PROGRAMME PROJECT REPORT

Master of Arts(M.A.) in English Programme (2 Year)

(In Accordance with NEP-2020)

School of Humanities
U. P. RajarshiTandon Open University, Prayagraj
Contents

1. Master’s Degree Programme

2.M.A.- English
2.1Programme’s mission and objectives

2.2 Relevance of the program with Mission and Goals

2.3 Nature of prospective target group of learners

2.4 Appropriateness of Programme to be conducted in ODL mode to acquire specific skills

& competence

2.5 Instructional Design

2.6 Instructional Delivery Mechanism

2.7 Procedure for admissions, curriculum transaction and evaluation

2.8 Requirement of the laboratory support and Library Resources

2.9 Cost estimate of the programme and the provisions

2.10Quality assurance mechanism and expected programme outcomes

APPENDIX-I: Detailed Programme structure and syllabus

APPENDIX-II: Guidelines for Research Project

1. Master’s Degree Programme

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 envisions a new vision that enable an individual to study one or
more specialized areas of interest at a deep level, and also develop capabilities across a range of disciplines
including sciences, social sciences, arts, humanities, languages, as well as professional, technical, and
vocational subjects. The NEP 2020 focuses on the formulation of expected learning outcomes for all higher
education programmes. It states that “National Higher Education Qualifications Framework (NHEQF)”
shall be align with the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) to ease the integration of
vocational education into higher education. It also points out that higher education qualifications leading to
a degree/diploma/certificate shall be described by the NHEQF in terms of Outcome Based Education
(OBE).
The design of M.A .- English programme in line with NHEQF offers opportunities and avenues to learn
core subjects but also to explore additional avenues of learning beyond the core subjects for holistic
development of a learner.

The uniform grading system will also enable potential employers in assessing the performance of the
learner. In order to bring uniformity in evaluation system and computation of the Cumulative Grade Point
Average (CGPA) based on learner’s performance in examinations, guidelines framed by the UGC are
followed. Hence, adoption of NHEQF helps to overcome the gap between university degree and
employability by introducing skills and competencies in the graduates.

2. M.A.-English Programme

The structure and duration of postgraduate programme of Master’s in English in accordance with NEP 2020
includes multiple exit options within this period, with appropriate certifications:
• Level 8: A Bachelor’ Degree (Research) for 4 year programme after completing 4th year of 4-year
B. A. programme OR PG Diploma in English after completing 1styear (2 semesters) of study of M.A.
programme.
• Level 9: A Master in Arts (English) program after 2 years (4 semesters) of study;

2.1 Programme Mission & Objectives

In line with the mission of the University to provide flexible learning opportunities to all, particularly to
those who could not join regular colleges or universities owing to social, economic and other constraints.
The 2-year Post-Graduate Programme in English to impart quality holistic education in English studies that
will lead to aesthetic enjoyment educational empowerment and employability of student

The Post-Graduate Programme in English has the following objectives:

 To acquire a deeper knowledge of literature, language ,literary theory and research

methodology
 To develop proficiency in English Language.
 To impart a post graduate level education in English literature so as to enhance the ability t
use current theoretical approaches to literary study.
 To provide advanced English Literature and knowledge perspectives and skills to a wide
cross section of learners including those in remote and inaccessible area of the state.
 To equip learners for a wide understanding of literary characteristics , themes and \ or
approaches in several literary texts
 The pre – requisite of the programme is to equip learners with a good knowledge of reading
,comprehension and writing skills.
2.2 Relevance of the Programme with Mission and Goals
The vision of this programmme is to develop the schools as a certain academic excellence through
teaching and research that encourage and nurtures literary sensibilities, language competence and critical
thinking. The mission of the school is to offer advanced, career-oriented post graduate and research
programmes importing professional knowledge ,employability and life skills as well as inculculating a
vision of community growth and development and strong ethical values.
2.3 Nature of Prospective Target Group of Learners
The 2-year Post-Graduate Programme in M.A. English is designed with the objective of the graduate
learners of any discipline who wants to improve their proficiency in English language and those who
have a genuine interest in literature. The learners who have a keen interest for the language and look
forword for career prospect in it.

2.4 Appropriateness of Programme to be conducted in ODL mode to acquire specific skills &
competence

Learning outcomes after Level 8

Learning Elements of the descriptor Level 8
Outcomes Bachelor’s Degree
(Research)

LO 1 Knowledge and understanding • advanced knowledge about

a specialized field of
enquiry, with depth in one
or more fields of learning
within a broad
multidisciplinary/interdiscip
linary context.
• a coherent understanding
of the established methods
and techniques of research
and enquiry applicable to
the chosen fields of
learning.
LO 2 Skills required to perform and • a range of cognitive and
accomplish tasks technical skills required for
performing and
accomplishing complex
tasks relating to the chosen
fields of learning,
• cognitive and technical
skills relating to the
established research
methods and techniques,
LO 3 Application of knowledge and skills • apply the acquired
advanced technical and/or
theoretical knowledge and a
range of cognitive and
practical skills to analyse the
quantitative and qualitative
data gathered drawing on a
wide range of sources for
identifying problems and
issues relating to the
biochemistry
• apply advanced knowledge
relating to research methods
to carryout research and
investigations to formulate
evidence-based solutions to
complex and unpredictable
problems.
LO 4 Generic learning outcomes • listen carefully, read texts
and research papers
analytically and present
complex information in a
clear and concise manner to
different groups/audiences,

LO 5 Constitutional, humanistic, ethical • embrace and practice

and moral values constitutional, humanistic,
ethical and moral values in
one’s life,
• adopt objective and
unbiased actions in all
aspects of work and
professional practice,
• participate in actions to
address environmental
protection and sustainable
development issues,
LO 6 Employment ready skills, and • adapting to the future of
entrepreneurship skills and mindset work and responding to the
demands of the fast pace of
technological developments
and innovations that drive
shift in employers’ demands
for skills, particularly with
respect to transition towards
more technology-assisted
work involving the creation
of new forms of work and
rapidly changing work and
production processes.
• exercising full personal
responsibility for output of
own work as well as for
group/ team outputs and for
managing work that are
complex and unpredictable
requiring new strategic
approaches.

2.5 Instructional Design

2.5.1 2-year M.A.-English Programme Structure

The University follows the credit system in all its programmes. One credit is equal to 30 hours of learner’s
study time which is equivalent to 15 lectures in conventional system. To earn a Master’s Degree, a learner
has to earn 80 credits in minimum four semesters (two years) with 20 credits per semester. For earning 80
credits, a learner has to go through the following Programme Structure:

Programme Structure of M.A. English under NHEQF

Level Year Sem Core Core Core Practical Research component/ Total
Course Course Course Lab Literature Survey/ credit
1 2 3 Research Project
8 1 1st 4 4 4 4 4 20
2 2nd 4 4 4 4 4 20
9 3 3rd 4 4 4 4 4 20
4 4th 4 4 4 4 4 20
Total 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 80
credit
Explanation of terms used for categorization of courses:
A. Course 1 to 3:A course, which should compulsorily be studied by a learner as a core requirement
is termed as a Core course.
B. Practical Lab: Lab based on courses discussed in theory papers.
C. Industrial Training/ Survey/ Research Project/ Field Work/Apprenticeship/
Dissertation/Internship: An elective course designed to acquire special/advanced knowledge, such as
supplement study/support study to a project work, and a learner studies such a course on his own with an
advisory support by a counsellor/faculty member.
2.5.2 Course curriculum: The details of syllabus is given in Appendix-I
2.5.3 Language of Instruction: SLM is provided in English. However, learner can write assignment and
give Term End Examination (TEE) in English.

2.5.4 Duration of the Programme

Minimum duration in years: 02 Maximum duration in years: 04

2.5.5 Faculty & Support Staff

Director (1), Assistant Professor (1) and support staff (2)

2.6 Instructional Delivery Mechanisms

The Open University system is more learner-oriented, and the student is an active participant in the
teaching-learning process. Most of the instructions are imparted through distance rather than face-to-face
communication.
The University follows a multi-media approach for instruction. It comprises of:
• self-instructional printed material (Self Learning Material)
• audio and video lectures
• face-to-face counselling
• assignments
• Project work in some courses
• teleconference/web conference
• Web Enabled Academic Support Portal
• e-GYANSANGAM (Open Educational Repository):
http://gyansangam.uprtou.ac.in
• e-GYANARJAN: Its a Learning Management System based on Moodle (http://gyanarjan.uprtou.ac.in) to
aid the learner through web conferencing, sharing of learning resources, counselling classes etc.

2.6.1 Self-Learning Material

The Self Learning Material (SLMs) are prepared in line with the UGC guidelines on preparation of SLMs.
The prepared study materials are self-instructional in nature.
The course material is divided into blocks. Each block contains a few units.

Lessons, which are called Units, are structured to facilitate self-study. The units of a block have similar
nature of contents. The first page of each block indicates the numbers and titles of the units comprising the
block. In the first block of each course, we start with course introduction. This is followed by a brief
introduction to the block. After the block introduction, emphasis is given on contribution of ancient Indian
knowledge into that specific course. Next, each unit begins with an introduction to talk about the contents of
the unit. The list of objectives are outlined to expect the learning based outcome after working through the
unit. This is followed by the main body of the unit, which is divided into various sections and sub-sections.
Each unit is summarized with the main highlights of the contents.
Each unit have several “Check Your Progress” Questions and Terminal Questions /exercises. These
questions help the learner to assess his/her understanding of the subject contents. At the end of units,
additional references/books/suggested online weblink for MOOCs/Open Educational Resources for
additional reading are suggested.

2.6.2 Audio and Video lectures

Apart from SLM, audio and video lectures have been prepared for some courses. The audio-video material
is supplementary to print material. The video lectures are available at YouTube channel of
university(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj2XTEB6iCZwwIqmKw_jzYg).

2.6.3 Counselling Classes

The face to face (F2F) counselling classes are conducted at head quarter and study centers. The purpose of
such a contact class is to answer some of questions and clarify the doubts of learner which may not be
possible through any other means of communication. Well experienced counsellors at study centers provide
counselling and guidance to the learner in the courses that (s)he has chosen for study. The counselling
sessions for each of the courses will be held at suitable intervals throughout the whole academic session.
The time table for counselling classes are displayed at head quarter as well as by the coordinator of study
center, however, attending counselling sessions is not compulsory. It is noted that to attend the counselling
sessions, learner has to go through the course materials and note down the points to be discussed as it is not
a regular class or lectures.

2.6.5 Laboratory Work NA

2.6.6 Teleconference/Web conference

Teleconference/web conference, using done through ZOOM/webex in form of online special counselling
sessions is another medium to impart instruction to and facilitate learning for a distance learner. The
students concerned would be informed about the teleconferencing schedule and the place where it is to be
conducted by sending bulk SMS.

2.6.7 Web Enabled Academic Support Portal

The University also provide Web Enabled Academic Support Portal to access the course materials,
assignments, and other learning resources
2.6.8 e-GYANSANGAM

The e-GYAMSANGAM (UPRTOU-OER REPOSITORY) is an open access platform for educational

resources that rely on the concept of 5Rs namely; Reuse, Revise, Remix, Retain and Redistribute. Uttar
Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University in support with Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for
Asia initiated the implementation of philosophy behind the NEP-2020 to provide equitable use of
technology to support learners (SDG4). This not only ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
opportunities but also provide faculty to repurpose high quality open educational resources (OER) such that
innovative, interactive and collaborative learning environment is built. UPRTOU believes the philosophy of
Antyoday (reaching to last person of the society) and facilitate the learner by providing Self Learning
Materials, Lecture Notes, Audio/video Lectures, Assignments, Course materials etc. through face-to-face
mode as well as distance mode. This e-GYANSANGAM depository will fulfill the educational facilities
through equitable use of technology to the learners.

Objectives
• To provide low-cost access model for learners. To foster the policy of reaching to unreached.
• To break down barriers of affordability and accessibility of educational resources.
• To give faculty the ability to customize course materials for learners.
• To provide equal access to affordable technical, vocational and higher education resources (SDG 4.3).
• To provide ubiquitous access to anyone. This will facilitate the quick availability of educational
resources and reduces time.
• To supplement Self Learning Material (SLM).
• To reduce the mentor-mentee gap as depository provide access to number of local access as well as global
access to educational resources.
2.6.9 e-GYANARJAN: It’s a Learning Management System based on Moodle
(http://gyanarjan.uprtou.ac.in) to aid the learner through web conferencing, sharing of learning resources,
counselling classes etc.

2.6.10 Learner Support Service Systems

(a) Study Centre

A Study Centre has following major functions:
(i) Counselling: Counselling is an important aspect of Open University System. Face to face contact-cum-
counselling classes for the courses will be provided at the Study Centre. The detailed programme of the
contact-cum-counselling sessions will be sent to the learner by the Coordinator of the Study Centre. In these
sessions learner will get an opportunity to discuss with the Counsellors his/her problems pertaining to the
courses of study.
(ii) Evaluation of Assignments: The evaluation of Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA) will be done by the
Counsellors at the Study Centre. The evaluated assignments will be returned to the learner by the
Coordinator of Study Centre with tutor comments and marks obtained in TMAs. These comments will help
the learner in his/her studies.
(iii) Library: Every Study Centre will have a library having relevant course materials, reference books
suggested for supplementary reading prepared for the course(s).
(iv) Information and Advice: The learner will be given relevant information about the courses offered by
the University. Facilities are also provided to give him/her guidance in choosing courses.
(v) Interaction with fellow-students: In the Study Centre learner will have an opportunity to interact with
fellow students. This may lead to the formation of self-help groups.
(b) Learner Support Services (LSS)
The University has formed an LSS cell at the head quarter. The LSS cell coordinate with the Study Centre to
get rid of any problem faced by the learner.
2.7 Procedure for admissions, curriculum transaction and evaluation
2.7.1 Admission Procedure
The University has formed an LSS cell at the head quarter. The LSS cell coordinate with the Study Centre to
get rid of any problem faced by the learner.

(a) The detailed information regarding admission will be given on the UPRTOU website and on the
admission portal. Learners seeking admission shall apply online.

(b) Direct admission to 2-year M. A.. (English) program is offered to the interested candidates.
(c) Programme Fee: Rs. 8500 / year. The fee is deposited through online admission portal only.
Entry Eligibility:
Level 8: Bachelar degree in concern subject (B.A.)/B.A. (Honors) with English as one of the subject.
Level 9: Students who successfully completed the Bachelors degree (Research) in English at level 8 will get
admission in 2nd year of M.A. (English) program in accordance with NEP-2020.

2.7.2 Evaluation

The evaluation consists of two components: (1) continuous evaluation through assignments, and (2) term-
end examination. Learner must pass both in continuous evaluation as well as in the term-end examination of
a course to earn the credits assigned to that course. For each course there shall be one written Terminal
Examination. The evaluation of every course shall be in two parts that is 30% internal weightage through
assignments and 70% external weightage through terminal exams.
(a) Theory course Max. Marks
Terminal Examination 70
Assignment 30
Total 100

(b) Practical course: Max. Marks

Terminal Viva-voce Examination 100

The following 10-Point Grading System for evaluating learners' achievement is used for CBCS
programmes:
10-Point Grading System in the light of UGC-CBCS Guidelines

Letter Grade Grade Point % Range

O (Outstanding) 10 91-100
A+ (Excellent) 9 81-90
A (Very Good) 8 71-80
B+ (Good) 7 61-70
B (Above Average) 6 51-60
C (Average) 5 41-50
P (Pass) 4 36-40
NC (Not Completed) 0 0-35
Ab (Absent) 0
Q Qualified Applicable only for
Non-Credit courses
NQ Not Qualified

Learner is required to score at least a ‘P’ grade (36% marks) in both the continuous evaluation
(assignments) as well as the term-end examination. In the

overall computation also, learner must get at least a ‘P’ grade in each course to be eligible for the M. Sc.
degree.

Computation of CGPA and SGPA

• (a) Following formula shall be used for calculation of CGPA and SGPA

For jth semester where,

SGPA (Sj) = Σ (Ci *Gi)/ Σ Ci Ci = number of credits of the ith course
in jth semester
Gi= grade point scored by the learner
in the ith course in jth semester.
CGPA = Σ (Cj *Sj)/ Σ Cj where,
Sj = SGPA of the jth semester
Cj = total number of credits in the jth
semester
(b) Award of Division
2.7.3 Multiple Entry and Multiple Exit options

The 2-year M.A. programme is an Outcome-Based Education (OBE) for qualifications of different types.
The qualification types and examples of title/nomenclature for qualifications within each type are indicated
in Table 1.

Division Classification
1st Division 6.31 or more and less than 10
CGPA
2nd Division 4.73 or more and less than
6.31 CGPA
3rd Division 3.78 or more and less than
4.73 CGPA

2.8 Requirement of the laboratory support and Library Resources

The SLM, supplementary text audio and video material of the various courses of the program is
available through the online study portal of the University. The University also has a subscription of
National Digital Library to provide the learners with the ability to enhance access to information and
knowledge of various courses of the programme.

2.9 Cost estimate of the programme and the provisions

2-year M.A. programme consists of 16 theory courses, 03 research activities One course is of 4 credits
which consist of approx.16 units. The total approximated expenditure on the development of 16papers is:

S. Item Cost per Unit (writing Total

No. & editing) cost
(Rs.)
1 As per University rules
Total no. of units in 16 paper = 17*16=272 7500 /- per unit 2040000

2
BOS Meetings etc. 100000 100000

2140000
Total

2.10 Quality assurance mechanism and expected programme outcomes

(a) Quality assurance mechanism: The program structure is developed under the guidance of the Board of
studies comprising external expert members of the concerned subjects followed by the School board. The
program structure and syllabus is approved by the Academic Council of the University. The course structure
and syllabus is reviewed time to time according to the feedback received from the stakeholders and societal
needs.
The Centre for Internal Quality Assurance will monitor, improve and enhance effectiveness of the program
through the following:

Annual academic audit

Feedback analysis for quality improvement

Regular faculty development programs

Standardization of learning resources

Periodic revision of program depending upon the changing trends by communicating to the concerned
school

APPENDIX-I: Detailed Programme structure and syllabus

Course Code Title of Paper Max. Marks

Semester Credits
Term.+Ass.
MAEN-101(N) British Poetry : From Chaucer to the 18th 4 70+30=100
Century
MAEN-102 (N) British Drama : The Renaissance to the 4 70+30=100
Restoration Age
Ist Semester MAEN-103 (N) English Prose 4 70+30=100

MAEN-104 (N) British Novel 4 70+30=100

MAEN-105 (N) Research Methodology 4 70+30=100

Total Credits in I Semester 20 500

MAEN-106 (N) British Poetry: The Romantic Age to the 4 70+30=100
Modern Age
MAEN-107 (N) Modern British Drama 4 70+30=100
IInd Semester MAEN-108 (N) Major Trends and Movements in English 4 70+30=100
Literature I
MAEN-109 (N) Literary Criticism and Theories 4 70+30=100

MAEN-110 (N) Project\ Research Work 4 100

Total Credits in II Semester 20 500

IIIrd Semester MAEN-111 (N) American Literature 4 70+30=100

 MAEN-112 (N) English Language and Linguistics 4 70+30=100

MAEN-113 (N) Indian English Literature (Poetry and Drama) 4 70+30100

MAEN-114 (N) Major Trends and Movements in English 4 70+30=100

Literature II
MAEN-115 (N) Project\ Research Work 4 100

Total Credits in III Semester 20 500

MAEN-116 (N) Indian Literature in English Translation 4 70+30=100

MAEN-117 (N) Indian English Literature (Prose, Fiction and 4 70+30=100

Short Stories)
IVth Semester MAEN-118 (N) Dalit Literature and Aesthetics 4 70+30=100

MAEN-119 (N) New Literature in English 4 70+30=100

MAEN-120 (N) Viva-Voce 4 100

Total Credits in IV Semester 20 500
Grand Total Credits/ Max. Marks 80 2000
 Course prerequisites: Level 7\ Bachelor Degree

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: I

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-101(N) Course Title: British Poetry : From Chaucer to the 18th Century

Course Objectives:
 To familiarize the learners with the socio- cultural dynamics and British Poetry from
Chaucer to 18th Century.
 To develop and understanding of different kinds of poetry like sonnet, epic, mock –epic
,metaphysical etc.
 To make learners aware of rules of versification and nature of literature.
 To keep the beauty of poetic genre , rhythm, poetic expression, rhetoric as well as
prosody

Course Outcomes :After Completing this Course, the learners shall:

CO1: Get an overview of the major poetic trends from Chaucer to the 18 th Century.
CO2: Be able to comprehend and identify the various subgenres and forms of poetry prevalent in the
concern period.
CO3: Be able to Understand theme, language, form and style.

Credits: 04 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min. Passing Marks: 36
Block 1 Geoffrey Chaucer

Unit I Introduction to English Poetry

Unit II Rhetoric and Prosody- Iambic, Trochaic, Anapaest , Dactylic, Amphibrachic, Stress,
Unstress, Meter, Rhythm and Rhyme Scheme.
Unit III Chaucer :‘Prologue to the Canterbury Tales : Literary Features

UnitIV Chaucer :‘Prologue to the Canterbury Tales : Text Analysis, Plot Structure,

Characterization

Block2 A Study of Spenser, Shakespeare and Milton

UnitV Study of Elizabethan Poetry.

UnitVI Spenser :‘The Faerie Queene’, Book I, Sonnets - 34 and 67
UnitVII Shakespeare : ‘Sonnets’ 18,29,116 and129
UnitVIII Milton: ‘Paradise Lost’ Book I
Block3 Metaphysical Poets
Unit I Cavalier Poets and Metaphysical Poets
Unit II John Donne: ‘A Valediction : Forbidding Mourning’,‘Canonization’, ‘Death Be Not
Proud’,
Unit III Andrew Marvell : ‘To His Coy Mistress’, ‘A Horatian Ode’.

UnitIV George Herbert: ‘Easter of Wing”, Robert Herrick : ‘To Daffodils’

Block4 Neo- Classical and Transitional Poets

Unit I Dryden: ‘Absolem and Achitophel’

Unit II Pope: ‘The Rape of the Lock’Book I.

Unit III Thomas Grey :‘Progress of Poesy’

Unit IV Cowper :‘Seasons’ and Collins :‘Ode to Evening’, ‘Ode to Passion’

Suggested Text Book Readings:

 Boulton, Marjorie. The Anatomy of Poetry. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1953
 Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature. Secker and Warburg Ltd,1961.
 Kreutzer, James. Elements of Poetry. Macmillan,1971.
 Gardner, Helen, editor. Metaphysical Poets. Penguin, 1957.
 G.L. Kitteredge. Chaucer to his Poetry. Harvard university Press,1915
 Gale. AStudy Guide for Edmund Spenser’s The Faere Queen ( English Paperback, Gale Cengage
Learning)

This course can be opte as an elective by the students of following subjects: NA

Suggested equivalent online courses(MOOCs) for credit transfer: NA

Electronic media and other digital components in the curriculum:

Choose any one or more than: (Electronic Media: Audio/Video Lectures,
OnlineCounselling/VirtualClasses/E-Contents/e-SLM/OER/supplementary links for
reference/VideoConferencing/Radiobroadcast/WebConferencing/Otherelectronicanddigital
contents) NA
Year of incorporation NA
Name of electronic media NA
 Course prerequisites: Level 7\ Bachelor Degree

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: I

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-102(N) Course Title: British Drama : From The Renaissance to the Restoration Age

Course Objectives:
 To acquaint the students with the dramatic practices during The renaissance and The Restoration Age
 To discuss the major developments of drama and the taste of the audience of the age.
Course Outcomes: After completion of the course the learners shall:
CO 1:Get exposed to the origin and development of English Drama.
CO 2: Developa proper understanding of the nature of Elizabethan audience, genres conventions and experiments in
English Drama of The Renaissance and the Restoration Age.
CO3: Have the idea about the condition of the theatres of the times.
Credits:4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36

Block 1 Christopher Marlowe: Dr. Faustus

Unit I Introduction to Early Elizabethan Drama

Unit II Marlowe as a Dramatist

Unit III Dr. Faustus

Block2 William Shakespeare : Hamlet

UnitV Introduction to Later Elizabethan Drama

UnitVI Shakespeare as a writer of Tragedy

UnitVII Hamlet
Block3 John Webster : The Duchess of Malfi

Unit I Introduction to Jacobean Drama

Unit II John Webster as a Dramatist

Unit III The Duchess of Malfi

Block4 Ben Jonson : TheAlchemist

Unit I Introduction to Comedy of Humour

Unit II Ben Jonson as a Dramatist

Unit III The Alchemist

Suggested Text Book Readings:

 Nicoll, A, British Drama , Barnes and Noble,1873;Chambers,1978 r pt:London:GeorgeG.Harrap, 1962
 Styan, J.L., The English Stage, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1996
 Bradley,A.C., Shakespearean Tragedy, Palgrave Macmillion,2002 Ed.
 Thomas, C.T. The Restoration Comedy 1660- 1720 Oxford University Press,1924.

This course can be opted as an elective by the students of following subjects: NA

Suggested equivalent online courses(MOOCs) for credit transfer: NA

Electronic media and other digital components in the curriculum:

Choose any one or more than: (Electronic Media: Audio/Video Lectures,
OnlineCounselling/VirtualClasses/E-Contents/e-SLM/OER/supplementary links for
reference/VideoConferencing/Radiobroadcast/WebConferencing/Otherelectronicanddigital contents) NA

Year of incorporation NA
Name of electronic media NA
 Course prerequisites: Level 7\ Bachelor Degree

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: I

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN- Course Title: English Prose
103(N)

Course Objectives:
 To make the learners familiar with the progress of British Non- Fictional Prose .
 To focus mainly on the differences in language used, syntax, themes and subject matter
concerning social and political scenario of the time.
Course Outcomes: After completing the course the student shall
CO1.Get familiar to the origin and development of English Prose especially the Essay.
CO2 Get firsthand knowledge of the major non- fiction prose writers from the Elizabethan to
Moderns.
CO3.Critically analyse the British non – fictional prose writings in terms of language. Theme and
Style from Bacon to Moderns .

Credits:4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36
Block 1 Elizabethan English Prose : Francis Bacon

Unit I Introduction to Prose as a Literary Genre

Unit II Introducing Francis Bacon as an Essayist

Unit III Essays of Francis Bacon Part A- “Of Marriage and Single Life”, “Of Friendship”,

UnitIV Essays of Francis Bacon Part B- “Of Travel”, “Of Revenge”

Block2 English Prose In the Eighteenth Century

UnitV The Periodical Essay in the 18th Century

UnitVI Richard Steele: “Judicious Flattery”, “Recollections of Childhood”

UnitVII Addison: “The Aim of Spectator”, “Meditations at Westminster Club”

UnitVIII Oliver Goldsmith: “On National Prejudice”, “The Man in Black”

Block3 English Prose: From Johnson to Ruskin

Unit I Dr. Johnson: “Letter to Lord Chesterfield”

Unit II Charles Lamb: “ Poor Relations” and William Hazlitt: “On Going a Journey”
Unit III R.L. Stevenson: “An Apology for Idlers”, “A Gossip of Romance”

UnitIV J.S. Mill: “ On Liberty”

Block4 English Prose : The Modern Age

Unit I G.K. Chesterton: “A Piece of Chalk”, “On the Pleasures of No Longer Being
Young”

Unit II A.G. Gardiner: “On the Rules of Road”, “On Superstitions

Unit III J.B. Priestley: “On Doing Nothing”, “First Show”

UnitIV Aldous Huxley: “Selected Snobberies”, E.V. Lucas: “A Funeral”

SuggestedTextBookReadings:
 H.Read, English Essay and Style Pantheon,1981 Ed.
 HughWalker, English Essay and Essayists London: J.M.Dent and Sons Ltd.,1928.
 E.Chambers , The Development of English Prose London: Oxford University
Press,1957.
 J.M. Murry, The Problem of Style, London Oxford University Press,1922.

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 Course prerequisites: Level 7\ Bachelor Degree

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: I

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-104(N) Course Title: British Novel

CourseObjectives:
 To introduce the learners to the early history of the novel form and the convention of the
eighteenth to twentieth century novel.
 To draw on relevant cultural and\or historical information to situate texts within their
cultural, political and historical contexts.
 To introduce learners to the theories and forms of the novel to perform critical and formal
analysis of literary texts.
Course Outcomes: After completion of the course the learners shall:
CO1.Understand the major factors responsible for the rise of the novel
CO2.Identify the major characteristics of the 18th to 20th century fiction.
CO3. Discover the various techniques of fiction writing.
CO4.Develop a proper understanding of the theories of fiction.
Credits:4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36
Block 1 Henry Fielding and Jane Austen

Unit I Henry Fielding : An Introduction

Unit II Henry Fielding: Tom Jones

Unit III Jane Austen: An Introduction

UnitIV Jane Austen: Emma

Block2 Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy

UnitV Charles Dickens: An Introduction

UnitVI Charles Dickens: Great Expectations
UnitVII Thomas Hardy :An Introduction
UnitVIII Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Block3 Emily Bronte and D. H. Lawrence

Unit I Emily Bronte : An Introduction

Unit II Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights

Unit III D. H. Lawrence: Introduction

UnitIV D. H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers

Block4 James Joyceand the Modern Novels

Unit I Forms of the Novel

Unit II Development of English Novel in the Twentieth Century

Unit III James Joyce: An Introduction

UnitIV James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Suggested Text Book Readings:

 Dorothy Van Ghent: The English Novel form and function, HarperPerennial,1967
 Raymond Williams: The English Novel From Dickens to Lawrence, Chatto and
Windus1970.London Oxford University Press,1970
 Terry Eagleton: The English Novel and Introduction Oxford, Blackwell,2005.
 Kettle, Arnold: Introduction to The English Novel (Vols-1,2)London: Hutchinson and
Company,1999.
 John Richte: Cambridge Companion to the 18th century Novel ,Cambridge University
Press,1996.

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 Course prerequisites: Level 7\ Bachelor Degree

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: I

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-105(N) Course Title: Research Methodology

CourseObjectives:
∙Identify an appropriate research problem in their interesting domain.
∙ Understand ethical issues Understand the Preparation of a research project thesis report.
∙ Understand the Preparation of a research project thesis report
∙ Understand the law of patent and copyrights.
∙ Understand the Adequate knowledge on IPR

Course Outcomes: After completion of the course the learners shall:

CO 1: Understand the research problem and research process.
CO 2: Understand research ethics .
CO 3: Prepare a well-structured research paper and scientific presentations
CO 4: Explore on various IPR components and process of filing.

Credits:4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36

Block 1 Introduction to Research

Unit I Meaning, Nature, Objectives, Utility of Research

Unit II Types and Methods of Research

Unit III Classification of Research on the basis of Application

UnitIV Research Ethics and Empiricism

Block2 Literary Research

UnitV Catherine Belsey: “Textual Analysis as a Research Method”

UnitVI David Johnson: “Literary Research and Interdisciplinarity”

UnitVII Literature Review Process and Formulation of Research Question

UnitVIII Literary Approaches: Formalist, Comparative and Psychological Feminist,
Historicist and New Historicist

Block3 Steps of Research

Unit I Formulation of a Research Problem

Unit II Preparing Research Design and Study Design

Unit III Developing Data Collection Instruments

UnitIV Writing a Research Proposal and Research Report

Block4 Use of ICTs in Research

Unit I Use of Computer Application in Research

Unit II SPSS and Data Analysis

Unit III Citation, References and Bibliography

UnitIV Plagiarism

Suggested Text Book Readings:

1. Stuart Melville and Wayne Goddard, “ Research methodology: an introduction for science &
engineering students”
2. B A Prasad Sharma and P. Satyanarayan. Ed.(1983): Research Methods in Social Sciences,
New Delhi: 3. Sterling Bridget Somek and Cathy Lewin (2005): Research Methods in the Social
Sciences, New Delhi: Sage
4. B.N Ghosh (1984): Scientific Method and Social Research, New Delhi: Sterling.
5. C. R Kothari (2004): Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. New Delhi: New Age
International.

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 Course prerequisites: Level 7\ Bachelor Degree

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: II

Subject: English
CourseCode: MAEN-106(N) CourseTitle: British Poetry: From Romantic to The Modern
CourseObjectives:
 To provide a context by imparting adequate knowledge of the Romantic Age to the Modern age.
 To enable the learners to understand the process of the development of the poetry from the
Romantic period to the more turbulent twentieth century when literature became more
thematically complex as well as technically more innovative.
 To impart textual knowledge to the learners by focusing on the representative poem of the
significant poets of the Romantic age to the Modern age.
Course Outcomes:After completion of the course the learners shall:
CO 1: Understand the contexts that produced poetry in the Romantic, Victorian and Modern Periods.
CO 2: Identify the various themes and techniques of the Romantic, Victorian and Modern Periods.
CO 3: Identify the various poetic movements in 19th to 20th Century.
Credits:4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36
Block 1 The Romantic Poetry

Unit I Introduction to the Romantic Poetry

Unit II William Wordsworth :‘ Tintern Abbey’

Unit III S.T.Coleridge : ‘ Dejection an Ode’

UnitIV P.B. Shelley : “To a Skylark”andJohn Keats: “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

Block2 Victorian Poetry

UnitV Introduction to the Victorian Poetry

UnitVI Alferd Lord Tennyson : “The Lotus – Eaters”
UnitVII Robert Browning : “Rabbi Ben Ezra” ( 1-20 Stanza)
UnitVIII Matthew Arnold : “The Scholar Gypsy”

Block3 Poetry of Pre- Raphaelite and Oxford Movement

Unit I Introduction to the Pre- Raphaelite Poetry

Unit II D.G. Rossetti: “Blessed Damozel” and William Morris – “A Death Song”

Unit III Introduction to Oxford Movement

UnitIV G.M. Hopkins : “Pied Beauty””

Block4 Modern Poetry

Unit I Introduction to the Modern British Poetry

Unit II W.B. Yeats’ Poem- “Sailing to Byzantium”

Unit III T.S. Eliot: “The Waste Land”

UnitIV W.H. Auden : “In Memory of W.B. Yeats” and Philip Larkin : “Church Going”

SuggestedTextBookReadings:
 Compton –Rickett,A.,”A History of English literature”, Nabu Press,2010.
 C.m.Bowra: “The Romantic Imagination OUP,1961rpt.
 M.H.Abrams: ‘’English Romantic Poets”USA:OUP.2nd ed.,1975
 Hugh Walker: “The Literature of the Victorian Era”Cambridge University Press,2011
 F.R.Leavis: “New Bearings in English Poetry”. London:Faber and Fabar,2011ed.
 G.Bullough;”The Trend Of Modern Poetry.” Hesperides Press,2006.

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 Course prerequisites: Level 7\ Bachelor Degree

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: II

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-107(N) Course Title: Modern British Drama
CourseObjectives:
 To acquaint the learners with the major trends in 20th century drama by means of detailed consideration of
representative texts.
 To familiarize the learners in the course of discussion with socio-cultural contexts that led to the emergence
of major types of drama like poetic drama, drama of Ideas, Kitchen-Sink drama and Absurd drama.
 To engage the learners in an in-depth study of the work of major playwrights so as to provide an
understanding f the art and technique of drama including the use of dramatic convention and devices like
dialogue, stage-setting, chorus aside, soliloquy, dramatic irony.
Course Outcomes:After completion of this course the learners shall:
CO1.Get acquainted with the major trends in 20th century drama..
CO2.Understand the contexts within which various dramatic forms emerged.
CO3.Critically analyse representative dramatic texts and theatrical convention of 20 th century.

Credits:4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36
Block 1 G.B. Shaw :Pygmalion

Unit I Introduction to Realism

Unit II G.B. Shaw as a Dramatist

Unit III G.B. Shaw :Pygmalion

Block2 T.S. Eliot :Murder In the Cathedral

UnitV Introduction to Revival of Poetic Drama

UnitVI T.S. Eliot as Dramatist

UnitVII T.S. Eliot :Murder in the Cathedral
Block3 John Galsworthy: Justice

Unit I Introduction to Drama of Ideas

Unit II John Galsworthy as a Dramatist

Unit III John Galsworthy: Justice

Block4 Samuel Beckett: Waiting For Godot

Unit I Introduction to the Theatre of the Absurd

Unit II Samuel Beckett as a Dramatist

Unit III Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot

Block5 John Osborne : Look Back In Anger

Unit I John Osborne: Introduction Kitchen Sink Drama

Unit II John Osborne as a Dramatist

Unit III John Osborne : Look Back in Anger

SuggestedTextBookReadings:
 D.E.Jones: The Plays of T.S.Eliot London: Routledge and Kegan Paul,1963
 Haugh Kenner: A Reader’s Guide to Samuel Beckett London, Thames and Hudson,1973.
 M.Esslin: The Theatre of the Absurd New York : Vintage 3th Ed.2004.
 Ronald Hayman: British Teatre Since 1955: A Reassessment London :Oxford University Press,1 st Ed.1979.

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 Course prerequisites: Level 7\ Bachelor Degree

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: II

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-108(N) Course Title: Major Trends and Movements in English Literature-I

CourseObjectives:
 To develop a chronological understanding of the major trends and movements of English
Literature from Anglo-Saxon to Neo-Classical Age.
 To make new learners capable to read literature with interest.
 To study the important socio-political, cultural and literary developments of English
Literature.
Course Outcomes: After completing this course the learners shall:
CO1. Develop a historical understanding of English language and literature from Anglo-Saxon
period Neo-Classical Age.
CO2.Trace the evolution of literary writings, their contexts, genres and prominent themes durig
the period under study.
CO3. Explain the meaning, nature and definition of popular literary genres of the period.
CO4.Elaborate,analyse and appreciate the literary beauty of important literary texts of the period.
Credits:4 Type of Course: Core
Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36
Block 1 Anglo-Saxon Period to the Age of Chaucer
Unit I Evolution of English Language and Literature

Unit II First known Generation of Poets and their Poetry

Unit III Literature of the Anglo-Norman Period

UnitIV Chaucer and his Contemporaries

Block2 Renaissance and Elizabethan Period

UnitV Renaissance and Reformation

UnitVI Evolution of Drama and University Wits
UnitVII Shakespeare and His Works
UnitVIII Edmund Spenser, Philip Sydney, Ben Jonson and Other Important Writers

Block3 Jacobean and Puritan Age

Unit I Jacobean Drama

Unit II Metaphysical Poets ,Cavalier and Caroline Poets
Unit III Francis Bacon and Other Prose Writers
UnitIV Puritan Movement and Poets

Block4 Restoration and Neo-classical Age

Unit I Restoration Drama

Unit II Neo-Classical Age and Literature

Unit III Periodical Essays and Essayists

UnitIV Rise of Novel and Important Novelists

Suggested Text Book Readings:

 Abrams,M.H.and Geoffrey Galt Harpham. A Glossary of Literary Terms (9th Ed.)
Cengage Learning,2008
 Dahiya, Bhim S.A New History of English Literature. New Delhi: Doaba
Publications,2006.
 Daiches, David. A Critical History of EnglshLiterature,Vol.I-IV. New Delhi: Allied
Publishers,2005.
 Hudson , William Henry. An outline History of English Literature. New Delhi :
Atlantic publishers.
 Richetti, John. Ed. The Cambridge History of English Literature. Cambridge
University Press,2005

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 Course prerequisites: Level 7\ Bachelor Degree

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: II

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-109(N) Course Title: Literary Criticism and Theories

Course Objectives:
∙ To introduce the learner to the history, nature, function and relevance of literary criticism and theories in the
Western world especially the British tradition.
∙ To provide a conceptual framework for developing an understanding of the function and practice of
traditional modes of literary criticism and theories.

Course Outcomes: After the completion of the course the learners will be able to:
CO1. Develop an overview of the critical theories from ancient to modern times.
CO2. Apply the relevance of the theories in the social and literary context.
CO3.Undersand the Theories of principal literary critics and theoreticians.
CO4.explore the concepts of history, culture nationalism, gender and race in the context of post-colonial
literature and theories.
Credits:4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks: 100 Min.PassingMarks:36

Block 1 Introduction to Criticism and Theories
Unit I Functions of Criticism
Unit II Introduction to Literary Criticism
UnitIII Study of Literary Theory
Unit IV Indian Aesthetics
Block2 Classical Criticism
UnitI Aristotle :Poetics
UnitII Longinus : “On The Sublime”
Block3 Neo- Classical and Romantic Criticism
Unit I John Dryden : “An Essay Of Dramatic Poesie”
Unit II William Wordsworth : “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”
Unit III S.T.Coleridge : “BiographiaLiteraria” Chapter XIV

Block 4 Victorian and New Criticism

Unit I Matthew Arnold : “The Study of Poetry”
Unit II T.S. Eliot : “Tradition and Individual Talent”
Unit III I.A. Richards: “The Four Kinds of Meaning” in Practical Criticism
Block 5 TwentiethCentury Literary Theories
UnitI Multiculturalism and Marxist Theory
Unit II Post Modernism and Deconstruction
Unit III Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies
Unit IV Eco Criticism and Diaspora Studies
Suggested Text Book Readings:
 Barry,P.ed., “Issues in Contemporary Critical Theory: A Selection of Critical Essay, A Casebook”,
Macmillion,1987
 Bertens,Hans,”Literary Theory: The Basics”,Routledge,2013
 Habib,M.A.R.,”AHistory of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present”,London,Blackwell,2005
 House, Humphrey,” Aristotle’s “Poetics”, Ludhiana, Kalyani Publishers,1970.

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 Course prerequisites: Level 7\ Bachelor Degree

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: II

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-110(N) Course Title: Project\ Research Work
Course Objectives:
 Develop advanced Critical thinking Skills
 Demonstrate enhanced writing skills
 Understand the limitations of particular research methods.
Course Outcomes:
After completing this course , the learners will be able to :
CO1. Establish the scope ,depth and direction of research.
Co2.Have a grasp of the research tools in the chosen field of research.
CO3. Write literature review of their proposed thesis.
CO4. Identify various styles of referencing and citations.
Credits:4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min. Passing Marks:36

 Course prerequisites: Level 8\ Bachelor Degree with Research

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: III

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-111(N) Course Title: American Literature
Course Objectives:

∙ The Course aims to focus on the uniqueness of American literary imagination forged out of a consciousness of
difference from the experience of Europe.
∙To showcase that the puritan imagination, brought to the New World the sense of wonder and promise of the
American Dream that continues to resonate till the present in its literature.
Course Outcomes :After completion this course the learners shall;
CO1. To get better comprehension of literary social, cultural, biographical and historical background of the
greatest writing in American Literature.
CO 2.Get acquainted with concepts like Puritanism, Transcendentalism and the American Frontier.
CO3.Learn the technique and strategies of reading canonical American literary texts.
Credits:4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36
Block 1 Introduction to American Literature
Unit I The Puritans Contexts
Unit II The Puritans as Literary Artists
Unit III Renaissance of American Literature
UnitIV Transcendentalism and American Modernism
Block2 Poetry
UnitI Introducing American Poetry
UnitII R.W. Emerson : ‘Brahma’ and Walt Whitman :‘When Lilacs Last in the DooryardBloomed’
UnitIII 7 Emily Dickenson : ‘A Bird Came Down the Walk’and Robert Frost : ‘Stopping by
Woods on Snowy Evening’
Unit IV Wallace Stevens: ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking at Black Bird’ and Sylvia Plath: ‘Daddy’
Block3 Novel
Unit I Introducing Earnest Hemingway
Unit II Old Man and the Sea

Unit III Introducing Mark Twain

UnitIV The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Block4 Drama

Unit I Introducing Arthur Miller

Unit II Death of Salesman
Unit III Introducing Eugene ‘O’ Neil
UnitIV The Emperor Jones
 Suggested Text Book Readings:
∙R. Fisher: American Literature of the 19th Century NeDelhi:S.Chand and Company Ltd.,2005.
∙Egbert S. Oliver(Ed.): AmericanLiterature ,1890-1965:An Anthology New Delhi:S.Chand and Company
Ltd.,rpt.Edition,2002.
∙ M. Cunliffe :The Literature of the United States PenguinBooks,1970
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 Course prerequisites: Level 8\ Bachelor Degree with Research

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: III

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-112(N) Course Title: English Language and Linguistics
Course Objectives:
 Equip learners with the skills, insights and appropriate theoretical approaches necessary
to analyse and describe changes in the structure of the English Language from the
earliest written records to the present day.
 Understand four language skills(speaking, listening, reading and writing).
:Course Outcomes: After completing this course, the learners will be able to:
CO1.Extend their knowledge of the origin, development and use of language.
CO2. Identify the differences in language, dialects and other varieties of language.
CO3.Aquire in-depth knowledge of the mechanism involved in the production, transmission and
Reception of speech sounds.
CO4.Develop understanding about the structure of morphological system and morphological
process in language.

Credits:4 Type of Course :Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36
Block 1 History of English Language and Linguistics
Unit I Nature and Scope of English Language, Origins of English Language, Definition
of English language, Characteristics of English language
Unit II Functions and Features of English Language
Unit III Evolution of English Language
UnitIV Linguistics : Definition , Nature and Scope
Block2 English Phonetics and Phonology I
UnitI Organs of Speech: Respiratory System, Phonetory System and Articulatory
System, The Description and Position of Vowels: Monophthong and
Diphthong, Vowel Diagram
UnitII The Description of Consonants: Place of Articulation : Voiced and Voiceless
Sounds, Oral and Nasal Sounds, Manner of Articulation: Strictures involved
UnitIII Phonetic Transcription and Phonology, International Phonetic Alphabet, Types
of Phonetic Transcription , Phonetics and Phonology
Block3 English Phonetics and Phonology II

Unit I Word Accent, Stress and Rhythm , Primary Accent, Secondary Accent,Kinds of
Rhythm. Weak- Forms, Contracted Form, Juncture and Liaison
Unit II The Syllable: Division of Words into Syllable, The Structure of Syllable,
Syllabic Consonant. Types of Syllable, Tonic Syllable
Unit III Intonation: The Form and Functions of Intonation in English, Use of Tone
Falling, Rising , Falling- Rising , Rising- Falling
Block4 English Language and Linguistics : Morphology
Unit I Morpheme and Morphology
Unit II Word Formation : Inflectional and Derivational

Unit III Content and Structure Words , Vocabulary and Diction, Denotation, Connotation

Block 5 Syntax

UnitI Phrase : Pre and Post Modifier, Dangling Modifier

UnitII Verb Phrase: Tense, Auxiliaries, Modals

UnitIII Clause: Noun,Adjective, Adverbial,Sentence: Seven Basic Sentence Pattern ,

Infinitive and Participle, Adjuncts Conjuncts and Disjuncts
SuggestedTextBookReadings:
 Baker,M., “ In Other Words :A Coursebook on Translation”,Routledge,Routledge,2001.
 Gimson,A.D.,”Introduction to the Pronunciation of English”,Edward
Arnold,London,1974(2nd Edition).
 Yule,G.,”The Study Of Language”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996.

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 Course prerequisites: Level 8\ Bachelor Degree with Research

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: III

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-113N) Course Title: Indian Literature in English(Poetry & Drama)

Course Objectives:
 To introduce learners to the various phases of evolution in Indian Writing in English
 To acquint learners to the pluralistic dimensions of this literature.
 To help them understand the different geners of this elective.

Course Outcomes:
After Completing this course,the learners will be able to:
CO1.Gain insight into “Indianness” through representative works.
Understand the growth of Indian writing in English in the context of Indian’s problematic relations with English
race and language. CO3Discover Indian sensibility in representative works.

Credits:4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36
Bloc Poetry (A)
k1
Unit I Background to Indian English Poetry
Unit II Toru Dutt :‘Sita’, ‘The Lotus’ and R. N. Tagore:‘ Gitanjali’ (Sections : 1,10,11)
Unit III Sri Aurobindo :‘Savitri Canto I’,‘Symbol of Dawn‘
UnitIV Sarojini Naidu :Indian Weavers, Radha the Milkmaid
Block2 Poetry (B)
UnitI Nissim Ezekiel :Philosophy , EnterpriseandKamla Das :‘Introduction’, ‘A Hot Noon in Malabar’
UnitII A.K. Ramanujan: ‘Small-Scale Reflections on a Great House’
UnitIII JayantMahapatra: ‘Dawn at Puri’
Unit IV ArunKolatkar :‘The Priest’
Block3 1. Drama : GirishKarnad- Hayavadan

Unit I Introduction to Indian English Drama

Unit II Hayavadan: Impact of Folk Tradition

Unit III Plot Construction and Characterization

Unit IV Narrative Techniques in Hayavadan

Block4 Drama : Mahesh Dattani – Tara

Unit I An Introduction to Modern Drama in English
Unit II Mahesh Dattani as a Dramatist

Unit III Plot Construction and Characterization

Unit IV Narrative Techniques in Tara

Suggested Te t Book Readings:

 Iyengar,K.R.S.,”Indian Writing in English”,New Delhi,Sterling,1985.
 Narasimhaiah,C.D.Ed.,”Makers of Indian English Literature”,Delhi,Pencraft International,2000.
 Naik, M.K.Shyamala Narayan,”Indian English Literature”,Sahitya Akademi,2009.
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 Course prerequisites: Level 8\ Bachelor Degree with Research

Programme: MA Year: Second Semester: III

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-114(N) Course Title: Major Trends and Movements in English Literature-II
Course Objectives:
 To develop a chronological understanding of the major trends and movements of English
Literature from Romantic Age to Twentieth Century.
 To make new learners capable to read literature with interest.
 To study the important socio-political, cultural and literary developments of English Literature.
Course Outcomes: After completing this course the learners shall:
CO1. Develop a historical understanding of English language and literature from Romantic Age to
Twentieth Century.
CO2.Knowledge of the development of literary writings, their contexts, genres and prominent themes
durig the period under study.
CO3. Explain the meaning, nature and definition of popular literary genres of the period.
CO4.Skill in analyzing and appreciating the literary beauty of important literary texts of the period.
Credits: 4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36
Block 1 Romantic Period

Unit I Romanticism— Origin and Development of the Literary Movement and Socio-Political
and Cultural Context
Unit II Poets and Poetry of the Period
Unit III Novelists and Novels of the Period

UnitIV Important Literary Trends and Texts

Block2 Victorian Age

UnitV Socio-Political and Cultural Background

UnitVI Major Victorian Poets—Early and Later Victorian Poets
UnitVII Major Victorian Novelists
UnitVIII Important Literary Trends and Texts

Block3 Modern English Literature

Unit I Socio-Political, Aesthetic and Cultural Background

Unit II Major Modern Poets

Unit III Modern Playwrights and Novelists

UnitIV Important Literary Trends and Texts

Block4 Postcolonial Literature

Unit I Post colonialism— Socio-Political, Cultural and Literary Background

Unit II Namvar Singh :’Decolonising the Indian Mind’, Chapter IX &X

Unit III Gayatri C. Spivak:’ Can the Subaltern speak’

UnitIV Prem Chand ; ‘Karmbhumi’

Suggested Text Book Readings:

 Ashcroft, Bill et al. Post Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts. Routledge,2013.
 Gandhi, Leela. Post Colonial Theory: A Critical Introdction.Routledge 2020.
 Richetti, John.Ed. The Cambridge History of English Literature. Cambridge University
Press,2005
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 Course prerequisites: Level 8\ Bachelor Degree with Research

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: III

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-115(N) Course Title: Project\ Research Work
Course Objectives:
 Develop advanced Critical thinking Skills
 Demonstrate enhanced writing skills
 Understand the limitations of particular research methods.
Course Outcomes:
After completing this course , the learners will be able to :
CO1. Establish the scope ,depth and direction of research.
Co2.Have a grasp of the research tools in the chosen field of research.
CO3. Write literature review of their proposed thesis.
CO4. Identify various styles of referencing and citations.
Credits: 4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36
Suggested Text Book Readings:

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 Course prerequisites: Level 8\ Bachelor Degree with Research

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: IV

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-116(N) Course Title :Indian Literature in English Translation

Course Objectives:
 To introduce the learners to the great Indian epics so that they can know the value of their
culture.
 To make learners familiar and aware of various types and style of poetry, prose and other
writings in India.
 To Elaborate Indian tradition and style.
Course Out Comes:
After Completing this corse, the learners will be able:
CO1. To grasp the social,political, and cultural issues refelected in the major poets,dramatists,
novelists and other prose writers work.
CO2.Appreciate and understand various classical works from different regions which have been
translated into English.
CO3. To Identify the thematic,linguistic and formalistic features of Indian writing in English.

Credits: 4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks: 36
Block 1 Introducing Indian Literature in English Translation

Unit I Introducing Literatures of India

Unit II Indian Literature in Modern Period

Unit III Survey of Indian Literature in Translation

Block2 U.R. Ananthamurthy: Samskara

UnitV Intrducing U.R. Ananthamurthy

UnitVI Samskara : Title, Theme and Characterization

UnitVII Samskara: Structure and Technique

Block3 Premchanda :Godan

Unit I Introducing Premchanda

Unit II Godan :Title , Theme and Characterization

Unit III Godan :Structure and Technique

 Block4 Mohan Rakesh: One Day inAshadh

Unit I Introducing Mohan Rakesh

Unit II One Day in Ashadh : Title ,Theme and Characterization

Unit III Structure and Technique

Block5 Short Stories and Poetry

Unit I Mahasweta Devi : Salt ( Noon: Bangla)

Unit II NirmalVerma :Birds ( Parinde: Hindi)

Unit III Haribhajan Singh :‘Tree and The Sage’ ( RukhTe Rishi: Punjabi)

Unit IV RaghuvirSahay :‘The Stare’ (Taktaki: Hindi)

SuggestedTextBookReadings:
 Iyengar,K.R.S.,”Indian Writing in English”,New Delhi,Sterling,1985.
 Narasimhaiah,C.D.Ed.,”Makers of Indian English Literature”,Delhi,Pencraft
International,2000.
 Naik, M.K.Shyamala Narayan,”Indian English Literature”,Sahitya Akademi,2009.
 W.Walsh: “Indian Literatures in English”.Longmans,1990.

This course can be opted as an elective by the students of following subjects: NA

Suggested equivalent online courses(MOOCs)for credit transfer: NA

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 Course prerequisites: Level 8\ Bachelor Degree with Research

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: IV

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-117(N) Course Title: Indian Literature in English(Prose, Fiction and Short-Stories)

Course Objectives:
 To introduce learners to the various phases of evolution in Indian Writing in English
 To acquint learners to the pluralistic dimensions of this literature.
 To help them understand the different geners of this elective.
 To sensitize them to the value system of this literature.
Course Outcomes:
After completing this course, the learners will be able :
CO1.Identify the major figures in Indian English writing
CO2.Gain cognizance of the social, economic and political perspectives of the literature produced in india.
CO3Discover Indian sensibility in the representative works.

Credits: 4 TypeofCourse:Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36
Block 1 Prose

Unit I Introduction to Non- Fictional Prose

Unit II Mahatma Gandhi :Hind Swaraj ( What is Swaraj Chapter IV Civilization VI

Unit III Nirad C. Chaudhary :A Passage to England

UnitIV AnandCoomaraswamy :The Dance of Shiva

Block2 Fiction : Mulk Raj Anand and Anita Desai

UnitI A Short History of Indian English Novel

UnitII Mulk Raj Anand : An Introduction
UnitIII Mulk Raj Anand :Untouchable
Unit IV Anita Desai : An Introduction

Unit V Anita Desai :Fire on the Mountain

Block3 The Short Stories (A)

Unit I Introduction to the Short Story

Unit II M.R. Anand as a Short Story Writer

Unit III M.R.Anand :My Lost Child

UnitIV R.K. Narayan as a Short Story Writer

Unit V R.K. Narayan: Under the Banyan Tree

Block4 The Short Stories (B)

Unit I Anita Desai : The Farewell Party

Unit II SubhadraSen Gupta : Good boy

Unit III Ruskin Bond: The Blue Umbrella, Times Stops at Shamli

SuggestedTextBookReadings:
 Bharucha, Nilufer and VrindaNabar (eds).1994.Indian English Fiction,1980-90:An Assessment.
Delhi:B R publishers
 Datta Amresh.1994.The Encyclopedia of Indian Literature,New Delhi: Sahitya Academy
 Iyengar,K.R.S.,”Indian Writing in English”,New Delhi,Sterling,1985.

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Suggested equivalent online courses(MOOCs)for credit transfer: NA

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Course prerequisites: Level 8\ Bachelor Degree with Research
Programme: MA Year: 2023 Semester: IV
Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-118 Course Title: Dalit Literature and Aesthetics
(N)
Course Objectives: The course intends to make the students familiar with the intent and contents
of Dalit Literature and Aesthetics .The prescribed texts represent different genres to provide
comprehensive understanding of Dalit context and paradigms of Dalit literature.
Course Outcomes :
C O 1. Develop a historical understanding of how Dalit literature and Aesthetics has evolved over
the years.
C O 2. Detail study of some of the canonical texts written by established names in the field of
Dali literature and Aesthetics.
C O 3. Explain the meaning , nature and definition of important critical terms.
C O 4.Discuss the socio- historical and political background of dalit literature and Aesthetics.
C O 5.Provide a conceptual framework for developing an understanding of the function and
practice of alternative aesthetics.
Credits: 4 Type of Course: Core

Max. Marks: 100 Min. Passing Marks: 36

Block 1 Introduction

Unit I Introduction to Dalit Literature

Unit II Dalit Literature as Critique of caste system ,Dalit Consciousness

Unit III Emergence of literature of resistance and Dalit Aesthetics

Block2 Autobiography

UnitV Om PrakashValmiki’sJoothan: An Untouchable's Life

UnitVI SharankumarLimbale’sAkkarmashi
UnitVII Bama’sKarukku
Block3 Novel and Short Stories

Unit I G. KalyanaRao’sUntouchable Spring

Unit II Bandhumadhav’s “The Poisoned Bread”

Unit III Shyamal Kumar Pramanik’s “Survival”

Block4 Poetry

Unit I NamdeoDhasal’s “Hunger”

Unit II ChallapaliSwarupaRani’s “Wild Flower”

Unit III M.R. Renu Kumar’s “The Poisoned Fruit”

UnitIV Bama’s “The Scent of Mother”

Suggested Text Book Readings:

Ahemed,Imtiaz and Upadhyay. Dalit Assertion in Society Literature and History .Orient
Blackswan,2010
Ambedkar ,B.R. Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition. Navayana,2014
Bama.Karukku. OUP,2004
---.Sangati: Events. OUP,2008
---. Vanmam(Vendetta).OUP,2008
Chakravorty,Uma,GenderingCaste.Popular Prakashan,2003
Kumar, Raj. Dalit Personal Narratives.Orient Blackswan,2010

This course can be opted as an elective by the students of following subjects: NA

Suggested equivalent online courses(MOOCs)for credit transfer: NA

Electronic media and other digital components in the curriculum:

Choose any one or more than: (Electronic Media: Audio/Video Lectures,
OnlineCounselling/VirtualClasses/E-Contents/e-SLM/OER/supplementary links for
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 Course prerequisites: Level 8\ Bachelor Degree with Research

Programme: MA Year: 2023-24 Semester: IV

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-119(N) Course Title: New Literatures in English

Course Objectives:
 To introduction the learners to postcolonial literature from South Asian, Australian,
Canadian and African literature.
 To develop a critical vocabulary for thinking about questions of marginal and canonical
literature.
 To sensitize the learners about the strategies of reading post colonial texts.
Course Outcomes:
After the completion of this course, the learners shall:
CO1.Comprehend the history of colonialism and various resistance to it through the study of
literary texts from South Asia, Australia, Canada and Africa.
CO2.Get introduce to some of the key postcolonial texts from the settler colonies of south Asia,
Australia, Canada and Africa.
CO3.Develop a critical vocabulary and strategy for studying post colonial literature.
Credits: 4 Type of Course: Core

Max. Marks: 100 Min. Passing Marks: 36

South Asian Literature
Block 1
Unit I Introduction to South Asian Literature

Unit II Agha Shahid Ali :‘ Post Card from Kashmir’

Unit III KishwarNaheed :‘ I am not That Woman’

UnitIV ShyamSelvadurai :‘Funny Boy’

Block2 Australian Literature

Unit I Introduction to Australian Literature

UnitII A.D. Hope :‘ Australia’

UnitIII Judith Wright: ‘The Company of Lovers’
Unit IV Banjo Peterson : ‘The Man From Snowy River’

Block3 Canadian Literature

Unit I Introduction to Canadian Literature

Unit II Susanna Moodie :‘ Indian Summer’

Unit III Margaret Atwood :‘ The Blind Assassin’.

UnitIV Toni Morrison :Beloved

Block4 African Literature

Unit I Introduction to African Literature

Unit II Chinua Achebe’s :Things Fall Apart

Unit III Denis Brutus : ‘You Laughed, Laughed and Laughed’

UnitIV Derek Walcott: ‘ A Far Cry From Africa’

SuggestedTextBookReadings:
 Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths,Helen Tiffin. The Empire Writes Back London:
Routledge.1991.
 C.L.Innes: The Cambridge introduction to Postcolonial Literatures.New
Delhi:Cambridge University Press.2007
 Pramod Nayar: Postcolonial Literature: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson
Longman.2008
 Elleke Boehmer.Colonial and Postcolonial.Oxford: Oxford University Press 1995.

This course can be opted as an elective by the students of following subjects: NA

Suggested equivalent online courses(MOOCs)for credit transfer: NA

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Choose any one or more than: (Electronic Media: Audio/Video Lectures,
OnlineCounselling/VirtualClasses/E-Contents/e-SLM/OER/supplementary links for
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 Course prerequisites: Level 8\ Bachelor Degree with Research

Programme: MA Year: 2023-2024 Semester: IV

Subject: English
Course Code: MAEN-120(N) Course Title: Viva-Voce
Course Objectives:
 To evaluated through viva-voce by Concerned Subject Expert.
 To assess the learners ability to communicate with other person.
 To identify and analyse the learners presence of mind
CourseOutcomes:
CO1: learners will be familiar with various aspects of course and personal skills..
CO 2 : The will be familiar with their strength and weakness

Credits:4 Type of Course: Core

Max.Marks:100 Min.PassingMarks:36