Department of English & Other Foreign Languages

Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi

Postgraduate English Syllabus

Prepared in the light of New Education Policy
2020

w.e.f. 2022-23

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 About the Department
The Department of English & Other Foreign Languages came into existence in the very first
decade of the founding of this great university in 1921 by Rashtra Ratna Babu Shiv Prasad
Gupta under the visionary inspiration of the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Ours has
been an institution of historic importance with immense contribution to the freedom
struggle, having its primary objective of English teaching not to cater to the colonial interest
but to produce worthy, well-informed and responsible citizens.
Postgraduate teaching in English started in 1964, and ever since the Department has
been serving the academic interest of a large number of students coming from semi-urban
and rural areas of Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, and of the neighbouring states, Bihar
and Madhya Pradesh.
The founder head of the Department was Prof. Ram Awadh Dwivedi. He was
succeeded by eminent Professor Vikramaditya Rai. Retired professors from BHU like C.N.
Menon, B.L. Sahni, Prof. G.D. Shashtri, Prof. K. P. Mukherjee were members of the
Department. Subsequently, the Department was headed by Prof. Ramji Nagar, Prof. C.B.
Kapoor, Prof. Rameshwar Prasad Singh, Prof. Suman Kumar, Prof. Aziz Haider, Prof. Prabhat
Kumar Singh, Prof. Randhir Pratap Singh, all academics of repute. Prof. Ram Kumar Tripathi
and Prof. Rameshwar Pratap Singh of the Department served the university as Vice Chancellor
and Acting Vice Chancellor respectively. Prof. Shraddhanand and Prof. Uma Rani Tripathi, the
Deans, Faculty of Humanities served the Department as the Head In-Charge.
Presently, Prof. Nalini Shyam Kamil is the Head of Department of English & Other
Foreign Languages. He has been heading the Department since 31 Oct. 2018.

Vision
• Develop the Department as a centre of excellence.
• Develop the Department into a National Centre for English Studies and Research.
• Develop in students the ability of being innovative and creative in different spheres of
life.
• Inculcate values among students.

Mission
• Promote interdisciplinary research in English
• Conduct high quality research
• Impart quality teaching to the students
• Hone the communicative skills of the students

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Programme Educational Objectives:
The student will be able to:

• Have a clear understanding of English Language and Literature.

• Develop a thorough knowledge of History of English Literature, Literary Theory and
Criticism.
• Widen his/her intellectual horizon.
• Enhance his/her understanding of teaching of Language and Literature.

Programme Outcomes:
At the end of the programme, the student will be able to:

• Develop his/her knowledge of the literary texts written in English Language.

• Have critical and analytical skills for textual interpretation.
• Have an idea of socio-cultural history of literatures in English.
• Hone his/her creative skill to become a creative writer.
• Make him/her an ideal human being.

Programme Specific Outcomes:

At the end of the programme, the student will be able to:

• Be close to Nature and environment by reading the texts of the romantic poets like
William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge and John Keats.
• Have the knowledge of phonetics, morphology and syntax which will refine his/her
language that enhances the job prospects.
• To understand the contemporary reality in terms of mythic and literary life.
• Have insight and approach to interpret the texts in the light of different theories.

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Sem. Paper Title of Papers Theory & Credits
Project
I Paper- I English Literature from Chaucer to Shakespeare Theory & 05
Project

Paper- II English Literature from Donne to Blake Theory & 05

Project

Paper- III English Literature From Wordsworth to Hardy Theory & 05

Project

Paper- IV Elementary Linguistics and the Structure of Theory & 05

English Project
II Paper-V Twentieth Century Literature Theory & 05
Project
Paper-VI Literary Criticism Theory & 05
Project
Paper-VII American and Canadian Literature Theory & 05
Project
Paper-VIII Indian English Literature Theory & 05
Project
OR
Contemporary Indian English Novel
III Paper-IX New Literatures in English Theory & 05
Project
Paper-X Contemporary Literary Theory Theory & 05
Project
Paper-XI Translation: Theory and Practice Theory & 05
Project
OR
Literature and Environment
Paper-XII Post-Colonial Theory and Literature Theory & 05
Project
OR
Subaltern Theory and Literature

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IV Paper- XIII African and Caribbean Literature Theory & 05
Project
OR
Dalit Literature
Paper- XIV Indian Literature in Translation Theory & 05
Project
OR
English Language Teaching
Paper-XV Women’s Writing Theory & 05
Project
OR
Feminist Writers
Paper-XVI Gender Studies Theory & 05
Project
OR
Russian Literature in Translation

Note: As per the guidelines of the New Education Policy 2020, the students will have to
submit a combined project report/ dissertation done at the end of each year (i.e. II & IV
Semester). Each project report/dissertation will carry 100 marks.

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 Semester I
Paper- 1
English Literature from Chaucer to Shakespeare
Credits: 05 Paper: Core Compulsory
Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks- …
Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Social and Literary Scene of England from 14th to 16th Century 15

II Prose 15
*Francis Bacon : Of Friendship
:Of Adversity
III Poetry 15
*Geoffrey Chaucer : Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Edmund Spenser : Faerie Queene Book-1
IV Drama 15
*Christopher Marlowe : Dr. Faustus
Ben Jonson : The Alchemist

V Drama 15
*William Shakespeare : Hamlet
: The Tempest

Suggested Reading:
Compton, Rickett, A. A History of English Literature. Nabu Press, 2010.
Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature. Vol. I to IV, Ronald Press company,
1960.
William, W.E. A Book of English Essays. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1984.

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Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester I
Paper- II
English Literature from Donne to Blake
Credits: 05 Paper: Core Compulsory
Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of

Lectures
I Social and Literary Scene of England of the 17th -18th Century. 15
John Dryden : Absalom and Achitophel
*Alexander Pope : The Rape of the Lock (1-3 Cantos for detailed
Study)

II Poetry: 15
*John Donne : ‘The Canonization’, ‘The Good Morrow’
*John Milton : Paradise Lost Book-1
III Poetry: 15
* Andrew Marvell : ‘To His Coy Mistress’
* William Blake : ‘The Chimney Sweeper’
IV Drama: 15
*R.B. Sheridan : The School for Scandal
William Congreve : The Way of the World
V Prose and Fiction 15
*Joseph Addison : Of the Club
Henry Fielding : Joseph Andrews

Suggested Readings:
Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature. Vol. I to IV, Ronald Press Company, 1960.

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Compton, Rickett, A. A History of English Literature. Nabu Press, 2010.

Gardener H. The Metaphysical Poets. Penguin Classics, 1960.

Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:

Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class Test.
The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester I
Paper- III
English Literature from Wordsworth to Hardy
Credits: 05 Paper: Core Compulsory
Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…
Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Social and literary Scene of 19th century England 15
Matthew Arnold : Culture and Anarchy
II Poetry: 15
*William Wordsworth : The Prelude Book-1
*S.T. Coleridge : ‘The Rime of Ancient Mariner’
*John Keats : ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’
III Poetry: 15
*Alfred Tennyson : ‘Lotos-Eaters’
*Robert Browning : ‘Rabbi Ben Ezra’ (1-20 Stanza)
III Prose: 15
*Charles Lamb : Imperfect Sympathies
*William Hazlitt : ‘A Familiar Style’
IV Fiction: 15
Charles Dickens : A Tale of Two Cities
Thomas Hardy : Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Suggested Readings:
Bowra, C.M. The Romantic Imagination. Oxford Paperback, 1961.
Chandlier, J. (ed.). The Cambridge History of English Romantic Literature. CUP, 2009.
Compton, Rickett, A. A History of English Literature. Nabu Press, 2010.
Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature. Vol. I to IV, Ronald Press company,

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 1960.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester I
Paper- IV
Elementary Linguistics and the Structure of English
Credits: 05 Paper: Core Compulsory

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of

Lectures
I Nature of Language: Definition; Properties 15
Language Varieties: Pidgin, Creole, Register, Style, Dialect
Definitions & Scope of Linguistics
Branches of Linguistics
II Historical Background to Modern English: Old English, Middle 15
English; Early Modern English

III Phonetics: Written and Spoken Symbols 15

Transcription of English Words in Common Use
Phonemes: English Vowels and Consonants
Stress and Intonation
IV Morphology: Morpheme & Words 15
Processes of Word Formation

V Syntax: Phrase Structure- Noun, Adjective & Verb 15

Basic Structure Patterns

Suggested Readings:
Balasubramanian, T. English Phonetics for Indian Students. Laxmi Pub., 2017.

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Syal. P and D.V. Jindal. An Introduction to Linguistics: Language, Grammar and Semantics.
Prentice Hall India, 2007.
Varshney, A.L. An Introduction to Linguistics. Bareilly,
Sharma, R. K. Fundamentals of Linguistics. Atlantic Publishers, 2021.
Roach, Peter. English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course. Cambridge University
Press, 2010.
Baugh, A.C. and Thomas Cable. A History of the English Language. Routledge, 2012.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester II
Paper-V
Twentieth Century Literature
Credits: 05 Paper: Core Compulsory

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Social and Literary Scene of the 20th century England 15
Albert Camus : The Myth of Sisyphus (Chapters I & IV)
Jean Paul Sartre : Existentialism and Human Emotions
II Poetry: 15
*W.B. Yeats : ‘Sailing to Byzantium’, ‘Byzantium’
*T.S. Eliot : ‘The Waste Land’

III *Philip Larkin : ‘Next Please’ ‘High Windows’ 15

*Ted Hughes : ‘Hawk Roosting’, ‘Thought Fox’

IV Drama: 15
*G.B. Shaw : Man and Superman
*Samuel Beckett : Waiting for Godot
V Fiction: 15
Joseph Conrad : Heart of Darkness
Virginia Woolf : Mrs. Dalloway

Suggested Readings:
Albert, Edward. History of English Literature. OUP, 2017.
Bogard, T. & Oliver W. Modern Drama: Essays in Criticism. OUP, 1965.

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Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature. Vol. I to IV, Ronald Press Company, 1960.
Golden, W.C. A Brief History of English Drama from the Earliest to the Latest Times. Forgotten
Books, 2018.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class Test.
The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester II
Paper- VI
Literary Criticism
Credits: 05 Paper: Core Compulsory

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I *Aristotle : Poetics 15
Bharatamuni : Rasa: Chapter VI of Natya Shashtra
Longinus : On Sublime
II *John Dryden : ‘An Essay on Dramatic Poesie’ 15
Dr. Samuel Johnson : ‘Preface to Shakespeare’

III *William Wordsworth : Preface to Lyrical Ballads 15

*S.T. Coleridge : Biographia Literaria, Chapters- XIII/XIV

IV *Matthew Arnold : ‘The Study of Poetry’ 15

*T.S. Eliot : ‘Tradition & Individual Talent’
V Derrida : “Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of Human 15
Sciences”
Elaine Showalter : “Feminist Criticism in Wilderness”

Suggested Readings:
Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory. Viva Books, 2018.
Scott-James, R.A. The Making of Literature. Booksway, 2014.
Saintsbury, George. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe From The Earliest Texts to

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The present Day. Palala Press, 2018.
Abrams, M.H. And Geoffrey G. Harpham. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Cengage India Private,
2015.
Habib, M.R. Literary Criticism: An Introduction. Willey-Blackwell, 2011.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class Test.
The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester II
Paper VII
American and Canadian Literature
Credits: 05 Paper: Core Compulsory
Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…
Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Poetry: 15
*Emily Dickinson : ‘The Soul Selects her own Society’
: ‘How Happy is the Little Stone’
*Robert Frost : ‘The Birches’
II *Margaret Atwood : ‘Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer’ 15
*A.L. Purdy : ‘The Country North to Belleville’
III Drama: 15
*Eugene O’Neill : The Hairy Ape
* George Ryga : The Ecstasy of Rita Joe
IV Non- Fictional (Prose): 15
Emerson : “The Over Soul”
H. G. Vassanji : “Am I a Canadian Writer?”
V Fiction: 15
Toni Morrison : Beloved
Michael Ondaatjee : The English Patient

Suggested Readings:
Kernan, A. B. The Modern American Theatre. Prentice Hall, 1967.
Withrow, William Henry. Canadian History and Literature. Forgotten Books, 2018.

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Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester II
Paper-VIII
Indian English Literature
Credits: 05 Paper: Optional
Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…
Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Poetry: 15
*Toru Dutt : ‘Our Casuarina Tree’
*Nissim Ezekiel : Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher
*Kamala Das : ‘Introduction’
II Poetry: 15
*A.K. Ramanujan : ‘Small -Scale Reflections on a Great House’
*C.S. Singh : ‘Ekalavya’
*Jayant Mahapatra : Dawn at Puri
III Non-Fictional Prose: 15
Mahatma Gandhi : Hind-Swaraj
Nirad C. Chaudhary : A Passage to England
IV Drama: 15
*Girish Karnad : Nag Mandala
*Mahesh Dattani : Final Solutions
V Fiction: 15
Raja Rao : The Serpent and the Rope
Amitav Ghose : The Circle of Reason

Suggested Readings:
Iyenger, K.R.S. Indian Writing in English, New Delhi, Sterling, 1985.
King, Bruce. Modern Poetry in English, OUP, India, 2005.

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Kiripal Vinay (ed). The Post Modern Indian Novel in English, Allied Publication, 1986.
Naik, M.K. & Shyamla Narayan. Indian English Literature, Sahitya Akademi, 1980.
Naik, M.K. A History of Indian English Literature, Sahitya Akademi, 1980.

Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:

Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:

Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks

Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 OR
Contemporary Indian English Novel

Credits: 05 Paper: Optional

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…
Unit Topic No. of Lectures
I Introduction to Contemporary Indian English Novel 15
II Aravind Adiga : Between the Assassinations 15
III Mahasweta Devi : The Mother of 1084 15
IV Manju Kapur : Difficult Daughters 15
V Vikas Sharma : 498 A: Fears and Dreams 15

Suggested Readings:
Kiripal Vinay (ed). The Post Modern Indian Novel in English, Allied Publication, 1986.
Naik, M.K. & Shyamla Narayan. Indian English Literature, Sahitya Akademi, 1980.
Iyenger, K.R.S. Indian Writing in English, New Delhi, Sterling, 1985.
Naik, M.K. A History of Indian English Literature, Sahitya Akademi, 1980.
Sharma, Vikas. Novel as an Art Form. Atlantic, 2022.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester III
Paper-IX
New Literatures in English
Credits: 05 Paper: Core Compulsory
Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…
Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Introduction to New Literatures in English: SAARC, Australian, 15
Canadian
II SAARC Literature 15
*Agha Sahid Ali : ‘Postcard from Kashmir’
*Kishwar Naheed : ‘I am not that woman’
III Shyam Selvadurai : Funny Boy 15
Kunzang Choden : The Circle of Karma

IV Australian Literature: 15
*A.D. Hope : ‘Australia’, ‘Death of the Bird’
*Judith Wright : ‘The Company of Lovers’,
:‘Failure of Communication’
V Canadian Literature: 15
*Earle Birney : ‘The Bear on the Delhi Road’
*Susanna Moodie : ‘Indian Summer’

Suggested Readings:
Withrow, William Henry. Canadian History and Literature. Forgotten Books, 2018.
Puri, S. G. Australian Literature: Paradigms, Praxis and Theory. Atlantic Publishers, 2022.
Sinha, P.K. History of Commonwealth Literature. Commonwealth Publications, 2011.

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Sinha, P.K. History of Canadian Literature. Commonwealth Publications, 2011.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester III
Paper X
Contemporary Literary Theory
Credits: 05 Paper: Core Compulsory
Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of

Lectures
I Key Terms: Myth, Archetypes, Mimicry, Hybridity, Heteroglossia, 15
Chronotope, Dialogism, Carnivalesque, Polyphony

II Northrop Frye : ‘The Archetypes of Literature 15

Raymond Williams : ‘Romantic Artist’ from Culture and Society
III Victor Shklovasky : Art as Technique 15
M.M. Bakhtin : “Discourse in the Novel” from The Dialogic
Imagination
IV WolfgangIser :The Reading Process: A Phenomenological 15
Approach
Homi K. Bhabha : “How Newness Enters the World: Postmodern
Space, Postcolonial Times and the Trails of
Cultural Translation”
V C.S. Singh :“Reading Text Ideas in Motion and Kinesthetic 15
Form”
Sharan Kumar Limbale: “Dalit Literature and Aesthetics” from
Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit Literature.

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Suggested Readings:
Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory. Viva Books, 2018.
Bhabha, Homi K. The Location of Culture, Routledge, 1994.
Habib, M.R. Literary Criticism: An Introduction. Willey-Blackwell, 2011.
Ryan, Michael. Literary Theory. Wiley Blackwell, 2017.
Saintsbury, George. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe From The Earliest
Texts to The Present Day. Palala Press, 2018.
Scott-James, R.A. The Making of Literature. Booksway, 2014.

Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:

Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester III
Paper XI
Translation: Theory and Practice
Credits: 05 Paper: Optional
Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…
Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I The Concept of Translation 15
Some Definitions of Translation- Eastern and Western
Social Significance of Translation
II The Art of Translation 15
Level of Translation

III Theories of Translation 15

Concept of Equivalence

IV Problems of Translation 15
Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Translations
Machine Translation- Merits and Demerits
V Translation of given passages from Hindi to English and vice-versa 15

Suggested Readings:
Das, B.K. A Handbook of Translation Studies. Atlantic Publishers, 2021.
Raval, Piyus. Translation Studies. Viva Books, 2012.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 OR
Literature and Environment
Credits: 05 Paper: Optional

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Key concepts: Eco-criticism, Eco-feminism, Deep-ecology, Dystopia, 15
Spiritual Ecology, Pastoral.

II Cheryll Glotfelty : “Literary Studies in an age of Environmental 15

Crisis” from The Eco-criticism Reader (1996)
III W. Wordsworth : Tintern Abbey’, ‘The World Is Too Much 15
With Us’
Judith Wright : “Dust”
R. N. Tagore : “Breezy April”
IV Thomas King : A Seat in the Garden 15
V Amitav Ghosh : The Hungry Tide 15

Suggested Readings:
Bate Jonathan. Romantic Ecology. Routledge, 1991.
Buell, Lawrence. The Environmental Imagination. Harvard University Press, 1995.
Garrard, Greg. Ecocriticism. Routledge, 2004.
Glotfelty, Cheryll and Fromm, Harold (eds). The Ecocriticism Reader. University of Georgia
Press, 1996.
Guha, Ramchandra. Environmentalism: A Global History. Penhun Randon House India, 2014.
Rangarajan, Swarnalatha. Ecocriticism: Big Ideas and Practical Strategies. Orient Blackswant Pvt
Ltd, 2018.
Shiva, Vandana and Mies, Maria. Ecofeminism. Fernwood Publications, 1993.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class

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Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester III
Paper-XII
Post-Colonial Theory and Literature
Credits: 05 Paper: Optional

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I B. Ashcroft, G Griffiths and H. Tiffin: “Cutting the Ground: Critical 15
Models of Post-Colonial Literatures” From The Empire Writes Back
(London and New York, Routledge, 1989)
II Edward Said : “Crisis” (in Orientalism) 15
Aijaz Ahmad : “Languages of Class, Ideologies of Immigration”
from In Theory
III Ngugi wa Thiong’o : ‘Decolonising the Mind’ 15
Chinua Achebe : ‘Colonialist Criticism’
IV Shrilal Shukla : Raag Darbari 15
Premchand : Karmabhumi
V Salman Rushdie : Midnight’s Children 15
Shashi Tharoor : The Great Indian Novel

Suggested Readings:
Abrams, M.H. And Geoffrey G. Harpham. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Cengage India
Private, 2015.
Habib, M.R. Literary Criticism: An Introduction. Willey-Blackwell, 2011.
Kirpal Vinay (ed). The Post Modern Indian Novel in English, Allied Publication, 1986.
Nayar, P.K. Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory. Pearson, 2009.
Nayar, P.K. Postcolonial Literature. Pearson, 2008.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:

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Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 OR
Subaltern Theory and Literature

Credits: 05 Paper: Optional

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Introduction to Subaltern Theory and Literature 15
II Prose: 15
Bandhu Madhav : Poisoned Bread
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar : Annihilation of Caste
III Poetry: 15
Namdev Dhashal : ‘Hunger’
Rahul Gade : ‘Voice of Dalit Women’
IV Novel: 15
Rohinton Mistry : A Fine Balance
Arundhati Roy : Walking with Comrades
V Literary theory: 15
Antonio Gamsci : Cultural Hegemony
Gayatri C. Spivak : Can the Subaltern Speak?

Suggested Readings:
Dangle, Arjun. Translation from Marathi Literature. Orient Blackswan, 2009.
Kumar, Raj. Dalit Personal Narratives. Orient Blackswan.
Limbale, Sharan Kumar. Towards an Aesthetics of Dalit Literature. Orient Longman.
Rege, Sharmila. Writing Caste, Writing Gender. Juban, 2006.
Valmiki, Omprakash. Joothan: A Dalit’s Life. Bhatkal & Sen 2007.

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Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester IV
Paper- XIII
African and Caribbean Literature
Credits: 05 Paper: Optional
Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of

Lectures
I A Brief History of African Literature 15
II Poetry: 15
*Gabriel Okara : ‘The Mystic Drum’
*Wole Soyinka : ‘Night’
*Derek Walcott : ‘A Far Cry from Africa’
*Mervyn Morris : ‘Literary Evening, Jamaica’
III V. S. Naipaul : A House for Mr. Biswas 15
George Lamming : The Pleasures of Exile

IV Chinua Achebe : Things Fall Apart 15

J.M. Coetzee : Disgrace
V *Wole Soyinka : A Dance of Forests 15
*August Wilson : Fences

Suggested Readings:
*The poems prescribed in this paper are from An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry edited by C.D.
Narsimhaih, Macmillan, 1990.
Coetzee, J.M. Cambridge Studies in African Caribbean Literature. CUP, 1998.
Griffiths, Gareth. African Literatures in English. Longman, 2000.
Pink, Hycinth. Critical Perspective in American And African Literature. Central West Publishing,
2019.
Sinha, P.K. History of Commonwealth Literature. Commonwealth Publications, 2011.

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Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class Test.
The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 OR
Dalit Literature
Credits: 05 Paper: Optional

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Introduction to the Dalit Literature 15
Origin and Development

II Dalit Feminism, Ambedkarism, Black Literature 15

III Poetry: 15
Praveen Gandhi : “Farewell to the Arms”
Mohan Das Nemisaray : “Death of God”
IV Autobiography: 15
Om Prakash Valmiki : Joothan
Sharan Kumar Limbale : Outcaste
V Fiction: 15
Bama Faustina : Karukku
Viramma : Life of an Untouchable

Suggested Readings:

Dangle, Arjun. Translation from Marathi Literature. Orient Blackswan, 2009.

Limbale, Sharan Kumar. Towards an Aesthetics of Dalit Literature. Orient Longman.
Rege, Sharmila. Writing Caste, Writing Gender. Juban, 2006.
Kumar, Raj. Dalit Personal Narratives. Orient Blackswan.
Valmiki, Omprakash. Joothan: A Dalit’s Life. Bhatkal & Sen 2007.

Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:

Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class

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Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
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 Semester IV
Paper- XIV
Indian Literature in Translation

Credits: 05 Paper: Optional

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of

Lectures
I General acquaintance with great Indian Scriptures- The Ramayana, The 15
Mahabharata, Upanishadas, Puranas, Vedas

II Kalidas : Abhigyan Shakuntalam 15

Jai Shankar Prasad :‘Shraddha Sarga’ from Kamayani

III Ravindranath Tagore : The Post Office 15

Mohan Rakesh : Adhe Adhure

IV Amrita Pritam : Revenue Stamp 15

Mahasweta Devi : Draupadi

V Mahesh Elkunchwar : Sonata 15

U.R. Ananthamurthy : Samskara

Suggested Readings:
Naikar, Basavaraj. Focus on Indian English Drama. Atlantic Publishers, 2022.
Naikar, Basavaraj. Indian Drama in English Translation. Atlantic Publishers, 2022.
Pushpalatha, U. Indian Writing and Translation in English. Royallite Academic, 2022.
Singh, R.P. Indian Literature in Translation. YKING Books, 2016.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class

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Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 OR
English Language Teaching

Credits: 05 Paper: Optional

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…
Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I English Language Teaching in India: Problems and Challenges 15
II English Language: Importance and its future prospect 15
III Teaching Methods of English Language: 15
• Grammar and Translation Method
• Direct Method
• Audio-lingual Method
• Communicative Language Teaching
IV Teaching Skills of Language: 15
• Listening
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
V Teaching Aids, 15
Test/Evaluation: Types, Tools and objectives

Suggested Readings:
Alam, Qaiser Zoha. English Language Teaching in India: Problems and Issues. Atlantic, 2018.
Chakraborty, A.K. English Pedagogy of Language Teaching. Desh Publication, 2021.
Vyas, Trusha. English Language Teaching: A Handbook. Apple Books, 2019.
Nagaraj, Geetha. English Language Teaching: Approaches, Methods, Techniques. Orient
Blackswan, 2021.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:

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Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester IV
Paper XV
Women’s Writing
Credits: 05 Paper: Optional

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Introduction to Women’s writings in Indian English Literature 15

II Bharathi Mukherjee : Jasmine 15

Shashi Deshpande : That Long Silence
III Sarojini Sahoo : Goddess in Exile 15
Monica Ali : Brick Lane
IV Yasmine Gooneratne : A Change of Skies 15
Manjushree Thapa : The Tutor of History

V Arundhati Roy : The God of Small Things 15

Kiran Desai : The Inheritance of Loss

Suggested Readings:
Sage, Lorna. The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English. Cambridge University
Press, 1999.
Sinha, Sunita. Indian Women Writing in English: A Feminist Study. Atlantic Publishers, 2018.
Susie, Thapa. Women Writing in India. Vol. I, OUP, 1997.
Susie, Tharu and K. Lalita. Women Writing in India. Vol. I &II, The Feminist Press at CUNY,
1993.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:

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Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 OR
Feminist Writers
Credits: 05 Paper: Optional

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of

Lectures
I Feminism : Origin and History 15
Key terms : White Feminism, Womanism, Kyriarchy,
Essentialism, Sexism
II Introduction to Women Novelists in Indian English Literature 15
III Bharti Mukherjee : Wife 15
Namita Gokhle : Paro

IV Sunny Singh: Nani’s Book of Suicides 15

Manju Kapur : Married Women

V L.S. Petrushevskaya : Immortal Love 15

V. Tokareva : Masha and Felix

Suggested Readings:
Beauvoir, Simon De. The Second Sex. Penguin, 1949.
Monti, Alessandro. Discussing Indian Women Writers: Some Feminist Issues. Prestige Books,
2002.
Nitonde, Rohidas. In Search of Feminist Writer. Partridge Publishing, 2014.
Sharma, Vikas. Novel as an Art Form. Atlantic Publisher, 2022.
Singh, Shushila. Feminism and Recent Fiction. Prestige Books, 1997.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class

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Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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 Semester IV
Paper- XVI
Gender Studies
Credits: 05 Paper: Optional
Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…
Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Introduction to Gender Studies 15
Historical Development of Gender Studies
II Conceptualizing Gender, Constructing Sex & Gender, Patriarchy 15
Sexual Division of Labour
III Judith Butler : “Introduction” From Gender Trouble 15

IV Mahesh Dattani : On a Muggy Night in Mumbai 15

V A. Revathi : The Truth About Me 15

Suggested Readings:
Davis, Kathy, Mary Evans and Judith Lorbor (Eds). Handbook of Gender and Women’s Studies. Sage
Publications, 2006.
Grover, David and Cora Kaplan. Genders: The New Critical Idiom. Routledge, 2009.
John, Mary E. Women’s Studies in India: A Reader. Penguin Books Ltd, 2008.
Millett, Kate. Sexual Politics. University of Illions Press, 2000.
Mottier, Veronique. Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction. OUP, 2008.
Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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Russian Literature in Translation

Credits: 05 Paper: Optional

Max. Marks: 25+75 Min. Marks:…

Unit Topic No. of
Lectures
I Introduction to Russian Literature in English 15

II Poetry: 15
A.S. Pushkin : “I Loved You”
M. Lermontob : “The Sail”
III Short Stories: 15
N.V. Gogal : “The Overcoat”
L.N. Tolstoy : “After the Bell”
IV Novel: 15
F.M. Dostoevsky : The Crime and Punishment
M. Gorky : Mother
V Drama: 15
Anton Chekhov : Three Sisters

Suggested Readings:
Cole, Christopher. Russian Poetry: Faithful Translations of Select Russian Poems.
Independently Published, 2019.
Pattison, George. Dostoevsky and the Christian Tradition: Cambridge Studies in Russian
Literature. CUP, 2001.
Polonsky, Rachel. English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance. CUP, 2006.
Senelick, Laurence. The Chekhov Theatre. Cambridge University Press, 2000.

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Suggested Continuous Evaluation Methods:
Continuous Internal Evaluation shall be based on Project/Assignment and Internal Class
Test. The marks shall be as follows:
Project/Assignment/ Presentation 10 Marks
Internal Class Test 15 Marks
Course prerequisites: Open to all

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