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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.

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Page 1: BA English (Hons) Syllabus

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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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..

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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

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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

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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

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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

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