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SYLLABUS

FOR

B.A. (HONS. SCHOOL) ENGLISH (SEMESTER: I & II)

(PART: II & III) (ANNUAL SYSTEM)

EXAMINATION: 2012-13

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

SCHEME SEMESTER – I: PAPER–I: RENAISSANCE POETRY Marks: 50

PAPER–II: STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH: THE ENGLISH SOUND

SYSTEM

Marks: 50

PAPER–III: SHORT STORY Marks: 50

PAPER–IV: ENGLISH PROSE FROM BACON TO SWIFT Marks: 50

PAPER–V: HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE (449-1789) Marks: 50

PAPER–VI: HISTORY OF ENGLAND (1485-1688) Marks: 50

PAPER–VII: FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIOLOGY–A Marks: 50

PAPER–VIII: PUNJABI COMPULSORY OR MUDHLI PUNJABI Marks: 50

SEMESTER – II: PAPER–I: NEOCLASSICAL POETRY Marks: 50

PAPER–II: STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH: ENGLISH GRAMMAR Marks: 50

PAPER–III: ONE-ACT PLAY Marks: 50

PAPER–IV: NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH PROSE Marks: 50

PAPER–V: HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE (1789-1960) Marks: 50

PAPER–VI: HISTORY OF ENGLAND (1688-1782) Marks: 50

PAPER–VII: FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIOLOGY–B Marks: 50

PAPER–VIII: PUNJABI COMPULSORY OR MUDHLI PUNJABI Marks: 50

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

Part-II Sr.No. Title of Paper Max. Marks. 1. Elements of Novel 100 2. Elements of Drama 100 3. Romantic and Victorian Poetry 100 4. Indian Literature in English 100 5. History of England (1783-1914) 100 6. American Literature 100 7. Sociology-II (Social Change in India) 100

8. *Environmental Studies (Compulsory) 100

Part-III Sr.No. Title of Paper Max. Marks 1. Modern Poetry 100 2. Modern Drama 100 3. Modern Novel 100 4. Indian Literature in Translation 100 5. Elements of Prose and Composition 100 6. History of England (1914-1995) 100 7. Social Thought 100

*Note: Marks will not be included in the total marks.

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B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (SEMESTER-I)

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

Unit-I

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

Unit-II

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

Unit-III John Milton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unit-II

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

Unit-III

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

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

Unit-I

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

Unit-II

Joseph Addison: The Aims of the Spectator

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

Unit-III

Jonathan Swift: The Battle of the Books

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

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

Unit-II

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

Unit-III

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Books Prescribed:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GkJh ;w[zd f;zx.

3H g?oQk ouBk

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

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

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

T[gGkFktK d/ gSkD-fuzBQ.

6H wks GkFk dk nfXnkgB

(T) gfjbh GkFk d/ s"o T[`s/

(n) d{ih GkFk d/ s"o T[`s/

nze-tzv ns/ gohfyne bJh jdkfJsK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Paper–VIII: w[ZYbh gzikph (In lieu of Punjabi Compulsory)

gkm-eqw

;wKL fszB xzN/ e[b nzeL 50

1H gzikph GkFk, r[ow[yh fbgh r[ow[yh fbgh L pDso ns/ soshp 20 nze 2H r[ow[yh nkoE'rqkch ;Po pDso ns/ T[ukoB ftnziB pDso ns/ T[ukoB 15 nze 3H gzikph Fpd-pDso ;kXkoB Fpd fJe T[ukoyzvh Fpd 15 nzze

:{fBN ns/ Ehw

1H gzikph GkFk L BkweoD ns/ ;zy/g ikD gSkD, r[ow[yh fbgh L BkweoD, r[ow[yh toDwkbkl g?_sh nZyoh, nZyo eqw, ;Po tkje (T n J), brK wksoK, g?o ftu fpzdh tkb/ toD, g?o ftu g?D tkb/ toD, fpzdh, fN`gh, n`Xe.

2H r[ow[yh nkoE'rqkch ns/ T[ukoBl ;PoK dh pDso ns/ T[ukoB (bx{-dhox ;Po) l ;Po ns/ brK wksoKl ftnziBK dh pDso ns/ T[ukoBl g?o ftu g?D tkb/ toDK (j, o, t) dk T[ukoB l b ns/ ba dk T[ukoBl G, X, Y, M, x dk T[ukoBl g?o ftu fpzdh tkb/ toDK dk T[ukoB.

3H gzikph Fpd-pDso L ;kXkoB Fpdl fJe`bk ;Po (fit/_ nk)l ;Po ns/ ftnziB (fit/_ nko)l ftnziB ns/ ;Po (fit/_ gk)l ftnziB ;Po ftnziB (fit/_ gko)l e'Frs Fpd (fit/_ xo, gh)l ftnkeoDe Fpd (fit/_ ~, B/)l gzikph Fpd ouBk-1l fbzr-g[fbzr, fJe tuB-pj[ tuBl fB`s tos'_ dh gzikph Fpdktbh-1L ykD-ghD, ;kekdkoh, o[`sK, wjhfBnK, frDsh, w";w nkfd Bkb ;zpzfXs.

nze-tzv ns/ gohfyne bJh jdkfJsK L

1H :{fBN gfjbk ft`u'_ d' toDBkswe gqFB g[`S/ ikDr/ fiBQK ftu'_ ftfdnkoEh B/ fJe dk

T[`so d/Dk j't/rk. (15 nzae)

2H :{fBN d{ik ns/ shik ftu'_ uko gqFB (jo fJe Gkr ftu'_ d'-d' gqFB) g[`S/ ikDr/

fiBQK ftu'_ ftfdnkoEh B/ d' gqFBK dk (jo Gkr ftu'_ fJe-fJe gqFB), T[`so d/Dk j't/rk. (10x2=20 nze)

3H :{fBN gfjbk, d{ik ns/ shik ftu'_ ;zy/g T[`so tkb/ S/ gqFB (jo fJe Gkr ftu'_

d'-d' gqFB) g[`S/ ikDr/ fiBQK ftu'_ ftfdnkoEh B/ fszB gqFBK (jo Gkr ftu'_ fJe-fJe gqFB) dk T[`so d/Dk j't/rk. (05x3=15 nze)

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B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (SEMESTER-II)

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

Unit-I: John Dryden MacFlecknoe

Unit-II: Alexander Pope Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot

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

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

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

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

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

Unit-I Riders to the Sea The Happy Journey

Unit-II

A Marriage Proposal Lord Byron's Love Letter

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

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

Unit-I

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

Unit-II

William Hazlitt: On Going a Journey

The Indian Jugglers On the Ignorance of the Learned On Fashion

Unit-III

G.K. Chesterton: A Defence of Nonsense

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

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

Unit-I

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

Unit-II

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

Unit-III

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

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

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

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

2. Colonial Supremacy and Disruption (1714-1782)

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

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

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

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

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

Books Prescribed:

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

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

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

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

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

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

gzikphns dk gqshe, gzikp dk ;Bnsh ftek;.

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

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

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

4H Fpd Fq/DhnK

5H g?oQk ouBk

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

7H w[jkto/ ns/ nykD

nze-tzv ns/ gohfyne bJh jdkfJsK :

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

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

3-4H 3-4 Bzpo T[`s/ fd`sh ftnkeoD d/ nkXko `s/ toDBkswe gqFB . 10 nze

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

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

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

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

j'Dr/ . 5O5=10 nze

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Paper–VIII: w[ZYbh gzikph (In lieu of Compulsory Punjabi)

gkm-eqw ;wKL fszB xzN/ e[b nzeL

50

1H gzikph Fpd-pDso, ;z:[es ns/ fwFos Fpd pj[T[ukoyzvh Fpd 20 nze 2H gzikph tke pDso ;kXkoB tke L fe;wK ;z:[es tke L fe;wK fwFos tke L fe;wK 15 nze 3H gqekoih gzikph fu`mh gZso g?ok ouBk ;zy/g ouBk nykD ns/ w[jkto/ 15 nzze

:{fBN ns/ Ehw

1H gzikph Fpd pDso L ;z:[es Fpdl ;wk;h Fpd (fit/_ b'e ;Gk)l d'iksh Fpd (fit/_ ekbk f;nkj)l d'jo/ Fpd$d[joo[esh (fit/_ X{VQ XkV$Go Go), fwFos FpdK dh pDso$f;oiBkl nr/soK okjh_ (fit/_ T[g GkFk), fgS/soK okjh_ (fit/_ ozrbk), gzikph Fpd ouBk-2L gVBkth_ o{g, fefonk$;jkfJe fefonk d/ o{gl fB`s tos'_ dh gzikph Fpdktbh-2L wkoehN$pk}ko, tgko, XzfdnK Bkb ;zpzfXs.

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B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (PART–II)

Paper–I: Elements of Novel Time:3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words) . All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. Section B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 48 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. Section C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. Literary Terms: Epistolary Novel, Picaresque Novel, Gothic Novel, Regional Novel, Prose Romance, Novel of Sensibility, Stream of Consciousness, Utopias and dystopias, Character and Characterization, Setting, Atmosphere, Point of View, Limited and Omniscient , Story and Situation, Narration-First person and third person, Narrator- Reliable and unreliable, Telling and showing 1. Herman Melville: Billy Budd 2. E. Hemingway: The Old man and the Sea 3. George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss 4. Thomas Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge 5. Ivan Turgenev: Fathers and Sons

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Paper–II: Elements of Drama

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words) . All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. Section B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 48 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. Section C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. Literary Terms Miracles, Mysteries, Morality Plays, Interludes, Comedy. Tragedy, Tragi-Comedy, Melodrama. Chronicle Play, Revenge Play, Social Play. Comedy of Humours, Comedy of Manners, Romantic Comedy, Drama of Ideas Plot, Character, Spectacle, Conflict, The Three Dramatic Unities Catharsis, Hamartia, Chorus, Soliloquy and Aside, Realism and Naturalism

1. Christopher Marlowe: Edward II 2. William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar 3. Shakespeares's : Twelfth Night 4. Richard Sheridan: The Rivals 5. Congreve's : The Way of the World

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Paper–III: Romantic and Victorian Poetry Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. Section B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 48 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. Section C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. 1. William Wordsworth: Lines written in early Spring

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

2. John Keats: La Delle Dame Sans Merci

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

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3. Percy B. Shelley: To the Skylark Ozymandias Ode to the West Wind Love When the Lamp is Shattered Stanzas Written in Dejection The Cloud Music When the Soft Voices Die 4. Alfred Tennyson: Tithonus Mariana The Lady of Shallot Tear, Idle Tears Prologue to ‘In Memoriam’ Crossing the Bar Songs from ‘The Princess’: Sweet and Low The Splendor Falls Oh Swallow, Oh Swallow flying South Ask me No More Come down Oh Maid Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

5. Robert Browning: Evelyn Hope Andrea Del Sarto Love among the Ruins My Last Duchess Pippa’s Song The Lost Mistress The Last Ride Together Rabbi Ben Ezra

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Paper–IV: Indian Literature in English Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. Section B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 48 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. Section C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. 1. Rabindranath Tagore: Gitanjali

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

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

2. Mulkh Raj Anand: Untouchable 3. R.K. Narayan: The English Teacher 4. Khushwant Singh: Train to Pakistan 5. Girish Karnad: Tughlak

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Paper–V: History of England (1783-1914) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Section-A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20 marks. Section-B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 48 marks. Section-C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks.

1. Recuperation and Resolution (1783-1815) a. Revival of British strength b. The French Revolution c. Effects of the French Revolutionary war upon the British

people. d. Struggle against Napoleon (1803-1815)

2. National Reconstruction (1815-1848)

a. Britain in 1815 b. Forces of change c. National Reconstruction in Britain (1830-1841) d. Economic and Social Reforms

3. Imperial Reconstruction (1848-1880)

a. The Age of Palmerston b. The Age of Machinary c. The Age of Expansion d. The British Empire in 1880

4. The Rivalry of World Powers (1880-1914) a. Nationalism and Imperialism (1880-1895) b. Imperial Expansion c. The Development of the British Power (1880-1914) d. The coming of the war (1904-1914)

Recommended Readings:

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

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Paper–VI: American Literature Time:3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, themes and references. Section B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 48 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. Section C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. 1. Edgar Allan Poe: The Fall of the House of Usher

The Pit and the Pendulum Cast of Amontillado Black Cat

2. Emily Dickenson: Because I could not stop for Death I cannot live with you I felt a Funeral in my Brain I hear a Fly buzz- when I died- I like to see it lap the Miles I taste a liquor never brewed My life had stood – a Loaded Gun A Narrow Fellow in the Grass There is a certain Slant of light Wild Nights – Wild Nights! 3. Henry James: Daisy Miller 4. Arthur Miller: All My Sons 5. Emerson: Self Reliance The American Scholar

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Paper–VII: Sociology–II (Social Change in India) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Section-A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20 marks. Section-B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 48 marks. Section-C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks.

Part-I a) Social Change : Concept, types b) Factors of Social Change: Demographic, educational, technological, economic,

legislative.

Part-II a) Processes of Change: Sanskritization, Westernization, Modernization and Secularization. b) Planned Social Change in India : Community development, I.R.D.P., Panchayat Raj.

Books Recommended: 1. Kuppuswami, B : Social Change in India, Vikas, Delhi, 1972.

2. Randhawa, M.S. : Green Revolution : A Case Study of Punjab, Vikas,

Delhi, 1974.

3. Srinivas, M.N. : India’s Villages, Asia, Bombay, 1969.

4. Yogendra Singh : Modernization of Indian Tradition, A Systematic

Study of Social Change, Thomson, Delhi, 1973.

5. Srinivas, M.N. : Social Change in Modern India, Orient Longman,

Bombay, 1972.

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PAPER–VIII: Environmental Studies (Compulsory) Theory Lectures: 50 Hours Time: 3 Hours M. Marks: 100 Section A (30 Marks): It will consist of ten short answer type questions. Candidates will be required to attempt six questions, each question carrying five marks. Answer to any of the questions should not exceed two pages. Section B (45 Marks): It will consist of six essay type questions. Candidates will be required to attempt three questions, each question carrying fifteen marks. Answer to any of the questions should not exceed four pages. Section. C (25 Marks): It will consist of two questions. Candidate will be required to attempt one question only. Answer to the question should not exceed 5 pages. In this section the students will be required to write on the environment of an area/ ecosystem/ vi1lage industry/ disaster/ mine/ dam/ agriculture field/ waste management/ hospital etc. with its salient features, limitations, their implications and suggestion for improvement. 1. The multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies: Definition, scope & its

importance, Need for public awareness. 2. Natural resources: Natural resources and associated problems.

a) Forest resources: Use of over exploitation, deforestation, case studies. Timber

extraction, mining, dams and their effects on forests and tribal people.

b) Water resources: Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, floods, drought,

conflicts over water, dams-benefits and problems.

c) Mineral resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using

mineral resources, case studies.

d) Food resources: World food problems, change caused by agriculture and overgrazing,

effects or modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide problem, salinity, case studies.

e) Energy resources: Growing of energy needs, renewable and non-renewable energy

resources, use of alternate energy sources, case studies.

f) Land recourses: Land as a resource, land degradation, soil erosion and desertification.

g) Role of an individual in conservation of natural resources, Equitable use of resources for

sustainable lifestyles.

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3. Ecosystem: Concept of an ecosystem, Structure and function of an ecosystem, Producers, consumers and decomposers, Energy flow in the ecosystem, Ecological succession, Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids. Introduction, types, characteristic features, structure and function of the following ecosystems: a. Forest ecosystem b. Grassland ecosystem c. Desert ecosystem d. Aquatic ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, oceans, estuaries).

4. Biodiversity and its Conservation:

Definition: Genetic, species and ecosystem diversity, Biogeographical classification of India. Value of Biodiversity: Consumptive use; productive use, social, ethical, aesthetic and option values. Biodiversity of global, National and local levels, India as mega-diversity nation "Hot-spots of biodiversity. Threats to Biodiversity: Habitat loss, poaching of wild life, man wildlife conflicts Endangered and endemic species of India. Conservation of Biodiversity: In situ and Ex-situ conservation of biodiversity.

5. Environmental Pollution:

Definition, Causes, effects and control measures of: a) Air Pollution b) Water Pollution c) Soil Pollution d) Marine Pollution e) Noise Pollution f) Thermal Pollution g) Nuclear Hazards

Solid Waste Management: Causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial wastes. Role of an individual in prevention of pollution. Pollution case studies Disaster Management: Floods, Earthquake, Cyclone and Landslides

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

holocause. Case studies. * Wasteland reclamation * Consumerism and waste products * Environmental Protection Act * Air (prevention and Control of Pollution) Act * Water (prevention and Control of Pollution) Act * Wildlife Protection Act * Forest Conservation Act * Issues involved in enforcement o£. environmental legislation * Public awareness

7. Human population and the environment

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

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

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

8. Field Work: Visit to a local area to document environmental assets–river / forest / grassland/

hill / mountain. Visit to a local polluted site–Urban / Rural / Industrial / Agricultural. Study of common plants, insects, birds. Study of simple ecosystems – pond, river, hill slopes, etc. (Field work equal to 5 lecture hours)

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B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (PART–II) References:

1. Agarwal, K. C. 2001. Environmental Biology, Nidhi Publications Ltd. Bikaner. 2. Bharucha, E. 2005. Textbook of Environmental Studies, Universities Press, Hyderabad. 3. Bharucha, E. 2004. The Biodiversity of India, Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad. 4. Brunner, R. C. 1989. Hazardous Waste Incineration, McGraw Hill Inc. New York. 5. Clark, R. S. 2000. Marine Pollution, Clanderson Press Oxford. 6. Cunningham, W. P., Cooper, T. H., Gorhani, E. & Hepworth, M. T. 2001. Environmental

Encyclopedia, Jaico Publications House, Mumbai. 7. De, A. K. 1989. Environmental Chemistry, Wiley Eastern Ltd. 8. Down to Earth, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. 9. Hawkins, R. E. 2000. Encyclopedia of Indian Natural History, Bombay Natural History

Society. 10. Heywood, V. H & Waston, R. T. 1995. Global Biodiversity Assessment, Cambridge

House, Delhi. 11. Jadhav, H. & Bhosale, V. M. 1995. Environmental Protection and Laws. Himalaya Pub. 12. Joseph, K. and Nagendran, R. 2004. Essentials of Environmental Studies, Pearson

Education (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Delhi. 13. Kaushik, A. & Kaushik, C. P. 2004. Perspective in Environmental Studies, New Age

International (P) Ltd, New Delhi. 14. Miller, T. G. Jr. 2000. Environmental Science, Wadsworth Publishing Co. 15. Odum, E. P. 1971. Fundamentals of Ecology. W.B. Saunders Co. USA. 16. Rajagopalan, R. 2005. Environmental Studies from Crisis to Cure. Oxford University

Press, New Delhi. 17. Sharma, B. K. 2001. Environmental Chemistry. Geol Publishing House, Meerut. 18. Sharma, J. P. 2004. Comprehensive Environmental Studies, Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd,

New Delhi. 19. Sharma, P. D. 2005. Ecology and Environment, Rastogi Publications, Meerut. 20. Subramanian, V. 2002. A Text Book in Environmental Sciences, Narosa Publishing

House, New Delhi. 21. Survey of the Environment. 2005. The Hindu. 22. Tiwari, S. C. 2003. Concepts of Modern Ecology, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh,

Dehra Dun. 23. Townsend, C., Harper, J. and Michael, B. 2001. Essentials of Ecology, Blackwell

Science. 24. Booklet on Safe Driving. Sukhmani Society (Suvidha Centre), District Court Complex,

Amritsar.

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B.A. (HONOURS SCHOOL) ENGLISH (PART–III)

Paper–I: Modern Poetry Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words) . All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. Section B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 48 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. Section C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. 1. W.B.Yeats: Adam’s Curse

No Second Troy The Lake Isle of Innisfree The Wild Swans at Coole September 1913 Words To a Child Dancing in the Wind A Prayer for my Daughter When You are Old

2. T.S.Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Gerontion Hollow Men

Journey of the Magi To the Indians Who Died in South Africa

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3. W.H.Auden: The Unknown Citizen The Shield of Achilles September 1, 1939 In Memory of W.B.Yeats As I walked out one Evening Lay Your Sleeping Head Musee des Beaux Arts Spain 1937 In Memory of Sigmund Freud Partition 4. Dylan Thomas: Especially When the October Wind

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

5. Philip Larkin: The Whitsun Weddings Toads Church Going The Building Dockery and the Son High Windows

Reasons for Attendance At Grass

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Paper–II: Modern Drama Time:3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words) . All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. Section B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 48 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. Section C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C.

1. G.B. Shaw : Arms and the Man

2. Sean O’Casey : Juno and the Paycock

3. T.S.Eliot : The Cocktail Party

4. Henrik Ibsen : A Doll’s House

5. Brecht : The Caucasian Chalk Circle

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Paper–III: Modern Novel Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks; the total marks for this section will be 20. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. Section B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 48 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. Section C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set, covering different texts/authors. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C.

1. E.M. Forster: A Passage to India

2. Aldous Huxley: Brave New World

3. Alice Walker: Color Purple

4. Graham Greene: The Power and the Glory

5. Herman Hesse: Sidhartha

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Paper–IV: Indian Literature in Translation Time:3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Questions in each section shall require close reading of the prescribed texts. Section A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20. The questions shall be essentially text based and relate to factual description about literary features, theme and references. Section B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for each section will be 48 marks. Brief questions of textual and critical nature relating to the prescribed texts may be asked. Section C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. No question will be set on Literary Terms in Section C. 1. Guru Nanak: (A) (i) Were I to Live in palace(p.24)

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

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

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

2. Prem Chand: Godan (Jaico Classics) 3. Vijay Tendulkar: Silence, the court is in session 4. Dalip Kaur Tiwana: Gone Are the Rivers.

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5. Faiz Ahmed Faiz:

A) At times (pp.119-121) Among Twilight Embers (p.161) August 1952 (pp.179-181)

(B) Nazms (General Lyrics) Love, do not ask (pp.65-67) To the Rival (pp.69-75) Solitude (pp.77) A few more days (pp.79-81) Speak (pp.87-89) Poetry’s Theme (pp.91-95) Freedom’s Dawn (pp.123-127) To some foreign students (pp.173-177) Be Near me ( pp. 257-259) (From Poems by Faiz translated by V.G.Kiernan, George Allen and Unwin, Vanguard, 2000)

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Paper–V: Elements of Prose and Composition Time:3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Section A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks; the total marks for this section will be 20. The questions shall relate to factual description of literary/ rhetorical features of prose in general or with reference to the prescribed texts. Section B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 48 marks. Brief questions of textual and rhetorical nature may be asked (preferably six from the prescribed texts and six from prose in general) Note: The questions in Section A and B will require students to identify and describe the elements of composition and rhetoric. Apart from the textual questions, the examiner may also ask questions of practical nature such as rewriting a passage for unity or coherence, making outline of a given passage, explaining logical fallacies, effective use of diction and syntactical features, differences between various literary styles etc. The students will be required to give evidence of their understanding as well as effective application of rhetorical strategies. Section C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set, covering four prescribed authors/texts in section B. The fourth question will relate to the development of a short statement from any of the prescribed texts into a full-length essay, not necessarily on the lines the original text is written. The candidates will be required to attempt any two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks. Comparative questions relating to two or more texts may also be asked. The questions shall be essay type and the answers shall be evaluated on the basis of the quality of composition, logical development of ideas and proper conclusion of the stated arguments. 1. Characteristics of effective writing: Unity, Coherence, Emphasis. 2. The Paragraph: Topic Sentence, inductive or deductive nature of paragraphs. 3. Forms of Discourse: Expository, argumentative, persuasive, descriptive, narrative.

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4. Modes of development in discourse: Definition, illustration, comparison and contrast, classification, analysis, cause and effect, emotional appeal, description, narration etc.

5. Diction: denotation and connotation; abstract and concrete words, repetition, synonyms, jargon, clichés, slang, figures of speech, image, metaphor, simile, symbol etc.

6. Syntax: Simple vs complex sentences, fragmented sentences, faulty references, dangling construction, lack of cohesion, shift in focus

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

pattern of development 9. Revision, Punctuation, Logical fallacies Prescribed Readings: Section–A The following 14 essays from Subject and Strategy ed. Paul Eschholz and Alfred Rosa, St. Martin’s Press, NY, 1978 (For guided reading on the various modes of development)

Narration: i. How I discovered Words, Malcom X ii. Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell

Description: iii. The Spider and the Wasp, Alexander Petrunkevitch iv. New York, Gay Talese Definition: v. Americans: A Defintion, John Steinbeck vi. I want a Wife, Judy Syfers Classification: vii. Bunkerism: Archie’s suppository Remarks, Alfred Rosa

and Paul Eschholz viii. Sexism in English: A Feminist View, Alleen Paul Nilsen

Comparison and Contrast: ix. Must a Great Newspaper be Dull? Walker Gibson x. Good Morning, Michael J.Arlen Cause and Effect: xi. How TV Violence Damages your Children, Victor B.Cline xii. Marriage as a Wretched Institution, Mervyn Cadwallader Argumentation:

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

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Section–B: 1 The following three essays from Essays of Aldous Huxley Ed. S.K.Kumar

(Macmillan) i. Inequality

ii. Work and Leisure iii. Literature and Science 2. The following three essays from The Gates of Wisdom (Selections from

Bertrand Russell) Ed. V.D. Salgaonkar (Macmillan) i. Ideas That Have Harmed Mankind ii. The Limits of Human Power

iii. Work 3. The follwing three essays from Essays of Orwell Ed. M.G.Nayar (Macmillan) i. You and the Atom Bomb ii. Propaganda and Demotic Speech iii. The English Class System 4. The following four essays from India Speaks Ed. Parvathi Vasudev (Macmillan) i. The Message of the Forest ii. Teacher as an Apostle of Culture iii. What is Culture

iv The Ethics of Conservation

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

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Paper–VI: History of England (1914-1995) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Section-A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20 marks. Section-B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 48 marks. Section-C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks.

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

2. The Great Depression (1924-1939)

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

3. The Second World War and Reconstruction (1939-1951) a. The coming of the War (1939-1940) b. The Waging of the War (1940-1945) c. The Reconstruction (1946-1951)

4. Towards Affluent Society and aftermath (1951-1995) a. Economic Revival (1951-1956) b. The Affluent Society (1957-1963) c. Years of Reform and Crisis (1964-1979) d. Thatcherism and after (1979-1995)

Recommended Reading:

1. David Thomson, England in the Twentieth Century (1914-1963), Penguin Books, London, 1973.

2. Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of British Political History (1914-1995) Routledge, London, 1996, PP. 211-46.

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Paper-VII: Social Thought Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100 Note: The question paper will consist of three sections. Section-A: It will consist of 10 very short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 lines (50 words). All questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 2 marks, the total marks for this section will be 20 marks. Section-B: It will consist of short answer questions, each to be answered in not more than two pages (250 words). Twelve questions will be set and the candidates will be required to attempt eight of them. Each question will carry 6 marks. The total marks for this section will be 48 marks. Section-C: It will consist of essay type questions, each to be answered in not more than 5 pages (approximately 1000 words). Four questions will be set. The candidates will be required to attempt two questions. Each question will carry 16 marks, the total marks for this section will be 32 marks.

Part-I a) Auguste Comte : Law of three stages b) Karl Marx : Historical Materialism and Class Struggle

Part-II a) Max Weber : Theory of Social Action, Types of Authority, Protestant Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism. b) Emile Dukheim : Nature and Characteristics of Social Facts, Division of Labour in Society. Books Recommended: Aron, Reymond : Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vols. I & II, Penguin,

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

Theory, Prentice Hall, Delhi, 1981.

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