B.A. English PDF
B.A. English PDF
B.A. English PDF
THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY
BACHELOR OF ARTS
B.A. ENGLISH
DEGREE COURSE
CBCS PATTERN
(With effect from 2012-2013)
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B.A. English: Syllabus (CBCS)
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B.A. English: Syllabus (CBCS)
Total Total
Part Subject Papers Credit Marks
credits Marks
Part I Languages 4 4 16 100 400
Part II English 4 4 16 100 400
Part III Allied (Odd Semester) 2 4 8 100 200
Allied (Even Semester) 2 6 12 100 200
Electives 3 3 9 100 300
Core 15 (3-7) 57 100 1500
Part IV Environmental Science 1 2 2 50 50
Soft skill 1 1 1 50 50
Value Education 1 2 2 50 50
Lang. & Others/NME 2 2 4 50 100
Skill Based 4 3 12 75 300
Part V Extension 1 1 1 50 50
Total 40 140 3600
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THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY
B.A. ENGLISH
SYLLABUS
CBCS PATTERN
(With effect from 2012-2013)
SEMESTER I
PAPER - 1
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
Unit 1: Poetry
Unit 2: Poetry
1. R.Parthasarathy: Delhi
2. Kamala Das: The Dance of the Eunuchs
Prescribed text for Unit 1 and 2 “An Anthology of Indian English Poetry “ –
Board of Editors – Orient Longman – Rs.95
Unit 3: Prose
Unit 4: Drama
Unit 5: Fiction
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FICTION
Units 1 and 2
Units 3 and 4: Thomas Hardy: The Mayor of Caster bridge – Macmillan Publishers India Ltd .
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ALLIED - 1
PAPER - 1
Unit 1:
1. The Essay
2. The Short Story
3. Biography and Autobiography
Unit 2:
1. The Lyric
2. The Sonnet
3. The Elegy
4. The Epic
5. The Ode
Unit 3:
1. Comedy
2. Tragedy and Tragic Comedy
3. Melodrama
4. Comedy of Manners and Farce
Unit 4:
Unit 5:
1. Novel of Character
2. Novel of Sensibility
3. Novel of Incident
4. Novel of Manners
Prescribed text – A Glossary of Literary Terms – M.H. Abrams – Macmillan Publishers India
Ltd. Rs.105.
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SEMESTER II
PAPER - 3
PROSE
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
Unit 3:
Unit 4 and 5
1. The Book of Job – Old Testament (Authorised Version) Macmillan Publishers India Ltd.
Prescribed text for Units 1-3 A Galaxy of English Essayists: From Bacon to Beerbohm
Edited by M.G.Nayar, Macmillan Publishers India Ltd.
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PAPER - 4
DRAMA
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ALLIED - 1
PAPER - 2
Unit 2:
Unit 3:
Unit 4
1. Poetry
William Wordsworth
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Percy Bysshe Shelley
John Keats
Unit 5:
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SEMESTER III
PAPER - 5
POETRY
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
Unit 3:
Unit 4:
Unit 5:
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PAPER - 6
SHAKESPEARE
Unit 1 & 2 : The Merchant of Venice
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ALLIED - 2
PAPER - 3
Unit 1 : Poetry
Tennyson, Browning, Mathew Arnold
Unit 2 : Prose
Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin
: Novel
Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy
Unit 3 : Poetry
G.M.Hopkins, W.B.Yeats, T.S. Eliot
Unit 4 : Drama
George Bernard Shaw, Galsworthy
Unit 5 : Novel
E.M.Forester, James Joyce, Virginia Woolfe.
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PAPER - 1
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PAPER - 1
Unit 1:
1. E.Mail Communications
2. Non-Verbal Communication
3. Effective Listening
4. Making Presentations
Unit 2:
5. Interview Techniques
6. Group Discussion
7. Preparing an Effective CV
Prescribed Text: Business Communication Techniques and Methods. (Orient Black Sewan)
2010 by OMP.Juneja & Aarati Mujundar Rs.90/-
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SEMESTER IV
PAPER - 7
AMERICAN LITERATURE – I
Unit 1:
Unit 2: Poetry
Emily Dickinson : There’s been a death in the opposite house.
Robert Frost : Birches
Unit 3: Prose
Edgar Allea Poe : The Philosphy of Composition
Unit 4: Drama
Tennissee Williams : Glass Managerie
Unit 5: Fiction
Herman Melville : Moby Dick
Prescribed Texts
Poetry : American Literature (An Anthology of Poems) Ed.C.Subbian. Emerald Publishers,
2010. Rs.30/-.
Prose: American Literature an Anthology of Prose Ed.Dr.P.Marudanayagam, Emerald
Publishers 2010. Rs.40/-.
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PAPER - 8
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
Unit 3:
Unit 4:
Unit 5:
Prescribed Text
F.T.Wood – Outline History of the English Language
Reference Books
1. C.L.Wren – The English Language
2. A.C.Baugh – History of the English Language
3. Lalitha Ramamoorthy – A History of English Language and Elements of Phonetics.
Macmillan, Chennai.
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ALLIED - 2
PAPER - 4
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
1. Puritanism
2. Restoration England (1660 to 1688): Social Life
3. The Age of Queen Anne (1702 to 1714)
4. The Industrial Revolution and the Agrarian Revolution
Unit 3:
Unit 4:
Unit 5:
Prescribed Text:
The Social History of England by Padmaja Ashok – Orient Black swan Pvt. Ltd. (Price Rs.110)
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PAPER - 2
Prescribed Text:
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Unit II : 5. Meetings
6. Vocabulary Development
7. Editing Skills
8. Reference Skills
Prescribed Text:
Synergy: Communication in English and Study Skills – Board of Editors. Orient Longman
Private Ltd., 2008
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SEMESTER V
PAPER - 9
ENGLISH PHONETICS
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
Unit 3:
Unit 4:
1. Phonology
2. Syllable
3. Word Accent
4. Accent and Rhythm in connected speech.
Unit 5:
1. Intonation
2. Phonemic Transcription of Individuals words.
Prescribed Text
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PAPER - 10
AMERICAN LITERATURE - II
Unit 1: Poetry
Unit 2: Poetry
1. Bankers are just like anybody else except richer – Ogden Nash
2. Sylvia Plath: Lady Lazarus.
Unit 3: Prose
Unit 4: Drama
Unit 5: Fiction
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PAPER - 11
Unit 1: Poetry
Unit 2: Poetry
Unit 3: Prose
Unit 4: Drama
Unit 5: Fiction
Prescribed Text:
Unit I and II are from “Poetry down the Ages” Selections made by the Board of Studies (English),
Mizoram University, Aizawl. Orient Balckswan
Unit III “A Galaxy of English Essayists From Bacon to Beerbohm”– Ed.M.G.Nayar . Macmillar.
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PAPER - 12
Prescribed Text
“English Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introductory History”– M.S. Nagarajan. Orient
Blackswan Rs.245/-.
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ELECTIVE
PAPER - 3
JOURNALISM
Unit 1: 1. Introduction
2. What is news?
Unit 5: 1. Headlines
2. Design and make up
3. Picture Editing and Captions
Prescribed Text:
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PAPER - 3
Unit IV Drama
Unit V : Fiction
Prescribed Text:
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SEMESTER VI
PAPER - 13
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
Unit 3:
Unit 4:
Unit 5:
Prescribed Text:
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PAPER - 14
COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE
Unit 1: Poetry
Unit 2: Poetry
Unit 3: Prose
Unit 4: Drama
Unit 5: Novel
Note:
Selections in Unit I & II are form (a) An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry, edited by
C.D.Narasimhaiah, Macmillan, Chennai.
Selection in Unit III is from Readings in Commonwealth Literature, edited by William Walsh,
OUP, London.
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PAPER - 15
Unit 1: Poetry
1. W.H.Auden : Song
2. Dylan Thomas : The Hunchback in the Park
Unit 2: Poetry
Unit 3: Prose
Unit 4: Drama
Unit 5: Fiction
Prescribed Texts:
Unit I & II: “Poetry Down the Ages” – Orient Black Swan
Unit III: “A Galaxy of English Essayists – From Bacon to Beerbohm “Ed.By.M.G. Nayar.
Macmillan.
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ELECTIVE
PAPER - 2
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
Unit 3:
1. Writing Projects
Unit 4:
Unit 5:
1. Giving Advice
2. Film Reviews
3. A Good Book
4. Classified Advertisements
5. Puzzle maker
6. Computer Detectives
Prescribed Text
The Internet and the Language Classroom – A Practical Guide for Teachers – II Edition –
Gavin Dudency , Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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ELECTIVE
PAPER - 3
ASPECTS OF EDITING
Unit 1: Introduction to copy Editing
Unit 4:
1. Running Heads
2. Page numbers
3. Headings
4. Footnotes and Endnotes
5. Tables
6. Appendixes
7. Glossaries
8. Poetry
9. Play
10. Anthologies and Collection of Essays
Prescribed Text:
“Butcher’s copy Editing” – Fourth Edition – Judith Butcher, Caroline Drake and Marseen Leach –
CUP.
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PAPER - 4
CREATIVE WRITING
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
1. Poetry
2. Prose
3. Features and non-features
4. Writing for the media
Unit 3: Practice 1
Unit 4: Practice 2
1. Point of View
2. Dialogue
3. Setting an atmosphere
Unit 5:
1. Film Review
2. Book Review
Prescribed Text:
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