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B.A. (HONS. SCHOOL) ENGLISH (SEMESTER: I–VI)

Examinations: 2014–15

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B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (SEMESTER SYSTEM)

SCHEME SEMESTER – I: PAPER–I: Renaissance Poetry Marks: 50

PAPER–II: Structure of English: The English Sound System Marks: 50

PAPER–III: Short story Marks: 50

PAPER–IV: English Prose from Bacon to Swift Marks: 50

PAPER–V: History of English Literature (449-1789) Marks: 50

PAPER–VI: History of England (1485-1688) Marks: 50

PAPER–VII: Fundamentals of Sociology–A Marks: 50

PAPER–VIII: Punjabi Compulsory or Mudhli Punjabi Ma rks: 50

SEMESTER – II: PAPER–I: Neoclassical Poetry Marks: 50

PAPER–II: Structure of English: English Grammar Marks: 50

PAPER–III: One-Act Play Marks: 50

PAPER–IV: Nineteenth Century English Prose Marks: 50

PAPER–V: History of English Literature (1789-1960) Marks: 50


PAPER–VII: Fundamentals of Sociology–B Marks: 50

PAPER–VIII: Punjabi Compulsory or Mudhli Punjabi M arks: 50

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Semester-III PAPER–I: Elements of Novel–I Marks: 50

PAPER–II: Elizabethan Drama Marks: 50

PAPER–III: Romantic Poetry Marks: 50

PAPER–IV: Indian Fiction in English Marks: 50

PAPER–V: American Fiction and Prose Marks: 50


PAPER–VII: Sociology: Social Change in India Marks: 50

PAPER–VIII: *Environmental Studies Marks: 50

Semester-IV PAPER–I: Elements of Novel–II Marks: 50

PAPER–II: English Drama: Jacoben Period to 19th century Marks: 50

PAPER–III: Victorian Poetry Marks: 50

PAPER–IV: Indian Poetry and Drama Marks: 50

PAPER–V: American Poetry and Drama Marks: 50


PAPER–VII: Sociology: Social Change in India Marks: 50

PAPER–VIII: *Environmental Studies Marks: 50

Note:- Marks of these papers will not be included in the Total Marks

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SEMESTER-V

PAPER–I: Modern English Poetry Marks: 50

PAPER–II: Modern English Drama Marks: 50

PAPER–III: Modern Novel Marks: 50

PAPER–IV: English Literary Criticism Marks: 50

PAPER–V: Elements of Prose and Composition Marks: 50

PAPER–VI: History of English Language-I Marks: 50

PAPER–VII: History of England (1914-1939) Marks: 50

PAPER–VIII: Social Thought-I Marks: 50

SEMESTER–VI

PAPER–I: Post -War English Poetry Marks: 50

PAPER–II: European Drama Marks: 50

PAPER–III: History of English Language-II Marks: 50

PAPER–IV: Indian Literature in Translation Marks: 5 0

PAPER–V: Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking Mar ks: 50

PAPER–VI: Media Writing Marks: 50

PAPER–VII: History of England (1939-1995) Marks: 50

PAPER–VIII: Social Thought-II Marks: 50

4 B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (SEMESTER–I)

Paper–I: Renaissance Poetry Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of three essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). One question with internal choice would be set from each unit. Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30.

Unit-I

William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day? That time of year thou may'st in me behold Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea My Mistress' eyes are nothing like the Sun Let me not to the marriage of true minds When to the sessions of sweet silent thought Not marbles nor the gilded monuments When in the chronicle of wasted time

Unit-II

John Donne Sweetest Love, I do not goe The Good Morrow The Flea The Anniversary The Apparition Since she whome I loved Death, be not proud Hymn to God in my Sickness

Unit-III John Milton

On his Blindness On his Twenty-third Birthday Lycidas Paradise Lost, Book I, II. 1-26 Paradise Lost, Book I, II. 242-270

Suggested Reading: The Poetry Handbook, 2nd Edition, OUP by John Lennard.


Paper–II: Structure of English: The English Sound System Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of six essay type questions out of which the candidate would attempt three, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30. Part-I: The English Sound System

1. The Sound of English Students will be required to describe the sounds of English using I.P.A. symbols and to employ them in transcribing words according to the pronunciation conventions of one of the following dictionaries. Advanced Learner's Dictionary (New Edition) Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English Classification of different sounds shall be made with the help of articulatory description. The students are also required to make distinction between some of the general Indian variants of different English sounds. (Refer Bansal and Harrison (1972), Spoken English for India. Orient Longman).

2. Syllable Structure of the English syllable. Permissible sequences in initial and final consonant clusters. At the end of this unit, students should be able to split words into their constituent syllables.

3. Stress Understand as relative prominence of a syllable due to great breath-force and Londness Stress in bisyllabic nouns and adjectives as opposed to bisyllabic verbs. Strong versus weak forms of structure words in utterances, viz. of articles, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, prepositions, coordinators, Stress-timed rhythm of spoken English.

4. Intonation Understood as a pattern of pitch levels in utterances. At the end of this unit, students will be expected to assign possible intonation pattern to sentences (Refer to Appendix II: "Stress, Rhythm and Intonation" in Quirk and Greenbaum (1973), A University Grammar of English, Longman).


Paper–III: Short Stories Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of three essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). One question with internal choice would be set from each unit. Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30. Short Stories:

Unit-I 1. A Cup of Tea 2. The World Renowned Nose 3. The Open Window 4. A Work of Art

Unit-II

5. Some Words with a Mummy 6. The Gift of the Magi 7. The Ant & The Grasshopper 8. The Gateman's Gift

Unit-III

9. How much land does a Man need? 10. The Reaping Race 11. Old Man At The Bridge 12. The Necklace (The Short Stories are available in Popular Short Stories, Oxford University Press)


Paper–IV: English Prose from Bacon to Swift Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of three essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). One question with internal choice would be set from each unit. Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30.

Unit-I

Francis Bacon: Of Studies Of Ambition Of Travel Of Marriage and Single Life

Unit-II

Joseph Addison: The Aims of the Spectator

The Tombs in Westminster Abbey (Alternatively titled "Meditations in Westminster Abbey") The Exercise of the Fan Sir Roger in Church

Unit-III

Jonathan Swift: The Battle of the Books


Paper–V: History of English Literature (449-1789) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of three essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). One question with internal choice would be set from each unit. Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30.

Unit-I 1. Old English Period 2. Middle English Period 3. Chaucer

Unit-II

4. The Renaissance: General Characteristics 5. Renaissance Poetry 6. Renaissance Drama 7. Renaissance Prose

Unit-III

8. Neoclassicism: General Characteristics 9. Neoclassical Poetry 10. Neoclassical Drama 11. Neoclassical Fiction 12. Neoclassical Prose

Recommended Books: W.H. Hudson: An Outline History of English Literature for Evans: A Short History of English Literature Michael Alexander: A History of English Literature


Paper–VI: History of England (1485-1688) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of six essay type questions out of which the candidate would attempt three, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30.

1. The Beginning of the Modern Age (1485-1603) a. Restoration b. Reformation c. Crisis of Reformation d. War and Spain and Ireland e. Elizabethan Age

2. Political and Religious Conflict and Overseas Expansion (1603-1688)

a. A Period of Beginnings b. Crown and Parliament c. Civil War d. Common Wealth and Protectorate e. Party Strife and Revolution

Prescribed Reading: Ramsay Muir: British History (Capital Book House, Delhi)


Paper–VII: Fundamentals of Sociology-A Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of six essay type questions out of which the candidate would attempt three, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30. Syllabus:

(a) Definition, nature and scope of sociology, relationship with other social sciences, psychology, anthropology, history, economics and political science.

(b) Basic concepts, social structure, norms and values, status and role, customs, Folkways and Mores

Books Prescribed:

1. Maclver, R.M. & Page, Charles H. Society: An Introductory Analysis, Macmillan; 1974. 2. Bierstedt, Robert, The Social Order, Tata McGraw-Hill, Bombay; 1970. 3. Gisbert, Pascual, Fundamentals of Sociology, Orient Longman, New Delhi; 1959. 4. Bottommore, T.B., Sociology: A Guide to Problems and Literature. Blackie, Bombay;

1971. 5. Davis, Kingsley; Human Society, Macmillan, New Delhi; 1969.


Paper–VIII: Punjabi (Compulsory) ;wK L 3 xzN/ e[b nze L 50

gkm-eqw ns/ gkm-g[;seK 1H frnkB-ftfrnkB (;zgkH jfoGiB f;zx GkNhnk ns/ gq'H goF'sw f;zx p̀b),

r[o{ BkBe d/t :{Bhtof;Nh, nzfwqs;o.

b/y L f}zdrh s/ ;kfjs, b'e-ebk, X[Bh ns/ wB[`y, T[d:'r ns/ n`y.

2H gzikp d/ wjkB ebkeko (pbtzs rkorh), r[o{ BkBe d/t :{Bhtof;Nh, nzfwqs;o.

b/y L nzfwqsk F/ofrb, e/Hn?bH ;fjrb, pV/ |[bkw nbh yK, ;'Gk f;zx, fgqEthoki eg{o,

GkJh ;w[zd f;zx.

3H g?oQk ouBk

4H g?oQk gVQ e/ gqFBK d/ T[`so.

5H (T) gzikph X[Bh ftT[_s L T[ukoB nzr, T[ukoB ;EkB s/ ftXhnK, ;to, ftnziB, ;[o.

(n) GkFk tzBrhnK L GkFk dk Ne;kbh o{g, GkFk ns/ T[g-GkFk dk nzso, gzikph

T[gGkFktK d/ gSkD-fuzBQ.

6H wks GkFk dk nfXnkgB

(T) gfjbh GkFk d/ s"o T[̀s/

(n) d{ih GkFk d/ s"o T[̀s/

nze-tzv ns/ gohfyne bJh jdkfJsK

1H fe;/ fBpzX dk ;ko iK T[;dk ftFk t;s{ (d' ftu'I fJe) . 10 nze

2H tkose o{g L o/yk fuso, BkfJe fpzp, ebkswe r[D, o/yk fuso ;kfjs ~ d/D . 10 nze

3H g?oQk ouBk L fszB ftfFnK ftu'I fe;/ fJe T[s/ g?oQk fbyD bJh 05 nze fejk ikt/ .

4H g?oQk d/ e/ T[; pko/ gzi gqFBK d/ T[s̀o . 05 nze

5H Bzpo 5 T[s/ fd`sh ftnkeoD d/ nkXko s/ toDBkswe gqFB . 10 nze

6H Bzpo 6 ftu wks GkFk d/ gfjbh GkFk ns/ d{ih GkFk ti'_ nfXnkgB, wjZst ns/ ;wZf;nktK pko/ uko gqFB g[`S/ ikDr/, fiBQK ftu'_ ftfdnkoEh B/ d' dk T[s̀o d/Dk j't/rk. 5%2=10 nze


mu~FlI pMjwbI (In lieu of Compulsory Punjabi)

pwT-kRm

smW : iqMn GMty ku~l AMk : 50 1. pMjwbI BwSw

gurmuKI ilpI gurmuKI ilpI : bxqr Aqy qrqIb 20 AMk

2. gurmuKI AwrQogRw&I sÍrW dI vMf Aqy aucwrn ivAMjnW dI vMf Aqy aucwrn 15 AMk

3. pMjwbI Sbd-bxqr Aqy rcnw swDwrn Sbd in~q vrqoN dI pMjwbI SbdwvlI 15 AMk

XUint Aqy QIm:

1. pMjwbI BwSw : nwmkrx Aqy sMKyp jwx pCwx, gurmuKI ilpI : nwmkrx, gurmuKI vrxmwlw;

pYNqI A~KrI, A~Kr kRm, sÍr vwhk (a A e), lgW mwqrW, pYr ivc ibMdI vwly vrx, pYr

ivc pYx vwly vrx, ibMdI, it~pI, A~Dk[

2. gurmuKI AwrQogRw&I Aqy aucwrn ; sÍrW dI vMf Aqy aucwrn (lGU-dIrG sÍr) ; sÍr Aqy lgW

mwqrW ; ivAMjnW dI vMf Aqy aucwrn ; pYr ivc pYx vwly vrxW (h, r, v) dw aucwrn ; l

Aqy L dw aucwrn ; B,D,F,J,G dw aucwrn; pYr ivc ibMdI vwly vrxW dw aucwrn[

3. pMjwbI Sbd-bxqr Aqy rcnw: swDwrn Sbd; iek~lw sÍr (ijvyN Aw) ; sÍr Aqy ivAMjn

(ijvyN Awr) ; ivAMjn Aqy sÍr (ijvyN pw) ; ivAMjn sÍr ivAMjn (ijvyN pwr) ; pMjwbI Sbd

rcnw ; ilMg-puilMg, iek vcn-bhu vcn; in~q vrqoN dI pMjwbI SbdwvlI; Kwx-pIx Aqy

swkwdwrI nwl sMbMiDq[


AMk-vMf Aqy prIiKAk leI hdwieqW:

1. pihly XUint iv~coN pMjwbI BwSw Aqy gurmuKI ilpI dI bxqr Aqy qrqIb nwl sbMiDq

5-5 AMkW dy cwr ivhwrk pRSn pu~Cy jwxgy[ AMkW dI vMf A~goN iek-iek jW do-do AMkW dy

Coty pRSnW ivc kIqI jw skdI hY[

2. dUjy XUint iv~coN gurmuKI AwrQogRw&I Aqy aucwrn nwl sbMiDq 5-5 AMkW dy iqMn ivhwrk

pRSn pu~Cy jwxgy[ AMkW dI vMf A`goN iek-iek jW do-do AMkW dy Coty pRSnW ivc kIqI jw

skdI hY[

3. qIjy XUint iv~coN pMjwbI Sbd-bxqr Aqy Sbd rcnw nwl sbMiDq 5-5 AMkW dy do ivhwrk

pRSn pu~Cy jwxgy[ AMkW dI vMf A`goN iek-iek jW do-do AMkW dy Coty pRSnW ivc kIqI jw

skdI hY[

4. in`q vrqoN dI pMjwbI SbdwvlI nwl sbMiDq iek-iek AMk dy pMj (AwbjYkitv) pRSn pu~Cy

jwxgy[

5. pRSnW dI BwSw srl Aqy spSt r~KI jwvy[

14 B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (SEMESTER–II)

Paper–I: Neoclassical Poetry Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of three essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). One question with internal choice would be set from each unit. Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30.

Unit-I: John Dryden MacFlecknoe

Unit-II: Alexander Pope Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot

Unit-III: Thomas Gray Elegy in a Country Churchyard Ode on Spring Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Hymn to Adversity Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College Suggested Reading: The Poetry Handbook, 2nd Edition, OUP by John Lennard


Paper–II: Structure of English: English Grammar Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of six essay type questions out of which the candidate would attempt three, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30. Part-II: English Grammar

1. Morphology of Modern English: Bases and affixes Types of affixes: prefixes and suffixes, class-changing, class maintaining, multiple affixation. At the end of this unit students should be able to analyse words into their morphological constituents. (Refer to "Appendix I: Word Formation" in Quirk and Greenbaum in addition to Stageberg (1977), An Introductory English Grammar).

2. Syntax of Modern English: Word classes: open vs. closed classes. Formal/ morphological characteristics of the open classes; nouns, verbs. Adjectives and adverbs Nouns: Nouns Clauses determiners, reference and article, number gender Pronouns: Personal, reflexive reciprocal, possessive, interrogative, demonstrative, universal, partitive. Verbs: Regular vs. irregular verbs stable vs. dynamic verbs; Auxiliary verbs; Finite vs. non-finite verbs; aspect, tense and theme; structure of the verb phase, Adjectives: Attributives: Attributive and predicative Adverbs: As modifiers and complement of preposition Basic sentence pattern and the phase structure rules which define them Non-finite verb phrases: infinitive present participial, past participial Finite Clauses: Relative and adverbial clauses: Adverbial clause in NP-position At the end of this unit students should be able to identify the grammatical category to which a word belongs, phrasal and sentential units and represent (Refer Quirk and Greenbaum).


Paper–III: One-Act Plays Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of three essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). One question with internal choice would be set from each unit. Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30. One-Act Plays

Unit-I Riders to the Sea The Happy Journey

Unit-II

A Marriage Proposal Lord Byron's Love Letter

Unit-III The Romancers Waterloo To Bobolink, For Her Spirit (Prescribed Text: Plays in One Act edited by M. Elias, Orient Longman)


Paper–IV: Nineteenth Century English Prose Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of three essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). One question with internal choice would be set from each unit. Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30.

Unit-I

Charles Lamb: In Praise of Chimney Sweepers Poor Relations A Bachelor's Complaint

Unit-II

William Hazlitt: On Going a Journey

The Indian Jugglers On the Ignorance of the Learned On Fashion

Unit-III

G.K. Chesterton: A Defence of Nonsense

A Piece of Chalk On the Pleasures of Not Being Very Young


Paper–V: History of English Literature (1789-1960) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of three essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). One question with internal choice would be set from each unit. Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30.

Unit-I

1. Romanticism: General Characteristics 2. Romantic Poetry 3. Romantic Fiction 4. Romantic Prose

Unit-II

5. Victorian Period: General Characteristics 6. Victorian Poetry 7. Victorian Fiction 8. Victorian Prose

Unit-III

9. Modernism: General Characteristics 10. Modern Poetry 11. Modern Drama 12. Modern Fiction

Recommended Books: W.H. Hudson: An Outline History of English Literature for Evans: A Short History of English Literature Michael Alexander: A History of English Literature


Paper–VI: History of England (1688-1782) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of six essay type questions out of which the candidate would attempt three, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30.

1. Establishment of Constitutional Government (1688-1714) a. Revolution Settlement b. William-III c. Whigs and Tories d. Transition to the Eighteenth Century

2. Colonial Supremacy and Disruption (1714-1782)

a. Walpole and Whig Otigarchy b. Naval and Colonial Supremacy c. Quarrel with American Colonies d. Effects of American Revolution e. Establishment of British Power in India

Prescribed Reading: Ramsay Muir: British History (Capital Book House, Delhi)


Paper–VII: Fundamentals of Sociology-B Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of six essay type questions out of which the candidate would attempt three, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30. Syllabus:

(a) Socialization: Meaning, processes, agencies and theories of self (Cooley, Mead and Freud)

(b) Culture: Meaning, characteristics, culture, lag, material and non-material culture, relationship between culture and civilization.

Books Prescribed:

1. Maclver, R.M. & Page, Charles H. Society: An Introductory Analysis, Macmillan; 1974. 2. Bierstedt, Robert, The Social Order, Tata McGraw-Hill, Bombay; 1970. 3. Gisbert, Pascual, Fundamentals of Sociology, Orient Longman, New Delhi; 1959. 4. Bottommore, T.B., Sociology: A Guide to Problems and Literature. Blackie, Bombay;

1971. 5. Davis, Kingsley; Human Society, Macmillan, New Delhi; 1969.


Paper–VIII: Punjabi (Compulsory) ;wK L 3 xzN/ e[b nze L 50

gkm-eqw ns/ gkm-g[;seK 1H frnkB-ftfrnkB (;zgkH jfoGiB f;zx GkNhnk ns/ gq'H goF'sw f;zx p̀b),

r[o{ BkBe d/t :{Bhtof;Nh, nzfwqs;o.

b/y L ihtB dk w[`Y, eh w"s Bkw Bk; j'D dk j?<, ftFt :[`X, oDihs f;zx -

gzikphns dk gqshe, gzikp dk ;Bnsh ftek;.

2H gzikp d/ wjkB ebkeko (pbtzs rkorh), r[o{ BkBe d/t :{Bhtof;Nh, nzfwqs;o.

b/y L ;shF r[iokb, r[ouoB f;zx, mke[o f;zx, pboki ;kjBh, ;[fozdo e"o.

3H Fpd-pDso ns/ Fpd ouBk L gfoGkFk, w[Yb/ ;zebg.

4H Fpd Fq/DhnK

5H g?oQk ouBk

6H g?oQk gVQ e/ gqFBK d/ T[`so

7H w[jkto/ ns/ nykD

nze-tzv ns/ gohfyne bJh jdkfJsK :

1H fe;/ fBpzX dk ;ko iK T[;dk ftFk t;s{ (d' ftu'I fJe) . 10 nze

2H tkose o{g L o/yk fuso, BkfJe fpzp, ebkswe r[D, o/yk fuso ;kfjs ~ d/D . 10 nze

3-4H 3-4 Bzpo T[s̀/ fds̀h ftnkeoD d/ nkXko ̀s/ toDBkswe gqFB . 10 nze

5H g?oQk ouBk L fszB ftfFnK ftu'I fe;/ fJe T[s/ g?oQk fbyD bJh 5 nze fejk ikt/ .

6H g?oQk d/ e/ T[; pko/ gzi gqFBK d/ T[s̀o . 5 nze

7H Bzpo 7 ftu nm̀ nykD ns/ nZm w[jkto/ g[`S/ ikDr/, fiBQK ftu'_

ftfdnkoEh B/ gzi-gzi ~ tkeK ftu tos e/ noE ;gZFN eoB/

j'Dr/ . 5O5=10 nze


mu~FlI pMjwbI (In lieu of Compulsory Punjabi)

pwT-kRm

smW : iqMn GMty ku~l AMk : 50 1. pMjwbI Sbd-bxqr

sMXukq Aqy imSrq Sbd in~q vrqoN dI pMjwbI SbdwvlI 20 AMk

2. pMjwbI vwk-bxqr swDwrn vwk : iksmW sMXukq vwk : iksmW imSrq vwk : iksmW pMjwbI vwkW dI vrqoN dy iviBMn smwijk pRsMg 15 AMk

3. pRkwrjI pMjwbI ic`TI p`qr pYrw rcnw AKwx Aqy muhwvry 15 AMk

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24 B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (SEMESTER–III)

Paper I: Elements of Novel-I Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections.

Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in

not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for

this section would be 20.

Section-B: It will consist of three essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5

pages (approximately 800 words). One question with internal choice would be set from each

unit. Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30.

Literary Terms:

Epistolary Novel, Picaresque Novel, Gothic Novel, Regional Novel,

Prose Romance, Novel of Sensibility, Stream of Consciousness,

Utopias and dystopias, Character and Characterization, Setting,

Atmosphere, Point of View, Limited and Omniscient,

Story and Situation, Narration-First person and third person,

Narrator- Reliable and unreliable, Telling and showing

1. Thomas Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge

2. John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men

3. Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and The Sea


Paper II: Elizabethan Drama Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections.







Literary Terms

Miracles, Mysteries, Morality Plays, Interludes, Comedy.

Tragedy, Tragi-Comedy, Melodrama. Chronicle Play, Revenge Play, Social Play

Comedy of Humours, Comedy of Manners, Romantic Comedy, Drama of Ideas

Plot, Character, Spectacle, Conflict, The Three Dramatic Unities

Catharsis, Hamartia, Chorus, Soliloquy and Aside, Realism and Naturalism

1. Christopher Marlowe: Edward II

2. William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar

3. Shakespeares's : Twelfth Night


Paper III: Romantic Poetry Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in not more than 10 lines (150 words) each. Each question will carry 5 marks. The total marks for this section would be 20. Section-B: It will consist of three essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 800 words). One question with internal choice would be set from each unit. Each question would carry 10 marks, the total marks for this section would be 30. 1. William Wordsworth: Lines written in early Spring

I wandered Lonely as a Cloud The Solitary Reaper A slumber did my Spirit seal The World is too much with us Surprised by Joy We are seven Nutting Tintern Abbey

2. John Keats: La Delle Dame Sans Merci

When I have Fears On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer Bright Star On Seeing Elgin Marbles Endymion, ll.1-62 Ode to a Nightingale To Autumn

3. Percy B. Shelley: To the Skylark Ozymandias Ode to the West Wind Love When the Lamp is Shattered Stanzas Written in Dejection The Cloud

Music When the Soft Voices Die


Paper IV: Indian Fiction in English Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in






1. Mulkh Raj Anand: Untouchable

2. R.K.Narayan: The English Teacher

3. Khushwant Singh: Train to Pakistan


Paper-V: American Fiction and Prose Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections.







1. Edgar Allan Poe: The Fall of the House of Usher

The Pit and the Pendulum

Cast of Amontillado

Black Cat

2. Henry James: Daisy Miller

3. Emerson: Self Reliance

The American Scholar


Paper VI: History of England (1783-1852) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section–A: It will consist of short answer questions (one from each unit), each to be answered

in not more than two pages (250 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry Five Marks. The total marks for this section will be 20 marks.

Section–B: It will consist of essay type questions; each to be answered in not more than five

pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set, one from each section. The candidate will be required to attempt three questions. Each question will carry Ten Marks. The total marks for this section will be 30 marks.

Section–A

1. William Pitt and Revival of British Strength 1784-1793. 2. French Revolution and British 1789-1801.

Section–B

3. Effects of French Revolution on British People. 4. Struggle agaisnt Napoleon: 1803-1815.

Section–C

5. British Empire in 1815. 6. Old Toryism and Young Toryism: 1815-1830.

Section–D

7. National Reconstruction: 1830-1841. 8. Reconstruction under Robert Peel and John Russel: 1841-1852.

Recommended Readings:

1. Ramsay Muir, British History, Capital Book House, Delhi, 1968. (reprint) 2. David Thomson, England in the Nineteenth Century (1815-1914), Penguin Books, 1973.


PAPER VII: SOCIOLOGY SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section–A: It will consist of short answer questions (one from each unit), each to be answered


Section–B: It will consist of essay type questions; each to be answered in not more than five pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set, one from each section. The candidate will be required to attempt three questions. Each question will carry Ten Marks. The total marks for this section will be 30 marks.

Unit–I

Social Change: Concept and types. Theories of Social Change: Marx, Veblen, Cultural lag Theory.

Unit–II Factors of Social Change: Demographic, Educational, Technological, Economics and Legislative.

Unit–III Indian Society and Social Institutions: Traditional basis of Indian Society Kinship, Family, Marriage, Caste and changing dimensions.

Unit–IV Process of Social Change in India: Sanskritization, Westernization, Modernization, Secularization and Globalization. Books Recommended:

1. Ahuja, Ram (1977): Society in India: Concept, Theories and Recent Trends, Jaipur: Rawat Publication.

2. Dude, S.C. (1991): Indian Society, New Delhi: National Book Trust. 3. Karve, Travati (1961): Hindu Society: An Interpretation, Pune: Daccan College. 4. Mandeldaum, D.G. (1970): Society in India, Bombay: Popular Prakashan. 5. Sharma K.L. (Ed.) (1994): Caste and Class, Jaipur, Rawat Publication. 6. Srinivas, M.N. (1985): Social Change in Modern India, New Delhi: Orient Longman. 7. Srinivas, M.N. (1969): India's Villages, Asia, Bombay. 8. Yogendra, Singh, (1973): Modernization of Indian Tradition, A Systematic Study of Social

Change, Delhi: Thompson. 9. MacIver, R.M. 1974 Society: An Introductory Analysis by R.M MacIver and Charles.

H.Page Delhi: Mac Millon.


PAPER-VIII: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (COMPULSORY) Theory Lectures: 1.5 Hours/ Week Max. Marks: 50 Time of Examination: 3 Hours Section A (15 Marks): It will consist of five short answer type questions. Candidates will be required to attempt three questions, each question carrying five marks. Answer to any of the questions should not exceed two pages. Section B (20 Marks): It will consist of four essay type questions. Candidates will be required to attempt two questions, each question carrying ten marks. Answer to any of the questions should not exceed four pages. Section C (15 Marks): It will consist of two questions. Candidate will be required to attempt one question only. Answer to the question should not exceed 5 pages. 1. The Multidisciplinary Nature of Environmental Studies: • Definition, scope & its importance. • Need for public awareness.

2. Natural Resources: • Natural resources and associated problems:

a) Forest Resources: Use of over exploitation, deforestation, case studies. Timber extraction, mining, dams and their effects on forests and tribal people.

b) Water Resources: Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, floods, drought, conflicts over water, dams-benefits and problems.

c) Mineral Resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using mineral resources, case studies.

d) Food Resources: World food problems, change caused by agriculture and overgrazing, effects or modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide problem, salinity, case studies.

e) Energy Resources: Growing of energy needs, renewable and non-renewable energy resources, use of alternate energy sources, case studies.

f) Land Recourses: Land as a resource, land degradation, soil erosion and desertification. • Role of an individual in conservation of natural resources. • Equitable use of resources for sustainable lifestyles.

3. Ecosystem: • Concept of an ecosystem. • Structure and function of an ecosystem. • Producers, consumers and decomposers. • Energy flow in the ecosystem. • Ecological succession. • Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids. • Introduction, types, characteristic features, structure and function of the following

ecosystems: a. Forest ecosystem b. Grassland ecosystem c. Desert ecosystem d. Aquatic ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, oceans, estuaries)


4. Social Issues and Environment: • From unsustainable to sustainable development. • Urban problems related to energy. • Water conservation, rain water harvesting, watershed management. • Resettlement and rehabilitation of people; its problems and concerns. Case studies. • Environmental ethics: Issues and possible solutions. • Climate change, global warning, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents and

holocause. Case studies. • Wasteland reclamation. • Consumerism and waste products. • Environmental Protection Act:

� Air (prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. � Water (prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. � Wildlife Protection Act. � Forest Conservation Act.

• Issues involved in enforcement of environmental legislation. • Public awareness. References/Books:

1. Agarwal, K. C. 2001. Environmental Biology, Nidhi Publications Ltd. Bikaner.

2. Bharucha, E. 2005. Textbook of Environmental Studies, Universities Press, Hyderabad.

3. Down to Earth, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.

4. Jadhav, H. & Bhosale, V. M. 1995. Environmental Protection and Laws. Himalaya Pub.

5. Joseph, K. and Nagendran, R. 2004. Essentials of Environmental Studies, Pearson

Education (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Delhi.

6. Kaushik, A. & Kaushik, C. P. 2004. Perspective in Environmental Studies, New Age

International (P) Ltd, New Delhi.

7. Miller, T. G. Jr. 2000. Environmental Science, Wadsworth Publishing Co.

8. Sharma, P. D. 2005. Ecology and Environment, Rastogi Publications, Meerut.

9. Booklet on Safe Driving. Sukhmani Society (Suvidha Centre), District Court Complex,

Amritsar

10. Kanta, S., 2012. Essentials of Environmental Studies, ABS Publications, Jalandhar.

33 B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (SEMESTER–IV)

Paper I: Elements of Novel-II Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections.







1. George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss

2. Herman Melville: Billy Budd

3. Ivan Turgenev: Fathers and Sons


Paper II: English Drama: Jacobean Period to 19th Century Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in






1. John Webster: The Duchess of Malfi

2. William Congreve : The Way of the World

3. Richard Sheridan: The Rivals


Paper III: Victorian Poetry Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in






1. Alfred Tennyson: Tithonus

Mariana

The Lady of Shallot

Tear, Idle Tears

Prologue to ‘In Memoriam’

Crossing the Bar

Songs from ‘The Princess’:

Sweet and Low

The Splendor Falls

Oh Swallow, Oh Swallow flying South

Ask me No More

Come down Oh Maid

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal


2. Robert Browning: Evelyn Hope

Andrea Del Sarto

Love among the Ruins

My Last Duchess

Pippa’s Song

The Lost Mistress

The Last Ride Together

Rabbi Ben Ezra

3. Mathew Arnold Dover Beach

The Forsaken Mermaid

To Marguerite

Shakespeare

Growing Old

The Last Word


Paper IV: Indian Poetry and Drama Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in






1. Rabindranath Tagore: Gitanjali

Song No. 11 Leave this chanting and singing 13 The song that I came to sing 31 Prisoner, tell me, who was it 35 Where the mind is without fear 48 The morning sea of silence 50 I had gone a-begging 51 The night darkened 52 I thought I should ask of thee 60 On the seashore of endless worlds

64 On the slope of the desolate river 73 Deliverance is not for me.

2. Girish Karnad : Tughlak 3. Vijay Tendulkar: Vultures


Paper-V: American Poetry and Drama Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section-A: It will consist of 6 short answer questions, out of which 4 will have to be answered in






1. Emily Dickenson: Because I could not stop for Death I cannot live with you I felt a Funeral in my Brain I hear a Fly buzz- when I died- I like to see it lap the Miles I taste a liquor never brewed My life had stood – a Loaded Gun A Narrow Fellow in the Grass There is a certain Slant of light Wild Nights – Wild Nights! 2. Eugene O'Neill: Mourning Becomes Electra 3. Arthur Miller: All My Sons


Paper VI: History of England (1853-1914) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section–A: It will consist of short answer questions (one from each unit), each to be answered



Section–A

1. Imperial Reconstruction: Era of Palmerston, 1852-1865. 2. Imperial Reconstruction: Era of Gladstone and Disraeli, 1865-1880.

Section–B

3. British Empire in 1880. 4. Nationalism and Imperialism: 1880-1895.

Section–C

5. Imperial Expansion: 1880-1895. 6. Foreign and Imperial Problems: 1895-1905.

Section–D

7. Growth of British Empire: 1880-1914. 8. Social Reforms and Political Crisis: 1906-1914.

Recommended Readings:

1. Ramsay Muir, British History, Capital Book House, Delhi, 1968. 2. David Thomson, England in the Nineteenth Century (1815-1914), Penguin Books, 1973.


PAPER VII: SOCIOLOGY SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of two sections. Section–A: It will consist of short answer questions (one from each unit), each to be answered



Unit–I

Planned Social Change in India: The Five Year Plans, Community Development, IRDP, Panchayati Raj.

Unit–II Changing Nature of India Society: Changing Nature of India Society, Changing Nature of Rural Scoiety, Changing Nature of Urban Society, Change in status and role of women.

Unit–III

Changing Social Stratification: Concept and Bases; Forms– Caste, Class, Power & Gender.

Unit–IV Social Issues: Problems of Minorities, Communalism, Dalits and Affirmative Actions. Books Recommended:

1. Ahuja, Ram (1997): Social Problems in India: New Delhi: Rawat. 2. Dube, S.C. (1991): Indian Society, New Delhi: National Book Trust. 3. Karve, Iravati (1961): Hindu Society: An Interpretation, Pune: Daccan College. 4. Mandelbaum, D.G. (1970): Society in India, Bombay: Popular Prakashan. 5. Sharma K.L. (Ed.) (1994): Caste and Class, Jaipur, Rawat Publication. 6. Sharma K.L. (1986): Essays in Social Stratification, Jaipur, Rawat Publication. 7. Srinivas, M.N. (1985): Social Change in Modern India, New Delhi: Orient Longman. 8. Srinivas, M.N. (1969): India's Villages, Asia, Bombay. 9. Tumin, M.M. (1994): Social Stratification: The Forms and Functions of Inequality, New

Delhi: PHI. 10. Yogendra, Singh, (1973): Modernization of Indian Tradition, A Systematic Study of

Social Change, Delhi: Thompson.


PAPER-VIII: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (COMPULSORY) Theory Lectures: 1.5 Hours/ Week Max. Marks: 50 Time of Examination: 3 Hours Section A (15 Marks): It will consist of five short answer type questions. Candidates will be required to attempt three questions, each question carrying five marks. Answer to any of the questions should not exceed two pages. Section B (20 Marks): It will consist of four essay type questions. Candidates will be required to attempt two questions, each question carrying ten marks. Answer to any of the questions should not exceed four pages. Section C (15 Marks): It will consist of two questions. Candidate will be required to attempt one question only. Answer to the question should not exceed 5 pages. 1. Biodiversity and its Conservation: • Definition: Genetic, species and ecosystem diversity. • Biogeographical classification of India. • Value of Biodiversity: Consumptive use; productive use, social, ethical, aesthetic and option

values. • Biodiversity of global, National and local levels. • India as mega-diversity nation. • Hot-spots of biodiversity. • Threats to Biodiversity: Habitat loss, poaching of wild life, man wildlife conflicts. • Endangered and endemic species of India. • Conservation of Biodiversity: In situ and Ex-situ conservation of biodiversity. 2. Environmental Pollution: • Definition, causes, effects and control measures of:

a) Air Pollution b) Water Pollution c) Soil Pollution d) Marine Pollution e) Noise Pollution f) Thermal Pollution g) Nuclear Hazards h) Electronic Waste

• Solid Waste Management: Causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial wastes.

• Role of an individual in prevention of pollution. • Pollution case studies. • Disaster Management: Floods, Earthquake, Cyclone and Landslides.


3. Human Population and the Environment • Population growth, variation among nations. • Population explosion-Family welfare programme. • Environment and human health. • Human rights. • Value education. • HIV/AIDS. • Women and child welfare. • Role of information technology in environment and human health. • Case studies. • Road Safety Rules & Regulations: Use of Safety Devices while Driving, Do’s and Don’ts

while Driving, Role of Citizens or Public Participation, Responsibilities of Public under Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, General Traffic Signs.

• Accident & First Aid: First Aid to Road Accident Victims, Calling Patrolling Police & Ambulance.

4. Field Visits:

• Visit to a local area to document environmental assets–river/forest/grassland/hill/ mountain.

• Visit to a local polluted site–Urban/Rural/Industrial/Agricultural. • Study of common plants, insects, birds. • Study of simple ecosystems–pond, river, hill slopes etc.

Note: In this section the students will be required to visit and write on the environment of an

area/ecosystem/vi1lage industry/disaster/mine/dam/agriculture field/waste management/ hospital etc. with its salient features, limitations, their implications and suggestion for improvement.

References/Books:

1. Agarwal, K. C. 2001. Environmental Biology, Nidhi Publications Ltd. Bikaner. 2. Bharucha, E. 2005. Textbook of Environmental Studies, Universities Press, Hyderabad. 3. Down to Earth, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. 4. Jadhav, H. & Bhosale, V. M. 1995. Environmental Protection and Laws. Himalaya Pub. 5. Joseph, K. and Nagendran, R. 2004. Essentials of Environmental Studies, Pearson

Education (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Delhi. 6. Kaushik, A. & Kaushik, C. P. 2004. Perspective in Environmental Studies, New Age

International (P) Ltd, New Delhi. 7. Miller, T. G. Jr. 2000. Environmental Science, Wadsworth Publishing Co. 8. Sharma, P. D. 2005. Ecology and Environment, Rastogi Publications, Meerut. 9. Booklet on Safe Driving. Sukhmani Society (Suvidha Centre), District Court Complex,

Amritsar 10. Kanta, S., 2012. Essentials of Environmental Studies, ABS Publications, Jalandhar.

43 B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (SEMESTER–V)

PAPER–I: MODERN ENGLISH POETRY Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than

5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks. The

total marks for this section will be 10. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to

factual description about literary features, theme and references. (5x2=10 marks)

Section B: It will consist of short- answer questions each to be answered in not more than two

pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt

FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be

24 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be

asked. (6x4=24 marks)

Section C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages

(approximately 1000 words). TWO questions will be set. The candidates will be required to

attempt ANY ONE of these questions. Each question will carry 16 marks. Comparative

questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary

Terms in Section C. (16x1=16 marks)

Course Contents: 1. W.B.Yeats: Adam’s Curse

No Second Troy The Lake Isle of Innisfree The Wild Swans at Coole To a Child Dancing in the Wind A Prayer for my Daughter

2. T.S.Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Gerontion To the Indians Who Died in South Africa


3. W.H.Auden: The Unknown Citizen The Shield of Achilles September 1, 1939 In Memory of W.B.Yeats As I walked out one Evening Lay Your Sleeping Head 4. Dylan Thomas: Especially When the October Wind

In My Craft or Sullen Art Do not go Gentle into that Good Night The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower The Refusal to Moan Death, by fire, of a Child in London Light Breaks Where no Sun shines


PAPER–II: MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 10. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. (2x5=10 marks) Section B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 24 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. (6x4=24 marks) Section C: It will consist of essay type questions each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). TWO questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt ONE of these questions. Each question will carry 16 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. (16x1=16 marks) Text Prescribed:

1. G.B. Shaw : Arms and the Man 2. Sean O’Casey : Juno and the Paycock 3. T.S.Eliot : The Cocktail Party


PAPER–III: MODERN NOVEL Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks; the total marks for this section will be 10. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. (2x5=10 marks) Section B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 24 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. (6x4=24 marks) Section C: It will consist of essay type questions each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). TWO questions will be set, covering different texts/authors. The candidates will be required to attempt any ONE of these questions. Each question will carry 16 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. (16x1=16 marks) Text Prescribed:

1. E.M. Forster: A Passage to India 2. Aldous Huxley: Brave New World 3. Alice Walker: Colour Purple


PAPER–IV: ENGLISH LITERARY CRITICISM Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. (2x5=10 Marks)

Section B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. (6x4=24 Marks) Section C: THREE essay type questions each to be answered in not more than 3-4 pages (approximately 500 words) will be set. The students will be required to attempt any TWO of these questions. Each question will carry 8 marks. (8x2=16 Marks) Prescribed Essays:

1. Philip Sidney: An Apology for Poetry

2. John Dryden: An Essay of Dramatic Poesy

3. S. T. Coleridge: Biographia Literaria (Chapters XIV, XVII, and part of XVIII)

4. Matthew Arnold: “The Study of Poetry”

(All selections from English Critical Texts, Eds. D. J. Enright and Ernst de Chickera, Delhi: OUP, rpt. 2011)


PAPER–V: ELEMENTS OF PROSE AND COMPOSITION Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Section A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks; the total marks for this section will be 10. The questions shall relate to factual description of literary/ rhetorical features of prose in general or with reference to the prescribed texts. (2x5=10 marks) Section B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 24 marks. Brief questions of textual and rhetorical nature may be asked. (4x6=24 marks) Note: The questions in Section A and B will require students to identify and describe the elements of composition and rhetoric. Apart from the textual questions, the examiner may also ask questions of practical nature such as rewriting a passage for unity or coherence, making outline of a given passage, explaining logical fallacies, effective use of diction and syntactical features, differences between various literary styles etc. The students will be required to give evidence of their understanding as well as effective application of rhetorical strategies. Section C: It will consist of essay type questions each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words).TWO questions will be set; one question will relate to the development of a short statement from any of the prescribed texts into a full-length essay, not necessarily on the lines the original text is written. The candidates will be required to attempt any one question. Each question will carry 16 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. The questions shall be essay type and the answers shall be evaluated on the basis of the quality of composition, logical development of ideas and proper conclusion of the stated arguments. (1x16=16 marks) Course Contents: 1. Characteristics of effective writing: Unity, Coherence, Emphasis. 2. The Paragraph: Topic Sentence, inductive or deductive nature of paragraphs. 3. Forms of Discourse: Expository, argumentative, persuasive, descriptive, narrative. 4. Modes of development in discourse: Definition, illustration, comparison and contrast,

classification, analysis, cause and effect, emotional appeal, description, narration etc. 5. Diction: denotation and connotation; abstract and concrete words, repetition, synonyms,

jargon, clichés, slang, figures of speech, image, metaphor, simile, symbol etc. 6. Syntax: Simple vs complex sentences, fragmented sentences, faulty references, dangling

construction, lack of cohesion, shift in focus 7. Style: clarity, sincerity, tone, attitude, purpose, satire, humour, irony 8. Outlining the essay, scratch and formal outline, hierarchical distribution of ideas and their

pattern of development 9. Revision, Punctuation, Logical fallacies


Prescribed Readings: The following 14 essays from Subject and Strategy ed. Paul Eschholz and Alfred Rosa, St. Martin’s Press, NY, 1978 (For guided reading on the various modes of development)

Narration:

(i) How I discovered Words, Malcom X (ii) Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell

Description:

(iii) The Spider and the Wasp, Alexander Petrunkevitch (iv) New York, Gay Talese

Definition:

(v) Americans: A Defintion, John Steinbeck (vi) I want a Wife, Judy Syfers Classification:

(vii) Bunkerism: Archie’s suppository Remarks, Alfred Rosa and Paul Eschholz

(viii) Sexism in English: A Feminist View, Alleen Paul Nilsen Comparison and Contrast:

(ix) Must a Great Newspaper be Dull? Walker Gibson (x) Good Morning, Michael J.Arlen

Cause and Effect:

(xi) How TV Violence Damages your Children, Victor B.Cline (xii) Marriage as a Wretched Institution, Mervyn Cadwallader

Argumentation:

(xiii) Let us Suppose….. Isaac Asimov (xiv) Taming Technology, Alvin Toffler

Recommended Books: 1. Brooks, Cleanth and Warren R.P. Modern Rhetoric. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979 2. McCrimmon, J.M., Writing with a Purpose, NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1957 3. Eschholz, Paul and Rosa, Alfred (ed.), Subject and Strategy. St. Martin’s Press, NY, 1978.


PAPER–VI: HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE-I Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 10. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. (2x5=10 marks) Section B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (200 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 24 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked.

(4x6=24 marks) Section C: THREE essay type questions each to be answered in approximately 400 words will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt any TWO of these questions. Each question will carry 8 marks. (8x2=16 Marks) Course Contents:

I. Old English- 1. Anglo-Saxon Civilization 2. the origin and position of English 3. Old English pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar

II. Foreign Influences on English 1. Contact with other languages 2. The Celtic influence 3. The Latin influence 4. Scandinavian influence 5.

III. Subjugation and reestablishment of English 1. The Norman conquest 2. The use of French and the attitude towards English 3. Changing conditions after 1200 4. National feeling and general adoption of English 5. French as a language of culture and fashion 6. The use of English in writing


IV. Middle English

1. Decay of inflectional endings: the noun, the adjective, the pronoun, the verb

2. Loss of grammatical gender

3. Middle English syntax

4. French influence the English vocabulary

5. The rise of standard English

Prescribed Book: A.C. Baugh and T. Cable, A History of the English Language. Special Indian Edition by

Routledge


PAPER–VII: HISTORY OF ENGLAND (1914-1939) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Section-A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks. The total marks for this section will be 10 marks. Section-B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 24 marks. Section-C: It will consist of essay type questions each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). TWO questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt any ONE of these questions. Each question will carry 16 marks. Course Contents: 1. The Great war and its aftermath (1914-1923)

a. Britain and the British Empire in 1914 b. Britain at war (1914-1918) c. Into the Waste Land (1919-1923)

2. The Great Depression (1924-1939)

a. The Early phase (1924-1929) b. Economic Crisis (1930-1935) c. Towards Recovery (1935-1939)

Recommended Reading: 1. David Thomson, England in the Twentieth Century (1914-1963), Penguin Books, London,

1973. 2. Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of British Political History (1914-1995) Routledge, London, 1996,

PP. 211-46.


PAPER-VIII: SOCIAL THOUGHT–I Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Section-A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 10 marks. Section-B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 24 marks. Section-C: It will consist of essay type questions each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). THREE questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt any TWO questions. Each question will carry 8 marks, the total marks for this section will be 16 marks.

Part–I

a) Auguste Comte : Law of three stages b) Karl Marx : Historical Materialism and Class Struggle Books Recommended: Aron, Reymond : Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vols. I & II, Penguin,

Harmondsworth, 1965. Coser, Lewis, A : Masters of Sociological Thought, Harcourt Brace, Jovanovich, New York, 1977. Kapila, S. : Fundamentals of Sociology, Vol. III, Kapila Publishers, Panchkula, 2006. Zeitlin, Irving M. : Ideology and Development of Sociological

Theory, Prentice Hall, Delhi, 1981.

54 B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (SEMESTER–VI)

PAPER–I: POST-WAR ENGLISH POETRY Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 10. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. (2x5=10 marks) Section B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 24 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. (6x4=24 marks) Section C: It will consist of essay type questions each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). TWO questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt ONE of these questions. Each question will carry 16 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. (16x1=16 marks) Text Prescribed: UNIT–I

Stephen Spender

- The Express

- The Landscape near an Aerodrome

- I Think Continually

- New Year

- Easter Monday

- Thoughts During an Air Raid

- Fall of a City

- Two Armies

- Port Bou

- Ultima Ratio Regum


UNIT–II

Sylvia Path

- Tulips

- Lesbos

- The Bee Meeting

- Daddy

- Lady Lazarus

- A Birthday Present

- A Lesson in Vengeance

UNIT–III

Ted Hughes

- The Thought Fox

- The Bull Moses

- Hawk Roosting

- Wind

- Skylarks

- Second Glance at a Jaguar

- Pike

- The Horses


PAPER–II: EUROPEAN DRAMA Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 10. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. (2x5=10 marks) Section B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 24 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. (6x4=24 marks) Section C: It will consist of essay type questions each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). TWO questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt ONE of these questions. Each question will carry 16 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. (16x1=16 marks) Text Prescribed:

1. Molier: The Miser 2. Brecht: The Caucasian Chalk Circle 3. Ibsen: A Doll’s House


PAPER–III : HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE–II

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50

Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts.

Section A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 10. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. (2x5=10 marks) Section B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (200 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 24 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked.

(6x4=24 marks) Section C: THREE essay type questions each to be answered in approximately 400 words will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt any TWO of these questions. Each question will carry 8 marks. (8x2=16 Marks) Course Contents: I. The Renaissance

1. From middle English to modern 2. The great vowel shift 3. New conditions in the modern period and effect upon grammar and vocabulary

II. Appeal to Authority 1. The temper of the eighteenth century and the attitude towards language 2. ‘Ascertainment’ and the problem of ‘refining’ the language 3. Johnson’s dictionary and the work of grammarians and rhetoricians 4. Prescriptive grammar and attempts to reform vocabulary 5. Development of progressive verb forms and progressive passive

III. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries 1. Language as a mirror of progress 2. Sources of the new words: borrowings 3. Self explaining compounds 4. Compounds formed from Latin and Greek elements 5. Prefixes, suffixes, coinages, old words with new meanings, common words from

proper names

Prescribed Book:

A.C. Baugh and T. Cable, A History of the English Language. Special Indian Edition by Routledge


PAPER–IV: INDIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 10. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. (2x5=10 marks) Section B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 24 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. (6x4=24 marks) Section C: It will consist of essay type questions each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). TWO questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt any one of these questions. Each question will carry 16 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. (16x1=16 marks) Course Contents: 1. Guru Nanak: (A) (i) Were I to Live in palace(p.24)

(ii) As pieces of metal of the same kind melt into one another (p.26) (iii) Lord, Thou art the mighty river (p.33) (iv) In the first watch of night, my trader-friend (p.46) (v) The body is like a pitcher of soft clay.(p.62) (vi) The Simal tree is huge and straight (p.76)

(vii)) The Firmament is thy salver (p.86) (viii) Religion lies not in the patched coat the yogi wears (p.92)

(B) Hymns from Bars Mah (pp.104-110) (From Hymns of Guru Nanak, translated by Khushwant Singh Orient Longman)

2. Prem Chand: Godan (Jaico Classics) 3. Vijay Tendulkar: Silence, the court is in session


PAPER–V: READING, WRITING AND CRITICAL THINKING Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections and the questions will be in general in the form as given in the prescribed book. Section A: FIVE very short answer questions will be set. All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks. (5x2=10 Marks) Section B: SIX questions will be set for the students to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. (6x4=24 Marks) Section C: THREE questions, each to be answered in approximately 400 words will be set. The students will be required to attempt any TWO questions. Each question will carry 8 marks. (8x2=16 Marks) Course Contents: I. A writer’s technique: Main Ideas and Supporting Details 1. American Values and assumptions by Gary Althen

2. Where do we stand? By Lisa Davis 3. Time talks with an accent by Robert Levine

II . A writer’s technique: Purpose and Audience 1. School is bad for children by John Holt 2. An opposing view by Richard Cummins 3. Multiple intelligence and emotional intelligence by D.M. Sadkar & M.P. Sadkar

1. A writer’s technique: Figures of Speech

a. Computers and the pursuit of happiness by David Gelenter b. We’ve got mail- Always by Andrew Leonard c. Propaganda techniques in Today’s Advetising by Ann Mc Clintock

2. A writer’s technique: Summarizing and Paraphrasing a. Sex roles by H. Mc Cubin and B.B. Dahl b. Boys will be boys by B. Kantrowtz & C. Kaib c. Sex, sighs and conversation by Deborah Tannen

3. A writer’s technique: Tone a. The new American dreamers by Ruth Sidel b. Someone is stealing your life by Michael Ventura c. Our schedules, our selves by Jay Walliasper

Prescribed Book: Peter S. Gardner, New Directions, Second edn. Cambridge University Press


PAPER-VI: MEDIA WRITING Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections and the questions will be in general in the form as given in the prescribed book. Section A: FIVE very short answer questions, requiring the candidates to define concepts, to correct punctuation, grammar, and/or statements, will be set. All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks. (5x2=10 Marks) Section B: SIX questions (three descriptive & three practical analysis of news etc.) will be set for the students to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. (6x4=24 Marks) Section C: THREE questions related to developing a news story for print, web, broadcast from a given situation, analysis of a news story, writing an advertisement on a common product, writing for public relations will be set. The students will be required to attempt any TWO questions. Each question will carry 8 marks. (8x2=16 Marks) Course Contents: 1. Basic Techniques of writing & writing for the mass media. 2. Text & images. 3. Basic tools of writing: grammar, punctuation & spelling. 4. Style: accuracy, clarity & brevity. 5. Journalistic conventions, style stylebooks. 6. Elements of News 7. Sources: personal, interview, observation & stored sources of information. 8. Characteristics & types of news stories 9. Characteristics of feature writing 10. Characteristics of web writing 11. Writing of broadcast 12. Writing for advertisement 13. Writing for public relations 14. The writer & the law Prescribed Textbook: Writing for the Mass Media, Pearson Education & Dorling Kindersley 2006


PAPER–VII: HISTORY OF ENGLAND (1939-1995) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Section-A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks. The total marks for this section will be 10 marks. (2x5=10 marks) Section-B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 24 marks. (6x4=24 marks) Section-C: It will consist of essay type questions each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). TWO questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt any ONE of these questions. Each question will carry 16 marks. (16x1=16 marks) Course Contents: 1. The Second World War and Reconstruction (1939-1951) 2. The Coming of War (1939-40) 3. The Waging of War (1940-45) 4. The Reconstruction (1946-51)

b. Towards Affluent Society and Aftermath (1951-1995) i. Economic Revival (1951-1956) ii. The Affluent Society (1957-1963) iii. Years of Reform and Crisis (1964-1979) iv. Thatcherism and After (1979-1995)

Recommended Reading: 1. David Thomson, England in the Twentieth Century (1914-1963), Penguin Books, London,

1973. 2. Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of British Political History (1914-1995) Routledge, London, 1996,

PP. 211-46.


PAPER-VIII: SOCIAL THOUGHT-II

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 50 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Section-A: It will consist of 5 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 10 marks. (2x5=10 marks) Section-B: It will consist of short answer questions each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). SIX questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt FOUR of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 24 marks. (6x4=24 marks) Section-C: It will consist of essay type questions each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). THREE questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt any TWO questions. Each question will carry 8 marks, the total marks for this section will be 16 marks. (8x2=16 marks) Course Contents: a) Max Weber : Theory of Social Action, Types of Authority, Protestant Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism. b) Emile Dukheim : Nature and Characteristics of Social Facts, Division of Labour in Society. Books Recommended: Aron, Reymond : Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vols. I & II, Penguin,

Harmondsworth, 1965. Coser, Lewis, A : Masters of Sociological Thought, Harcourt Brace, Jovanovich, New York, 1977. Kapila, S. : Fundamentals of Sociology, Vol. III, Kapila Publishers, Panchkula, 2006. Zeitlin, Irving M. : Ideology and Development of Sociological

Theory, Prentice Hall, Delhi, 1981.

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