CBCS BA SYLLABUS 2018

UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

RADHA GOVIND UNIVERSITY
RAMGARH, JHARKHAND

Syllabus of Undergraduate Programmes

(Honours and General)
Bachelor of Arts English Honours
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, RADHA GOVIND UNIVESITY, RAMGARH

SYLLABUS: UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
(HONOURS & GENERAL)
BACHELOR OF ARTS ENGLISH
HONOURS
Table – Honours - Distribution of 140 Credits
CC - Core Course; AECC - Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course; GE - Generic Elective (Generic Elective is a paper selected for study
from a discipline other than the Honours subject in which the student is enrolled. The GE is to be studied through Semesters I to IV – Sem I: GE
I; Sem II: GE II; Sem III: GE III; Sem IV: GE IV) ; SEC - Skill Enhancement Course; DSE - Discipline Specific Elective.
CC AECC GE SEC DSE Total

SEMESTER 12 02 06 - - 20
I
SEMESTER 12 02 06 - - 20
II
SEMESTER 18 - 06 02 - 26
III
SEMESTER 18 - 06 02 - 26
IV
SEMESTER 12 - - - 12 24
V
SEMESTER 12 - - - 12 24
VI
TOTAL 84 04 24 04 24 140

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Table: Paper wise Distribution of Marks: English

Honours
Total Distribution of Marks: Mid- & End-
Marks Semester
Semester Paper
Mid-Semester End-Semester
FM PM
FM PM FM PM

C-1 100 40 20 8 80 32
Basic Literary Concepts
C-2
World Classical Literature in English 100 40 20 8 80 32
Semester I
Translation
GE – 1 100 40 20 8 80 32
Paper from some other discipline
AECC-1 50 20 10 4 40 16
Written Communication in English
Semester II C-3 100 40 20 8 80 32

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Indian Writing in English

C-4 100 40 20 8 80 32
British Literature: 14th to 17th Century
GE – 2 100 40 20 8 80 32
Paper from some other discipline
AECC-2 50 20 10 4 40 16
Environmental Science
C-5
American Literature: 19th & 20th 100 40 20 8 80 32
Century
C-6 100 40 20 8 80 32
Popular Fiction in English
Semester III C-7 100 40 20 8 80 32
British Poetry & Drama: 18th Century
GE – 3 100 40 20 8 80 32
Paper from some other discipline
SEC-1 50 20 10 4 40 16
Spoken English Communication Skill
I
C-8
British Prose (Fiction and Non- 100 40 20 8 80 32
fiction): 18th Century

Semester IV C-9
British Prose (Fiction and Non- 100 40 20 8 80 32
fiction): 19th Century
C-10 100 40 20 8 80 32
British Poetry: 19th Century

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GE – 4 100 40 20 8 80 32
Paper from some other discipline
SEC-2 50 20 10 4 40 16
Spoken English Communication Skill
II
C-11 100 40 20 8 80 32
Women’s Writing
C-12 100 40 20 8 80 32
British Writing: Early 20th Century
DSE-1 (Group A) 100 40 20 8 80 32
Nature and Literature in English I
Semester V DSE-2 (Group A) 100 40 20 8 80 32
Nature and Literature in English II
Or

DSE-1 (Group B) 100 40 20 8 80 32

Study of Shakespeare I
DSE-2 (Group B) 100 40 20 8 80 32
Study of Shakespeare II
Semester VI C-13 100 40 20 8 80 32
Modern European Drama
C-14 100 40 20 8 80 32
Postcolonial Literature
DSE-3 (Group A) 100 40 20 8 80 32
Nature and Literature in English III
DSE-4 (Group A) 100 40 20 8 80 32
Nature and Literature in English IV

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Or

DSE-3 (Group B) 100 40 20 8 80 32

Study of Shakespeare III
DSE-4 (Group B) 100 40 20 8 80 32
Study of Shakespeare IV
Semester VI
Cont’d Or
C-13 100 40 20 8 80 32
Modern European Drama
DSE-3 (Group A) 100 40 20 8 80 32
Nature and Literature in English III
DSE-4 (Group A) 100 40 20 8 80 32
Nature and Literature in English IV
Dissertation 100 40 -- -- 100 40

Or

C-13 100 40 20 8 80 32
Modern European Drama
DSE-3 (Group B) 100 40 20 8 80 32
Study of Shakespeare III
DSE-4 (Group B) 100 40 20 8 80 32
Study of Shakespeare IV
Dissertation 100 40 -- -- 100 40

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SEMESTER I
ENG:H CC – I
BASIC LITERARY CONCEPTS
FULL MARKS: 100
An acquaintance with the following:
UNIT I
Poetry
A. Nature; Types of Poetry: Ballad, Elegy, Epic, Lyric, Ode, Sonnet.
B. Literary Terms & Metres: (i) Alliteration, Archaism, Assonance, Cacophony, Conceit, Elision, Euphony, Hyperbole, Imagery,
Metaphor, Metonymy, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron, Personification, Paradox, Pun, Refrain, Simile, Synecdoche (ii) Ballad Stanza,
Blank Verse, Couplet, Free Verse, Heroic Couplet, Octave, Ottava Rima, Quatrain, Sestet, Tercet, Terza Rima.
UNIT II
Drama
A. Nature; Elements of Drama: Character, Dialogue, Plot, Setting, Stage.
B. Types of Drama & Dramatic Terms: (i) Burlesque, Comedy, Comedy of Humours, Comedy of Manners, Farce, Interlude,
Masque, Miracle Play, Morality Play, Mystery Play, Opera, Problem Play, Realistic Drama, Tragedy (ii) Antagonist, Catharsis,
UNIT III Climax, Comic Relief, Dramatic Irony, Hamartia, Hubris, Monologue, Pathetic Fallacy, Protagonist, Soliloquy.
Fiction
A. Nature; Elements of Fiction: Character, Narrative Point of View, Plot, Setting, Style.
B. Types of Fiction & Literary Terms: (i) Anti-novel, Detective Novel, Epistolary Novel, Gothic Novel, Novel, Novella, Picaresque
Novel, Psychological Novel, Regional Novel, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story, Stream of Consciousness Technique (ii)
Allusion, Anti-hero, Climax, Denouement, Diction, Media Res, Rhetoric, Subtext.

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UNIT IV
Scansion
Suggested Readings
1. Abrams, M H, G G Harpham. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Cengage Learning: Delhi, 2018
2. Aruffo, Christopher. A Rational Guide to Verse: Scansion Made Simple. Acoustic Learning Inc, 2012
3. Baldick, Chris. Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford University Press: Delhi, 2015
4. Beckson Carl, Arthur Ganz. Literary Terms: A Dictionary. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989
5. Chakraborty, Piyas, Robert Douglas Fairhurst. Anthem Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory. Anthem Press: Delhi, 2006
6. Fatma, Gulnaz. A Short History of the Short Story: Western and Asian Traditions (World Voices). Modern History Press, 2012.
7. Forster, E M. Aspects of the Novel. Penguin Classics: Delhi, 2005.
8. Grierson, Herbert, J C Smith. A Critical History of English Poetry. Bloomsbury Academic, 2014
9. Hunter, G K. English Drama 1586-1642: The Age of Shakespeare. Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1997
10. Lane, David. Contemporary British Drama. Edinburgh University Press. Edinburgh, 2010
11. Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama, 1660-1900. Volume 1, 4th Edition. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1955
12. Parrinder, Patrick. Nation and the Novel: The English Novel from Its Origins to the Present Day. Oxford Scholarship Online, 2011
13. Wood, Clement. Complete Book of Scansion: Poets’ and Songwriters’ Guide. Literary Licensing, LLC, 2013
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 Hours
End Semester: 80
I. 16 multiple choice objective questions from Unit I, II and III: 1x16 = 16
II. 3 short notes (not more than 150 words each) to be attempted out of 6 alternatives. Two alternatives each to be set from Unit I B, II B
and III B: 3x8 = 24

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III. 2 long questions to be attempted out of 6 alternatives, 2 each to be set from Unit I A, II A and III A: 2x15 = 30
IV. Scansion of 4 lines of any poem: 10
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

ENG:H CC – II
WORLD CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
The Iliad – Homer, Book I (Translation by Edward Earl of Derby)
UNIT II
Godan – Premchand (Tr. By Jai Ratan and P Lal)
UNIT III
Short Stories (‘The Necklace’, ‘Two Friends’, ‘The Piece of String’, ‘Boule de Suif’ *Ball of Fat or Butterball+, ‘Two Soldiers’ *Two Little
Soldiers+) – Maupassant (Trans By Albert M C McMaster, A E Henderson, Quesada and others)
UNIT IV
Chairs – Ionesco (Penguin Modern Classics)
Suggested Readings
1. Ananthamurthy, U R. ‘Being a Writer in India’, from Tender Ironies, ed. Dilip Chitre et. al., pp. 127-46
2. Aristotle. Poetics, chapter 6-17, 23, 24 and 26. Penguin
3. Buitenen, J A B. ‘Dharma and Moksa’, in Roy W. Perrett, ed., Indian Philosophy, vol. V. ‘Theory of Value: A Collection of
Readings’. New York: Garland, 2000. pp. 33–40
4. Devy, G N. Indian Literary Criticism. Orient Longman, 2002
5. Dharwadkar, Vinay. ‘Orientalism and the Study of Indian Literature’, in Orientalism and the Postcolonial Predicament: Perspectives
on South Asia, (Ed) Carol A. Breckenridge and Peter van der Veer. New Delhi: OUP, 1994. pp. 158–95
6. Horace. Ars Poetica. Tr. H. Rushton Fairclough, Horace: Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica. Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press,
2005

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7. Plato. The Republic, Book X. Penguin

8. Ramakrishnan, E V. Locating Indian Literature. Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd.
9. Seturaman, V S. Indian Aesthetics: An Introduction. Macmillan. rpt. 2005
10. Singh, Namvar. ‘Decolonising the Indian Mind’, Indian Literature, no. 151, Sept/Oct 1992
11. Tagore, Rabindranath. Nationalism., Chapter 1 and 3. Delhi: Rupa, 1992
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 Hours
End Semester: 80
I. 10 multiple choice objective questions from the texts in Units I, II, III and IV: 1x10 = 10
II. 4 short questions out of 2 alternatives to be set from each unit (to be answered in not more than 150 words each): 4x10
= 40
III. 2 long questions out of 2 alternatives to be set from each unit: 2x15 = 30
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

SEMESTER II
ENG:H CC – III
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Social, political, religious and economic conditions of the respective periods in Indian Writing in English; Indian English Poetry of the First
Phase, Indian English Poetry of the Second Phase, Post-independence Indian English Poetry; Pre-independence Indian English Drama, Post-
independence Indian English Drama; Pre-independence Indian English Novel, Post-independence Indian English Novel; Indian English Short
Story.
UNIT II
The Guide - R K Narayan
UNIT III
Nagamandala - Girish Karnad
UNIT IV
H L V Derozio Toru Dutt Sarojini Naidu Nissim Ezekiel
Jayant Mahapatra Keki N Daruwalla Kamla Das

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Suggested Readings
1. Bose, B (Ed). Amitav Ghosh: Critical Perspectives. Delhi: Pencraft, 2005
2. King, B. Modern Indian Poetry in English. New Delhi, 1987
3. . Three Indian Poets: Nissim Ezekiel, A.K. Ramanujan, Dom Moraes. New Delhi, 1991
4. King, Bruce. ‘Introduction’, in Modern Indian Poetry in English. New Delhi: OUP, 2nd edn, 2005. pp. 1–10
5. McLeod, A L (Ed). R K Narayan: Critical Perspectives. New Delhi, 1994
6. Mehrotra, A K (Ed). An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English ed. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2003
7. Mukherjee, Meenakshi. ‘Divided by a Common Language’, in The Perishable Empire. New Delhi: OUP, 2000. pp.187–203
8. Multani, A (Ed). Mahesh Dattani’s Plays: Critical Perspectives. Delhi: Pencraft, 2007
9. Rao, Raja. Foreword to Kanthapura. New Delhi: OUP, 1989. pp. v–vi
10. Rushdie, Salman. ‘Commonwealth Literature Does Not Exist’, in Imaginary Homelands. London: Granta Books, 1991. pp. 61–70
11. Walsh, W. R K Narayan: A Critical Appreciation. London, 1982
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80

I. 10 multiple choice objective questions from the topics and texts in Units I, II, III and IV: 1x10 = 10
II. 4 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 6 alternatives from Unit I: 4x10 = 40

III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each from Unit II, III and IV: 2X15 = 30
80

Internal Assessment: 20 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5

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General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

ENG:H CC – IV
BRITISH LITERATURE: 14TH TO 17TH CENTURY FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Students are required to study the social, political, religious and economic conditions of the respective ages in England from the 14th to the
17th century, significant movements, influences and literary schools.
UNIT II
Nun’s Priest’s Tale - Chaucer
A Hymn to God the Father - Donne
How Soon Hath Time - Milton
To His Coy Mistress - Andrew
Marvell UNIT III
As You Like It –
ShakespeareUNIT IV
An Essay of Dramatic Poesy – Dryden
Suggested Readings
1. Briggs, Asa. A Social History of England
2. Dobree, Bonamy. The Oxford History of English Literature
3. Trevelyan, G M. English Social History
4. Willey, Basil. The Seventeenth Century Background: Studies in the Thought of the Age in Relation to Poetry and Religion
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
I. 10 multiple choice objective questions from the topics and texts in Units I, II, III and IV: 1x10 = 10
II. 4 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 6 alternatives from Unit I: 4x10 = 40
III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each from Unit II, III and IV: 2X15 = 30
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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SEMESTER III
ENG:H CC – V
AMERICAN LITERATURE (19TH & 20TH CENTURY) FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Students are required to study the social, political, religious and economic conditions of the respective periods in American Writing in English,
significant literary movements, influences and literary schools in 19th and 20th centuries.
UNIT II
Poetry – Selections from ‘Song of Myself’: ‘A child said, What is the grass…’; ‘I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the
stars…’ – Whitman; ‘The Road Not Taken’, ‘Two Tramps in Mud Time’ – Robert Frost; ‘Tulips’, ‘Mirror’ - Sylvia Plath
UNIT III
The Old Man and the Sea –
HemingwayUNIT IV
Death of a Salesman – Arthur
Miller Suggested Readings
1. Boynton, P H. A History of American Literature. Nabu Press, 2010
2. Crevecouer, Hector St John, ‘What is an American’, (Letter III) in Letters from an American Farmer. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1982
3. Death of a Salesman: Spark Notes Literature Guide. Spark Notes, 2014
4. Edge, Deckle. Ernest Hemingway: A Biography. Knopf, 2017
5. Gray, Richard. A History of American Poetry. Wiley-Blackwell, 2015
6. Rao, R P G. Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. Atlantic, 2007
7. Sen, Krishna. A Short History of American Literature. Orient BlackSwan, 2012

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Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80

I. 10 multiple choice objective questions from the topics and texts in Units I, II, III and IV: 1x10 = 10
II. 4 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 6 alternatives from Unit I: 4x10 = 40

III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each from Unit II, III and IV: 2X15 = 30
80

Internal Assessment: 20 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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ENG:H CC – VI
POPULAR FICTION IN ENGLISH FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Evolution of popular literature in English in England, America and India.
UNIT II
The Sign of the Four – Sherlock Holmes
UNIT III
Five Point Someone – Chetan Bhagat
UNIT IV
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams Suggested Readings
1. Allen, James Smith. History and the Novel: Mentalite in Modern Popular Fiction
2. Freedman, Carl. Critical Theory and Science Fiction. Oxford University Press, 2011
3. Genre Fiction: Wikipedia
4. Murphy, Bernice. Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction. Edinburgh University Press, 2017
5. Vaughan, Michael J. ‘The Popular Fiction Report’, Writer’s Digest, http://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-
genre/young-adult-childrens/the_popular_fiction_report
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
I. 16 multiple choice objective questions from the texts in Units II, III and IV: 1x16 = 16
II. 2 short notes (not to be answered in more than 150 words each) out of 3 alternatives to be set from Unit I: 2X8 = 16
III. 3 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each to be set from Units II, III and IV: 3x16 = 48

80

Internal Assessment: 20 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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ENG:H CC – VII
BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA: 18TH CENTURY FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Students are required to study the social, political, religious and economic conditions of the respective period in England, important individual
poets and dramatists and their important works as well as the significant literary movements, trends, influences and schools in the 18th century.
UNIT II
Rape of the Lock – Alexander Pope
UNIT III
The School for Scandal - Sheridan
UNIT IV
The Tiger, The Lamb, The Fly, The Song – William Blake
Suggested Readings

1. Black, Jeremy (Ed). An Illustrated History of Eighteenth Century Britain, 1688-1793

2. Clifford, James (Ed). Eighteenth Century English Literature: Modern Essays in Criticism
3. Dobree, Bonamy. The Oxford History of English Literature, Vol. 7
4. Hill, Christopher. The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution
5. Jack, Ian. Augustan Satire: Intention and Idiom in English Poetry - 1660-1750
6. Paulson, Ronald. Satire and Novel in Eighteenth Century England
7. Rogers, Pat. The Augustan Vision
8. Sambrook, James. The Eighteenth Century: The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature - 1700-1789

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Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
I. 10 multiple choice objective questions from the topics and texts in Units I, II, III and IV: 1x10 = 10
II. 4 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 6 alternatives from Unit I: 4x10 = 40
III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each from Unit II, III and IV: 2X15 = 30
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5
SEMESTER IV
ENG:H CC – VIII
BRITISH PROSE (FICTION AND NON-FICTION): 18TH CENTURY FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
History of English prose in the 18th century with significant influences and movements and important individual authors and their works.
UNIT II
Tom Jones – Fielding
UNIT III
The Castle of Otranto – Horace Walpole
UNIT IV
Swift’s Satires (A Modest Proposal, Letter of Advice to a Young Poet) – Swift
Lives of Poets (Milton, Dryden) – Samuel Johnson
Suggested Readings
1. Black, Jeremy (Ed). An Illustrated History of Eighteenth Century Britain, 1688-1793
2. Clifford, James (Ed). Eighteenth Century English Literature: Modern Essays in Criticism
3. Dobree, Bonamy. The Oxford History of English Literature, Vol. 7
4. Hill, Christopher. The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution
5. Jack, Ian. Augustan Satire: Intention and Idiom in English Poetry - 1660-1750
6. Paulson, Ronald. Satire and Novel in Eighteenth Century England
7. Rogers, Pat. The Augustan Vision
8. Sambrook, James. The Eighteenth Century: The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature - 1700-1789
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Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80

I. 10 multiple choice objective questions from the topics and texts in Units I, II, III and IV: 1x10 = 10
II. 4 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 6 alternatives from Unit I: 4x10 = 40
III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each from Unit II, III and IV: 2X15 = 30
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

ENG:H CC – IX
BRITISH PROSE (FICTION AND NON-FICTION): 19TH CENTURY FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
History of English prose in the 19th century with significant influences and movements and important individual authors.
UNIT II
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
UNIT III
Hard Times – Dickens
UNIT IV
Preface to the Lyrical Ballads – William Wordsworth Study of Poetry – Matthew Arnold
Suggested Readings
1. Chesterton, G K. The Victorian Age in Literature (1913)
2. Elton, O. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1830 (1912)
3. . A Survey of English Literature 1830-1880 (1920)
4. Trevelyan, G M. Illustrated English Social History: The Nineteenth Century (1944)

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Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
I. 10 multiple choice objective questions from the topics and texts in Units I, II, III and IV: 1x10 = 10
II. 4 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 6 alternatives from Unit I: 4x10 = 40
III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each from Unit II, III and IV: 2X15 = 30
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

ENG:H CC – X
BRITISH POETRY: 19TH CENTURY FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
History of British poetry in the 19th century with significant social, political, economic and other influences, movements, trends along with
important individual poets and their works.
UNIT II
Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey – William Wordsworth Kubla Khan – Coleridge
UNIT III
Ode to the West Wind – Shelley Ode to the Nightingale – Keats
UNIT IV
In Memoriam (Stanzas LIV: Oh, yet we trust …; CVI: Ring out, wild bells …) – Tennyson How Do I Love Thee (Sonnet No. 43) – Elizabeth
Barrett Browning
My Last Duchess – Robert Browning
Suggested Readings
1. Blunden, E. Shelley, 1946
2. Bowra, C M. The Romantic Imagination, 1950
3. Cornwell, J. Coleridge, Poet and Revolutionary, 1973
4. De Vane, W C. A Browning Handbook, rev 1956
5. Hough, G. The Romantic Poets, 1953

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6. Jack, I. Keats and the Mirror of Art, 1967

7. Peckham, M. Beyond the Tragic Vision, 1962
8. Smith, J C. A Study of Wordsworth, 1944
9. Tennyson, C. Alfred Tennyson, 1949
10. Tinker, C B & H F Lowry. The Poetry of Matthew Arnold, 1941
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80

I. 10 multiple choice objective questions from the topics and texts in Units I, II, III and IV: 1x10 = 10
II. 4 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 6 alternatives from Unit I: 4x10 = 40

III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each from Unit II, III and IV: 2X15 = 30
80

Internal Assessment: 20 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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SEMESTER V
ENG:H CC – XI WOMEN’S WRITING FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
History of feminism and women’s writing in the West and India.
UNIT II
Notes on different aspects/types of feminism: Anarcha-Feminism, Black Feminism, Cultural Feminism, Ecofeminism, Gynocriticism, I-
Feminism, Liberal Feminism, Marxist and Socialist Feminism, Multiracial Feminism, Patriarchy, Postcolonial Feminism, Radical Feminism,
Transfeminism and other contemporary terms.
UNIT III
Fasting, Feasting - Anita Desai
UNIT IV
Sula - Toni Morrison

Suggested Readings
1. Beauvoir, Simone de. ‘Introduction’, in The Second Sex, tr. Constance Borde and Shiela Malovany-Chevallier. London: Vintage, 2010.
pp 3–18
2. Mohanty, Chandra Talapade. ‘Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses’, in Contemporary Postcolonial
Theory: A Reader, (Ed) Padmini Mongia. New York: Arnold, 1996. pp 172–97
3. Sangari, Kumkum and Sudesh Vaid (Eds). ‘Introduction’, in Recasting Women: Essays in Colonial History. New Delhi: Kali for
Women, 1989. pp 1–25
4. Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own chaps. 1 and 6. New York: Harcourt, 1957

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Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80

I. 10 multiple choice objective questions from the topics and texts in Units I, II, III and IV: 1x10 = 10
II. 4 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 6 alternatives from Units I and II: 4x10 = 40

III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each from Unit II, III and IV: 2X15 = 30
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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ENG:H CC – XII
BRITISH WRITING: EARLY 2OTH CENTURY FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
History of the English literature of the early 20th century (1900-1950) in England with significant influences and movements, along with
important individual authors and their works.
UNIT II
Wild Swans at Coole – W B Yeats
Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock – T S Eliot
UNIT III
Pygmalion – G B Shaw
The Heart of the Matter – Graham Greene
UNIT IV
Tradition and the Individual Talent – T S Eliot
Suggested Readings
1. Eliot, T S. ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’, in Norton Anthology of English Literature, 8th edn, vol. 2, (Ed) Stephen Greenblatt.
New York: Norton, 2006. pp 2319–25
2. Freud, Sigmund. ‘Theory of Dreams’, ‘Oedipus Complex’, and ‘The Structure of the Unconscious’, in The Modern Tradition, (Ed)
Richard Ellman et al. Oxford: OUP, 1965. pp 571, 578–80, 559–63
3. Williams, Raymond. ‘Introduction’, in The English Novel from Dickens to Lawrence. London: Hogarth Press, 1984. pp 9–27
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
I. 10 multiple choice objective questions from the topics and texts in Units I, II, III and IV: 1x10 = 10
II. 4 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 6 alternatives from Unit I: 4x10 = 40
III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each from Unit II, III and IV: 2X15 = 30
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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SEMESTER VI
ENG:H CC - XIII
MODERN EUROPEAN DRAMA FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Topics to be studied in the context of European Drama: Politics, social change and the Stage; Text and performance; Realism and
experimentation; Tragedy and Heroism.
UNIT II
Ghosts - Henrik Ibsen
UNIT III
The Good Woman of Setzuan - Bertolt Brecht (English version by Eric Bentley)
UNIT IV
Rhinoceros – Ionesco (Penguin Modern Classics)
Suggested Readings
1. Brecht, Bertolt. ‘The Street Scene’, ‘Theatre for Pleasure or Theatre for Instruction’, and ‘Dramatic Theatre vs Epic Theatre’, in Brecht
onTheatre: The Development of an Aesthetic, (Ed) and tr. John Willet. London: Methuen, 1992. pp 68–76, 121–8
2. Stanislavski, Constantin. 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
3. Steiner, George. ‘On Modern Tragedy’, in The Death of Tragedy. London: Faber, 1995. pp 303–24
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
I. 12 multiple choice objective questions from the texts in Units II, III and IV: 1x12 = 12
II. 2 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 3 alternatives from Unit I: 2x10 = 20
III. 3 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each from Unit II, III and IV: 3X16 = 48
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
10
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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ENG:H CC – XIV POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE FULL MARKS: 100

UNIT I
Topics to be studied in context of post colonialism: Postcolonial sensibility; Postcolonial literature in English in India; Postcolonial literature in
English in South Africa; Postcolonial literature in Americas.
UNIT II
The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
UNIT III
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
UNIT IV
Wide Sargasso Sea – John Rhys
Suggested Readings
1. Fanon, Franz. ‘The Negro and Language’, in Black Skin, White Masks, tr. Charles Lam Markmann. London: Pluto Press, 2008. pp 8–27
2. Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. The Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, in Gabriel Garcia Marquez: New Readings, (Ed) Bernard McGuirk
and Richard Cardwell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987
3. Thiong’o, Ngugi wa. ‘The Language of African Literature’, in Decolonising the Mind. London: James Curry, 1986. Chap 1, sections 4–6
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
I. 12 multiple choice objective questions from the topics and texts in Units II, III and IV: 1x12 = 12
II. 2 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 3 alternatives from Unit I: 2x10 = 20
III. 3 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each from Unit II, III and IV: 3X16 = 48
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE

(DSE) (HONOURS PROGRAMME
SEMESTER V & VI)
GROUP A ENG:H DSE - I
NATURE AND LITERATURE IN
ENGLISH I
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Topics to be studied: Nature and Human Society; Nature and the Western Concept; Position of Nature in Indian culture; Role of Nature in the
Tribal Communities of Jharkhand; Nature and English Literature; Nature and postcolonialism; Ecocriticism.
UNIT II
To Daffodils – Robert Herrick
The Garden – Andrew
Marvell The Cloud – Shelley
Ode to Autumn – Keats
Suggested Readings
1. Bande, Usha. Culture, Nature and Literature. Rawat, 2012
2. Christopher, V. Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival. Berkley, London: University of California Press, 1982
3. Glotfelty, Cheryll et al (Ed). The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology. University of Georgia Press, 1996
4. Jha, Shivani. Ecocritical Readings: Rethinking Nature and Environment. Partridge India, 2015
5. Metaphysical Poetry. Penguin Classics, 2006
6. Mukherjee, U. Postcolonial Environments: Nature, Culture and the Contemporary Indian Novel in English. Palgrave, Macmillan, 2010
7. Murphy, Patrick D. Nature, Literature and Other. Google E book
8. Ramutsindela, M. Parks and People in Postcolonial Societies: Experiences in Southern Africa. Springer Science and Business Media,
2004

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9. Raven, Peter H. Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy of Sciences and National
Research Council, 1997
10. Slovic, Scott P, et al. Literature and Environment: A Reader on Nature and Culture. Pearson, 2012
11. The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, 2001

Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80

I. 12 multiple choice objective questions from the texts in Unit II: 1x12 = 12
II. 2 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 3 alternatives from Unit I: 2x10 = 20

III. 3 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives from each poem in Unit II: 3X16 = 48
80

Internal Assessment: 20 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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ENG:H DSE - II
NATURE AND LITERATURE IN
ENGLISH II FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Daffodils, The Solitary Reaper, The World is Too Much with Us – William Wordsworth
Rime of the Ancient Mariner – S T Coleridge
UNIT II
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek – Annie Dillard
Suggested Readings
1. Bande, Usha. Culture, Nature and Literature. Rawat, 2012
2. Christopher, V. Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival. Berkley, London: University of California Press, 1982
3. Glotfelty, Cheryll et al (Ed). The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology. University of Georgia Press, 1996
4. Jha, Shivani. Ecocritical Readings: Rethinking Nature and Environment. Partridge India, 2015
5. Metaphysical Poetry. Penguin Classics, 2006
6. Mukherjee, U. Postcolonial Environments: Nature, Culture and the Contemporary Indian Novel in English. Palgrave, Macmillan, 2010
7. Murphy, Patrick D. Nature, Literature and Other. Google E book
8. Ramutsindela, M. Parks and People in Postcolonial Societies: Experiences in Southern Africa. Springer Science and Business Media, 2004
9. Raven, Peter H. Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy of Sciences and National
Research Council, 1997
10. Slovic, Scott P, et al. Literature and Environment: A Reader on Nature and Culture. Pearson, 2012
11. The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, 2001
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
I. 12 multiple choice objective questions from the texts in Unit I and II: 1x12 = 12
II. 2 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 2 alternatives each from Unit I and II: 2x10 = 20
III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 4 alternatives from Unit I:2X16 = 32
IV. 1 long question to be answered out of 2 alternatives from Unit II 16
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5
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ENG:H DSE - III

NATURE AND LITERATURE IN
ENGLISH III FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Walden – Thoreau
UNIT II
Time Stops at Shamli (The Funeral, The Room of Many Colours, Time Stops at Shamli, Most Beautiful, The Last Truck Ride, The Fight,
The Tunnel, The Summer Season, Going Home, Masterji) – Ruskin Bond
Suggested Readings

1. Bande, Usha. Culture, Nature and Literature. Rawat, 2012

2. Christopher, V. Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival. Berkley, London: University of California Press, 1982
3. Glotfelty, Cheryll et al (Ed). The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology. University of Georgia Press, 1996
4. Jha, Shivani. Ecocritical Readings: Rethinking Nature and Environment. Partridge India, 2015
5. Metaphysical Poetry. Penguin Classics, 2006
6. Mukherjee, U. Postcolonial Environments: Nature, Culture and the Contemporary Indian Novel in English. Palgrave, Macmillan, 2010
7. Murphy, Patrick D. Nature, Literature and Other. Google E book
8. Ramutsindela, M. Parks and People in Postcolonial Societies: Experiences in Southern Africa. Springer Science and Business Media,
2004
9. Raven, Peter H. Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy of Sciences and National
Research Council, 1997
10. Shaffer, Marguerite. Nature and Culture in America. University of Pennsylvania: Penn Press, 2018
11. Sinha, M P et al. Ruskin Bond: A Critical Evaluation. Atlantic, 2017
12. Slovic, Scott P, et al. Literature and Environment: A Reader on Nature and Culture. Pearson, 2012
13. The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, 2001

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Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
I. 12 multiple choice objective questions from the texts in Unit I and II: 1x12 = 12
II. 2 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 2 alternatives each from Unit I and II: 2x10 = 20
III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 4 alternatives from Unit I:2X16 = 32
IV. 1 long question to be answered out of 2 alternatives from Unit II 16
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5
ENG:H DSE - IV
NATURE AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH IV FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
The Hungry Tide – Amitav Ghosh
UNIT II
Our Casuarina Tree, Baugmaree - Toru Dutt Autumn Song, Coromandel Fishers – Sarojini Naidu The Fish – Keki N Daruwalla
Suggested Readings
1. Bande, Usha. Culture, Nature and Literature. Rawat, 2012
2. Glotfelty, Cheryll et al (Ed). The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology. University of Georgia Press, 1996
3. Jha, Shivani. Ecocritical Readings: Rethinking Nature and Environment. Partridge India, 2015
4. Kumar, Anjana. The Novels of Amitav Ghosh: Major Themes. Adhyayan Publishers and Distributors, 2013
5. Metaphysical Poetry. Penguin Classics, 2006
6. Mukherjee, U. Postcolonial Environments: Nature, Culture and the Contemporary Indian Novel in English. Palgrave, Macmillan, 2010
7. Murphy, Patrick D. Nature, Literature and Other. Google E book
8. Ramutsindela, M. Parks and People in Postcolonial Societies: Experiences in Southern Africa. Springer Science and Business Media, 2004
9. Raven, Peter H. Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy of Sciences and National Research
Council, 1997
10. Shaffer, Marguerite. Nature and Culture in America. University of Pennsylvania: Penn Press, 2018
11. Slovic, Scott P et al. Literature and Environment: A Reader on Nature and Culture. Pearson, 2012
12. The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, 2001
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Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80

I. 12 multiple choice objective questions from the texts in Unit I and II: 1x12 = 12
II. 2 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 2 alternatives each from Unit I and II: 2x10 = 20

III. 2 long questions to be answered out of 4 alternatives from Unit I: 2X16 = 32

IV. 1 long question to be answered out of 2 alternatives from Unit II 16
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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GROUP B
ENG:H DSE - I
STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE I FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Concept and features of the Shakespearean tragedies.
UNIT II
Macbeth King LearOthello
Suggested Readings
1. Bradley, A C. Shakespearean Tragedy, 1904
2. Granville-Barker, H. Prefaces to Shakespeare
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80
I. 12 multiple choice objective questions from the texts in Unit II: 1x12 = 12
II. 2 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 3 alternatives from Unit I: 2x10 = 20
III. 3 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each to be set from each text in Unit II: 3X16 = 48
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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ENG:H DSE – II
STUDY OF
SHAKESPEARE II
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Concept and features of Shakespearean comedies.
UNIT II
Much Ado about Nothing The Tempest
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Suggested Readings
1. Evans, B. Shakespeare’s Comedies, 1960
2. Wilson, J D. Shakespeare’s Happy Comedies, 1962
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80

I. 12 multiple choice objective questions from the texts in Unit II: 1x12 = 12
II. 2 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 3 alternatives from Unit I: 2x10 = 20
III. 3 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each to be set from each text in Unit II: 3X16 = 48
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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ENG:H DSE – III

STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE III FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Concept and features of Shakespearean Histories.
UNIT II
Henry IV Part I Henry IV Part II Richard II
Suggested Readings
1. Knight, G W. The Imperial Theme, 1931
2. Tillyard, E M W. Shakespeare’s History Plays, 1944
Distribution of Marks Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80

I. 12 multiple choice objective questions from the texts in Unit II: 1x12 = 12
II. 2 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 3 alternatives from Unit I: 2x10 = 20

III. 3 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each to be set from each text in Unit II: 3X16 = 48
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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ENG:H DSE – IV
STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE IV FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Background, concept and features of Shakespeare’s sonnets.
UNIT II
Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Shall I Compare Thee; Like as the Waves; Since Brass, nor Stone; Tired with All These; No Longer Mourn for Me;
That Time of Year; Farewell! Thou Art Dear; They That Have Power to Hurt; When in the Chronicle; The Marriage of True Minds
Suggested Readings
1. Chambers, E K. Shakespeare: A Survey, 1964
2. Rowse, A L. Shakespeare’s Sonnets, 1964
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours
End Semester: 80

I. 12 multiple choice objective questions from the texts in Unit II: 1x12 = 12
II. 2 short questions (to be answered in not more than 150 words each) out of 3 alternatives from Unit I: 2x10 = 20
III. 3 long questions to be answered out of 2 alternatives each to be set from each text in Unit II: 3X16 = 48
80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5
Overall Suggested Readings for Shakespeare Studies
1. Barber, C.L. Shakespeare’s Festive Comedy
2. Bradley, A C. Shakespearean Tragedy
3. Righter. Shakespeare and the Idea of Play. London, 1962
4. Tillyard, E M W. Shakespeare’s Histories
5. Viswanathan, S. Exploring Shakespeare. Orient BlackSwan Pvt Ltd

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ABILITY ENHANCEMENT COMPULSORY (AECC)

(HONOURS AND GENERAL PROGRAMMES)

ENG: AECC - I
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION IN
ENGLISH FULL MARKS: 50
1) Note Making:

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 Identifying the main points of a passage

 Bulleting
2) Report Writing – official reports (status report, analytical report, inquiry report), newspaper reports (6 hrs.)
3) Official correspondence – different sorts of applications, cover letter, memo, demi-official letter, business letters, email, etc. (6 hrs.)
4) Preparing different kinds of résumé, biodata and CVs.
Suggested Readings
1. Anand, Arun Sagar. Modern Letter Writing Course. V & S Publishers, 2014
2. Kumar, Rajesh. English Language Communication Skills: Lab Manual cum Workbook. Cengage Publication, 2012
3. Sharma, R C. Business Correspondence and Report Writing: A Practical Approach to Business and Technical Communication.
McGraw Higher Ed, 2016
Distribution of Marks
Time: 1.5 hour
End Semester: 40
I. One question on note making in 2 steps: Identifying main ideas - 5
Bulleting - 5
(The matter on which the note is to be made shall be given by the question setter in the form of a passage of not less than 400 words)
II. Report writing - 10
III. One question on official correspondence (writing of any one of the components suggested) - 10
IV. Writing a CV/biodata/résumé of an imaginary person whose particulars are to be mentioned in the question - 10
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 5

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 2.5

General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 2.5

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SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE

(SEC) SPOKEN ENGLISH
COMMUNICATION SKILL
Course Objectives:
1. To listen to, understand and convey information
2. To listen to and respond appropriately to the contributions of others
3. To understand, order and present facts, ideas and opinions
4. To articulate experience and express what is thought, felt and imagined
5. To communicate clearly and fluently
6. To use grammatically correct language
7. To use register appropriate to audience and context.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of all the term the student should be able to:
1. Provide relevant information
2. Take an active part in group discussion
Equipment Required:
1) A recording room - sound proofed, with adequate furniture, preferably air-conditioned.
2) Recording equipment - Recording equipment that can be added on to computers.
3) A large screen television with a cable connection.
4) A TV tuner card.
5) The library or AV room has to be updated by purchase of books with CD-ROMs and on-line training facilities.
7) An LCD projector.
8) 5 computers to begin with so that students can use the interactive software and CD-ROMs to practice on their own and access on-line
training.
9) A language laboratory with at least 20 seats within 3 years.

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SEC FOR SEMSESTER III & IV

(HONOURS PROGRAMME)

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ENG:H ESCS: SEC – I

SPOKEN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILL I
PHONOLOGY & CONVERSATION FULL MARKS: 50
UNIT I
1. Pronunciation (English Vowels and Consonants)
2. Intonation
3. Stress UNIT II
1. Talking with a person - greetings, requests, permissions, asking questions, etc (situations)
2. Active Listening – Listening and comprehending different accents (British, American)
Suggested Reading

1. James, Gary et al. Listening in and Speaking out (Intermediate). Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd, 1980
2. Kumar, Rajesh. English Language Communication Skills: Lab Manual cum Workbook. Cengage Publication, 2012
3. Reid, Alison. Spoken English. Delhi: Goodwill Publishing House, 2012
4. Written and Spoken Communication in English. Orient BlackSwan, 2007

Distribution of Marks
Time: 1.5 hours
End Semester: 40

I. 1 Written question on either vowel or consonants 10

II. 1 Written question on either stress or intonation 10
III. Writing of 2 short dialogues 2x5 = 10
IV. Oral assessment of the components prescribed 10
(The arrangement of this examination in the written and oral statuses is to be facilitated by the respective college administrations. There shall be
one internal and one external examiner for the oral assessment. The time for written exam will be 1 hour.)
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 5

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 2.5

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ENG:H ESCS: SEC – II

SPOKEN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILL II FULL MARKS: 50
PRESENTATION & INTERFACE SKILL

UNIT I

1. Delivering a short speech

2. PowerPoint Presentation with active oral demonstration in English

UNIT II

3. Group Discussion
4. Facing an interview

Suggested Readings

1. Kumar, Rajesh. English Language Communication Skills: Lab Manual cum Workbook. Cengage Publication, 2012
2. Nigam, Anil K. How to Face Interviews and Examinations: A Complete Guide. Kindle Edition
3. Reid, Alison. Spoken English. Delhi: Goodwill Publishing House, 2012
4. Written and Spoken Communication in English. Orient BlackSwan, 2007

Distribution of Marks

Time: 1.5 hours

End Semester: 40
Oral assessment – each student to deliver a short speech - 10
Oral assessment – each student to make a PowerPoint demonstration – Preparation of slides – 10
Group discussion - (Initiative – 3, language – 4, pronunciation – 3) - 10
Facing a job interview - (confidence – 3, understanding of question – 3, expression – 4) 10

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(The arrangement of this examination is to be facilitated by the respective college administrations. There shall be one internal and one
external examiner for the oral assessment.)
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 5

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 2.5
OPTION FOR THE LAST PAPER IN SEMESTER VI IN PLACE OF DSE - 4
DISSERTATION FULL MARKS: 100
A student securing at least 60% in all the previous semesters each may be allowed to offer dissertation under the guidance of one of the
faculty members from the Department with the approval of the Head of the Department.
The external assessment of the dissertation will be for 100 marks.

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BA/B COM GENERAL PROGRAMME

ENGLISH PAPER
SEMESTER I
ENGLISH - I
ENGLISH POETRY AND DRAMA FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
The following poems are prescribed –
1. Shakespeare: Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
2. John Donne: Go and Catch a Falling Star
3. George Herbert: Virtue
4. John Milton: On His Blindness
5. Pope: Ode on Solitude
6. Wordsworth: Three Years She Grew

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7. Christina Rossetti: When I am Dead, My Dearest

8. Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
UNIT II
G B Shaw: Arms and the Man
UNIT III
Short notes on the following literary terms:
1. Heroic Couplet 2. Blank Verse 3. Sonnet 4. Alliteration 5. Elegy 6. Simile 7. Metaphor 8. Personification 9. Ode 10. Lyric 11. Allegory
12. Ballad 13. Epic 14. Conceit 15. Onomatopoeia

UNIT IV
Short notes on the following literary terms:
Tragedy, Comedy, Farce, Tragic Flaw, Poetic Justice, Dramatic Irony, Soliloquy, Aside, Plot, Character, Catharsis, Climax, Problem Play,
Mime, Dialogue.
Suggested Readings
1. Abrams, M H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Cengage Learning India Pvt Ltd, 2015
2. Grierson, Herbert. A Critical History of English Poetry. Bloomsbury Academic, 2014
3. Shaw, G B. Arms and the Man (Annotated). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 Hours
End Semester: 80
I. 2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit I 2x15 = 30
II. 2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit II 2x15 = 30
III. 2 short notes with examples out of 4 to be set from Unit III 2x5 = 10
IV. 2 short notes with examples out of 4 to be set from Unit IV 2x5 = 10
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5
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SEMESTER II

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PAPER II ENGLISH – 2 FULL MARKS: 100

UNIT I
The following text is prescribed:
Honey Dew: An Anthology of Prose, Poetry and One-act Play (Orient Black Swan) Following pieces in prose section are prescribed:
The Thief – Ruskin Bond
What is Courage? – William Slim Three Hermits – Leo Tolstoy
A Cup of Tea - Katherine Mansfield The Toasted English – R K Narayan
Playing the English Gentleman – M K Gandhi
UNIT II
Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
Suggested Readings
1. Maes-Jelinek, Hena. Criticism of Society in the English Novel between the Wars. Open Edition Books, 2016
2. Tuckerman, Bayard. A History of English Prose Fiction. G P Putman’s Sons, 1987
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 Hours
End Semester: 80
I. 2 questions to be answered out of 4 choices to be set from Unit I 2x15 = 30
II. 2 questions to be answered out of 4 to be set from the text in Unit II 2x15 = 30
III. 4 explanations to be attempted out of 8 (4 from Unit I and 4 from Unit II) to be set 4x5 = 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5

General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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BA/B COM GENERAL PROGRAMME PAPER:
ENGLISH SEMESTER V
GENERAL ENGLISH SEM V
ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND TRANSLATION FULL MARKS: 100
1. Essay on a general or current topic
2. Report Writing for newspaper
3. Translation (Hindi into English)
4. Comprehension
5. Paragraph Writing
6. Précis Writing
7. Pro-Con (Presentation of five points in favour and five points against a suggested topic.) Examinees are supposed to write their answers
in full sentences.
Suggested Readings
1. Thakur, K P. A Practical Guide to English Translation and Composition. Bharti Bhawan, 2014
2. Vidya Editorial Board. Advance Translation and Composition. Gennext, 2016
Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination:
Full Marks – 80
Time: 3 Hours
1. One long essay to be attempted out of three choices 15
2. Newspaper Report writing in 100 words (one to be attempted out of three choices) 10
3. Translation (Hindi into English. Five sentences) 10
4. Comprehension (Around 200 words. Five multiple choice questions) 10
5. Paragraph writing (100 words. One to be attempted out of three choices.) 10
6. Précis writing (Original passage to be of around 100 words) 15
7. Presentation of five points in favour and five points against a suggested topic. Examinees are supposed to write their answers in full
sentences 10
Total: 80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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BA/B COM GENERAL PROGRAMME

SEMESTER VI

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GENERAL ENGLISH SEM VI ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FULL MARKS: 100

1. Antonyms
2. Synonyms
3. Homonyms
4. One word substitution
5. Cloze test (vocabulary items only)
6. Error identification

Suggested Readings

1. Collins Easy Learning Grammar & Punctuation. Harper Collins, 2011

2. Oxford Wordpower Dictionary. Oxford Press, 2013
3. Singh, Chetnanand. English is Easy. Bsc Publishing House, 2012

Distribution of Marks
End Semester Examination: 80
Time: 3 Hours
1. 20 antonyms 10
2. 20 synonyms 10
3. 10 homonyms 10
4. 20 one word substitution 10
5. Cloze test through fill in the blanks (20 blanks in a running paragraph; choices to be given) 20
6. Error identification and correction in sentences (20 erroneous sentences to be corrected) 20
Total: 80
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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GE - 1
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I

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GE ENGLISH FOR STUDENTS FROM DISCIPLINES OTHER THAN ENGLISH CORE

SEMESTER I

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The following poems are prescribed –

1. Shakespeare: Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
2. John Donne: Go and Catch a Falling Star
3. George Herbert: Virtue
4. John Milton: On His Blindness
5. Pope: Ode on Solitude
6. Wordsworth: Three Years She Grew
7. Christina Rossetti: When I am Dead, My Dearest
8. Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
UNIT II
G B Shaw: Arms and the Man
UNIT III
Short notes on the following literary terms:
1. Heroic Couplet 2. Blank Verse 3. Sonnet 4. Alliteration 5. Elegy 6. Simile 7. Metaphor 8. Personification 9. Ode 10. Lyric 11.
Allegory 12. Ballad 13. Epic 14. Conceit 15. Onomatopoeia
UNIT IV
Short notes on the following literary terms:
Tragedy, Comedy, Farce, Tragic Flaw, Poetic Justice, Soliloquy, Aside, Dramatic Monologue, Plot, Character, Catharsis, Climax, Problem Play,
Mime, Dialogue.
Suggested Readings
1. Abrams, M H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Cengage Learning India Pvt Ltd, 2015
2. Grierson, Herbert. A Critical History of English Poetry. Bloomsbury Academic, 2014
3. Shaw, G B. Arms and the Man (Annotated). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

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Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 Hours End Semester: 80
V. 2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit I 2x15 = 30
VI. 2 long questions to be attempted out of 4 to be set from Unit II 2x15 = 30
VII. 2 short notes with examples out of 4 to be set from Unit III 2x5 = 10
VIII. 2 short notes with examples out of 4 to be set from Unit IV 2x5 = 10
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behavior and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5
GE – 2
FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
The following text is prescribed:
Honey Dew: An Anthology of Prose, Poetry and One-act Play (Orient Black Swan) Following pieces in prose section are prescribed:
The Thief – Ruskin Bond
What is Courage? – William Slim Three Hermits – Leo Tolstoy
A Cup of Tea - Katherine Mansfield The Toasted English – R K Narayan
Playing the English Gentleman – M K Gandhi
UNIT II
Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
Suggested Readings
1. Maes-Jelinek, Hena. Criticism of Society in the English Novel between the Wars. Open Edition Books, 2016
2. Tuckerman, Bayard. A History of English Prose Fiction. G P Putman’s Sons, 1987
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 Hours
End Semester: 80
I. 2 questions to be answered out of 4 choices to be set from Unit 1 2x15 = 30
II. 2 questions to be answered out of 4 to be set from the text in Unit 2 2x15 = 30
III. 4 explanations to be attempted out of 8 (4 from Unit I and 4 from Unit II) to be set 4x5 = 20

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Internal Assessment: 20 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5
GE – 3
INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
Lords of the Global Village – Ranendra (Trans. Rajesh Kumar, Speaking Tiger, 2018)
UNIT II
The Post Office - Ranbindra Nath Tagore
UNIT III
H L V Derozio Sarojini Naidu Nissim Ezekiel Jayant Mahapatra Kamla Das
UNIT IV
Time Stops at Shamli (The Room of Many Colours, Time Stops at Shamli, The Tunnel, Masterji, The Haunted Bicycle) – Ruskin Bond
Suggested Readings
1. Borse, Dinesh A. ‘A Study of Ruskin Bond’s Short Stories in the Light of Ecocriticism’, Indian Journal of Research, Vol 4, Issue 2,
Feb, 2015. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.676.5061&rep=rep1&type=pdf
2. Naik, M K. A History of Indian English Literature. Sahitya Akademi, 2005

Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours End Semester: 80
I. One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives from Unit I: 20
II. One long question to be attempted out of 2 alternatives from Unit II: 20
III. One long question on a poet with reference to his/her poetry in general out of 2 alternatives to be set from Unit III: 20
IV. One long question out of 2 to be set from Unit IV: 20
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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GE – 4
POPULAR FICTION FULL MARKS: 100
UNIT I
The Sign of the Four – Sherlock Holmes
UNIT II
Five Point Someone – Chetan Bhagat
Suggested Readings
1. Allen, James Smith. History and the Novel: Mentalite in Modern Popular Fiction
2. Freedman, Carl. Critical Theory and Science Fiction. Oxford University Press, 2011
3. Murphy, Bernice. Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction. Edinburgh University Press, 2017
Distribution of Marks
Time: 3 hours End Semester: 80
I. 2 long questions out of 4 alternatives to be set from Unit I: 2x20 = 40
II. 2 long questions out of 4 alternatives to be set from Unit II: 2x20 = 40
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 10

Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 5

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SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC) SPOKEN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILL

SEMSESTER III, IV, V & VI
(GENERAL PROGRAMME)

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SPOKEN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILL ENG:G ESCS: SEC – I

PHONOLOGY FULL MARKS: 50
The following are prescribed:
1. Pronunciation (English Vowels and Consonants)
2. Intonation
3. Stress
Suggested Readings
1. Kumar, Rajesh. English Language Communication Skills: Lab Manual cum Workbook. Cengage Publication, 2012
2. Reid, Alison. Spoken English. Delhi: Goodwill Publishing House, 2012
3. Written and Spoken Communication in English. Orient BlackSwan, 2007
Distribution of Marks
END SEMESTER: 40 TIME: 1.5 Hrs
One written question on vowels 10
One written question on consonants 10
One written question on intonation or stress 10
Oral assessment of vowel and consonant pronunciation and intonation and stress 10
(The arrangement of this examination in the written and oral statuses is to be facilitated by the respective college administrations. The time for
written exam will be 1 hour.)
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 5
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 2.5

ENG:G ESCS: SEC – II CONVERSATION FULL MARKS: 50

1. Talking with a person – greetings, requests, permissions, asking questions, etc (situations)
2. Active Listening – Listening and comprehending different accents (British, American)
Suggested Readings
1. Kumar, Rajesh. English Language Communication Skills: Lab Manual cum Workbook. Cengage Publication, 2012
2. Reid, Alison. Spoken English. Delhi: Goodwill Publishing House, 2012
3. Written and Spoken Communication in English. Orient BlackSwan, 2007
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Distribution of Marks
END SEMESTER: 40 TIMES: 1.5 Hrs
I. One written question asking the student to write 2 short dialogues in 2 different situations – 10
II. One written question regarding the difference between American and British English accents – 10
III. Oral assessment
IV.
a) Put two students together, suggest a situation and assess their competence in speaking English. Marking for both the students should be
done simultaneously - 10
b) Ask each student to listen to a different recording (3 minutes) in British or American accent and then ask him to answer in written form
10 questions related to the content of the recording – 1x10 = 10

(The arrangement of this examination in the written and oral statuses is to be facilitated by the respective college administrations. The time for
written exam will be 1 hour.)
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 5
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 2.5

ENG:G ESCS: SEC – III PRESENTATION SKILL FULL MARKS: 50

1. Delivering a short speech
2. PowerPoint Presentation with active oral demonstration in English
Suggested Readings
1. Kumar, Rajesh. English Language Communication Skills: Lab Manual cum Workbook. Cengage Publication, 2012
2. Reid, Alison. Spoken English. Delhi: Goodwill Publishing House, 2012
3. Written and Spoken Communication in English. Orient BlackSwan, 2007

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Distribution of Marks
END SEMESTER: 40 TIME: 1.5 Hrs
I. Oral assessment of delivery of a short speech - 15
II. Preparation of PowerPoint slides - 10
III. Oral demonstration of slides - 15
(The arrangement for this examination is to be facilitated by the respective college administrations. Oral assessment at the end-semester
examination shall be conducted by an external examiner and an internal examiner simultaneously.)
Internal Assessment: 10 Marks
On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 5
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 2.5

ENG:G ESCS: SEC – IVINTERFACE FULL MARKS: 50

1. Group Discussion
2. Facing an interview
Suggested Readings
1. Kumar, Rajesh. English Language Communication Skills: Lab Manual cum Workbook. Cengage Publication, 2012
2. Nigam, Anil K. How to Face Interviews and Examinations: A Complete Guide. Kindle Edition
3. Reid, Alison. Spoken English. Delhi: Goodwill Publishing House, 2012
4. Written and Spoken Communication in English. Orient Black Swan, 2007
Distribution of Marks END SEMESTER: 40
TIME: 1.5 Hrs
I. Put 5 to 10 students in one group, give them a topic and evaluate their performance. The evaluation is to be made by 1 external and 1
internal examiner simultaneously.
The evaluation is to be made on the basis of the following rubrics:
Initiative – 6, Pronunciation – 4, Grammar – 6, Sustenance – 4 = 20
II. Each student should be put into an interview situation for at least 3 minutes.
The evaluation is to be made on the following rubrics:
Confidence – 6, Understanding of questions – 6, Verbal Communication skill in English – 8 = 20
(The arrangement for this examination is to be facilitated by the respective college administrations. Oral assessment at the end-semester
examination shall be conducted by an external examiner and an internal examiner simultaneously.)

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Internal Assessment: 10 Marks

On the basis of class/unit tests through the term 5
Seminars/NCC/NSS/Sports/extra-curricular activities 2.5
General behaviour and conduct, regularity in attending classes 2.5

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