Syllabus of Bachelor of Arts in English (Honors) for Dept ...

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Varendra University

Department of English

Syllabus of 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 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

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

Trace the origin and development of English language

Conduct research in accordance with prescribed guidelines

Familiarize learners with the major literary movements in the Great Britain, the United States of America, 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 two 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

Evaluation Procedures

The evaluation system is based on class attendance, in course/class test, assignments/term papers, midterm and final examination. Number of classes, class test and assignment/term paper will depend on respective course teachers. There will be a midterm in the middle of the Semester. The distribution of marks is as follows:

Class Attendance : 10%

In course/ class test : 10%

Assignment/Term paper : 10%

Midterm : 30%

Semester Final : 40%

Viva Voce (Every year-end) : 25% (3rd Sem.), 25% (6th Sem.),

25% (9th Sem.), 25% (12th Sem.)

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Lecture Hour per Course

The procedures of Credit Hour Semester system are practiced in the academic programs of this university with involvement of 22 weeks of instruction in each semester. The courses may have different credit hours. Each credit hour will consist of 22 instruction hours.

In this context, if a course is of 3 credit hours it will cover 66 (3 hrs/week X 22 weeks) instruction hours.

Program Structure:

The Bachelor of Arts in English program consists of

Orientation Course Non Credit

General Education: Total 5 Courses

(4 courses × 3 Credit Hours each) 12 Credit Hours

(1 course × 2 Credit Hours each) 2 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 03 Credit Hours

Comprehensive Oral Tests (4 × 1 Credit Hours each) 4 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.

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.

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B. General Education

4 courses of 3.00 credit hours each and 1 course of 2.00 credit hours, total credit hours are 14.

SL. No. Course Code Course Title

1. CSE 101 Computer Fundamentals*

2. HIS 202 Western Philosophy*

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BAG 201

HIS 201

BAN 101

Bengali Literature

History of England*

History of the Emergence of Bangladesh

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HIS 203

SOC 101

PSY 101

History of Eastern Thoughts and Religions

Introduction to Sociology

Introduction to Psychology

9. IR 101 International Relations

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

C. English Foundation Courses

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


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

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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)


1. ENGL 101 Introduction to Literature: Poetry

2. ENGL 102 Introduction to Literature: Drama

3. ENGL 103 Introduction to Literature: Fiction

4. ENGL 104 Introduction to 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

11. ENGL 303 18th Century Literature

12. ENGL 304 19th Century Literature: Poetry

13. ENGL 305 19th Century Literature: Novel

14. ENGL 306 20th Century Literature: Novel

15. ENGL 307 20th Century Literature: Poetry

16. ENGL 308 Advanced Reading and Writing

17. ENGL 309 American Literature: Poetry

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


1. ENGL 404 Literary Criticism II

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2. ENGL 405 Shakespeare

3. ENGL 406 American Literature: Novel

4. ENGL 407 17th Century Literature

5. ENGL 408 20th Century British Drama

6. ENGL 409 New Literatures in English

2. ELT (English Language Teaching)


1. ELT 402 History of English Language Teaching

2. ELT 403 Fundamental Concepts of ELT

3. ELT 404 Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics

4. ELT 405 Discourse Analysis

5. ELT 406 Practice Teaching

6. ELT 407 Research Methods in ELT

G. Thesis ENG 410 3 credit hours

H. Non-Thesis (Literature)

ENGL 411 South Asian Writing in English

Or, ENGL 412 Contemporary Short Fiction in English

I. Non-Thesis (ELT)

ELT 411 Computer Assisted Language Learning

Or, ELT 412 Teaching Language Through Literature

J. Viva Voce 4 credit hours

3rd Semester VIVA 101 1 credit hour

6th Semester VIVA 102 1 credit hour



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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. Students are 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 students 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 students 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, except BAG 201(Bengali Literature) which has 2 credit hours. Total credit hours: 14.

CSE 101: Computer Fundamentals

1. Computer Basics: concept of computing, history & generations of computer, algorithms and

flowcharts, types of computers.

2. Computer Hardware and Peripherals: basics of computer hardware, central processing unit,

input/output devices, memory and storage, network devices, computer interfacing.

3. Software: software and its classifications, system software and application software,

different operating systems, computer virus, software maintenance.

I. Word Processing (MS Word): creating, saving and updating document, components of

editor, document formatting and printing, advanced editing facilities, working with table,

symbols, equation, pictures and drawing, envelops, labels, mail merge.

II. Spreadsheet analysis (MS Excel): concept of spreadsheet, illustration of cell, number

and formatting of cell, inserting and deleting of row & column, changing height & width;

freezing & unfreezing pane, hiding and unhiding row and column, paste special, auto fill,

working with formulas, conditional formatting, sorting, data filtering, chart and graphs,

report printing.

III. Presentation software (PowerPoint): creating, formatting and editing presentation,

inserting and deleting slides, viewing slides, applying design, slide transaction, animation,

embedding audio & video, slide show.

4. The Internet: The World Wide Web, getting connected to the web, browsing, search

engines, locating information on the web, email.

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Books Recommended: 1. Peter Norton : Introduction to Computer, McGraw‐hill Publishers 2. J. Stanley Warford : Computer Systems, Jones & Bartlett Publishers 3. Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman

and Dr. M. Alamgir Hossain

: Computer Fundamentals, Systech Publication Ltd

4. William S. Davis : Computers and Business Information Processing 5. Subramanian Introduction to Computers, Mcgraw‐hill Inc.

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 cariation, 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: Western Philosophy

Platonism

Neo-Platonism

Scholasticism

The Renaissance

Rationalism and Empiricism

Marxism

Evolutionism

Pragmatism and Logical Positivism

Existentialism

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Recommended Readings: D. M. Datta The Chief Currents of Contemporary Philosophy Harrison Barret Mastering Philosophy Signet Classics The Great Dialogues of Plato Jean Paul Sartre Existentialism and Humanism Jostein Garder Sophie’s World Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy Sigmund Freud The Essentials of Psychoanalysis Plato Republic Albert Camus The Myth of Sisyphus Sigmund Freud The Interpretations of Dream Aristotle The Nicomachean Ethics Underhill The Essentials of Mysticism Nietzsche Thus Spake Zarathustra Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now John Shand Philosophy and Philosophers Samuel Enoch Stumpf From Socrates to Sartre Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan History of Philosophy: Eastern and Western Penguin Classics Friedrich Nietzsche: A Nietzsche Reader Jadunath Sinha Introduction to Philosophy

BAN 101: History of the Emergence of Bangladesh

This course intends to provide the students with basic knowledge about the events and issues that led to the emergence of Bangladesh as a sovereign state in 1971.

1. A brief survey of socio-political condition of pre-partition India since 1905

2. Partition of India in 1947

3. Language Movement

4. Political parties and political personalities

5. Disparity between two wings of Pakistan

6. Military rule of Ayub Khan (1958-1969)

7. The Six-Point Movement

8. Mass Upsurge of 1969 and fall of Ayub Khan

9. Military rule of 1969 and Yahya Khan

10. General election of 1970

11. The historic speech of 7 March by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Non-Cooperation Movement

12. Genocide of 25 March, Mujibnagar Government, the beginning of Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh

13. Surrender of arms by the ‘Mukti Bahini’ and withdrawal of Indian forces

14. Constitution of Bangladesh.

Books Recommended:

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K.B. Sayeed, Political System of Pakistan.

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BAG 201: Bengali literature

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HIS 203: History of Eastern Thoughts and Religions

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: History of England

The Anglo-Saxon Period, the Norman Conquest and Its Impacts, the Renaissance, Puritan Period, Restoration and the Glorious Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Victorian Period, the World Wars

Recommended Readings:

Thomas Frederick Tout An Advanced History of Great Britain

George Macaulay Trevelyan The History of England

George Macaulay Trevelyan English Social History

John Thorn A History of England

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Norman Davies Europe: A History

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.

Course Texts: Short stories Selections from Oscar Wilde : The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant Anton Chekhov : The Looking Glass W.S. Maughm : The Ant and the Grasshopper

Poems: Selections from Robert Frost: Fire and Ice, The Road Not Taken, Mowing, Nothing Gold

Can Stay Selections from Blake : Ah! Sun-flower, Earth’s Answer, Infant Joy, Infant Sorrow Emily Dickinson : A Route of Evanescence W.B. Yeats : Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Essays:

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Francis Bacon : Of Great Place E.M. Forster :Tolerance by Plato : Myth of the Cave ‘Ralf Waldo Emerson : Art

Recommended Readings: E.L. Tibbits (Ed.) Exercises in Reading Comprehension Compiled by R.A. Close The English We Use Simon Greenall and Michael Swan Effective Reading

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 effective sentences agreement tense punctuation


Course Books:

Anne Cole Brown Houghton Mifflin English Grammar and Composition

Maurice Imhoof & Herman Hudson From Paragraph to Essay

Raymond Murphy Essential Grammar in Use

Recommended Books:

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Andrea M. Lunsford et al Easy Writer

Don Schiach How to Write Essays

A.P. Cowie & Ronald MacKin Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English

Jahurul Islam ABC of English Grammar

Jahurul Islam A Handbook of Paragraph Writing

Kelley Griffith Writing Essays about Literature

Sadruddin Ahmed Learning English the Easy Way

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 Course Books: Cambridge Practice Test for IELTS, Book 1-8 Liz and John Soars: Headway Pre-Intermediate Student's book Liz and John Soars: Headway Intermediate Student's book Recommended Readings: Miles craven Cambridge English Skills: Real Listening and Speaking (Book 1-4) Lida Baker and Steve Gershon Macmillan Academic Skills: Skillful Listening and Speaking (Student’s book) J Blundel Function in English AC Gimson An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English JD O’Connor Better English Pronunciation

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G Brown Listening to Spoken English A Alderson and T Lurich Listening M Bygate Speaking R Ellis and B Tomlinson Speaking G Brown and G Yule Teaching the Spoken Language A Baker Ship or Sheep: An Intermediate Pronunciation Course Rob Nolasco Conversation JD Connor Better English Pronunciation (Text with CDs) Michael Rost Teaching & Researching: Listening V Sasikumar,P Kiranmai Dutt & G Rajeevan A course in Listening & Speaking I & II Rebecca Hughes Teaching & Researching Speaking

C. Free Electives

5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each


ENG 201: Academic Writing This course is an introduction to academic writing for English graduate students. It focuses on assimilating academic language which will help students to freely participate in undergraduate studies at university as well as future academic career. Due to the complex nature of the academia, this course works with a variety of skill sets. The course promotes improvement of the students’ skills in the following fields:

advanced Grammar and error correction use of punctuation, capitalization and abbreviation general academic English vocabulary understanding the stages of the writing process writing a good introduction writing a good conclusion coherence and cohesion: linking words, hedging referencing techniques in writing: quoting, summarizing, paraphrasing amplifying and commenting synthesizing information from several sources into your own writing proofreading and Editing Skills preparing assignment research paper structure word processing and formatting a document main features and functions of abstracts, key features of the academic research paper logical structure and flow basics of documentation style: Chicago, APA and MLA familiarity with dictionaries (monolingual, bilingual, collocational) and corpora (support:

Writing tools) writing Statement of purpose book review and book report

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Recommended Readings: Linda Butler Fundamentals of Academic Writing Level 1 Ann Hogue First Steps in Academic Writing Level 2 Alice Oshima Introduction to Academic Writing Level 3 Alice Oshima Writing Academic English Level 4 John Seely Oxford Guide to Effective Writing and Speaking Stephen McLaren Writing Essays and Reports: A Student’s Guide James A.W. Heffernan A College Handbook Philip Rubens Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style Modern Language Association MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association – American Psychological Association The Chicago Manual of Style – University of Chicago Press Staff

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

The course will also focus on speaking in formal situation considering the socio-cultural context and age groups. Recommended Readings: L. Sue Baugh How to Write First Class Business Correspondence Rajendra Pal Essentials of Business Communication Prof Ataul Haque English Writing Skills Shirley Taylor Model Business Letters, Emails and Other Documents

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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 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 Gitanjali

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

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Recommended Readings: Jeremy Munday Introducing Translation Studies Susan Bassnet Translation Studies Basil Hatim Translation: An Advanced Resource Book Venuti The Translation Studies Reader

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 commodification of culture; culture industry

Recommended Readings: Salman Rushdie Imaginary Homelands Bill Ashcroft et al. The Empire Writes Back John Stuart Mill On Liberty Frantz Fanon The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon Black Skin, White Masks Edward W. Said Culture and Imperialism Edward W. Said Orientalism Moustafa et al. (Ed.) The Edward Said Reader Bill Ashcroft et al. (Ed.) Edward Said MacKenzie Orientalism: History, Theory and the Arts Peter Childs et al. (Ed.) An Introduction to Postcolonial Theory Leela Gandhi Postcolonial Theory Ania Loomba Colonialism/Postcolonialism Bill Ashcroft et al. (Ed.) Post-Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts Elleke Boehmer Colonial and Postcolonial Literature John McLeod Beginning Postcolonialism Sarah Harasym (Ed.) The Post-Colonial Critic: Interviews, Strategies,

Dialogues, G. C. Spivak Peter Hulme et al. (Ed.) Colonial Discourse/Postcolonial Theory Patrick Williams et al. (Ed.) Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A

Reader Bill Ashcroft et al. (Ed.) The Post-Colonial Studies Reader Homi K. Bhabha The Location of Culture

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Chris Lenks Culture John Stoney Cultural Studies Reader Maswood Akhter Musings Post Colonies Philip Smith Cultural Theory: An Introdcution Simon During Cultural Studies: A Critical Introduction Pramod K. Nayar An Introduction to Cultural Studies Simon During (Ed.) The Cultural Studies Reader John Storey Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader Chomsky The Essential Ngugi Wa Thing’o Globalectics Ngugi Wa Thing’o Decolonising the Mind Samuel P. Huntington The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of

World Order Aime Cesaire, trans. Joan Pinkham Discourse on Colonialism

MGT 401: Fundamentals of Management

Management theory & practice, influence of environment in management, nature and purpose of planning, objectives, strategies, policies, planning premises, decision making in management, organizing, organizational structure: departmentation line/stuff authority, decentralization, human resource management and selection, performance appraisal, managing change through manager and organization development, human factors and motivation in organization, leadership, group decision and 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


ENGL 101: Introduction to Literature: Poetry

1. Rhetoric & Prosody 2. Poetry :

a) Theme b) Structural devices : contrast, illustration, repetition

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c) Mood d) Imagery e) Tone f) Principal verse forms : descriptive, lyrical, narrative, reflective and others g) Interrelationships h) Effect i) Rhetoric

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 Tigers Archibald McLeish Ars Poetica Thomas Gray Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College Recommended Readings: Abram, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms Alexander, L.G Poetry and Prose Appreciation For Overseas Students Bose & Sterling Rhetoric & Prosody Boulton, Marjorie Anatomy of Poetry Brooks, C & R.P. Warren Understanding Poetry Cuddon, J.A. A Dictionary of Literary Terms Kellely Griffith Writing Essays about Literature Kennedy, X.J. Introduction of Literature Lawrence Perrine Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry Moody, H.L.B The teaching of Literature Mordaunt, W.J.D A Writers Guide to Literature Richard Gill Mastering English Literature

ENGL 102: Introduction to Literature: 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

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J.M. Synge Riders to the Sea Tom Stoppard Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart The Man Who Came to Dinner Recommended Readings: Marjorie Boulton The Anatomy of Drama W.J.D. Mordaunt A Writer’s Guide to Literature H.B.L. Moody The Teaching of Literature X.J. Kennedy An Introduction to Drama J.C. Styan The Elements of Drama ENGL 103: Introduction to Literature: 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 The Garden Party James Joyce Araby R. K. Narayan The Financial Expert W. Somerset Maugham The Luncheon Anton Chekhov The Bet Aali Areefur Rehman Grandmother’s Wardrobe George Orwell Animal Farm Robert Louis Stevenson Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde Recommended Readings: Boulton, Marjorie Anatomy of Fiction; Anatomy of Drama; Anatomy of Prose

Alexander, L. G. Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students

Millett, F. B. Reading Fiction

Moody, H. L. B. The Teaching of Literature

Mordaunt, W. J. D. A Writer’s Guide to Literature

ENGL 104: Introduction to Literature: Non Fiction

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

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Charles Lamb Dream Children: A Reverie 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 Shooting an Elephant Ralph Waldo Emerson Self-Reliance E. B. White Once More to the Lake

Recommended Readings: Abram, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms Alexander, L. G. The Anatomy of Prose Cuddon, J. A. A Dictionary of Literary Terms Kennedy, X. J. Introduction to Literature Sinha, S. C. & A. B. Sarder A Gateway to English Prose Richard Gill Mastering English Literature 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)

Recommended Readings: Bloom, Harold The Visionary Company Banerjee, S. Critical Theories and Poetic Practice in the Lyrical Ballads Lilley, J.P. Wordsworth’s Interpretation of Nature Bowra, C. M. Romantic Imagination Martin, B. The Ancient Mariner and the Authentic Narrative Abercrombie, L The Art of Wordsworth Marsh, F. Wordsworth's Imagery: A study in poetic vision Ed. Morton D. Paley Twentieth Century Interpretation of Songs of Innocence

and of Experience: A Collection of Critical Essays Alan Tomlinson Songs of Innocence and of Experience Margaret Bottrall (Ed.) Songs of Innocence and of Experience: a Collection of

Critical Essays Ed. Northrop Frye Blake: A Collection of Critical Essays David W. Lindsay Blake Songs of Innocence and of Experience: an

Introduction to the Variety of Criticism Ed. Kathleen Coburn Coleridge: A Collection of Critical Essay Alun R. Jones The Ancient Mariner and other Poems: A Collection of

Critical Essays 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

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C. Lamb : Selected Essays W. Hazlitt : Selected Essays


Michael Ferber The Poetry of Shelley George M. Ridenour (Ed.) Shelley: A Collection of Critical Essays R B Woodings Shelley: Modern Judgements Selections of Critical Essays Murray Cohen The Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelleye David P. Pirie Shelley G. S. Fraser (Ed.) Keats Odes: A Collection of Critical Essays Robin Mayhead John Keats Longman Literature Guide Critical Essays on Keats Poems and Letters Jack Stillinger (Ed.) Twentieth Interpretation of Keats’s Odes: A Collection of Critical Essays Judith O’Neil (Ed.) Critics on Keats Brothers Notes Selected Poems and Letters: John Keats Penguin Critical Studies The Poetry of Keats B.R. Mullik Studies in Poets: Keats Casebook Series Keats: Odes Letters of John Keats ENGL 203: Classics in Translation I

Homer : The Iliad, Books 1&2 Virgil : The Aeneid (Dido Episode) Dante : Inferno (Canto 1-10) Text: Norton world Masterpieces: Volume 1 Recommended Readings: H D F Kitto Greek Tragedy: A Literary Study C M Bowra The Heroic Poetry E Hamilton The Greek Way and the Roman Way G Murray The Rise of Greek Epic G Highet The Classical Tradition W A Camps An Introduction to Homer A Lang The World of Homer J V Luce Homer and the Heroic Age C M Bowra From Virgil to Milton W F Jackson Knight Roman Virgil FJH Letters Virgil Julia Wolfe Loomis Virgil’s The Aeneid and the Georgics, The Eclogues

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Harold Bloom Homer's Iliad: Bloom's Notes George Steiner (Ed.) Homer: A Collection of Critical Essays

ENGL 204: Classics in Translation II

Sophocles Oedipus Rex Aeschylus Agamemnon Euripides Medea Aristophanes Lysistrata Recommended Readings: C.M. Bowra Sophoclean Tragedy H.D.F. Kitto Greek Tragedy T.B.L. Webster The Tragedies of Euripides Gilbert Norwood Greek Comedy Gilbert Highet The Classical Tradition Edith Hamilton The Greek Way and The Roman Way William Walter Sophocles: The Plays Michael J. O’Brien (Ed.) Twentieth Century Interpretation of Oedipus Rex: A Collection of

Critical Essays Harold Bloom (Ed.) Modern Critical Interpretation: Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex Thomas Woodard (Ed.) Sophocles: A Collection of Critical Essays

ENGL 301: 16th and 17th Century Drama

Christopher Marlowe : Doctor Faustus

Thomas Kyd : The Spanish Tragedy

John Webster : The Duchess of Malfi

Ben Jonson : The Alchemist

Shakespeare : Macbeth


Barish, A Jonar Ben Jonson: A Collection of Critical Essays Bokland, G. The Duchess of Malfi : Sources, Themes, Characters Brooke, N. The Moral Tragedy of Dr Faustus Campbell, L. B. Doctor Faustus : A Case of Conscience Dyson, A. E., ed. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. A Casebook Harp, L Richard Ben Jonson’s Plays and Marques Henderson, P. Christopher Marlowe Leech, C. Webster : The Duchess of Malfi Lucas, F. L. Seneca and Elizabethan Tragedy Steam, J. B. Marlowe: A Critical Study …………… English Critical Texts: 16th Century to 20th Century Boulton, Marjories The Anatomy of Drama

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ENGL 302: 16th and 17th Century Poetry

Edmund Spenser : Fairie Queene (Book I & II)

John Milton : Paradise Lost (Book 1)

John Donne : Selected Poems*

Andrew Marvell : To His Coy Mistress, Definition of Love,

A dialogue between the Soul and Body

*As in Grierson’s Metaphysical Lyric and poems

Recommended Readings: Bennett, J.W. The Evaluation of Fearie Queene Davis, B.E.C. Edmund Spenser: A Critical Study Renwick, W.L. Edmund Spenser: An Essay on Renaissance Poetry Tuve, Rosemond. Elizabethan and Metaphysical Imagery Grierson, H. J.C. The Poems of John Donne Rugoff, M. Donne’s Imagery Eliot, T.S. “The Metaphysical Poets” in A Garland for John Donne. Edited by T.

Spenser Lewis, C.S. Preface to Paradise Lost Bush, D. Paradise lost in our Time Rajan, B. Paradise Lost and the Seventeenth Century Reader Rudrum, A. A Critical Commentary on Milton’s Paradise Lost Waldock, A.J.A. Paradise Lost and Its Critics K.W. Gransden Spenser: The Faerie Queene Gareth Roberts The Faerie Queene

ENGL 303: 18th Century Literature

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

Emily Bronte : Wuthering Heights

Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice

Recommended Readings: Abercrombie, Lascelles Thomas Hardy: A Critical Study

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Brown, Douglas Thomas Hardy Cecil, David Victorian Novelists: Essays in Revaluation Dyson, A. E. Charles Dickens: Modern Judgments Gissing, George Critical Studies of the Works of Charles Dickens Miller, J. Hillis Charles Dickens: The World of His Novels Ahmed, Amanullah Dickens and Other Essays Cecil, David Hardy the Novelist Collins, Phillip Dickens and Crime Hardy, Barbara The Moral Art of Dickens Mirriam Allott Jane Eyre and Villette, a selection of critical essays Shanley, Mary Lyndon Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England Anderson, Amanda Tainted Souls and Painted Faces: The Rhetoric of Fallenness in Victorian Culture Handley, Graham State of the Art: George Eliot Prentis, Barbara The Bronte Sisters and George Eliot: A Unity of Difference ENGL 304: 19th Century Literature: Poetry

Alfred Tennyson : The Lotos Eaters, Ulysses, Locksley Hall,

Tithonus, In Memoriam (Selection)

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

Andrea del Sarto, Porphyria’s Lover

Mathew Arnold : The Scholar Gipsy, Dover Beach, Thyrsis

Recommended Readings: Buckley, J H The Victorian Temper: A Study in Literary Culture Lucas, F L The Victorian Poets Wright, A Victorian Literature: Modern Modern Essays in Criticism Burton, H Tennyson (a selection with commentary) Bloom, H Alfred, Lord Tennyson Ebbatson, R Tennyson Killham, J(ed) Critical Essays on the Poetry of Tennyson Berdoe, E The Browning Cyclopaedia Bristow, J Robert Browning Bloom, H & Munich, A Robert Browning: A Collection of Critical Essays Honan, P Browning’s Characters Anderson, W D Matthew Arnold and the Classical Tradition Allott, K Matthew Arnold Johnson, W S The Voices of Matthew Arnold Latham, J E M Critics on Matthew Arnold

ENGL 307: 20th Century Literature: Poetry

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

The Hollow Men

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

As I walked Out One Evening

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W. B. Yeats : Selected Poems

Dylan Thomas : Selected Poems


Ackroyd, Peter T.S. Eliot

Bloom, Harold, (Ed.) T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land

Bloom, Harold Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds

Bottum, Joseph What T.S. Eliot almost Believed http://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/09/002:what:ts:eliot:almost:believed

Cookson, Linda (Ed.) Critical Essays on The Waste Land

Coote, Stephen (Ed.) T. S. Eliot: The Waste Land

Davies, Tony (Ed.) The Waste Land

Eliot, T .S. Tradition and the Individual Talent

Ellis, Steve Dante and English Poetry: Shelley to Eliot

Kenner, Hugh Twentieth Century Views: T. S Eliot

Manganiello, Dominic T. S. Eliot and Dante

Martin, Jay (Ed.) Twentieth Century Interpretations, a Collection of Critical Essay on “The Waste Land”

Southam, B. C. A Guide to the Selected Poems of T. S. Eliot

A. G. Stock W. B. Yeats: His Poetry and Thought

Marjorie Howes (Ed.) The Cambridge Companion to W. B. Yeats

Stan Smith W. B. Yeats: A Critical Introduction

Nicholas Drake The Poetry of W. B. Yeats

Michael O’Neill (Ed.) The Poems of W. B. Yeats: A Sourcebook

John Unterecker Yeats: A Collection of Critical Essays

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: Poetry

Walt Whitman : Song of Myself (Selection), When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d Emily Dickinson : Because I Could not Stop for Death

The Narrow Fellow in the Grass

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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

Robert 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 Recommended Readings: Cowley, M, ed. Leaves of Grass Dutton, G Walt Whitman Forester, N Images of America Hubble, J.B Who are the Major American Writers? Jeffarson, N, ed. Selected Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman Kumar, S.K. Leaves of Grass Lawrence, D.H Studies in Classic American Literature Pearce R.H. Walt Whitman Miller J.H. Poets of Reality ENGL 308: Advanced Reading and Writing

This course acts as an extension of Reading (ENG 102) and Writing (ENG 103) courses, and consists of two segments. The first segment includes intensive and extensive reading which involve reading advanced/intermediate level comprehension (typical of IELTS/TOEFL/CAE comprehension), understanding the meaning of a word/phrase/clause/sentence in a particular context (preferably from newspapers, blogs, journals, magazines, non-literary books, leaflets, brochures etc.), summarizing a literary text (short story/poem/non-fiction/short essay), analyzing and interpreting a text critically. The second segment includes writing different types of essay with a discursive focus, interpreting graph/chart/table/diagram, expressing opinion based on experience, and writing based on given situation. Writing section incorporates writing a poem/short story/essay in the form an assignment.

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Martin Montgomery, Alan Durant, Nigel Fabb, Tom Furniss and Sara Mills

Ways of Reading: Advanced Reading Skills for Students of English Literature

James A.W. Heffernan, John E. Lincoln and Janet Atwill

Writing: A College Handbook

John Arnold & Jeremy Harmar

Advanced Writing Skills

Kathleen T. McWhorter

The Writer’s Compass: A Sentence and Paragraph text with Reading

Jolene Gear and Robert Gear

Cambridge Preparation for TOEFL Test

University of Cambridge

Cambridge IELTS Practice Series (Book 1-14)

Journalistic Articles from world renowned Newspapers, Journals and Blogs (The Guardian, New York Times etc.)

Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Resources

Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition Resources

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

For Special Study:

George Yule: The Study of Language


David Crystal The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language Jack Richards Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics John Lyons Linguistics: An Introduction Peter Roach English Phonetics and Phonology

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William O’Grady et al: Contemporary Linguistics Norbert Schmidt: Introduction to Applied Linguistics Trevor Harley: Psychology of Language Janet Holmes: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics R.H. Hudson: Sociolinguistics D O’Grandy: Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction F Saussure: Course in General Linguistics ELT 302: Introduction to English Language Teaching

Theories of Language Learning 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.

Recommended Readings: Freeman, Diane. Larsen. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching Richards, J.C. and T.C. Rodgers. Approaches and Methods of Language Teaching Brown, H.D. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching Nunan, David. Syllabus Design White, R. Curriculum Design Harrison, A. A Language Testing Book Hughes, A. Testing for Language Teachers Munby, J. Communicative Language Teaching

ENGL 401: Literary Criticism I

Aristotle : Poetics (Penguin Translation)

Philip Sydney : An Apology for Poetry

Samuel Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare

Wordsworth : Preface to Lyrical Ballads

Arnold : The Study of Poetry

Coleridge : Selection from Literaria Biographia

P. B. Shelley : A Defense of Poetry

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 the Individual Talent

T. Eagleton : Marxist Literary Criticism

Edward Said : Introduction to Orientalism

L. Trilling : The Liberal Imagination

E. M. Forster : Introduction to Aspects of the Novel


Edward W. Said Orientalism

MacKenzie Orientalism: History, Theory and the Arts

Shelley Walia Edward Said and the Writing of History

Malcolm Bradbury et al. (Ed.) Modernism

Donald Thomas (Ed.) The Post-Romantics

David Critical Approaches to Literature

Richard Ruland (Ed.) From Puritanism to Postmodernism

Terry Eagleton The English Novel

Nietzsche The Birth of Tragedy

Raman Selden (Ed.) The Theory of Criticism: from Plato to Present

David Lodge 20th Century Literary Criticism

David Daiches Critical Approaches to Literature

Terry Eagleton The English Novel: An Introduction

Fredson Bowers Textual and Literary Criticism

Peter Szondi Theory of the Modern Drama

Hugh Walker The Literature of the Victorian Era

ENGL 406: American Literature: Novel

Nathaniel Hawthorne : The Scarlet Letter

Herman Melville : Moby Dick

Earnest Hemingway : Old Man and the Sea

Tony Morrison : The Bluest Eye


Justine Tally The Cambridge Companion to Toni Morrison

Rachel Lister Reading Toni Morrison

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John N. Duvall The Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison: Modernist Authenticity and Postmodernist Blackness

Harold Bloom (Ed.) Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

A. Turner Nathaniel Hawthorne

D. Grant (Ed.) The Scarlet Letter

A. N. Kaul Hawthorne

H. Hayford & H. Parker Moby Dick

R. Chase (Ed.) Melville

C. Barker Hemingway: The Writer as Artist

P. Young Ernest Hemingway

R. P. Weeks Hemingway: A Collection of Critical Essays

Harold Bloom Earnest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea: Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations

ENGL 405: Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

King Lear

Merchant of Venice

Othello

Recommended Reading: Bradley, A.C. Shakespearean Tragedy Chambers, E.K. Shakespeare: A Survey Tillyard, E.M. W. Shakespeare’s History Plays Tillyard, E.M.W. Shakespeare’s Problem Plays Smith, D.N. (ed.) Shakespearean Criticism (1623:1840) Wilson, D. The Essentials of Shakespeare Charlton Shakespearean Comedy Ford, Boris (ed.) The Age of Shakespeare (Pelican) Simption, P. Studies in Elizabethan Drama Ellis:Fermor, U. M. The Jacobean Drama: An Interpretation Wilson, G. Principles of Shakespearean Production Gill, Richard Mastering Shakespeare Granville Barker, Harley & A Companion to Shakespeare Studies Kott, Jan Shakespeare Our Contemporary Campbell, Joseph The Hero with a Thousand Faces Knights, L.C. Explorations; Some Shakespearean Themes Campbell, Joseph The Hero with a Thousand Faces Charles Barber Richard II Cambridge Student Guide Macbeth Longman Literature Guide Critical Essays on Macbeth David Elloway Julius Caesar Harold Bloom’s Viva Modern Critical Interpretation Macbeth Harold Bloom’s Viva Modern Critical Interpretation Julius Caesar

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Michael Anderegg Shakespeare and Popular Culture

ENGL 407: 17th Century Literature

Francis Bacon : Of Marriage and Single Life

Of Truth

Of Studies

Of Plantations

Of Ambition

John Milton : Areopagetica

William Congreve : The Way of the World

John Bunyan : Pilgrim’s Progress

Recommended Books:

John Pitcher (Ed) Francis Bacon: The Essays (Penguin Classics)

John Milton Areopagitica and Other Writings (Penguin

Classics)

William Congreve The way of the world and other Plays (Penguin

Classics)

Edward Tayler Literary Criticism of 17th Century England

FG Selby (Ed) Francis Bacon: Essays

S Warhaft Francis Bacon: Selection of his Works

KM Burton Areopagitica and Other Prose Works

M Davies (Ed) Areopagitica and of Education

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

Recommended Reading: Bentley, Eric Bernard Shaw: A Reconsideration (1947) Crompton, Louis Shaw the Dramatist (1969) Kaufmann, R J A Collection of Critical Essays (1965) Kenner, Hugh

Samuel Beckett: A Critical Study (1961) Reader’s Guide to Samuel Beckett (1973)

Duckworth, Colin “Introduction” to Waiting for Godot (1966) Gordon, Lois G Stratagems to Uncover Nakedness: The Dramas of Harold Pinter

(1969) Ganz, Arthur ed. Pinter: A Collection of Critical Essays (1972)

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Quigley, Austin E The Pinter Problem (1975) Heilpern, John John Osborne: A Patriot for Us. Boulton, Marjories The Anatomy of Drama Roy, Amitava, Arnab Ray Osborne Look Back in Anger (Critical Essays)

ENGL 409: New Literatures in English

R. K. Narayan : The Guide Chinua Achebe : Things Fall Apart Anita Desai : Clear Light of Day Monica Ali : Brick Lane Amitav Ghosh : The Shadow Lines


Shubha Tiwari Critical Responses to Anita Desai Vol. I & II

R. K. Dhawan The Fiction of Anita Desai

M. Rajeshwar The Novels of Anita Desai: A Critical Studty

Rituparna Roy South Asian Partition Fiction in English: From Khushwant Singh to Amitav Ghosh

Andrew Teverson & Sara Upstone Postcolonial Spaces: The Politics of Place in Contemporary Culture

Fakrul Alam Imperial Entanglements and Literature in English

Fakrul Alam South Asian Writers in English

Makarand Paranjape Another Canon: Indian Texts And Traditions In English

Priyamvada Gopal The Indian English Novel: Nation, History, And Narration

Harold Bloom Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations

John Chua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

Isidore Okpewho Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

Tapan Basu Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: A Critical Companion

C. L. Innes & Bernth Lindfors Critical Perspectives on Chinua Achebe

Maswood Akhter Musings Post Colonies

ENG 410 Thesis Definition of research, meaning of research, objectives of research, motivation in research, research approaches, significance of research, research methods versus methodology, defining research problem, research design, defining thesis statement, thesis structure, the abstract, introduction and conclusions, the body of a thesis, the page and headings, appendixes, quotations and footnotes, thesis style, drafts and proofreading, ethics and plagiarism, referencing, conceptual/theoretical framework, quotations, allusions, etc.


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C R Kothari Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques

Hossein Tavakoli A Dictionary of Research Methodology and Statistics in Applied Linguistics

Ivan Lowe A First Textbook of Research Methodology and Thesis Writeup for Second Language English Speakers

J. Creswell Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches

Modern Language Association MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

Non-Thesis Group (Literature)

ENGL 411 South Asian Writing in English

Begum Rokeya Sultana’s Dream Rabindranath Tagore Song Offerings Kaiser Haq Selected Poems Adib Khan Seasonal Adjustments Michael Ondaatje Anil’s Ghost Mulk Raj Anand Untouchable Mohsin Hamid The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Or,

ENGL 412 Contemporary Short Fiction in English

Ishiguro A Village After Dark Margaret Atwood Happy Endings Milan Kundera The Apologizer Ben Okri Belonging Jhumpa Lahiri Third and Final Continent Bharati Mukherjee Nostalgia Khushwant Singh Portrait of a Lady Nadine Gordimer The Generation Gap Non-Thesis Group (ELT)

ELT 411 Computer Assisted Language Learning

This course provides students with a fundamental understanding of the principles underlying the use of computer technology in language learning and teaching. It will help teachers integrate pedagogical knowledge and skills with technology to enhance their language teaching and learning through their reading, discussion, and creation of new learning activities. The course will help participants apply technology in record keeping, feedback, and assessment, and use technology to improve communication, collaboration, and efficiency of a program by participating in discussion and presentation. The topics include computer and internet basics, principles of Computer Assisted Language Learning, current trends and issues of CALL research, language teachers' roles in CALL environments, the development and use of CALL applications and technologies used to teach/learn listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, strategies for integrating CALL into second language programs, design and creation of CALL activities and programs, and CALL software and website evaluation, web based CALL activities.

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Recommended Reading: Carla Meskill Teaching and Learning In Real Time: Media,

Technologies, and Language Acquisition Carol A. Chapelle English Language Learning and Technology:

Lectures on Applied Linguistics In The Age Of Information and Communication Technology

Carol A. Chapelle Computer Applications in Second Language Acquisition

Cynthia White Language Learning in Distance Education Joy Egbert and Elizabeth Hanson Smith

CALL Environment: Research, Practice, and Critical Issues

Ken Beatty Teaching and Researching Computer Assisted Language Learning

L. Ducate & N. Arnold (Eds.)

Calling on CALL: From Theory and Research To New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching

Mark Warschauer & Richard Kern

Network Based Language Teaching: Concepts and Practice

Mary Ellen Butler Pascoe and Karin M. Wiburg

Technology and Teaching English Language Learners

Mike Levy and Glenn Stockwell

CALL Dimensions: Options and Issues in Computer Assisted Language Learning

Or, ELT 412: Teaching Language Through Literature This course emphasizes the use of literature as a popular technique for teaching both basic language skills (i.e., reading, writing, listening and speaking) and language areas (i.e. vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation) to ESL/EFL students. Language teaching here is seen as the ESL context wherein literature is a component. It deals with some of the cross-cultural issues and ways in which literature can be exploited in the classroom, reasons for using literary texts in foreign language classroom and main criteria for selecting suitable literary texts in foreign language classes. Moreover, benefits of different genres of literature (i.e. poetry, short fiction, drama and novel) to language teaching and some problems encountered by language teachers within the area of teaching English through literature are taken into account. Recommended Reading: Alan Duff and Alan Maley

Literature (Resource Books for Teachers)

Alan Maley ‘Literature in the Language Classroom’ in The Cambridge Guide to Teaching ESOL

Alan Pulverness ‘Literature' in English Teaching Professional Christopher J. Brumfit and

Literature and Language Teaching

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Ronald Carter (eds.) David Crystal The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English

Language Gillian Lazar Literature and Language Teaching H. Douglas Brown

Principles of Language Learning and Teaching

Henry Widdowson

Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature

Joanne Collie and Stephen Slater

Literature in the Language Classroom

John McRae Literature with a small 'l' Tim Bowen and Jonathan Marks

Inside Teaching

Peter Kennedy and Peter Falvey

Learning Language Through Literature: A Sourcebook for Teachers of English in Hong Kong

Ronald Carter and Michael N. Long

Teaching Literature

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: Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics

This course will introduce 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:

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communicating with language, what young children talk about, how young children use their utterances– how adults talk to young children.

Stages 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?

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 (Critical Discourse Analysis):

Fairclough’s approach of CDA

Vandijk’s approach to CDA

Woodak’s approach to 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 two 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 Honors 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

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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.

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: s

A. Idea about ELT Research

Steps in research: electing 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

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

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