescribed theories. PSO 5 E

CO-6

appraise the different perspectives of the individual critics regarding different theories and develop the individual judgment and critical skills of the learner.

PSO 6

E

CO-7

develop Employability Skills, and enhance Teaching, Research, Analytical, Research and Critical Writing skills in addition to preparing for Competitive Exams.

PSO 2

E

PRESCRIBED TEXTS: Lodge. David. 20th Century Literary Criticism: A Reader. London: Longman, 1972. Rivkin, Julie and Michael Ryan. Literary Theory - An Anthology. USA: Blackwell Publishing. 2004. Print Lodge, David and Nigel Wood (Ed.) Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader (Second edition). New Delhi: Pearson, 1988. Print. Waugh, Patricia. ed. Literary Theory and Criticism. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006. Print. I.A. Richards. Practical Criticism. New Delhi: Allied Publishers Private, 1989. Print. Rice, Philip and Patricia Waugh eds. Modern Literary Theory : A Reader. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2001. Print.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE: Nagarajan M. S. English Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introductory History. Hyderabad: Orient Black Swan, 2006. Print. Selden, Raman and Peter Widdowson. A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. 3rd ed. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1993. Print. Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide. New York: Garland Publishing, 1999. Print. Wolfreys, Julian. ed. Introducing Literary Theories: A Guide and Glossary . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2003. Print.

: Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse Homi K. Bhabha : Can the Subaltern Speak? GayatriSpivak



Course Title Major Elective 2 – Indian Literatures in Translation

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL4MET01

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVES: The learner is introduced to the major literary works written in the various vernacular languages of India and translated into English.



CO-1 understand and appreciate the narrative structure of an Epic and imbibe an interest to read and appreciate such classical translations.

CO-2 remember, understand and evaluate the Poetry of the masters across Europe

CO-3 analyze the themes, settings and characters in the translated Indian Works

CO-4

appreciates and analyzes the narrative style and the composition of the prose piece and make the students aware of various aspects of life and living through the writings of these great writers.

CO-5 understand the philosophies learnt from the literary pieces in Fiction.

UNIT I - POETRY

UNIT IV – PROSE

UNIT III – DRAMA Girish Karnad - Nagamandala Rabindranath Tagore - Chitra

UNIT V –SHORT STORY

Ilankovatigal - Silappadikaram

Sri Aurobindo - The Golden Light - Gitanjali Verses 45, 60 Tagore - The Moon Shines in my Body Kabir

Sri Aurobindo - The Problem of Life

UNIT V – FICTION



Cognitive Level

CO-1 recall and relate the poetry written by the Indian Writers PSO 1,2,6 R CO-2 will be able to recall the story line and analyzes the narrative style and the composition of the prose piece

PSO 1,3

E

CO-3 will be able to understand the various narrative elements PSO 2,6 An

CO-4 will be able to analyze characters and their motivation. PSO 2,3 An CO-5 evaluate the significance of the characters/ title / brought to light in the Drama and Fiction

PSO 2,3,6

E

CO-6

will evaluate the themes and the philosophical concepts PSO 6

An

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE: Ghose, Aurobindo. The Life Divine. Lotus Press, 1994.

Golden Light: 4th Anniversary Number. The Society, 1976. Ilangovadikal, and V. T. Rama. Subramaniyam. Ilangovadikalin Silapathikaram Mulamum

Urayum. Pumpukar, 2009. Karnad, Girish, and Kulakarṇi Uma. Nagamaṇḍala. Popyulara Prakasana, 2007. Manṭo Saadat Ḥasan. Mottled Dawn: Fifty Partition Sketches and Stories. Penguin India, 2003. Mitchell, Stephen. The Enlightened Heart: an Anthology of Sacred Poetry. Harper & Row, 1989. Pillai, Thakazhi sivasankara. Chemmeen, a Novel, by T.s. Pillai. Publisher Not Identified, 1962. Premacanda. Selected Short Stories. Crest Pub. House (a Jaico Enterprise), 1993. Pritam, Amrita. Pinjar. Shilalekh, 2013. Tagore, Rabindranath. Chitra, by Rabindranath Tagore, a Play in One Act. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914. Tagore, Rabindranath, and G. M. Muncker. Gitanjali. Hyperion-Verl., 2013.

- Draupadi Mahaswata Devi - Khol Do Sadaat Manto - Resignation Premchand

T.S. Pillai Amrita Pritam O.V. Vijayan

- Chemmeen - Pinjar - The Legend of Kashyak



Course Title Major Elective 2 - Indian Writing in English

Total Hours 90

Hours/Week 6

Code P15EL4MET02

Course Type Theory

Credits 5

Marks 100

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To create an awareness in the learner about the literary output of contemporary Indian Writers in English.



CO-1 remember the predominant themes and the styles in the Poetry of the modern Indian writers.

CO-2 understand the various literary approaches especially feminism and the argumentative thought process in the Prose of modern Indian writers.

CO-3 comprehend and critically evaluate the social issues in Drama.

CO-4 appreciate and analyze the short stories in terms of plot, character, themes, symbols, setting, imagery.

CO-5 understand the different philosophies, myths and social customs that have originated in India. UNIT I – POETRY 18 HRS Dom Moraes – Sinbad Arun Kolatkar – Jejuri Meena Alexander – House of a Thousand Doors Vikram Seth - Unclaimed Agha Shahid Ali – Postcard from Kashmir Jeet Thayil – Portrait of the Artist as an Old God Meena Kandaswamy – Facing the Music Extra Reading/Key Words: Gieve Patel – On Killing a Tree, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra- Where Will the Next One Come From

UNIT II – PROSE 18 HRS Shashi Deshpande – Why I am a Feminist Amartya Sen – The Argumentative Indian Amitav Ghosh -The Testimony of My Grandfather's Bookcase Extra Reading/Key Words: Essays of Arundhati Roy , Kiran Desai

UNIT III - DRAMA 18 HRS Mahesh Dattani – Tara Asif Currimbhoy - Inquilab Extra Reading/Key Words: Vijay Tendulkar –His Fifth Woman, Badal Sicar-Procession UNIT IV - SHORT STORY 18 HRS Nayantara Sahgal – Martand

Attia Hossain – Gossamer Thread Mahaswetha Devi – The Five Women Extra Reading/Key Words: Jhumpa

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