UNIVERISTY OF RAJASTHAN

JAIPUR

SYLLABUS
Three/Four Year Undergraduate Programme in English

I & II Semester 2023-24

III & IV Semester 2024-25
V & VI Semester 2025-26

As per NEP 2020

 B.A. English Literature
Syllabus

Semester Scheme

B.A. in English Literature Part I

SEMESTER I
Paper I - Applied Language Skills and Literary Analysis

The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:

• Introduce various literary devices, different genres and forms of literature
• Critically analyze prose pieces and write
• Appreciate poetry
• Practice Journalistic report writing and know how it is different from other
forms of prose writing
• Write advertisement copy, to be able to write catchy, precise advertisement
copies
• Develop writing skills by practicing theme writing

Course outcomes:
• Demonstrate proficiency in using language for effective verbal and written
communication in various professional and social contexts.
• Exhibit clarity, coherence, and precision in written and spoken language.
• Analyze and evaluate spoken and written texts for deeper understanding and
critical thinking.
• Develop and present well-structured, evidence-based arguments about literary
texts.
• Engage in critical thinking and apply theoretical frameworks to analyze literary
works.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48 Semester Examination: Marks: 120
Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks
Total: 150

Candidates will be required to answer five questions in all with at least one from each
Unit.
 UNIT I

Analysis of a literary text (prose and poetry) in terms of imagery, diction, structure, tone,
point of view, referential and connotative meaning. 40 marks
UNIT II

Journalistic Report Writing, Writing an Editorial,

20 marks

UNIT III

Paragraph writing- One out of Three Topics. 30 marks

UNIT IV
Summary Writing 30 marks
Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion, Presentation, Project

RecommendedReading:
VandanaR.Singh:TheWrittenWord(O.U.P.)
K.M. Shrivastava: News Reporting and Editing, Sterling
PublicationParthasarathy, Raagaswami: Basic Journalism,
Macmillan India.JohnSeely: Oxford GuidetoWritingand Speaking
A.K.Sinha:A StudentsCompanion toEnglish Poetry

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks Total: 150

Paper II: English Literature: Elizabethan Age and Metaphysicals

The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:

• To build an understanding of the age of Renaissance and Reformation in Europe.
Its impact on England in the field of literature, culture, politics and economy
• To create an understanding of the times of Queen Elizabeth I, the rise of New
Learning and the factors that contributed to the popularity of drama
• To trace the arrival of blank verse and the sonnet form to England and their
extensive use at the hands of well-known sonneteers
• To explore the popularity of the lyric and its use at the hands of great poets like
Edmund Spenser
• To understand metaphysical poetry and its characteristics
• To comprehend the importance and cultural setting of a wedding song with
 reference to Epithalamion
• To look at the impact of Reformation by analyzing the religious poetry of the age

Course outcomes:
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the key themes, genres, and stylistic features
of Elizabethan literature.
• Analyze major works and authors from the Elizabethan period, such as William
Shakespeare, John Donne, Henry Vaughan, and Edmund Spenser.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of metaphysical poetry,
including its complex imagery, wit, and use of metaphysical conceits.
• Discuss how metaphysical poets merge philosophical and emotional elements in
their works.
• Explore and interpret central themes in metaphysical poetry, such as love,
religion, and mortality.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks
Total: 150
Part A - References to Context
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of Reference to Context with 5 marks each
with a total of 20 Marks.
Knowledge of Literary Terms and Poetry Appreciation and usages of drama is required.
Part B - The student will be required to attempt 2 questions out of 4. Each question will carry 10
marks each to a total of 20 marks.
Part C -The other 4 questions will be Essay-type questions of 20 marks each, one from each unit
with internal choice.
UNIT I

Thefollowingpoems from TheMetaphysical Poets,ed. Helen Gardner.

JohnDonne: (i)Sweet Love

(ii) Thisis myplays last scene
(iii) Deathbe not proud, though somehavecalledthee
GeorgeHerbert: (i)TheAgonie (ii)Prayer(iii)Virtue
(iv)TheCollar
HenryVaughan: (i)TheRetreat (ii)TheMorningWatch
AndrewMarvell: (i)TohisCoyMistress
UNIT II

Marlow : TheJew ofMalta

UNIT III
 Shakespeare : Merchant of Venice

UNIT IV
Spenser : Epithalamion
Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion, Presentation, Project

RecommendedReadings:
A.C.Bradley:ShakespeareanTragedy
E.E.Stoll:ArtandArtificeinShakespeare
M.C. Bradbook: Themes and Conventions of Elizabethan Tragedy Growth
andStructureof Elizabethan Comedy
NorthropFrye:FoolsofTime
G.Gordon:ShakespeareanComedyandOtherStudies,The WheelofFire
Helen Gardner: Metaphysical Poetry
M H Abrams: The Glossary of Literary terms

B.A. in English Literature Part I

Semester II
Paper I-Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Literature
The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:
• To be able to correlate the background and political events of the Restoration
period with the texts
• Understand the historical context of plays and their appreciation in terms of
language, devices used and form
• To be able to trace the development of the novel up to its present form
• Appreciate the novel as a form and comprehend the delineation of characters
presented
• To comprehend Milton’s contribution to English Literature
• To be acquainted with pastoral elegy as a form of poetry and its features
• To be acquainted with the critical writings of the era and answer questions based
on them and evaluate Johnson’s contribution
• Comprehend the Mock-heroic form and its use by John Dryden
• Interpret and explain poetic forms like Ode, its types and its use by John Dryden

Course outcomes:
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of key themes, genres, and stylistic
features of seventeenth and eighteenth-century literature.
• Analyze significant works and authors from these periods, including John Milton,
John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, and Samuel Johnson.
• Examine the impact of events such as the English Civil War, the Restoration, and
the Enlightenment on literary production and themes.
• Identify and discuss major literary movements of these periods, such as the
Metaphysical poets, Cavalier poets, Augustan literature, and early Romanticism.
 • Discuss the moral and philosophical questions raised by the literature of these
periods.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks
Total: 150
Part A - References to Context
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of Reference to Context with 5 marks each
with a total of 20 Marks.
Knowledge of Literary Terms and Poetry Appreciation and usages of drama is required.
Part B - The student will be required to attempt 2 questions out of 4. Each question will carry 10
marks each to a total of 20 marks.
Part C -The other 4 questions will be Essay-type questions of 20 marks each, one from each unit
with internal choice.
UNIT I

Milton : Lycidas
Dryden : (i)Mac Flecknoe(ii) To the Memoryof Mr. Oldham

UNIT II
Pope : EpistletoDr.Arbuthnot(fromFifteenPoets)

Goldsmith : She Stoops to Conquer

UNIT III

Daniel Defoe : Captain Singleton

Jonathan Swift : Gulliver’sTravels

UNIT IV
Samuel Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare (Enright&Chikera)

Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion, Presentation, Project

Recommended Readings:
Travelyn:A Social History of England
RichardW.Beris:EnglishDramaRestorationandEighteenthCentury:1660-
1789(London:1998)
George Parfitt: English Poetry of the Seventeenth Century (London: 1985)
Graham Parry: Seventeenth Century Poetry: The Social Context (Baltimore:
1987)Michael Mekecon: The Origin of theEnglishNovel,1600-1740(Dailimare,1987)

Paper II: Pre-Romantic and Romantic Literature

The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:
• Understand the context of the age, the ushering of the Romantic era and its
implications
• Understand the historical context of the French Revolution and its impact
• Appreciate love of nature and imbibe that love within themselves become
ecologically sensitive
• To understand medievalism and comprehend the romantics love for the
supernatural
• To appreciate the development of essays and appreciate the autobiographical
element in the essays of Lamb
• To be able to compare and contrast between the styles of Lamb and Hazlitt and
understand fully the genre of essay writing
• To be able to trace the development of thought and distinguish between the older
and the younger Romantics

Course outcomes:
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the key characteristics, themes,
and styles of Pre-Romantic and Romantic literature.
• Identify and analyze the works of major Pre-Romantic and Romantic authors,
such as Thomas Gray, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats.
• Describe the historical, cultural, and philosophical contexts of the Pre-Romantic
and Romantic periods and their influence on literature.
• Examine the impact of the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and political
changes on the themes and styles of literature during these periods.
• Explore and interpret central themes and motifs in Pre-Romantic and Romantic
literature, such as nature, emotion, individualism, the sublime, and the
supernatural.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks
Total: 150
Part A - References to Context
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of Reference to Context with 5 marks each
with a total of 20 Marks.
Knowledge of Literary Terms and Poetry Appreciation and usages of drama is required.
Part B - The student will be required to attempt 2 questions out of 4. Each question will carry 10
marks each to a total of 20 marks.
Part C -The other 4 questions will be Essay-type questions of 20 marks each, one from each unit
with internal choice.

UNIT I
ThomasGray : OdeonaDistantProspect of EtonCollege
Cowper : ThePoplar Field
W. Blake : London, Introduction(SongsofInnocence)Introduction
(SongsofExperience)

UNIT II
W.Wordsworth : LinesWritten aboutTintern Abbey
S.T.Coleridge : Christabel Pt.I

UNIT III
JohnKeats : EveofSt. Agnes
Shelley : Odeto theWest Wind
UNIT IV
CharlesLamb : FollowingessaysfromEssaysofElia,ed.N.L.
Hailward&S.C.Hill(Macmillan)
(i) In Praise of
ChimneySweeper(ii)MackerayEndin
Herfordshire

WilliamHazlitt : (i)On GoingaJourney

Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion, Presentation, Project

 B. A. in English Part II
Semester III
Paper I: Nineteenth Century Poetry and Drama

The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:

• To discuss the social and literary history of the Victorian age, the literary trends and
movement of the age, to have a better understanding of the prose and poetry of the
times.
• To examine the literary texts that reflect the literary characteristics of the Victorian
period such as dramatic monologue, the love poem, Pre-Raphaelite movement, the
Victorian compromise.
• To enlighten the students about the literary circumstances that shape the processes
of literary production.
• To examine the rise of feminist sensibilities, through drama and pay attention to the
historical and political conditions of the times, to the status and condition of women.

Course outcomes:
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the key themes, genres, and stylistic
features of nineteenth-century poetry and drama.
• Analyze significant works and authors from these periods, including poets like
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman, and dramatists like
Henrik Ibsen, Oscar Wilde, and George Bernard Shaw.
• Identify and discuss major literary movements of the nineteenth century, such as
Romanticism, Victorian poetry, Realism, and Naturalism.
• Analyze the innovations in literary forms and techniques, including the
development of free verse in poetry and new structures in drama.
• Critically analyze and interpret major works of nineteenth-century poetry and
drama, focusing on themes, symbols, and stylistic elements.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks
Total: 150
Part A - References to Context
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of Reference to Context with 5 marks each
with a total of 20 Marks.
Knowledge of Literary Terms and Poetry Appreciation and usages of drama is required.
Part B - The student will be required to attempt 2 questions out of 4. Each question will carry 10
marks each to a total of 20 marks.
Part C -The other 4 questions will be Essay-type questions of 20 marks each, one from each unit
with internal choice.
UNIT I
A.Tennyson: (i)TheLadyofShallot (ii)Mariana (iii)Break,Break,Break
R. Browning: (i)AGrammarian’s Funeral (ii)AndreadelSarto
(ii) FraLippo Lippi

UNIT II
M.Arnold: (i)ApolloMusagetes(ii)Thyrsis
D.G.Rossetti: BlessedDemozel

UNIT III
C.A.Swinburne: (i)ABalladofDeath (ii)TheComplaintof Lisa
G.M.Hopkins: (i)CarrionComfort (ii)FelixRandal(iii)BinseyPoplar
UNIT IV
OscarWilde : An Ideal Husband
Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion, Presentation,
Project

RecommendedReadings:
BorisFord,ed.:PelicanGuidetoEnglishLiterature(fromBlaketoByron)
GrahamHough: RomanticImagination
G.W.Knight:The StarlitDome
BorisFord,ed.:PelicanGuidetoEnglishLiterature (fromDickenstoHardy)
B.Dobree:TheVictorians and After
F.H.Buckley:TheVictorianTemper
H.Walker:Literatureof theVictorian Era
G.K.Chesterton:TheVictorianAgeinLiterature
TheLongman:Anthology of Poetry(Pearson,2006)

PaperII: Nineteenth Century Prose and Fiction

The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:
• Introduce 19th century literature, framing the socio-historical context.
• Elucidate the major literary trends of the age.
• Elucidate the central issues taken up in works of major writers.
• Explore and understand the reflections of contemporary society through the novels of
 Charles Dickens.
• Introduce Hardy as a major transitional poet and novelist.
• Study Stevenson and understand the shift in the writing of the novel.
• Explain the significance of Foreword to Mill's Subjection of Women written by Carrie
Chapman
• Explicate Ruskin's Of Pathetic Fallacy

Course outcomes:
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the key themes, genres, and stylistic
features of nineteenth-century prose and fiction.
• Analyze significant works and authors from these periods, including novelists like
Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Leo Tolstoy, and Henry James, as
well as essayists like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Carlyle.
• Describe the historical, cultural, and social contexts of the nineteenth century and
their influence on prose and fiction.
• Examine the impact of movements such as Romanticism, Victorianism, Realism,
and Naturalism on literary production and themes.
• Identify and discuss major literary movements of the nineteenth century, such as
Gothic fiction, Romanticism, Victorian realism, and Naturalism.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks

Total: 150
Part A - References to Context
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of Reference to Context with 5 marks each
with a total of 20 Marks.
Knowledge of Literary Terms and Poetry Appreciation and usages of drama is required.
Part B - The student will be required to attempt 2 questions out of 4. Each question will carry 10
marks each to a total of 20 marks.
Part C -The other 4 questions will be Essay-type questions of 20 marks each, one from each unit
with internal choice.
UNIT I

EmilyBronte : Wuthering Heights

CharlesDickens : Hard Times
UNIT II

ThomasHardy : The Return of the Native

R.L.Stevenson : Treasure Island
 UNIT III

ThomasCarlyle : Pastand Present

JohnRuskin : Of Pathetic Fallacy
UNIT IV
CarrieChapmanCatt : Foreword to Subjection of Women by(Download
From Internet)
Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion, Presentation, Project

RecommendedReadings:
BorisFord,Ed.:PelicanGuidetoEnglishLiterature(fromDickenstoHardy)
D.Thomson:EnglandintheNineteenthCentury(Pelican)
F.H.Buckley:TheVictorianTemper
H.V.Routh:TowardstheTwentiethCentury
S.Vines:A HundredYears of English Literature1830-1940
J.E.Baker:TheRe-interpretation ofVictorianLiterature
V.Woolf:TheCommonReader
M.H.Lao:TheEnglish FountainEssayin theNineteenthCentury

B.A. in English Literature Part II

Semester IV
PaperI-Twentieth Century Poetry and Drama(1900-1950)
The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:
• Comprehend trends and basic characteristics of Modernism in Literature
• Evaluate the poetry of poets like T. S Eliot in terms of disillusionment of the era and
the novelty of form and technique.
• Trace the historical elements in the poetry of W. B. Yeats and analyze the blend of
Eastern with the Western philosophy in his works.
• Appreciate the poetry of poets like Dylan Thomas, Rupert Brooke and W. H. Auden
as pre-war and post war poems and analyze their form and content.
• Evaluate tests as a response to political ideologies and the scenario of mid-twentieth
century Europe.
• Apply background knowledge of the subject and the era to interpret texts.

Course outcomes:
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the key themes, genres, and stylistic
features of twentieth-century poetry and drama.
• Analyze significant works and authors from these periods, including poets like
T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Sylvia Plath, and dramatists like Samuel Beckett,
Tennessee Williams, and Harold Pinter.
 • Describe the historical, cultural, and social contexts of the twentieth century and
their influence on poetry and drama.
• Examine the impact of world events such as the World Wars, the Cold War, and
social movements on literary production and themes.
• Analyze the innovations in literary forms and techniques, including the use of
stream-of-consciousness, fragmentation, and non-linear narratives.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks
Total: 150
Part A - References to Context
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of Reference to Context with 5 marks each
with a total of 20 Marks.
Knowledge of Literary Terms and Poetry Appreciation and usages of drama is required.
Part B - The student will be required to attempt 2 questions out of 4. Each question will carry 10
marks each to a total of 20 marks.
Part C -The other 4 questions will be Essay-type questions of 20 marks each, one from each unit
with internal choice.

UNIT I

T.S.Eliot: (i)Sweeney Among the Nightingales

(ii) Rhapsodyona Windy Night
(iii) Gerontion
W.B.Yeats: (i)Lapis Lazuli
(ii) The Second Coming
(iii) A Prayer for My Daughter

UNIT II

DylanThomas: (i)FernHill (ii)Afterthe Funeral

(iii)Donot gentle in to that goodnight
RupertBrooke: (i)Retrospect (ii) Fragment

UNIT III
W.H.Auden: (i)Layyour sleepingheadmylove
(ii) InMemoryofW.B.Yeats

UNIT IV
 MohanRakesh : AadheAdhure (Translated byBindu Batra)
Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion, Presentation, Project

RecommendedReading:
BorisFord,ed.:PelicanGuidetoEnglish Literature,Vol.8

Paper II: Twentieth Century Prose and Fiction

The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:
• To build an understanding of the 20th century and its developments in the
continent of Europe
• To examine how these developments impacted England in the field of literature,
culture, politics and economy.
• To trace the development of Essay from Bacon up to the 20the century.
• To explore the popularity the essay in the modern age and the various styles of different
authors prescribed for the syllabus.
• To explore the rise of the modern novel and how the new culture, new political
upheavals suited the mode best.
• To explore the development of a new technique called the Stream of Consciousness
through works like The Heart of Darkness and Mrs. Dalloway
• To look at the development of a whole new genre of science fiction
• To trace the development of the rise of the Feminist Movement and its impact in
Literature
• To probe into the retelling of the Mahabharata from a feminist point of view

Course outcomes:

• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the key themes, genres, and stylistic

features of twentieth-century prose and fiction.
• Describe the historical, cultural, and social contexts of the twentieth century and
their influence on prose and fiction.
• Examine the impact of world events such as the World Wars, the Cold War,
decolonization, and social movements on literary production and themes.
• Identify and discuss major literary movements of the twentieth century, such as
Modernism, Postmodernism, the Harlem Renaissance, and Magic Realism.
• Analyze the innovations in literary forms and techniques, including stream-of-
consciousness, unreliable narrators, and metafiction.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks
Total: 150
Part A - References to Context
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of Reference to Context with 5 marks each
with a total of 20 Marks.
Knowledge of Literary Terms and Poetry Appreciation and usages of drama is required.
Part B - The student will be required to attempt 2 questions out of 4. Each question will carry 10
marks each to a total of 20 marks.
Part C -The other 4 questions will be Essay-type questions of 20 marks each, one from
each unit with internal choice.
UNIT I
FromEssays,Ed.W.E. Williams:
AldousHuxley : Tragedy and the Whole Truth
IvorBrown : A Sentimental Journey
E.V.Lucas : The Town Week
R.Lynd : (i) The Pleasures of Ignorance (ii) The Darkness

UNIT II
JosephConrad : Heart of Darkness
Virginia Woolf : Mrs Dalloway
UNIT III
V.S. Naipaul : India: A Million Mutinies Now
E.M.Forster : A Passage to India(Novel)

UNIT IV
AldousHuxley : Brave New World
Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion, Presentation, Project

RecommendedReadings:
BorisFord,ed:PelicanGuideto English Literature(fromJamestoEliot)
PercyLubbock:TheCraftofFiction
G.S. Fraser:TheModern WriterandHis World
W.Booth:RhetoricofFiction
 B.A. English Part III
Semester V
Session : 2025-26
Paper I: American Literature
The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:
• Explain the historical context of American Literature.
• Identify the socio-cultural convergences and divergences of American literature with
other literatures especially British.
• Describe major movements of the literature and their characteristics.
• Analyzing the works of the early writers and later writers and how their works
reflected the American identity, its sentiments and it development through the ages.
• Understand and analyze the thematic concerns and techniques of 20th century
writers.

Course outcomes:
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the key themes, genres, and stylistic
features of American literature from its beginnings to the present.
• Analyze significant works and authors from different periods of American
literature, including colonial, romantic, modern, and contemporary eras.
• Describe the historical, cultural, and social contexts of various periods in
American literature and their influence on literary production and themes.
• Examine the impact of major historical events such as the American Revolution,
the Civil War, the Great Depression, and the Civil Rights Movement on American
literature.
• Analyze the innovations in literary forms and techniques, including the
development of the novel, short story, poetry, and drama in American literature.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks
Total: 150

Part A - References to Context

Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of Reference to Context with 5 marks each
with a total of 20 Marks.
Knowledge of Literary Terms and Poetry Appreciation and usages of drama is required.
Part B - The student will be required to attempt 2 questions out of 4. Each question will carry 10
marks each to a total of 20 marks.
Part C -The other 4 questions will be Essay-type questions of 20 marks each, one from each unit
with internal choice.

UNIT I
W.Whitman : (i)A Passage to India( ii) Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Emerson : (i)Brahma(ii) Fate
LangstonHughes : (i)Brass Spittoons
(ii) Day break in Alabama
(iii) Crossing Jordan
(iv) Black Maria
RobertFrost : (i)Moving (ii) The Road Not Taken
(iii)Provide, Provide(iv) Tree at My Window
(v) Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening

UNIT II
O’Neill : Desire Under the Elms
T.Williams : A Street car Named Desire

UNIT III
JamesBaldwin : Just Above My Head
ZoraNealeHurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God

UNIT IV
RichardWright : Black Boy(1945) Memoir
Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion, Presentation, Project

RecommendedReadings:
J.D.Harg,Ed.:TheOxford Companionto AmericanLiterature, (1983)
F.O.Mathiesson:AmericanRenaissance:ArtandExpressionintheAgeofEmersonandWhitm
an (New Delhi: OUP, 1973)
HaroldBloom:EugeneO’Neill(NewYork:Cholsea,1987)
C.D.Narasimhaiah:AsianResponsetoAmericanLiterature(Delhi:VikasPublications,1972
)
DolanHubbard:TheCollected WorksofLangstonHughes

PaperII:Indian Literature in English

The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:
• To understand the socio-historical context of Indian Literature in English.
• To identify the socio-cultural convergences and divergences of IWE with other
literatures especially the ones from colonies.
• To evaluate the theory of the core and margins in Indian social set-up and how it
resonates in its literature.
• Analyzing the works of the early writers and how they reflect the Indian identity and
sentiments of the times.
To Understand and analyse how the struggle for freedom was inadvertently
interlinked with the literature and how major political leaders were also the
representatives of the literature of the times.
• To comprehend the issues and thematic dimensions of Indian Writing by evaluating
the different works of various authors.

Course outcomes:
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the key themes, genres, and stylistic
features of Indian literature written in English.
• Analyze significant works and authors from different periods of Indian literature
in English.
• Describe the historical, cultural, and social contexts of various periods in Indian
literature in English and their influence on literary production and themes.
• Examine the impact of major historical events such as British colonization, the
Indian independence movement, Partition, and globalization on Indian literature in
English.
• Identify and discuss major literary movements and trends in Indian literature in
English, such as postcolonial literature, diasporic literature, and feminist literature.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks
Total: 150
Question No. 1: Is compulsory and will have two parts and will be of 20 marks in total.
Part A - References to Context
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of Reference to Context with 5 marks each
with a total of 20 Marks.
Knowledge of Literary Terms and Poetry Appreciation and usages of drama is required.
Part B - The student will be required to attempt 2 questions out of 4. Each question will carry 10
marks each to a total of 20 marks.
Part C -The other 4 questions will be Essay-type questions of 20 marks each, one from each unit
with internal choice.
UNIT I

Following poems from The Golden Treasury of Indo-English Poetry. ed. V.K. Gokak
 M. Madhusudan Dutt: (i)Satan(ii) King Porus-A Legand of Old
Dilip Kumar Roy: (i)Krishna(ii)Snake
Sarojini Naidu: (i) Caprice (ii) The Son’s Prayer
A.Christina Albers: Sita’s Desire to Go With Rama
Nissim Ezekiel: Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa

UNIT II

Ramesh Chunder Dutt: (i) Buddha's Death (ii)Sita Lost

(iii)Night of Slaughter: Duryodhan’s Death
Sri Aurobindo: (i)Rose of God(ii)The Tiger and the Deer
(iii) The Trojan War
Swami Vivekananda: (i)The Cup (ii) Kalithe Mother (iii) Peace

UNIT III

Vishakhadatta: Mudrarakshasa (TranslatedM.R.Kale)

VishnuSarma: The Panchtantra(Penguin)
RuskinBond: Our Trees Still Growin Dehra (Penguin)

UNIT IV

R.K.Narayan: Malgudi Days

KiranDesai: The Inheritance of Loss
Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion, Presentation, Project

RecommendedReadings:
K.R.Srinivash Iyengar: Indian Writing in English (NewDelhi:Sterling,1984)
M.K.Naik: Dimensions of Indian English Literature (New Delhi:Sterling,1965)
MeenakshiMukhrjee: The Twice Born Fiction

B.A. English Literature Part III

Semester VI
Paper I:World Literature in English
The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:
• To broaden the horizon by studying the literature of various countries across the world
• To study the classic texts of Sanskrit and Greek Literature
• To trace the development of literature in India by reading another contemporary text
 and comparing how over the due course of time, literature and literary styles have
evolved
• To trace the development of literature of Europe by reading other contemporary texts
and comparing how over the due course of time, literature and literary styles have
evolved
• To study French literature and understand the culture, times, people and manners
• To explore the revolutionary style of Norwegian Literature and its impact on European
Literature
• To explore the classic style of Russian literature
• To trace the rise of colonialism and how it shaped the literature of these countries
• To explore the quest of identity in diaspora especially the Indian diaspora
Course outcomes:
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of world literature written in
English, encompassing a diverse range of cultures, regions, and historical periods.
• Analyze significant works and authors from different continents and countries,
exploring their unique perspectives and contributions to world literature in
English.
• Describe the historical, cultural, and social contexts of various regions and
countries represented in world literature in English.
• Examine how historical events, colonial legacies, globalization, and cultural
exchanges have shaped the development of world literature in English.
• Identify and discuss major literary movements and trends in world literature in
English, such as postcolonial literature, diasporic literature, global modernism,
and contemporary world fiction.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks
Total: 150

Part A - References to Context

Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of Reference to Context with 5 marks each
with a total of 20 Marks.
Knowledge of Literary Terms and Poetry Appreciation and usages of drama is required.
Part B - The student will be required to attempt 2 questions out of 4. Each question will carry 10
marks each to a total of 20 marks.
Part C -The other 4 questions will be Essay-type questions of 20 marks each, one from
each unit with internal choice.

UNIT I
Kalidas : Meghdoot
Sophocles : Oedipus, TheKing

UNIT II
 Ibsen : Ghosts
Gustav Flaubert : Madame Bovary
LeoTolstoy : The Death of IIyich(Novella)
UNIT III
Italo Calvino : Ifona Winter’s Night a Traveler
RonnieGovender : BlackChin, WhiteChin
UNIT IV
V.S. Naipaul : A House for Mr. Biswas (Penguin)
AmitavGhosh : The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the
Unthinkable
Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion,
Presentation, Project

RecommendedReadings:
Peter
Walcott:GreekDramainitsTheatricalandSocialContext(Cardiff:UniversityofWales
Press, 1976)
Sophocles:AnInterpretation(CambridgeandNewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress,1980
)
JamesC.Hogan:ACommentaryontheplayofSophocles(CarbondaleUniversityPress,1980)
RuffFgeldey,ed.Ibsen:ACollectionofCriticalEssays(EngleweedCliffs,N.J.Prentice,1965)

Semester VI
PaperII: Contemporary British Literature
The Syllabus aims at achieving the following objectives:
• Identify and assess critically the formal techniques used in the contemporary British
narrative fiction.
• Identify and assess critically the formal techniques used in the poetry.
• To identify and evaluate trends in fiction and poetry over the period from 1900 to the
present.
• Demonstrate close reading skills appropriate to the analysis of poetry.
• Demonstrate close reading skills appropriate to the analysis of fiction.
• Recognize how the interpretation of texts is enhanced by knowledge of the historical
contexts informing the period from 1900 to the present.
• Recognize and employ critical concepts and terms used in modern critical study such
as formalism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, and gender studies.
• Discourse on the impact of modern philosophy, ideas and art movements like
Existentialism, Expressionism, Impressionism, Marxism and the Absurd.
• To examine how women’s texts pay attention to the historical and political conditions
of their times, to the status and condition of women and to the ways in which they
embody a politics of resistance.
Course outcomes:
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of contemporary British literature,
spanning from the late 20th century to the present day.
• Describe the historical, cultural, and social contexts that have influenced
contemporary British literature.
• Examine how events such as Thatcherism, multiculturalism, Brexit, and
globalization have shaped themes, styles, and perspectives in British literature.
• Identify and discuss major literary movements and trends in contemporary British
literature, such as postmodernism, realism, and the rise of identity politics.
• Analyze the innovations in literary forms and techniques, including
experimentation with narrative structures, genre blending, and themes of cultural
hybridity.

Maximum Marks: 150 Credits: 6

Division of Marks Min. Pass Marks: 48
Semester Examination: Marks: 120 Duration: 3 hrs
Internal Examination: 30 Marks
Total: 150

Part A - References to Context

Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of Reference to Context with 5 marks each
with a total of 20 Marks.
Knowledge of Literary Terms and Poetry Appreciation and usages of drama is required.
Part B - The student will be required to attempt 2 questions out of 4. Each question will carry 10
marks each to a total of 20 marks.
Part C-The other 4 questions will be Essay-type questions of 20 marks each, one
from each unit with internal choice.
UNIT I
TedHughes: (i)The Thought Fox(ii)The Hawkin the Rain (iii)Pike
(iii) View of a Pig
SeamusHeaney (i)Blackberry Picking
(ii)A Dog Was Crying To-Night in Wicklow Also
Philip Larkin: (i) Church Going

UNIT II
HaroldPinter: The Homecoming

UNIT III
SylviaPlath : The Bell Jar (Novel)
KazuIshiguro : Remains of the Day

UNIT IV
 ZadieSmith: : White Teeth

Tutorials : Quiz, Seminar, Group Discussion, Presentation, Project

RecommendedReadings:
KeithSagar,ed.: The Achievement to Ted Hughes (Manchester, 1983)
TerryGiffordand:TedHughes:ACriticalStudy(London,1981)
BlakeMorrisonNeil Roberts:Seamus Heaney (London, 1962)
Norman Page,ed.:William Golding: Novels 1954-67 (London, 1985)
Andrew Motion:Philip Larkin (London, 1982)
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