SRI CHANDRASEKHARENDRA SARASWATHI VISWA MAHAVIDYALAYA

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

B.A. ENGLISH

Eligibility Criteria for admission to B.A., English

The candidate seeking admission to B.A., English should have passed +2 examinations

under 10+2 pattern of any recognized Board of Higher Secondary Examination of any state in

India or its equivalent with English as one of the subject.

Scheme of Examination

i. Internal Internal marks will be awarded to candidates after assessing them in Written tests, Assignments, Seminar and Attendance. Allocation of Marks: Written test - 15 Assignments - 10 Seminar - 10 Attendance - 05

ii. External External examinations will be for 100 marks. What the students score will be converted to 60 and this will be combined with their score in Internal Examinations.

Minimum marks for a pass: A Candidate has to secure 40% comprising Internal Assessment and External Examinations. The minimum score for a pass is 16/40 in Internal Examinations and 40/100 (24/60) in the External Examinations. In case of failure in any paper, the candidate concerned has to reappear for that paper only. Pattern of Question paper: There shall be Three Parts – A, B & C in the Question paper. Part A shall contain 15 questions out of which the candidate has to answer 10 questions in a few sentences each. Each question is for 2 marks totaling 10x2=20. Part B shall contain Five questions in either/or pattern. Each question shall carry 6 marks each totaling 30 (5x6=30). Part C shall have Five questions in either/or pattern and shall carry 10 marks each totaling 50 (5x10=50). Setting of Question papers and evaluation The Head of the Department will suggest a panel of Question Paper Setters and also Examiners from various Universities / Colleges. This will be done sufficiently earlier before the commencement of examinations to facilitate the controller to deal with the issues suitably.

B.A. English (CBCS) Curriculum (for students admitted from 2015-2016 onwards)

SEMESTER I

S.No Part Course Title

Sub. Code

Title of the paper Int. Ass

Uni.Exam Total Credits

1 I Language Tamil/Hindi/Sanskrit - I 40 60 100 5 2 II English English Prose and Usage - I 40 60 100 5 3 III Allied I Social History of England - I 40 60 100 5 4 III Allied II (a) Literary Terms and Forms - I 40 60 100 5 5 IV Elective Indian Culture - I 100 100 1

6 V Compulsory

Paper

Environmental Studies 40 60 100 4

Total 25

SEMESTER II

7 I Language Tamil/English/Sanskrit-II 40 60 100 5 8 II English English Prose and Usage II 40 60 100 5 9 III Allied I Social History of England II 40 60 100 5 10 III Allied II (a) Literary Forms and Terms II 40 60 100 5 11 III Core Essentials of Grammar 40 60 100 4 12 IV Elective Indian Culture II 100 100 1

Total 25

SEMESTER III

13 I Language Tamil/English/Sanskrit - III 40 60 100 5 14 II English English Prose and Usage - III 40 60 100 5 15 III Allied II (b) History of English Literature - I 40 60 100 5 16 III Core Prose 40 60 100 5 17 III Core Poetry 40 60 100 5

Total 25

SEMESTER IV

18 I Language Tamil/English/Sanskrit-IV 40 60 100 5 19 II English English Prose and Usage IV 40 60 100 5 20 III Allied II (b) History of English Literature II 40 60 100 5 21 III Core Shakespeare 40 60 100 5 22 III Core Fiction 40 60 100 5

Total 25

SEMESTER V

23 III Core Phonetics and History of

English Language 40 60 100 5

24 III Core Indian Writing in English 40 60 100 5

25 IV Elective Soft Skills and

Communication Skills/ Journalism

40 60 100 5

26 III Core Introduction to Literary

Criticism 40 60 100 5

27 III Core Drama 40 60 100 5

Total 25

SEMESTER VI

28 IV Elective Skills for Employment 40 60 100 5 29 III Core American Literature 40 60 100 5 30 III Core New Literature 40 60 100 5

31 IV Compulsory English for Competitive

Exams 40 60 100 5

32 III Core A Short Dissertation/Project 40 60 100 5

Total 25

No of Total Credits 150

B.A ENGLISH (CBCS) SYLLABUS

For those admitted from 2015-2016 onwards

Semester I Paper I Part I Tamil/Hindi/Sanskrit As prescribed already for B.A/ Paper I Part II English B.Sc/B.Com/B.C.A/M.C.A(Integrated) Paper I Part III Allied I – Social History of England – I Objectives: Learners are introduced to the societal life of England from the Reformative period. Outcome: Students will have a clear understanding of the fabric of Social life of England Unit I The Reformation in England (i) Dissolution of Monasteries (ii)Pilgrimage of Grace (iii) See-faring in the age of Queen Elizabeth

Unit - II i) Shakespearean Theatre ii) Social Relationships in Elizabethan England Unit - III Seventeenth Century i) English Colonial Expansion ii) The Puritan Revolution Unit - IV i) Coffee House Life ii) Restoration Theatre Unit - V Eighteenth Century i) Art & Culture in the age of Dr Johnson ii) Loss of American Colonies iii) Causes and Effects of the Industrial Revolution. iv) The French Revolution and its Impact on Society. Books Recommended: 1. Trevelyan, G.M - A Social History of England. 2. Padmaja Ashok - The Social History of England, (Orient Blackswan Pvt.Ltd)

Paper II Part III Literary Terms and Forms I Objectives: Students are exposed to various literary terms that will aid their understanding of literature. Outcome: After study students would feel the difference between plain reading and purposive reading of literature. UNIT I Literary Terms Allegory, Allusion, Anachronism, Aside, Bathos, Burlesque, Chorus, Chronicle Plays, Cliché, Comic Relief, Connotation, Euphemism, Irony, Masque, Melodrama UNIT II Literary Terms Metaphor, Motif, Neo-Classicism, Pathos, Plot, Poetic Justice, Renaissance, Satire, Solioquy, Unities, Wit. UNIT III Study of i) the Sonnet ii) the ode iii) the lyric UNIT IV

Study of

i) the Epic ii) the Elegy iii) the Idyll UNIT V

Study of i) One –Act plays ii) Drama iii) Short-stories

Books Recommended: 1. M.H. Abrams Glossary of Literary Terms 2. Introduction to Literature: W.H.Hudson 3. A Background to the study of Literature – Brijesh Prasad(Macmillan)

Part IV Elective INDIAN CULTURE I

Objectives:

In an endeavour to understand theAncient Indian systems and Culture in all the parameters, this paper aims to create an awareness about the importance of early Indian systems and traditions. The rich literary heritage of India and various scientific fields in which Indians have made their contributions included in this paper to draw linkages between modern science and rich Vedic scientific heritage. Unit I Introduction to Vedic Cultures; significance & how it is different from the other cultures. why we have to follow? Important features. Unit II Literary Heritage of India – significance of Indian Literature; Chronology of Indian literature; Literature in Sanskrit and other Indian languages; Unit III

Early Indian Education – significance & advantages. Gurukulas and Guru-sishya parampara. Learning methods. Evolution of script and languages; important early scripts and writing materials; important early educational centers (ghattikas, universities) & their unique features. Important personalities and their Contribution – Devarishies, Maharishies, Rishies, Seers and contribution of their institutions to protect the cultural heritage. Unit IV

Scientific thoughts of Early Indian Sages;

Unit V

Importance and significance of Upavedas – Ayurveda,

Dhanurveda, Gandhravaveda, stapatya & Arthasastra.

Reference Books

1. Joshi,K. 1992(rp). The Veda and Indian Culture. Rastriya Veda Vidya Pratishthana. New Delhi. 2. Kangle, R.P. 1992 (rp). The Kautilya Arthasastra. Delhi. 3. Kulkarni, R.P. 1983. Geometry according to Sulba Sutra. Samsodhana Mandal. Pune. 4. Majumdar, R.C. 1994 (rp). Ancient India. Motilal Banarsidas Publishers. Delhi. 5. Patel, I.S. (ed). 1984. Science and the Vedas. Bombay. 6. Majumdar, R.C. 1996 (ed) (rp). The History and Culture of the Indian People. 7. Vol I-IV. Bharatriya Vidya Bhavan. Mumbai 8. Radhakrishna, S. 1993(rp). Indian Philosophy. Vol I & II. Oxford University Press. Delhi. 9. Sri Chandrasekarendra Sarasvati Swamihi. 1991. The Guru Tradition. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Bombay. 10. Sri Jayendra Saraswatiji Maharaj. 1951. The Vedas and Vedangas. Prakashan Kendra.

Lucknow. Winternize, M. 1996(rp). History of Indian Literature. Delhi.

PART V COMPULSORY PAPER PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SC IENCE

Objectives:

1. To familiarize the students with basic concepts of environment and creating awareness

Outcome:After the course students become environmental friendly and realize the need to preserve

environment.

Unit - 1: Introduction to environment and environmental studies (12 Hrs)

Introduction to environment – components – nature of environment - need of awareness – water crisis -

climatic change - fossil fuels– pollution – loss of biodiversity – deforestation – their impacts - reasons for

environmental problems – anthropocentric and eco centric views.

Environmental studies - multidisciplinary nature – scope and aim – sustainable development- principles –

RRR concept- extension – response of world community – Indian environmental movements –

environmental calendar.

Unit – 2: Ecosystem and Biodiversity (12 Hrs)

Ecosystem – structure – functions – simplified ecosystem models (food chain and food webs and their

types) - forest – grassland – pond – desert- estuary ecosystems – ecological succession - ecological

pyramids – Bio-geochemical cycles of water – oxygen-carbon-phosphorous and sulphur.

Biodiversity – definition – types – species – genetic and ecosystem diversities- values of biodiversity –

threats to biodiversity – conservation of biodiversity – endemism – biodiversity hotspots – Indian

biodiversity – soils of India – floristic regions – endemic species of India – IUCN lists -red-green and

blue data books.

Unit – 3: Natural resources (12 Hrs)

Natural resources – definition – types – forest resources – uses –deforestation- reasons - effects – water

resources – distribution of water in the globe – other reasons for problems – conservation of water – dams

– effects of dams - food resources – modern agriculture– ill effects -energy resources- types – hydel –

nuclear – solar –wind and biomass energy - world scenario – Indian scenario

Population and environment – reasons for over exploitation of resources – population – demography –

population curves – population explosion – effects – consumerism – effects – urbanization – reasons and

effects- role of an individual.

Unit – 4: Environmental Pollution (12 Hrs)

Pollution – definition – types – air pollution – causes and effects – effects of CO2 – CO – NOx –SOx –

particulates – control of air pollution – water pollution – causes – effects – remedies – soil pollution –

solid waste management – e waste – ill effects of e-waste – proper recycling- Noise pollution – reasons –

effects – control – nuclear pollution – cases – effects and control – marine and thermal pollution causes –

effects and remedies

Legal provisions for protecting environment – article 48 A – 51 A (g) – Environment act 1986 – Air act

1981 – Water act 1974 – wild life protection act – Forest act 1980- salient features and inadequacies -

problems in implementation – reasons.

Unit – 5 : Social issues and environmental ethics (12 Hrs)

Present environmental scenario – green house effect – climate change – The Kyoto Protocol – ozone layer

depletion-The Montreal Protocol - acid rain – causes – effects - disparity among the nations – The

Copenhagen UNFCCC summit – carbon currency- virtual water- genetically modified organisms.

Environmental ethics – introduction – people getting affected - resettlement and rehabilitation – issues

involved –– Sardhar Sarovar project – Tawa Matsya sang - Melting icebergs of Arctic.

Text Book

1. Perspectives in Environmental studies – Anubha kaushik and CP kaushik, New age international

publishers, 4th edition, 2014.

Reference books

1. Environmental Studies, N. Nandini, N. Sunitha and Sucharita Tandon,Sapna Book House, 2007.

2. Text book of Environmental Science, Ragavan Nambiar, Scitech Publications, 2009.

3. Text book of Environmental Chemistry and Pollution Control, S.S.Dara, S.Chand and Co., 2002.

4. Environmental Chemistry, Colin Baird, W.H.Freeman and company, New York,1999.

5. Environmental Chemistry, Gary W. Van Loon and Stephen J. Duffy, Oxford University Press,

2000.

6. New Trends in Green Chemistry, V.K. Ahluwalia and M. Kidwai, Anamaya Publishers, 2006

SEMESTER II

Paper II Part I Tamil/Hindi/Sanskrit As Prescribed already for B.A/B.Sc/B.com

Paper II Part II English /B.C.A/M.C.A(Integrated)

Paper III Social History of England II

Unit I Nineteenth Century

i) The influence of Science on Victorian England

ii) Reform Bills (Parliament and Local Administration)

iii) Humanitarianism.

Unit II

i)Victorian Culture

ii) Anti-Slavery Movement.

Unit III Twentieth Century

i)Means of Communication

ii)Public Health

iii) Poor Laws

Unit IV

i)Education in the Twentieth Century

ii)Britain Between the Wars

iii)Life in the Sixties

Unit V

i)Life in the Seventies

ii)Life in the Eighties

iii) Origin and Growth of Political parties in England

iv)Contemporary Life in England

Books Recommended:

1. Trevelyan, G.M - A Social History of England

2. Padmaja Ashok - The Social History of England, Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd.

Paper IV Part IV Literary Terms and Forms II Objectives: Students are exposed to various literary terms that will aid their understanding. Outcome: After study students would feel the difference between plain reading and purposive

reading of literature.

Unit I Literary Terms

Aestheticism, Allusion, Ambiguity, Anthithesis, Conceit, Discourse, Ephiphany, Humanism,

Hyperbole, Imagery.

UNIT II Literary Terms

Impressionism, Metonymy, Myth, Oxymoron, Paradox, Pathetic Fallacy, Realism, Romanticism,

Sentimentalism, Synedoche.

UNIT III

Study of Fiction

UNIT IV

Study of the Essay

Autobiography, Biography.

UNIT V

Study of Criticism.

Books: As Prescribed for Paper I

Core Paper V Part III Essentials of Grammar

Objectives: To enlighten learners as to the importance of speaking and writing educated English.

Outcome: Students are expected to be conscious in the usage of words and phrases in syntactical order

both in speech and writing

Paper-IV Optional (b) Essentials of Grammar Unit-I Articles, Possessives, Auxiliaries and Anomalous Verbs Unit-II The Passive Voice and Word Order Unit-III Relative Clauses, Infinitives and Gerunds Unit-IV Tenses and Conditional Sentences Unit-V Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs and Adverb Particles Book Prescribed: An Intermediate English Practice Book – S.Pit Corder (Orient Longman – Blackswan)

INDIAN CULTURE II

Objectives:

This paper aims to provide awareness of the duties and responsibilities of human which framed by the

early Sindh Vedic societies, is essential to passed on from one generation to the other, for the welfare

of societies and to understand the significance of various social events. Ancient Indians made

considerable scientific progress in the fields of science and technology. This paper also provides to

draw linkages between modern science and rich Indian scientific advanced thoughts and

applications.

Unit I

Duties & responsibilities of human; gruhya sutras, smrities & sruties – significance in day to day life.

Unit II

Samskaras or Sacraments – Important occasions & significance; Sixteen important Samskaras in due

course of human life. Responsibilities of Human - four Ashrama Dharmas.

Unit III

Significance of social gatherings & celebrations of different occasions. Worship – personal and public

rituals & their significance; soi-cultural significance of festivals and impact on culture. Significance of

Yoga in daily life.

Unit IV

Social significance of religion; evolution of religious thoughts and ritual practices; different philosophical

Schools. structural evolution for ritual practices; significance of temples & other constructions. Civil

engineering skill & construction technologies;

Unit V

Scientific thoughts of early Indians. Vedic Mathematics. Astrology & Astronomy. Scientific aspects in

Vastusastra, etc. early Indian works and its importance in day to day life.

Reference Books

1. Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaj. 1994 Vedic Mathematics. Motilal

Banarasidas. New Delhi.

2. Joshi,K. 1992(rp). The Veda and Indian Culture. Rastriya Veda Vidya Pratishthana. New Delhi.

3. Kangle, R.P. 1992 (rp). The Kautilya Arthasastra. Delhi.

4. Kulkarni, R.P. 1983. Geometry according to Sulba Sutra. Samsodhana Mandal. Pune.

5. Majumdar, R.C. 1994 (rp). Ancient India. Motilal Banarsidas Publishers. Delhi.

6. Patel, I.S. (ed). 1984. Science and the Vedas. Bombay.

7. Majumdar, R.C. 1996 (ed) (rp). The History and Culture of the Indian People. Vol I-IV. Bharatriya

Vidya Bhavan. Mumbai

Semester III

Paper III Part II Tamil/Hindi/Sanskrit As Prescribed already for B.A/B.Sc/B.com

Paper III Part II English /B.C.A/M.C.A(Integrated)

Paper VI Part III Allied II (b)

UNIT I History of English Literature I

i) Beginnings of English

ii) The Age of Chaucer (1340-1400)

iii) The Renaissance (1400-1660)

Students must be familiar with the contributions of the following authors.

Prose Writers: Thomas Moore, Sidney, Bacon

UNIT II

Dramatists: Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Marlowe, Thomas Nash, John Webster, Beaumont and Fletcher

Poets: Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, John Donne, Cowley and Herbert.

UNIT III Restoration to Romanticism (1660-1798)

Students must be familiar with the contributions of the following authors.

Prose Writers: Dryden, Swift, Bunyan, Addison & Steele, Dr Johnson and Goldsmith.

UNIT IV

Novelists: Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Anne Radcliffe, Sterne.

UNIT V

Dramatists: Dryden, Wycherley, Congreve, Sheridan.

Poets: Dryden, Gray, Collins, Blake, Burns and Cowper.

Paper VII Part III Prose

Objectives: To familiarize learners with different aspects of styles of writers of prose down the ages.

Outcome: Learners are expected to acquire conversance in facile expressive power.

UNIT I

Francis Bacon - Of Cunning

Sir Richard Steele - The Spectator Club

Joseph Addison - Sir Roger and Will Wimble

UNIT II

Oliver Goldsmith - The Man in Black

Charles Lamb - Dream Children

James Leigh Hunt - On Getting up on Cold Mornings

UNIT III

Robert Louis Stevenson - Walking Tours

Augustine Birrel - Old Book Sellers

Robert Lynd - The Unexpected

UNIT IV

Edmund George Valpy Knox - Witches and What Not

Christopher Darlington Morley -On Doors

Richard Hillary - The Crash

UNIT V

Virginia Woolf - Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid

George Orwell - Politics and the English Language

G.K Chesterton - On Running After One’s Hat

Books Prescribed: English Essays ed. W. Cuthbert Robb.

Paper VIII Part III Core Poetry

Objectives: To familiarize learners with the shift of thought and style of language in poetry from the .

Renaissance to the present times.

Outcome: After study students will know what the style of poetry is and what constitutes poetry. They

will learn that the predominant political and social event hold a sway over literature and lend

the texture.

UNIT I

William Shakespeare - Let me not to the Marriage of true minds.

John Donne - The Good Morrow.

Andrew Marvell - To His Coy Mistress.

UNIT II

John Milton : Lycidas.

Thomas Gray : Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

Wordsworth : Tintern Abbey

UNIT III

Coleridge : Kubla Khan

Shelley : To a Skylark

Keats : Ode to a Nightingale

UNIT IV

Alfred Tennyson : The Lotus Eaters

Robert Browning : My Last Duchess.

Matthew Arnold : Dover Beach.

UNIT V

G.M. Hopkins : The Windhover

Philip Larkin : Church Going

Thom Gunn : On the Move

Note: These poems are to be collected from different Anthologies.

Semester IV

Paper IV Part I Tamil/Hindi/Sanskrit As Prescribed already for B.A/B.Sc/B.com

Paper IV Part II English /B.C.A/M.C.A(Integrated)

Part III Paper IX History of English Literature II

Objectives: Students must be familiar with the following authors

Outcome: After a study of this course, learners will know the contextuality of the following writers.

UNIT I Prose Writers

Charles Lamb, William Hazlitt, Arnold, Carlyle, Ruskin, R.L.Stevenson, G.K.Chesterton, Aldous Huxley,

Orwell, Belloc, Lynd.

UNIT II Novelists

Walter Scott, Jane Austen, Bronte Sisters, Dickens, Thackeray, Hardy, Kipling, H.G.Wells Conrad,

Maugham, E.M.Forster , D.H.Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, Orwell, Golding, Arnold Bennet, John Braine.

UNIT III Dramatists

Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, Galsworthy, Synge, Sean O’Casey, Beckett, Osborne, Harold Pinter.

UNIT IV POETS

Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Rossetti, Swinburne, G.M. Hopkins, Yeats, Eliot T.S., Auden, Spender, Cecil

Day Lewis, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney.

UNIT V

The Georgian Movement , Modernism and Post Modernism

Books Recommended:

1. Hudson, W.H. An Outline History of English Literature

2. Ramachandran Nair, K.R. Essays on the History of English Literature (Emerald)

Part III Paper X Shakespeare

UNIT I

As You Like It

UNIT II

Julius Caesar

UNIT III

Macbeth

UNIT IV

Hamlet

UNIT V

The Winter’s Tale

Note: Any standard edition is recommended.

Part III Paper XI Core Fiction

Objectives: To introduce students to the different shades of plot and narration in novel writing

in English.

Outcome: After doing the course, students will be able to recognize authors by their style. They

Will also learn how novelists conform to the dominant life.

UNIT I

Horace Walpole - The Castle of Otranto

UNIT II

Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights

UNIT III

R.L. Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr Hyde

UNIT IV

Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of the Baskervilles

UNIT V

Somerset Maugham - Of Human Bondage

SEMESTER V

Part III Core Paper XII Phonetics and History of the English Language

Objectives: Students are introduced to the nuances of sounds in English.

Outcome: After the course, students will have a clear picture of the sounds and aspects that were

responsible for its development.

UNIT I

Classification and description of Speech sounds.

The Vowels of English

UNIT II

The consonants of English – Classification and Description.

UNIT III History of the English Language

Origin and Development of English

Characteristics of Old English

Characteristics of Middle English

UNIT IV

Foreign Contributions: Latin, Scandinavian, French.

Author Contributions: Shakespeare, Milton.

UNIT V

Change of Meaning, Growth of English Vocabulary, Standard English, American English.

Book Recommended:

1) F.T.Wood – A History of the English Language.

2) Balasubramanian - Phonetics for Indian Students

.

Part III Core Paper XIII Indian Writing in English

Objectives: To provide an opportunity to students to know the nature of development of literary

writing in English.

Outcome: After doing the course, learners will have a fair understanding of the rootedness of the English

Language in India together with the rise of nationalism for which English was a course

through Writing in English.

UNIT I POETRY

Sarojini Naidu : Indian Weavers, The Queen’s Rival

Kamala Das : The Old Play House, My Grandmother’s House

Nissim Ezekiel : An Introduction, Night of the Scorpion.

UNIT II POETRY

R. Parthasarathy : River Once, Under Another Sky

A.K. Ramanujan : Obituary, Small Scale Reflections of a Great House.

Jayanta Mahapatra : Thoughts of the Future the Bride

Keki Daruwalla : Hawk

Dom Moraes : At Seven ‘o’ Clock

Gieve Patel : On Killing a Tree

UNIT III PROSE

Jawaharlal Nehru : The Discovery of India (Chapters 1 to 5)

Salman Rushdie : Imaginary Homelands

The Following essays:

i) The imaginary Homelands

ii) In God we Trust

iii) In Good faith.

UNIT IV Fiction

R.K.Narayan : The Guide

Kushwant Singh : The Train to Pakistan

UNIT V DRAMA

Girish Karnad : Hayavadhana

Mahesh Dattani : Tara

PART IV ELECTIVE I COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND SOFT SKILLS

Objectives: The purpose is to infuse confidence in students in their communicative process.

Outcome: After the course, students would be rid of their diffidence and their ability in communication.

will have perceptible change.

UNIT I

Interpersonal Communication

UNIT II

Goal Setting

UNIT III

Critical Thinking

UNIT IV

Team Work

UNIT V

Essential Written Communications

Book Prescribed: Communication Skills and Soft Skills - An Integrated Approach – E. Suresh Kumar et al.

Pearson Publications.

PART IV Elective II Journalism

Objectives: To familiarize students with the aspects of journalism.

Outcome: After exposure to the course, students will have better sensitivity to language use apart from

Having enlightenment on the various sections of a Newspaper/ Magazine Office

UNIT I

i) Introduction

ii) What is News

UNIT II

i) The Reporter

ii) News Editor

UNIT III

i) The Sub Editor

UNIT IV

i) Anatomy of Editing

ii) Language and Style

UNIT V

i) Headlines

ii) Design and Make-up

iii) Picture Editing and Captions.

Text: Basic Journalism – Rangaswami Parthasarathy (Macmillan)

PART III PAPER XIV INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM

Objectives: Study of literature requires methods of studying literature. This course is to help students

to get to know the methodology of studying literature from the nature of criticism through

the ages.

Outcome: After learning, students stand sensitized to the various methods adopted by critics.

UNIT I

Romantic and Victorian Criticism

UNIT II

20th

Century Criticism

UNIT III, IV & V

Contemporary Theories

Prescribed Text:

English Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introductory History – M.S. Nagarajan(Orient Blackswan)

PART III CORE PAPER XV DRAMA

Objectives: Students should know the beginnings of Regular comedy and Regular Tragedy in English.

Outcome: After studying the paper, learners will understand the concepts of tragedy and comedy and

What to look for in such plays.

UNIT I & II

Edward II – Marlowe

UNIT III

The School for Scandal – R.B.Sheridan

UNIT IV

The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde

Arms and the Man – Bernard Shaw

UNIT V

Informative Account on Drama after Bernard Shaw.

Reference Book for Unit V: Any book of History of English Literature.

SEMESTER VI

PART IV ELECTIVE PAPER III(a) Copy-Editing

Objectives: Writing has become part of our day today activities. This needs certain discipline. This

Discipline can be effected by knowledge copy-editing. It is the aim of this course to

Teach the how abouts of writing of sorts.

Outcome: The learner acquires knowledge in the process of bringing writing under a methodology

accepted internationally.

Paper-X Elective 2(b) Copy Editing Objectives: To equip students with fundamental knowledge of copy-editing

Outcome: After learning the subject, students are expected to be conversant in proof-reading and getting ready a book with all its formalities for being printed. Unit-I Introduction, What is copy editing? Typescripts – hard-copy, electronic parts of a book, preparing a copy. Unit-II Spelling, hyphenation, punctuation, capitalization, names, italic, roman and other type treatments. Unit-III Proofs, How to read proofs. How to make corrections. Second Proof, Press Proof. Unit-IV Work titles in text, quotations & direct speech, abbreviations & symbols Unit-V Indexes, What needs to be done? General organization, Style within the entry Books Recommended:

1. Butcher - Copy Editing, Cambridge University Press 2. New Hart’s Rules (Oxford)

PART IV ELECTIVE III (a) Skills for Employment I

Objectives: To dispel fear in learners about the various aspects of employment oriented skills and

behavior.

Outcome: After being subjected to the course, learners will gain confidence in areas concerned.

UNIT I

Group Discussion

Unit II

Job Interview

UNIT III

Oral Presentation Skills

UNIT IV

Interacting with superiors

UNIT V

Listening to Reports and Customer Complaints.

Text Recommended:

1) Business communication – Meenakshi Raman and Prakash Singh.

2.) Skills for Employment - K. Revathi and K.S. Purushothaman.

PART III CORE XVI AMERICAN LITERATURE

Objectives: To introduce students to American literary works in English. This assumes relevance in

the context of globalization.

Outcome: Student get exposed to different style of the English language and thought patterns and

Cross Cultural Projections.

UNIT I POETRY

1) Emerson - Each and All, Brahma

2) Poe - The Raven

3)Emily Dickinson - There’s been a Death in the Opposite House.

4) Robert Frost - Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.

UNIT II POETRY

1.E.E.Cummings - The Cambridge Ladies

2. Sylvia Plath - Ariel

3. Richard Wilbur - Ceremony

4. Allen Ginsberg - A Super Market in California.

UNIT III PROSE

1. Emerson - Nature

2. Thoreau - Where I Lived and What I Lived For.

UNIT IV DRAMA

1. Eugene O’Neill - The Hairy Ape

2. Tennessee Williams - A Street car Named Desire.

UNIT V FICTION

1. Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter

2. Toni Morrison - The Bluest Eye.

PART III CORE XVII NEW LITERATURE

Objectives: To introduce students to literature in English from countries where English is an

indispensable language of communication.

Outcome:This course will endow students with the distinctive emotive and feelingful manipulation of

English by writers of different cultures and national backgrounds.

UNIT I POETRY

A.D. Hope -Australia

Allen Currow - Time

Dennis Brutus - A Common Hate Enriched our Love and Us.

John Peper C’lark - The casualties

UNIT II POETRY

P.K.Page - Adolescence

Derek Walcott - Ruins of a Great House

Edwin Thumboo - The Exile

Kishwar Naheed - I am Not That Woman

UNIT III PROSE

Chinua Achebe - The Novelist as Teacher

UNIT IV DRAMA

Ian Fraser - Bring Me Gandhi

UNIT V FICTION

Margaret Atwood - The Blind Assassin

J.M.Coetzee - Age of Iron

Note: All the texts are available on the Net

PART IV COMPULSORY PAPER ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS

Objectives: To introduce students to the nuances of questions in general in Competitive Examination.

Outcome: Students become used to the various aspects of questions and gain confidence.

Unit-I Comprehension passages Cloze Test Spotting Errors Unit-II Sentence improvement Sentence arrangement Sentence completion Sentence fillers Unit-III Vocabulary Synonyms & Antonyms Unit-IV Verbal Analysis Word substitution Unit-V Idioms & phrasal verbs Miscellaneous vocabulary Texts: 1. Gopalan R and Rajagopalan V. -English for Competitive Examinations, New Delhi, 2003 2. Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe - Objective English, New Delhi, Pearson, 2007

PART III CORE PAPER XVII A SHORT DISSERTATION/PROJECT

Objectives:

Each Student will have to do a dissertation/project on nay area of literature under the guidance of a

regular faculty. The aim is to make the student gain an in-depth knowledge of the subject of choice. It

should be attain new knowledge in the subject. Individual teachers will guide the students in

Methodology and Research.

Outcome:

After Dissertations/Project students would realize the intricacies involved in such writings and sense the

seriousness of the undertaking.