Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati

Syllabus Prescribed under Choice based Credit System 2022-23

Faculty : Humanities
Programme: M.A. (English)
Part A

PROGRAMME OUTCOME (POs)

1) To educate students in English literary and critical writing with a view to enable them to
probe literary & critical theories & contexts that require substantive expertise in
literature.
2) To develop and foster ideological sense and a sense of social awareness and cultural
understanding.
3) To acquire proficiency in expression skills and critical thinking skills through exposure
to various forms & genre of writing.
4) To develop research, critical and analytical attitude & approach in the students.
5) To help emerge social thinkers & critics who can take up a study of various social
problems and issues that ail the society and impede social change and progress and
contribute to the process of social transformation and social progress.
6) To help grow great leaders, thinkers, artists, visionaries, pundits / experts, educationists,
managers, consultants, guides, coaches, social analysts, reformers, social activists, social
pleaders & crusaders, think-tanks, journalists, critical and creative writers professionally
in various fields of knowledge.

COURSE OUTCOMES (COs)

1) The students would acquire critical attitude and approach and gain knowledge,
intellectual competence and critical scholarship which would help them to improve their
performance in competitive exams like MPSC/UPSC/NET/SET in the subject.
2) The student will be able to understand and apply the evocative power of language and
would be able to apply critical insight and judgment to form an informed and impactful
opinion.
3) The Student will be fairly acquainted with the background and socio-political as well
cultural background of the poets and understand the factors behind their making and
evolution. The student will grasp the distinctive writing style and technique of various
poets & creative writers.
4) The student will acquire enhanced sensibility and emotional depth and maturity in his/her
expression.
5) The student will understand the socio-political and cultural importance of Literature and
Literary Criticism.
6) The Course would help emerge social thinkers & critics who can take up various social
problems and issues that ail the society and impede social change and progress and thus
to achieve social transformation and social progress.
EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL

The programme aims to enable the students in developing ways of expression in a variety
of forms & texts. It would provide them number of novel Employment and commercial
opportunities in the Writing & Publishing field along with equipping them to meaningfully and
substantially contribute to intellectual debates, social and public discourse and social & industrial
movements. As it aims to build and boost the imaginative and critical thinking skills and potential
of the students, it can be very usefully and fruitfully utilised in the Print & Social Media,

Advertising, Film & Entertainment Industry etc. if suitably supplemented with other
related specialisation and knowledge. With scope for development of leadership quality &
managerial skills, there is a good possibility to apply literary & critical thinking ability and soft
skills acquired through this Course to a great effect in the fields of Management, Art & Culture,
Fashion, Archaeology, General Administration as well as in the NGOs and Socio-political fields.
Its lofty vision is to produce influential literati such as social thinkers, historians, eminent critics
& commentators who can take up a deep and serious study and exploration of various social &
industrial problems and issues that impede the process of wholesome social change and progress.
Through erudition, observation, Research & Analysis, the Course study can help predominant
spread of social understanding & awareness towards achieving the sublime goal of overall social
transformation and Nation-building.
 Part-B

Syllabus Prescribed under Choice based Credit System 2022-23

Faculty : Humanities
Programme: M.A. (English)
SEMESTER-I

Sr. Course Title Course Course Code

No. Category
1 History of English Literature – DSC DSCENG101
1
2. Literary Criticism – 1 DSC DSCENG102
3. Poetry – 1 DSE DSEENG103
4. Drama – 1 DSE DSEENG104
5. Fiction DSE DSEENG105

SEMESTER-II

Sr. Course Title Course Course Code

No. Category
1 History of English Literature – DSC DSCENG201
II
2 Literary Criticism – II DSC DSCENG202
3. Poetry – II DSE DSEENG203
4. Drama – II DSE DSEENG204
5. Non Fiction DSE DSEENG 205
6. Practical Criticism OEC-GIC GICENG206

NOTE-

In Semester I & II, Paper I and Paper II are Core/Compulsory papers (denoted by the
DSC). Out of the remaining Electives papers (denoted by the DSE), the student is required
to choose any TWO Elective papers of their choice for the Exams.
 Syllabus Prescribed for M.A. First Year PG Programme

Programme: M.A. English

Semester 1

Code of the Title of the Total Number of Credits

Course/Subject Course/Subject Periods

DSCENG101 History of English 60 04

Literature -1 (DSC)
History of English
Literature-1

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs-1) –

1) To develop a sense of history through understanding of major traditions, trends,
conventions, fashions as well as social developments.
2) To facilitate insight into social norms and culture that the causes and consequences of
human actions and dispositions.
3) To study the emergence and development of Renaissance and its influence on the
English society.
4) To assimilate the values and principles that lead to progress and social well-being

UNIT-WISE SYLLABUS-

UNIT TOPIC/CONTENT Periods

1. English Literature before Chaucer; The Age of Chaucer, The 20
Fifteenth Century

2. The early Renaissance; The Flowering of Renaissance, its 20

influence on English drama and verse
3. The Age of Shakespeare – Poetry, Prose, Drama; Post 20
Shakespearean Drama

Course Outcome (Cos-1):

1) To gain critical understanding and insight into the phenomenon of Renaissance
2) Understanding the factors behind the emergence of Shakespeare as a great dramatist
3) To critically analyse the chronology of events that led to the rise and glory of Elizabethan
Literature
4) To improve one’s performance in competitive exams like MPSC/UPSC/NET/SET

Recommended Reading:
1) Legouis and Cazamian: History of English Literature J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1965
2) Crompton- Rickett, Arthur A History of English Literature
3) Hudson, W.H: An Outline History of English Literature
4) Sampson George: The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature

Question Paper Pattern with Distribution of Marks & Marking Scheme:

 There shall be Four Questions in the Question Paper and all the questions are Compulsory
 The first question will have A and B sections. A Section comprises of Short Notes. Three
Short Notes will have to be attempted out of Six each carrying 05 marks. In the section B,
there shall be five ( 05) general Multiple Choice Objective-type Questions (MCQs) each
carrying one (01) mark.
 The Second Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based
on Unit I with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.
 The Third Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit II with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.
 The Fourth Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit III with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.

Abstract

1st Question on A section having Short Notes 03 out of 06 (05 marks each) – 15 Marks and
B section contains MCQs (01 mark each) - 05 Marks
Total 20 Marks
2nd LAQ based on Unit -1 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
3rd LAQ based on Unit -2 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
4th LAQ based on Unit -3 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks

Total = 80 Marks

Distribution of Marks for Internal Assessment 20 Marks

Maximum Marks Assignment Seminar with PPT/Viva
voce/Study Tour with
Report presentation
20 10 10
 Syllabus Prescribed for M.A. First Year PG Programme

Programme: M.A. English

Semester 1

Code of the Title of the Total Number of Credits

Course/Subject Course/Subject Periods

DSCENG102 Literary Criticism – 1 60 04

Literary Criticism – 1

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs- 2)

1) To enhance aesthetic understanding
2) To develop critical, analytical and logical thinking and judgment
3) To grasp and assimilate critical temper and insight
4) To appreciate and analyse critical texts and documents
5) To apply logic and sense of discrimination in decision-making

UNIT-WISE SYLLABUS-

UNIT TOPIC/CONTENT Periods

1. i) Plato: Republic (Book- X) and Ion 20
ii) Aristotle: Poetics (Chapter No. 1, 2, 3,
4,5,6,7,8,9,23,24,25,26) Translated by S.H. Butcher
2. i) Horace: Ars Poetica 20
iii) Loginus: On the Sublime
3. i) John Dryden: An Essay of Dramatic Poesy 20
ii) Alexander Pope: An Essay of Criticism (Part I & Part II)

Course Outcome (Cos-2):

1) To be able to write critical review
2) To analyse and interpret texts
3) To compare and contrast different ideas
4) To apply critical sense and judgment to form an informed opinion
5) Acquisition of critical attitude

Recommended Reading:
David Lodge: Modern Criticism and Theory (Longman:2008) with ISBN- 978-0582784543 0r
ISBN-10:0582784549
Lodge, David and Nigel Wood eds. 1998. Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader. Essex:
Pearson Education Limited
Raman Selden: The Theory of Criticism: From Plato to the Present (Reader) Paperback: 1988
David Lodge: Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: A Reader (Paperback – 1972)
Nagarajan, M.S English Literary Criticism and Theory Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd., 2012

Question Paper Pattern with Distribution of Marks & Marking Scheme for :

 There shall be Four Questions in the Question Paper and all the questions are Compulsory
 The first question will have A and B sections. A Section comprises of Short Notes. Three
Short Notes will have to be attempted out of Six each carrying 05 marks. In the section B,
there shall be five ( 05) general Multiple Choice Objective-type Questions (MCQs) each
carrying one (01) mark.
 The Second Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit I with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.
 The Third Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit II with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.
 The Fourth Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit III with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.

Abstract

1st Question on A section having Short Notes 03 out of 06 (05 marks each) – 15 Marks and
B section contains MCQs (01 mark each) - 05 Marks
- Total 20 Marks
2nd LAQ based on Unit -1 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
3rd LAQ based on Unit -2 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
4th LAQ based on Unit -3 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks

Total: 80 Marks

Distribution of Marks for Internal Assessment - 20 Marks

Maximum Marks Assignment Seminar with PPT/Viva

voce/Study Tour with
Report presentation
20 10 10
 Syllabus Prescribed for M.A. First Year PG Programme

Programme: M.A. English

Semester 1

Code of the Title of the Total Number of Credits

Course/Subject Course/Subject Periods

DSEENG103 Poetry – 1 (DSE) 60 04

Poetry – 1 (DSE)

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs- 3)

1) To enhance artistic sensibility for word-music and critical appreciation of Poetry as an

Art.
2) To develop fertile imaginativeness and emotional depth and maturity.
3) To perceive subtle nuances and shades of meaning in the use of language.
4) To appreciate and assimilate suggestive and pictorial quality of language.
5) To sharpen artistic and critical skills with better grasp and acquisition of qualities like
picturesqueness, terseness, conciseness, accuracy, aptness, freshness etc. in expression.
6) To explore the subjective nature of Truth and Beauty.

UNIT-WISE SYLLABUS-

UNIT TOPIC/CONTENT Periods

i) Geoffrey Chaucer: Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Lines 20
1-
42; 165-207; 411-528)

1. ii) William Shakespeare: Sonnet 1: ‘From fairest creatures we

desire increase’; Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a
summer’s day?’; Sonnet 116: ‘Let me not to the marriage of
true minds’; Sonnet 144: ‘Two loves I have of comfort and
despair’

iii) John Milton: a) Lycidas; b) On his Blindness; c) On

Shakespeare d) Song on May Morning
i) John Donne: a) The Extasie b) The Canonization c) Death, 20
Be Not Proud d) Valediction- Forbidding Mourning
2.
ii) Andrew Marvell: a)The Garden; b)On a Dew Drop; c)The
Definition of Love; d)Young Love

iii) Samuel Butler: An Heroic Epistle of Hudribas to His Lady

i) John Dryden: Macflecknoe 20

3. ii) Alexander Pope: The Rape of the Lock

iii) Thomas Gray: i)Elegy written in the Country Churchyard

ii)Ode on the Spring

Course Outcomes (Cos-3)

1. The Student will be able to critically appreciate and interpret a piece of poetic work.
2. The Student will be fairly acquainted with the background and socio-political as well
cultural background of the poet and understand the factors behind his making and evolution.
 3. The student will grasp the distinctive poetic style and technique of various poets.
4. The student will understand the socio-political and cultural importance of Poetry and Poetic
art.
5. The student will be able to quote the memorable quotations in his speech and writing.
6. The student will be able to understand and apply the evocative power of language.
7. The student will understand and appreciate the subjective nature of Truth and Beauty.
8. The student will acquire enhanced sensibility and emotional depth and maturity in his/her
expression.

Recommended Reading/ Sources:

1) English Poetry From Elizabethans to the Restoration;An
Anthology, Edited by Pramod K. Nayar, Orient Blackswan
Publication
2) The Making of a Poem by Earon Boland
3) The Force of Poetry by Christopher Rick; Clarendon Press
4) Theory of Lyric by Jonathan Culler Harvard University Press
5) This is Shakespeare: How to Read the world’s Greatest Playwright by Emma Smith;
Pelican publishers,
6) www.ListMuse.com
7) https://interestingliterature.com
8) https:/www.poetryfoundation.org

Distribution of Marks with Marking Scheme:

 There shall be Four Questions in the Question Paper and all the questions are
Compulsory
 1st Question will be of ‘Reference to Context’ on the Texts prescribed. There shall be 08
stanzas for explanation out of which Four have to be attempted each carrying 05 marks.
 2nd question in the question paper will have A and B sections. A Section comprises of
Short Notes. Two Short Notes will have to be attempted out of Four each carrying 04
marks to test the students acquaintance with the poets and their works and general as well
as conceptual understanding of their background and their intellectual positions. In the
section B, There shall be 07 general Multiple Choice Objective-type Questions (MCQs)
based on the poets and their background.
 The Third Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based
on Unit I with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks.
 The Fourth Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based
on Unit II with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks.
 The Fourth Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based
on Unit III with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks.

Abstract

1st Question RTC 4 out of 8 (05 marks each) - Total 20 Marks

2nd Question A section Short Notes 02 out of 04 (04 marks each) – 08 Marks and
B section MCQs (01 mark each) - 07 Marks
- Total 15 Marks
3rd LAQ based on Unit -1 with an internal Choice carrying 15 Marks
4th LAQ based on Unit -2 with an internal Choice carrying 15 Marks
5th LAQ based on Unit -3 with an internal Choice carrying 15 Marks
Total = 80 Marks

Distribution of Marks for Internal Assessment 20 Marks

Maximum Marks Assignment Seminar with PPT/Viva

voce/Study Tour with
Report presentation
20 10 10
 Syllabus Prescribed for M.A. First Year PG Programme
Programme: M.A. English
Semester 1

Code of the Title of the Total Number of Credits

Course/Subject Course/Subject Periods

DSEENG104 Drama – 1 (DSE) 60 04

Drama – 1 (DSE)

Programme Specific Outcome (PSOs-4):

1) To enhance artistic sensibility for word-music and critical appreciation of Dramatic art.
2) To understand various dramatic types and the origin of the English drama.
3) To explore and appreciate the wonder and magic of Renaissance Drama and the greatness
of Shakespearean dramatic art.
4) To understand and assimilate the laws and principles of dramatic composition.
5) To acquire insight and understanding of the mysteries and ironies of human life.

UNIT-WISE SYLLABUS –
Section UNIT Periods
TOPIC / CONTENT
Section A (Literary Background)
Text Prescribed: A Background to the study of English Literature (Revised
Edition) by B. Prasad

Chapter I – The Dramatic Art 10

Chapter II – Dramatic Types
1.
A. Chapter IV- Origin of the English Drama
Chapter V - Notes on Shakespeare:- Shakespearean
Comedy; Shakespearean Tragedy; Shakespearean
Romance

Section B (Literary Texts / Plays)

i) Christopher Marlowe : Dr. Faustus 25

2. ii) Ben Jonson : The Alchemist

B. iii) John Webster : The Duchess of Malfi

William Shakespeare: i) Othello; 25

3. ii) As You Like It;

iii) A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Course Outcomes (Cos-4)

1. The Student will be able critically appreciate a piece of dramatic art.
2. The Student will be fairly acquainted with the background and socio-political as well
cultural background of the dramatist and understand the factors behind his making.
3. The student will grasp the distinctive dramatic style and technique of various
playwrights.
4. He will understand the socio-political and cultural significance of Play and dramatic art.
5. He will be able to quote the memorable dialogue and quotations in his speech and
 writing
Recommended Reading/ Sources:
1) Healy, Thomas : Christopher Marlowe (London, 1995)
2) Livin, Harry : Christopher Marlowe: The overereacher (London, 1964)
3) Steane, J.B. : Marlowe: A Crtical Study (Cambridge, 1964)
4) Schelling F.F : The Alchemist and Eastward Ho (Ed.)
5) Symonds J.A. : Ben Jonson (1886)
6) Swinburne A.C. : A Study of Ben Jonson (1889)
7) Bradley A.C. : Shakespearean Tragedy (2nd edition London, 1905)
8) Brooke, Stopford : On Ten Plays of Shakespeare (Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi 1988)
9) Campbell, Lily B : Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroes: Slaves of Passion
10) Dowden, Edward : Shakespeare: His Mind and Art
11) Tillyard, E.M.W. : Shakespeare’s Problem Plays (London: Chatto & W, 1951)

DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS WITH MARKING SCHEME -

 There shall be Five Questions in the Question Paper and all the questions will be
Compulsory.
 1st Question will be of ‘Reference to the Context’(Annotations) based on the Literary
texts / Plays prescribed for study from Section B of the syllabus. There shall be eight(08)
passages/stanzas/paras for explanations out of which four(04) have to be attempted each
carrying 05 marks to test the examinees close reading and comprehension of the literary
texts / plays. prescribed for study from Section B of the syllabus.
 2nd question in the Question paper will have A and B sections. A Section comprises of
Short Notes. Two (02) Short Notes will have to be attempted out of Five(05) each
carrying 05 marks to test the students acquaintance with the dramatists and their works
(Literary Texts / Plays) and general as well as conceptual understanding of the literary
background. In the section B of the Question Paper, there shall be 05 Multiple Choice
Objective-type Questions (MCQs) based on or related to the prescribed literary texts and
literary background.
 3rd Question will be a long answer question based on Section A- Unit -1 of the syllabus.
The examinees shall have to attempt any One out of Two long answer questions of 15
marks each
 The 4th Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question (LAQ) based on
Unit II with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks each.
 The 5th Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit III with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks.

Abstract

1st Question RTC 4 out of 8 (05 marks each) - Total 20 Marks

nd
2 Question A section comprising of 2 Short Notes out of 5 (05 marks each)- 10 Marks
and B section with MCQs (01 mark each) - 05 Marks –

Total 15 Marks
rd
3 LAQ based on Unit-1 with an internal choice carrying 15 Marks
LAQ based on Unit -2 with an internal Choice carrying 15 Mark
th
5 LAQ based on Unit -3 with an internal Choice carrying 15 Marks

Total = 80 Marks

Distribution of Marks for Internal Assessment 20 Marks

Maximum Marks Assignment Seminar with PPT/Viva voce/Study

Tour with Report presentation
20 10 10
 Syllabus Prescribed for M.A. First Year PG Programme

Programme: M.A. English

Semester 1

Code of the Title of the Total Number of Credits

Course/Subject Course/Subject Periods

Fiction (DSE) 60 04
DSEENG105
Fiction (DSE)

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs- 5):

1) To enhance artistic sensibility for word and critical understanding of Novel as an art
form.
2) To understand cultural and social importance of Novel as a genre from various
chronological ages of English literature.
3) To acquire comprehensive understanding of plot construction and art of characterisation.
4) To enhance emotional depth and maturity as well as existential understanding of life.
5) To understand and assimilate the laws and principles of fiction writing.
6) To acquire insight and understanding of the mysteries and ironies of human life.

Unit-Wise Syllabus –

UNIT Topic / Content Periods

1) Henry Fielding: Tom Jones

I 2) Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility 20

1) Charles Dickens: David Copperfield

II 2) Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights 20
1) Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness
III 2) James Joyce: Ulysses 20

Course Outcomes (Cos -5)

1. The Student will be able to critically appreciate and analyse a piece of fictional writing.
2. The Student will be fairly acquainted with the background and socio-political as well cultural
background of the novelist and understand the factors behind his making.
3. The student will grasp the distinctive writing style and technique of various novelists.
4. S/he will understand the socio-political and cultural importance of Novel writing.
5. S/he will be able to quote the memorable quotations in his speech and writing and acquire
artistic expression skill.
6. S/he acquire insight and understanding of the mysteries and ironies of human life.

Recommended Reading:
1) David Daichess – Stevenson and the Art of Fiction (New York, 1951)
2) F.R. Leavis The Great Tradition (London, Penguin 1962)
3) Boris Ford ed. The Pelican Guide to English Literature, Vol. 6 & 7, Penguin books, 1970
4) Henry James, In Notes On Novelists, London, 1914
5) E. Shanks, A Study in Literature and Political Ideas (London, 1956)
6) J.W. Beach, Twentieth Century Novel, Lyall Book Depot, 1965
Question Paper Pattern with Distribution of Marks & Marking Scheme :

 There shall be Four Questions in the Question Paper and all the questions are Compulsory
 The first question will have A and B sections. A Section comprises of Short Notes. Three
(03) Short Notes will have to be attempted out of Six each carrying 05 marks. In the
section B, there shall be five ( 05) general Multiple Choice Objective-type Questions
(MCQs) based on the syllabus each carrying one (01) mark.
 The Second Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based
on Unit I with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks.
 The Third Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based
on Unit II with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks.
 The Fourth Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based
on Unit III with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks.

Abstract

1st Question on A section having Short Notes 03 out of 06 (05 marks each) – 15 Marks and
B section contains MCQs (01 mark each) - 05 Marks
- Total 20 Marks
2nd LAQ based on Unit -1 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
3rd LAQ based on Unit -2 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
4th LAQ based on Unit -3 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks

Total = 80 Marks

Distribution of Marks for Internal Assessment 20 Marks

Maximum Marks Assignment Seminar with PPT/Viva

voce/Study Tour with
Report presentation
20 10 10
 Part B

Syllabus Prescribed under Choice based Credit System 2022-23

Faculty : Humanities
Programme: M.A. (English)
Part A
Semester II

Code of the Title of the Total Number of Credits

Course/Subject Course/Subject Periods

DSCENG201 History of English 60 04

Literature -2 (DSC)
History of English
Literature -2 (DSC)

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs- 6)

1) To develop a sense of history through understanding of major traditions, trends,
conventions, fashions as well as social developments.
2) To facilitate insight into human nature as well as understanding of social norms and
culture.
3) That the causes and consequences of human actions and dispositions.
4) To study the emergence and development of Renaissance and its influence on the
English society.
5) To assimilate the values and principles that lead to progress and social well-being.

Unit-Wise Syllabus –

UNIT TOPIC / CONTENT Periods

1. Aspects related to The Puritan Age/ The Age of Milton;

The Restoration Period / The Age of Dryden 20
2. The Age of Pope;
The Age of Dr. Johnson 20
3. The Age of Transition;
The Age of Wordsworth – The Romantic Revival 20

Course Outcome (Cos- 6):

1) The student will attain a sense of history and the impulses behind human action.
2) To gain critical understanding and insight into trends & fashion in English society and
culture.
3) Understanding the factors behind the emergence of John Milton as well as other post-
Shakesperean writers and value and significance of their literary output.
4) To critically analyse the chronology of events that led to the rise and growth of post
Shakespearean writers.
5) To create good critical thinkers and writers.
Recommended Reading:
1) Legouis and Cazamian: History of English Literature J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1965
2) Crompton- Rickett, Arthur A History of English Literature
3) Hudson, W.H: An Outline History of English Literature
4) Sampson George: The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature
Question Paper Pattern with Distribution of Marks & Marking Scheme:

 There shall be Four Questions in the Question Paper and all the questions are Compulsory
 The first question will have A and B sections. A Section comprises of Short Notes. Three
Short Notes will have to be attempted out of Six each carrying 05 marks. In the section B,
there shall be five ( 05) general Multiple Choice Objective-type Questions (MCQs) each
carrying one (01) mark.
 The Second Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit I with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.
 The Third Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit II with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.
 The Fourth Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit III with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.

Abstract
1 Question on A section having Short Notes 03 out of 06 (05 marks each) – 15 Marks and
st

B section contains MCQs (01 mark each) - 05 Marks

- Total 20 Marks
2nd LAQ based on Unit -1 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
3rd LAQ based on Unit -2 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
4th LAQ based on Unit -3 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks

Total = 80 Marks

Distribution of Marks for Internal Assessment 20 Marks

Maximum Marks Assignment Seminar with PPT/Viva

voce/Study Tour with
Report presentation
20 10 10
 Syllabus Prescribed for M.A. First Year PG Programme

Programme: M.A. English

Semester II

Code of the Title of the Total Number of Credits

Course/Subject Course/Subject Periods

DSCENG202 Literary Criticism- 2 60 04

(DSC)
Literary Criticism- 2
(DSC)

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs- 7)

1) To enhance aesthetic understanding and expression skills.
2) To develop critical, analytical and logical thinking and judgment.
3) To grasp and assimilate critical temper and insight.
4) To appreciate and analyse critical texts and documents.
5) To apply logic, reasoning and sense of discrimination in decision-making.
6) To grow in erudition and intellectual scholarship.

Unit-Wise Syllabus -
Periods
UNIT TOPIC / CONTENT
1. a) William Wordsworth – ‘Preface to Lyrical Ballads’
20
b) S.T. Coleridge – ‘Biographia Literaria’ – (Chapters 13, 14, 17 and 18)
2. a) Matthew Arnold- Function of Criticism at Present Time
20
b) T.S. Eliot – ‘Tradition and Individual Talent’; ‘The Metaphysical Poets’
3. a) I.A. Richards - Four Kinds of Meaning
20
b) Northrope Frye – The Archetypes of Literature

Course Outcome (Cos - 7):

1) The student be able to write critical and scholarly reviews and articles.
2) The student analyse and interpret texts and grasp subtle and deep meaning embedded in
the texts.
3) The student compare and contrast different ideas logically and rationally.
4) The student apply critical sense and judgment to form an informed opinion.
5) The student will acquire critical attitude and approach.
6) The student will acquire knowledge, intellectual competence and critical scholarship.

Recommended Reading:

David Lodge: Modern Criticism and Theory (Longman:2008) with ISBN- 978-0582784543 0r
ISBN-10:0582784549
Lodge, David and Nigel Wood eds. 1998. Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader. Essex:
Pearson Education Limited
Raman Selden: The Theory of Criticism: From Plato to the Present (Reader) Paperback: 1988
David Lodge: Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: A Reader (Paperback – 1972)
Question Paper Pattern with Distribution of Marks & Marking Scheme:

 There shall be Four Questions in the Question Paper and all the questions are Compulsory
 The first question will have A and B sections. A Section comprises of Short Notes. Three
Short Notes will have to be attempted out of Six each carrying 05 marks. In the section B,
there shall be five ( 05) general Multiple Choice Objective-type Questions (MCQs) each
carrying one (01) mark.
 The Second Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based
on Unit I with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.
 The Third Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit II with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.
 The Fourth Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit III with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.

Abstract
1st Question on A section having Short Notes 03 out of 06 (05 marks each) – 15 Marks and
B section contains MCQs (01 mark each) - 05 Marks
- Total 20 Marks
2nd LAQ based on Unit -1 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
3rd LAQ based on Unit -2 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
4th LAQ based on Unit -3 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks

Total = 80 Marks

Distribution of Marks for Internal Assessment 20 Marks

Maximum Marks Assignment Seminar with PPT/Viva

voce/Study Tour with
Report presentation
20 10 10
 Syllabus Prescribed for M.A. First Year PG Programme

Programme: M.A. English

Semester II

Code of the Course/Subject Title of the Total Number of Credits

Course/Subject Periods
DSCENG203 Poetry – 2 (DSE) Poetry – 2 (DSE) 60 04

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs- 8)

1) To enhance artistic sensibility for sounds or word-music and critical appreciation of

Poetry as an Art.
2) To develop fertile imaginativeness and emotional depth and maturity.
3) To perceive subtle nuances and shades of meaning in the use of language.
4) To appreciate and assimilate subtle, suggestive and pictorial quality of language.
5) To sharpen artistic and critical skills with better grasp and acquisition of qualities like
picturesqueness, terseness, conciseness, accuracy, aptness, freshness etc.in expression.
6) To acquire the ability to read between the lines.
7) To appreciate and acquire the evocative power of language.
8) To explore the subjective nature of Truth and Beauty.

Unit-Wise Syllabus –

Periods
UNIT TOPIC / CONTENT
i) William Wordsworth: a) The Prelude – Book I; b) Daffodils; c) The
1. Solitary Reaper; d) The World is too Much with us 20

ii) P.B. Shelley: a) To The Skylark; b) Ode to the West wind;

c) Hymn to Intellectual Beauty; d) Love’s Philosophy;
e) Ozymandias;

iii) John Keats: a) Ode to a Nightingale; b) Ode on a Grecian Urn; c)

When I have fears; d) Bright Star! Would I were as Steadfast as Thou Art

i) Robert Browning: a) Andrea Del Sarto; b) The Last Ride Together; c)

The Grammarian’s Funeral d) My Last Duchess; e) Love in a Life 20
2.
ii) Lord Tennyson: a) In Memoriam A.H.H. (Prologue; Cantos I-V and
Epilogue); b) The Lady of Shallot; c) Ulysses; d)Crossing the Bar

iii) Matthew Arnold: a) Shakespeare; b) Memorial Verses; c) The Scholar

Gypsy; d) Dover Beach
i) T.S.Eliot: The Wasteland
20
3. ii) W.B. Yeats: a) Easter 1916; b) The Second Coming; c) Sailing to
Byzantium; d) When You are Old; e) An Irish Young Airman Foresees his
Death

iii) W.H. Auden: a) Stop All the Clocks; b)In Memory of W.B.Yeats;
c)Lullaby; d)September 1, 1939

Course Outcomes (Cos- 8)

1. The Student will be able to critically appreciate and interpret a piece of poetic work.
2. The Student will be fairly acquainted with the background and socio-political as well
cultural background of the poet and understand the factors behind his making and evolution.
3. The student will grasp the distinctive poetic style and technique of various poets.
4. The student will understand the socio-political and cultural importance of Poetry and Poetic
art.
 5. The student will be able to quote the memorable quotations in his speech and writing.
6. The student will be able to understand and apply the evocative power of language.
7. The student will understand and appreciate the subjective nature of Truth and Beauty.
8. The student will acquire enhanced sensibility and emotional depth and maturity in his/her
expression.

Recommended Reading/ Sources:

1) English Poetry From Elizabethans to the Restoration; An Anthology, Edited by Pramod
K. Nayar, Orient Blackswan Publication
2) The Making of a Poem by Earon Boland
3) The Force of Poetry by Christopher Rick; Clarendon Press
4) Theory of Lyric by Jonathan Culler Harvard University Press
5) This is Shakespeare: How to Read the world’s Greatest Playwright by Emma Smith;
Pelican publishers,
6) www.ListMuse.com
7) https://interestingliterature.com
8) https:/www.poetryfoundation.org

Distribution of Marks and Marking Scheme:

 There shall be Four Questions in the Question Paper and all the questions are Compulsory
 1st Question will be of ‘Reference to Context’ on the Texts prescribed. There shall be 08
stanzas for explanation out of which Four have to be attempted each carrying 05 marks.
 2nd question in the question paper will have A and B sections. A Section comprises of Short
Notes. Two Short Notes will have to be attempted out of Four each carrying 04 marks to test
the students acquaintance with the poets and their works and general as well as conceptual
understanding of their background and their intellectual positions. In the section B, There
shall be 07 general Multiple Choice Objective-type Questions (MCQs) based on the poets
and their background.
 The Third Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit I with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks.
 The Fourth Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit II with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks.
 The Fourth Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit III with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks.

Abstract

1st Question RTC 4 out of 8 (05 marks each) - Total 20 Marks

2nd Question A section Short Notes 02 out of 04 (04 marks each) – 08 Marks and
B section MCQs (01 mark each) - 07 Marks
- Total 15 Marks
3rd LAQ based on Unit -1 with an internal Choice carrying 15 Marks
4th LAQ based on Unit -2 with an internal Choice carrying 15 Marks
5th LAQ based on Unit -3 with an internal Choice carrying 15 Marks

Total = 80 Marks

Distribution of Marks for Internal Assessment 20 Marks

Maximum Assignment Seminar with PPT/Viva voce/Study

Marks Tour with Report presentation
20 10 10
 Syllabus Prescribed for M.A. First Year PG Programme

Programme: M.A. English

Semester II

Code of the Title of the Total Number of Credits

Course/Subject Course/Subject Periods
DSEENG204 Drama – 2 Drama-2 (DSE) 60 04

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs - 9):

1) To enhance artistic sensibility for word-music and critical appreciation of Dramatic art.
2) To understand various dramatic types and the origin of the English drama.
3) To explore and appreciate the wonder and magic of Renaissance Drama and the greatness
of Shakespearean dramatic art.
4) To understand and assimilate the laws and principles of dramatic composition.
5) To acquire insight and understanding of the mysteries and ironies of human life.

UNIT-WISE SYLLABUS -

Section UNIT TOPIC / CONTENT

Section A (Literary Background)

Text Prescribed: A Background to the study of English Literature (Revised Edition) by B. Prasad

Chapter III – Dramatic Devices

Chapter V- Origin of the English Theatre
A. 1.
Chapter V - Notes on Shakespeare:-
Shakespeare’s English Historical Plays;
Shakespeare’s Roman Plays Tragedy
Chapter VII: Dramatic Modernism

Section B (Literary Texts / Plays)

i) Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Ernest

ii) T.S. Eliot: The Cocktail Party
B. 2.
iii) George Bernard Shaw: Arms and the Man
i) Henrik Ibsen: A Doll’s House
3.
ii) Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot
iii) Harold Pinter: The Birthday Party

Course Outcomes (Cos - 9)

1. The Student will be able critically appreciate a piece of dramatic art.
2. The Student will be fairly acquainted with the background and socio-political as well
cultural background of the dramatist and understand the factors behind his making.
3. The student will grasp the distinctive dramatic style and technique of various
playwrights.
4. He will understand the socio-political and cultural significance of Play and dramatic art.
5. He will be able to quote the memorable dialogue and quotations in his speech and
writing.

Employment Potential:
 1. In Print Media and Publishing houses
2. In NGOs and Social Service and Social work
3. In advertisement company and film industry

Recommended Reading-
1) E.R. Bentley – Playwright As a Thinker (New York, 1946)
2) P. Braybrooke – Oscar Wilde – A Study (London, 1936)
3) A. Henderson – George Bernard Shaw: Playboy and Prophet (New York, 1932)
4) G.K. Chesterton – George Bernard Shaw (Rev. Ed. London, 1935)
5) A.C. Ward – Bernard Shaw (London, 1951)
6) George Williamson - T.S. Eliot’s Poetry and Plays: A Study in Sources and Meaning
(Rev. ed. Chicago, 1960)
7) Helen Gardner The Art of T.S. Eliot
8) Maurice Bourgeois Synge and the Irish Theatre (London, 1913)
9) Isabella Gregory Our Irish Theatre (London, 1914)
10) Reynolds, D Modern English Drama (London, 1949)
11) Williams, P Drama from Ibsen to Eliot (London, 1952)
12) Lumley. F Trends in the Twentieth Century Drama (London. 1956)
13) R. Hayman John Osborne IInd Edition, 1969
14) R.Cohn Just Play: Beckett’s Theatre, 1980

DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS AND MARKING SCHEME -

1. Text prescribed for Section A (Literary Background) : A Background to the study of

English Literature (Revised Edition) by B. Prasad and Haripriya Ramadoss (New Delhi
Laxmi Publications, 2016)
2. There shall be Five Questions in the Question Paper and all the questions will be
Compulsory.
3. 1st Question will be of ‘Reference to the Context’(Annotations) based on the Literary
texts / Plays prescribed for study from Section B of the syllabus. There shall be eight(08)
passages/stanzas/paras for explanations out of which four(04) have to be attempted each
carrying 05 marks to test the examinees close reading and comprehension of the literary
texts / plays. prescribed for study from Section B of the syllabus.
4. 2nd question in the Question paper will have A and B sections. A Section comprises of
Short Notes. Two (02) Short Notes will have to be attempted out of Five(05) each
carrying 05 marks to test the students acquaintance with the dramatists and their works
(Literary Texts / Plays) and general as well as conceptual understanding of the literary
background. In the section B of the Question Paper, there shall be 05 Multiple Choice
Objective-type Questions (MCQs) based on or related to the prescribed literary texts and
literary background.
5. 3rd Question will be a long answer question based on Section A- Unit -1 of the syllabus.
The examinees shall have to attempt any One out of Two long answer questions of 15
marks each
6. The 4th Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question (LAQ) based on
Unit II with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks each.
7. The 5th Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit III with an Internal Choice carrying 15 marks.
Abstract
st
1 Question RTC 4 out of 8 (05 marks each) - Total 20 Marks
2nd Question A section comprising of 2 Short Notes out of 5 (05 marks each) - 10
Marks and B section with MCQs (01 mark each) - 05 Marks –
Total 15 Marks
rd
3 LAQ based on Unit-1 with an internal choice carrying 15 Marks
4th LAQ based on Unit -2 with an internal Choice carrying 15 Mark
5th LAQ based on Unit -3 with an internal Choice carrying 15 Marks

Total = 80 Marks
Distribution of Marks for Internal Assessment
Maximum Marks Assignment Seminar with PPT/Viva voce/Study
Tour with Report presentation
20 10 10
 Syllabus Prescribed for M.A. First Year PG Programme

Programme: M.A. English

Semester II

Code of the Title of the Total Number of Credits

Course/Subject Course/Subject Periods

DSEENG205 Non-Fiction (DSE) 60 04

Non-Fiction

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs - 10)

1) To educate students in English with a view to enable them to probe literary & critical theories
& contexts that require substantive expertise in literature.
2) To foster ideological sense and a sense of social awareness and social understanding.
3) To acquire proficiency in expression skills and, critical thinking through various forms of
writing with a view to contribute to social debates and public discourse.
4) To develop research, critical and analytical attitude & approach in the students.
5) To help emerge social thinkers & critics who can take up various social problems and issues
that ail the society and impede social change and progress and thus to achieve social
transformation and social progress.
6) To help grow great leaders, thinkers, visionaries, pundits, experts, educators, managers,
consultants, guides, coaches, social analysts, reformers, social activists, crusaders, pleaders,
journalists, critical and creative writers professionally in various fields of knowledge.

Unit-Wise Syllabus-
UNIT TOPIC / CONTENT Periods
a) Jean-Paul Satre: What is Literature? 20
b) Viktor Frankl - Man’s Search for Meaning
1. b) V.S. Naipaul: India: A Million Mutinies Now

a) Rousseau: The Social Contract 20

b) J.S. Mill: On Liberty
2. c) B.R. Ambedkar: Annihilation of Caste (Rev. Ed)

a) Amartya Sen : An Argumentative Indian 20

b) Amitav Ghosh: ‘The Great Derangement: Climate Change
3. and the Unthinkable’
c) Simone de Beauvoir: The Ethics of Ambiguity

Course Outcomes (Cos - 10):

1) The student will be able to write sociological and critical reviews.
2) The student will be to analyse and interpret social problems and undertake social projects.
3) The student will be to compare and contrast different ideas in pubic and social discourse.
4) The student will be to apply critical sense and judgment to form an informed opinion.
5) The student will be to acquire critical understanding and social and environmental
awareness.
6) The subject will help grow great leaders, thinkers, visionaries, pundits, experts,
educators, managers, consultants, guides, coaches, social analysts, reformers, social
activists, crusaders, pleaders, journalists, critical and creative writers professionally in
various fields of knowledge.
Recommended Reading:
1) Satre, Jean-Paul: Literature & Existential, Philosophical Library/ Open Road, 2012
2) Satre, Jean-Paul : The Philosophy of Existential: Selected Essays, Philosophical Library/
Open Road, 2012
3) Satre, Jean-Paul:Notebooks for an Ethics, Trans. By David Pellauer, University of
Chicago Press Ltd., London, 1992
4) Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: A Discourse on Inequality, Penguin Publications, reprint 1984
5) Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: Discourse on the Arts and Sciences London, published by W.
Owen, 1751
6) Beauvoir, Simone (1971). The Second Sex. Alfred A. Knopf
7) Ambedkar, B.R Who Were The Shudras? Maven Books, rev. edition, 2021
8) Ambedkar, B.R Riddles in Hinduism (first published Jan. 1954), Navayana Publishing,
rev. ed, 2016
9) Roy, Arundhati, The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate, Haymarket
Books, 2017

Employment Potential:
1) In Print Media and Publishing houses
2) In NGOs and Social Service and Social work
3) In Socio-Political Organisations and administrative fields.

Question Paper Pattern with Distribution of Marks & Marking Scheme:

 There shall be Four Questions in the Question Paper and all the questions are Compulsory
 The first question will have A and B sections. A Section comprises of Short Notes. Three
Short Notes will have to be attempted out of Six each carrying 05 marks. In the section B,
there shall be five ( 05) general Multiple Choice Objective-type Questions (MCQs) each
carrying one (01) mark.
 The Second Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based
on Unit I with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.
 The Third Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit II with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.
 The Fourth Question in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer Question(LAQ) based on
Unit III with an Internal Choice carrying 20 marks.

Abstract
1st Question on A section having Short Notes 03 out of 06 (05 marks each) – 15 Marks and B
section contains MCQs (01 mark each) - 05 Marks
- Total 20 Marks
2nd LAQ based on Unit -1 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
3rd LAQ based on Unit -2 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks
4th LAQ based on Unit -3 with an internal Choice carrying 20 Marks

Total - 80 Marks
Distribution of Marks for Internal Assessment
Maximum Marks Assignment Seminar with PPT/Viva
voce/Study Tour with
Report presentation
20 10 10
 Syllabus Prescribed for M.A. First Year PG Programme

Programme: M.A. English

Semester II

Code of the Title of the Total Number of Credits

Course/Subject Course/Subject Periods

GICENG206 Practical Criticism 30 02

(OEC-GIC)
Practical Criticism

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs- 11)

1) To develop critical, analytical and logical thinking and judgment.

2) To grasp and assimilate critical temper and insight.
3) To appreciate and analyse critical texts and documents.
4) To apply logic, reasoning and sense of discrimination in decision-making.
5) To grow in erudition and intellectual scholarship

Unit-Wise Syllabus –

UNIT TOPIC
PERIODS

10
1. Aspects of Criticism- Nature, Scope & Importance;
Functions, Principles, Types etc
10
2. Critical Appreciation/Review of Prose

10
3. Critical Appreciation/ Review of Poetry

Course Outcome (COs - 11)

1) Student will acquire skill to write critical and scholarly reviews and articles.
2) Student will acquire skill to analyse and interpret texts and grasp subtle and deep
meaning embedded in the texts.
3) Student will acquire skill to compare and contrast different ideas logically and rationally.
4) Student will acquire skill to apply critical sense and judgment to form an informed
opinion.
5) Students will gain skill and competence to perform better in debates, intellectual
arguments and Group Discussions and competitive exams.

Employment Potential:

1) In Print Media and Publishing houses

2) In NGOs and Social Service and Social work
3) In Socio-Political Organisations and administrative fields.
4) In the writing and publishing field as well as in Print & Social Media, Advertising, Film
& Entertainment Industry (if suitably supplemented with other specialisation and
knowledge).
Recommended Reading:

1) David Lodge: Modern Criticism and Theory (Longman:2008) with ISBN- 978-
0582784543 0r ISBN-10:0582784549
2) Lodge, David and Nigel Wood eds. 1998. Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader.
Essex: Pearson Education Limited
3) Raman Selden: The Theory of Criticism: From Plato to the Present (Reader) Paperback:
1988k
4) David Lodge: Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: A Reader (Paperback – 1972)
5) Richards, I.A Practical Criticism Harper Perennial Publishers, 1956
6) Richards, Ivor How to Read a Page: A Course in Efficient Reading Beacon Press, 2000

Question Paper Pattern with Distribution of Marks & Marking Scheme:

 There shall be Three Questions in the Question Paper and all the questions are Compulsory
 The first question will have A and B sections. A Section comprises of Short Notes. Two
Short Notes will have to be attempted out of Five each carrying 05 marks based on the
understanding of various critical terminologies , methods and practices under Unit I.
 The Second Question of Critical in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer
Question(LAQ) based on Unit II review / appreciation of passage or paragraph of prose with
an Internal choice carrying 10 marks.
 The Second Question of Critical in the Question Paper will be a Long Answer
Question(LAQ) based on Unit III review / appreciation of a poem or piece of poetic lines
with an Internal choice carrying 10 marks.

Total Marks: 30

Abstract

1st Question on A section having Short Notes 02 out of 05 (05 marks each) – 10 Marks
2nd LAQ based on Unit -II with an internal Choice carrying 10 Marks
3rd LAQ based on Unit -III with an internal Choice carrying 10 Marks

Total Marks: 30

Distribution of Marks for Internal Assessment –

Maximum Marks Assignment Presentation /Group

Discussion with Viva voce
20 10 10