S.S.Jain Subodh P.G.

College
(Autonomous)
Department of English
(Scheme of Examination and Syllabus)
Session 2014-17
 S.S.Jain Subodh P.G. College
Autonomous Scheme
(English Literature)

B.A. (Pass Course)

Scheme of Examinations & Syllabus w.e.f. session 2014-15

Semester I
Paper Paper Title Credits Max. Marks Min. Marks
Code
ELIT 101 Poetry and Drama 03 100 40
ELIT 102 Prose and Fiction 03 100 40
Total 06
Semester II
Paper Paper Title Credits Max. Marks Min. Marks
Code
ELIT 201 Poetry and Drama 03 100 40
ELIT 202 Prose and Fiction 03 100 40
Total 06
Semester III
Paper Paper Title Credits Max. Marks Min. Marks
Code
ELIT 301 Poetry and Drama 03 100 40
ELIT 302 Prose and Fiction 03 100 40
Total 06
Semester IV
Paper Paper Title Credits Max. Marks Min. Marks
Code
ELIT 401 Poetry and Drama 03 100 40
ELIT 402 Prose and Fiction 03 100 40
Total 06
Semester V
Paper Paper Title Credits Max. Marks Min. Marks
Code
ELIT 501 Poetry and Drama 03 100 40
ELIT 502 Prose and Fiction 03 100 40
Total 06
Semester VI
Paper Paper Title Credits Max. Marks Min. Marks
Code
ELIT 601 Poetry and Drama 03 100 40
ELIT 602 Prose and Fiction 03 100 40
Total 06
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester I
Paper- I
Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit II and III
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks
Poetry and Drama
Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To introduce students to the various genres of literature, various poetic devices and their
effective use and application for the effective understanding of a literary piece
2. To familiarize students with the significant ages of English Literature and their representative
poets so as to help them understand their characteristic works
Unit I (15 hrs)
Literary Genres: Poetry, Drama and Fiction
Literary terms: Renaissance, Sonnet, conceit, hyperbole, alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification,
rhyme scheme
Introduction to Elizabethan Age and Metaphysical Poetry
Unit II (18 hrs)
Edmund Spenser Ice and Fire
Christopher Marlowe The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
William Shakespeare When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought
All the World’s a Stage
John Donne Goe and Catche a Falling Star
Sunne Rising
Andrew Marvell Thoughts in a Garden
George Herbert Virtue

Unit III (12 hrs)

William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice

Essential Readings
An Outline History of English Literature by W. H. Hudson
A Short History of English Literature by Pramod K. Nayar
100 Best-Loved Poems by Philip Smith
Poet’s Pen ( OUP ) by P.E and Homai P. Dustoor
Strings of Gold (Part – I) edited by Prof. Jasbir Jain
Metaphysical Poetry edited by Christopher Ricks (Penguin)
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H Abrams
The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare (Arden Edition)

Suggested Readings
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester I
Paper II

Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit I and II

Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks
Prose and Fiction
Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To introduce students to the genres of prose (Fiction and Non Fiction)
2. To develop competence in the students to read and understand different forms of prose (fiction
and nonfiction) and ability to comment critically on its various elements (style, plot, setting,
irony etc.)
Unit I (12 hrs.)
Francis Bacon Of Studies
Of Youth and Old Age
Joseph Addison Popular Superstitions
Richard Steele The Art of Conversation

Unit II (20 hrs)

(A) Stories
Anonymous The Three Dancing Goats
Karel Capek The Fortune Teller
Anton Chekov Grief

(B) Novel
Jonathan Swift Gulliver’s Travels

Unit III (13 hrs)

Elements of Sentence Construction
Basic Sentence Patterns

Essential Readings
English Prose Selections (OUP)
Essays, Short Stories and One Act Plays ed. by R.K. Kaushik and S.C. Bhatia
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
A Practical Course in English by I.K Sharma and V.D Singh

Suggested Readings
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Analyzing Prose: Second Edition by Richard Lanham
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester II
Paper- I
Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit II and III
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks

Poetry and Drama

Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To introduce students to the various genres of literature, various poetic devices and their
effective use and application for the effective understanding of the literary piece
2. To familiarize students with the significant ages of English Literature and their representative
poets so as to help them understand their characteristic works

Unit I (15 hrs)

Literary terms: Restoration, Ode, Blank verse, Heroic couplet, Satire, Comedy, Pun, Elegy, Meter
Introduction to Restoration period and Augustan Age

Unit II (18 hrs)

John Milton On his blindness
On his Twenty Third Birthday
John Dryden A Song for St.Cecilia’s Day
Alexander Pope Ode on Solitude
James Thomson Winter
Cowper On the Receipt of my Mother’s Picture
Gray Elegy written in a Country Churchyard
Collins Ode to Evening

Unit III (12 hrs)

Oliver Goldsmith She stoops to conquer

Essential Readings
An Outline History of English Literature by W. H. Hudson
A Short History of English Literature by Pramod K. Nayar
Norton Anthology of Poetry
Strings of Gold (Part – I and II) edited by Prof. Jasbir Jain
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H Abrams
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

Suggested Readings
Types of Drama: Plays and Essays by Sylvan Barnet, William Burto, Morton Berman
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Augustan Satire by Ian Jack
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester II
Paper II

Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit I and II

Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks
Prose and Fiction
Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To familiarize students with the various writers of the significant periods of English Literature
and their characteristic works
2. To develop competence in the students to read and understand different forms of prose (fiction
and nonfiction) while building ability to comment critically on its various elements (style, plot,
setting, irony etc.)

Unit I (12 hrs)

Samuel Johnson Praises of Solitude
Oliver Goldsmith National Prejudices
Charles Lamb Dream Children- A Reverie
William Hazlitt Common Sense

Unit II (20 hrs)

(A) Stories
Katherine Mansfield The Doll’s House
Leo Tolstoy How Much Land does a Man Need?
Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of Blue Carbuncle
(B) Novel
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol

Unit III (13 hrs)

Tenses and their Usage
Phrasal Verbs (Bring, Call, Get, Give, Go, Look, Put, Turn)

Essential Readings
English Prose Selections (OUP)
Essays, Short Stories and One Act Plays ed. by R.K. Kaushik and S.C. Bhatia
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Practical Course in English by I.K Sharma and V.D Singh

Suggested Readings
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Analyzing Prose: Second Edition by Richard Lanham
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester III
Paper- I
Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit II and III
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks
Poetry and Drama
Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To introduce students to the various genres of literature, various poetic devices and their
effective use and application for the effective understanding of a literary piece
2. To familiarize students with the significant ages of English Literature and their representative
poets so as to help them understand their characteristic works

Unit I (15 hrs)

Literary terms: Lyric, Allegory, Assonance, Consonance, Soliloquy, Onomatopoeia, Negative Capability,
Plot, Dramatic Monologue
Introduction to Romantic Age, Victorian Age and Pre Raphaelite Literature
Unit II (18 hrs)
William Wordsworth The World is too much With Us
P.B. Shelley Ode to a Skylark
John Keats Ode to Autumn
Alfred Lord Tennyson Break, Break, Break
Robert Browning My Last Duchess
Mathew Arnold Dover Beach
D.G Rossetti The Blessed Damozel
A.C. Swinburne The Garden of Proserpine

Unit III (12 hrs)

Ibsen The Doll’s House

Essential Readings
An Outline History of English Literature by W. H. Hudson
A Short History of English Literature by Pramod K. Nayar
Palgrave’s Golden Treasury
Strings of Gold (Part – II and III) edited by Prof. Jasbir Jain
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H Abrams
The Doll’s House by Ibsen

Suggested Readings
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester III
Paper II

Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit I and II

Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks

Prose and Fiction

Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To familiarize students with the various writers of the significant periods of English Literature
and their characteristic works
2. To develop competence in the students to read and understand different forms of prose (fiction
and nonfiction) while building ability to comment critically on its various elements (style, plot,
setting, irony etc.)
Unit I (12 hrs.)
Leigh Hunt Getting up on Cold Mornings
R.L Stevenson Walking Tours
G.K. Chesterton A Piece of Chalk
Hillarie Belloc A Conversation with a Cat

Unit II (20 hrs)

(A) Stories
Katherine Mansfield A Cup of Tea
H.H. Munro The Open Window
Guy de Maupassant The Necklace
(B) Novel
George Orwell Animal Farm

Unit III (13 hrs)

Direct- Indirect Speech
Active-Passive Voice
Modals

Essential Readings
A Book of English Essays by W.E Williams (Penguin Classic)
Popular Short Stories (OUP)
Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Practical Course in English by I.K Sharma and V.D Singh

Suggested Readings
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Analyzing Prose: Second Edition by Richard Lanham
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester IV
Paper- I
Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit II and III
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks
Poetry and Drama
Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To introduce students to the various genres of literature, various poetic devices and their
effective use and application for the effective understanding of the literary piece
2. To familiarize students with the significant ages of English Literature and their representative
poets so as to help them understand their characteristic works

Unit I (15 hrs)

Literary terms: Paradox, Antithesis, Symbol, Problem Play, Essay, Novel, Free Verse, Short Story
Introduction to Present Age and American Literature

Unit II (18 hrs)

W.B.Yeats A Prayer for my Daughter
Rupert Brooke The Soldier
W.H.Auden In Memory W.B. Yeats
Robert Frost Birches
T.S.Eliot Preludes
D.H. Lawrence Snake
Dylan Thomas Fern Hill
Walt Whitman O Captain ! My Captain!

Unit III (12 hrs)

G.B.Shaw Arms and the Man

Essential Readings
An Outline History of English Literature by W. H. Hudson
A Short History of English Literature by Pramod K. Nayar
Norton Anthology of Poetry
Strings of Gold (Part – III) edited by Prof. Jasbir Jain
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H Abrams
Arms and the Man by G.B Shaw

Suggested Readings
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester IV
Paper II

Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit I and II

Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks

Prose and Fiction

Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To develop competence in the students to read and understand different forms of prose (fiction
and nonfiction) while building ability to comment critically on its various elements (style, plot,
setting, irony etc.)
2. To familiarize students with the various writers of the significant periods of English Literature
and their characteristic works

Unit I (12 hrs)

E.V. Lucas The Town Week
Robert Lynd The Pleasures of Ignorance
J.B. Priestley On Doing Nothing
Aldous Huxley Selected Snobberies

Unit II (20 hrs)

(A) Stories
Liam O’ Flaherty The Reaping Race
Ernest Hemingway Old Man at the Bridge
O. Henry The Gift of the Magi
(B) Novel
Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea

Unit III (13 hrs)

Determiners
Connectives
Précis Writing, Essay Writing and Paragraph Writing

Essential Readings
A Book of English Essays by W.E Williams (Penguin Classic)
Popular Short Stories (OUP)
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
A Practical Course in English by I.K Sharma and V.D Singh

Suggested Readings
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Analyzing Prose: Second Edition by Richard Lanham
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester V
Paper- I
Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit II and III
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks
Poetry and Drama
Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To introduce students to the various genres of literature, various poetic devices and their
effective use and application for the effective understanding of a literary piece
2. To familiarize students with the significant ages of English Literature and their representative
poets so as to help them understand their characteristic works

Unit I (15 hrs)

Literary terms: Irony, Tone, Mood, autobiography, ballad, parody, caesura, allusion, Oxymoron
Introduction to Indian Writing in English (Pre-Independence)

Unit II (18 hrs)

Kabir It is Needless to ask a Saint the Caste to which He
Belongs
Rabindranath Tagore Where the mind is without fear
Toru Dutt The Lotus
Our Casuarina Tree
Sarojini Naidu Indian Weavers
Song of Radha, The Milkmaid
Aurobindo The Pilgrim of the Night

Unit III (12 hrs)

Rabindranath Tagore Chandalika

Essential Readings
A History of Indian English Literature by M.K. Nair
Strings of Gold (Part – I) edited by Prof. Jasbir Jain
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H Abrams
Chandalika by Rabindranath Tagore

Suggested Readings
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester V
Paper II

Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit I and II

Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks
Prose and Fiction
Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To develop competence in the students to read and understand different forms of prose (fiction
and nonfiction) while building ability to comment critically on its various elements (style, plot,
setting, irony etc.)
2. To familiarize students with the various writers of the significant periods of English Literature
and their characteristic works

Unit I (12 hrs.)

M.K Gandhi Fearlessness
Jawaharlal Nehru Animals in Prison
S. Radhakrishnan The Gandhian Outlook
R.K Narayan A Bookish Topic

Unit II (20 hrs)

(A) Stories
Rabindranath Tagore The Postmaster
R.K. Narayan Under the Banyan Tree
D.R Sharma That Pagli
(B) Novel
R.K Narayan Swami and his Friends

Unit III (13 hrs)

Proofreading and Editing a Text (Punctuation, Spelling, Commonly Confused Words,
Subject Verb Agreement)

Essential Readings
English Prose Selections (OUP)
An Anthology of English Essays Ed by R.P.Singh
The Pointed Vision ed. by Dr. Usha Bande and Krishan Gopal
Swami and his Friends by R.K Narayan

Suggested Readings
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Analyzing Prose: Second Edition by Richard Lanham
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester VI
Paper- I
Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit II and III
Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks
Poetry and Drama
Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To introduce students to the various genres of literature, various poetic devices and their
effective use and application for the effective understanding of the literary piece
2. To familiarize students with the significant ages of English Literature and their representative
poets so as to help them understand their characteristic works
Unit I (15 hrs)

Literary terms: Tragedy, Catharsis, Refrain, Epithet, Comic Relief, Rhetoric, Characterization,
Foreshadowing
Introduction to Indian Writing in English (Present Time)

Unit II (18 hrs)

Nissim Ezekiel Enterprise
Night of the Scorpion
A.K Ramanujan A River
Obituary
Kamala Das My Grandmother’s House
A Hot Noon in Malabar
Mamta Kalia Tribute to Papa
After Eight Years of Marriage

Unit III (12 hrs)

Girish Karnad Tughlaq

Essential Readings
A History of Indian English Literature by M.K. Nair
Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets ed. by R. Parthasarthy
Nine Indian Women Poets ed. by Eunice De Souza
Strings of Gold (Part – III) edited by Prof. Jasbir Jain
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H Abrams
Tughlaq by Girish Karnad

Suggested Readings
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
 B.A (Pass Course) – English Literature
Semester VI
Paper II

Question No. 1: Reference to Context from Unit I and II

Candidate will be required to explain four (4) passages of reference to context out of six (6) of five marks each, with a total of 20
marks
Question No. 2: It will have two parts (a) and (b), both of which will be compulsory. Part (a) will consist of 12 questions and the
candidates will be required to answer any ten (10) in 1 -2 line with each question carrying one (1) mark. Part (b) will consist of
three (3) questions and the candidates will be required to answer any two (02) in 75-100 words with each question carrying five (5)
marks.
Question No. 3-5: There will be three (03) essay type questions of ten (10) marks each, one from each unit with internal choice.
Total of End semester exam (duration of exam 3 hours) = 70 Marks
Internal assessment = 30 Marks
Maximum Marks =100 Marks
Minimum Marks = 40 Marks
Prose and Fiction
Contact Hours: 03/Week Credits: 03
Course Objectives
1. To develop competence in the students to read and understand different forms of prose (fiction
and nonfiction) while building ability to comment critically on its various elements (style, plot,
setting, irony etc.)
2. To familiarize students with the various writers of the significant periods of English Literature
and their characteristic works
Unit I (12 hrs)

Susie Tharu and K. Lalitha Introduction from Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to
the Present
S.V. Srinivas The Politics of Failure
Arundhati Roy Ladies have Feelings, so…
Kancha Ilaiah Why I am not a Hindu

Unit II (20 hrs)

(A) Stories
Ismat Chugtai Roots
Shashi Deshpande My Beloved Charioteer
V.M Basheer Birthday
(B) Novel
Rama Mehta Inside the Haveli

Unit III (13 hrs)

Phonetics
Word Stress

Essential Readings
Texts and their Worlds I ed. by Anna Kurian
Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta
Spoken English by V Sasikumar and PV Dhamija

Suggested Readings
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Analyzing Prose: Second Edition by Richard Lanham
An English Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones
Longman’s Dictionary of Contemporary English
A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language by Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech and Svartvik
 S.S.Jain Subodh P.G. College
Autonomous Scheme
(General English)

B.A. (Pass Course)

Scheme of Examinations & Syllabus w.e.f. session 2013-14

Semester I

Paper Paper Title Credits Max. Marks Min. Marks

Code
General English 02 50 18
Total 02

Semester II
Paper Paper Title Credits Max. Marks Min. Marks
Code
General English 02 50 18
Total 02
 B.A/B.Com/B.Sc.
General English
Semester I
Contact Hours: 02/Week Credits: 02
Course Objective: To build vocabulary and develop ability to communicate by using grammatical
structures and patterns with accuracy and fluency

Unit I (Basic Language Skills I) [6 hrs]

Listening Skills: Process and Types of Listening, Listening Comprehension
Speaking Skills- (Pronunciation and Intonation)

Unit II (Vocabulary) [6 hrs]

Use of Dictionary
Synonyms and Antonyms
One Word Substitution

Unit III (Grammar Usage I) [8hrs]

Tenses
Conjunctions
Modal Auxiliaries

Unit IV (Grammar Usage II) [6 hrs]

Subject-Verb Agreement
Active Passive Voice
Direct-Indirect Speech

Unit V (Compositional Skills) [4hrs]

Letter Writing- Official/Business and Social
Paragraph Writing

Essential Reading(s)
Essential English by E. Suresh Kumar, P. Sreehari and J.Savithri

Suggested Readings
Practical Usage by Michael Swan
Letter Writing in English by Brian Deakin
A Course in Listening and Speaking-I by Sasikumar V. Dutta and Rajeevan
A University Grammar of English by Quirk and Greenbaum
 B.A/B.Com/B.Sc.
General English
Semester II

Contact Hours: 02/Week Credits: 02

Course Objective: To improve the communication skills of the students and their ability to comprehend
texts while also focusing on vocabulary and grammar usage

Unit I (Basic Language Skills II) [8 hrs]

Reading Skills: Process and Methodologies, Reading Comprehension
Writing Skills- (Spelling and Punctuation)

Unit II (Communication Skills I) [4 hrs]

CV
Job Application Letter

Unit III (Communication Skills II) [4 hrs]

E mail
Notice

Unit IV (Comprehension Skills -Poetry) [6 hrs]

Daffodils- William Wordsworth
Where the Mind is without Fear- Rabindranath Tagore

Unit V (Comprehension Skills -Prose) [8 hrs]

Barack Obama: A Trendsetter
Rendezvous with Indra Nooyi
Muthyala Raju Revu: An Engineer Turned IAS officer
R. Madhavan: Engineering to Farming

Essential Reading(s)
Essential English by E. Suresh Kumar, P. Sreehari and J.Savithri

Suggested Readings
The Written Word by Vandana R. Singh
The Oxford Guide to Writing & Speaking by John Seely
 Pattern of the Question Paper

B.A/B.Com/B.Sc. (General English)

Semester I

Duration : 3 Hrs. Max Marks: 50

Min Marks: 18

Unit I (Basic Language Skills I) (4 Marks)

Listening Skills: Process and Types of Listening, Listening Comprehension (2 Marks)
Speaking Skills- (Pronunciation and Intonation) (2 Marks)

Unit II (Vocabulary) (12 Marks)

Use of Dictionary (4 Marks)
Synonyms and Antonyms (4 Marks)
One Word Substitution (4 Marks)

Unit III (Grammar Usage I) (12 Marks)

Tenses (4 Marks)
Conjunctions (4 Marks)
Modal Auxiliaries (4 Marks)

Unit IV (Grammar Usage II) (12 Marks)

Subject-Verb Agreement (4 Marks)
Active Passive Voice (4 Marks)
Direct-Indirect Speech (4 Marks)

Unit V (Compositional Skills) (10 Marks)

Letter Writing- Official/Business and Social (5 Marks)
Paragraph Writing (5 Marks)
 B.A/B.Com/B.Sc. (General English)
Semester II

Duration : 3 Hrs. Max Marks: 50

Min Marks: 18

Unit I (Basic Language Skills II) (8 Marks)

Reading Skills: Process and Methodologies, Reading Comprehension (4 Marks)
Writing Skills- (Spelling and Punctuation) (4 Marks)

Unit II (Communication Skills I) (10 Marks)

CV (5 Marks)
Job Application Letter (5 Marks)

Unit III (Communication Skills II) (10 Marks)

E mail (5 Marks)
Notice (5 Marks)

Unit IV (Comprehension Skills -Poetry) (10 Marks)

Daffodils- William Wordsworth (5 Marks)
Where the Mind is without Fear- Rabindranath Tagore (5 Marks)

Unit V (Comprehension Skills -Prose) (12 Marks)

Barack Obama: A Trendsetter (3 Marks)
Rendezvous with Indra Nooyi (3 Marks)
Muthyala Raju Revu: An Engineer Turned IAS officer (3 Marks)
R. Madhavan: Engineering to Farming (3 Marks)

Essential Reading(s)
Essential English by E. Suresh Kumar, P. Sreehari and J.Savithri

Suggested Readings
The Written Word by Vandana R. Singh
The Oxford Guide to Writing & Speaking by John Seely
 Scheme of Examination

B.A (English Literature)

Semester I
1. CIA I 10 Marks
2. CIA II 10 Marks
3. Discipline/Classroom interaction/Extra Curricular 10 Marks
Activities
4. Semester End Examination 70 Marks
Total 100 Marks

Semester II
1. CIA I 10 Marks
2. CIA II 10 Marks
3. Discipline/Classroom interaction/Extra Curricular 10 Marks
Activities
4. Semester End Examination 70 Marks
Total 100 Marks

B.A/B.Com/B.Sc. (General English)

Semester I
1. Semester End Examination 50 Marks
Total 50 Marks

Semester II
1. Semester End Examination 50 Marks
Total 50 Marks