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HAJEE KARUTHA ROWTHER HOWDIA

COLLEGE

(An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai)

Re- Accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC

Uthamapalayam – 625533

2014-2015

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Bachelor of Arts – English Literature

Syllabus

(Academic Year 2013 – 2014 Onwards)

HKRHC AUTONOMOUS Syllabus 2013-14 2

ENGLISH MAJOR UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMME

Subject code & Credits

Subject Code

Title of the Paper

Hours

Marks allotted

Credits Internal External Total

SEMESTER I

13UTAL11/ 13UARL11/ 13UMAL11

Part I Tami/Arabic / Malayalam – Paper I

6 3 25 75 100

13UENL11 Part II English – Paper I 6 3 25 75 100

Part III

13UENC11 Core –I PROSE 5 4 25 75 100

13UENC12 Core – II FICTION 5 4 25 75 100

13UENA11 Allied- I SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND

6 5 25 75 100

13UENN11 PART-IV NME –I SPOKEN ENGLISH

2 2 25 75 100

Total Credits for the I Semester 30 21

SEMESTER II

13UTAL21/ 13UARL21/ 13UMAL21

Part I Tamil /Arabic / Malayalam – Paper II

6 3 25 75 100

13UENL21 Part II English – Paper II 6 3 25 75 100

Part III

13UENC21 Core – III POETRY I 5 4 25 75 100

13UENC22 Core – IV ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMAR

5 4 25 75 100

13UENA21 Allied – II HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITEARATURE

6 4 25 75 100

13UENN21 PART-IV –NME II - ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS

2 2 25 75 100

Total Credits for the II Semester 30 21


SEMESTER III

13UARL31/ 13UTAL31/ 13UMAL31

Part I Tamil /Arabic / Malayalam –Paper III

6 3 25 75 100

13UENL31 Part II English–Paper III 6 3 25 75 100

Part III 13UENC31 Core – V POETRY II

5

4 25 75 100

13UENC32 Core - IV PHONETICS AND SPOKEN ENGLISH

5 4 25 75 100

13UENA31 ALLIED - III HISTORY OF ENGLISH

LITERATURE - II

6 5 25 75 100

13UENS31 Part – IV - SBS – I CREATIVE WRITING

2

5 25

75

100

Total Credits for the III Semester 30 21

SEMESTER IV

13UARL41/ 13UTAL41 13UMAL41

Part I Tamil/Arabic / Malayalam –Paper IV

6 3 25 75 100

13UENL41 Part II English–Paper IV 6 3 25 75 100

Part III

13UENC41 Core – VII DRAMA 6 4 25 75 100

13UENC42 Core – VIII INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH

5 4 25 75 100

13UENA41 Allied- IV LITERARY FORMS 5 5 25 75 100

13UENS41 PART IV – SBS –II PRESENTATION SKILLLS

2 2 25 75 100

Extension Activities (Internal Evaluation only)

2

100

Total Credits for the IV Semester

30 23


SEMESTER V

Part III

13UENC51 Core – IX SHAKESPEARE 6 4 25 75 100

13UENC52 Core – X AMERICAN LITERATURE

5 4 25 75 100

13UENC53 Core – XI NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

5 4 25 75 100

13UENC54 Core – XII JOURNALISM AND MASS COMUNICATION

5

4 25

75 100

13UENE51 ELECTIVE – I LITEARARY CRITICISM - I

5 5

25

75 100

13UENS51 SBS – III ENGLISH FOR EMPLOYMENT

2 2 25 75 100

13UEVS51 PART IV - ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

2 2 25 75 100

Total Credits for the V Semester

30 25

SEMESTER VI

Part III

13UENC61 Core – XIII 20th CENTURY LITERATURE

5 4 25 75 100

13UENC62 Core – XIV WOMENS WRITING IN ENGLISH

5 4 25 75 100

13UENE61 ELECTIVE – II – LITERARY CRITICISM – II

5 5 25 75 100

13UENE62 ELECTIVE – III ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

5 5 25 75 100

13UENE63 ELECTIVE – IV TRANSLATION THEORY AND PRACTICE

4 5 25 75 100

13UENS61 SBS - IV ART FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING

2 2 25 75 100

13UENS62 SBS - V - JOB SEEKING SKILLS 2 2 25 75 100

13UVED61 VALUE EDUCATION 2 2 25 75 100

Total Credits for the VI Semester 30 28

Total Credits for the Course 180 140 4000

NME- Non-major Elective. SBS- Skill Based Subject


Course : B.A English Subject Code : 13UENL11

Semester : I No. of hrs allotted :5

Paper : Core - I No. of Credits :4

Prose

UNIT – I

FRANCIS BACON - Of Studies

Of Great Place

UNIT-II

ADDISON - Sir Roger at the Theatre

On the Whims of Lottery

UNIT –III

STEELE - Sir Roger and the Widow

Trumpet Club

UNIT –IV

GOLDSMITH - Man in Black

Beau Tibbs

UNIT –V

MACAULAY - Oliver Goldsmith

CHARLES LAMB - Poor Relations


Course : B.A English Subject Code : 13UENL31


Paper : Core - II No. of Credits :4

FICTION

UNIT – I

Aspects of The Novel – (Book for Reference: K.R.Ramachandran Nair; Literary Forms, Emerald Publishers, Chennai.)

UNIT-II

EMILY BRONTE - Jane Eyre

UNIT – III

HARDY - The Return of the Native

UNIT –IV

SOMERSET MAUGHAM - The Razor’s Edge

UNIT – V

D.H.LAWRENCE - Sons and Lovers


Course : B.A English Subject Code : 13UENA11


Paper : Allied No. of Credits :4

SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND

UNIT-I Renaissance Reformation The Dissolution of Monasteries

UNIT-II

Civil War Restoration Age of Queen Anne UNIT-III

Industrial Revolution Agrarian Revolution Humanitarian Movements UNIT-IV Scientific and Industrial Changes

Chartist Movement Trade Unionism UNIT-V Fabian Society

Impact of the Two World Wars Britain’s Role in the Gulf War


Course : B.A English Subject Code : 13UENN11


Paper : NME - I No. of Credits :2

SPOKEN ENGLISH

UNIT-I

Module I & II

UNIT-II

Module III & IV

UNIT-III

Module V & VI

UNIT-IV

Module VII & VIII

UNIT-V

Module IX & X


Course : B.A English Subject Code : 13UENC21

Semester : II No. of hrs allotted :5

Paper : Core - III No. of Credits :4

POETRY I

UNIT – I THOMAS WYATT - My Galley Charged with Forgetfulness SURREY - A Praise of his love SYDNEY - Philomela BACON - Life UNIT-II SHAKESEPEARE - No Longer Mourn For Me Devouring Time Blind Love Be thou familiar..( Polonius’s speech from ‘HAMLET’) UNIT – III DONNE - The Canonization G.WITHER - The Manly Heart MARVEL - To His Coy Mistress UNIT –IV MILTON - Description of Garden of Eden (Paradise Lost Book IV, Lines 205- 287) UNIT – V DRYDEN - A Song for St.Cecilia’s Day POPE - Ode on Solitude BURNS - Address to the Toothache




Paper : Core - IV No. of Credits :5

GRAMMAR

UNIT –I Parts of Speech, Sentence Patterns, such as S+ Predictive, S+V, S+V+A, S+V+C, S+V+O, S + V+O+C, S+V+IO+DO, S+V+DO+IO etc…. Kinds of Sentences- Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative & Exclamatory Sentences. UNIT –II Nouns- its classifications- Number, Gender &Case – the Function of Noun, Pronouns – Kinds of Pronouns & their Usage Adjectives- kinds of Adjectives & their Usage Determiners Adverbs –kinds of Adverbs & their Usage UNIT –III

Verbs- Main Verbs , Auxiliary Verbs, Phrasal Verbs Transitive &Intransitive Verbs Modals Participles , Gerunds and Infinitives Tense and its Usage

UNIT –IV Active voice & Passive voice Degrees of Comparisons Spotting Errors Transformation of sentences Reported Speech UNIT –V Figures of Speech

Simile, Metaphor, Fable, Parable, Allegory, Personification, Synecdoche, Metonymy, Hyperbole, Anti Climax. Alliteration and Onomatopoeia.

.


Course : B.A English Subject Code : 13UEAC21


Paper : Allied - II No. of Credits :4

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE - I

UNIT- I The Age of Chaucer UNIT-II The Age of Renaissance Poetry from Wyatt and Surrey to Spencer Early Prose Writers UNIT-III The Origin and Development of Drama University Wits Shakespeare Jacobean Dramatists Metaphysical poets Milton and his contemporaries UNIT-IV The Age of Restoration Dryden, Pope and Others UNIT-V Age of Johnson and Goldsmith The Great Essayists: Addison, Steele, Defoe and Burke Sheridan and Other Dramatists Development of Novel (Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Sterne, Walpole) Jane Austen and other Women Novelists


Course : B.A English Subject Code : 13UENN21


Paper : NME - II No. of Credits :2

ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS

UNIT I Language and Communication Verbal and Non –Verbal Communication Communication in Organization UNIT II Oral Communication /Accent Neutralization UNIT III Formal Reports Business Correspondence UNIT IV Public Speech Resume Writing UNIT V Group Discussion Preparing for Interviews



Semester : III No. of hrs allotted :5

Paper : Core - V No. of Credits :4

POETRY II

UNIT -I

WORDSWORTH : Tintern Abbey

COLERIDGE : Kubla Khan

Youth and Age

UNIT –II

SHELLEY : Ode to the West Wind

KEATS : Ode to the Nightingale

Ode on a Grecian Urn

UNIT – III

TENNYSON : Ulysses

BROWNING : Love Among the Ruins

Andrea Del Sarto

UNIT -IV

ARNOLD : The Scholar Gypsy

HARDY : Elegy Written on the Death of a Mad dog

Windhover

UNIT – V

ROSSETTI : The Blessed Damozel

SWINBURNE : The Forsaken Garden

HOPKINS : The Pied Beauty




Paper : Core - VI No. of Credits :4

PHONETICS AND SPOKEN ENGLISH

UNIT – I

The Organs of Speech

The Description of Speech Sounds

UNIT – II

The sounds of English: CONSONANTS &VOWELS

The sounds of English: SEMIVOWELS & DIPHTHONGS

UNIT - III

Stress, Accent, Rhythm, Assimilation and Intonation

UNIT – IV

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION: Short Dialogues for Practice

UNIT - V

SPOKEN ENGLISH: Various Situations in which Dialogues Take Place




Paper : Allied - III No. of Credits : 5

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE-II

UNIT – I The Romantic Age Age of Wordsworth

Poetry Prose Writers Novelists UNIT - II The Victorian Age Poetry General Prose Fiction UNIT – III Modern Age Poetry

General Prose Fiction Drama UNIT – IV Post Modern Age Poetry

General Prose Fiction

Drama

Unit – V Modern Schools of Thought and Literary Terms-

Existentialism, Expressionism, Absurdism, Symbolism, Surrealism


Course : B.A English Subject Code : 13UENS31


Paper : Skill Based Subject – I No. of Credits : 2

Creative Writing

UNIT I

Paragraph Writing

Description and Narration

UNIT II

Essay Writing

UNIT III

Letter Writing (reply)

UNIT IV

Story Writing

UNIT V

Appreciation of Poetry



Semester : IV No. of hrs allotted : 6

Paper : Core Subject VI I No. of Credits : 4

Drama

UNIT-I

Christopher Marlowe - Dr.Faustus

UNIT-II

Middleton - The Changeling

UNIT-III

Sheridan - The School for Scandal

UNIT-IV

Oscar Wilde - The Importance of Being Earnest

UNIT-V

Bernard Shaw - The Doctor’s Dilemma



Semester : IV No. of hrs allotted :5

Paper : Core Subject - VIII No. of Credits : 4

Indian Writing In English

UNIT I Prose

Bhabani Battacharya - Vivekananda’s World

Karansingh - Nation’s Strength

Abdul Kalam - Patriotism Beyond Politics and Religion

UNIT II Poetry

Mamta Kalia - Tribute to Papa

K.N. Daruwallah - Graft

Lakshmi Kannan - She

Gieve Patel - On Killing a Tree

Kamala Das - The Old Play House

UNIT III Short Stories

Tagore - The Home Coming

Mul Raj Anand - The Lost Child

R.K.Narayan - Eashwaran

Anita Desai - The Farewell Party

UNIT IV Drama

Girish Karnad - The Dreams of Tippu Sultan

UNIT V Fiction

Manju Kapoor - Difficult Daughters



Semester : IV No. of hrs allotted : 5

Paper : Allied Paper IV No. of Credits : 5

Literary Forms

UNIT-I

Poetry

UNIT-II

Essay

Criticism

UNIT-III

Biography

Autobiography

Short Story

UNIT-IV

Drama

One Act Plays

UNIT-V

The Novel


Course : B.A English Subject Code: 13UENS41

Semester : IV No. of hrs allotted :2

Paper : SBS II No. of Credits : 2

Presentation Skills

.UNIT – I

Powerful Presentation

UNIT – II

How to Create, Develop and Maintain Interest

UNIT – III

Using Visual Aids

UNIT – IV

Types & Methods of Presentation

UNIT – V

Dealing with Difficult Situations


Course : B.A English Subject Code: 13UENC51

Semester : V No. of hrs allotted: 6

Paper : Core Subject IX No. of Credits: 4

Shakespeare

UNIT-I

Macbeth

UNIT-II

The Merchant of Venice

UNIT-III

The Tempest

UNIT-IV

Richard II

UNIT-V

General Studies of Shakespeare

Shakespearean Criticism



Semester : V No. of hrs allotted :5

Paper : Core X No. of Credits : 4

American Literature

UNIT I PROSE

Thomas Wolfe - God’s Lonely Man

Emerson - The American Scholar

UNIT II POETRY

Walt Whitman - Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

Emily Dickinson - Because I Could Not Stop for Death

Frost - Mending Wall

Sylvia Plath - Lady Lazarus

Wallace Stevens - Of Modern Poetry

UNIT III DRAMA

Tennessee Williams - The Glass Menagerie

UNIT IV FICTION

Hemming Way - The Old Man and the Sea

UNIT V SHORT STORIES

Poe - The Cask of Amantillado

O’Henry - An Afternoon Miracle

Danny Kaye - The Happiest Man




Paper : Core Subject XI No of Credits : 4

New Literatures in English

UNIT-I PROSE

Shirley Geok Why Do I Write

UNIT-II POETRY

Kishwar Naheed I am not that Woman

Gabriel Okara Once Upon a Time

John Figueroa On Seeing the Reflection of the Notre Dame

Chinua Achebe Refugee Mother and Child

Peter Porter Your Attention, Please.

UNIT-III FICTION

V.S. Naipaul A House for Mr. Biswas

UNIT-IV DRAMA

Wole Soyinka A Dance of the Forest

UNIT-V SHORT STORIES

K. A. Abbas The Refugee

Dorris Lessing The Trinket Box

Catherine Mansfield A Doll’s House




Paper : Core Subject XII No. of Credits : 4

Journalism and Mass Communication

UNIT-I

Journalism –Definition and Scope

History of Journalism and its Development

Social Effects of Journalism

UNIT –II

Communication Process and Methods

Audio Visual Media –Doordarshan, AIR

Print Media, Electronic Media

Mass Media and Its Functions

UNIT-III

News and News Worthiness

News Collecting

News Reporting

News Agencies and Their Role

Editing and Its Basic Principles, Responsibilities of an Editor

Freelance Writing

Film Reviews.

UNIT – IV

Freedom of the Press, Journalism and Human rights, Role of Newspapers in

the Freedom Movement, Code of Ethics, Press Laws.

UNIT- V

Public Relation and Advertising


Course : B.A English Subject Code: 13UENE51


Paper : Elective Subject I No. of Credits: 5

Literary Criticism - I

UNIT - I

The Background of English Criticism

Contribution of Plato and Aristotle

UNIT - II Renaissance Criticism Sir Philip Sydney Ben Jonson UNIT - III Neo – Classical Criticism Dryden, Addison, Pope, Dr. Johnson UNIT - IV Romantic Criticism William Wordsworth Coleridge UNIT - V Victorian Criticism Matthew Arnold Walter Pater




Paper : Skill Based Subject - III No. of Credits: 2

English for Employment

UNIT I

Idioms and phrases, Synonyms , Antonyms, Homophones, Homonyms, Prefix, Suffix ,

Words often confused and misused.

UNIT II

One word substitution , Analogy question, Pairs of words, Choice of words ,Word order

UNIT III

Question tags, Spotting errors, Coherence, Comprehension, Expansion of proverbs,

Abbreviation, Word formation.

UNIT IV

Foreign expressions, Group terms, Off- spring of birds and animals, Specific words for

certain places, Places to live in.

UNIT V

Minutes writing/ Agenda, Resume preparation, Interview skills, Group discussion,

Pedagogy.


Course : B.A English Subject Code: 13UVES51


Paper : Part IV No. of Credits: 2

Environmental Studies

UNIT – I The Global Environmental Crisis

UNIT – II Ecosystem

Basic Concepts

Forest, Grassland and Desert Ecosystems

Aquatic Ecosystem

Introduction to Bio- Diversity

Bio-Diversity Conservation

UNIT – III Renewable & Non-Renewable Natural Resources

Water Resources

Energy Resources

Forest Resources

Land, Food and Mineral Resources

UNIT – IV Pollution

Air and Noise Pollution

Water, Soil and Marine Pollution

Solid Water Management

Disaster Management

UNIT- V Human Population, Social Issues and the Environment

Population Growth

Environment and Human Wealth

Environmental Studies - Published by Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.



Semester : VI No. of hrs allotted: 5

Paper : Core Subject XII No. of Credits: 4

20th Century English Literature

UNIT I PROSE

T.S.ELIOT - Tradition and the Individual Talent

UNIT II POETRY

W.H.AUDEN - Refugee Blues

W.B.YEATS - The Second Coming

PHILIP LARKIN - Ambulances

Sylvia Plath - Daddy

ROBERT GREAVES - Ulysses

UNIT III DRAMA

JOHN OSBORNE - Look Back In Anger

UNIT IV FICTION

CONRAD - Heart of Darkness

UNIT V ONE – ACT PLAYS

G.B.SHAW - How She Lied to Her Husband

FARRELL MITCHELL - The Case of the Stolen Diamonds

L.HOUSMAN - Under Fire



Semester : VI No. of hrs allotted :5

Paper : Core Subject XIV No. of Credits: 4

Women’s Writing in English

UNIT I PROSE

VIRGINIA WOOLF - Professions for Women

UNIT II POETRY

KAMALA DAS - Spoiling the Name

JUDITH WRIGHT - Typist in the Phoenix

Building

SHIRLEY GEOK - Words for Father

Maragaret Atwood - Torture

UNIT III DRAMA

Lorraine Hansbury - A Raisin in the Sun

UNIT IV NOVEL

ARUNTHATHI ROY - The God of Small things

UNIT V SHORT STORIES

NADINE GORDIMER - Six Feet in the Country

GITHA HARIHARAN - The Remains of the Feast




Paper : Elective II No. of Credits: 5

Literary Criticism - II Unit I Modern Criticism T.S. Eliot, I.A. Richards, F.R.Leavis Unit II Trends in Criticism Biographical, Historical, Sociological, Moralistic, Textual or Formalistic Approaches Unit III Modernism Post – Modernism Post - Colonialism Deconstruction Unit IV Psychological and Archetypal Approaches Feminist Criticism Unit V New Historicism Post – Structuralism



Semester : III No. of hrs allotted: 5

Paper : Elective - III No. of Credits: 4

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

UNIT -I

Instructional Strategy

UNIT -II

Teaching of prose, poetry, composition and extensive reader

UNIT -III

The teaching of reading & writing and the teaching of listening speaking

UNIT-IV

Activities in English Teaching

UNIT-V

a) Equipments and the sources of English room

b) Audio – Visual Aids




Paper : Elective - IV No. of Credits: 5

TRANSLATION: THEORY & PRACTICE

UNIT – I

Basic Principles of Translation

UNIT – II

Problem of Equivalence

UNIT – III

Problem of Translating poetry

UNIT – IV

Problem of Translating Prose

UNIT – V

Limits of Translatability




Paper : Part - IV S BS– IV No. of Credits: 2

The Art of Public Speaking Unit I Organization of Speech – Planning, Developing Unit II

Characteristics of Voice – Quality, Pitch, Volume, Body language – Personal Appearance, Posture, Gesture, Eye Contact etc.,

Unit III Extemporary Speeches, Agreeing or Disagreeing Drafting a Speech( Practicals for Internal Assessment) Unit IV Beginning and Ending of Speech - Delivery Unit V Speeches for Special occasions – Experts “ I have a dream,”

“ Gettysburg Address,” “ The Light has Gone Out,” “ The Pledge,” “ Address to the Parliament of Religions”




Paper : SBS - IV No. of Credits: 5

JOB SEEKING SKILLS

UNIT – I

Getting Started

Changing the way we see ourselves

UNIT – II

Where you are now?

Job Seeking the easy way.

UNIT –III

Resumes and Referees

Fixing a job

UNIT –IV

Applying for the Job

The interview

UNIT-V

Successful or Unsuccessful

The workplace


Course : B.A English Subject Code: 13UVED61


Paper : Part IV No. of Credits: 2

VALUE EDUCATION

Unit –I

Values and the Individual

Meaning, Significance, Classification, Need for Value Education, Values and Individual, Empathy, Sympathy, Honesty, Courage.

Unit – II

Religions and Values

Introduction to Religious Values: Karma Yoga in Hinduism, Love and Justice in Christianity, Brotherhood in Islam, Compassion in Buddhism, Ahimsa in Jainism, Courage in Sikhism, Need for Religious Harmony.

Unit- III

Values and Society

Definition, Democracy, Secularism, Socialism, Gender Justice, Human Rights Awareness, Social Integration, Social Justice, Criticism.

Unit- IV

Professional Values

Ethics in Profession, Accountability, Willingness to Learn, Team Spirit, Competence Development, Honesty, Integrity and Commitment.

Unit- V

Role of Social Institutions in Value Formation

Social Institutions, Role of Family, Educational Institutions, Society, Mass Media and Role Models.

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