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Bachelor of Arts in English (Honors)

Objectives

The Department of English offers Bachelor of Arts in English (Honors) program with concentration in English Literature and ELT (English Language Teaching). This program aims at providing modern and extensive education in English language literature and language teaching for preparing graduates equipped with knowledge and skills required for professional success in different sectors. The program also aims at training students

� In the basic skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening English.

� To read analytically

� To think critically and logically

� To learn basic research methodology

� To know about the major literary movements and periods, authors and their representative works, and critical theories related to English literature

� To develop competence in aesthetic appreciation of literature

� To understand other countries and cultures

� To train them in media communication , translation work and creative writing.

� To train learners to do research autonomously in literature and ELT

Specialization

Bachelor of Arts in English program has the following areas as specialization/concentration

a) English Literature

b) ELT (English Language Teaching)

Major in English Literature

Specific Objectives

Students who complete a major in English literature will be able to

� Appreciate and enjoy literature

� Train learners in creative writing

� Develop critical and analytical skill in the learners

� Enable the learners to write academic essay, assignments, research paper and thesis

� Trace the origin and development of English language

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� Conduct research in accordance with prescribed guidelines

� Familiarize learners with the major literary movements in Great Britain, USA, Indian subcontinent and Africa

� Analyze and evaluate literary works on the basis of critical theories

� Write research papers in accordance with MLA(Modern Language Association) guidelines

Major in ELT (English Language Teaching)

Specific Objectives

Major in ELT will help the students to attain

� Proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening in different aspects of language such as phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse

� Confidence in the knowledge and use of a variety of instructional methods, techniques and strategies for the enhancement of student learning

� Knowledge and skills to familiarize learners with the different areas of language teaching such as Syllabus Design, Materials design, approaches and methods, testing and evaluation

� Knowledge and application of effective characteristics and behaviors of teachers

� Knowledge and application of effective teaching and learning styles

� Ability to communicate effectively with pupils, peers, parents and school personnel

� A high standard of professional ethics, integrity and personal character

Admission Requirements

Minimum GPA 2.5 in both S.S.C and H.S.C or equivalent

Duration of the Program

The duration of Bachelor of Arts in English program is 4 academic years with three Semesters in each year.

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Academic Year & Semester System

Semester system is followed in this program. An academic year is of 3 (three) Semesters

and the duration of each Semester is of 4 months allotted in the following manner: It

takes a time period of 16 weeks where 14 weeks for instruction and 2 weeks for

registration and examination.

The schedule of an academic year will be as follows:

Semester Title of the Semester Duration

Semester I Spring January – April

Semester II Summer May – August

Semester III Fall September – December

Total Credit Hours Requirement

Bachelor of Arts in English program consists of minimum 123 Credit Hours.

Grading System (Letter Grade):

Numerical Grade Letter Grade Grade Point

80% and Above A+ 4.00 75% to less than 80% A 3.75 70% to less than 75% A- 3.50 65% to less than 70% B+ 3.25 60% to less than 65% B 3.00 55% to less than 60% B- 2.75 50% to less than 55% C+ 2.50 45% to less than 50% C 2.25 40% to less than 45% D 2.00 Less than 40% F 0.00

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Evaluation Procedures

The evaluation system is based on class attendance, in course/class test, assignments/term papers, mid-term and final examination. No. of classes, class test and assignment/term paper will depend on respective course teacher. There will be a mid-term in the middle of the Semester. The distribution of marks is as follows:

Class Attendance : 05%

In course/ class test : 10%

Assignment/Term paper : 10%

Mid-Term : 25%

Semester Final : 50%

Lecture Hour per Course

The procedures of Credit Hour Semester system are practiced in the academic programs of this university with involvement of 14 weeks of instruction in each Semester. The courses may have different credit hours. Each credit hour will consist 14 instruction hours.

In this context, if a course is of 3 credit hours it will cover 42 instruction hours.

Program Structure:

The Bachelor of Arts in English program consists of

� Orientation Course Non Credit

� General Education (5 courses × 3 Credit Hours each) 15 Credit Hours

� English Foundation (3 courses × 3 Credit Hours each) 9 Credit Hours

� Free Electives (5 courses × 3 Credit Hours each) 15 Credit Hours

� English core Courses (20 courses × 3 Credit Hours each) 60 Credit Hours

� Specialization/Concentration

(6 courses × 3 Credit Hours each) 18 Credit Hours

� Thesis 06 Credit Hours

Total 123 Credit Hours

Graduation

A total of 123 credit hours are required for the completion of Bachelor of Arts in English program with major/concentration. A grade of “2.50” or higher CGPA is required to obtain the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in English. In addition, students must fulfill the professional development seminar and senior project requirements before graduation. Students must also complete the thesis requirements and a mandatory noncredit orientation course in 3 parts.

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Courses

A. Orientation Course

SL. Course Code Course Title

1. ORE 101 Freshmen Orientation *

2. ORE 102 Continuing Orientation *

3. ORE 103 Professional Orientation*

* ORE 101, ORE 102 & ORE 103 are combined courses and all these three courses will be treated as a single course.

B. General Education

5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each and total credit hours are 15.

SL. No.

Course Code

Course Title

1. CIS 101 Computer Fundamentals*

2. HIS 202 History of Western Thought*

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BAG 201

HIS 201

BAG 101

Bengali Literature

European History*

Bengali Culture and History

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HIS 203

SOC 101

PSY 101

History of Eastern Thought and Religion

Introduction to Sociology

Introduction to Psychology

9. IR 101 International Relations

* SL. No 1, 2 & 4 are compulsory courses

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C. English Foundation Courses

3 courses of 3.00 credit hours each and total credit hours are 9.

SL. Course Code Course Title

1. ENG 101 Listening and Speaking

2. ENG 102 Reading

3. ENG 103 Writing

4. ENG 104 Public Speaking

5. ENG 105 Composition

6. ENG106 Technical writing

D. Free Electives

5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each and total credit hours are 15

1. ENG 201 Academic Writing

2. ENG 202 Professional Communication

3. ELT 401 English for the Media

4. ENGL 402 Translation Studies

5. ENGL 403 Cultural Studies: an Introduction

6. MGT 401 Fundamentals of Management

7. FIN 201 Principles of Business Finance

8. HRM 301 Manpower Planning and Personnel Policy

E. English Courses (Each course consists of 3.00 Credits Hours)

SL. Course Code Course Title

1. ENGL 101 Introduction to English Literature: Poetry

2. ENGL 102 Introduction to English Literature: Drama

3. ENGL 103 Introduction to English Literature: Fiction

4. ENGL 104 Introduction to English Literature: Non Fiction

5. ENGL 201 Romantic Literature-I

6. ENGL 202 Romantic Literature-II

7. ENGL 203 Classics in Translation-I

8. ENGL 204 Classics in Translation-II

9. ENGL 301 16th and 17th Century Drama

10. ENGL 302 16th and 17th Century Poetry

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11. ENGL 303 18th Century Literature-I

12. ENGL 305 19th Century Literature-Novel

13. ENGL 304 19th Century Literature-Poetry

14. ENGL 307 20th Century Literature-Poetry

15. ENGL 306 20th Century Literature-Novel

16. ENGL 309 American Literature-I (Poetry)

17. ENGL 308 Advanced Reading and Writing

18. ELT 301 Introduction to Language Studies

19. ELT 302 Introduction to English Language Teaching

20. ENGL 401 Literary Criticism-I

F. Concentration/Specialization

A student will have to choose 6 courses from one of the following specialization areas (each course consists of 3.00 credit hours):

1. English Literature

SL. Course Code Course Title

a. ENGL 404 Literary Criticism-II

b. ENGL 406 American Literature-II

c. ENGL 405 Shakespeare

d. ENGL 407 17th Century Literature

e. ENGL 408 20th Century British Drama

f. ENGL 409 Other Literature in English

2. ELT (English Language Teaching)

SL. Course Code Course Title

a. ELT 402 History of English Language Teaching

b. ELT 403 Fundamental Concepts of ELT

c. ELT 404 Psycho Linguistics and Socio Linguistics

d. ELT 405 Discourse Analysis

e. ELT 406 Practice Teaching

f. ELT 407 Research Methods in ELT

G. Thesis 6 credit hours

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COURSE CONTENTS OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH (Honors)

Orientation

Freshmen Orientation

The purpose of orientation is to foster a sense of community that is open, just, nurturing, caring, celebrative and supportive of excellence in teaching and learning. Orientation programs are also designed to enhance the intellectual, cultural, social and spiritual experiences of the students. In addition, orientation and assembly programs also focus on issues pertaining to leadership development, quality of life and social responsibility. This program also informs rules and regulation of this university, duties and rights of students during their program in daily academic and related affairs.

This course provides entering freshmen with a background of the extra-curricular aspects of the institution: the history, purpose, organization, policies and procedures of the university. The student is introduced to academic survival skills, library skills, leadership development, study skills, critical thinking, career planning, personal and social development and other relevant areas necessary for a successful university experience. This course is required for all freshmen.

Students have to follow all rules and regulations of the University strictly without any deviation as it is under the supervision of the University authority on hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis during the total program period. The management team will grade the set factors on a pre set numerical grading system confidentially to assess the individual. This course is required for all students.

Continuing Orientation

A Continuing Orientation is a continuation of Freshmen Orientation and in addition, this course introduces freshmen to various learning styles, career planning, health-related issues and personal and social development.

This course aims at training the students

� To receive the course plan from every course teacher before or in the 1st class of the Semester and follow it in the classes.

� To inform, if student(s) are disturbed by any class fellow or by any other reason, immediately by writing to the registration section with a copy to the executive in charge of the President and Vice-Chancellor’s office.

� To report, if student(s) feel that they are being deprived by the course teacher in classroom or in student counseling session as per the course plan, to the head of the department in writing with a copy to the executive in charge of the President and Vice-Chancellor’s office.

� To strictly follow all the rules and regulations of the University without any deviation, as it is under supervision of the University authority on hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis. The management team will grade the set factors on a pre set numerical grading system confidentially to assess the individual. This course is mandatory for all students.

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Professional orientation

The aims are:

♦ To prepare students for practical job operation.

♦ To train them up by internship, on the job training in campus or outside of campus

♦ To prepare students to face interview on an artificial mock interview board by inviting real reputed employers of our country and get the performance report evaluated for the students by those employers with recommendations and suggestions to improve students in general & in particular.

♦ To find out students’ main drawbacks and limitations to get the right job on the basis of his/her qualifications and achievements during the program of this university

♦ To teach and make them learn how to make a good Curriculum Vitae

♦ To train the students dress up properly for an interview

♦ To train up students to answer the question to the point, with no irrelevant explanation or exaggeration in reply to a question but standard explanation should be given if the situation demands

A. General Education

5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 15.

CIS 101: Computer Fundamentals

Introduction to basic concepts, Nature of computer & its evolution, History & generations of computer, Capabilities & limitations of computer, Impact of computer on society, Types of software, Operating System, Introduction to Windows & LINUX, Algorithms & Flowcharts, Internet, Issues & objective of Computer security.

Word Processing: Creating a new document, Document alignment, Font selection, Character Spacing, Super Script, Subscript, Paragraph Indentation, Line Spacing, Editing using cut, copy and paste, Inserting Symbol, Bullet & Numbering, Header & Footer, Border and shading, Tab Setting, Page setup, Printing a document, Working with picture and drawing, Auto correction, Find & Replace, Using a spell checker, Using Bengali font, Tables and Columns, Envelops, Labels, Mail Merge

Spread-sheet analysis: Row and column numbering, Inserting and deleting row and column, Changing row height and column width; Freezing & Unfreezing pane; Paste Special; Auto fill; Working with formulas; Conditional formatting; Cell formatting; Page setup; Sorting; Data Filtering; Chart and graphs

Presentation software: Creating slide; Inserting new slides; Viewing slides; Applying design; Slide transaction; Animation; Slide Show.

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SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology

� Definition, Scope and Nature of Sociology � Emergence of Sociology: Renaissance, Enlightenment, Industrial

Revolution, emergence of new economic order and new society. � Factors affecting social life: Geography, Heredity, Culture Group � Primary Concepts: Society, Community, Association, Organisation,

Institution, Norms and Values � Culture: Material and Non-Material Culture, Cultural Lag, Cultural

Traits and Cultural Complex, Cultural Variation, Acculturation, Culture and Civilisation

• Social Processes: Adaptation, Assimilation, Accommodation,

Conflict, Co-Operation and Competition

PSY 101: Introduction to Psychology

Definition, nature and scope of psychology; Methods used in Psychology:

observation, Experimental, Introspection. Sensations and perceptions,

memory and imagination, attention, learning, intelligence, personality,

emotion and feeling, illusion and hallucination

Language: Definition, Characteristics and Criteria of language; Theories of

language development

Modern schools of psychology, behaviorism, psychoanalysis, mental

disorder.

HIS 202: History of Western Thought

• Platonism

• Neo-Platonism

• Scholasticism

• The Renaissance

• Rationalism and Empiricism

• Marxism

• Evolutionism

• Pragmatism and Logical Positivism

• Existentialism

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BAG 101: Bengali Culture and History

This course includes the intensive study of Bengali culture and History from its very beginning to the present time.

• Old Period (1000 B C-1350 A D)

• The settlement of Vaddic race, from the age of Buddhist to the reign of Sen Dynasty.

• The Invasion by the Muslims (1001 A D- 1357)

• From the invasion of India by Mahmood to the establishment of Dhaka as a capital.

• The Reign of Mughal Emperors and the reign of the British. The pre-liberation and post-liberation history of Bangladesh and the history of Bangladesh up to the present time.

BAG 201: Bengali literature

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HIS 203: History of Eastern Thoughts and Religions

Indian:

The Vedas, the Upanishad, Jainism, Carvaka, the Six Orthodox Schools, Sankhya-Yoga, Mimansa-Vendata, Nyaya-Vaisesikha, Bhakti, Indian Aesthetics

Chinese/Japanese:

Taoism, Confucianism, Zen Buddhism.

Islamic:

Schools of Muslim Philosophy, Muslim Contribution to Western Thought, Sufism

HIS 201: European History

Greco-Roman Civilizations, The Renaissance, The Reformation ,Industrial Revolution, The Enlightenment, The American Revolution and The French Revolution

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B. English Foundation Courses

3 courses of 3.00 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 9.

ENG 102 : Reading

This course aims to help students develop their reading skills in English so that they can understand appreciate and enjoy Literature better. The purpose of this course is to refresh and reactivate students’ previously acquired knowledge of the language leading to better reading skills and comprehension through intensive reading of prose and poetry. In this course students will be taught how:

• To understand words in context and to select the meaning that fits the context;

• To interpret connotations and denotations of words;

• To understand and interpret figurative expressions;

• To react to sensory images suggested by words;

• To give meanings to units of increasing size : phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, and the whole section;

• To understand sentence structures;

• To recognize and understand the main idea and supporting details of the passages of text;

• To perceive the organization of sentences in paragraph and of the passages of text;

• To perceive relationship : (i) part-whole, cause-effect, general-specific, (ii) Place, time

• To make inferences, draw conclusions and supply implied details;

• To identify antecedents and pronoun references;

• To apply ideas from one’s past experience to those of the text;

• To identify formal / informal language;

• To comment on the style of writing;

• To identify the tone, mood and intent or purpose of the writer.

ENG 103: Writing

This course will mainly concentrate on different types of composition. Students will learn the use of:

a) unity, order, coherence, b) the topic sentence and thesis statement c) techniques of paragraph and essay development d) all forms of letter e) techniques of précis / summary / amplification

The teacher in the composition classes will explain essential points of grammar, structure and punctuation, like the following:

• Word classes and their structures

• Word functions

• Synonyms and antonyms

• Use of articles and prepositions

• Phrases and their structures

• Clauses and their structures

• Simple, complex and compound sentences

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• Effective sentences

• Agreement

• Tense

• Punctuation

ENG 101: Listening and Speaking

This course aims at helping students develop their listening and speaking skills of English by providing extensive practice in the following sub-skills: A. Listening :

• Sound recognition

• Recognising minimal pairs with the help of sentence context

• Dictation

• Dictocomp

• Listening for specific information, e.g., answering specific questions, listening and filling in gaps

• Listening for general comprehension, e.g., giving the gist or summary after listening to a text

• Listening and note taking

• Varieties of English B. Speaking:

• Speaking with acceptable (mutually intelligible level of) pronunciation

• Speaking with natural speed (fluency)

• Speaking with an acceptable level of grammar (accuracy)

• Common notions, functions and situational expressions

• Group/pair discussions on popular/familiar topics

• Giving and taking interviews

• Presentation skills

• Extempore speech At the same time the course gives primary knowledge of Phonetics and phonology

C. Free Electives

5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 15

ENG 201: Academic Writing

The course will focus on the following sub-skills: � Focusing � Writing a good introduction � Writing a good conclusion � Structure and Organisation � Techniques of Development � Language and style � Writing for an Audience � Taking a position � Writer’s voice, tone, mood and attitude

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� Contextualisation � Referencing skills � Academic Writing � Topics will include writing term papers, assignments, and research papers, writing

reviews and features.

ENG 202 : Professional Communication

This course will try to help students develop their awareness about the general characteristics, format and style of different types of technical, business, and professional writings. The course will cover different types of technical, business and professional writing. It will include writing:

• Notes and memos

• Emails

• Notices for and minutes of meetings

• Tenders

• Advertisements

• Miscellaneous correspondence

• Official letters: Office order, Circular, Call for interviews, Job application, Cover letter,

• Appointment letter, Joining letter, Reference letter, Letters of recommendation,

• Resignation letter

• Writing project proposals

• Writing Project reports

• Writing Press release The course will also focus on Speaking in formal situation considering the socio-cultural context and age groups.

ELT 401: English for the Media

Section-A

This section will introduce some basic theories of media and communication. It will specially focus on the students’ understanding of the policies and politics in the use of English language in media communication in Bangladesh. This section will cover:

• Theories of communication

• Nature, purpose and special features of media communication

• Language as communication

• Politics of media communication and communication ethics

• English in media in Bangladesh: ‘an imported world’ Section B- Practice

This section will be an application of the theoretical knowledge students acquire in ‘real-life’ situations. It will familiarise students with and train them in media writings such as

• News reports with catching captions/headings

• Subtitling

• Translating reports

• Writing special features for the press or electronic media

• Issuing press releases

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• Editing

Focus will also be (if possible) on:

• Press briefing (oral and written)/conferences and preparing reports on the briefings

• Interviewing

• Conducting surveys and preparing reports for the media

• News casting with emphasis on pronunciation, stress, intonation, confidence and naturalness

ENGL 402: Translation Studies

A. Theory: i) Translation: Scope and Significance ii) Translation, Language and Culture iii) Translation and Literature iv) History of Literary Translation v) Literary Translation Theories

B. a) Evaluation of Translated Texts:

i) Selections from Of Women,Outcastes, Peasants and Rebels-A Selection of Bengali Short Stories by Kalpana Bardhan

ii) Selections from Jibananda Das : Selected Poems, by Fakrul Alam iii) gywbi ‡PŠayix, gyLiv igbx ekxKiY iv) Shakespeares’ Sonnets – Selim Sarwar v) Tagore’s Gitangali

b) Assignment on Translation: Translation assignments will be from English into Bangla and from Bangla into English

ENGL 403: Cultural Studies: An Introduction

This course introduces students to the terms, analytical techniques, and interpretive strategies commonly employed in cultural studies. Emphasis is on interdisciplinary approaches to exploring how cultural processes and artifacts are produced, shaped, distributed, consumed, and responded to in diverse ways. Through discussion, research, and writing, class members investigate these varied dimensions of culture; learn to understand them in their broader social, aesthetic, ethical, and political contexts. This course will also discuss the basic elements of culture with special focus on:

• Social organizations

• Religion

• Customs and Traditions

• Language

• Arts and Literature

• Economic System

• Forms of Government

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MGT 401: Fundamentals of Management

Management theory & practice, Influence of environment in management, Nature & purpose of planning, Objectives, strategies, policies, planning premises, Decision making in management, Organizing, Organizational structure: Departmentation line/stuff authority, decentralization, Human resource management & selection, Performance appraisal, Managing change through manager and organization development, Human factors and motivation in organization, Leadership, Group decision & making committees, Communication in management, Controlling in management

HRM 301: Manpower Planning and Personnel Policy

This course is designed to equip students with the techniques of developing personal policy and implementation. It includes a detailed study of environmental trend analysis, manpower planning models, manpower needs and personal information system to forecast manpower needs and considerations of some indicators of manpower effectiveness. Policy issues considered include work force composition, wage and salary administration in the context of developing countries.

FIN 201: Principles of Business Finance

This course covers basic concepts in finance and analytical tools used in business finance. Topics include: functions, principles, sources of fund- short-term, intermediate and long-term finance; basic principles of corporate finance; analysis of risk and return; analysis of time value of money; elementary capital budgeting; lease financing; financial market of Bangladesh.

C. ENGLISH CORE COURSES

20 courses of 3 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 60

ENGL 101: Introduction to Poetry

1. Rhetoric & Prosody

2. Poetry : a) Theme b) Structural devices : Contrast, illustration, repetition c) Mood d) Imagery e) Tone f) Principal verse-forms : descriptive, lyrical, narrative, reflective and others g) Interrelationships h) Effect i) Rhetoric

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The following texts will be used in class :

William Shakespeare Sonnet 19 Jonathan Swift A Description of the Morning Anne Finch A Nocturnal Reverie P. B. Shelley Ozymandias Emily Bronte No Coward Soul is Mine Robert Browning My Last Duchess Christina Rossetti An Apple Gathering Dickinson I Like to See It Lap the Miles Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Ted Hughes Pike Langston Hughes Rivers Adrienne Rich Aunt Jennifer’s Tiger Archibald McLeish Ars Poetica

ENGL 102: Introduction to Drama

1. DRAMA a) Action b) Plot and its Structure c) Conflict d) Characterization e) Style f) Dialogue

For Special Study :

G. B. Shaw Arms and the Man

Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

J.M. Synge Riders to the Sea ENGL 103: Introduction to Fiction

a) Point of view b) Plot c) Characterization d) Setting e) Style f) Narrative technique

For Special Study : Graham Greene The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen Katherine Mansfield Her First Ball Joyce Araby Narayan The Financial Expert W. Somerset Maugham The Luncheon

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ENGL 104 : Introduction to Non Fiction

a) Theme b) Structure c) Style For Special Study :

Charles Lamb Dream Children-A reverie Francis Bacon Of Studies J.B. Priestley On Doing Nothing James Thurber The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble Virginia Woolf Profession for Women Jonathan Swift A Modest Proposal M. L. King I Have a Dream George Orwell A Hanging

ENGL 201: Romantic Literature-I

W. Blake: Selection from Songs of Innocence & of Experience

W. Wordsworth: Lucy Poems, Michael, Tintern Abbey, Ode: Intimations of Immortality

S.T Coleridge: The Rime of Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Dejection: An Ode

Byron Don Juan (Canto-I)

ENGL 202: Romantic Literature-II

J. Keats : Ode to a Nightingale. Ode on a Grecian urn, To Autumn, Ode on Melancholy

P.B. Shelly : Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, Adonais , Hymn to Intellectual Beauty

C. Lamb : Selected Essays

W. Hazlitt : Selected Essays

ENGL 203: Classics in Translation-I (Epic)

Homer : The Iliad, Books 1&2

Virgil : The Aeneid (Dido Episode)

Dante : Inferno (Canto 1-10)

ENGL 204: Classics in Translation-II (Drama)

Sophocles Oedipus Rex

Aeschylus Agamemnon

Euripides Medea

Aristophanes Lysistrata

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ENGL 301: 16th and 17th Century Drama (Excluding Shakespeare)

Christopher Marlowe : Doctor Faustus

Thomas Kyd : The Spanish Tragedy

John Webster : The White Devil

Ben Jonson : The Alchemist

ENGL 302: 16th and 17th Century Poetry

Edmund Spenser : Fairie Queene (Book-I & II)

John Milton : Paradise Lost (Book-9 & 10)

John Donne : Selected Poems*

Andrew Marvell : Selected Poems

*As in Grierson’s Metaphysical Lyric and poems

ENGL 303: 18th Century Literature-I

Daniel Defoe : Robinson Crusoe

Jonathan Swift : Gulliver’s Travels

Alexander Pope` : The Rape of the Lock

John Dryden : Mac Flecknoe

ENGL 305: 19th Century Literature-Novel

Charles Dickens : A Tale of Two Cities

Thomas Hardy : Tess of the D’Urbervilles

George Eliot : Silas Marner

Charlotte Bronte : Jane Eyre

ENGL 304: 19th Century Literature-Poetry

Alfred Tennyson : The Lotos-Eaters, Ulysses, Lockley Hall,

Tithonus, In Memoriam (Selected)

Robert Browning : A Grammarian’s Funeral, Fra Lippo Lippi,

Andrea del Sarto, Porphyria’s Lover

Mathew Arnold : The Scholar Gipsy, Dover Beach, Thyrsis

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ENGL 307: 20th Century Literature-Poetry

T. S. Eliot : The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock; Portrait of a Lady;

The Hollow Man

W. H. Auden : The Quest; The Sea and the Mirror; The Shield of Achilles

W. B. Yeats : Selected Poems

Dylan Thomas : Selected Poems

ENGL 306: 20th Century Literature-Novel

Conrad : Heart of darkness D.H Lawrence : Sons and Lovers James Joyce : A portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Virginia Woolf : To the Light House

ENGL 309: American Literature-I (Poetry)

Whitman : Song of Myself (Selection), When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard

Bloom’d

Dickinson : Because I Could not Stop for Death The Narrow Fellow in the Grass A Route of Evanescence Apparently with No Surprise As Imperceptibly as Grief I taste a Liquor Never Brewed Further in Summer than the Birds Behind Me Dips Eternity These are the Days When Birds Come Back There’s a Certain Slant of Light

Frost : The Wood-Pile The Death of the Hired Man Birches Tree at My Window Mending wall The Road not Taken After Apple Picking Design Mowing West-running Brook

Wallace Stevens Sunday Morning The Idea of Order at Key West Anecdote of the Jar Peter Quince at the Clavier

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ENGL 308: Advanced Reading and Writing

This course includes Intensive and Extensive Reading, Critical Analysis and Interpretation of Texts, Writing Essays, Reports, Book Reviews, Research Papers.

ELT 301: Introduction to Language Studies

• Nature of Linguistics

• Definition and Characteristics of Language

• Basic areas of Linguistics: Phonology; Morphology, Syntax, Semantics

• Stylistics

• Sociolinguistics: varieties of language; dialect; pidgin; creole; register; status; situation

• Psycholinguistics

• Discourse and Speech Acts

ELT 302: Introduction to English Language Teaching

• Theories of Language Learning

• Linguistics, Sociology , Psychology and Language Teaching

• Approaches to and Methods of Language Teaching :

• Grammar- Translation Method; Structural Approach; Audiolingual Method;

• Direct Method; the Natural Approach;

• Communicative Language Teaching ,Post communicative developments.

• Course (Syllabus) Design : Theory and Practice

• Materials Design,; Evaluation and Adaptation : Theory and Practice

• Testing and Evaluation :

• Types of Language Tests; Reliability and Validity of Language Tests;

• Designing Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Tests.

ENGL 401: Literary Criticism-I

Aristotle : Poetics (Penguin Translation)

Philip Sydney : An Apology for Poetry

Samuel Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare

Wordsworth : Introduction to Lyrical Ballad

F. SPECIALIZATION/MAJOR

6 Courses of 3.00 credit hours each will have to be chosen from any of the following areas:

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1. English Literature

ENGL 404: Literary Criticism-II

T.S. Eliot : Tradition and Individual Talent

T. Eagleton : Marxist Literary Criticism

Edward Said : Introduction to Orientalism

L. Trilling : Freudian Literary Criticism

ENGL 406: American Literature-II (Novel)

Nathaniel Hawthorne : The Scarlet Letter

Herman Melville : Moby Dick

Earnest Hemingway : Old Man and the Sea

Tony Morrison : The Bluest Eye

ENGL 405: Shakespeare

Richard-II

Julius Caesar

Macbeth

Taming of the Shrew

ENGL 407: 17th Century Literature

Frances Bacon : Selected Essays

John Milton : Areopagetica

William Congreve : The Way of the World

John Bunyan : Pilgrim’s Progress

ENGL 408: 20th Century British Drama

G. B Shaw : Man and Superman John Osborne : Look Back in Anger Beckett : Waiting for Godot Harold Pinter : The Dumb Waiter

ENGL 409: Other Literature in English

Narayanan : The Guide Achebe : Things Fall Apart Anita Desai : Clear Light of Day Monika Ali : Brick Lane

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2. ELT (English Language Teaching)

ELT 402: History of English Language Teaching

The course will introduce the students with the history of English Language Teaching.

How the quest for a plausible basis of language teaching moved through different phases

and experimented with different teaching methods and approaches over ages. And it will

also focus on what need and what goal have inspired these investigations.

ELT 403: Fundamental Concepts of ELT

This course will introduce with a few fundamental concepts of English Language

Teaching. It will focus on Historical Perspectives, Concepts of Language, Concepts of

Society, Concepts of Language Learning, and Concepts of Language Teaching.

ELT 404: Psycho Linguistics and Socio Linguistics

This course will introduce with language variation and change, language and gender, language and culture, language policy, planning; Perception, production and comprehension of speech in language acquisition, along with the key terms and approaches- relationship between language and society

And with varieties of language; dialect; pidgin; creole; register; status; situation, styles and register-standard language and developing a standard variety. This will also give an introduction of different branches of psycholinguistics- relationship between psycholinguistics and psychology of language. Language acquisition in the early years : communicating with language- what young children talk about – how young children use their utterances – how adults talk to young children.

Stage in language acquisition: The babbling stage- holophrastic stage- the two –word stage.

ELT 405: Discourse Analysis

The aim of this course is to promote critical thinking through critical analysis of actual discourse/texts.

There will be two major components of the course:

(1) Critical discourse analysis: A) What does it involve?

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From Critical reading to Critical discourse analysis

Language and ideology

Language and power

Power of encoders and decoders

Language and Power in cross gender discourse

Language and power in inter-class discourse

Race and Class in discourse

(B) Different Approaches to CDA (CriticalDiscourse Analysis):

Fairclough’s approach of CDA

Vandijk’s approach to CDA

Woodak’s approachto CDA

Role of Historicism and intertextuality in CDA

(2) Practical Analysis: (i)Analysis of the power of encoders and decoders with reference to advertising discourse

(ii) Analysis of political discourse ( Some famous political speeches from home and abroad, e.g. Gettysburg Address of Abraham Lincoln, President Bush’s speech declaring Iraq war, Presidential address of South African President in the VIII Non-Alignment Movement), and speeches by political leaders of Bangladesh and the sub-continent)

(iii) Analysis of literary discourse

(iv) Analysis of media discourse

ELT 406: Practice Teaching

The purpose of this course is to prepare students as effective ESL/EFL teachers. Students will be required to operate in actual classroom situations. The course incorporates different teaching methods and their pedagogical implications. Students will be required to implement theoretical insights they received about approaches and methods of language and literature teaching in real teaching. They will plan lessons and teach lessons for teaching the different skills and their sub-skills, and will teach 2 or three lessons each in their own class where the other students of the class will be the learners. Each student will also teach two lessons in first year honours class. Special classes will be arranged with first year students throughout the year to facilitate real and authentic practice of teaching. The practice teaching classes will also be observed by two concerned teachers who will continually assess the students’ performance (which will be part of final assessment) and will keep record. Teachers and other students in the classroom will comment on the teaching performance of each lesson. Teachers will also provide constructive feedback on the performance of each lesson. Of the two lessons with first year students, the last lesson will be evaluated by the course teachers. Students will also submit their lesson plans for each lesson.

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ELT 407: Research Methods in ELT

This is an advanced course that aims at introducing students to the approaches and methods of ELT research so that they can understand the problems of English language teaching in Bangladesh and recommend some solutions to those problems. The areas for this course will include:

A. Idea about ELT Research

� Steps in research: Selecting a topic, defining the research question/research problem, doing primary literature survey, finalizing focus, Extensive literature survey, deciding about methods of data collection, analysis of data, presenting results.

� Important concepts in ELT research: Reliability, validity, Triangulation etc. � Types of Research: Qualitative and quantitative research, Inductive and

Deductive research, Experimental and empirical research � Methods of Data collection: Questionnaire Survey, Interviews, Document

analysis, Diary Studies, ethnography, case study, Observation etc.

� Designing tools for investigation � Administering the study � Process of Data Collection and data analysis: tabulating data, planning an

analysis in keeping with the objectives, Frequency counts, central tendency and some other types of data analysis

� Presenting Results � Referencing Style: APA and MLA styles of referencing

B. Doing a mini research project/ Writing a research proposal