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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

MA ENGLISH LITERATURE SYLLABUS

2018-19 BATCH & ONWARDS

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MA ENGLISH LITERATURE

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE

The programme aims to develop the ability of students to critically examine and restate their

understanding of literary texts employing individual linguistic skills, engendering application of

literary concepts and critical approaches to arrive at the core and essence of narratives. The learning

process would also lead to a larger comprehension of global and national social issues thereby

facilitating the students to address them proactively.

PROGRAMME OUTCOME

On completion of the Programme the student will be able to:

1. Interpret and demonstrate her understanding of form, structure, narrative techniques, devices and

style.

2. To analyse and apply various literary concepts and critical approaches.

3. To organize and integrate the acquired knowledge towards individualistic compositions.

4. Will be able to present, appraise and defend arguments with conviction and confidence.


MA ENGLISH LITERATURE – SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

2018-19 BATCH & ONWARDS

Sem Sub Code Title of the paper Ins

Hrs/

Week

Co

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hrs

Tu

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hrs

Dura

of

Exa

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Exam Marks

Cre

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A

ESE Tot

I MEG1701 Paper I British Lit I (From

Age of Chaucer to

Augustan/ Neo classical

Age)

5 71 4 3 40 60 100 5

MEG1702

Paper II British Lit II (From

Romantic Age to Modern

Age)

5 71 4 3 40 60 100 4

MEG1703

Paper III Practical

Criticism 5

71 4

3 40 60 100 4

MEG1804

Paper IV The English

Language & Linguistics

5 71 4 3 40 60 100 4

MEG1705 Paper V Folk Tale & Myth 5 71 4 3 40 60 100 4

Library 5

II MEG1706 Paper VI Shakespeare 5 71 4 3 40 60 100 4

MEG1707 Paper VII American

Literature 5 71 4 3 40 60 100 4

MEG1708 Paper VIII Methods of

Teaching English 5 71 4 3 40 60 100 4

MEG1709 Paper IX Literary Theory I 5 71 4 3 40 60 100 5

MEG1810

Paper X World Classics &

Literature in English

Translation

4 56 4 3 40 60 100 4

MEH16A1 Inter Disciplinary Course

- History through Literature 4 60 - 3 100 100 4

Library 2

Sem Sub code Title of the

paper

Ins

Hrs/

Week

Contact

hours

Tutorial

hours

Dura

of

Exam

Exam Marks

Credits CA ESE Total

III MEG1711 Paper XI -Indian

Writing in

English

5 71 4 3 40 60 100 4

MEG1612 Paper XII -

Literary Theory

II

5 71 4 3 40 60 100 5

MEG1713 Paper XIII –

Modern English

Grammar

5 71 4 3 40 60 100 5

MEG1614 Paper XIV -

Women’s

Writing

5 71 4 3 40 60 100 4

MEG1615 Paper XV - New

Literatures in

English

5 71 4 3 40 60 100 4

MEG16S1 Special Course-

Research

Methodology

2 30 - 3 - 100 100 2

MNM15CS Cyber Security 2 26 4 Grade

MEG16CE Comprehensive

Exam

Grade

Library 1

IV MEG1616 Paper XVI -

Indian Regional

Literature in

Translation

5 71 4 3 40 60 100 5

MEG1617 Paper XVII -

Environmental

Literature

5 71 4 3 40 60 100 5

MEG1618 Paper XVIII -

Translation

Studies

5 71 4 3 40 60 100 5

(Elective)

MEG1619/

MEG1720

ALC- A

Contemporary

Literature /

ALC -B Young

Adult Literature

3 40 60 100 5

MEG16PROJ PROJECT 11 165 200 5

Library 4

COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1701

COURSE NAME

I MA ENGLISH LITERATURE

SEMESTER I

PAPER I –BRITISH LITERATURE I

Category L T P Credit

71 4 5

Preamble

The course introduces students to British Literature from Chaucerian Age up to the Augustan Age,

through the study of various literary genres such as poetry, prose, essay and drama. Students refine

the skills of critical thinking and rhetoric through thought-provoking personal response writing,

essay writing and research assignments. The paper is designed to equip students with the knowledge

and skills to read and comprehend texts in British Literature.

Prerequisite

• Students who wish to take this course should hold a graduate degree in English Literature.

Course Outcomes

On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to

CO

Number

CO Statement Knowledge

Level

CO1. Display a working knowledge of historical and cultural context of

British Literature from Age of Chaucer to Augustan Age. K1

CO2. Effectively understand and communicate ideas related to the

literary works during class and group activities. K2

CO3. Identify and describe distinct literary characteristics of British

Literature from the beginning to the 18th

century K3

CO4. Analyze literary works for the structure and meaning K4 & K5

Mapping with Programme Outcomes

Cos PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO1. M M S M

CO2. S S M M

CO3. S S S S

CO4. S S M S

S-Strong; M-Medium; L-Low

Syllabus

Unit I Poetry 14 hrs

Detailed: Geoffrey Chaucer: The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

John Milton: Paradise Lost Book IX (Lines 1 to 1004)

Unit II Prose 14 hrs

Detailed : Francis Bacon: Of Adversity

Of Revenge

Of Truth

Non-Detailed: Jonathan Swift: Battle of the Books

The Book of Job

Unit III Drama

Detailed: Christopher Marlowe: Edward II 14hrs

Non-Detailed: John Dryden: All for Love

Unit IV Fiction 14 hrs

Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe

John Bunyan : Pilgrim’s Progress

Unit V Criticism. 15 hrs

Philip Sidney: An Apology for Poetry.

Samuel Johnson: Preface to Shakespeare.

Text Book

S.No Unit Author Title of the book Publisher Year of

Publication

1 I Chaucer,

Geoffrey

Prologue to the Canterbury Tales OUP 1994

2 I Milton, John. Paradise Lost Book IX Macmillan 1972

3 II Swift,

Jonathan

Battle of the Books Macmillan 2003

4 II Matheson Bacon’s Essays OUP 1927

5 III Marlowe Edward II Macmillan 2001

6 III Dryden All for Love OUP 2003

7 IV Defoe,Daniel Robinson Crusoe OUP 2006

8. V Enright DJ.,

De Chickera.

Essays from English Critical Texts. OUP 2006

Reference Books

Pedagogy: Teaching, Discussion and Seminar

Course Contents and Lecture Schedule

Module

No.

Topic

No. of

periods

Content delivery

methods

Unit 1

1 Introduction - Geoffery Chaucer 1 T

2 The Prologue- 1- 250(Text) 1 T

3 The Prologue cont...251-500 3 T & Disc

4 The Prologue Cont... 501- 858 2 T & Disc

5 John Milton & Paradise Lost IX - Introduction 2 T & Disc

6 Paradise Lost Book IX- lines 1- 400 2 T & Disc



Unit II

1 Francis Bacon Introduction 1 T&Disc

S.No Author Title of the book Publisher Year of

Publication

1 Bruce King Seventeenth -

Century English

Literature

Macmillan 1982

2 Jones, John On Aristotle and

Greek Tragedy

Chatto &

Windus

1967

2 Of Adversity 3 T&Disc

3 Of Revenge 2 T&Disc

4 Of Truth 2 T&Disc

5 Jonathan Swift- Introduction & Text Battle of

Books

3 T&Disc

6 The Book of Job 2 T&Disc

7 General Discussion 1 Quiz & Disc

Unit III

1 Christopher Marlowe -Edward II – Intro 1 T

2 Edward II- Act I 1 T

3 Edward II - Act II & III 2 T&Disc

4 Edward II - Act - IV & V 2 T&Disc

5 John Dryden -All For Love - Intro 2 T&Disc

6 Prologue- Act I & II 2 T&Disc

7 Act III- V 2 T&Disc

8 Epilogue & Dics 2 T&GD

Unit IV

1 Daniel Defoe: Robison Crusoe- Intro 1 Disc

2 Chapter 1- 10 3 T&Disc

3 Chapter 11- 20 4 T&Disc

4 John Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progress – Intro 1 T&Disc

5 Pilgrim's Progress - pg 1-93 5 T&Disc

Unit V

1 General Intro - Criticism 1 Disc

2 Philip Sydney - An Apology for poetry 1 T&Disc

3 An Apology for poetry pg 108- 123 3 T&Disc

4 An Apology for poetry pg 124- 147 3 T&Disc

5 Samuel Johnson: Preface to Shakespeare - Intro 1 Disc

6 Preface to Shakespeare pg 458- 473 3 T&Disc

7 Preface to Shakespeare pg 474- 480 2 T&Disc

8 General Discussion 1 Quiz & Disc

QUESTION PAPER PATTERN FOR 2016-17 BATCH ONWARDS

PG

CA I & II

Section – A 5 x 2 marks = 10 Answer in a sentence or two -Knowledge level K1 & K2 ( no

choice )

Section – B 4 x 5 marks =20 Answer in 250 words - Knowledge level K3 & K4 ( no choice )

Section – C 2 x 10 marks=20 Answer in 500 words - Knowledge level K5 & K6 ( 2 out of 3 )

Total = 50

Model Examination and ESE

Section – A 10 x 3 = 30 Knowledge level K1 & K2 Answer in a sentence or two ( no choice )

Section – B 6 x 6 = 36 Knowledge level K3 & K4 Answer in 250 words (6 out of 7)

Section – C 3 x 8 = 24 Knowledge level K4 & K5 Answer in 400 words (3 out of 5)

Section - D 1 x10 = 10 Knowledge level K5 & K6 Answer in 600 words (no choice)

Total = 100

Blue Print

Section A (10x3=30)

Answer in a sentence or two:

Unit I Question No. : 1, 2

Unit II Question No. : 3,4

Unit III Question No. : 5,6

Unit IV Question No. : 7,8

Unit V Question No. : 9,10

Section B (6x6=36)

Write short Notes/ Annotate on ANY SIX of the following:

Unit I Question No. : 11 Annotation

Unit II Question No. : 12, 13 Annotation

Unit III Question No. : 14 Annotation

Unit IV Question No. : 15, 16

Unit V Question No. : 17

Section C (3x8=24)

Write Essays on ANY THREE for the Following:

Unit I Question No. : 18

Unit II Question No. : 19

Unit III Question No. : 20

Unit IV Question No. : 21


Section D (1x10=10)


Course Designers:

1. Dr.Sumathy K Swamy.

2. Dr.Angeline.M

COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1702

COURSE NAME :

I MA ENGLISH – SEMESTER I

CORE II - BRITISH LITERATURE II

Category L T P Credits

71 4 4

Preamble

The paper aims to address the works of several major writers from Romantic Age to Modern Age. It

introduces their writings with dominant debates of the period like religious, social, philosophical,

political, and aesthetic aspects of different ages and familiarises the students with various genres.

Course Outcomes


CO

Number


level

CO 1 Focus on formal, cultural contexts related to contemporary and

modern theories in various genres of different ages.

K1& K2

CO2 Familiarize themselves with social and political changes and

highlight change in historical scenario of women’s entry into

writings and helps to read well known literary works in a novel and

exciting manner.

K4

CO3 Equip themselves with artistic and moral views, trigger their

imagination and aesthetics of various genres.

K3 & K5

CO4 Nurture and develop spiritual affinities with nature and instil a

sense of compassionate aesthetics that promote social conscience

and universality.

K6


COs PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO 1 S S M M

CO2 S M S S

CO3 S S M M

CO4 S M S S


Syllabus

Unit I Poetry

Detailed 14 hrs

Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn

Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Robert Browning: Andrea Del Sarto

Non Detailed

GM Hopkins: Wind Hover

WB Yeats: Easter 1916

Unit II 14 hrs

Detailed

Charles Lamb: South Sea House

Chimney Sweepers

William Hazlitt: On Going a Journey

Non-Detailed.

Joseph Addison: Sir Roger at the Theatre

A G Gardiner: On Catching the train

Unit III 14 hrs

Drama Detailed

G.B. Shaw: The Apple Cart

Non-Detailed

Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere’s Fan

Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot

Unit IV 14 hrs

Fiction

George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss

Thomas Hardy: Mayor of Casterbridge

Graham Greene: The Power and the Glory

Jane Austen: Emma.

Unit V

Criticism 15 hrs

Coleridge: Biographia Literaria Chapter XIV

DH Lawrence: Why the Novel Matters.

Annotations to be given from Unit I, II and III (Detailed)

Texts can be from any authentic Anthology/publication

Text Book

S.No. Unit Author Title Publishers Year of

Publication

1. I Poems can be taken from any anthology

2. II Ed.by

M.G.

Nayar

A Galaxy of English Essayists. Unique

Publishers

1986

3. II Lamb,

Charles

Essays of Elia. Unique

Publishers

2014

4. III &

IV

Texts can be from any authentic

publication

5. V De

Chickera,

Enright

DJ

Essays from English Critical Texts OUP 2006

Reference Books

S.No. Author Title of the book Publisher Year of

Publicatio

n

1 Norton’s Anthology English Romantic Prose and

Poetry

Vol I

Oxford

University

Press

1956



Module

No

Topic No. of

Periods

Content

delivery

methods

Unit I

1. General Introduction 2 Disc

2. Romantic Age to Modern Age- salient features 2 Disc

3. Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn 2 T & Disc

4. Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 2 T & Disc

5. Robert Browning: Andrea Del Sarto 2 T & Disc

6 GM Hopkins: Wind Hover 2 T & Disc

7. WB Yeats: Easter 1916 2 T & Disc

Unit II

1. General Introduction to Prose Writers 2 Disc

2. Prose from Romantic to Modern Age 2 Disc

3. Charles Lamb: South Sea House 2 T & Disc

4. Chimney Sweepers 2 T & Disc

5. William Hazlitt: On Going a Journey 2 T & Disc

6 Joseph Addison: Sir Roger at the Theatre 2 T & Disc

7. A G Gardiner: On Catching the train 2 T & Disc

2 Jasodhara Bagchi Literature, Society and Ideology in

the Victorian Era

Sterling

Publishers

Private

Limited

1991

2 Margaret Stonyk Nineteenth – Century English

Literature

Macmillan

Education

1983

Unit III

1. General Introduction to Drama –Romantic to Modern 1 T

2. 19 th Century Dramatists- Shaw,Wilde and Beckett. 1 T

3. Shaw: Apple Cart 4 T&Disc

4. Wilde: Lady Windermere’s Fan 4 T&Disc

5. Beckett: Waiting for Godot 4 Disc

Unit IV

1. General introduction to Novel and writers from

Romantic-Modern Age

2 Disc

2. George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss 4 T&Disc

3. Graham Greene: The Power and the Glory. 4 T&Disc

4. Jane Austen: Emma 4 T&Disc

Unit V

1. General Introduction to criticism from romantic to

Modern Age

1 Disc

2. Coleridge: Biographia Literaria 7 T&Disc

3. DH Lawrence: Why the Novel Matters 7 T&Disc


PG

CA I & II


choice )



Total = 50






Total = 100

Blue Print

Section A (10x3=30)




Unit III Question No. : 5, 6



Section B (6x6=36)

Write short Notes/ Annotate on ANY SIX of the following:


Unit II Question No. : 12, 13 Annotation




Section C (3x8=24)







Section D (1x10=10)


Course Designers:

1.Dr.M. Angeline

2.Dr. Sumathy.K.Swamy.

COURSE

NO

MEG1703

COURSE NAME


SEMESTER - I

PAPER – III PRACTICAL CRITICISM


71 4 4

Preamble

The course will enable the students to review and recognise basic elements of literary works for

better interpretation and analysis. The student will be able to formulate and integrate various aspects

of principles of criticism in literary works that will lead to literary appreciation and understanding.

Course Outcomes


CO

Number


level

CO 1 Practically analyse any literary work by identifying different aspects

of literature. K 4

CO2 Interpret the text intensively and distinguish its salient features. K 4

CO3 Appreciate the literary works at varied levels of comprehension. K 3 & K 5

CO4 Demonstrate the ability to use the critical theories in the practice of

literary evaluation. K 6


COs PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO 1 M S S M

CO2 S M S M

CO3 M S S M

CO4 M M S S


Syllabus

Unit I Introduction to Practical Criticism and Strategies for Critical Reading. 14 hrs

Unit II Critically Reading Poetry 14 hrs

Unit III Critically Reading Prose 14 hrs

Unit IV Critically Reading Fiction & Drama 14 hrs

Unit V Practical Criticism 15 hrs

Text Books Prescribed

Compiled from the following books

S

No

Unit Author Title of the book Publishers Year of

publication

1 I Rodway Allan The Craft of

Criticism

Cambridge

University Press

1982

2 I Axelord Rise B and

Charles R.Cooper

Reading Critically,

Writing Well : A

Reader and Guide

St. Martin’s Press 1990

3 II &

IV

Mc. Mahaw, Elizabeth Literature and the

Writing Process

Macmillan 1986

4 II Thaker, Pravin K. Appreciating

English Poetry

Orient Longman

Limited

1999

5 III Peck, John How to Study a

Novel

Macmillan 1983

6 III Murray, Middleton J The Problem of

Style

OUP 1967

7 III

&IV

Sethuraman V.S. Practical Criticism Macmillan India

Limited

1990

8 IV Hobsbaum, Philip Essentials of

Literary Criticism

Thames & Hudson 1983

9 IV Stephen, Martin An Introductory

Guide to English

Literature

OUP.Longman

Group Limited.

1984

10 IV Pickering, Kenneth How to study

Modern Drama

Macmillan 1988

Reference Books

S.No. Author Title of the Book Publishers Year of

Publication

1 Abrams M H, Harpham,

Geoffrey Galt

A Glossary of

Literary Terms

Cengage Learning 2015

2 Duhamel,Albert P,

Richard Hughes.

Literature: form and

function

Prentice Hall 1965

3 Heather, P R Critical Exercises Longmans 1959

Pedagogy: Teaching and Lecture, Discussion, non-graded quiz


Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

Unit I

1 What is literary criticism 1 T

2 Criticism, Metacriticism 1 T

3 Criticism as science/art/craft 2 T & Disc

4 Strategies for critical reading 1 T

5 Previewing and Annotating 2 T & Disc

6 Outlining and Summarising 2 T & Disc

7 Taking inventory and analysing an argument 2 T & Disc

8 Identifying basic features and comparing and contrasting 2 T & Disc

9 Exploring Personal responses 1 Disc

Unit II

1 How to read poetry 2 T & Disc

2 Persona and Tone 2 T

3 Metrics 2 T & Disc

4 Rhythm 2 T & Disc

5 Stanza Forms 2 T & Disc

6 Sonnet 2 T

7 Analysis of poetry 2 Disc

Unit III

1 Meaning of Style 3 T & Disc

2 Psychology of style 3 T & Disc

3 Writing an essay 3 T & Disc

4 Writing a complicated essay 3 T & Disc

5 Analysis- prose 2 T & Disc

Unit IV

1 Four modes of fiction 3 T & Disc

2 The novel – narrative, characterisation, dialogue 1 T

3 Fiction – example 1 Disc

4 How to read a play 1 T

Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

5 Drama – characterisation , plot 1 T

6 Language of plays 4 T & Disc

7 Analysing key speeches 3 T & Disc

Unit V

1 Analysis - novel 3 Disc

2 Analysis – drama 3 Disc

3 Analysis – poetry 3 Disc

4 Analysis – prose 3 Disc

5 General Discussion 3 Group Disc


PG

CA I & II


choice )

Section – B 4 x 5 marks =20 Answer in 250 words each - Knowledge level K3 & K4 ( no

choice )

Section – C 2 x 10 marks=20 Answer in 500 words each - Knowledge level K5 & K6 ( 2 out of

3 )

Total = 50



Section – B 6 x 6 = 36 Knowledge level K3 & K4 Answer in 250 words each (6 out of 7)

Section – C 3 x 8 = 24 Knowledge level K4 & K5 Answer in 400 words each (3 out of 5)


Total = 100

Blue Print

Section – A(10x3=30)

Answer all the questions in a sentence or two

Unit I Questions : 1,2

Unit II Questions : 3,4

Unit III Questions : 5,6,7

Unit IV Questions : 8,9,10

Section – B(6x6=36)

Answer any Six of the following questions in 250 words each



Unit III Question : 15,16

Unit IV Questions : 17

Section – C(3x8=24)

Answer any Three of the following questions in 400 words each

Unit I Question : 18

Unit II Question : 19

Unit III Question : 20

Unit IV Question : 21


Section – D(1x10=10)

Answer the question in 600 words

Unit V Question : 23 Practical Analysis of any given literary piece

Course Designers:

1.Dr Sushil Mary Mathews

2.Mrs.R.Maheswari

COURSE

NO

MEG1804

COURSE NAME

M.A ENGLISH LITERATURE

SEMESTER I - PAPER IV

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE &

LINGUISTICS


71 4 4

Preamble

This course will enable the students to understand the growth and development of English language,

its structural, grammatical and functional aspects. It also gives an overview of phonetics and helps

the students to appreciate the relationship of language, society, culture and literature.

Course Outcomes On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to

CO

Number


level

CO1 The students will be able to understand the nuances of English

language

K2

CO2 Understand and integrate the acquired knowledge of the lexical,

grammatical structure and the theories involved.

K2& K4

CO3 Apply and analyse the theories and remember the concepts in

speech sounds

K3& K4

CO4 Analyse and evaluate various theories, concepts of language and

linguistics

K4&K5


COs PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO1

S M M M

CO2

S M M M

CO3

S M M M

CO4

S M M M


Syllabus

Unit I 14 hrs

The History of English Language

The Origin of Language-The Descent of the English Language-

The Old English Period-The Middle English Period

Unit II 14 hrs

The Renaissance and After-The growth of Vocabulary

Change of Meaning

Unit III 14 hrs

Problems in Pronunciation

How the Speech Organs Work in English

The Consonants of English- Consonant Sequences

Unit IV 14 hrs

The Vowels of English- Words in Company- Intonation

Unit V 15 hrs

Linguistics:The Scientific Study of Language (1-38)

Text Book

S.No Unit Author Title Publishers Year of

Publication

1. Unit

I& II

F.T.Wood An Outline History of English

Language

Paperback

Publishers

1994

2. Unit

III &

IV

J.D.O’Connor Better English Pronunciation

(Second Edition)

Cambridge

University

Press

2013

3. Unit

V

John Lyons Introduction to Theoretical

Linguistics

Cambridge

University

Press

1971

Reference Books


Publication

1 T.Balasubramaniam A Textbook of English

Phonetics for Indian

Students (2nd

Edition)

Macmillan

Publishers

2013

2 N.Krishnaswamy et

al

Modern Applied

Linguistics

Macmillan

Publishers

1992

Pedagogy: Teaching and Lecture, Discussion, ICT,Seminar


Module

No.

Topic No. of

Periods

Content

delivery

methods

Unit I

1. Introduction, The origin of Language 2 T

2. The Descent of English Language 4 T

3. The Old English Period 4 T & Disc

4. The Middle English Period 4 T & Disc

Unit II

1. The Renaissance and After 5 T&Disc

2. The growth of Vocabulary 4 T&Disc

3. Change of Meaning 4 T&Disc

4. Revision 1 T&Disc

Unit III

1. Problems in Pronunciation 3 T&Disc

2. How the speech Organs work in English 3 T&Disc

3. The Consonants Of English 4 T&Disc

4. Consonant Sequences 3 T&Disc

5. Phonetic symbols 1 T&Disc

Unit IV

1. The Vowels of English 2 T&Disc

2. The Vowels of English 2 T&Disc

3. Words in Company 2 T&Disc

4. Words in Company 2 T&Disc

5. Intonation 2 T&Disc

6. Intonation 3 T& Disc

7. Revision 1 T& Disc

Unit V

1. Introduction 2 Disc

2. Traditional grammar 4 Disc

3. Comparative Philology 4 T&Disc

4. Modern Linguistics 4 T&Disc

5. Revision 1 Disc


PG CA I & II

Section – A 5 x 2 marks = 10 Answer in a sentence or two -Knowledge level K1 & K2 ( no choice )



Total = 50


Section – A 10 x 3= 30 Knowledge level K1 & K2 Answer in a sentence or two ( no choice )




Total = 100

Blue Print

Section A (10x3=30)



Unit II Question No. : 3, 4,

Unit III Question No. : 5,6,



Section B (6x6=36)

Write short Notes on ANY SIX of the following:


Unit II Question No. : 12, 13




Section C (3x8=24)







Section D (1x10=10)


Course Designers:

1. Dr. R.Sumathi

2. Mrs. P. Subhapriya

COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1705

COURSE NAME :


SEMESTER I

PAPER V - FOLK TALE AND MYTH


71 4 4

Preamble

This course will enable the students to recognise and understand the elements of folklore and myth in

literary works. The students will be able to integrate and formulate various aspects of myth criticism

in the works of literature. The students will be able to review, appreciate and apply myths of the

world present in literary works.

Course Outcomes


CO

Number


level

CO 1 To understand and identify the elements of folklore and myth K2

CO2 To remember the critical theories for analysis K1, K4

CO3 To evaluate a work of literature by applying myth criticism K3, K5

CO4 To appreciate and write critical reviews K6


COs PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO1 S M M M

CO2 S S S S

CO3 S S S S

CO4 S S S S


Syllabus

Unit I

Chaucer : The Pardoner’s Tale 14 hrs

Pindar : Olympia XI (Trans. By Richmond Lattimore)

Christopher Marlowe : The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

Sir Walter Raleigh : The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd

Unit II Phyllis Briggs (Retold): King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 14 hrs

Unit III Ovid : Metamorphosis – Book VIII (Lines 1-60) 14 hrs

Unit IV Hermann Hesse : The Rainmaker (From The Glass Bead Game) 14 hrs

Mark Twain : A Genuine Mexican Plug

Julian Huxley : The Sacred Lizard

Aesop : The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

: The Fox and the Grapes

: The Goatherd and the Wild Goats

Unit V M. H. Abrams : Introduction to Myth, Folklore 15 hrs

A. Joseph Dorairaj : Theories of Myth: From Cassirer to Frye

B. Das : Myth Criticism and its Value

Text Book

S.

No.

Unit Author Title of the Book Publication Year of

Publication

1. I, III,

IV

Kearns, George Macmillan Literature

Series: English and

Western Literature

Glencoe

Publishing

Company,

California

1984

2. II Briggs, Phyllis King Arthur and the

Knights of the Round

Table

Dean And

Sons Ltd.,

London

1984

3. V Abrams, M. H. and

Geoffrey Galt

Harpham

A Glossary Of

Literary Terms

Cengage

Learning

2012

4. V Dorairaj, A. Joseph Myth And Literature Folklore

Resources

2003

And Research

Centre

5. V Ed. Rajnath Twentieth Century

American Literature

Arnold-

Heinemann

Publisher

1977

6. IV Hesse, Hermann The Glass Bead

Game

Vintage

Books

2000

7. IV Ed. Cong, Raymond African Tales Evans

Brothers Ltd.

1967

Reference Books

S.

No.

Author Title of the Book Publishers Year of

Publication

1. Narayan, R. K. Swami And Friends Indian Thought

Publications

2008

2. Mccullough, Kelly Web Mage Berkley

Publications

2006



Module

No.

Topic No. of Periods Content

delivery

method

Unit I

1. Introduction to folklore, myth and legend 1 T

2. Pardoner’s Tale 3 T & Disc

3. Olympia 2 T & Disc

4. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love 2 T & Disc

5. The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd 2 T & Disc

6. Analysing folklore 4 T & Disc

Unit II

1. Discussion on King Arthur 1 T

2. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 10 T

3. Analysis of King Arthur 3 T & Disc

Unit III

1. Metamorphosis 8 T

2. Elements of myth 6 T & Disc

Unit IV

1. The Rainmaker 3 T

2. A Genuine Mexican Plug 2 T

3. The Sacred Lizard 2 T

4. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse 1 T& Disc

5. The Fox and the Grapes 1 T& Disc

6. The Goatherd and the Wild Goats 2 T & Disc

7. Analysing folktales 3 T & Disc

Unit V

1. Introduction to myth and folklore 1 T

2. Defining Myth, legend and folktale 2 T

3. Characteristics of myth 2 T

4. Semiology of myth 1 T

5. Theories of myth from Cassirer to Frye 4 T & Disc

6. Myth Criticism and its Value 3 T

7. Application of myth, legend and folktale 2 T & Disc

QUESTION PAPER PATTERN


PG

CA I & II


choice )



Total = 50






Total = 100

Blue Print

Section A (10x3=30)


Unit I Question No. : 1, 2,





Section B (6x6=36)







Section C (3x8=24)







Section D (1x10=10)


Course Designers:

1. Dr J. Santhosh Priyaa

2. Dr Dhanalakshmi A.

COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1706

COURSE NAME

I MA ENGLISH

SEMESTER II

PAPER – VI -SHAKESPEARE


71 4 4

Preamble

The Course aims at helping the students to acquire an overall insight of the world of drama, research

and present the background, historical context, the importance of theatre and its role in the society.

Course Outcomes

On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

CO

Number CO Statement Knowledge

Level

CO1 Identify the organizing elements of Shakespearean drama, using Aristotle’s

Poetics as a framework K1 & K2

CO2 Identify, explicate, and respond to key themes and elements in

Shakespearean drama, as presented in both written and spoken form K2 & K4

CO3 Explicate the effect that drama has on the understanding of ideas and the

ethos of a culture, specifically Shakespeare’s effect on the whole of the

West

K2 & K3

CO4 Prepare for and perform selections from Shakespearean plays in a Readers

Theatre format K5 & K6


COs PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO1 S

M M S

CO2 S

S S S

CO3 S S S

S

C04 S S S

S

S- Strong; M-Medium; L-Low

Syllabus

Unit I: Detailed 14hrs

King Lear

Unit II: Detailed 14hrs

Antony and Cleopatra

Unit III: Non-detailed

14hrs

Much Ado about Nothing

Unit IV: Non-detailed 14hrs

Tempest

Unit V: General Study

Ten Sonnets 12, 23, 48, 75, 86, 92, 115, 129, 141, 152 15hrs

A Shakespearean Device: Scene within a Scene

Shakespearean Fools and Clowns

Text Books

S.N

o

UNI

T

AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER YEAR OF

PUBLICATI

ON

1 I Shakespeare King Lear. Any Authentic

Publication

2 II Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra Any Authentic

Publication

3 III Shakespeare Much Ado About

Nothing

Any Authentic

Publication

4 IV Shakespeare Tempest Any Authentic

Publication

5 V Rowse A.L Shakespeare’s Sonnets Macmillan 1964

6 V S.

Vishwanathan

Exploring Shakespeare:

The Dynamics of

Playmaking

Orient Longman Ltd 2005

7 V George Gordon Shakespearean Comedy

and Other Studies

Oxford University

Press

1945

Reference Books:


publication

1 Rowse A.L Shakespeare’s Sonnets Macmillan 1964

2. Orient

Longman’s

Edition

Shakespeare

Quatercentenary

Commemoration Volume

Orient Longmans

Ltd

1965

3. Peter

Alexander

Studies in Shakespeare Oxford

University Press

1964

4. George

Gordon

Shakespearean Comedy and

Other Studies

Oxford

University Press

1945


Module

No

Topic No. of

Periods

Content

delivery

methods

Unit I

1. General Introduction and Act I of King Lear 3 T & Disc

2. Act II- Analysis 2 T & Disc

3. Act III- Interpretation 3 T & Disc

4. Act IV- Analysis 2 T & Disc

5. Act V- Analysis 2 T & Disc

6. Revision and Comprehension 2 Disc

Unit II

1. Introduction- Antony and Cleopatra 1 T

2. Act I 2 Disc






Unit III

1. Introduction- Much Ado About Nothing 1 T

2. Act I 2 Disc






Unit IV

1. Introduction – Tempest 1 T

2. Act I 2 Disc






Unit V

1. General Discussion of sonnets -Sonnet 12 2

2. Sonnets 23 and 48- Analysis 2 T and Disc




6. Sonnet 152- Discussion and Analysis 2 T and Disc

7. A Shakespearean Device: Scene within a Scene- Critical

Study of Shakespearean Technique

2 T

8. Shakespearean Fools and Clowns 1 Disc


PG

CA I & II


choice )



Total = 50






Total = 100

Blue Print

Section A

Answer in a sentence or two (no choice) (10 x 3 = 30) Unit I : Questions : 1,2

Unit II : Questions : 3,4

Unit III : Questions : 5,6

Unit IV : Questions : 7,8

Unit V : Questions : 9,10

Section – B

Answer any Five Annotations/ Short Answers in 250 words (6/7 x 6 = 36) Unit I : Questions : 11 Annotations

Unit II : Questions : 12, 13 Annotations

Unit III : Question : 14

Unit IV : Question : 15,16

Unit V : Question : 17

Section – C

Answer any Three Questions in 500 words (3/5 x 8 = 24) Unit I : Question : 18

Unit II : Question :19

Unit III : Questions :20

Unit IV : Question :21

Unit V : Questions :22

Section D (1x10=10)


Course Designers:

1. Ms. Vanmathi P.

2. Dr. S. Gomathi

COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1707

COURSE NAME - I MA ENGLISH

LITERATURE SEMESTER II

PAPER VII – AMERICAN LITERATURE


71 4 4

Preamble

The course will enable the students to review and recognise the body of literary works from

America. The student will be able to understand the American spirit and analyse various literary

innovations and their culture.

Course Outcomes


CO

NUMBER


Level

CO1 Interpret the American spirit, moral earnestness, and understand the

tradition and society as identified from the works. K2

CO2 Analyse and infer the philosophic principles from the works K4

CO3 Assess the speech, life and dreams of America as reflected in the

literary works K5

CO4 Identify the varied responses that are earned through reading the

creative works K1

CO5 Analyse the wide variety of experiences and attitudes in contemporary

American society through the works and will be able to convincingly

write supportive arguments

K3


Cos PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO 1 S M M S

CO2 S S S M

CO3 M S M S

CO4 M M S S

CO5 M M M S


Syllabus

Unit I Poetry 14hrs

Walt Whitman : When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed

Emily Dickinson : Because I Could not Stop for Death

: These are the Days When Birds Come Back

Langston Hughes : The Negro Speaks of Rivers

Out of Work

Non-detailed

Robert Frost : Mending Wall

Birches

(Poems can be taken from any authentic source)

Unit II Prose 15hrs

Detailed:

Emerson :Self Reliance

Non-detailed:

Maya Angelou :I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Unit III Drama 14hrs

Detailed:

Eugene O’Neill : Emperor Jones

Lorraine Hansberry : A Raisin in the Sun

Non-detailed:

August Wilson : Fences

Unit IV 14hrs

Nathaniel Hawthorne : The Scarlet Letter

Bernard Malamud : The Assistant

Miguel Asturias : The Cyclone

Unit V 14hrs

Henry James : The Art of Fiction

Robert Frost : The Figure a Poem Makes

(Annotations to be given from Unit I, Unit II and Unit III)

Text Book

S.

No.

Unit Author Title of the Book Publishers Year of

Publication

1. I,

II,III

V

Ed. William J.

Fisher

An Anthology : American

Literature of the Nineteenth

Century

Eurasia

Publishing

House Pvt.

Ltd., New

Delhi

2002

2. I Sullivan, Nancy The Treasury of American

Poetry (Prescribed Poems)

Doubleday &

Co., Inc, NY

1978

3. III Hansbery,Lorraine A Raisin in the Sun Vintage

Books

2004

4. III Wilson, August Fences Plume Books 1986

5. IV Hawthorne,

Nathaniel

The Scarlet Letter Bantam

Books

1981

6. IV Malamud,

Bernard

The Assistant OUP 1981

7. IV Asturias, Miguel The Cyclone Orient

Paperbacks

1967

8. V Ed. Egbert

S.Oliver

An Anthology: American

Literature 1890-1965

Eurasia

Publishing

House Pvt.

Ltd., New

Delhi

2002

Reference Books


Publication

1 Hoffman Daniel Harvard Guide to

Contemporary American

Writing

Oxford

University Press

1979

2 Ed. Subbian C An Anthology of Poems

Emerald

Publications

1987


Module Topic No. of Content

delivery

No Periods methods

Unit I

1. American spirit and American Revolution 2 T & Disc

2. Reading and analysing Walt Whitman’s poem – When

Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed

2 T & Disc

3. America’s most influential and innovative poets 1 T & Disc

4. Metaphysical poets’ influence (Emily Dickinson) 1 T & Disc

5. Read and Analyse Dickinson’s poem – Because I could not

Stop for Death

1 T & Disc

6. Read and Analyse Dickinson’s poem – These are the Days

When Birds Come Back

1 T & Disc

7. Life and landscape in American poetry (Frost) 1 T & Disc

8. Read Frost’s Birches 1 T & Disc

9. Analyse Frost’s Birches / Mending Wall 1 T & Disc

10. Harlem Renaissance 1 T & Disc

11. Read Langston Hughes’ Out of Work 1 T & Disc

12. Analyse Hughes’ Out of Work 1 T & Disc

Unit II

1. Transcendentalism 1 T & Disc

2. Major philosophers influenced by Transcendentalism 1 T

3. Read Emerson’s Self Reliance 4 T & Disc

4. Civil Rights Movement - Analysis 1 Disc

5. Memoir and prose renderings 1 T & Disc

6. Reading Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird

Sings

3 T

7. Analysing text 4 T & Disc

Unit III

1. Expressionism in O’Neill’s plays 1 T & Disc

2. Read the play – Emperor Jones 2 T

3. Analysis of the play Emperor Jones 1 T & Disc

4. Realism in American plays 1 T & Disc

5. Value and purpose of Dream 1 T & Disc

6. Read the play – A Raisin in the Sun 2 T & Disc

7. Analysis of the play A Raisin in the Sun 2 T & Disc

8. Black experiences in America 1 T

9. Reading the play Fences by August Wilson 2 T

10. Analysis of the play Fences 1 T

Unit IV

1. Complexities of moral choices in American novels 1 T & Disc

2. Analysis of The Scarlet Letter 3 T & Disc

3. Yiddish literature 2 T & Disc

4. Bernard Malamud’s The Assistant - Analysis 3 T & Disc

5. Latin American writing 2 T & Disc

6. The Cyclone by Miguel Asturias – Analysis 3 T & Disc

Unit V

1. Literary Criticism and language used in varied texts 2 T & Disc

2. Critical interpretation of Henry James’ The Art of Fiction 5 T & Disc

3. Postmodernism 2 Disc

4. Critical Interpretation of The Politics of Theory:

Ideological Positions in Postmodernism Debate

5 T & Disc

Blue Print

Section A (10x3=30)







Section B (6x6=36)

Annotate / Write short Notes on ANY SIX of the following:

Unit I Question No. : 11 (Annotation)

Unit II Question No. : 12,13 (Short Notes)

Unit III Question No. : 14 (Annotation)

Unit IV Question No. : 15,16 (Short Notes)

Unit V Question No. : 17 (Short Notes)

Section C (3x8=24)







Section D (1x10=10)


QUESTION PAPER PATTERN


CA I & II


choice )



Total = 50


Section – A 10 x3 = 30 Knowledge level K1 & K2 Answer in a sentence or two ( no choice )




Total = 100

Course Designers:

1. Dr Dhanalakshmi A.

2. Dr J. Santhosh Priyaa J.

COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1708

COURSE NAME


SEMESTER - II

PAPER VIII - METHODS OF TEACHING

ENGLISH


71 4 4

Preamble

The course will enable the students to recognise and review the basic elements of teaching English to

students at various levels of cognition. It introduces the students various methods to teach different

genres. It also encourages the students to adopt new methods and strategies in teaching.

Course Outcomes


CO

Number


level

CO 1 Recognise different types of teaching methodology K3

CO2 Adopt suitable methodology to different aspects of learning K3

CO3 Integrate different methods of teaching in the new learning

environment K4&K5

CO4 Devise indigenous methods of teaching K6


CO PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO 1 S S M M

CO2 M S M M

CO3 M M S S

CO4 S M S S


Syllabus

Unit I Chapter IV, V, VIII–XIV Aims and Objectives - Teaching Composition 14 hrs

Pages 38 – 66, 103 – 172

Unit II : Chapters XV – XXIII The Role of English Teacher 14 hrs

Pages 174 – 257, 272 -275

Unit III: Alternative Approaches and Methods 14 hrs

Pages 73 - 148

Unit IV: Current Communicative Approaches 14 hrs

Unit V : Practical Teaching, Preparation of e-content 15 hrs

Text Book

S.No Unit Author Title Publishers Year of

Publication

1 I, II Dr. Mowla, Shaik Techniques of Teaching

English

Neel Kamal

Publications

2009

2. III,

IV

Richards,C Jacks &

Rodgers,Theodore

S

Approaches and Methods in

Language Teaching .

Cambridge

University

Press

2012

Reference Books

S.No. Author Title of the Book Publishers Year of Publication

1 Alam, Qaiser Zoha English Language

Teaching in India

Problems and Issues

Atlantic

Publishers

1999

2 Dr.Gautam G.S Teaching of English in

India

Classical

Publishing Co

2002

3 N.Krishnaswamy &

Lalitha

Krishnaswamy

Method of Teaching

English

Macmillan 2011

4 Sood.S.C New Directions in English

Language and

LiteratureTeaching in

India

Ajanta

Publication

1988

5 Yadav,R.N.S. Teaching of English Abishek

Publications.

2002

Pedagogy: Teaching and Lecture, Discussion, non - graded quiz


Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

Unit 1

1 Four Language skills 1 T

2 Survey of methods of teaching 1 T

3 Teaching of Grammar and Vocabulary 3 T & Disc

4 Use of Mother Tongue &Developing Listening &

speaking Skills

3 T & Disc

5 Teaching Reading 2 T & Disc

6 Teaching Writing 2 T & Disc

7 Teaching Composition 2 T & Disc

Unit II

1 Audio Visual aids 1 T&Disc

2 Teaching Prose 2 T&Disc

3 Teaching Poetry 2 T&Disc

4 Tests and Examinations 2 T&Disc

5 Texts Books 2 T&Disc

6 Remedial Work 2 T&Disc

7 Role of English Teacher 3 Disc

Unit III Alternative Approaches & Methods

1 Total Physical Response & The Silent Way 1 T

2 Community Language Learning 1 T

3 Suggestopedia 2 T&Disc

4 Whole Language 2 T&Disc

5 Multiple Intelligence 2 T&Disc

6 Neurolinguistic Programming 2 T&Disc

7 The Lexical Approach 2 T&Disc

8 Competency Based Language Teaching 2 T&Disc

Unit IV Current Communicative Approaches

1 Communicative Language Teaching 3 T&Disc

2 The Natural Approach 2 T&Disc

3 Cooperative Lang Learning 2 T&Disc

4 Content Based Instruction 3 T&Disc

5 Task Based Language Teaching 2 T&Disc

6 The Post –methods era 2 T&Disc

Unit V Practical Teaching

1 Teaching Practice 8 Disc

2 e-content Development 7 Disc


PG

CA I & II


choice )



Total = 50






Total = 100

Blue Print

Section – A

Answer all the questions in a sentence or two (10x3=30)



Unit III Questions : 5,6,7

Unit IV Questions : 8,9,10

Section – B

Answer any Six of the following questions in 250 words each (6x6=36)



Unit III Question : 15,16,

Unit IV Questions : 17

Section – C

Answer any Three of the following questions in 400 words each (3x8=24)

Unit I Question : 18

Unit II Question : 19




Section – D

Answer the question in 600 words(1x10=10)

Unit V Question : 23 Preparation of e-content for any given literary work

Course Designers:

1. Mrs. R.Maheswari

2. Dr. Sushil Mary Mathews

COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1709

COURSE NAME


SEMESTER II

PAPER IX LITERARY THEORY I


71 4 5

Preamble

The course gives an introduction to various forms of literary theory and criticism, which is the most

essential aspect of literary appreciation.

Course Outcomes



COs PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO1 S

S S S

CO2 S

S S S

CO3 S

S S S

CO4 S

S S S

CO5 S

S S S


CO

Number CO Statement Knowledge

Level

CO1 Understand the seminal theories of modern literary criticism. K1

CO2 Develop a critical outlook towards literature. K2

CO3 Apply critical theories for literary interpretation. K3

CO4 Analyse and interpret literary texts from critical point of view.

K4

CO5. Evaluate literary texts based on critical concepts.

K5

Syllabus

Unit I : Formal Criticism 14 hrs

Cleanth Brooks – The Language of Paradox

Mark Schorer – Technique as Discovery

Unit II : Marxist Criticism 15 hrs

Erich Auerbach – Odysseus Scar

Edmund Wilson - Marxism and Literature

Unit III : Psycho-Analytic Criticism 14 hrs

Sigmund Freud – Creative Writers and Day Dreaming

Lionel Trilling – Freud and Literature

Unit IV : Myth Criticism 14 hrs

C.G.Jung – Psychology and Literature

Northrop Frye – The Archetypes of Literature

Unit V : Prescriptive Criticism 14 hrs

George Orwell – Politics and the English Language

Susan Sontag – Against Interpretation

Text Book

S.No. UNIT AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER YEAR

1. I,II,III,IV&V David

Lodge

Twentieth Century

Criticism: A Reader

Longman 1988

Reference Books:


publicati

on

1 Lodge, David and

Nigel Wood

Modern Criticism and Theory

Vol.II

Pearson Education 1989

2. Sethuraman. V.S. Contemporary Criticism: An

Anthology.

Macmillan 1989

3. Enright D.J., De

Chickera

Essays from English Critical

Texts.

Oxford University Press 2006


Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

Unit I FORMAL CRITICISM

1 Introduction to the aspects of formalism 2 T

2 Cleanth Brooks – The Language of Paradox 6 T & Disc

3 Mark Schorer – Technique as Discovery 6 T & Disc

Unit II MARXIST CRITICISM

1 Introduction to the aspects of Marxism 2 T

2 Erich Auerbach – Odysseus Scar 6 T & Disc

3 Edmund Wilson - Marxism and Literature 7 T & Disc

Unit III PSYCHO-ANALYTIC CRITICISM

1 Introduction to the aspects of Psycho-Analytic Criticism 2 T

2 Sigmund Freud – Creative Writers and Day Dreaming 6 T & Disc

3 Lionel Trilling – Freud and Literature 6 T & Disc

Unit IV MYTH CRITICISM

1 Introduction to the aspects of Archetypal criticism 2 T

2 C.G.Jung – Psychology and Literature 6 T & Disc

3 Northrop Frye – The Archetypes of Literature 6 T & Disc

Unit V PRESCRIPTIVE CRITICISM

1 Introduction to the aspects of Prescriptive Criticism 2 T

2 George Orwell – Politics and the English Language 6 T & Disc

3 Susan Sontag – Against Interpretation 6 T & Disc


PG

CA I & II


choice )



Total = 50






Total = 100

Blue Print

Section A (10x3=30)


Unit I Question No. : 1, 2,





Section B (6x6=36)







Section C (3x8=24)







Section D (1x10=10)


Course Designers:

1. Dr .S.Lavanya

2. Dr .S.Gomathi

COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1810

COURSE NAME


SEMESTER II- PAPER X

WORLD CLASSICS/ LITERATURE IN

ENGLISH TRANSLATION


56 4 4

Preamble

The course aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the great classics in English around

the world and to introduce the students to some of the greatest and very best writers in the world.

Course Outcomes


CO

Number


Level

CO1 Select and define the literary works at varied levels of

comprehension. K1

CO2 Practically interpret, illustrate and apply any literary work by

identifying different aspects of literature. K2 & 3

CO3 Examine the text intensively and distinguish its salient features.

K4

CO4 Estimate the ability to use the critical theories in the practice of

literary evaluation. K5

CO5 Elaborate and improve on the different types of creative genius

from around the world K6


Cos PO1 PO2 P03 P04

CO1. M M S S

CO2. S M S S

CO3. S S M M

CO4. M S M M


Syllabus

Unit I Poetry 11 hours

Virgil: The Aeneid, Book IV (438-563)

Unit II Prose 11 hours

Khalil Gibran: The Prophet (prose-poetry essays):

Viktor Schklovsky: Art as a Technique

Unit III Drama 11 hours

Sophocles: Oedipus Rex

Goethe: Faust- Part I

Unit IV Short stories 8 hours

Charles Perrault: Blue Beard

Juan Manuel: The Man who Tamed a Shrew

Giovanni Boccaccio: The Stone of Invisibility

Eliza Orzeszkowa: Do You Remember?

Emile Verhaeren: The Horse Fair at Opdrop

Louis Couperus: About Myself and Others

Hans Christian Anderson: What the Old Man does is always Right

Jonas Lie: The Story of a Chicken

Unit V Fiction 15 hours

Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment

Text Book

S.No. Unit Author Title of the

Book

Publisher Year of

Publication

1 I Virgil The Aeneid [Net source] The Internet Classics

Archive:Classic.merit.edu/Virgil/aen

eid.html

2015

2 II Kahlil

Gibran

The Prophet Rupa 2002

3 II Viktor

Schklovsk

y

Art as

Technique

[Net Source]:

paradise.caltech.edu/ist4lectures/Vik

tor_Sklovski_Art_as_Technique.pdf

2015

4 III Sophocles Oedipus Rex Dover Publications; Unabridged

edition 2012

5 III Goethe Faust- Part I RHUS Publications 1988

6 IV Geraldine

McCaughr

ean

Classic

Stories from

Around the

World

Leopard Books 1996

7 V Fyodor

Dostoevsk

y

Crime and

Punishment

Penguin 2003

Reference Books


Publication

1 Barman, Bhaskar

Roy

E L Dorado: An Anthology

on World Literature

Authors Press

Global Network

2006

Pedagogy: Teaching – Lecturing and discussions


Module

No.

Unit I

Topic No. of

Periods

Content

delivery

methods

1 What is the importance of classical literature 1 T

2 Virgil as a poet and his contribution 1 T

3 Poetic beauty in Aeneid 1 T & Disc

4 Strategies for reading an epic 1 T

5 Previewing and Annotating 2 T & Disc

6 Outlining and Summarising 2 T & Disc

7 Taking inventory and analysing an argument 1 T & Disc

8 Identifying basic features and comparing and contrasting 1 T & Disc

9 Exploring personal responses 1 Disc

Unit II

1 A comparison and contrast of Persian and Russian prose

classics

2 T & Disc

2 The uniqueness of prose-poetry essays 1 T

3 Essay writing as an art 1 Disc

4 How to read a piece of classical prose 1 T

5 Interpreting the depth of meaning in classical prose 1 T

6 Language of the classic literature 2 T & Disc

7 Analysing key passages 3 T & Disc

Unit III

1 How to analyse and appraise drama with emphasis on

Oedipus Rex and Faust- Part I

1 T & Disc

2 Sophocles as the greatest dramatist 1 T

3 Dramatic form- origins and initial growth and plot and

character analysis

2 T & Disc

4 Goethe as a most powerful dramatist 2 T & Disc

5 Plot and characterisation in Faust- Part I 1 T & Disc

6 Historical context in the play 2 T

7 The play as a closest drama (genre) and as a cosmological

epic

2 Disc

Unit IV

1 Characteristics of folktales from France T

2 Patriarchy as portrayed in Spanish short story T

3 Attributes of Renaissance in Italy in The Stone of

Invisibility

T

4 Analysis of plot in short story from Poland T

5 Tragic element in short story from Belgium T

6 Louis Couperus (Holland) as a great short story writer T

7 Moral in Hans Christian Anderson’s story T

8 Element of Fable in Jonas Lie’s The Story of a Chicken

T

Unit V

1 Analysis of Russian fiction 3 Disc

2 Fiction as a powerful literary device 3 Disc

3 Plot, setting and characterization 2 Disc

4 Theme and narrative technique 2 Disc

5 Discussion 2 Disc


PG

CA I & II


choice )



Total = 50






Total = 100

Blue Print

(Annotations to be given only from units I and III)

Section A (10x3=30)


Unit I Question No.:1,2,

Unit II Question No.: 3,4

Unit III Question No.: 5,6

Unit IV Question No.: 7,8

Unit V Question No.: 9, 10

Section B (6x6=36)

Write short Notes on:






Section C (3x8=24)

Write Essays for the Following:






Section D (1x10=10)

Unit V Question no: 23

Course Designers:

1. Dr. Narasingaram Jayashree

2. Dr. S. Gomathi

COURSE

NUMBER

MEH16A1

COURSE NAME


SEMESTER II

INTER DISCIPLINARY COURSE -

HISTORY THROUGH LITERATURE


60 - 4

Preamble

The objective of this paper is to create varied interest among students of History and English streams

towards both the branches, thereby portraying the relationship between History, Life and Literature.

The students are expected to develop an interest towards the historic and cultural aspects of our

country.

Prerequisite

• An overview and knowledge of the classical literature of different countries

• A keen interest in delving into the glorious literary past.

Course Outcomes


CO Number CO Statement Knowledge

Level

CO1 Interpret and demonstrate their understanding of various facets

of literature K3

CO2 Analyse and infer from various critical concepts K4

CO3 Organise and integrate the acquired knowledge towards

individualistic composition K6

CO4 Will be able to appraise and defend convincing arguments K5

CO5 Analyse the wide variety of experiences and attitudes in the

historic and cultural aspects of our country through various

literary works

K2


COs PO1 PO2 P03 P04

CO1 S M M S

CO2 S S S M

CO3 M S M S

CO4 M M S S

CO5 M M M S


Syllabus

Unit I 12hrs

Kushwant Singh - Train to Pakistan

Unit II 12 hrs

Rudyard Kipling - Kim

Unit III 12 hrs

Indian National Congress

Moderates and Extremist (Gokhale)

Home Rule Movement (Annie Besant – Red Mount)

Unit IV 12 hrs

Gandhian Era – Non Cooperation

Civil Disobedience

Round Table Conference

Individual Satyagraha

Cripp’s Proposal

Unit V 12 hrs

Quit India Movement

Wavel Plan

Mountbatten Plan, Indian Independence Act of 1947

Text Book

S.No Units Author Title of the Book Publishers Year of

Publication

1. I Kushwant Singh Train to Pakistan Paperback 1994

Publishers

2. II Rudyard Kipling Kim Paperback

Publishers

1993

3. III,

IV,V

R.C.Agarwal,Mahesh

Bhatnagar

Indian National Movement

and Indian Constitution

S.Chand

Publishing

House

1993

Reference Books

S.No Author Title of the Book Publishers Year of

Publication

1. Ramachandra Guha India After Gandhi: The

History of the World’s

Largest Democracy

Eco Press 2007

2. E.M.Forster A Passage to India Penguin Books 2005

Pedagogy: Teaching , Lecture, Discussion


Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

Unit I

1 Life and times of Kushwant Singh 1 T

2 Importance of the historical novel 1 T

3 Partition and its aftermath 2 T & Disc

4 Social structure and cultural impact 1 T

5 Moral message and horrific reality 2 T & Disc

6 Character analysis 2 T & Disc

7 Reality Vs fiction 1 T & Disc

8 Narrative style of Kushwant Singh 1 T & Disc

9 In depth analysis of the novel 1 Disc

Unit II

1 Kipling as a novelist 1 T & Disc

2 The novel as a spy fiction 2 T

3 Elements in the novel 2 Disc

4 Characterisation 1 T

5 Themes and motifs 2 T

Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

6 Background and setting of the novel 2 T & Disc

7 Structure of the novel 2 T & Disc

Unit III

1 The rise and growth of the Indian National Congress 2 T & Disc

2 Factors that promoted the popularity of the INC 1 T

3 Role of the INC in the freedom struggle 2 T & Disc

4 Differentiating the Moderates from the Extremists 1 T & Disc

5 The part played by the Moderates 2 T & Disc

6 Important extremists who lead the Freedom Movement 2 T

7 The role of the Home Rule Movement 2 Disc

Unit IV

1 Gandhi’s evolution into the Mahatma 2 T & Disc

2 Non-cooperation Movement and its impact 2 T & Disc

3 Part played by the Civil Disobedience Movement 2 T & Disc

4 Result of the Round Table Conference and

Effectiveness of Satyagraha

3 T & Disc

5 Policies underlying Cripp’s Proposal 3 T & Disc

Unit V

1 The popularity and effectiveness of The Quit India

Movement

3 Disc

2 Impact of Wavel Plan on the Independence Movement 2 Disc

3 Mountbatten Plan- Architect to India’s freedom 2 Disc

4 Indian Independence Act of 1947 and the Partition of the

country

2 Disc

5 A brief account of the factors that paved the way for

India’s independance

3 Disc


PG


Section – A 5 x 5 = 25

Section – B 5 x 15 = 75

Total = 100

Blue Print

Section A 5x5=25


Unit I Question No.:1 a (or) b

Unit II Question No.:2 a (or) b

Unit III Question No.:3 a (or) b

Unit IV Question No.:4 a (or) b

Unit V Question No.:5 a (or) b

Section B 5x15=75

Write short Notes on:

Unit I Question No. : 6 a (or) b

Unit II Question No. : 7 a (or) b

Unit III Question No. : 8 a (or) b

Unit IV Question No. : 9 a (or) b

Unit V Question No. : 10 a (or) b

Course Designers:

1. Dr Narasingaram Jayashree

2. Mrs. Arul Mary

COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1711

COURSE NAME

II MA ENGLISH LITERATURE

SEMESTER III

PAPER XI-INDIAN WRITING IN

ENGLISH


71 4 4

Preamble

The course introduces students to Indian Writing in English, through the study of various literary

genres such as Poetry, Prose, Drama and Criticism. It helps the students to appreciate the literature

written in English by Indians. This paper is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills

to read and understand texts in Indian Writing in English.

Course Outcomes



Cos PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO1 S M S M

CO2 M S M M

CO3 S S S M

CO4 M M M S

CO5 S S M M


Syllabus

Unit I Poetry 14 hrs

CO

Number


Level

CO6. Understand the nuances of Indian Writing in English K1

CO7. Interpret and demonstrate their understanding of various facets of Literature K3

CO8. Analyse literary forms of the text and to appreciate Literature K4, K5

CO9. Effectively understand and communicate ideas related to the Indian Writing

in English with its background and settings K2

CO10. Appreciate and write critical reviews for the works of Indian Writing in

English K6

Detailed Toru Dutt : Lakshman

Sri Aurobindo : Rose of God

Sarojini Naidu : Bird Sanctuary

Nissim Ezekiel : Very Indian Poem in Indian English

A.K.Ramanujam : Epitaph on a Street Dog

Non-Detailed Shiv.K.Kumar : Indian Woman

Jayanta Mahapatra: Grandfather

Poems can be taken from any authentic source

Unit II Prose

Non-Detailed 14hrs

Jawaharlal Nehru : Discovery of India- Through the Ages

Yuvaraj singh : The Test of my Life

Unit III Drama Detailed 14hrs

Vijay Tendulkar : Kanyadaan

Non- detailed Mahesh Dattani : Final Soultions

Unit IV Novel 14 hrs

Sashi Deshpande : That Long Silence

Gita Mehta : River Sutra

Unit V Criticism 15 hrs

Srinivasa Iyengar: Indian Writing in English - Chapter XXVI “New” Poets (Pg 641-690)

M.Hiriyanna: Indian Aesthetics: The Main Aspects of Indian Aesthetics (161-172)

(Annotations from Detailed texts of Unit I & III only)

Text Books Prescribed


Publication

1 I Poems can be taken from any authentic source

2 II Nehru, Jawaharlal Discovery of India Penguin 2004

3 II Singh, Yuvaraj The Test of my Life India Random

House

2012

4 III Tendulkar, Vijay Kanyadaan OUP 1996

5 III Dattani, Mahesh Collected Plays Penguin 2000

6 IV Deshpande,Shashi That Long Silence Penguin 1988

7 IV Mehta,Gita A River Sutra Penguin 2000

8 V Iyengar ,Srinivasa

K.R

Indian Writing in

English

Sterling

2014

9 V Hiriyanna .M Indian Aesthetics Trinity 2015

Reference Books


Publication

1 Chavan P Sunanda The Fair Voice:A Study

of Indian Women Poets

in English

Sterling Publishers

Private Limited

1984

2 Iyengar, Srinivasa

K.R

Indian Writing in

English

Sterling Publishers 1962

Pedagogy: Teaching, Blackboard, Discussion, PPT,ICT,Seminar


Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

Unit I

1 Introduction 1 T

2 Lakshman 2 T&D

3 Rose of God 2 T&D

4 Bird Sanctuary 2 T&D

5 Very Indian Poem in Indian English 2 T&D

6 Epitaph on a street Dog 2 T&D

7 Indian Woman 1 T

8 Grandfather 1 T

9 Revision 1 D

Unit II

10 Introduction 1 T

11 The test of my Life 7 T&D

12 Discovery of India - Chapter 5 5 T&D,PPT

13 Revision 1 D

Unit III

14 Introduction 1 T

15 Kanyadaan 6 T&D

16 Final Solutions 6 T&D

Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

17 Revision 1 D

Unit IV

18 Introduction 1 T

19 That Long Silence 7 T&D

20 River Sutra 6 T&D

Unit V

21 Criticism Introduction 1 T

22 New Poets 7 T&D

23 Indian Aesthetics 6 D

24 Revision 1 D

Blue Print

Section A (10x3=30)

Answer in a sentence or two: Unit I Question No. : 1, 2,

Unit II Question No. : 3,4,




Section B (6x6=36)

Annotate / Write short Notes on ANY SIX of the following: Unit I Question No. : 11 (Annotation)

Unit II Question No. : 12, 13(Short Notes)

Unit III Question No. : 14 (Annotation)

Unit IV Question No. : 15, 16 (Short Notes)

Unit V Question No. : 17 (Short Notes)

Section C (3x8=24)







Section D (1x10=10) Unit V Question No. : 23

Course Designers:

1.Mrs.P.Subhapriya

2.Dr.(Mrs)RSumathi

COURSE

NUMBER:

MEG1612

COURSE NAME


SEMESTER III

PAPER XII-LITERARY THEORY

PAPER II


71 4 5

Preamble

To make the students understand the basic theoretical concepts underlying contemporary approaches

to literature and the major difference between various schools of criticism.

Course Outcomes



Cos PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO1. S S S S

CO2. S S S S

CO3. M M M M

CO4. M M M M

CO5. M M M M


CO

Number


Level

CO1. Acquire a holistic view of criticism and new trends in criticism K1

CO2. Sensitize students towards recent critical theories K2

CO3. Co-relate literary theory with literary texts K3&K4

CO4. Develop personal responses to literary texts K5

CO5. Develop ability to conduct literary research K6

Syllabus

Unit I : Structuralism 14 Hrs

Roman Jakobson - Linguistics and Poetics

Unit II : Post- Structuralism 15 Hrs

Roland Barthes – The Death of the Author

Unit III : Deconstruction 14 Hrs

Jacques Derrida – Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourced of the Human Science.

Unit IV : Postmodernism 14 Hrs

Terry Eagleton - Capitalism, Modernism and Postmodernism

Unit V : Postcolonialism 14 Hrs

Homi Bhabha- The Location of Culture

Text Books

S.No UNIT AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER YEAR

1. I,II,III&IV Lodge, David Twentieth Century

Criticism: A Reader

Longman 1988

2. V Julie Rivkin,

and Michael

Ryan

Literary Theory: An

Anthology

Blackwell

Publishers

2002

Reference Books:


publication

1 Lodge, David and

Nigel Wood

Modern Criticism and Theory

Vol.II

Pearson

Education

1989

2 Enright D.J., De

Chickera

Essays from English Critical Texts. Oxford

University Press

2006

Pedagogy:Teaching, Discussion , Seminar & ICT


Unit I STRUCTURALISM

1 Introduction to aspects of structuralism 2 T & PPT

2 Roman Jakobson - Linguistics and Poetics 12 T & Disc

Seminar

Unit II POST- STRUCTURALISM

1 Introduction to aspects of Post stucturalism 1 T & PPT

2 Roland Barthes – The Death of the Author 6 T & Disc

Seminar

3 Introduction to aspects of Reader Response Theory 1 T & PPT

4 Stanley Fish – Is There a Text in This Class? 7 T & Disc

Seminar

Unit III DECONSTRUCTION

1 Introduction to aspects of deconstruction 2 T & PPT

2 Jacques Derrida – Structure, Sign and Play in the

Discourced of the Human Science

13 T & Disc

Seminar

Unit IV POSTMODERNISM

1 Introduction to aspects of Postmodernism 2 T & PPT

2 Terry Eagleton - Capitalism, Modernism and

Postmodernism

12 T & Disc

Seminar

Unit IV POSTCOLONIALISM

1 Introduction to aspects of Postcolonialism 2 T & PPT

2 Homi Bhabha- The Location of Culture 12 T & Disc

Seminar

Blue Print

Section A (10x3=30)






Section B (6x6=36)

Write short Notes on ANY SIX of the following: Unit I Question No. : 11


Unit III Question No. : 14,



Section C (3x8=24)

Write Essays on ANY THREE for the Following: Unit I Question No. : 18





Section D (1x10=10) ANY UNIT Question No. : 23

Course Designers:

1. Dr.S.Lavanya

2. Dr.S.Gomathi

COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1713

COURSE NAME


SEMESTER III

CORE XIII – MODERN ENGLISH

GRAMMAR


71 4 5

Preamble

The course introduces the various nuances in the field of grammar with descriptive data. It will

enable the students to understand the grammar as foreign learners and have an authoritative

knowledge about English grammar usage. It will enrich the students grammatical proficiency.

Course Outcomes


CO

Number


level

CO 1 Understand and remember the significance of English grammar K1 & K2

CO2 Analyse the grammatical system and appreciate the new approaches

to grammar K4

CO3 Prioritize the classification of grammar in detail. K5

CO4 Gain competency in grammar. K5


COs PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO 1 S M S S

CO2 M S M S

CO3 M S S S

CO4 M M M S


Syllabus

Unit I Sentence and their parts 14hrs

1.1 Parts of speech

1.2 The hierarchy of units

1.3 Grammatical notations

1.4 Using tests

1.5 Form and Function

Unit II Words 14hrs

2.1 Open and closed word classes

2.2 The open classes

2.3 Closed word classes

Unit III Phrases 14hrs

3.1 Classes of Phrase

3.2 Main and subordinate phrases

3.3 Noun phrases and related phrase classes

3.4 The Adjective phrase and the adverb phrase

3.5 The verb phrase

Unit IV Clauses 15hrs

4.1 Elements of the clause

4.2 Complex sentences

4.3 Finite and non-finite clauses

4.4 Declarative, interrogative and imperative clauses

4.5 Active and Passive Clauses

4.6 More on clause structure

4.7 Clause patterns

4.8 The structure of non-finite clauses

4.9 Parsing a simple sentences

Unit V Subordination and Coordination 14hrs

5.1 Subordinate clauses

5.2 Finite subordinate clauses

5.3 The function of subordinate clauses

5.4 Non-finite subordinate clauses

5.5 Direct and indirect subordination

5.6 Skeleton analysis

5.7 Coordination

Text Book:

S.N

o

Author Title of the

Book

Publishers Year of

publication

1 Leech, Geoffrey, Margaret Deuchar

and Robert Hoogenraad

English Grammar

for Today

Macmillan 1987

Reference Book:


publication

1. Krishnaswamy.N Modern English: A Book of

Grammar and Usage

Macmillan 2000

2. Raymond Murphy Intermediate English

Grammar

Cambridge

University

Press

1999


Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

Unit 1 - Sentence and their parts

1 Introduction 1 T

2 Parts of speech 2 T&D

3 The hierarchy of units 2 T&D

4 Grammatical notations 2 T&D

Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

5 Using tests 2 T&D

6 Form and Function 3 T& D

7 Revision 2 D

Unit 2 - Words

1 Introduction 1 T

2 Open and closed word classes 1 T&D

3 The open classes 6 T&D

4 The closed word classes 5 T&D

5 Revision 1 D

Unit 3- Phrases

1 Introduction 1 T

2 Classes of Phrase 2 T&D

3 Main and subordinate phrases 2 T&D

4 Noun phrases and related phrase classes 3 T&D

5 The Adjective phrase and the adverb phrase 2 T&D

6 The verb phrase 3 T&D

4 Revision 1 D

Unit 4- Clauses

1 Introduction 1 T

2 Elements of the clause 1 T&D

3 Complex sentences 1 T&D

4 Finite and non-finite clauses 1 T&D

5 Declarative, interrogative and imperative 2 T&D

6 Active and Passive Clauses 1 T&D

7 More on clause structure 1 T&D

8 Clause patterns 2 T&D

9 The structure of non-finite clauses 1 T&D

10 Parsing a simple sentences 3 T&D

11 Revision 1 D

Unit 5 Subordination and coordination

1 Introduction 1 T

2 Subordinate clauses 2 T&D

3 Finite subordinate clauses 2 T&D

4 The function of subordinate clauses 1 T&D

5 Non-finite subordinate clauses 2 T&D

6 Direct and indirect subordination 2 T&D

7 Skeleton analysis 2 T&D

Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

8 Coordination 2 T&D

4 Revision 1 D

Blue Print

Section A (10x3=30)


Unit II Question No. : 3,4,




Section B (6x6=36)

Annotate / Write short Notes on ANY SIX of the following: Unit I Question No. : 11

Unit II Question No. : 12,



Unit V Question No. : 16, 17

Section C (3x8=24)

Write Essays on ANY THREE for the Following: Unit I Question No. : 18





Section D (1x10=10) From any Unit Question No. : 23

Course Designers:

1.Dr.A.P.Anusuya

2.Mrs.R.Maheswari

COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1614

COURSE NAME


SEMESTER III

PAPER XIV: WOMEN’S WRITING


71 4 4

Preamble

The course introduces students to Women’s Writing, through the study of various literary genres

written by women of different nationalities such as poetry, prose, essay and drama. The paper is

designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills to read and comprehend texts written by

women.

Course Outcomes



Cos PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO5. M M S M

CO6. M S M M

CO7. S M S S

CO8. M M M S


Syllabus

UNIT I :

Potery 14 hrs

Detailed:

Maya Angelou :Phenomenal Woman

CO

Number


Level

CO1 Acquire knowledge about the various genres written by women of different

nationalities. K1

CO2 Identify and describe distinct literary characteristics of women’s writing. K3

CO3 Effectively understand and communicate ideas related to the literary works

during class and in group activities. K2,K4

CO4 Critically analyse the structure and meaning of various literary works. K5, K6

Elizabeth Bishop : A Miracle for Breakfast.

Imtiaz Dharker : Another Woman

Non-Detailed:

Gwendolyn Brooks : The Mother

Amy Lowell : A Fairy Tale

Willa Cather : London Roses

UNIT II:

Prose 14 hrs

Detailed:

Virginia Woolf : Professions for Women

Kalpana Chawla : The Sky is the limit.

Non-Detailed:

Aung San Suu Kyi : Courage, Thy Name is

Indira Gandhi : The Message of Viswa-Bharati

UNIT III:

Drama 14 hrs

Detailed:

Uma Parameswaran : Sons Must Die

Non-Detailed:

Mahasweta Devi : Water.

UNIT IV:

Novel 14 hrs

Margaret Atwood : Handmaids Tale

Bapsi Sidhwa : The Pakistani Bride

UNIT V

Criticism 15 hrs

Elaine Showalter : Towards Feminist Poetics.

Mary Wollstonecraft : Chapter I: “The Rights and Involved Duties of Mankind Considered”.

(Annotations to be given only from Unit I, Unit II, and Unit III Detailed study)

The poems and prose essays can be taken from any authentic source.

Text Books :


Publication

1 III Parameswaran, Uma Sons Must Die and

Other Plays

Prestige 1998

2 III Devi, Mahasweta Water Seagull Books 2011

3 IV Atwood,Margaret The Handmaid’s

Tale

Vintage Books 1985

4 IV Sidwa, Bapsi The Pakistani

Bride

Penguin Books 1983

5 V Wollstonecraft, Mary A Vindication of

the Rights of

Women

Cosimo Classics 2008

6 V Seturaman.V S Contemporary

Criticism-An

Anthology

Macmillan 1989

Reference:

1 Aravindakshan T.Y.

& C.R .Murukan

Babu

Literature and

Contemporary Issues

Orient Black Swan 2013

2 Haneefa, S.,

P.Rajendran

The Verbal Mirror-

Writings on

Contemporary Issues

Macmillan Publishers 2010

3 Ruth,Sheila Issues in Feminism: A

First Course in

Women’s Studies

Haughten Miffbin

Company

1980

4 Lodge, David/ Nigel

Wood, Pearson

Modern Criticism and

Theory- A Reader

Pearson 1988

5 Sontag, Susan Against Interpretation

20th

Century Literary

Criticism

Longman 1984

Pedagogy: Teaching, ICT, Discussion and Seminar.


Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content delivery

methods

Unit 1

1 Introduction - 1 ICT

2 Maya Angelou :Phenomenal Woman 2 T

3 Elizabeth Bishop : A Miracle for Breakfast. 2 T & Disc

4 Imtiaz Dharker : Another Woman 2 T & Disc

5 Gwendolyn Brooks : The Mother 2 T & Disc

6 Amy Lowell : A Fairy Tale. 2 T & Disc

Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content delivery

methods

7 Willa Cather : London Roses 2 T & Disc

8 Discussion

1 T & Disc

Unit II

1 Introduction 1 ICT

2 Virginia Woolf : Professions for Women 3 T&Disc

3 Kalpana Chawla : The Sky is the limit 3 T&Disc

4 Aung San Suu Kyi : Courage, Thy Name is 3 T&Disc

5 Indira Gandhi : The Message of Viswa-

Bharati

3 T&Disc

6. Discussion 1 Disc

Unit III


2 Uma Parameswaran :Sons Must Die 6 T&Disc

3 Introduction 1 T

4 Mahasweta Devi : Water. 5 Disc

5 Discussion 1 Disc

Unit IV

1 Introduction to Margaret Atwood 1 ICT

2 Margaret Atwood : Handmaids Tale -Novel 5 T&Disc

3 Discussion 1

1 Introduction,

Bapsi Sidhwa : The Pakistani Bride

1,6 ICT

Unit V


2 Elaine Showalter : Towards Feminist

Poetics

5 T & Disc

3 Discussion 1

4 Introduction- Mary Wollstonecraft 1

5 A Vindication of Rights of Women

Chapters 1,4-5

5 T&Disc

6 Discussion 1

7 Quiz 1 Disc

Blue Print

Section A (10x3=30)


Unit I Question No: 1, 2

Unit II Question No: 3, 4

Unit III Question No: 5, 6

Unit IV Question No: 7, 8

Unit V Question No: 9, 10

Section B (6x6=36)

Write short Notes / Annotate on ANY SIX of the following:

Unit I Question No: 11 Annotation

Unit II Question No: 12, 13 Annotation

Unit III Question No: 14 Annotation


Unit V Question No: 17

Section C (3x8=24)

Write Essays on ANY THREE of the following:

Unit I Question No: 18

Unit II Question No: 19

Unit III Question No: 20

Unit IV Question No: 21


Section D (1x10=10)


Course Designers:

Dr. Sumathy K Swamy.

Ms.P Vanmathi

71 4 4

Preamble

The course aims to develop in the students a comprehensive understanding of the finest works in

English, belonging to post colonial countries and to familiarize with some of the greatest writers and

cultures in those countries.

Course Outcomes


CO

Number


Level

CO1. Practically analyse any literary work by identifying different

aspects of literature K3

CO2 Interpret the text intensively and distinguish its salient features K4 & K5

CO3 Appreciate the literary works at varied levels of comprehension K2 & K3

CO4 Demonstrate the ability to use the critical theories in literary

evaluation K5

CO5 Compare and contrast the writers from around the world and their

unique styles K6


COs PO1 PO2 P03 P04

CO1 M M S S

CO2 S M S S

CO3 S S M M

CO4 M S M M

CO5 S M S S


COURSE

NUMBER

MEG1615

COURSE NAME


SEMESTER III - PAPER XV

NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH


Syllabus

Unit I: Poetry 14 hrs

Detailed: Canadian Poetry

Desi Di Nardo: Summer Sonata

Mark Strand: The Story of our Lives

Australian Poetry

Judith Wright: Woman to Child

Jennifer Maiden: Tactics

Elizabeth Campbell Donaldson: Days

Non- Detailed:

African Poetry

Wole Soyinka: Telephone Conversation

Derek Walcott: A Far Cry from Africa

New Zealand Poetry

Katherine Mansfield: A Little Boy’s Dream

Faye Kilday: Do you hear the Angel Speaking

Unit II: Prose 14 hrs

Stuart Hall: Cultural Identity and Diaspora

Nadine Gordimer: Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Unit III: Drama 14 hrs

Detailed: Uma Parameswaran: Rootless but Green are the Boulevard Trees

Non-Detailed: Mahasweta Devi: Mother of 1084

Unit IV: Fiction 15 hrs

JM Coetzee: Disgrace

Peter Kelly: The History of the Kelly Gang

Unit V: Criticism 14 hrs

Louis Dudek: Poetry in English

E.H. McCormick: Close of a Century

(Annotations to be given only from Unit I and Unit III Detailed study)

Text Books Prescribed:

S.No. Unit Author Title of the Book Publisher Year of

Publicatio

n

1. I Narasimaiah, C.D

Ed

An Anthology of

Commonwealth Poetry

Macmillan

Publication

2013

2. I J O Donnell,J.O

Maragaret

An Anthology of

Commonwealth Verse

Blackie and

Sons

Publication

2004

3. II Hall, Stuart Colonial Discourse and

Postcolonial Theory- A

Reader

Harvester

Whaeatsheaf

Publication

2009

4. II Gordimer, Nadine www.nobelprize.org/nobel

prizes/literature/laureates/

1991/gordimer-

lecture.html

Gordimer-

lecture.html

1991

5. III Parameswaran,

Uma

Sons must Die and other

Plays

Prestige

Books

2006

6. III Devi, Mahasweta Mother of 1084 Seagull

Books

2011

7. IV Coetzee, J.M Disgrace Vintage

Publications

2000

8. IV Kelly, Peter The History of the Kelly

Gang

Faber

Publications

2012

9. V Walsh, William Readings in

Commonwealth Literature

Clarendon

Press

Publication

2005

Reference Books


Publication

1 Amirthanayagam Writers in East-West

Encounters: New Cultural

Bearings

The Macmillan

Press

1982

2 Walsh, William Readings in Commonwealth

Literature

Oxford University

Press

2003

3 Enright D.D., Ernst

Chickera

English Critical Texts Oxford University

Press

2006

Pedagogy: Teaching, discussion, seminar and ICT


Module

No

Topic No. of

Periods

Content

delivery

methods

Unit I Poetry

1 An introduction to Commonwealth Poetry 2 T

2 A study of Canadian poetry 2 T

3 Trends and themes in Canadian poetry 1 T & Disc

4 Australian Poetry- origin and culture 1 T

5 Emerging trends in Australian poetry 2 T

6 The uniqueness of the poetry of New Zealand 2 T & Disc

7 Style and technique 1 T & Disc

8 The yearning for motherland and freedom in African

poetry

2 T & Disc

9 Reflection of cultural identities 1 Disc

Unit II Prose

1 Exploring cultural roots 2 T & Disc

2 Problems and issues 2 T

3 Resolving conflicts 2 Disc

4 Crossing barriers 2 T

5 Nadine Gordimer as a Nobel Prize winner 2 PPT

6 Gordimer’s contribution to literature and society 2 T & Disc

7 Gordimer’s ideologies 2 T & Disc

Unit III Drama

1 Canadian Literature- Growth and development with special

focus on its plays and playwrights- Uma Parameswaran as

an established playwright

2 T & Disc

2 Diasporic sensibility in the play- sense of rootlessness,

alienation, assimilation

2 PPT

3 Plot, structure, story and characterization and conflicts 2 T & Disc

4 Mahasweta Devi as a powerful Indian writer and as a voice

for the marginalized

2 T & Disc

5 Evolution of consciousness of the characters 2 T & Disc

6 Style and thematic structure 2 T

7 Historical realism in the play 2 Disc

Unit IV Fiction

1 Life and times of Coetzee 2 T & Disc

2 Apartheid and its aftermath 3 T & Disc

3 Style, plot, theme and characterization in the novel 4 T & Disc

4 Peter Kelly: Exploring the freedom of the Australian

novelist, nineteenth century Australia, identity, Australian-

Irish tensions, conflicts, folklores, heroes, lawlessness and

loyalty

3 T & Disc

5 Oppression and victimization, policing and the law,

rebellions, villains and violence

3 T & Disc

Unit V Criticism

1 Role of criticism with special context to poetry 3 Disc

2 Exploring the poet 3 Disc

3 Criticism at the dusk of the century 3 Disc

4 The evolution in style and thematic structure 3 Disc

5 Discussion 2 Disc

Blue Print

Section A (10x3=30)

Answer in a sentence or two: Unit I Question No: 1, 2


Unit III Question No: 5, 6


Unit V Question No: 9, 10

Section B (6x6=36)

Write short Notes / Annotate on ANY SIX of the following:

Unit I Question No: 11 Annotation


Unit III Question No: 14 Annotation



Section C (3x8=24)

Write Essays on ANY THREE of the following: Unit I Question No: 18

Unit II Question No: 19

Unit III Question No: 20

Unit IV Question No: 21


Section D (1x10=10)

Any Unit Question No. : 23

Course Designers:

1. Dr. Narasingaram Jayashree

2. Dr. S. Lavanya

.

SPECIAL COURSE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

MEG16S1 30 HRS

Credits 2

OBJECTIVE: To enable the students to do research by learning the basics of research methodology.

Unit I: Research and Writing 6 hrs

Unit II: Plagiarism and Academic Integrity 6 hrs

The Format of the Research Paper

Unit III: The Mechanics of Writing 6 hrs

Unit IV: Documentation: Preparing the List of Works Cited 6 hrs

Unit V: Documentation: Citing Sources in the Text 6 hrs

Text Book:


Publication

1 Modern

Language Assn.

of America

M.L.A. Hand Book Macmillan Latest

edition

Reference Books:


Publication

1 Anderson,

Durston &

Poole

Thesis & Assignment

Writing

Eastern Limited, New

Delhi

1970

rpt.1985

2 Parsons C J Theses & Project Work Unwin Brothers Ltd.,

Gresham Press

1973

3 Rajannan,

Busnagi

Fundamentals of Research American Studies

Research Centre

1968

Blue print

Question Paper Pattern (Model & ESE only)

Section A 5 questions (Internal Choice) 5x5=25 marks

Section B 5 questions (Internal Choice) 15x5=75 marks

Total 100 marks

Course Designers:

Dr. S.Gomathi

Dr. S Lavanya

Cyber Security

MNM15CS 26 hrs

Objective

This course presents the principles of Cyber Security and its attack. It covers all aspects of

cyberspace, botnet, cyber crime and its case studies.

Unit I ( 5 hrs)

Cyberspace: Introduction- Web Threats for Organizations - Security and Privacy Implications

from Cloud Computing - Social Media Marketing - Social Computing and the Associated Challenges

for Organizations - Protecting People's Privacy in the Organization- Organizational Guidelines for

Internet Usage- Safe Computing Guidelines and Computer Usage Policy.

Unit II (5 hrs)

Security Threats: Malicious Software, Types of Attacks, Threats to E-commerce, e-cash,

Credit/Debit Cards.

Unit III (5 hrs)

Cyber Security: Introduction - An Essential Component of Cyber security - Forensics Best Practices

for Organizations - Media and Asset Protection - Importance of Endpoint Security in Organizations

Unit IV (5 hrs)

Cyber Attacks: Introduction - How Criminals Plan the Attacks - Social Engineering -

Cyberstalking -Cybercafe and Cybercrimes - Botnets: The Fuel for Cybercrime - Attack Vector -

Cloud Computing

Unit V (6 hrs)

Case Study on Cyber Crime & Security: lntroduction on Cyber Crime - Trends in Mobility -

Credit Card Frauds in Mobile and Wireless Computing Era. Illustrations, Examples and Mini-Cases

- Introduction - Real-Life Examples - Mini-Cases Illustrations of Financial Frauds in Cyber

Domain - Digital Signature-Related Crime Scenarios - Digital Forensics Case Illustrations - Online

Scams.

Text Book

S.No Author Title of the

Book

Publisher Year of Publish

1 Faculty of

Computer

Science – PG

Essentials of

Cyber Security

KalaiKathir

Achachagam

2016

Reference Book

S.No Author Title of the

Book

Publisher Year of Publish

1 Nina Godbole

and Sunit

Belpure

Cyber Security

Understanding

Cyber Crimes,

Publication

Wiley

2011

Computer

Forensics and

Legal

Perspectives

2 William Stallings Network

Security

Essentials –

Applications and

Standards

Pearson

Education

2011

CA

Section A

Answer in two sentences 2x5=10 (5 out of 8)

Section B

Answer in one Page 5x6=30 (6 out of 8)

Total 40 marks

COURSE

NO

MEG1616

COURSE NAME


SEMESTER IV

PAPER XVI -INDIAN REGIONAL

LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION


71 4 5

Preamble

The Course introduces students to leading regional writers of India and their works in translation

through the study of select texts from different genres representative of the North, South, East and

West regions of India. The paper aims to familiarize students with and instill pride in the indigenous

creativity of their own motherland.

Course Outcomes


CO

Number


Level

CO1 Have a broad knowledge of the regional Indian writers, understand the

variety of regional writings and understand the cultural diversity reflected

in them.

K 1& K2

CO2 Identify and describe the unique literary tendencies evident in the different

translated texts from the different regions of India.

K 3

CO3

Comprehend and discuss the works in participatory activities. K 4 &K5

CO4

Analyse and evaluate the works for content, style ,structure. K4&K 5


Cos PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO1 M M S M

CO2 M S M S

CO3 S M M S

CO4 S S M M


Syllabus

UNIT I

Tamil Regional Literature: 15 hrs

1.Essays – a) Neela Padmanabhan :Modern Tamil Literature I

b) ) Maalan :Modern Tamil Literature II

2.Poems – Abdul Rahman : The Finger Which Pointed at the Moon

Wrong Number

3.Short story – Rajam Krishnan :Kannagi

Jayakanthan :Agni Pravesam

UNIT II

South Indian Regional Literature 14 hrs

1. Essay - Khuswant Singh: Foreword

2. Short Story – Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai :The Flood ( Malayalam)

3. Short story – Shivarama Karanth : In the Mind Body Vortex ( Kannada)

4. Poems - C.Narayana Reddy : Language, the Breath

Whose Signatures are these? ( Telugu)

UNIT III

North Indian Regional Literature 14 hrs

1. Essay - R.C. Prasad :Modern Hindi Literature.

2. Short Story – Mridula Garg : The Tree of the Century ( Hindi)

3. Short Story – Gulzar Raavi Paar : Gulzar ( Urdu)

4. Poems – S.S.Noor : Let Poetry Grow Inside You

Intellectuals ( Punjabi):

UNIT IV

West Indian Regional Literature 14 hrs 1.Essay – Manoj Das : Foreword

2.Short story – Dhiruben Patel “Mahatma’s Men” (Gujarathi)

3. Short Story – Laxman Gaikwad :“The Story of Manda”( Marathi)

4.Poems– Manohar Rai Sardessai : Wherever I Go

Leave Me an Open Sky ( Konkani)

UNIT V

East Indian Regional Literature 14 hrs

1.Essay – Ajit Kumar Ghosh : “Modern Bengali Literature”.

2.Poems – Nirmalprabha Bardoloi : “How Long?”

“ Abstractions” ( Assamese)

3. Short Story – Sonamani Singh: “Publish Not in the Paper” ( Manipuri)

Text Books


Publication

1. Units I &

II

Sivasankari Knit India Through Literature

( Vol.I- The South)

Gangai

Puthaka

Nilayam

2013

2. Units III Sivasankari Knit India Through Literature

( Vol.II- The North)

Gangai

Puthaka

Nilayam

2013

3. Units IV Sivasankari Knit India Through Literature

( Vol.III- The West)

Gangai

Puthaka

Nilayam

2013

4. Units V Sivasankari Knit India Through Literature

( Vol.IV- The East)

Gangai

Puthaka

Nilayam

2013

Reference Books

S.No. Author Title of the Book Publisher Year of

Publication

1. Natarajan, Nalini

and Emmanuel

Sampath Nelson

Handbook of Twentieth

Century Literatures of India

Greenwood

Publishing

Group

1996

2. Swami,Indu Exploring North- East Indian

Writings in English -2 Vols.

Saujanya

Books,Delhi

2011-2012

3. Kumar,

T.Vijay,Meenakshi

Mukherjee,Harish

Trivedi and

Vijayasree .C

Focus India: Postcolonial

Narratives of the Nation.

Saujanya

Books,Delhi

2007

4. Chandra, N.D.R Multicultural Literature in

India.Vol.1

Saujanya

Books, Delhi

2009

Pedagogy: Teaching – Lecturing, ICT, listening, writing, discussions and Language lab sessions.


Module No. Topic No. of

periods

Content delivery methods

Unit I

1 Introduction- Tamil Regional Literature 2

T & Disc ,ppt

2 Modern Tamil Literature I-Neela Padmanabhan 4

T & Disc

3 Modern Tamil Literature I-Maalan 4

T & Disc

4 Poems-Abdul Rahman -The finger which pointed at the moon

1 T

5 Poems-The Flood -Abdul Rahman -Wrong number 1 T

Module No. Topic No. of

periods

Content delivery methods

Unit I

7 Short Story-Agni Pravesam(Jayakanthan) 2

Disc

8 Discussion 1 Disc

Unit II

1 Introduction- South Indian Regional Literature

1 T ,ppt

2 Foreword –Kushwant Singh

6 T & Disc

3 Short Story-The Flood (Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai)

2 T

4 Short Story-In the Mind Body Vortex(Shivarama Karanth)

2 T

5 Poem-C.Narayana Reddy-Language,the Breath

1 T

6 Poem-C.Narayana Reddy-Whose Signatures are these?

1 T

7 Discussion

1 Disc

Unit III

1.

Introduction –North Indian Regional Literature

1 T & Disc,ppt

2. Modern Hindi Literature –R.C.Prasad 6 T & Disc

3. Short Story – The Tree of Century ( Mridula Garg) 2 T

4. Short Story – Raavi Paar (Gulzar) 2 T

5. Poem- S.S.Noor: Let Poetry Grow Inside You 1 T

6. Poem- S.S.Noor: Intellectuals 1 T


Unit IV Introduction –West Indian Regional Literature 1 T & Disc ,ppt

1 Foreword – Manoj Das 6 T & Disc

2 Short story – Mahatma’s Men ( Dhiruben Patel ) 2 T

3 Short Story – The Story of Manda ( Laxman Gaikwad) 2 T

4 Poem- Manohar Rai Sardessai:Wherever I Go 1 T

5 Poem- Manohar Rai Sardessai:Leave Me an Open Sky 1 T

6 Discussion 1 Disc

Unit V Introduction –East Indian Regional Literature 1 T & Disc,ppt

1 Modern Bengali Literature 7 T & Disc

2 Poem –Nirmalprabha Bardoloi: How long ? 1 T

3 Poem –Nirmalprabha Bardoloi: Abstractions 1 T

4 Short Story – Publish Not in the Paper 2 T

5 Discussion 1 T

6 Quiz 1 T

Blue Print

Section – A ( 10 x 3 = 30 )


Unit I Questions 1 & 2

Unit II Questions 3 & 4

Unit III Questions 5 & 6

Unit IV Questions 7 & 8

Unit V Questions 9 & 10

Section – B ( 6 x 6 = 36 )




Unit III Question 15

Unit IV Question 16

Unit V Question 17

Section – C ( 3 x 8 = 24 ) Answer any Three of the following questions in 400 words each

Unit I Question 18

Unit II Question 19


Unit IV Question 21

Unit V Question 22

Section – D ( 1 x 10 = 10 )

Answer the question in 600 words Unit I Question 23

Course Designers:

1.Dr.R.Sumathi

2.Dr.Sumathy K.Swamy

COURSE

NO

MEG1617

COURSE NAME


SEMESTER IV

PAPER XVII - ENVIRONMENTAL

LITERATURE


71 4 5

Preamble

The Course enables students to explore the realm of environmental literature and make them aware

of the various environmental issues and sensitize them to become ecologically responsible. It also

introduces them to the Theory of Ecocriticism. Application of the theory and analysis to the texts

will increase their ecological consciousness.

Course Outcomes


CO

Number


Level

CO1 Understand the environmental crisis through the study of literary texts and

have a broad knowledge of the theory of Ecocriticism and related concepts. K 2& K4

CO2 Apply the concepts of Ecocriticism and analyse the works ecocritically. K 3 & K4

CO3

Comprehend and discuss the cases of environmental degradation ,causes,

effects and solutions-both global and local.

K5

CO4

Nurture ecological consciousness and develop environmental ethics through

creative and proactive participation K6


COs PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO1 M S S M

CO2 S S M M

CO3 S S S M

CO4 M M S S


Syllabus

Unit I 15 hrs

Cheryll Glotfelty :Literary Studies in an Age of Environmental Crisis

T.V.Read :Toward an Environmental Justice Ecocriticism

Unit II

14 hrs Mary Mellor :Women and the Environment

Unit III 14 hrs Emily Dickinson : A Narrow Fellow in the Grass

A.D.Hope : Moschus Moschiferous

Margaret Atwood : Song of the Fox

More and More

Dilip Chitre : The Felling of the Banyan Tree

Gieve Patel : Killing the Tree

( Poems can be taken from any authentic source)

Unit IV

14 hrs Amitav Ghosh : The Hungry Tide

(Students to go on a One day Field Trip to a nearby Ecological Hot-Spot like Silent Valley,

Mudumalai Sanctuary etc.)

Unit V 14 hrs Thoreau : Battle of the Ants - Chapter 12 of Walden

Edward Abbey :Water ( From Desert Solitaire : A Season in the Wilderness)

Movies on Environmental Issues:

‘Animals United’ –Reinhard Klooss and Holger Tappe ( Water Issue)

‘The Lorax’ – Animation movie based on Dr.Suess’s book.( 2012) –( Forests)

‘Avatar ‘– James Cameroon (2009) ( Need to protect natural resources)

‘Erin Brokovich’ – (2000) ( Movie based on Real life incident on Water Pollution and

one woman’s fight against it.)

‘Wall –E’ – (Waste Management)

Apocalyptic Movie:’The Day the Earth Stands Still’(2008)- Scott Derrickson.

Dystopic (Post- Apocalyptic) Movies: ‘The Day after Tomorrow’

‘Ferngully: The Last Rainforest’

Documentaries: ‘An Inconvenient Truth’,‘Waste Land’ and ‘The Eleventh Hour’

Analysis of Movies can be done with the help of the Reference Book : Pat Brereton’s Environmental

Ethics and Film ( Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media).

( Students can also watch relevant programs from Animal Planet, National Geographic Channel etc )

Please Note : Assignments are to be practical real time projects related to the paper like: Tree-

planting, Waste Management, Recycling, Vegetable Gardening etc. Seminar should be a

presentation of their project/ experience.( Annotations from Unit III & IV only, Questions

pertaining to movies in Unit V can be about Eco-critical analysis or Ecological messages/issues

in the movies)

Textbooks :

S.No Unit

Author Title of the Book Publishers Year of

Publication

1 I Glotfelty, Cheryll and

Harold Fromm,Eds.

The Ecocriticism

Reader :

Landmarks in

Literary Ecology.

Univ. of Georgia

Press

1996

2 I Adamson ,Joni,Mei

Mei Evans,Rachel

Stein,Eds.

The Environmental

Justice Reader

University of

Arizona Press.

2002

3 II Mellor, Mary Feminism and

Ecology

Polity Press, 1996

4 IV Ghosh ,Amitav The Hungry Tide

5 V Samuelson, Fisher

and Vaid

American Literature

of the Nineteenth

Century: An

Anthology.

Eurasia

Publishing

1965

6. V Abbey, Edward Desert Solitaire : A

Season in the

Wilderness

Random House 1971

Reference Books :


Publication

1. Dr. Selvamoni,

Nirmal

Essays in Ecocriticism Swarup Publishers 2007

2. Dr. Sumathy U. Ecocriticism in Practice Swarup Publishers 2006

3. Tagore,

Rabindranath

Mukthadhara from

TagoreThree Plays

Oxford UnivPress 1950

4.

Brereton, Prereton Environmental Ethics

and Film ( Routledge

Studies in

Environmental

Communication and

Media)

Routledge 2015

Pedagogy: Teaching – Lecturing, ICT, listening, writing, discussions of Case Studies and movies

and Field Trip.


Module

No.

Topic No. of

Periods

Content Delivery

Methods

UNIT I

1 Introduction- The Environmental Crises in the

Present Era, Need for Environmental Literature

1

T & Disc ,ppt

2 Introduction to Ecocriticism and Cheryll Glotfelty 1

T & Disc

3 Literary Studies in an Age of Environmental

Crisis

6 T ,ppt.

4 T.V.Reed –“ Toward an Environmental Justice

Criticism”

6

T & Disc

5 Quiz

1 Disc

UNIT II

1 Introduction- Role of Women in the Environment

1 T

2 Origin and Growth of Ecofeminism

1 T & Disc

3 Women and the Environment –Mary Mellor

8 T

4 Local Case Studies of Women involved in Nature

Preservation

3 T

5 What can an Individual do?-Discussion

1 T

UNIT III

1. Introduction to Nature writing 1 T & Disc

2. A Narrow Fellow in the Grass-Emily Dickinson 2 T & Disc

3. Moschus Mosciferous –A.D.Hope 4 T

4. Margaret Atwood -Introduction 1 T

5. Song of the Fox 2 T

6. More and More 2 T

7. The Felling of the Banyan Tree 2 T & Disc

UNIT IV

1. Introduction to Amitav Ghosh 1 T , ppt & Disc

2. The Hungry Tide 8 T & Disc

3. Field Trip- One Day 5 Disc

UNIT V

1. Thoreau and Transcendentalism ,Walden 2 T & Disc

2. Battle of the Ants 2 T & Disc

3. Edward Abbey – “Water” ( From Desert

Solitaire)

3 T & Disc


5. Quiz 1

6. Watch an Eco- Movie/ Movies ( based on

availability of recommended movies) and Discuss

5 Audio-Visual,

Disc

Blue Print

Section – A ( 10 x 3 = 30 )







Section – B ( 6 x 6 = 36 )




Unit III Question 15 (Annotation)

Unit IV Question 16

Unit V Question 17

Section – C ( 3 x 8 = 24 )


Unit I Question 18

Unit II Question 19


Unit IV Question 21

Unit V Question 22

Section – D ( 1 x 10 = 10 )

Answer the question in 600 words

Unit II Question 23

Course Designers:

1.Mrs.B.Mynavathi

2.Dr.R.Sumathi

COURSE

NO

MEG1618

COURSE NAME:


SEMESTER - IV

PAPER XVIII- TRANSLATION STUDIES


71 4 5

Preamble

The course intends to give the students the skill to identify different nuances of translation by

examining, distinguishing and recognizing various parameters involved in literary translation. The

course will help the students interpret the texts and identify the similarities and contrasts for a better

grasp of the literary work. It also aims at transferring the skills across different disciplines leading on

to seeking new learning opportunities.

Course Outcomes


CO

Number


level

CO 1 Recognize the contrast and similarities between the SL text and TL

text K 4

CO2 Interpret the creativity behind the translations. K 4

CO3 Grasp the functionalities of translations K 3 & K 5

CO4 Attempt translations of their own overcoming the challenges in the

process of translation K 6


Cos PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4

CO 1 M S M S

CO2 S M S L

CO3 M S S M

CO4 L M S S


Syllabus

Unit I Central Issues of Translation 14 hrs

Chapter – I ( Susan Bassnett )

Unit II History of Translation 14 hrs

Chapter – II ( Susan Bassnett )

Unit III Specific Problems of Literature Translation 14 hrs

Chapter – III (Susan Bassnett )

Unit IV Novel 14 hrs

Rajam Krishnam: Water for the Roots ( Veerukku Neer - Tr. Pattu

M.Bhoopathy) /

Krishna Sobti : The Heart has its reasons ( Dil – o – Danish )

Tr Reema Anand & Meenakshi Swami)

Unit V Practical Translation 15 hrs

Poems of Subramaniya Bharathi

Kuyil’s Song

Bharat, our Land

Kannamma, My Love

Joy

Draupadi demands Justice

Text Book

S

No

Unit Author Title of the book Publishers Year of

publication

1 I,II,III Bassnett,Susan Translation Studies Routledge 2002

2 IV Bhoopathy, Pattu M. Rajam

Krishnan:Water

for the Roots

Sahithya Academy

Publication

2010

3 IV Anand, Reema &

Swami, Meenakshi

Krishna Sobti : The

Heart has its

Reasons

Katha Hindi Library 2005

4 V Nandakumar, Prema Poems of

Subramania

Bharathi

Sahitya Academy 2004

Reference Books


Publication

1 Haitus, Basil and

Munday, Jeremy

Translatiion: An

Advanced Resource

Book

Routledge Taylor and

Frances Group

2004

2 Krishnan, Rajam. Lamps in the

Whirlpool Tr. Uma

Narayanan and

Prema Seetharaman

Prentice Hall 1965

Pedagogy: Teaching and Lecture, Discussion ,non-graded quiz


Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

Unit I Central Issues of Translation

1 Language and Culture 1 T

2 Types of Translation 1 T

3 Decoding and Recoding 4 T & Disc

4 Problems of Equivalence 4 T& Disc

5 Loss and Gain 1 T & Disc

6 Untranslatability 2 T & Disc

7 Science or Secondary Activity 1 T & Disc

Unit II History of Translation Theory

1 Period Study 1 T & Disc

2 The Romans 1 T& Disc

3 Bible Translation 1 T & Disc

4 Education and the vernacular 1 T& Disc

5 Early Theorists 2 T& Disc

6 The Seventeenth Century 2 T & Disc

7 The Eighteenth Century 1 T & Disc

8 Romanticism 2 T & Disc

9 Post Romanticism 1 T & Disc

10 The Victorians 1 T & Disc

11 Archaizing 1 T & Disc

Unit III Specific Problems of Literary Translation

1 Structures 2 T & Disc

2 Poetry Translation 4 T& Disc

3 Translating Prose 4 T & Disc

4 Translating Dramatic Texts 4 T & Disc

Unit IV Portable Roots/The Heart has its Reasons

1 Cultural Aspects in PR / THR 3 T & Disc

2 Linguistic Aspect 3 T & Disc

3 Readers manufacturing of meaning 3 T &Disc

4 Untranslatability 3 T & Disc

5 Intentional sentence correlation 2 T & Disc

Unit V Practical Translation

1 Kuyil’s Song 2 T & Disc

2 Bharat our Land 2 T & Disc

3 Kannamma , my Love 2 T & Disc

4 Joy 2 T &Disc

5 Draupadi demands Justice 2 T &Disc

Module

No. Topic

No. of

periods

Content

delivery

methods

6 Translation of literary work 5 Disc

Blue Print

Section – A ( 10 x 3 = 30 ) Answer all the questions in a sentence or two






Section – B ( 6 x 6 = 36 )





Unit IV Question 16

Unit V Question 17

Section – C ( 3 x 8 = 24 )


Unit I Question 18

Unit II Question 19


Unit IV Question 21

Unit V Question 22

Section – D ( 1 x 10 = 10 )

Answer the question in 600 words Unit V Question 23 Practical Translation of any English literary work of 150-200 words into

Tamil

**for non Tamil students question from any unit can be asked.

Note: Questions in Unit IV should be translation oriented and not textual.

Course Designers:

1.Dr Sushil Mary Mathews

2.Mrs.R.Maheswari

ALC - A CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

MEG1619

Credits 5

Programme Objective: The course will enable the students to develop the abilities to learn the text

on their own and also become thoughtful readers and confident writers. It further helps the students

to keep abreast with the contemporary writers.

Course Objective: This course will develop their critical ability in close reading, textual analysis

and critical appreciation of the prescribed works.

UNIT I Richard Bach : Bridge across Forever

UNIT II Salman Rushdie : Midnight's Children

UNIT III Kristin Hannah : The Nightingale

UNIT IV Markus Zusak : The Book Thief

UNIT V Gabriel Garcia Marquez : Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Text Books:

S.No Unit Author Title of the Book Publishers Year of

Publication

1 I Bach, Richard Bridge Across

Forever

William Morrow 2001

2 II Rushdie, Salman Midnight’s

Children

Vintage 2013

3 III Hannah, Kristin The Nightingale

Pan Macmillan 2015

4 IV Zusak, Markus The Book Thief Black Swan 2013

5 V Marquez, Gabriel

Garcia

Chronicle of a

Death Foretold

Vintage 2003

Reference Books :


Publication

1 Robert ConDavis

and

Ronald Schleifer

Contemporary Literary

Criticism, Literary and

Cultural Studies

Longman Inc 1989

Course Designers:

1. Dr S Gomathi

2. Dr S Lavanya

ALC- B YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

MEG1720

Credits 5

Course Objective: The programme provides an overview of theories and texts of Young Adult

Literature, a relatively new area of serious literary study and research. Ranging from specific teen

experiences to the fantastic, the texts explore the different facets of being a young adult and the

problems that beset them in the most complicated phase of life, the adolescence.

Syllabus

Unit I Theories

Anterio Garcia: Reading Unease: Just who, Exactly, Is Young Adult Literature

Made For?

Unit II Fantasy Fiction J.K.Rowling : Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Unit III Young Adult Issues Laurie Halse Anderson: Speak

Unit IV Classics Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Louisa May Allcott : Little Women

Unit V Comics

Anant Pai: Amar Chitra Katha

Rene Goscinny and Uderzo: Asterix and Obelix

Textbooks

S.No. Unit Author Title of the Book Publishers Year of

publication

1 I Garcia,

Antero

Critical Foundations in Young

Adult Literature: Challenging

Genres

Sense

Publishers

2013

2 II Rowling,J.K Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s

Stone

Bloomsbury 2014

3 IV Frank,Anne The Diary of a Young Girl Bantam 1993

4 IV Allcott,

Louisa May

Little Women Vintage

Children’s

Classics

2012

5 III Anderson.

Laurie Halse

Speak Square Fish 2011

6 V Pai, Anant

Amar Chitra Katha ACK Media 2012

7 V Goscinny,

Rene and

Uderzo

Asterix and Obelix Orion 2004

Reference Books:


publication

1 Trupe , Alice Thematic Guide to Young

Adult Literature

Greenwood Press 2006

2 Ed- Wolf,

Shelby.A et al.

Handbook of Research on

Children’s and Young Adult

Literature

Taylor and Francis 2011

Course Designers:

1. Dr. J. Santhosh Priyaa

2. Mrs. Mathangi V

PROJECT

MEG16PROJ 165 hrs

Credits 5

OBJECTIVE: To make the students understand the importance of doing research on a

literary research topic relevant to society and environment which has to be undertaken by the

individual student. Individual Projects and Viva Voce.

Two or three students will be assigned to each staff member. The topic of area is finalized at the end

of III semester, allowing scope for the students to gather relevant material during the vacation. The

research work can be carried at the college or other libraries approved by the guide and the HOD.

Viva voce / presentation will be conducted by both internal and external examiners. The student will

be evaluated on the basis of presentation and her response to questions.

Area of Work

British, American, Commonwealth and Indian Writing in English, Translation Studies and

Comparative Studies.

Methodology

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, latest edition will be followed

Evaluation

Presentation : 150 Marks

Viva voce : 50 Marks

EVALUATION PATTERN FOR PROJECT VIVA-VOCE EXAMINATION

In the IV Semester of M.A.English Literature Program, the M.A.PROJECT Viva- Voce

Assessment will be for a total of 200 Marks, out of which –

50( 10+20+20) is for the (3) Review Marks,

50 for the External Viva-Voce and

100 Marks for overall Project Work Evaluation ( Total =200 Marks) which will be

applicable from 2017 Batch and onwards.


PG

CA I & II


choice )

Section – B 4 x 5 marks =20 Answer in 250 words each - Knowledge level K3 & K4 ( no

choice )

Section – C 2 x 10 marks=20 Answer in 500 words each - Knowledge level K5 & K6 ( 2 out of

3 )

Total = 50



Section – B 6 x 6 = 36 Knowledge level K3 & K4 Answer in 250 words each (6 out of 7)

Section – C 3 x 8 = 24 Knowledge level K4 & K5 Answer in 400 words each (3 out of 5)


Total = 100

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