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EBH 101 The structure of modern English L T P C
3 1 0 4
SEM - I
Unit – 1
Parts of speech- Nouns, Pronouns, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Interjection ( in
short), Articles, Tenses
10 hrs
Unit – 2
Active and Passive Voice, Agreement of verb with the subject, Antonyms, Synonyms, Homonyms,
Homophones,
10 hrs
Unit – 3
One word Substitution, Suffix Prefix, Sentence Formation, Transformation of Sentences
0 8 hrs
Unit – 4
Paragraph writing, Types of Paragraph and Guidelines, Listening (Definition, guidelines and types),Group
Discussion (Speaking) 0 8 hrs
Unit – 5
Debate (Speaking), Extempore (Speaking), Reading ( Definition, types, guidelines), Comprehension
Passages. 08hrs.
TEXT.
English Grammar and composition by M A Pink and S E Thomas---- S Chand and sons.
High School English Grammar and composition by Wren and Martin.
Reference
A Dictionary of modern Usage---- Oxford University Press.
A practical English Grammar by Thomson and Martin
Professional Communication by Malti Aggarwal.
EBH 102 - Communication Skills in English L T P C
3 1 0 4
SEM---I
Unit – 1
Basics of Human Communication, Types of Communication, Characteristics of Communication, Barriers
to Communication 10 hrs
Unit – 2
Process and Cycle of Communication, Dimensions of Business Communication, Communication in an
organization, Intra personal Communication 10 hrs
Unit – 3
Interpersonal Communication, Non- Verbal Communication, Body Language, Kinesics Communication,
Proxemics Communication, 08 hrs
Unit – 4
Hepatic Communication, Paralinguistic Communication, Chromatics, Intra- Cultural Communication,
08 hrs
Unit – 5
Inter- Cultural Communication, Cross- Cultural Communication, Employment Communication for Career
Advancement, Case Study 08 hrs
TEXT
Business communication by Shalini Verma — Pearson Publication
Professional Communication by Aruna Koneru - Tata McGraw–Hill Publication.
Reference.
Business communication by R C Bhatia--- Ane Books Pvt
Communication Skills by Sanjoy Kumar and Pushp Lata. Oxford Publication.
Basic Technical Communication by Malti Aggarwal—Krishna Prakashan Media (P) Ltd
EBH 103- English for Practical Purposes L T P C
SEM – I 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
Business Letters-, Types of letters, Drafting of Letters, Notice, Agenda, Minutes, Memorandum
10 hrs
Unit – 2
Email Writing (Guidelines and etiquettes), Report Writing (Types, Structure, Guidelines), Proposal
Writing (Types, Structure, Guidelines) 10 hrs
Unit – 3
Advanced Vocabulary – Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, Metaphors, Similes, Alliterations, Figures of speech
08 hrs
Unit – 4
Story Writing, Creative Writing, Critical Appreciation of books, Critical Appreciation of movies, 08 hrs
Unit- 5
Critical Appreciation of poetry, Critical appreciation of News paper articles, Business Etiquettes and
Professionalism, Culture specific Business Etiquette 08 hrs
TEXT
Technical Communication by Meenakshi Raman.
Professional Communication by Aruna Koneru – Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited
Reference
Idioms and Phrases by Dr Ashok Kumar Singh – Arihant Publications (I) Pvt Ltd
Advanced Technical Communication by Malti Agarwal – Krishna Prakashan Media (P) Ltd
Oxford Language Reference by Jonathan Law – Oxford Publication
Functional skills in language and Literature by R P Singh---- Oxford University Press.
EBH—201-- ENGLISH ESSAYS L T P C
SEM - II 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
Bertrand Russell----Machine and the Emotion 8 hrs
Unit – 2
F Maxmueller------What can India Teach us. 8hrs
Unit -3
C E M Joad----- A Dialogue on Civilization.
Francis Bacon----- Of Studies 12 hrs
Unit – 4
Mahatma Gandhi ---- To students. 08 hrs
Unit – 5
Swami Vivekananda-----Chicago Address. 08 hrs
Reference
My First Acquaintance with the Poets; Going on a Journey by William Hazlitt.
The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Lamb
Ba o ’s Essays, F G Siby. Macmillan. 1889.
My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi.
EBH 202 – Forms of Literature L T P C
SEM - II 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
Forms of Poetry 12 hrs
Unit – 2
Forms of Drama 12 hrs
Unit – 3
Forms of Novel 12 hrs
Unit – 4
Forms of Short Stories 8 hrs
TEXT
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H. Abrams(7TH
Edition)
Reference
Mirrors and Lamps by M H Abrams.
EBH-203- LITERARY CRITICISM (PAPER 1) (From Aristotle to Leavis) L T P C
SEM – II 3 1 0 4
Unit - 1
Aristotle----Poetics, Longinus------ On the Sublime. 12 hrs
Unit - 2
Philip Sydney------- An Apology for Poetry, Samuel Johnson------- From the Preface to the plays of
Shakespeare. 12 hrs
Unit - 3
W. Wordsworth---- From Preface to Lyrical Ballads, T S Coleridge---- From Biographia Literaria.
10 hrs
Unit – 4
T. S. Eliot----Tradition and Individual Talent, F. R. Leavis---- The Great Tradition 10 hrs
Text
Poetics by Aristotle
On the Sublime by Longinus.
An Apology for Poetry by Philip Sydney.
From Preface to the plays of Shakespeare by Samuel Johnson.
From Preface to Lyrical Ballads by W Wordsworth.
From Biographia Liter aria by T S Coleridge.
Tradition and individual talent by T S Eliot
The Great Tradition by F R Leavis
EBH ---301—HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE L T P C
SEM - III 3 1 o 4
Unit I
The age of Chaucer
Elizabethan Period 10 hrs
Unit II
Restoration Period
Neo classical Period 08 hrs
Unit III
Romantic Period 8 hrs
Unit IV
Victorian Period 8 hrs
Unit V
Modern Period
Contemporary Period 8 hrs
Text
A history of English literature by Satish Kumar.
Growth and Structure of English Language. by Otto Jespersen
The Making of English by H Bradley.
REFERENCE
Critical History of English Literature by David Daiches
EBH- 302- Recent Literary Criticism L T P C
SEM – III 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
New Criticism, Russian Formalism, Marxism 12 hrs
Unit – 2
Structuralism, Post Colonial Theory 12 hrs
Unit – 3
Post Structuralism, Feminism 10 hrs
Unit – 4
Reader Response Theory, Eco- Criticism 10 hrs
REFERENCE
Principles of Literary Criticism by I A Richardson.
Literary Criticism by B Das and J B Mohanty
Critical Approaches to Literature by David Daiches.
Beginning Theory by Peter Barry
Literary Criticism by Enright & Chikera
EBH- 303- BRITISH POETRY L T P C
SEM – III 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
John Milton- On his Blindness,
Sonnet of William Shakespeare(Sonnet no 116) 8 hrs
Unit – 2
William Blake- Tiger
William Wordsworth- Tintern Abbey
S. T. Coleridge- The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner 10 Hrs
Unit – 3
P. B. Shelly- Ode to the West Wind
John Keats- Ode to nightingale 08 Hrs
Unit – 4
Lord Tennyson - Tithonus 08 hrs
Unit – 5
Robert Browning – My Last Duchess
Christina Rossetti – The Queen of Hearts 10 hrs
REFERENCE
Elizabethan Poetry; Lyrical and Narrative. by G Hammond ( London 1984)case book series
The Romantic Agony by M Praz.
Coleridge and Words worth and the poetry growth by S Pricket.
Keats, the poet by S M Sperry.
Shelly, His thought and work by D King Halo.
EBH-401- BRITISH NOVEL L T P C
SEM - IV 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice, 7 hrs
Unit – 2
Jane Austen--- Pride and Prejudice. 7 hrs
Unit – 3
Emily Bronte- Wuthering Heights 7hrs
Unit – 4
Emily Bronte---Wuthering Heights 7 hrs
Unit- 5
Thomas Hardy – The Mayor of Caster bridge 16 hrs
Text
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Wuthering Height by Emily Bronte.
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy.
REFERENCE
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
The Popular Novels in England. by J M S Tomkins.
EBH—402— BRITISH DRAMA L T P C
SEM - IV 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
Christopher Marlowe- Dr. Faustus 08 hrs
Unit – 2:
Christopher Marlowe- Dr. Faustus 08 hrs
Unit – 3:
William Shakespeare- Macbeth 08 hrs
Unit – 4:
William Shakespeare- Macbeth 08 hrs
Unit – 5:
Bernard Shaw- Candida 12 hrs
Text
Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
Candida by Bernard Shaw.
REFERENCE
Hamlet. King Lear by William Shakespeare
Pygmalion, Man and the Arms by Bernard Shaw.
British Drama by Allardyce Nicoll
EBH –403 –PHONETICS AND HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE L T P C
SEM - IV 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
History of English Language 10 hrs
Unit – 2
Varieties of English Language 10 hrs
Unit – 3
Phonemes , Syllables , I.P.A. Symbols, Allophone 08 hrs
Unit – 4
Stress & Intonation 08 hrs
Unit – 5
Phonetic Transcription 08 hrs
REFERENCE
Phonetic book by V. Sarasvati
English Language Skills – I by Aruna Koneru.
History of English Language –by A.C. Baugh
EBH-501--- AMERICAN NOVEL L T P C
SEM - V 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
Hemmingway- A Clean Well lighted Place 12 hrs
Unit – 2
Toni Morrison- The Bluest Eye 08 hrs
Unit – 3
Toni Morrison- The Bluest Eye 08 hrs
Unit – 4:
Hawthorne- The Scarlet Letter 08 hrs
U nit – 5:
Hawthorne- The Scarlet Letter 08 hrs
Text
A Clean Well Lighted Place by Hemming way.
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne.
REFERENCE
From Puritanism to Post Modernism : A History of American Literature by Malcolm Bradbury and
Richard Ruland
A brief History of American Literature by Richard Gray
EBH- 502----- AMERICAN DRAMA L T P C
SEM - V 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
Arthur Miller- Death of a Salesman 12 hrs
Unit – 2
Eugene O’Neil – The Hairy Ape 08 hrs
Unit – 3
Eugene O’Neil – The Hairy Ape 08 hrs
U nit – 4
Eugene O’Neil- Desire under the Elms 08 hrs
Unit – 5
Eugene O’Neil- Desire under the Elms 08 hrs
Text
Death of a salesman by Arthur Miller
The Hairy Ape by Euge e O’ Neil
Desire u der the El s y Euge e O’ Neil.
REFERENCE
From Puritanism to Post Modernism : A History of American Literature by Malcolm Bradbury and
Richard Ruland
A brief History of American Literature by Richard Gray
EBH—503----AMERICAN POETRY L T P C
SEM - V 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
Walt Whitman- Oh Captain! My Captain!, Song of Myself 10 hrs
Unit – 2
Emily Dickinson- I measure every grief I meet, Emily Dickinson- Because I could not stop for death 10 hrs
Unit – 3
Henry Wadsworth Long Fellow- A psalm of Life, Sylvia Plath- Daddy 08 hrs
Unit – 4
Wallace Stevens- The Emperor of Ice cream, Adrianne Rich- Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers 08 hrs
Unit – 5
Robert Frost- Mending Wall, Robert Frost- Stopping by the Wood in a Snowy Evening 08 hrs
REFERENCE
Literary History of the United States by Robert Spillage.
American Renaissance by F O Matthiessen
Concise Anthology of American Literature by George Mc Michel.
From Puritanism to Post Modernism : A History of American Literature by Malcolm Bradbury and
Richard Ruland
A brief History of American Literature by Richard Gray
EBH---504---CONTEMPORARY INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
L T P C
SEM - V 3 1 0 4
Unit - 1
Short Story- The Empty Chest ---- Indira Goswami, 12 hrs
Short Story- The Compromise ----Vijaydan Detha
Unit – 2
Novel- ---Tamas ---- Bhisham Sahani 08 hrs
Unit – 3
Novel- ---Tamas ---- Bhisham Sahani 08 hrs
Unit – 4
Novel- ---Outcast ---- Mahasweta Devi 08hrs
Unit – 5
Novel- ---Outcast ---- Mahasweta Devi 08hrs
TEXT
The Empty Chest. by Indira Goswami
The Compromise by Vijaydan Detha
Tamas by Bhisam Sahani
Outcast by Mahasweta Devi.
Reference
Shishu by Mahasweta Devi .
Ek Baat by Amrita Pritam
Ghansiram Kotwal by Vijay Tendulkar.
Selections from Kabir by A K Mehrotra..
EBH—601--- INDIAN NOVEL L T P C
SEM - VI 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
Mulk Raj Anand-----Untouchable 10 hrs
Unit – 2
R K NARAYAN---Guide 09 hrs
Unit – 3
R K NARAYAN---Guide 09 hrs
Unit – 4
Anita Desai-----Cry, the Peacock 08 hrs
Unit – 5
Anita Desai-----Cry, the Peacock 08 hrs
TEXT
Guide by R K Narayan
Cry, the peacock by Anita Desai
Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand
REFERENCE
A History of Indian English literature by M.K Naik
Indian Writing in English by K.R Srinivas Ayengar
EBH—602-- INDIAN POETRY L T P C
SEM – VI 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
Toru Dutta----- Our old casurina tree,.
Sarojini Naidu----- Palanquin Bearer 08 hrs
Unit – 2
Rabindranath Tagore--- Where the mind is without fear, Rabindranath Tagore- -I had gone a-begging
from door to door. 10 hrs
Unit – 3
Nissim Ezekiel-----Night of the scorpion,. 08 hrs
Unit – 4
A K Ramanujan------- River. In India, Kamala Dass---- Old play house 08 hrs
Unit – 5
Vikram Seth ----- The song of the Nightingale, Rudyard Kipling------- If, 08 hrs
Reference
Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
Poems written by Sarojini Naidu
Poems written by Rudyard Kipling
Poems written by Nissim Ezekiel
Modern Indian Poetry in English by Bruce King
Three Indian Poets by B King
EBH ---603— INDIAN ENGLISH DRAMA L T P C
SEM – VI 3 1 0 4
Unit – 1
R. Tagore---- Sacrifice 12 hrs
Unit – 2
Girish Karnad------ Tughlaq. 08 hrs
Unit – 3
Girish Karnad------ Tughlaq. 08 hrs
Unit – 4
Vijay Tendulkar------ Kanyadan. 08 hrs
Unit – 5
Vijay Tendulkar------ Kanyadan. 08 hrs
TEXT
Tughlaq by Girish Karnad
Kanyadan by Vijay Tendulkar.
Sacrifice by Rabindranath Tagore.
REFERENCE
A History of Indian English Literature by M.K.Naik
EBH----604--- Russian Literature L T P C
3 1 0 4
SEM – VI
Unit --1
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy 08 hrs
Unit II
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy 08 hrs
Unit III
Mother by Maxim Gorky 08 hrs
Unit IV
Mother by Maxim Gorky 08 hrs
Unit V
The Bet by Anton Chekov
The Man in the Case by Anton Chekov 12 hrs
TEXT
Mother by Maxim Gorky
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy
Short Stories by Anton Chekov
Reference
Lectures on Russian Literature by Vladimir Nabokov