B. A.

(English)
B.A. Part I Examination, Year-2018
B.A. Part II Examination, Year-2019
B.A. Part III Examination, Year- 2020
Examination Paper Pattern at Undergraduate level (Except General English).

Word Limit Total No. of questions Allocation of marks Maximum Instructions for
Questions to be solved (question wise) Marks Selection of
( 100) questions (for
paper setter)
50 10 10 02 20 At least two
questions from
each unit
200 07 05 08 40 At least one
question from each
unit
500 04 02 20 40 Not more than one
question from each
unit
-- -- -- - 100

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 General English
(Common for B.A/B.Com/B.Sc/B.B.M)
M.M.100 Duration: 3 Hours

A. Grammar [10 Marks]

 Determiners
 Tenses and Concord
 Auxiliaries
 Prepositions
 Basic Sentence Patterns
B. Transformations [10 Marks]
 Active to Passive Voice
 Simple to Compound / Complex
 Declarative into Negative/ Interrogative
 Direct to Indirect Speech
C. Comprehension [50Marks]
 Comprehension of an Unseen Passage[10 Marks]
 Comprehension (from the following Texts): Comprehension based Questions of 10 Marks each will be
asked from Prose, Short Stories, One Act Play and Poetry [40 Marks]
Prose
 Digital India
 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: The Power of Prayer
 Martin Luther King: I have a Dream
 Albert Einstein: The World as I see it
Short Stories
 Leo Tolstoy: The Three Questions
 Nachiketa
One Act Play
 Cedric Mount: The Never Never Nest
Poetry
 R.N. Tagore : Heaven of Freedom
 John Donne : Death be not Proud
 Swami Vivekanand : Kali the Mother
Required Readings: Emerald (Macmillan)
D. Written Composition [30 Marks]
 Precis Writing [5 Marks]
 Paragraph Writing [10 Marks]
 Letter Writing(Formal and Informal)[5 Marks]
 Report Writing[10 Marks]
Suggested Readings:
Murphy, Raymond: Intermediate English Grammar ( OUP)
Huddleton, Rodney: English Grammar: An Outline (OUP)
Greenbaum, Sidney: The Oxford English Grammar (OUP)

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 B.A. Part-I English Literature
Paper- I
Poetry and Drama

Unit-I
 William Shakespeare: The Seven Ages of Man
 Edmund Spenser: One Day I Wrote Her Name
 Christopher Marlowe: The Face that Launch’d a Thousand Ships
 John Milton: On His Blindness
 Alexander Pope: Ode on Solitude
Unit-II
 John Donne: Go and Catch a Falling Star
 Oliver Goldsmith: The Village School Master (Extract from “Deserted Village”)
 William Wordsworth: The World is Too Much with Us
 John Keats: Ode to Beauty
Unit-III
 William. Shakespeare: As You Like it
Unit-IV
Fritz Karinthy : Refund
Anton Chekhov: Proposal
Unit-V
Literary History
Renaissance, Reformation, Puritan Age, Metaphysical Movement, Restoration Period, Neo-Classical
Age, Romanticism
Literary Terms
Sonnet, Elegy, Lyric, Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Pun,
Comedy, Tragedy, Tragi-comedy, Rhyme, Rhythm, Ode

Required Readings: Ambrosia(Macmillan)

Further Readings
Abrams, M.H: A Glossary of Literary Terms (Macmillan)
Trivedi, R. D: A Compendious History of English Literature ( Vikas)

 Detailed Study

Evaluation Scheme
[This will apply to all Undergraduate Courses on English Literature and not to General English.]

There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:

Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks each.
The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing at least two from each unit.

Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:

Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the candidate shall
attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks.

Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be answered in
200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.

Section C shall comprise Four Questions (to be answered in 500 Words each) out of which the Candidate shall
attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.

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 B.A. Part-I English Literature
Paper- II
Prose and Fiction

Unit-I
 Francis Bacon: Of Studies
 Richard Steele: The Spectator Club
 Charles Lamb: A Bachelor’s Complaint against the Behaviour of Married People
Unit-II
 Oliver Goldsmith: On National Prejudices
 B. Russell: Machines and Emotions
 Virginia Woolf : Professions for Women
 V.S Naipaul: Seven Rules for Writing
Unit –III
 Oscar Wilde : The Model Millionaire
 K. Mansfield: A Cup of Tea
 H. Munro (Saki): The Open Window
 Edgar Allan Poe: Some Words with a Mummy
Unit-IV
Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist
Unit: V
Literary Terms
Climax, Catastrophe, Myth, Fable, Plot, Metre, Soliloquy, Aside
Literary History
Elizabethan Prose, History of English Novel, 18th Century Prose

Required Readings: Imprints (Macmillan)

Further Readings:
Abrams, M.H: A Glossary of Literary Terms (Macmillan)
Trivedi, R. D: A Compendious History of English Literature (Vikas)

 Detailed Study

Evaluation Scheme

[This will apply to all Undergraduate Courses on English Literature and not to General English.]

There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:

Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks each.
The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing at least two from each unit.

Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:

Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the candidate shall
attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks.

Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be answered in
200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.

Section C shall comprise Four Questions to be answered in 500 Words each out of which the Candidate shall
attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.

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 B.A. Part II English Literature
Paper- I
Poetry and Drama

Unit-I
 Alfred Tennyson: The Lotus Eaters; Tears, Idle Tears
 Robert Browning: Rabbi Ben Ezra
Unit –II
 Matthew Arnold: Sohrab and Rustam-(Lines 838 to 892)
 G.M. Hopkins: Spring and Fall
 W.B. Yeats: The Second Coming
Unit-III
 T.S. Eliot: The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock
 Rupert Brooke: The Soldier
 Philip Larkin: Going
Unit –IV
 John Galsworthy: Loyalties
Unit-V
Literary History
Victorian Poetry, Modern Poetry, Poetic Drama, Theatre of the Absurd
Literary Terms
Dramatic Monologue, Inscape, Instress, Sprung Rhythm, War Poetry, Ballad, Free Verse, Blank Verse,
Idylls, Irony, Epic, Heroic Couplet, Conceit

Prescribed Textbook: Poetic Pearls (Oxford)

Required Readings
Abrams, M.H: A Glossary of Literary Terms (Macmillan)
Trivedi, R. D: A Compendious History of English Literature (Vikas)

 Detailed Study

Evaluation Scheme
[This will apply to all Undergraduate Courses on English Literature and not to General English.]

There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:

Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks each.
The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing at least two from each unit.

Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:

Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the candidate shall
attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks.

Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be answered in
200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.

Section C shall comprise Four Questions (to be answered in 500 Words each) out of which the Candidate shall
attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.

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 B.A. Part –II English Literature
Paper- II
Prose and Fiction

Unit - I
 E .V. Lucas: Third Thoughts
 G.K. Chesterton: On the Pleasures of no Longer Being Very Young
 A.G. Gardiner: On Superstition
Unit-II
 Huxley: Selected Snobberies
 Hilaire Belloc: In Praise of Ignorance
Unit-III
 O’ Henry: The Gift of the Magi
 Nathaniel Hawthorne: Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment
 William Faulkner: A Rose for Emily
Unit-IV
Thomas Hardy: Far from the Madding Crowd
Unit-V
Literary History
Victorian Novel, Victorian Prose
Literary Terms
Stream of Consciousness Novel, Elements of Story, Scientific Fiction
Prescribed Textbook: Prose and Fiction (Oxford)
Required Readings
Abrams, M.H: A Glossary of Literary Terms (Macmillan)
Trivedi, R. D: A Compendious History of English Literature (Vikas)

 Detailed Study

Evaluation Scheme
[This will apply to all Undergraduate Courses on English Literature and not to General English.]

There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:

Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks each.
The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing at least two from each unit.

Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:

Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the candidate shall
attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks.

Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be answered in
200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.

Section C shall comprise Four Questions (to be answered in 500 Words each) out of which the Candidate shall
attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.

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 B.A. Part III, English Literature
Paper- I
Poetry & Drama

Unit-I
 Toru Dutt : Our Casuarina Tree
 A.K.Ramanujan : Ecology
 Nissim Ezekiel : Night of the Scorpion
Unit-II
 Wole Soyinka : Telephone Conversation
 Agha Shahid Ali : Postcard from Kashmir
 Taslima Nasrin : At the Back of Progress
Unit-III
 Gabriel Okara : Once Upon a time
 Edywin Thumboo : Words
 Robert Kroetsch : I am getting Old Now
 Judith Wright: Woman to Man
Unit –IV
 Mahesh Dattani : Tara
Unit-V
Literary History
Renaissance in India, Anglo Indian and Indo-Anglican Writing
Terms &Concepts
Paradox, Antithesis, Symbolism, Satire, Essay, Allegory
Prescribed Textbook: Poetic Reflections from India and Abroad (Oxford)
Required Reading
Abrams, M.H: A Glossary of Literary Terms (Macmillan)
Iyengar, K. R. S: Indian Writing in English (Sterling)

 Detailed Study

Evaluation Scheme
[This will apply to all Undergraduate Courses on English Literature and not to General English.]

There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:

Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks each.
The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing at least two from each unit.

Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:

Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the candidate shall
attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks.

Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be answered in
200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.

Section C shall comprise Four Questions (to be answered in 500 Words each) out of which the Candidate shall
attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.

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 B.A. Part-III, English Literature
Paper- II
Prose and Fiction

Unit-I
 Ruskin Bond : The Meeting Pool
 S. Radhakrishnan : The March of Mind
Unit –II
 Romain Rolland : Vivekananda: The Great Journey to the West
 Philip Agre : Building an Internet Culture
 Vandana Shiva: The Social Costs of Economic Globalization
 Aruna Roy: Tuned into the Voice of the Deprived
 Salim Ali: Man and Nature in India: The Ecological Balance
Unit –III
 Premchand : The Child
 MulkRaj Anand : The Barber’s Trade Union
 K. Abbas : The Refugee
Unit –IV
 Maxim Gorky: The Mother of a Traitor
 Henry Lawson : The Drover’s Wife
 Jim Corbett: Lalajee
Unit –V
R.K.Narayan : Vendor of Sweets

Prescribed Textbook: Prose and Fiction (Oxford)

 Detailed Study
Evaluation Scheme
[This will apply to all Undergraduate Courses on English Literature and not to General English.]

There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:

Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks
each. The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing at least two from each unit.

Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:

Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the
candidate shall attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08
Marks.

Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be
answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions
in such a way so that almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.

Section C shall comprise Four Questions to be answered in 500 Words each out of which the
Candidate shall attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set
Questions in such a way so that almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.