MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY

SYLLUBUS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (MODEL 1)

2017 ADMISSIONS ONWARDS
SCHEME

Assessment
Hours Per
Semester

External
Internal
Credits

Exam
Week
Title Course Category/Code

1 Common Course-1
Fine-tune Your English 5 4 20 80
EN1CCT01
1 Common Course -2
Pearls from the Deep 4 3 20 80
EN1CCT02
1 Second Language Common Course 4 4 20 80
HN1CCT01/
ML1CCT01
1 Methodology of Literary Core Course-1
6 4 20 80
Studies EN1CRT01
1 History/Political Science/ Complementary Course
6 4 20 80
Sociology/ Psychology PS1CMT01
2 Common Course -3
Issues that Matter 5 4 20 80
EN2CCT03
2 Common Course -4
Savoring the Classics 4 3 20 80
EN2CCT04
2 Introducing Language and Core Course -2
6 4 20 80
Literature EN2CRT02
2 Second Language Common Course 4 4 20 80
HN2CCT02/ML2CCT02
2 History /Political Science / Complementary Course
6 4 20 80
Sociology/ Psychology PS2CMT03
3 Common Course -5
Literature and/as Identity 5 4 20 80
EN3CCT05
3 Second Language Common Course 5 4 20 80
HN3CCT03/ML3CCT03
3 Core Course -3
Harmony of Prose 4 4 20 80
EN3CRT03
3 Core Course -4
Symphony of Verse 5 4 20 80
EN3CRT04
3 Evolution of Literary Complementary Course 3
Movements: the Shapers of - EN3CMT03 6 4 20 80
Destiny
4 Common Course -6
Illuminations 5 4 20 80
EN4CCT06
4 Common Course
Second Language HN4CCT04/ML4CCT04 5 4 20 80
4 Core Course -5
Modes of Fiction 4 4 20 80
EN4CRT05
4 Core Course -6
Language and Linguistics 5 4 20 80
EN4CRT06
4 Evolution of Literary Complementary Course 4 6 4 20 80
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 Movements: the Cross - EN4CMT04
Currents of Change
5 EN5CROPT01
Appreciating Films
EN5CROPT02
Open Course 4 3 20 80
Theatre Studies
EN5CROPT03
English for Careers
5 Core Course -7
Acts on the Stage 6 5 20 80
EN5CRT07
5 Core Course -8
Literary Criticism and Theory 5 4 20 80
EN5CRT08
5 Core Course -9
Indian Writing in English 5 4 20 80
EN5CRT09
5 Environmental Studies and Core Course
5 4 20 80
Human Rights EN5CRT01
EN6CBT01
Comparative Literature
EN6CBT02
Modern Malayalam
6 Literature in
Choice Based Course 4 4 20 80
Translation
EN6CBT03
Regional Literatures in
Translation
EN6CBT04
Voices from the Margins
6 Core Course -10
Postcolonial Literatures 5 4 20 80
EN6CRT10
6 Core Course -11
Women Writing 5 4 20 80
EN6CRT11
6 Core Course -12
American Literature 5 4 20 80
EN6CRT12
6 Core Course -13
Modern World Literature 5 4 20 80
EN6CRT13
6 Project EN6PRT02 1 2 20 80

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COURSE 1- Fine-tune Your English

Course Code EN1CCT02

Title of the course Fine-tune Your English
Semester in which the course is to be 1
taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

The course is intended to introduce the students to the basics of grammar, usage and effective
communication.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

1. confidently use English in both written and spoken forms.
2. Use English for formal communication effectively.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 (18 Hours)

The Sentence and Its Structure - How to Write Effective Sentences – Phrases -What Are
They? - The Noun Clauses - The Adverb Clause - ―If All the Trees Were Bread and Cheese‖ -
The Relative Clause - How the Clauses Are Conjoined -

Word-Classes and Related Topics - Understanding the Verb - Understanding the Auxiliary
Verb - Understanding the Adverbs - Understanding the Pronoun - The Reflexive Pronoun -
The Articles I - The Articles II - The Adjective - Phrasal Verbs - Mind Your Prepositions

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Module 2 (18 Hours)

To Err Is Human - Concord - A Political Crisis - Errors, Common and Uncommon - False
Witnesses - The Anatomy of Mistakes- A Fault-finder Speaks - A Lecture on AIDS - A Test
for You, Reader - Ungrammatical Gossip - Round Circles and Equal Halves: A Look at
Tautology - Comparisons are Odious - In Defence Of A Friend - An Invitation
Spelling and Pronunciation - Pronunciation: Some Tips - More Tips on Pronunciation –
Spelling - An Awesome Mess? - Spelling Part II

Module 3 (18 Hours)

Singleness of Meaning - Shades of Meaning - Confusing Pairs - What Is the Difference? -
Mismatching Mars the Meaning
The Tense and Related Topics - ‗Presentness‘ and Present Tenses- The ‗Presentness‘ of a
Past Action - Futurity in English - Passivization
Idiomatic Language- ‗Animal‘ Expressions - Idiomatic Phrases - ‗Heady‘ Expressions - Body
Language

Module 4 (18 Hours)

Interrogatives and Negatives - Negatives- How to Frame Questions -What‘s What? The
Question Tag
Conversational English - Polite Expressions - Some Time Expressions - In Conversation - Is
John There Please?
Miscellaneous and General Topics - On Geese and Mongooses - Pluralisation - On Gender
and Sexisms
Reading – Kinds of Reading – Recreational Reading – Study-type Reading Survey Reading –
The Process of Reading – Readability – The Importance of Reading – Previewing -
Skimming

Module 5 (18 Hours)

The world of words- have a hearty meal- word formation-Use the specific word- word
games-the irreplaceable word- Let‘s play games- body vocabulary
Very Good but Totally Incompetent - Long Live the Comma - The Possessive Case- Letter
Writing- Academic Assignments

Get your doubts cleared

Core Text: Fine-tune Your English by Dr Mathew Joseph. Orient Blackswan and
Mahatma Gandhi University

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COURSE 2 - Pearls from the Deep

Course Code EN1CC02

Title of the Course Pearls from the Deep

Semester in which the Course is to be 1

taught
No. of Credits 3

72
No. of Contact Hours

AIM OF THE COURSE

To introduce students to the different genres of literature and to the niceties of literary
expression.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

1. appreciate and enjoy works of literature.
2. appreciate the aesthetic and structural elements of literature.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 [Fiction] (18 hours)

Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea

Module 2 [One Act Plays] (18 hours)

Susan Glaspell: Trifles

Asif Currimbhoy: The Refugee
A. A. Milne: The Boy Comes Home

Module 3 [Short Stories] (18 hours)

Guy De Maupassant: Two Friends

O. Henry: The Gift of the Magi

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K. A. Abbas: Sparrows
Flora Annie Steel: Valiant Vicky, the Brave Weaver

Module 4 [Poems] (18 hours)

Rumi: The Chance of Humming

Walter Scott: Lochinvar
John Keats: La Belle Dame sans Mercy
Robert Frost: After Apple Picking
Chinua Achebe: Refugee Mother and Child
Kamala Das: My Grandmother‘s House
Ted Hughes: Jaguar
Pablo Neruda: Tonight I can Write the Saddest Lines
P. P. Ramachandran: How Simple!

Core Text: Pearls from the Deep. Cambridge University Press and Mahatma Gandhi
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COURSE 3 - Issues that Matter

Course Code EN2CCT03

Title of the course Issues that Matter
Semester in which the course is to
2
be taught
No. of credits 4
No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

To sensitize the learners to contemporary issues of concern.

OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, the learner should be able to:
1. Identify the major issues of contemporary significance
2. Respond rationally and positively to the issues raised
3. Internalise the values imparted through the selections.
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1 (18 hours)
Kenzaburo Oe- The Unsurrendered People
Judith Wright: The Old Prison
Luigi Pirandello- War

Module 2 (18 hours)

Persuasions on the Power of the Word On Censorship- Salman Rushdie
Peril- Toni Morrison
Bertolt Brecht: The Burning of the Books
Luiza Valenzuela- The Censors

Module 3

Bandhumadhav: The Poisoned Bread (18 hours)

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Zitkala- Sa: A Trip Westward

Temsula Ao: The Pot Maker

Module 4 (18 hours)

Richard Leakey- Does it Matter?
Gieve Patel- On Killing a Tree
Sarah Joseph- Hagar: A Story of a Woman and Water

Module 5
Mallica Mishra- Understanding Refugeeism: An Introduction to Tibetan
Refugees in India.
W.H.Auden- Refugee Blues
Ghassan Kanafani- The Child Goes to the Camp (18 hours)

Core Text: Issues that Matter

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COURSE 4 - Savouring the Classics

Course Code EN2CCT04

Title of the Course Savouring the Classics

Semester in which the course is to be taught 2

No. of credits 3

No. of contact hours 72

AIM OF COURSE

To introduce the students to the taste of time tested world classics.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student should:

1. become familiar with the classics from various lands.
2. understand the features that go into the making of a classic.

OUTLINE OF THE COURSE

Module 1 [Poems] (18 hours)

Homer- The Odyssey

Kalidasa- Lovely is Youth
Omar Khayyam- Rubaiyat
Dante Alighieri- The Divine Comedy
John Milton- On His Blindness

Module 2 [Shakespeare Excerpts] (18 hours)

Romeo and Juliet: ACT II, Scene ii

The Merchant of Venice: ACT IV, Scene i

Module 3 [Novel Excerpts] (18 hours)

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Miguel de Cervantes- Don Quixote
Victor Hugo: Les Miserables (Part 1- Fantine Book II)
Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice
Module 4 [Short Fiction] (18 hours)

Rabindranath Tagore- Kabuliwala

Leo Tolstoy- How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Charles Dickens- The Black Veil
Jorge Luis Borges- The Shape of the Sword

Core Text: Savouring the Classics

Recommended Reading

Italo Calvino: Why Read the Classics?

A. C. Bradley: Shakespearean Tragedy

Katherine Armstrong: Studying Shakespeare: A Practical Introduction

Gemma McKenzie: Foundations of European Drama

Harold Bloom: The Western Canon

Jeremy Hawthorn: Studying the Novel

C. Marydas: Shakespearean Aesthetics for University Wits

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COURSE 5 - Literature and/as Identity

Course Code EN3CCT05

Title of the course Literature and/as Identity
Semester in which the course is to be 3
taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

The course is intended to sensitivise students to the various ways in which literature serves as
a platform for forming, consolidating, critiquing and re-working the issue of ‗identity‘ at
various levels.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student should be aware of the following:
1. The subtle negotiations of Indigenous and Diasporic identities with-in Literature.
2. The fissures, the tensions and the interstices present in South Asian regional identities.
3. The emergence of Life Writing and alternate/alternative/marginal identities.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 (Diasporic Identities) (18 hours)

Agha Shahid Ali: Postcard From Kashmir

Amy Tan: Mother Tongue
Imtiaz Dharker: At the Lahore Karhai
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Indian Movie, New Jersey

Module 2 (South Asian Identities) (18 hours)

Sadaat Hasan Manto: The Dog of Titwal

Intizar Hussain: A Chronicle of the Peacocks
Selina Hossain: Fugitive Colours
Punyakante Wijenaike: That Deep Silence

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Module 3 (Life Writings) (18 hours)

Malcolm X: ―Nightmare, excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

Sashi Deshpande: Learning to be a Mother in Janani – Mothers, Daughters, Motherhood,
(ed.) Rinki Bhattacharya.

Module 4 (Indigenous Identities) (18 hours)

Leslie Marmon Silko- Lullaby
Garhwali Songs in Painted Words - An Anthology of Tribal Literature - Edited by G. N.
Devy.
Mamang Dai- Pinyar, the Widow
Module 5 (Alter Identities) (18 hours)

Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Birth Mark

Girish Karnad- Hayavadana
Ruskin Bond: The Girl on the Train

Core Text: Literature and/as Identity

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COURSE 6 – Illuminations

Course Code EN4CCT06

Title of the course Illuminations
Semester in which the course is to be 4
taught
No. of credits 4
No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

To acquaint the learners with different forms of inspiring and motivating literature.

OUTLINE OF THE COURSE

At the end of the course, the student shall be able to:

1. maintain a positive attitude to life.
2. evaluate and overcome setbacks based on the insights that these texts provide.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 [Life Sketches] (18 hours)

Helen Keller: Three Days to See

Jesse Owens: My Greatest Olympic Prize
Thus Spoke Sudarshan: Interview with God’s own Physicist-
Compiled from E C G Sudarshan’s Interviews

Module 2 [Essays] (18 hours)

Stephen Leacock: Are the Rich Happy?

A.G. Gardiner: On Courage

Module 3 [Speeches] (18 hours)

Lafcadio Hearn: On Reading in Relation to Literature
J. K. Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure and the importance of imagination
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie- An Ode to Make-up

Module 4 [Short Stories] (18 hours)

Oscar Wilde: The Nightingale and the Rose

George Orwell: Roucolle, The Miser

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John Galsworthy: Quality
Alice Walker- Everyday Use
Module 5 [Poems] (18 hours)

William Ernest Henley: Invictus

Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
Kahlil Gibran: Of Good and Evil
Maya Angelou- Still I Rise

Core Text: Illuminations

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COURSE 1 - Methodology of Literary Studies

Course Code EN1CRT01

Title of the course Methodology of Literary Studies
Semester in which the course is to be 1
taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 108

AIM OF THE COURSE

The course seeks to introduce the student to the major signposts in the historical evolution
of literary studies from its inception to the current postcolonial realm.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student should be able to discern the following:
1. The emergence of literature as a specific discipline within the humanities.
2. The tenets of what is now known as ‗traditional‘ approaches and also that of ‗formalism.‘
3. The shift towards contextual-political critiques of literary studies.
4. The questions raised by Cultural Studies and Feminism(s)
5. The issues of sublaternity and regionality in the literary domain.

COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1 (18 hours)

Part A: W. H. Hudson: ―Some Ways of Studying Literature‖ from An Introduction to the

Study of Literature.
Part B: William Shakespeare: Sonnet 116 – ―Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds‖

Module 2 (18 hours)

Part A: Cleanth Brookes: ―The Formalist Critics‖ from the My Credo series: The Kenyon
Review
Part B: Emily Dickinson: ―Because I could not stop for Death‖ (poem 479)

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Module 3 (18 hours)

Part A: Terry Eagleton: ―What is Literature?‖ from Literary Theory: An Introduction.

Part B: Mahasweta Devi: ―Kunti and the Nishadin‖

Module 4 (18 hours)

Part A: Lois Tyson: ―Feminist Criticism‖

Part B: Sara Joseph: ―Inside Every Woman Writer‖

Module 5 (18 hours)

Part A: Peter Barry: Postcolonial Criticism

Part B: 2 Poems in tandem: Mahmoud Darwish: ―Identity Card‖ and S. Joseph: ―Identity
Card‖

Module 6 (18 hours)

Part A: Pradeepan Pampirikunnu: ―What did Literary Histories Say to You?‖

Part B: Poikayil Appachan: ―No Alphabet in Sight‖

Approaching the Course:

Ideally this paper should have a consistent linearity from Module 1 to 6; such a step-by-step
progression will help trace the following trajectory effectively: Traditional to Formalist to
Political-Contextual to Feminist to Postcolonial to Regional-Subaltern methodologies.

Core Text: Nuances: Methodology of Literary Studies. Macmillan and Mahatma Gandhi
University

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COURSE 2 – Introducing Language and Literature

Course Code EN2CRT02

Title of the course Introducing Language and Literature

Semester in which the course is to be 2

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 108

AIM OF THE COURSE

The course seeks to introduce the student to the basics of English language and literature.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student should be able to discern the following:
1. The evolution and the differential traits of the English language till the present time.
2. The evolution of literature from antiquity to postmodern times.
3. The diversity of genres and techniques of representation and narration
4. The links between literature and film as narrative expressions.
5. The emergence of British and American Literature through diverse periods

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 (18 hours)

Language families - Indo European family of languages: Branches of Indo European - Home
of the Indo Europeans - Main characteristics of Indo European languages

Germanic family of Languages: Characteristics - Grimm's Law - Verner's Law. - The

position of English in Indo European family

Periods in the history of English language:

Old English period - Old English Dialects - Old English vocabulary
Middle English period - Norman Conquest - Middle English Vocabulary - Middle English
dialects - French influence

Modern English period: Early modern English - The Great Vowel Shift - Renaissance and
Reformation - The invention of printing - Authors and Books: The Bible - Shakespeare -
Milton - Dictionaries - Loan words: Celtic, Scandinavian, Latin, French

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Module 2 (18 hours)
Language Varieties
Dialect - Sociolect - Idiolect - Register - Pidgin - Creole -
English Today: Evolution of Standard English - Standard British English - Received
Pronunciation - English as Global language - American English - Australian English -
General Indian English - African English - Caribbean English - Second language acquisition
Word Formation: Compounding - Derivation - Abbreviation - Onomatopoeic words -
Clipping - Acronyms - Portmanteau words

Historical Semantics - Semantic change: Generalisation - Specialisation - Association of

Ideas - Euphemism - Popular misunderstanding

Module 3 (36 hours)

Classical Genres: Epic - Drama - Poetry
Modern Genres: Novel - Short Story - Novella
Genre Types:
Poetry - Narrative poetry and lyrical poetry - Elegy - Ode - Sonnet - Ballad - Dramatic
Monologue
Drama - Tragedy - Comedy - Closet Drama – Epic Theatre - Theatre of the Absurd
Ambience:
Plot - Character - Point of View - Setting

Module 4 (18 hours)

Film and Literature - Dimensions of Film: Visual, Auditory and Spatial - Film Language:
Montage and Mise-en-scene - Cut and the Shot - Styles of acting – Auteur theory -
Adaptation

Module 5 (18 hours)

Periods of Literature: British and American

Old English - Middle English - Renaissance - Restoration - Neo-classical - Romantic -

Victorian - Modern - Postmodern - American Crossover - American Transcendentalism

Core text for Modules 1 and 2:

V. Shyamala: A Short History of English Language.

Core Texts for Modules 3, 4 and 5:

Mario Klarer: An Introduction to Literary Studies [excluding the 4th chapter on 'Theoretical
approaches to literature.']

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COURSE 3 – Harmony of Prose

Course Code EN3CRT03

Title of the course Harmony of Prose

Semester in which the course is to be 3

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 72

AIM OF THE COURSE

The student is given space to mature in the presence of glorious essays, both Western and
Non-Western.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student shall be:

1. familiar with varied prose styles of expression.
2. aware of eloquent expressions, brevity and aptness of voicing ideas in stylish language.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 (18 hours)

Francis Bacon: Of Truth
Joseph Addison: Meditations in Westminster Abbey
Charles Lamb: Dream Children; a reverie

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Module 2 (18 hours)
Robert Lynd: Forgetting
Virginia Woolf: Shakespeare’s Sister (an extract)
Aldous Huxley: The Beauty Industry

Module 3 (18 hours)

Nirad C. Choudhari: Indian Crowds (extract from The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian)
Amartya Sen: Sharing the World
A. K. Ramanujan: A Flowery Tree: A Woman‘s Tale

Module 4 (18 hours)

Kamau Brathwaite: Nation Language
Pico Iyer: In Praise of the Humble Coma

Core Text: Harmony of Prose

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COURSE 4 – Symphony of Verse

Course Code EN3CR04

Title of the course Symphony of Verse

Semester in which the course is to be 3

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

To acquaint the student with the rich texture of poetry in English.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course the students shall have:

1. an understanding of the representation of poetry in various periods of the English tradition.
2. an awareness of the emerging cultural and aesthetic expressions that poetry makes
possible.
.
COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 (Renaissance and Restoration) (18 hours)

Edmund Spenser: One Day I Wrote Her Name

William Shakespeare: Sonnet 130
John Donne: Canonization
John Milton: Lycidas
John Dryden: A Song for St. Cecilia‘s Day

Module 2 (Romantic Revival) (18 hours)

William Wordsworth: Lucy Gray

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Christabel (Part I)
Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to the West Wind
John Keats: To Autumn

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Module 3 (Victorian) (18 hours)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ulysses
Robert Browning: Porphyria‘s Lover
Matthew Arnold: Dover Beach
Christina Rossetti: A Hope Carol

Module 4 (Twentieth Century) (18 hours)

W. B. Yeats: Easter 1916

T S Eliot: The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock
Philip Larkin: The Whitsun Weddings
Sylvia Plath: Lady Lazarus

Module 5 (Contemporary) (18 hours)

A. D. Hope: Australia
Maya Angelou: Phenomenal Woman
Seamus Heaney: Digging
Carol Ann Duffy: Stealing

Core Text: Symphony of Verse

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COURSE 5 – Modes of Fiction

Course Code EN4CR05

Title of the course Modes of Fiction

Semester in which the course is to be 4

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

To acquaint students with various modes of fiction.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student will have comprehended the categories of British
and non- British short fiction, and also the novel as a form of literary expression.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 [Short Fiction: British] (36 hours)

Mary Shelley: The Mortal Immortal

James Joyce: Araby
Roald Dahl: Lamb to the Slaughter
Muriel Spark- The Executor

Module 2 [Short Fiction: Non British] (36 hours)

Maxim Gorky: Mother of a Traitor
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Nadine Gordimer: Once Upon A Time
Jorge Louis Borges: Library of Babel

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Module 3 [Fiction] (18 hours)

William Golding: Lord of the Flies

Core Text for Modules 1 and 2: Modes of Fiction

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COURSE 6 – Language and Linguistics

Course Code EN4CRT06

Title of the course Language and Linguistics

Semester in which the course is to be 4

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

This course is an introduction to the science of linguistics. It seeks to give an overview of the
basic concepts of linguistics and linguistic analysis to the students.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

This course seeks to achieve the following:

1. To show the various organs and processes involved in the production of speech, the types
and typology of speech sounds, segmental & suprasegmental features of the English
language, and transcription using IPA.
2. To describe and explain morphological processes and phenomena.
3. To show the various processes involved in the generation of meaning.
4. To enhance students‘ awareness that natural language is structure dependent and
generative and to develop their ability to observe, describe and explain grammatical
processes and phenomena.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 [Introduction to Language, Linguistics and Phonetics] (36 hours)

What is Language? - What is Linguistics? Arbitrariness - Duality -Displacement - Cultural

transmission
Basic Notions - Phonetics and Phonology - Branches of Phonetics – Articulatory, Acoustic,
Auditory
Organs of Speech - Air Stream Mechanism – Pulmonic, Glottal, Velaric
Respiratory System - Phonatory System –Voiced and Voiceless Sounds
Articulatory System - Oral, nasal & nasalised sounds

Classification of Speech Sounds: Consonants and Vowels -

Criteria for Classification of Consonants - The Consonants of English RP

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Place of Articulation - Bilabial, Labio-Dental, Dental, Alveolar, Post-Alveolar, Palato-
Alveolar, Palatal & Velar Sounds
Manner of Articulation – Plosives, Fricatives, Affricates, Nasals, Lateral, Frictionless
Continuants, Semi-Vowels, Trills & Taps
Criteria for Classification of Vowels - The Vowels of English RP
Tongue height: Close Vowels, Open Vowels, Half-Close Vowels, Half-Open Vowels
Part of the Tongue Raised: Front Vowels, Back Vowels, and Central Vowels
Position of Lips: Rounded Vowels, Unrounded Vowels
Diphthongs: Monophthongs and Diphthongs, Falling and Rising Diphthongs, Centring and
Closing Diphthongs, Fronting and Retracting Diphthongs
Cardinal Vowels
Vowel Diagram – Diphthongs - Tense and lax Vowels
Phonemes and Allophones
Phone, Phoneme, Minimal pairs - Allophone, Aspiration, Dark and Clear / l /
Contrastive Distribution and Complementary Distribution
Syllable
What is a syllable? - Syllabic Structure – Onset, Nucleus, Coda - Syllabic Consonants
Consonant Clusters, Abutting Consonants
Suprasegmentals
Segmentals and Suprasegmentals - Suprasegmental Phonemes
Word Stress - Sentence Stress - Weak forms and Strong Forms
Rhythm – Intonation - Tone, Tonic Syllable, Tonicity - Intonation patterns
Intonation – Functions
Juncture
Liasion
Assimilation
Elision
Linking / r / and Intrusive / r /
Transcription
The incongruity between spelling and pronunciation in English
IPA
Broad and narrow Transcription
Transcription Practice

Module 2 [Morphology] (36 hours)

Basic Notions
What is morphology?
Morph, Morpheme
Morpheme Types and Typology
Free and bound morphemes
Root, Base, Stem
Different types of affixes: Prefix, Suffix, Infix
Inflection
Inflectional and derivational affixes
Class-changing and class- maintaining affixes
Allomorphy
Allomorph
Zero Morph
Conditioning of allomorphs: Phonological &Morphological

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Word
Why is a word a difficult concept to define in absolute terms?
Lexeme
Form class and Function Class words
Morphological Operations/Processes
Affixation
Reduplication
Ablaut
Suppletion
Structure of Words
Simple Words
Complex Words
Compound Words
SEMANTICS
Basic Notions
What is semantics?
Lexical and grammatical meaning
Sense, reference, referent
Sense Relations
Synonymy – Antonymy – Hyponymy – Homonymy – Homography – Polysemy – Metonymy
– Ambiguity – Tautology - Collocation

Module 3 [Syntax & Branches of Linguistics] (18 hours)

Basic Notions
What is syntax?
Grammar
Grammaticality and Acceptability
Descriptive and Prescriptive Grammar
Synchronic and Diachronic Grammar
Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Relationships
Sign, Signified and Signifier
Langue and Parole
Competence and Performance
Introduction to theories on Grammar
Traditional Grammar
Problems with traditional Grammar
Structural grammars
Phrase Structure Grammars
Transformational Generative Grammars
Kernel Sentences
Deep and Surface Structures

One question from the essay section will be compulsory and shall deal with transcribing
a passage of five lines of conversation and a set of five words using IPA symbols.

READING LIST
S. K. Verma and N. Krishnaswamy: Modern Linguistics: An Introduction. New Delhi: OUP,
1989.

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H. A. Gleason: Linguistics and English Grammar. New York: Holt, Rinehart &. Winston,
Inc.,
1965.
Radford A, Atkinson M, Britain D, Clahsen H and Spencer A: Linguistics - An Introduction.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999
Robins R H: General Linguistics: An Introductory Survey, Longman Group Limited, London:
1971
Fasold R. W. and Connor-Linton J (ed.): An Introduction to Language and Linguistics,
Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, 2006
Daniel Jones: The Pronunciation of English. New Delhi: Blackie and Sons, 1976
A. C. Gimson. An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English. London: Methuen, 1980.
J. D. O‘Conner. Better English Pronunciation. New Delhi: CUP, 2008.
T. Balasubramanian. A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students. New Delhi:
Macmillan, 1981.
T. Balasubramanian. English Phonetics for Indian Students: A Workbook. New Delhi:
Macmillan, 1992.

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COURSE 7 – Acts on the Stage

Course Code EN5CRT07

Title of the course Acts on the Stage

Semester in which the course is to be 5

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 108

AIM OF THE COURSE

The course seeks to introduce the student to select theatre texts that form the canon of
English drama.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student shall be:

1. familiar with the works of the playwrights included in the course.
2. informed about the broad genre-based nuances in the realm of drama.
3. able to appreciate and critique drama as an art form.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 (72 Hours)

William Shakespeare: King Lear

Module 2 (36 Hours)

One Act Plays

K G Baby: Nadugadhika
Ngugi wa Thiongo: This Time Tomorrow
Dario Fo: Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Core Text: Acts on the Stage

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COURSE 8 – Literary Criticism and Theory

Course Code EN5CRT08

Title of the course Literary Criticism and Theory

Semester in which the course is to be 5

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

The course seeks to introduce students to the major signposts in Literary Criticism, Literary
Theory and Indian Aesthetics.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student:

1. will have awareness about the major developments in literary criticism from the ancient
times to the twentieth century.
2. will be initiated to the realm of literary theory and major theoretical schools.
3. will have awareness about the chief strains of Indian literary criticism.
4. will be able to analyse short poetical pieces critically.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1: Classical Criticism (18 hours)

Plato – Aristotle- Longinus

Module 2: Neoclassical, Romantic, Victorian and Modern Criticism (18 hours)

A. Neoclassical Criticism
An Essay of Dramatic Poesy- John Dryden
B. Romantic criticism
Preface to Lyrical Ballads- William Wordsworth
C. Victorian Criticism
The Study of Poetry- Matthew Arnold
D. Modernism
The Metaphysical Poets- T.S.Eliot

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Module 3: 20th Century Criticism (18 hours)

1. Marxist Theories- Raman Selden, Peter Widdowson and Peter Brooker

2. Psychoanalytic Criticism- Peter Barry

3. Culture, meaning, Knowledge: The Linguistic Turn in Cultural Studies- Chris Barker

Module 4: Eastern Aesthetics (18 hours)

1. Introduction to Indian Aesthetics- G. Balamohan Thampi

2. Rasa- G. Balamohan Thampi

3. Dhvani- G. Balamohan Thampi

Module 5: Practical Criticism (18 hours)

1. Close Reading- Neil McCaw

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the Question Paper

Core Text: Literary Criticism and Theory

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COURSE 9 – Indian Writing in English

Course Code EN5CRT09

Title of the course Indian Writing in English

Semester in which the course is to be 5

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

The course is intended to sensitivise students to the various ways in which literature written
in English, in the Indian sub-continent serves as a platform for forming, consolidating,
critiquing and re-working the issue of national ‗identity‘ at various levels.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student should be aware of the following:

1. The subtle flavours that distinguish the ‗Indian‘ quotient in English writings from India.
2. The different concerns that Indian English writers share, cutting across sub-nationalities
and regionalities.
3. The locus standi of diasporic ‗Indian‘ writers.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 (Poetry) (18 Hours)

Henry Derozio: The Harp of India

Nissim Ezekiel: The Patriot
Jayanta Mahapatra: Freedom
Kamala Das: Introduction
Dom Moraes: Absences

Module 2 (Fiction) (18 Hours)

Anita Nair: Ladies Coupe

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Girish Karnad: Tughlaq

Module 4 (Short Fiction) (18 Hours)

R. K. Narayan: The Antidote

Salman Rushdie: The Free Radio
Jhumpa Lahiri: The Interpreter of Maladies
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Mrs Dutta Writes a Letter

Module 5 (Prose) (18 Hours)

Rabindranath Tagore: Nationalism in India

B. R. Ambedkar: Back from the West and Unable to Find Lodging in Baroda
Satyajit Ray: Odds Against Us
Shashi Tharoor- Kindly Adjust to Our English

Core Text: Indian Writing in English

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COURSE – Environmental Studies and Human Rights

Course Code EN5CRT01

Title of the course Environmental Studies and Human
Rights

Semester in which the course is to be 5

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

Fifth Semester - UG English Language and literature Syllabus for Core Course - Environmental Studies
and Human Rights (2017 admission onwards)

Module 1: Regional 18 Hours

1. O N V Kuruppu – A Requiem for Earth

2. Vaikom Muhammed Basheer – The Inheritors of the Earth
3. Swarnalatha Rangarajan and Sreejith Varma- The Plachimada Struggle: A David-and-Goliath Story
(extract from ‘Introduction’ to Mayilamma

Module 2: National 18 Hours

1. Ruskin Bond – An Island of Trees

2. Indra Munshi – Loss of Land and Livelihood (extract from ‘Introduction’ to The Adivasi Question)
3. Toru Dutt – Our Casuarina Tree
4. Ashish Kaul – Load Shedding

Module 3: Global
18 Hours
1. Walt Whitman – Give me the Splendid Silent Sun
2. K R Srinivasa Iyengar – An Unfinished Continent
3. Swarnalatha Rangarajan – Swampspeak

Module 4: Environmental Science

18 Hours
1. Erach Bharucha – Global Warming
2. Erach Bharucha – Environmental Values
3. Aloka Debi – Ecology: Types of Ecosystems
4. Aloka Debi - Waste Management

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Module 5: Human Rights 18 Hours

Unit 1 - Human Rights: An Introduction to Human Rights Meaning, concept and development –History of
Human Rights-Different Generations of Human Rights- Universality of Human Rights- Basic International
Human Rights Documents - UDHR,ICCPR,ICESCR.-Value dimensions of Human Rights.

Unit 2 - Human Rights and United Nations Human Rights co-ordination within UN system- Role of UN
secretariat- The Economic and Social Council- The Commission Human Rights-The Security Council and
Human rights- The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination- The Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination Against Women- the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights-
The Human Rights Committee- Critical Appraisal of UN Human Rights Regime.

Unit. 3 - Human Rights National Perspective Human Rights in Indian Constitution – Fundamental Rights-
The Constitutional Context of Human Rights-directive Principles of State Policy and Human RightsHuman
Rights of Women and children –minorities- Prisoners- Science Technology and Human Rights- National
Human Rights Commission- State Human Rights Commission- Human Rights Awareness in Education.

Core Text: Module 1 to 4- Nature Anthem: A Textbook on Environmental Studies

Reference texts for Module 5:

1. Basic Documents in Human Rights: Ian Brownlie
2. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice: Jack Donelly
3. Future of Human Rights: Upendra Baxi
4. Understanding Human Rights : An Overview: O P Dhiman
5. Reforming Human Rights: D.P.Khanna
6. Human Rights in India Historical, Social and Political Perspectives: Chiranjivi J Nirmal
7. Human Rights in Post colonial India: Edited by Om Prakash Dwivedi and V G Julie Rajan

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COURSE 10 – Postcolonial Literatures

Course Code EN6CRT10

Title of the course Postcolonial Literatures

Semester in which the course is to be 6

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

To familiarize the students the varied dimension s of postcolonial subjectivity through

theory and literature.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student will:

1. be aware of the social, political, cultural aspects of postcolonial societies.
2. realise the impact of colonialism and imperialism on native cultural identities.
3. get an insight into the links between language, history and culture.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 [The Domain] (36 hours)

John McLeod- From ‘Commonwealth’ to ‘Postcolonial’

Module 2 [Poetry] (18 hours)

Faiz Ahmed Faiz: A Prison Evening

A. K. Ramanujan: Small Scale Reflections on a Great House
David Malouf: Revolving Days
Wole Soyinka: Civilian and Soldier
Margaret Atwood: Journey to the Interior

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Module 3 [Drama] (18 hours)

Atol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona- Sizwe Bansi is Dead

Module 4 [Fiction] (18 hours)

Jean Rhys: Wide Sargasso Sea

Core Text: Postcolonial Literatures

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COURSE 11 – Women’s Writing

Course Code EN6CRT11

Title of the course Women’s Writing

Semester in which the course is to be 6

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

To introduce the theoretical and literary responses by women and the concerns that govern
feminist literature.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the students will be able to:

1. critically respond to literature from a feminist perspective.
2. realize how the patriarchal notions pervade in the social and cultural scenario and how
feminism exposes these notions.
3. identify how stereotypical representations of women were constructed and how these are
subverted by feminist writing

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 [Essays] (36 hours)

Simone de Beauvoir- The Point of View of Historical Materialsim

Betty Friedan: The Problem that has No Name (Chapter 1 of The Feminine Mystique)
Laura Mulvey- The Spectacle is Vulnerable: Miss World, 1970

Module 2 [Poetry] (18 hours)

Anna Akhmatova: Lot‘s Wife

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Sutapa Bhattacharya: Draupadi

Julia Alvarez: Women‘s Work

Kristine Batey: Lot‘s Wife
Meena Alexander: She Speaks: A School teacher from South India
Mamta Kalia: After EightYears of Marriage
Vijayalakshmi: Bhagavatha

Module 3 [Short Fiction] (18 hours)

Alice Munro: Boys and Girls

Sharifa al- Shamlan: Fragments from a Life
Isabel Allende: And of the Clay We Created
Sara Joseph: The Passion of Mary

Module 4 [Fiction] (18 hours)

Alice Walker: The Color Purple

Core Text: Women’s Writing

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COURSE 12 – American Literature

Course Code EN6CRT12

Title of the course American Literature

Semester in which the course is to be 6

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

To enable the students to have a holistic understanding of the heterogeneity of American

culture and to study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical
and cultural contexts.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

At the end of the course, the student shall be:

1. familiar with the evolution of various literary movements in American literature.
2. acquainted with the major authors in American Literary History.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 [Prose] (18 hours)

M. H Abrams: Periods of American Literature in A Glossary of Literary Terms

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Gifts
James Baldwin: If Black English isn‘t Language, then Tell me, What is?

Module 2 [Poetry] (18 hours)

Walt Whitman: I Hear America Singing

Emily Dickinson: I dwell in Possibility
Robert Frost: Love and a Question
e. e. cummings: Let‘s Live Suddenly without Thinking
Langston Hughes: Let America be America Again
Allen Ginsberg: A Supermarket in California
Adrienne Rich: In a Classroom

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Marianne Moore: Poetry

Module 3 [Short Story] (18 hours)

Nathaniel Hawthorne: My Kinsman, Major Molineux

Edgar Allan Poe: The Purloined Letter
Mark Twain: How I Edited an Agricultural Paper
Leslie Marmon Silko: Yellow Woman
Kate Chopin: A Respectable Woman

Module 4 [Drama] (18 hours)

Arthur Miller: The Crucible

Module 5 [Novel] (18 hours)

Harper Lee: To Kill a Mocking Bird

Core Text: An Anthology of American Literature

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COURSE 13 – Modern World Literature

Course Code EN6CR13

Title of the course Modern World Literature

Semester in which the course is to be 6

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

To make the students aware of the stupendous variety that resides in Literatures the world
over.
.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the students should be able to discern the following:
1. That literatures the world over engage in very deep ways with the vicissitudes of life.
2. World literatures often defy genres/regionalities and canonical assumptions to emerge as a
platform where poetics and politics fuse.
3. The notion of Major and Minor, Central and Peripheral literatures is a myth.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 [Poetry] (18 hours)

Marina Tsvetaeva: Meeting Federico Garcia

Lorca: New Heart
Pablo Neruda: I’m Explaining a Few Things
Leopold Sedar Senghor: Black Woman
Wizlawa Szymborska: The Terrorist, He‘s Watching
Bei Dao: The Answer

Module 2 [Short Stories: European] (18 hours)

Leo Tolstoy: God Sees the Truth, but Waits

Bjornstjerne Bjornson: The Father
Franz Kafka: Before the Law

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Albert Camus: The Guest

Module 3 [Short Stories: Non-European] (18 hours)

Julio Cortazar: The Continuity of Parks

Ryunosuke Akutagawa: In a Grove

Naguib Mahfouz: Half a Day

Jorge Luis Borges: The Garden of Forking Paths

Module 4 [Novel] (18 hours)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez : The Chronicle of a Death Foretold.

Module 5 [Drama] (18 hours)

Eugene Ionesco: The Chairs

Core Text: Rubrics of the Mind : An Anthology of Modern World Literature

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SEMESTER 3 (BA English Model 1 & Model 2)

COURSE 3: The Evolution of Literary Movements: The Shapers of Destiny

Course Code EN3CMT03

Title of the course The Evolution of Literary

Movements: The Shapers of Destiny

Semester in which the course is to be 3

taught

No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 108

1. AIM OF THE COURSE

To make the learner aware of the way in which history shapes the life and literature of a
people

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

• To give the learner a comprehensive overview of the history of Britain and its
impact upon the rest of the world
• To enable him to understand English literature in the light of historical events
• To analyse the manner in which a person is moulded by the historical events of his
personal and communal life

3. COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1: Moulding and Being Moulded 18 hours

Early settlers and invaders- the Iberians, the Celts and Romans, the Angles, Saxons, Jutes.
The Anglo Saxon heptarchy- The coming of Christianity- Theodore of Tarsus and the
organization of the church- Alfred the Great – St. Dunstan and Edgar – Canute the Danish
king- Edward the Confessor, Harold Godwin- Society and literature of the time-the

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and others-

Module 2: The True Briton 36 hours

Normans: the last invaders –William the Conqueror –the reforms of Henry I- Feudalism- the
Angevin kings - the struggle between the church and the state, St. Thomas Becket – the
universities of Oxford and Cambridge–the Guilds - Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades-
the Magna Carta- Henry III – Simon de Montfort, and the Parliament- Edward I, annexation
of Wales, Scotland and Ireland – Edward II and Edward III – The Black Death, The Hundred
Years War, The Peasants Revolt – the effects of these on society and literature- The Wars of
the Roses – Chaucer and the growth of the East Midland dialect into standard English –
Growth of drama and stage performances- Chaucer‘s contemporaries- John Wycliffe and the
Lollards..

Module Three : Brittannia Rules the Waves 36 hours

The Tudor Dynasty- benevolent despots – Renaissance – maritime discoveries – the scientific
temper and scientific inventions- flamboyant Henry VIII, Reformation- religious persecution-
Thomas More, Erasmus, Thomas Cromwell-The Book of Common Prayer- Elizabeth I-
Shakespeare – nest of singing birds- Francis Drake- peace and prosperity- The Stuarts and
the Divine Right Theory- The Authorised Version- The Civil War- Oliver Cromwell and the
Protectorate – John Milton- the Jacobean playwrights – Restoration- Caroline writers- The
Whigs and Tories- Queen Anne and the expansion of colonialism – The Glorious Revolution

Module Four : A Precious Stone Set in the Silver Sea 18 hours

The United Kingdom today- Physical features of the British Isles, geography, demography –
Customs and practices – myths and legends –the growth and development of the English
language –the position held by the UK in today‘s world

Reading List
1. Trevelyan, G. M. Illustrated English Social History (Vol 1-6). England: Penguin,
1968.
2. Churchill, Winston. A History of the English Speaking Peoples (Vol 1-12). London:
Cassel and Co., 1966.
3. Nehru, Jawaharlal. Glimpses of World History. New Delhi: Penguin, 2004.
4. Alexander, Michael (ed.) A History of English Literature. New York: Palgrave-
Macmillan, 2007.
5. Sampson, George (ed.) A History of English Literature. Delhi: Foundation, 2004.
6. Thorndike, Lynn. Encyclopedia of World Civilization (Vol 2). Delhi: Shubi
Publications, 1990.
7. Yeats, W. B. Writings on Irish Folklore Legend and Myth. London: Penguin, 1999.
8. Warner, Marina. From the Beast to the Blond. London: Vintage, 1995.

4. Core Text: Susan Varghese. Evolution of Literary Movements: The Shapers of Destiny.
Current Books.

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SEMESTER 4 (BA English Model 1 & Model 2)

COURSE 4: The Evolution of Literary Movements: The Cross Currents of Change

Course Code EN4CMT04

Title of the course The Evolution of Literary Movements:

The Cross Currents of Change

Semester in which the course is to be 4

taught

No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 108

AIM OF THE COURSE

To enable students to have a notion of the evolution of literature and to help them perceive
the interplay of social processes and literature

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

By the end of the course it is hoped that:

1. students will be competent to understand literature against the backdrop of history.
2. students will be inspired to contribute dynamically to historical and literary processes.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 [Literature and Revolution] (36 hours)

a. The interaction between the French Revolution and the literature of the age
b. Literature in the context of the Russian Revolution

Module 2 [Literature and Renaissance] (18 hours)

a. The social context of the burgeoning of literature in Latin America

b. Kerala at the dawn of awakening

Module 3 [Literature and Liberation] (36 hours)

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b. Dalit writing

Module 4 [Literature and the Third World] (18 hours)

a. Articulating the Postcolonial Experience

b. An overview of New Literatures

Core Text: Dr B Keralavarma. Evolution of Literary Movements: The Cross-currents of

Change.

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COURSE 3 – English for Careers

Course Code EN5CROPT03

Title of the course English for Careers

Semester in which the course is to be 5

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 72

AIM OF THE COURSE

To make the students competent in their job-seeking, job-getting, and job-holding needs. The
course shall cater to equipping the students in Comprehensive Language Enhancement.
.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the students should be able:

1. To develop communicative skills, which will enable them to prepare for a career and
function effectively in it.
2. To equip themselves in oral and written communication to enhance their academic and
professional use of language.
3. To train themselves in making effective presentations.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1[Oral and Written Skills for Jobs and Careers] (18 hours)

a. Applying for jobs—Preparing Resumes—Writing Cover letters.

b. Preparing for interviews—Taking Interviews—Post-Interview follow-up-Promotion
c. Interviews—Group Discussions

Module 2[Correctness of Language Usage] (18 hours)

a. Common errors in communication and how to avoid them.

b. Some Notions—Conventional and idiomatic expressions.
c. Today‘s Vocabulary
d. Grammar for Grown-ups

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Module 3 [Facing People] (18 hours)

a. Structuring and delivering a presentation.

b. Communication in the Management context.
c. Importance of Words/Language.
d. Horizontal and Democratic Communication.

Module 4 [Keeping the Job] (18 hours)

a. Human relationships in academic and professional life.
b. Front Office Management and Keeping public relations (Telephone Skills)
c. Soft Skills for Team Building.
d. Keeping the Job—Professional Ethics
e. Managing Multiple Roles- Healthy Balancing of family and career.

Reading List

1. Samson et al. English for Life - 4. New Delhi: Cambridge UP.

2. Vasudev, Murthy. Effective Proposal Writing. New Delhi: Response, 2006.

3. Towards Academic English: Developing Effective Writing Skills. New Delhi: Cambridge
UP, 2007.

4. Oxford Guide to Effective Writing and Speaking. OUP, 2007.

5. Bhatnagar, R. P. English for Competitive Examinations. New Delhi: Macmillan, 2009.

6. English for Careers. Pearson.

7. ABC of Common Grammatical Errors. Macmillan, 2009

8. Kaul, Asha. The Effective Presentation. New Delhi: Response

9. Shepherd, Kerry. Presentations at Conferences, Seminars and Meetings. New Delhi:

Response.

10. Vilanilam, J. V. More Effective Communication: a Manuel for Professionals. Response

2008

11. English for Career Development. Orient Longman, 2006.

Core Text: English for Careers

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COURSE 2 – Modern Malayalam Literature in Translation

Course Code EN6CBT03

Title of the course Modern Malayalam Literature in
Translation

Semester in which the course is to be 6

taught
No. of credits 4

No. of contact hours 72

AIM OF THE COURSE

The students will be introduced to a selection of literature translated from Malayalam into
English. The student will be able to establish an endearing rapport with the cultural aspects of
the living environs.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

On completion of the course, the student should be able to comprehend the following:
1. An understanding of a selection of much discussed writers/literary pieces in Malayalam.
2. The various genres in Malayalam.
3. The modern trends in Malayalam literature.
4. Experiments with form in Malayalam poems and prose.

.
COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 (Poetry) (18 hours)

Balamani Amma: The Pen K.

Ayyappa Paniker: Theft
Kadamanitta M.R Ramakrishna Panickker: Feline Fancies
K.Satchidanandan: The Mad
Balachandran Chullikkad: The Visit
Anitha Thampi: Sweeping the Front Yard

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Module 2 (Short Fiction) (18 hours)

M. T. Vasudevan Nair: For You

Madhavikutti: Rice Pudding
Paul Zacharia: The Last Show
Priya A.S- Onion Curry and the table of nine

Module 3 (Novella/Memoir/Prison Narrative) (18 hours)

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer: Walls

Module 4 (Novel) (18 hours)

M. V. Vijayan: The Legends of Khasak

Background Reading

1. Sujit Mukherjee, ‗Translation as Discovery‘ (139-150 in Translation as Discovery)

2. A K Ramanujan, ‗Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on
Translation.‘ (131 – 160 in The Collected Essays of A K Ramanujan)
3. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, ‗The Politics of Translation.‘ (397- 416 in The Translation
Studies Reader)
4. G N Devy, ―‘Translation and Literary History: An Indian View (pp 182 – 88 in
Postcolonial Translation: Theory and Practice)
5. Walter Benjamin, ‗The Task of the Translator.‘ (15 - 25 in The Translation Studies
Reader)

Core Text: Palette of Kairali: A Textbook of Modern Malayalam Literature in Translation

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