Gujarat University Syllabus for Choice Based Credit SystemMaster of Arts For the Academic Year 2012-2013 & Until further notice 1 Design and structure of the Course: 2012-2013,2013-2014,2014-2015 Department Se mes ter No. Course Name History of English Literature 1500-1660 History of English Literature 1660-1798 Indian Writing in English Women's Writing Communicative English I Seminar* Total History of English Literature 1798-1914 History of English Literature 1914-2000 Communicative English II American Literature Indian Literature in English Translation Word Classics in English Translation Translation: Theory and Practice Seminar* Total World Drama Research Methodology Literary Criticism Comparative Literature Colonial / Post Colonial Literature Introduction to Linguistics Communicative English III Seminar* Total No of Hours per Week Lectu res Othe rs Prac tical s Tota l Course Credit 4 4 4 4 4 4 24 4 4 4 English I ENG401 ENG402 ENG403 ENG404 ENG405 ENG406S 3 3 3 3 3 15 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 0 - 4 4 4 4 4 4 24 4 4 4 English II ENG407 ENG408 ENG409 ENG410EA ENG410EB ENG411EA ENG411EB ENG412S 3 3 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 24 4 4 4 4 4 4 24 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 24 4 4 4 4 4 4 24 4 4 4 4 4 4 English III ENG501 ENG502 ENG503 ENG504EA ENG504EB ENG505EA ENG505EB ENG506S ENG507 ENG508EA ENG508EB ENG509EA ENG509EB ENG510 ENG511EA ENG511EB ENG511EC English IV ENG 512 3 Special Author 3 Literature and Gender Introduction to Film Studies 3 New Literatures Contemporary Theories (1960 Onwards) 3Literature and Performing – Fine Arts Life Literature and Thought in Twentieth Century 3Literatures of the Indian sub continent -3 Professional Skills Seminar Total 9 24 24 2 M.A. (Previous) SYLLABUS SEMESTER I Examination Pattern: 1. 2. 3. 4. Two Long Answers based on Unit 1-4. Two Short Notes from Unit 5. MCQ based on Unit 1-4 Brief Answers based on Unit 1-5 Marks 14x 2 = 28 Marks 07x 2 = 14 Marks 01x14 = 14 Marks 02x07 = 14 ______________ Total 70 + Internal Marks 30 _______________ (Marks for the paper) Total 100 Note: Course No. 405/ 409, and 406 / 412 and 411 to have different examination pattern as suggested in the Syllabus itself. Core 401 History of English Lit. 1500-1660 2012-2013,2013-2014,2014-2015 Unit 01 02 03 04 05 Non-Detailed Study Author Theory of Shakespearean Tragedy Shakespeare C. M. Bowra Milton a) Spenser b) Marlowe c) Sidney d) Ben Jonson e) Thomas Kyd Text Dr. A. C. Bradley: Shakespearean Tragedy King Lear Classical Epic Tradition Paradise Lost Book I The Faerie Queene Dr. Faustus Arcadia Volpone Spanish Tragedy Recommended Reading: 1. Emily Legouis and Cazamian: History of English Literature. 2. Arthur Crompton Reckett: History of English Literature 3. Pelican Guide to English Literature 4. Cambridge History of English Literature. Core 402 History of English Lit. 1660-1798 Unit Author Text 3 M. 1. Girish Karnad a) Raja Rao b) Anita Desai c) Shashi Deshpande d) Salman Rushdie e) Arundhati Roy Text K.R. Bomani Dryden Dobree. Srinivas Iyengar: History of Indian English Literature 2. Core 403 Indian Writing in English Unit 01 02 03 04 05 Non-Detailed Study Author/ Topic Pioneering Trio of Indian English Novel R. Shrinivas Iyengar: Indian Writing in English The English Teacher Northrop Frye: Myth. Bomani William Congreve a) Pope b) Defoe c) Swift d) Richardson e) Goldsmith Restoration Tragedy All for Love Restoration Comedy The Way of the World The Rape of the Lock Robinson Crusoe Gulliver’s Travels Pamela The Deserted Village Recommended Reading: 1. 2. K. K. Emily Legouis and Cazamian: History of English Literature. Naik: History of Indian Writing in English 3. 2. K. R. Arthur Crompton Reckett: History of English Literature Pelican Guide to English Literature Cambridge History of English Literature. Northrop Fry: The Anatomy of Criticism Core 404 Women’s Writing Unit 01 Author/ Topic Virginia Woolf Title A Room of One’s Own 4 . Narayan Theory on Myth and Lit.01 02 03 04 05 Non-Detailed Study Dobree. Fiction and Displacement Yayati Kanthapura Cry the Peacock That Long Silence Midnight’s Children The God of Small Things Recommended Reading: 1. Simone De Beauvoir: The Second Sex 2.2and 3 for 40 marks and two hours) Topic a) The Origin of Language b) Phases of the Development of English Language (Old/Middle/Modern Phases) a) Forms and Functions of Nouns / Verbs / Adjectives a) Human Speech Mechanism b) Classification of Consonants and Vowels Phonetic transcription of words Rapid Reading to test: a) Pronunciation b) Intonation (Rise-fall) Text C. Brinda Nabar: Caste as Women 4. Recommended Reading: 5 . Marks 30 Note: No transcription for Blind students. Wrenn: The English Language 02 03 Leech and Svartvik: A Communicative Grammar of English J. Gilbert and Gubar: Mad Women in the Attic Core 405 Communicative Skills I Unit 01 (University examination shall be out of Unit 1. Sethi and Dhamija. A Course of Phonetics and Spoken English -do-do- 04 05 Viva-voce.02 03 04 05 Non-Detailed Study Kamla Das Afro-American Feminism Toni Morrison a) Shashi Deshpande b) Kiran Desai c) Kundanika Kapadia d) Ismat Chugtai e) Imtiaz Dharkar The Old Playhouse & Other Poems Barbara Christian: Black Feminist Criticism The Bluest Eye Moving On The Inheritance of Loss Seven Steps in the Sky Lihaf (The Quilt) Purdah I Recommended Reading: 1. Kate Miller: Sexual Politics 3. L. They shall be asked to write two short notes out of four from Unit 1-3. Traits of Restoration Tragedy. An Outline of English Poetics. Antony and Cleopatra and All for Love a Comparative Study. 1) Internal Assessment for 30 marks 2) External assessment for 35+35 = 70 marks. The internal assessment is to be done and submitted to the University as soon as the University semester exams finish 7. 6. Mysore. All records and documents such as assignments/ attendance/ Presentation which are used for awarding internal marks should be preserved by each PG Center. Note: Repetition of the topics to be avoided. 3. Character is Destiny. The English Language 2. “Linguistic Phonetics and the Science of the Speech and Hearing”: in Speech Analysis in Indian Languages. 5. 6. (In this paper each student shall be expected to submit a typedwritten assignment on a topic for 35 marks and viva voce after presentation for 35 marks) Note: The concerned teacher is required to provide basic knowledge regarding MLA documentation of quotation and bibliographical entries. Aiish. Pub: Cambridge University Press. (Suggested Text MLA Seventh Edition) Suggested Topics for Seminar: 1.1. Ideal length of seminar paper should be 8-10 A4 Size papers. 7. Woods. B. King Lear as a typical Shakespearean tragedy 4. Daniel Jones. Pub: CIEFL. Paradise Lost : A Classical Epic. All assignments should be computer generated in Times New Roman. Bansal. 1971. R. The Theme of ‘fall’ in Paradise Lost . Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedies.5 spacing and 1 ½ inches margins 5. 10. 2. Each student shall make one class-presentation (CP) followed by question and answer and discussion. No University exam is to be conducted for 406. 3. All for Love a Restoration Tragedy. Satan a Hero or an Evil Character? 8. Font 12. 3. 5. R. K. Ratna N. 11. Bhaskar Rao. Milton’s Grand Style. Practical Phonetics: Course 406 (Core) Seminar 1. 1. 6 .1971. 4. Characteristics of a Classical Epic. P. Ed. External assessment can be conducted by respective department by conducting open presentation and answering the questions thereof. MLA 2006 methodology should be preferred. 4. Outline of General Phonetics. 9. Srivastava. R. 2. 40. 43. 25. The God of Small Things : A Linguistic Experiment. 19. 34. 38. Use of myth and symbols in Yayati . Dr. Spenser the Poet’s Poet. 20. Homo-Economus: Robinson Crusoe. Irony and humour emerging from The English Teacher R. Pamela : An Epistolary Novel. Vasudha: A Realist or an Escapist. Dryden’s Antony: The Shadow of an Emperor. The Influence of Industrial Revolution: The Deserted Village . Images and Metaphor’s in Kamala Das’s Poetry. The Influence of Gandhi on Kanthapura . Narayan as one of the pioneering trio of Indian fiction The Relationship between Myth and Literature. The Difference between Feminism and Black Feminism. 55. 35. Faustus : A Combination of Morality and Renaissance Play. The Inheritance of Loss : The Story of Loss and Gain. Regular Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs. 33. 18. 51. 29. Indian Mythology and Girish Karnad’s Plays. The linguistic Innovation’s in The Bluest Eye . 30. 58. The Rape of the Lock : A Mock Heroic Epic. 28. 27. Paradise Lost and The Rape of the Lock a Comparative Study.12. Restoration Comedy: An Overview. Gulliver’s Travels : An Exemplary Satire. The Human Speech Mechanism and its other uses. 49. 32. Seven Steps in the Sky : A Woolfian Analysis. 13. The Importance of Intonation in Communication. 22. 26. ‘No More Silence!’: A Study of That Long Silence . 41. 7 . Lihaf : A Feminist Reading. Moving On : A Gynocentric Reading. 52. 39. 59. Nouns: Their Forms and Functions. 17. Feminist Concerns in The God of Small Things . The Faerie Queene : A Moral Allegory. Jaya: A Woman at the Crossroad of Tradition and Modernity. The Bluest Eye : A Realistic take on the ‘beauty myth’. 45. 21. 42. Determiners and their uses. K. 46. 48. The Pioneers of Indian English Fiction. 24. 37. Compare and Contrast Claudia’s family and Pecola’s family. Kanthapura as ‘sthalapurana’. 36. Imtiaz Dharkar as a poetess of feminine sensibility Purdah: a Testimony of Female Suffering. Verb Patterns. 47. 14. Importance of Being Earnest : A Restoration Drama. 54. Pecola: The Perfect Scapegoat. Pre-Independence Indian English Fiction. 57. A Room of One’s Own : A Pioneering Essay on Feminist Theory. Midnight’s Children : An Experimental Novel. 23. 56. 53. 50. 31. 44. 61. 66. 62.60. Stream of Consciousness and Shashi Deshpande’s Fiction. Belinda: The True Hero of The Rape of the Lock . A Feminist Reading of Paradise Lost . Gulliver’s Travels : A Study of Human Psyche. 67. Is Shakespeare an anti-feminist writer? 73. 72. Midnight’s Children and the birth pangs of a new nation. Shakespeare’s plays the blue print of colonialism. Nature Symbolism in Anita Desai’s Fiction. 65. 8 . Humour in Inheritance of Loss . Maya: The Mad Woman in the Attic. 64. 71. Velutha: An Incarnation of Pain and Suffering. Othello : The Painful and Exciting Tragedy. 70. Shakespeare’s Blank Verse and Dryden’s Blank Verse: A Comparative Study. 68. 63. Raheel and Estha: The Painful Product of Marital Discord. 69. 2. Macmillan. Nicoll: British Drama 6.2014-2015 History of English Lit. History of English Lit. H. 5.) To a Skylark 4. Cambridge History of English Literature. P. Emily Legouis and Cazamian: History of English Literature. 1995.) I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 2. A. 1914-2000 Core 408 Unit 01 02 03 04 Author/ Topic Modern English Fiction D. Lawrence The Movement Poetry Philip Larkin Text Pelican Guide to English Literature Vol. 7 Women in Love The Movement High Windows 9 .Rangaswamy: Selected Poems of Wordsworth. 1798-1914 Core 407 Unit 01 02 03 04 05 Non-Detailed Study Author/ Topic Wordsworth and Coleridge Wordsworth and Coleridge Theatre of Ideas Shaw a) Jane Austen b) Charles Dickens c) Byron d) Charles Lamb e) Orwell Text Preface to Lyrical Ballads Lyrical Ballads.M.* Candida Emma Oliver Twist Don Juan Essays of Elia Animal Farm * Lyrical Ballads: Titles: 1.) The Solitary Reaper 5.) To a Cuckoo 3.) My Heart Leaps Up Recommended Reading: 6) To a Butterfly 7) The Foster Mother’s Tale 8) The Nightingale: A Conversation Poem 9) She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways 10) The Dungeon 1.2013-2014. (Previous) SYLLABUS SEMESTER II 2012-2013. Arthur Crompton Reckett: History of English Literature 3. Pelican Guide to English Literature 4. A. Communication Skills. New Delhi. Eliot b) Harold Pinter c) Ted Hughes d) Russell e) Conrad The Waste Land Home Coming The Hawk in the Rain Education and Social Order Heart of Darkness Recommended Reading: 1. Print 10 . OUP. Pushp Lata.2and 3 for 40 marks and two hours) 02 03 Non-Detailed Study Topic Definition. Process and Objective of Communication Text Communication Skills : Meenakshi Raman & Sangeeta Sharma. S. Oxford University Press. Emily Legouis and Cazamian: History of English Literature. Arthur Crompton Reckett: History of English Literature 3. 2009 -do- Types of Communication (Verbal and Non-Verbal) Situational Communication (Dialogue Writing and Reproduction) a) Reading Comprehension b) Listening skills 04 & 05 (To be tested by viva-voce). Communicative Skills II Core 409 Unit 01 (University examination shall be out of Unit 1.05 Non-Detailed Study a) T. Cambridge History of English Literature. Marks 30 Recommended Reading: Kumar. Pelican Guide to English Literature 4. 2011. 2. Sanjay. Night Funeral in Harlem 13. 1. OUP. Cambridge History of American Literature.American Lit. New York. R. The Negro Mother 6. The Scarlet Letter The Oxford Companion to African American Literature. The Negro Speaks of Rivers 9. 1996 Selected Poems* Death of a Salesman Brahma The Color Purple Walden Pond Ariel 02 03 Hawthorne Harlem Renaissance 04 05 Non-Detailed Study Langston Hughes a) Arthur Miller b) Emerson c) Alice Walker d) Thoreau e) Sylvia Plath * Langston Hughes. 3: Carol Berkin. Indian Writing in English Tagore’s Translation of ‘Kabir’ Kamala Devi. 2000. Recommended Reading: 1. Dream Deferred 5. Life is Fine. Quiet Girl 10. Print. Problems 8. Shrinivas Iyengar. 2. Justice 7. Sing America 4. Barbleby. I. Too. A. Encyclopedia of American Literature. Let America Be America Again 3. Elective 410 EA Unit 01 Author American Renaissance Text Wyatt. Dream Variations Indian Writing in English Translation Elective 410 EB Unit 01 02 03 Author/ Topic Pre-Independence Indian Poetry Tagore Contemporary Indian Text K.W. The Blues 14. Still Here 15.Towards a 11 . Ed. Democracy 12. Mother to Son 1. and Waller. ed. 2. (Following poems are to be studied): 1. Vol. England Plague Swapanavasavadattam Oedipus Rex Outsider Crime and Punishment War and Peace 04 05 Non-Detailed Study Albert Camus a) Bhasa b) Sophocles c) Albert Camus d) Dostoevsky e) Tolstoy Recommended Reading: 1. Surendran and J. 2004.Drama National Theatre.K. K. Donald D.R. Indian English Drama: Critical Perspectives. Dodiya World Classics in English Translation Elective 411 EA Unit 01 02 03 Author/ Topic Indian Classical Drama Kalidas Existentialism Text History of Indian Classical Drama Shakuntala Kierkegaard: Existentialism: Kierkegaard For Beginners by Palmer.Gandhi c) Rukaya Sakhawat Hussain d) Zaverchand Meghani e) Prem Chand K. V.OUP & 04 05 Non-Detailed Study Vijay Tendulkar a) U. 1996.K. Venkata Reddy and R. Flowering of Indian Drama : Growth and Development. Contemporary Indian Drama: Astride Two Traditions. Ananthamurthy b) M. Urmil Talwar & Bandana Chakrabarty 2. New Delhi: Prestige. London. Writers and Readers Limited. K. Max Muller: History of Classical Sanskrit Literature 12 . Dhawan (eds). Kanyadaan Samskara Hind Swaraj Padma Raag Earthern Lamps Godan Recommended Reading: 1. No University exam is to be conducted for 406. All records and documents such as assignments/ attendance/ Presentation which are used for awarding internal marks should be preserved by each PG Center. Font 12. All assignments should be computer generated in Times New Roman. James Holmes: The Name and Nature of Translation 2. Ideal length of seminar paper should be 8-10 A4 Size papers. Harish Trivedi: Cultural and Linguistic Problems of Translation Course 412 Seminar (Core) Note: 2. 1. 5. Devi: In Another Tongue 3. Mukherjee. G. 4. Repetition of the topics to be avoided. 3.) Unit 01 02 03 04 Theory Principles of Translation Types of Translation Problems of Translation Practical Translation from Gujarati/Hindi into English Practical Translation from English into Gujarati/ Hindi Text S. Translation as Discovery P. 7. N. MLA 2006 methodology should be preferred. Students have to select only one language out of Gujarati and Hindi for both versions of translation.5 spacing and 1 ½ inches margins 6. Donald Booths: Aspects of Translation 4. 1) Internal Assessment for 30 marks 13 . The internal assessment is to be done and submitted to the University as soon as the University semester exams finish 8.Translation: Theory and Practice Elective 411 EB (All question carry equal marks Unit 4-5: Practice of 10 unseen passages in each unit should be given for Gujarati/ Hindi to English and Vice versa translation. Lal: Transcreation Paragraphs to be Prescribed -do- 05 Recommended Reading: 1. (In this paper each student shall be expected to submit a typedwritten assignment on a topic for 35 marks and viva voce after presentation for 35 marks) Suggested Topics for Seminar: Any one topic from the Complete Course prescribed for Semester II.2) External assessment for 35+35 = 70 marks. Each student shall make one class-presentation (CP) followed by question and answer and discussion. External assessment can be conducted by respective department by conducting open presentation and answering the questions thereof. 14 . 506. K. 2004. of courses in each Semester: 06 2012-2013. 6.W. Bentley.2014-2015 Examination Pattern: 5. 15 . The Theatre of the Absurd.1990. eds. Martin. Two Short Notes from Unit 5. Brater. Two Long Answers based on Unit 1-4. The Theory of the Modern Stage: An Introduction to Modern Theatre and Drama NY: Penguin. 510 / examination pattern as suggested in the Syllabus itself. Woodstock. Eric. Elam.2014-2015 World Drama Core 501 Unit 01 02 03 Author/ Title Martin Esslin Pinter C. Cambridge. Enoch and Ruby Cohn. NY: Overlook. All My Sons Six Characters in Search of an Author Mother Courage The Little Clay Cart The Cherry Orchard The Balcony 04 05 Non-Detailed Study Arthur Miller Luigi Pirandello Bertolt Brecht: Sudraka Chekhov Genet Recommended Reading: 1. MCQ based on Unit 1-4 Brief Answers based on Unit 1-5 Marks 14x2= 28 Marks 07x2 = 14 Marks 1x14 = 14 Marks 2x07 = 14 ______________ Total 70 + Internal Marks 30 _______________ (Marks for the paper) Total 100 and 512 to have different Note: Course No.MA Final 2012-2013.2013-2014. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P.2013-2014. 1973. Semester III Total No.1983 4. Cambridge University Press. The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama London: Routledge. 3.E. Bigsby Text Theatre of Absurd The Birthday Party Modern American Drama 1945-2000. 1976 2. Esslin. England. 8. Around the Absurd: Essays on Modern and Postmodern Drama. 502/505 EA/ 505 EB. 7. Modern Drama in Theory and Practice. 2006 Ed. Szondi. Raymond.5. 1981. Williams. Erika (2004) History of European Drama and Theatre 6. 7. Research Methodology Core 502 Unit 01 10Marks Topic Identification of a research problem and choice of subject How to write an academic paper Author-Text Unit I and II . 1983.L. M. Fischer-Lichte. The Theory of Modern Drama (1965) (trans. J. Paraphrasing.Thesis and Assignment Writing. 1966. Stanford Calif: Stanford UP. Modern Tragedy. East and West Publishers 02 10Marks 03 15+5 Marks Intertexuality and Law Of Intellectual Property & Research Documentation Bibliographical entries . Styan. Anderson Durston and Pool & MLA Handbook. & Direct Quotations Unit 5 for short notes can have topics like Creating parenthetical documentation and the relation between parenthetical reference . P. -do- 05 Non-Detailed Study (Entries Concerning Research Documentation) 10Marks -do- 16 . Quotations with related bibliographical entry . Hayes 1987) – Minneapolis: Univ of Minnesota Pr (March 1987) 8. (3 volumes) Cambridge University Press.Summarizing.for scholarly abbreviations Evaluating Print Sources -Citing Sources & Academic Honesty -Works Cited & Referencing -do- -do- 04 10Marks Creating bibliographical entries for_ Audio Visual web video and e sources. Distribution of Marks to be taken care of for the above Course 502. Visual Resources. Wimsatt and Brooks eds. Selden.Johnson Post-Structuralist Psychoanalysis Chicago Critics Geneva School Post-Modernism Text Poetics NatayaShatra Chapter1& 6 On The Sublime Preface to Shakespeare M. Resources for Book Reviews periodical indexes. For Blind Students: Instead of bibliographical entries there shall be two short notes out of four in Question No. Oxford Book Company) 3. Rice and Waugh Comparative Lit. Widdowson and Brooker eds.evaluating print sources . 2. Amiya Dev and Sisirkumar Das (Ed. summarizing. Literary Criticism Core 503 Unit 01 02 03 04 05 Non-Detailed Study Author/ Title Aristotle Bharata Longinus Dr.H. Literary Criticism: A Short History (Indian ed. Elective 504 EA Unit 01 Topic/ Title a) The concept and Nature of Comparative Author-Text 1. web sources Note: 1.): Comparative Literature 17 . A Dictionary of Literary terms and Theories (Penguin) 2. Cambridge University Press) 4. Cuddon. 5th Edition (Indian ed. Abrams: A Glossary of Literary Terms Recommended Reading 1. 3 & 4. Modern Literary Theory: A Reader 2nd ed.. paraphrasing etc. Ed. A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. of Comparative Literature. India Publisher & Distributors.) : Aspects of Comparative Literature : Current Approaches. Jadavpur University. Genology 2.Literature b) The Development of Comparative Literature in the West and in India Theory and approaches of Comparative Lit. Theory and Practice. 1973) 2. Shashi Deshpande & Alice Walker The Challenge of Comparative Literature (Harvard University Press) 04 The Binding Vine & The Color Purple Claudio Guillen: "The French Hour" and "The American Hour" 05 Non-Detailed Study Hadi Mohammad Ruswa both translations by Khushwant Singh and by David Matthew Umrao Jaan Ada 18 . Applied Publishers. Genealogy. Dept. 02 03 Genealogy : Modern Perspectives in Genealogy : India and West 1. Dasgupta. New Delhi. DSA. New Delhi. 2004. Chandra Mohan (Ed. Subha Chakraborty (Editor). Ulrich Weinstein: Comparative Literature and Literature Theory: Survey and Introduction (Indiana University Press. 1.M. Routledge: London. The Idea of Comparative Literature in India. Editors. Comparative Literature: Theory and Practice. Rajeev S. Ashcroft et. Postcolonial Poetry in English.) An Illustrated History of IndianLiterature in English. Dev. Bart MooreGilbert Passage to India ‘Orientalism’ from the above collection by Gilbert Things Fall Apart Burmese Days An Indian Day Shadow Lines Wide Sargasso Sea The Grass is Singing 02 03 04 05 Non-Detailed Study E. 1984. 1990 3. OUP: New Delhi. Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Rao & Dhawan) 4. Literature. Orient Longman Pvt. 2003 5.parative Literature in India: A Perspective” by Bijay Kumar Das from Comparative Indian Literature ed.: Delhi. Amiya and Sisir Kumar Das. New Delhi. Patke. Mehrotra. 1989 2. Ed. Volume 1. al. Calcutta. Comparative Literature Committee and others. 1989 2. Foster Edward Said Achebe George Orwell Edward Thompson Amitav Ghosh Jean Rhys Dorris Lessing Recommended reading: 1. Aijaz. London: Routledge. Elective 504 EB Unit 01 Author Aime Cesaire Text ‘Discourse on Colonialism’ from Postcolonial Criticism. Arvind Krishna. Scope of Comparative Literature (“Com 3. Ahmad. Homi K. The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Postcolonial Literatures. Amiya. OUP: Delhi. Bhabha. Russell and Russell. In Theory: Nations. Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature. Shimla in association with Allied Publishers. 1991 19 . 1952. Dev. Nation and Narration. Second Impresion) 4. Papyrus.Digitised 2009. Classes. 2 National Council of Teachers of English.2009 (Indian Edition. Ltd. Colonial / Post-Colonial Lit. (ed. New Delhi: OUP. 2009 Introduction to Linguistics Elective 505 EA Unit 01 Author/ Topic 1. N.Definition of Linguistics 2. Branches of Linguistics a) Phonology b) Morphology c) Syntax d) Semantics Semantics: a) Denotation and Connotation b) Collocation c) Association d) Semantic Field Text Krishnaswamy. OUP: New York. 02 -do- 03 Morphology: a)Definition and Explanation b) Free Morpheme and Bound Morpheme c) Fused Morpheme d) Lexical words and Grammatical words e) Affixes: i) Derivatives ii) Inflexions f) Phonemic variations of the same morpheme: Syntax: a) Traditional Grammar b) Structural Grammar c) Chomsky: Transformational Generative Grammar -do- 04 -do- 20 . Priyamvada.6. Modern Linguistics: An Introduction. 2005. History andNarration. Gopal. and SK Verma. The Indian English Novel: Nation. Kewel J. Macmillan. 3. 1958. Krishnaswamy. David Crystal : Linguistics 6. New Delhi. Jaico. C. The Politics of Indians' English : Linguistic Colonialism and the Expanding English Empire. 1985. S. 5. understanding the audience. Marks 15x2=30 Methodologies of mass communication. 2. and Abbi. Frank Palmer : Grammar 8. New Delhi: OUP.Kumar. environmental issues. V.2and 3 for 40 marks and two hours) 02 Topics Mass communication: Process and effects of mass communication. 2004. health issues Writing and editing Radio scripts or Magazines article or Advertisement.F. Verma and Krishnamoorthy : Modern Linguistics 9. A Course in Modern Linguistics. 1986. Pit Corder : Applied Linguistics Communicative Skills III Elective 505 EB Unit 01 (University examination shall be out of Unit 1. Text (Topics to be explained from the list of recommended books) Mass Communication in India. Burde. Error Analysis and Interlanguage. Hockett. tribal issues. Yule. 21 . Prakasam. New York: Macmillian. Richards & Rodgers : Approaches and Methods 11. Henry Widdowson : Structural Linguistics 7. A Semantic Theories and Language Teaching. 4. Pit Corder. and Archana S. Writing skills for Developmental Stories: rural issues. Allied Publishers.05 Non-Detailed Study a) Dialects b) Registers c) Child Language Acquisition d) Second Language Learning e) Culture and Language (Whorfian Hypothesis) Recommended reading: 1. G. N. : Study of Language 10. 2001 03 04 & 05 (To be tested by presentation & viva-voce). June . J. R Melkote. Mass Media in National Development by Schramm.05 Presenting News Stories. Advertisement or taking an interview.Kumar. .( IMC) 5. Developing Communication Skills. Adair. Meera Banerji. Focal Press 1987 12. Carole Fleming. 6. Recommended Reading: 1.Itule & Douglas A. Madras: Macmillan. F W Hodgson. Theory and Practice for Empowerment—Srinivas. Communication for Development in the Third World. Communication & Social Development in India. Sterling Publications. Response Books Sage Publications 8. Allen : Time Management and Personal Development 22 . Developing Communication Skills -.A. 11. 1990 15.Yadav. 4.Anderson. The craft of copywriting . Communication & Integrated rural development by J. Steevans Sage Publications 2. Routledge 2002 13. Sterling Publishers. HLeslie. Krishna. Mohan.Krishna Mohan and Meera Banerji 3. 2001 14. News Reporting and Editing. Jaico.1994 9. News Writing & Reporting for Today’s Media by Bruce D.S. A Handbook of Modern Newspaper Editing & Production. Here is the News—Reporting for Media. Vailadaras.Kappuswami Writing for the Media 7. Kewel J. The Radio Handbook. A Manual of Development Journalism by Alan Chalkely ( Press Institute Of India. Mass Communication in India.1987 10. Wilbur. Rangaswami Parthasarthy. Writing for the Mass Media (6th Edition) by James Glen Stovall 16. & M. 10. 23 . Font 12. All records and documents such as assignments/ attendance/ Presentation which are used for awarding internal marks should be preserved by each PG Center. (In this paper each student shall be expected to submit a typedwritten assignment on a topic for 35 marks and viva voce after presentation for 35 marks) Suggested Topics for Seminar: Any one topic out of the complete prescribed course in Semester III. 1) Internal Assessment for 30 marks 2) External assessment for 35+35 = 70 marks. External assessment can be conducted by respective department by conducting open presentation and answering the questions thereof. 1. Repetition of the topics to be avoided. The internal assessment is to be done and submitted to the University as soon as the University semester exams finish 15. MLA 2006 methodology should be preferred. Ideal length of seminar paper should be 8-10 A4 Size papers. 12. Each student shall make one class-presentation (CP) followed by question and answer and discussion. No University exam is to be conducted for 506.Seminar Core 506 Note: 9. 14.5 spacing and 1 ½ inches margins 13. All assignments should be computer generated in Times New Roman. 11. Chicago. Edited. Matei. of courses in each Semester: 06 Special Author: T. Faces of Modernity: Avant-Garde. Kitsch. Theory of the Avant-Garde. 24 . 5 Calinescu. Decadence. Eliot T. The Absence of Myth: Writings on Surrealism. Christopher. Illinois 2 Bataille. New York: Verso.MA English Syllabus (Semester System) According to UGC Recommendations MA Final Semester IV 2012-2013.S. and introduced by Michael Richardson. S.2013-2014. S. translated.Eliot War poetry Dadaism Stream of Consciousness Myth criticism Avant-Garde Text Introduction to T.S. Eliot: Suggested Reading: by David Chinitz Loyola University. London. After the Wake: An Essay on the Contemporary Avant-Garde. Andrew J. 4 Butler.S. Eliot T.2014-2015 Total No. Eliot The Murder in the Cathedral ‘Traditional and Individual Talent’ The Wasteland Recommended Reading: 1 T. 6 Twentieth-Century Literature's: by Kappel.S. Peter. c1994 3 Bürger. Eliot Core 507 Unit 01 02 03 04 05 Non-Detailed Study Eliot’s contemporaries Author/ Topic Revival of Poetic Drama T. Georges. “Gender Criticism: What Isn’t Gender”.U. The Female Eunuch (1970). Virginia.. Naomi. Malashri. 2. The Feminine Mystique (1963). 25 . Yeats Virginia Woolf Caryl Churchill Achebe Toni Morrison Prayer for My Daughter New Dress Top Girls – A Play Things Fall Apart The Bluest Eye Title Charlotte Gilbert Perkins: The Yellow Wallpaper Tennyson: Lady of Challots Howe’s Critic of the Mayor of Casterbridge “Sultana’s Dream” Recommended Reading: 1. 6. The Law of the Threshold (Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Butler. Judith Kegan. pp. Judith. John Stuart. Simone. Mill. 9.Literature and Gender Elective 508 EA Unit 01 02 03 04 Author/ Topic Gender Specificity in Women’s Writing Gender Specificity in Man’s Writing Showalter: Feminist Criticism (Short story) Rokeya Shakawat Husein : Charlotte Perkins Gilman: “If I were a Man” Ernest Hemingway : “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” 05 (Non Detailed Study) W. Wolf. 2002). Woolf. “Shakespeare’s Sister” from A Room of One’s Own (1929). 1995). 11.S. Betty.P. Tharu. 1993) 10. Lalita. Greer. 5. Gardener. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).1-33. Eve Kosofsky. Gender Trouble (1990). Susie and K. eds. ed. 3. De Beauvoir. Lal. Wollstonecraft. The Second Sex (1949). 8. Mary. The Subjection of Woman (1869). Freidan. 4. Sedgwick. 12. Germaine. “Introduction” Women Writing in India (New Delhi: O. The Beauty Myth (1991).B. Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory: New Directions (Columbia University Press. 7. Nandy. Leo and Marshall Cohen.An Insider‘s Journey Through Fifty Years Of Film History by B D Garga : Penguin Books India India Fifty Years After Independence: Images in Literature. 4.Introduction to Film Studies Elective 508 EB Unit 01 Author Cinema as an Art Form Title The Art Of Cinema . Film. 1998. 2009. 26 . Double Exposure: Fiction & Film: Calcutta: Seagull. and the Media. Orient Black Swan (1976). 6. Felicity Hand and Kathleen Firth Film and Feminism: Jasbir Jain and Sudha Rai To Kill a Mockingbird (Novel) To Kill a Mockingbird (Movie) 02 Film Theory and History of Indian Cinema 03 04 Feminist Film Criticism Harper Lee Robert Mulligan 05 (Non Detailed Study) Film & Genre Popular Cinema Art Cinema Censorship Viewer’s Psychology Recommended reading: 1. 5. 2. Their Films. 1989. The Secret Politics of Our Desires. Kolker. Fingerprinting Popular Culture. Delhi : OUP (2006) 2010 7. Ashis and Viney Lal. Ashis. Ray. Satyajit. Film Theory & Criticism: Introductory Readings. Our Films. Robert. Bordwell & Thompson : Film Art and Film History Ideology of Indian Films 3. Joy Gould. Braudy. Nandy. Form and Culture. Boyum. Film. Dhawan : Commonwealth Fiction 9. Cambridge History of Australian Literature ed. Gerald Moore and Uili Beier 5. Paula Burnett 7.New Literatures Elective 509 EA Unit 01 Author Discussion Regarding Nomenclature Ananda Coomarasamy 02 03 04 05 (Non Detailed Study) James M. Thieme. S. Biswas Africa (poem) The Lion and the Jewel (drama) Recommended reading: 1. The Cambridge history of African and Caribbean Literature 2 Vols. John Thieme 6. New Literatures in English. Penguin Book of South African Stories ed. 2. Walsh William : Commonwealth Literature 8. Naipual David Diop Wole Soyinka Title Amitav Ghosh’s letter of Non-Acceptance of Commonwealth Awards The Dance of Shiva (pp. Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English ed. 6679) (detailed prose) Disgrace (novel) Donnelly’s (triology) Pantomime The Wing of Night House of Mr. The Penguin Book of Australian Verse ed Harry Hesel Tine New Oxford Book of Australian Verse ed Les Murray 4. The Arnold Anthology of Postcolonial Literatures in English: ed. Peter Pierce 3. Bruce. Steven Gray. King. Anthology of Australian Aboriginal Literature ed. Anita Hiess and Peter Minter Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry ed. Coetzee James Reaney Derek Walcott Brenda Walker V. John : The Arnold Anthology of Post-Colonial Literatures in English 27 . Vincent B. (1999). 2003. The Cambridge Companion to Modernism. Bhava (emotional state).H. Michael. Anukarana (imitation). ed. Rasa (extract of essence/ taste). Widdowson and Brooker eds. Cambridge University Press) 4 Modern Literary Theory: A Reader 2nd ed. sign and play in the Discourse of the Text" Feminist Criticism in Wilderness 03 Showalter 04 Mikhail Bakhtin "Discourse in the Novel". Abrams: Glossary of Literary Terms. Literary Theory: An Anthology. 05 (Non Detailed Study) New Criticism Marxism Post Colonialism Minority Discourse Eco-Feminism M. 1 & 2 Bharata Muni Natyashastra [with close reading of the concepts of Ranga (theatre house). American Literary Criticism 1930s to 1980s. Recommended readings: 1 Levenson.2and 3 for 40 marks and two hours) 02 Theory/ Author Concept of ‘Mimesis’ in Plato and Aristotle Text Aristotle: Poetics Ch. 2 Leitch. Rice and Waugh Literature and Performing Fine Arts Core 510 Unit 01(University examination shall be out of Unit 1. Abhinaya 28 . 5th Edition (Indian ed. A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory.Contemporary Theories Elective 509 EB Unit 01 Theory Michel Foucault: Text What is an Author? 02 Jacques Deridda: "Structure. 3 Selden. Ed. Intro. 1950. 33-42. What is Common to the Arts? Bayappa p. 4th ed. Aristotle. with notes by S. Ingram Bywater (available online). K. Narasimhaiah: ‘What have Arts in Common Prescribed Essays: 1. Poetics: Aristotle on the Art of Poetry. Nature of Garba literature. Peculiar ballad literature of Kathiawad Krishnalal Mohanlal Jhaveri : Binodini Dasi My Story and My Life as an Actress References: 1. “The Modern Theatre is the Epic Theatre: Notes to the opera Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic. Bertolt Brecht. Rythm is What is Common to All Heightened Expressions – By Mulk Raj Anand p. 3. London: Methuen. Poetics: Aristotle’s Theory of Poetry and Fine Art. D.Ed. 2. 2. 72-80. p. 1964. VI Poets of the Eighteen Century. John Willett. 3. 169-175. 29 . Poetry and Painting: A Study in Parallels – By R. G.(acting). Trans. and p.D. Raval p. Aristotle. John Gassner. 16-20. 03 Literature and Painting: Theory C. Trans. Dasarupakas (ten dramatic genres) particularly in Chapters 1. 2132. H. Butcher. 1951. and trans. Rossetti: Blessed Damosel 04 05 Case Study: Pre-Raphaelite Poetry and Painting Case Study: Krishnalal Mohanlal Jhaveri : Milestones in Gujarati Literature: Chap. VIII : The Indigenous Literature of Kathiawad: 1. New York: Dover. Milestones in Gujarati Literature :Chap.6. 7 & 20. ” Ghazals from Rockpool 02 Poetry E. Baroda: Oriental Institute.Ramakrishna Kavi. Printworld. Gaekwad’s Oriental Series. London: Methuen.” “will you teach a … (12)” “Woman’s Song. I (1956). Dramatic Concepts: Greek & Indian. 1936. vol. Bharata Muni. IV (1964). Literature. vol. New Delhi: D. Natyasastram with Abhinavabharati. 1994. III (1954). Life. Konstantin Stanislavski. 1988. II (1934). Cummings Judith Wright Agha Shahid Ali : “From Amherst to Kashmir. vol. An Actor Prepares. Ed. Pirzada Came to Dine” Kazuo Ishiguro : 04 Cultural studies Remains of the Day Stuart Hall 30 . 5. and Thought in the Twentieth Century Elective 511 EA Unit 01 Theory Background of Ideas Sigmund Freud Text “Creative Writers and Day Dreaming” Frederic Jameson “Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism” “I carry your heart with me. 6. K. vol.” “Lennox Hill” 03 Fiction Hanif Kureishi : “My Son the Fanatic “ Jhumpa Lahiri : “When Mr. Bharat Gupt. 4 vols. A Study of the Poetics and the Natyasastra.4. E. Ford. The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. 2. 1992). Narrative. Ed. Brooker. Jonathan Culler. Ed. Bhabha Sara Suleri 31 . Blamires. McGaw. Wain. 8. Bradbury. Essays on Literature and Ideas. The Future of Theory. 10. Modernism. Jean-Michel Rabate. 6. 11. Ed. The Modern Age (Vol. William. Terry Eagleton. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction. Boris. 3. Terry Eagleton. and the Margins of the Modern Nation” “Woman Skin Deep: Feminism and the Postcolonial 04 Mukul Kesavan Monica Ali 05 (Non Detailed Study) Homi K. Harry. Ed. 4. Inventing Countries: Essays in Post-Colonial Literature. Malcolm. 5. Peter. Literature(s) of the Indian Subcontinent Elective 511 EB Unit 01 Theory Amartya Sen Text “Indian Tradition and the Western Imagination” “Indian Literature: Notes Towards the Definition of a Category” “Why I can talk of the angelic qualities of the raven” Aijaz Ahmad 02 Rienzi Crusz Zulfikar Ghose Eunice de Souza “The Loss of India” “Forgive Me.7 of The New Pelican Guide to English Literature). John. Modernism/ Postmodernism (Longman Critical Readers. A Guide to Twentieth Century Literature in English. After Theory. 7. 9. Literary Theory: An Introduction.Recommended Books: 1. My Mother” 03 Bapsi Sidhwa Michael Ondaatje Ice-Candy-Man Anil’s Ghost Looking Through Glass Brick Lane “Dissemination: Time. Mock Open Defense. Harrex. Power Point Presentation and Elocution Required Reading: 32 .) Mock Interview. Professional Skills Elective 511 EC Unit 01 (University examination shall be out of Unit 1. Homi K. The Fire and the Offering: The Modern Indian Novel in English. Bhabha.Amitav Ghosh Yasmine Gooneratne Condition” Sea of Poppies This Language. This Woman Recommended readings: 1. New Literatures in English. leadership qualities. Priyadarshini Patnaik. Bruce. GD. S. 2. Shamsie. The Location of Culture. 4. C. King.2and 3 for 40 marks and two hours) 02 Topics Written Presentation (Synopsis and CP) Text Malcolm Goodale. 5. Nandan. 3. Power Point Presentation and Elocution. and Public Speaking 03 04 & 05 To be tested by viva-voce examination Marks: 15X2= 30 05 Soft skills: Personality development (features of Time management. Quiz. Language and Literature in Multicultural Contexts. ed. Group Discussion. Satendra. How to Face Interviews and Succeed in Group Discussions Interview. A Dragonfly in the Sun. ed. Professional Presentations. Muneeza. A Workbook on Personality Development and Character Building.) 2) Each student shall make one class-presentation (CP) followed by question and answer and discussion. (b) One minor research project on one literary nuance with relation to one literary writing (c) Creative Writing (e. Note: the internal evaluation will be for 30 marks and external evaluation for 35+35=70 marks in the presence of a team of faculty members. Metro Manila . Paul : The Leader’s Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills Seminar Core 512 Note: 1) In this paper each student shall be expected to submit a typed-written Minor Dissertation on one of the following mode in about 20-25 pages: (a) Translation of a literary piece+ one chapter on problems of translation faced by the translator based on Translation Theory . Skills on Development and Management Services ( SDMS ). 2. poems. Amelia Samson . 33 . novella. Roldan .g. short play etc. Mukti : English at the Workplace 1. Sanyal. Essay. Sloane. short story.Recommended Reading: 1. 1993 .Paranaque City .
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