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Syllabus of M. A English Cluster University of Jammu

This document outlines the syllabus for a 6th semester integrated M.A. English course on Modern European Drama. The course covers 5 units focusing on plays by Henrik Ibsen, Oscar Wilde, J.M. Synge, Anton Chekov, and Eugene Ionesco. Students will take a minor test on the first unit and a major test covering all units, with questions ranging from short answer to long essays. The document provides instructions for paper setters and students on the test format and distribution of marks.

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Syllabus of M. A English Cluster University of Jammu

This document outlines the syllabus for a 6th semester integrated M.A. English course on Modern European Drama. The course covers 5 units focusing on plays by Henrik Ibsen, Oscar Wilde, J.M. Synge, Anton Chekov, and Eugene Ionesco. Students will take a minor test on the first unit and a major test covering all units, with questions ranging from short answer to long essays. The document provides instructions for paper setters and students on the test format and distribution of marks.

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CLUSTER UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU

SYLLABUS – SEMESTER 6TH (CBCS) – INTEGRATED M.A ENGLISH


(CORE COURSE)

(EXAMINATION TO BE HELD IN 2017, 2018 AND 2019)


TITLE: MODERN EUROPEAN DRAMA
COURSE CODE : 4ENGTC0601 CREDITS : 5+1
DURATION OF EXAMINATION TOTAL: 150 Marks
MINOR TEST : 01 Hour MINOR TEST: 30 Marks
MAJOR TEST : 03 Hours MAJOR TEST: 120 Marks

Unit: 1. (18 HOURS)


Henrik Ibsen Ghosts

Unit: 2. (18 HOURS)


Oscar wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest

Unit: 3. (18 HOURS)


J.M. Synge: Riders to the Sea

Unit: 4. (18 HOURS)


Anton Chekov: The marriage proposal

Unit: 5. ` (18 HOURS)


Eugene Ionesco Rhinoceros

Suggested Topics and Background Prose Readings for Class Presentations Topics

1. Politics, Social Change and the Stage


2. Text and Performance
3. European Drama: Realism and Beyond
4. Tragedy and Heroism in Modern European Drama
5. The Theatre of the Absurd

COURSE CODE : 3ENGTC0601 Page 1 of 2


CLUSTER UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU
SYLLABUS – SEMESTER 6TH (CBCS) – INTEGRATED M.A ENGLISH
(CORE COURSE)

Readings

1. Constantin Stanislavski, An Actor Prepares, chap. 8, ‘Faith and the Sense of Truth’, tr.
Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1967) sections 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, pp.
121–5, 137–46.
2. Bertolt Brecht, ‘The Street Scene’, ‘Theatre for Pleasure or Theatre for Instruction’, and
‘Dramatic Theatre vs Epic Theatre’, in Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an
Aesthetic, ed. and tr. John Willet (London: Methuen, 1992) pp. 68–76, 121–8.
3. George Steiner, ‘On Modern Tragedy’, in The Death of Tragedy (London: Faber, 1995)
pp. 303–24.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SETTERS AND CANDIDATES:


Minor Test:
1) The Minor Test shall be held for the first 20% of the syllabus having 30 marks i.e.
covering first unit out of five units.
2) It will comprise of three long answer type questions of 8 marks each and students will
have to attempt any two and 10 short answer type questions of 2 marks each and student
will have to attempt any 7 questions.

Major Test: It will be of two parts


1) Part A: It will comprise of 5 questions of 3 marks and 9 questions of 1 mark. (Short
answer/objective type question of 24 marks) covering all five units with equal weightage
to all units.
2) Part B: Comprising of eight long answer questions of 24 marks each, from 2nd, 3rd, 4th
and 5th units. Two questions shall be set from each unit and student will have the internal
choice.
Each question of 24 marks will have two parts:
i) Long answer question of 18 marks.
ii) Short answer question/numerical of 6 marks.

COURSE CODE : 3ENGTC0601 Page 2 of 2

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