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GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS)KUMBAKONAM
Part III-B.A English- Course Structure under CBCS(for the candidates to be admitted from the academic year 2008-2009 onward)
SEM COURSE TITLE
INSTRUCTION HOURS
CREDIT EXAM HOURS
INT.MARKS
EXT.MARKS
MARKS
I
Part I-Language Tamil 6 3 3 25 75 100
Part II-Language English
6 3 3 25 75 100
Part III-CC I-Prose 5 4 3 25 75 100
Part III-CC II-Fiction 3 - - - - -
Part III –AC I- Social History of England
4 3 3 25 75 100
Part III-AC II-History of English Literature I
2 - - - - -
Part IV –Value Based Education-Yoga
2 2 3 25 75 100
Part IV-Skill Based Course-Functional English-Spoken English
2 2 3 25 75 100
Total 30 17 600
SEM COURSE TITLE INSTRUCTION HOURS
CREDIT
EXAM HOURS
INT.MARKS
EXT.MARKS
MARKS
II Part I-Language Tamil 6 3 3 25 75 100
Part II-Language English 6 3 3 25 75 100
Part III-CC II- Fiction 2 4 3 25 75 100
Part III-CC III-Poetry I 5 4 3 25 75 100
Part III –AC II- History of Literature I
3 3 3 25 75 100
Part III-AC III-History of English
4 4 3 25 75 100
Literature IIPart IV-Skill Based Course 2 2 3 25 75 100
Environmental Studies 2 2 3 25 75 100
Total 30 25 800
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS)
Part III-B.A English- Course Structure under CBCS(for the candidates to be admitted from the academic year 2008-2009 onward)
Semester
Course Title InstructionHours\Week
Credits ExamHrs
Int.Mark
Ext.Mark
Total
III Part I Language-Tamil 6 3 3 25 72 100Part II Language-English 6 3 3 25 75 100Part III core Course-IV- 4 4 3 25 75 100
DramaPart III Core Course-V Poetry II 3 - - - - -
Part III Allied Course IV Literary Forms 4 4 3 25 75 100
Part III Allied Course V Principles of literary Course Criticism
3 - - - - -
Part IV Skill Based Course 2 2 3 25 75 100Part IV Non –Elective Course 2 2 3 25 75 100
Total 30 18 600
IV
Part I Language- Tamil 6 3 3 25 75 100Part II Language- English 6 3 3 25 75 100Part III Core Course-V-Poetry II 3 4 3 25 75 100
Part III Core Course-VI Drama II-Modern 5 4 3 25 75 100
Part III Allied Course V Principles of Literary Criticism
2 3 3 25 75 100
Part III Allied Courses VI Comparative Literature 4 3 3 25 75 100
Part IV Skill Based Course 2 2 3 25 75 100Part IV Non-Major Elective Course 2 2 3 25 75 100
Total 30 24 800
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) KUMBAKONAMDEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
U.G – COURSE STRUCTURE UNDER CBCS (140 Credits)(For the Candidates to be admitted from the academic year 2008-2011 onwards)
SEMESTER COURSE TITLE INST. HOURS
CREDIT EXAM HOURS
INT. MARKS
EXT. MARKS
TOTAL MARKS
V CC – VII SHAKESPEARE
5 5 3 25 75 100
CC – VIII INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH – I
5 5 3 25 75 100
CC – IX AMERICAN LITERATURE
5 5 3 25 75 100
CC – X INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH – II
5 5 3 25 75 100
EC – I TRANSLATION: THEORY & PRACTICE
5 5 3 25 75 100
EC – II ENGLISH LANG. TEACHING
3 - - - - -
SKILL BASED COURSE
2 2 2 25 75 100
TOTAL 30 27 18 150 450 600
SEMESTER COURSE TITLE INST. HOURS
CREDIT
EXAM HOURS
INT. MARKS
EXT. MARKS
TOTAL MARKS
VI CC- XI WOMEN’S WRITING IN ENGLISH
6 4 3 25 75 100
CC – XII COMMON WEALTH LIT.
5 4 3 25 75 100
CCXIII CANADIAN LITERATURE
5 4 3 25 75 100
CC – XIV LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
5 4 3 25 75 100
EC –II ENGLISH LANG. TEACHING
2 5 3 25 75 100
EC – III JOURNALISM
5 5 3 25 75 100
SKILL BASED COURSE
2 2 3 25 75 100
TOTAL 30 28 21 175 525 700
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS)KUMBAKONAM RR1E1
Semester-I
Part –II English
Esays
1.Building Self – Confidence – Norman Vincent Peale
2. My Greatest Olymic Prize- Jesus Owens
3. Education of New India – C. Rajagopalachari
4. Examinations – Winston Churchill
5. Nehru – Some Memories – Arnold J. Toynbee
Stories
6. The Three hermits -= Count Leo Tolstoy
7. The Land Where There were No Old Men – Jean Ire
8.The Diamond Necklace – Gue de Maupassant
9. The Lost Child _ Mulk Raj Anand
PART IIICORE COURSE I
PROSE
Instruction Hours:5 Credits:4
Units I,II,III : Sesame and Lilies - John Ruskin
Unit IV: Essays of Orwell (ed) M.G.Nayar (Macmillan)
a) Propaganda and Demotic Speechb) The eBookshop Memoriesc) Why I Write
Unit V: selections from E.M. Froster (ed) R.Krishnamoorthy (Macmillan)
a) Notes on the English Characterb) My Woodc) A Book that Influenced Me
PART IIIALLIED COURSE I
SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Instruction Hours:4 Credits:3
Unit I Medieval England Tudor England – The Renaissance & The Reformation Age of the Stuarts-The Civil war
Unit II Restoration England The age of Queen Anne The Agrarian Revolution
Unit III
The Industrial Revolution The Effect of French Revolution The War of American IndependenceUnit IV
Methodist Movement Humanitarian Movements The Reform BillsUnit V
The age of Queen Victoria The Twentieth Century England
Books for Reference:A.G.Xavier : Introduction to the Social History of England.
Part IIICore Course II
Fiction
Instruction Hours: 5 Credits: 4
The following Stories from Stories of Yesterday and Today (ed) A.E Augustine (Blackie) (from units 5-10)
Unit I: The Best Investment I Ever Made –A.J.Cronin. Heaven in Your Hand- North Lofts.
Unit II: Princess September- Somerset Maugham A Horseman in the Sky – Ambrose Bierce.
Unit III: The Cop and the Anthem – O.Henry An Astrologer’s Day- R.k.Narayan.
Unit IV: The Vicar Of Wakefield- Oliver Goldsmith Unit V: A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
Semester-II RR2E2
Part –II English
Essays 1. Good Manners – J.C . Hill
2. My London Days – Mahatma Gandhi
3. The Secret of work – Swami Vevekanandha
4.What I Cherish Mosat – V.S srinivasa Sastri
5. Give us a role Model – A.P.J kalam
Stories
6. The Gift of Magi – O’ Henry
7. The model Millionaire – Oscar Wilde
8. The Face of Judas Isxariot – Bonnie Charnerlain
9. A devoted son – Anita Desai
10. My Lost dollar – Stephen Leacock
Part III- B.A. EnglishSemester II
Core Course II- Poetry-I
The following selection from The Mystic Drums(ed. Vilas Salunke et.al Orient Longman)
Unit I: Edmund Spenser : One Day I wrote her NameW.Shakespeare : Poor Soul, The Center
(Sonnet No.146)
John Milton : On his Bilndness
Unit II: John Donne : The Sunne Rising. George Herbert : Easter Wings. Andrew Marvell : To His Coy Misrtress.
Unit III: William Blade : London Wordsworth : A Slumber did my Spirit seal.
Unit IV: S.T.Coleridge : Kubla Khan Lord Byron : She Walks in Beauty.
Unit V: P.B.Shelley : Ode to the West Wind. John Keats : Ode on a Grecian Urn.
PART III
ALLIED COURSE II
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE-I
Instruction Hours:5 Credits:3
The scope as indicated in Hudson: An Outline History of English Literature (BI Publications)Unit I : Chapter II & III- The Age of Chaucer
Unit II : Chapters IV & V- Development of Drama
Unit III : Chapter VI,VII & VIII –The Age of Shakespeare
Unit IV : Chapter IX & X –The Age of Milton.
Unit V : Chapter XI & XII –The Age of Dryden.
PART III
ALLIED COURSE III
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE-II
Instruction Hours:5 Credits:3
Book Referred Hudson: An Outline History of English Literature .
Unit I : Chapter XIII & XIV- The Age of Pope.
Unit II : Chapters XV & XVII- The Age of Johnson
Unit III : Chapter XVIII,XIX The Age of Wordsworth.
Unit IV : Chapter XXII-XXIV –The Age of Tennyson.
Unit V : Chapter XXV-XXVI-XXVII –The Age of Hardy &
The Present Age..
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, KUMBAKONAM.
Semester –III Part II English
PAPERD III: POETRY AND DRAMA FOR COMMUNICATION
DEPARTMENT SELECTIONS
POETRY
1. Rabindranath Tagore: Gitanjali (XXXV & XXXVI)2. Earl & Surrey: Description of Spring3. Robert Herrick: To Daffodils4. Alexander Pope: The Universal Truth5. Wordsworth: The World is too Much with Us6. Thomas Campbell: The Mariners of England7. John Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn8. W.H. Davies: Leisure9. John Masefield: Sea Fever10. Felica Dorothea Hemans: Casabianca
EXTERSIVE READING
11. Oliver Goldsmith: Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog12. W.B. Yeats: The Ballad of Father Gilligan
DRAMA
One –Act Plays1. Norman Mckinnel: The Bishop’s Candlesticks2. Josephine Niggli: Sunday Costs Five Pesos3. Cedric Mount: The Never –Never Nest
Question paper patternSemester III
Paper III: POETRY AND DRAMA FOR COMMUNICATION
Time:3hrs Max marks: 75
Section –A (30 Marks)
POETRY
1.True or False (3X1=3)2. Choose the best answer (4X1=4)3. Fill in the banks (4X1=4)4. Choose any 2 of the following passages and answer the questions given below (2 out of 4) (2X2=4)5. Paragraph (1X5=5) Either……or……. type question6. Essay (1X10=10) Either ……or……. type question
Section B (30 Marks )
DRAMA
1. True or False (3X1=3)2. Choose the best answer (4X1=4)3. Fill in the Blanks (4X1=4)4.Choose any 2 of the following passages and answer the question given below(2 out of 4) (2 X 2=4)5. Paragraph (1X5=5) Either …or… Type question6. Essay ( 1X10=10) Either … or … Type question
Section C( 15 marks)
COMMUNICATION
1. Comprehension from Extensive Reading – poetry ( 5X1= 5)2. Dialogue and Report Writing (1X4=4)3.Dialogue Writing (1X4= 4)4. Sending SMS (1X2=2)
CORE COURSE –IV : DRAMA-I
ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN DRAMA
Unit I- Christopher Marlowe : Dr.Faustus
Unit II– Thomas Dekkar : The Shoemaker’s Holiday
Unit III – Ben Johnson : Everyman in His Humour
Unit IV – John Webster : The Duchess of Malif
Unit V- Philip Massinger : A New Way to Pay Old Debts
AC IV –Literary Forms
The Scope of study of the paper will be restricted to knowledge of the topic mentioned below:
Unit I: POETRY- Nature and Elements of poetry – Definitions
Classifications of Poetry- Subjective- Objective.
Unit II: The Ode, The Lyric, The Sonnet, The Elegy , The Epic, The
Ballad.
Unit III: PROSE- The Essay, Short Story , Biography, Autobiography.
Unit IV: DRAMA – Elements of Drama, Tragedy, Comedy, One –Act Play, Tragi-Comedy The Masque, Farce.
Unit: FICTION – Elements of Fiction- Historical Novel, Picaresque Novel, Detective Fiction , and Science Fiction.
Books and References:
1.W.H. Hudson: Introduction to the Study of English.
2. R.J. Rees: An Introduction to English Literature for Foreign Students.
3. Prasad: A Background to the study of English Literature.
4. Ramachandra Nair: Literary Forms
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN(AUTONOMOUS) KUMBAKONAM
Semester- IV Part II English
Paper IV: ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS
Text Prescribed:1. ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS
Edited by Dr.V.Ayothi & Dr.R.VedavalliPublished by New Century Book House(p) Ltd., Chennai. Price-Rs.70/-
The following selection are prescribed:1. Basics in English Grammar2. Error Correction3. Vocabulary Enrichment4. Synonyms & Antonyms5. One word Substitution6. Words Often confused and Misused7. Idioms & Phrases8. Vocabulary- Miscellaneous9. Comprehension10. Precis writing11. Letter Writing 12. Reporting13. Essay14. Group Discussion and Interviews
Question Paper PatternSemester IV
Paper IV : ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS
Time: 3hrs. Marks:75
Section-A (30 Marks)
1. Basics in English Grammar and Usage- 10 marks2. Error Correction -5 marks3. Vocabulary Enrichment-2marks
4. Synonyms&Antonyms-5 marks5. One word Substitution-5 marks6. Words Often confused and Misused -3 marks
Section-B (20 Marks)7. Idioms & Phrases– 5 marks8. Vocabulary – Miscellaneous – marks9. Comprehension – 5 marks10. Precis Writing – 5 marks
Section-C (25 Marks)11. Letter Writing – 5 marks12. Reporting – 5 marks13. Essay – 10 marks14. Group Discussion and Interviews - 5 marks
CORE COURSE V POETRY II
Units I & II: Milton : Paradise Lost –Book I
Units III: Tennyson : Break, Break , BreakR. Browning : My Last Duchess.Thomas Hardy: Neutral Tone.
Units IV: Wilfred Owen : FutilityG.M. Hopkins : Springs and FallW.B. Yeats : Sailing to Byzantium
Unit V: T.S. Eliot : Journey of the MagiDylan Thomas:Do not go Gentle into the
Night. John Hollander: Swan and Shadow.
Poetical Selections are found in the mystic Drum (ed) Vilas Salunke et.al (Longman)
CORE COURSE V I:DRAMA-II
MODERN DRAMA
Unit I - Oliver Goldsmith : She Stoops to Conquer
UnitII - George Bernard Shaw: Arms and the Man
Unit III - John Galsworthy : The Silver Box
Unit IV - T.S.Eliot : Murder in the Cathedrals
Unit V - Harold Printer : The Birthday Party
Allied Course VPrinciple of Literary Criticism
Unit I. Critical/ Literary Terms
1. Irony2. Paradox3. Metaphor4. Metonymy5. Ambiguity
6. Chorus7. Stream of Consciousness8. Soliloquy9. Dramatic Monologue10. Sprung Rhythm11. Metaphysical Poetry12. Pre- Raphaelites
Unit II & III Traditional Criticism
II. 1.Biographical Criticism2.Historical Criticism
II 1.Moralistic Criticism2.Philosophical Criticism
Unit IV & V New Criticism/ Formalistic Criticism
III. 1.Theory of Allen Tate and Cleanth Brooks2. Warren : Literary Theory, Criticism and History
IV. 1.Phychological Approach to Literature2. Marxist approach to Literature
Part III Allied Course VI : Comparative Literature
Unit I:Definition and Scope – National Literature, Comparative Literature –
General Literature – World Literature
Unit II:The French and American School of Comparative Literature.
Unit III:Influence and Imitation – Periodization – Epoch , School, Movement
Unit IV:Genre Studies, Thematology.
Unit V:Literature and Others Disciplines,Literature and Other Arts.
Books for Reference:-
Ulrich Weisstein : Comparative Literature and other
Arts Wellek & Warren : Theory of Literature(part II)
S.S Prawar : Comparative Literature
Core Course VII – Shakespeare
Unit I : Two Gentlemen of Verona
Unit II : As you like It
Unit III : King Lear
Unit IV : Julius Caesar
Unit V : The Tempest
Core Course VIII Indian Writing in English – I
Unit I: Nissim Ezekiel :Good – bye Party for Miss pushpa T.S.
Jayantha Mahapatra :An Old Woman
Gieve Patel :Forensic Medicine
Unit II: Adil Jussawala :Sea Breeze, Bombay
Dilip Chitre :Father Returning Home
Kamala Das :The Old Play House
Unit III: Girish Karnad :Hayavadhana
Unit IV: J. Nehru :Freedom and Licence
Radhakrishnan :The world Community
Unit V: R.K. Narayan :The Guide
The Poetical Selections are found in The Mustic Drum(ed) Vilas Salunke(Longman)
Core Course IX – American Literature
Unit I:Walt Whitman : A Noiseless Patient SpiderEmily Dickinson : After Great Pain, a formal feeling comesEA Robinson : Richard CoryRobert Frost : Mending Wall
Unit II:Wallace Stevens : The Emperor of IcecreamEzra Pound : In a Station of the Metro
William Carlos Williams : The Red WheelbarrowE.E Cummings : What If a much of a which of a wind Sylvia Plath : Daddy
Unit III:Martin Luther King : I have a DreamRobert Frost : The Figure a Poem Makes
Unit IV:T. Williams : A Street Car Named Desire
Unit V:Ernest Hemingway : The Old man and the SeaJohn Steinbeck : The Grapes of Wrath
Poetical Selection are found in The Mystic Drum(ed) Vilas Salunke et. Al (Longman)
Core Course X – Indian Writing in English – II
Unit I:A.K.Ramanujan : A RiverR. Parthasarathy : Under Another SkyMamta Kalia : Tribute to PapaEunice de Souza : Bequest
Unit II:Vijay Tendulkar : Silence! The Court is in Session
Unit III:Shashi Deshpande : My Beloved Charioteer(from Instrusion and other
Stories)
Arun Joshi : The Boy with the Flute
Unit IV:Khushwant Singh : Train to Pakistan
Unit V:Anita Desai : Cry, the Peacock
Reference books
Contemporary Indian Poetry in English – An Assessment and Selection – Edited by Saleem PeeradinaNine Indian Women Poets – An Anthology – Edited by Eunice de SouzaContemporary Indian Short Stories in English – Edited by Shiv K. Kumar
Elective Course – I Translation:Theory & Practice
Unit I:Translation – Definition – Types – Principles of Translation- Decoding and Recoding –
Problems of Equivalence- Untranslatability.
Unit II:
History of Translation Theory- Period Study – The Romans – Bible Translation – Early Theorists – The Renaissance – 17th century 18th century – Romanticism – Victorians – 20th century.
Unit III:Problems of Literary Translation – Structures – Poetry & Translation – Translating Prose
– Translating Dramatic Texts.
Unit IV & VTranslation Practice – Students will be trained to translate literary and articles of common
interest both from English to Regional Language & Vice Versa.
Books for Reference:
1. Susan Bassnett- MC Guire – Translation Studies(Methuene)2. J.C. Catford – A Linguistic Theory of Translation(OUP)3. Savoury Theodore – The Art of Translation
Elective Course – II English Language Teaching
Unit I:
Issues involved in Teaching of English – Explanation of curriculum, syllabus, course, methods, approaches, techniques, Teaching English as a second Language.
Unit II:
Teaching of Pronunciation, Reading and Writing Skills – Teaching of Composition.
Unit III:Teaching of Grammar, Vocabulary, Teaching of Poetry, Prose.
Unit IV:Testing Characteristics – Types of Questions.
Unit V:Use of Audio- Visual Aids in Language Teaching.
Books for References:
1. Introduction to English Language Teaching(CIEFL(OUP)),Ghosh, Sastri, Das.
2. Bright, MC Gregor, Teaching English as a Second Language3. Paul Verghese – Teaching English as a Second Language.
CORE COURSE – XI WOMEN’S WRITING IN ENGLISH
UNIT I:Margaret Atwood - Circle GameKamala Das - FreaksJenny Lins - Wonder Woman
UNIT II:
Shashi Deshpande - Writing from the Margins- Masks & DisguisesElaine Showalter - Towards a Feminist Poetics
UNIT III:
Dorris Lessing - England vs EnglandNadine Godimer - A Correspondence CourseBharathi Mukerjee - Wife’s Story
UNIT IV:
Toni Morisson - BelovedPearl S. Buck - Letter from Peking
UNIT V:
Anita Nair - The Ladies CoupeMargaret Laurence - The Stone Angel
CORE COURSE XII – COMMON WEALTH LITERATURE
UNIT I:
A.D.Hope - AustraliaMargaret Atwood - Journey to the interiorA.M. Klein - Portrait of my mother
UNIT II:
J.P.Clark - The CasualtiesRoy Lampbell - Poets in AfricaDerel Walcott - A Far cry from Africa
UNIT III:Margaret Atwood - The Sin EaterJoyce Marshal - The Old Woman
UNIT IV:Wole Soyinka - The Lion and the jewel
UNIT V:
Chinna Achebe - Things Fall ApartMargaret Atwood - Surfacing
SECOND ALLIED COURSE XIII CANADIAN LITERATURE
UNIT I:
Poetry
F.R.Scott : The Canadian Authors Meet
UNIT II:Short Stories
Collection : Margaret Atwood & Robert Weaver
1.Sinclair Ross: The Lamp at Noon2. Margaret Lawrence
UNIT III:
George Ryga : The Ecstasy of Rita Joe
UNIT IV:
Sheila Watson : The Double Hook
UNIT V:
Margaret Atwood : The Edible Woman
Core Course XIV-Language & Linguistics
UNIT I& II:
1. Organs of Speech2. The Consonants of English3. The Vowels of English
4. Word Groups, Strong and Weak Forms, Stress and Intonation, Transcription J.D. O’Connor : Better English Pronunciation(OUP)
UNIT III.IV,V:
General LinguisticsThe Following Chapters from the Study of Language by George Yule(OUP)
UNIT III:1. The Origins of Language2. The Development of Writing3. The Properties of Language4. Words and Word – Formation Process.
UNIT IV:
5. Morphology6. Phrases & Sentences:Grammar7. Syntax8. Semantics
UNIT V:9. Language and Machines10. Language. History, Change11. Language Varieties12. Language, Society & Culture
Elective Course – III Journalism
UNIT I:
Definition of Journalism – Role of Journalism – Ethics – Press Laws – Press Council.
UNIT II:
News – Definition – Kinds – Elements – Sources – News Agencies.
UNIT III:
Reporting-Quality of Reporters- Beats – Kinds of Reporting with special reference to court, crime, election, sports-Investigative- Reporting.
UNIT IV:
Editing- News Editor-Sub Editor-Anatomy of Editing.
UNIT V:
Language of Journalism –Writing a News story-Writing opinion pieces- Writing leads – Headlines.Books for References:
1. Parthasarathy, R.Basic Journalism(Macmillan)2. Metha, D.S.Mass Communication and Journalism in India(Allied)3. Ramachandran Rao, Quest for News(Macmillan)4. Sethil, Pathanjali, Professional Journalism(Longman)