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Master in Arts (English) M.A.
Program Objectives (PO)
The objectives of M.A. Program are:
PO1: The aim of this course is to provide a rich understanding of theory and practice as well
in specific fields.
PO2: The emphasis is laid on the development of critical thinking, analytical, written and
oral presentation skills.
PO3: The course offers students a unique opportunity to gain awareness in cutting-edge
theories and research and to critically reflect, discuss and write about issues from varied
perspectives.
PO4: The degree program is intellectually demanding preparation for a wide range of
professional works, and certainly moulding students into highly skilled, versatile,
independent thinkers with interpersonal skills that will establish them as prolific
professionals.
M.A. (ENGLISH) I Year: I Semester
The course builds a strong foundation that will enable students to translate their academic
experience in the professional world.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO)
The expected outcomes after completing the program would be:
PLO1. Disciplinary / Professional Knowledge: Demonstrate familiarity with
fundamental concepts, theories, principles and terminologies of the concerned
domain (literature, linguistics, sociology, psychology, political science and social
work).
PLO2. Problem analysis and solutions: Analyse problems and issues concerning
language, literature, social sciences, human affairs/psyche and socio-
psychological or socio-political matters. Apply experience and knowledge of
subject to solve existing problems in the field of study.
PLO3. Modern Methods, Tools and Techniques: Apply and use modern methods, tools
and techniques to solve complex problems and issues of the discipline; and create
a human friendly environment.
PLO4. Inter and Trans-disciplinary development: Identify, differentiate and assess
how linguistics, literature, history, sociology, psychology, political science, social
work, etc. are interrelated, and contribute to human development. Demonstrate an
understanding of interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary approach of learning.
PLO5. Ethics and Integrated Value System: Apply professional ethics, responsibilities
towards society, culture, race, religion and nation while suggesting new ideas or
solutions to existing problems and try to establish integrated value system in
society.
PLO6. Individual and Team Work: Take part in team work comfortably while working
with people of different interest, class, community, culture and socio-political
background and in the work of individual interest.
PLO7. Communication and Presentation: Communicate confidently the knowledge
acquired from literature, linguistics, sociology, political science, psychology,
social work, etc. to the society, in both written and oral form. Organize effective
presentations on the subjects of their interest.
PLO8. Research Inclination and Vocational / Industry Exposure: Apply knowledge,
experience and professional skills to carry out research in the concerned domain
and/or to serve industry and society.
PLO9. Lifelong Learning: Utilize theoretical and practical knowledge of the subject in
day-to-day situations to improve upon lifestyle and social condition either at
workplace or at home throughout life.
PLO10. Education and Society: Discuss and Estimate the impact of theories and concepts
in an individual’s holistic education and integral development of society.
PLO11. Environment Sustainability, Social Sensitivity and Rural Development: Propose innovative ideas and modify outdated techniques and methods for
sustainable development. Influence general public for the protection and
conservation of natural resources. Demonstrate sensitivity towards rural and
backward society and design policies/projects for their integral development.
PLO12. National Integration, Constitution, Culture and Heritage: Value and take part
in activities concerning national integration, constitution, culture and heritage.
Program Specific Outcomes (PSO)
PSO1. Demonstrate an appropriate level of expertise in linguistics, language teaching,
film studies, literary history, literary theory, literary criticism, rhetoric, genres,
concepts, movements, schools, terminologies and a wide range of representative
literary texts.
PSO2. Interpret, analyse and criticize a given text or situation on the basis of established
frameworks; apply latest tools, techniques, theories, concepts and frameworks of
English language and literature to assess and explain a given text or situation;
demonstrate critical thinking, high-level proficiency and literary aesthetic in
speech and writing.
PSO3. Appraise a piece of literature with higher degree of critical thinking; modify,
combine, and propose theories, principles and research frameworks to carry out
research; develop or create a piece of literary writing in various genres.
M.A. (ENGLISH) I Year SEMESTER –I
L - Lecture
T -Tutorial
P -Practical
CIE -Continuous Internal Evaluation
ESE -End Semester Exam
C -Credit
S.
No.
Subject
Code Subject L T P CIE ESE Total C
THEORY
1. MHU1012 Literature and Society 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
2. MHU1013 Poetry-I 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
3. MHU1014 Non-Fictional Prose 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
4. MHU1015 Literary Theory and Criticism 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
5. MHU1016 Linguistics 4 0 40 60 100 4
Total 20 0 - 200 300 500 20
M.A. (ENGLISH) I Year SEMESTER –II
L - Lecture
T -Tutorial
P -Practical
CIE -Continuous Internal Evaluation
ESE -End Semester Exam
C -Credit
S.
No.
Subject
Code Subject L T P CIE ESE Total C
THEORY
1. MHU2010 Poetry-II 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
2. MHU2011 Fiction 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
3. MHU2012 Stylistics and Discourse Analysis 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
4. MHU2013 Indian Writing in English 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
5. MHU2014 Drama 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
Total 20 0 0 200 300 500 20
M.A. (ENGLISH) I Year SEMESTER –III
L - Lecture
T -Tutorial
P -Practical
CIE -Continuous Internal Evaluation
ESE -End Semester Exam
C -Credit
S.
No.
Subject
Code Subject L T P CIE ESE Total C
THEORY
1. MHU3009 Contemporary Literary Theory 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
2. MHU3010 Indian English Novel 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
3. MHU3011 New Literatures in English 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
4. --- Elective-I 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
5. MHU3014 Research Methodology 3 0 - 40 60 100 3
PRACTICAL/TRAINING/PROJECT
6. MHU3504 Dissertation Part-I - - 2 100 - 100 1
Total 19 0 0 300 300 600 20
M.A. (ENGLISH) I Year SEMESTER –IV
L - Lecture
T -Tutorial
P -Practical
CIE -Continuous Internal Evaluation
ESE -End Semester Exam
C -Credit
S.
No.
Subject
Code Subject L T P CIE ESE Total C
THEORY
1. MHU4004 Modern English Grammar 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
2. MHU4005 Comparative Literature 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
3. --- Elective-II 4 0 - 40 60 100 4
4. --- Elective-III 3 0 - 40 60 100 3
PRACTICAL/TRAINING/PROJECT
5. MHU4503 Dissertation Part -II - - 8 80 20 100 4
6. MHU4504 Seminar - - 2 - 100 100 1
Total 15 0 0 240 360 600 20
M.A. (ENGLISH)
List of Electives
S. No. Subject Code Subject
Elective-I (Semester-III)
1. MHU3101 American Literature
2. MHU3102 Introduction to English Language Teaching
Elective-II (Semester-IV)
1. MHU4101 Australian and African Literature
2. MHU4102 Film Studies
Elective-III (Semester-IV)
1. MHU4201 Cultural Studies
2. MHU4202 Classical Indian Literary Traditions
MBA Syllabus
I Semester
LITERATURE AND SOCIETY MHU1012
I YEAR I SEMESTER
Course Objectives:
CO1To develop an understanding among students of the seminal philosophical and
literary texts dealing with state-building, and variety of social and political issues.
CO2To develop philosophical, literary, sociological and critical thinking in them.
CO3To analyze works of prominent thinkers and their contribution to English literature as
a tool to understand society.
Course Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to:
CLO1
Demonstrate the origin and development of Classical and Vernacular Literature.
Analyze the philosophical approach in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Elaborate the
literary works as an expression of individual, leading to brining about a change in
society’s value system, cultural and religious beliefs.
CLO2 Interpret the origin and development of Renaissance Thinkers. Analyze the
philosophical approach in the prescribed texts. Examine the literary works as an
expression of socio-political issues in the prescribed texts.
CLO3 Demonstrate the 19th
Century socio-cultural thinkers. Analyze the sociopolitical
forces leading to the production of the texts of the given era. Elaborate the
literary works as an expression of individual, leading to brining about a change in
society’s value system, cultural and religious beliefs.
CLO4 Examine the philosophical point of view in the prescribed texts. Critically
Analyze the texts with the spiritual outlook. Elaborate the literary works from its
contemporary scenario.
CLO5 Demonstrate the progressive outlook in the prescribed texts. Analyze the socio-
political and technological ideas.
Elaborate the literary works as an expression of individual, as well as social setup
for the nation building.
Unit 1: Classical and Vernacular Thinkers (10 Hours)
*Plato – The Republic
*Dante Alighieri: The Divine Comedy
Unit 2: Renaissance Thinkers (10 Hours)
*Thomas More: Utopia
*Francis Bacon: The New Atlantis
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4 0 0 4
Unit 3: 19th
Cultural & Social Thinkers (12 Hours)
*Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels: The Communist Manifesto
*John Ruskin: Onto This Last
*Matthew Arnold: Culture & Anarchy
Unit 4: Indian Thinkers (19th
& Early 20th
Century) (10 Hours)
*Vivekananda: Neo-Vedanta
*Tagore: Sadhana
Unit 5: Indian Thinkers (Later 20th
Century) (10 Hours)
*Gandhi: Hind Swaraj (Chap. 1 to 5)
*Kalam: India 2020
Text Books:
T1. Alighieri, Dante (2007). The Divine Comedy South Carolina: BiblioBazaar.
T2. Bulgakov, Mikhail (2009). The Heart of a Dog London: Random House.
T3. Campanella, Tommaso (2007). The City of the Sun New York: Cosimo Classics.
T4. Huxley, Aldous (2015). Brave New World Canada: Harper Collins.
T5. Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich (2015). The Communist Manifesto New Delhi: Penguin
Books India Pvt. Ltd.
T6. More, Thomas (2010). Utopia edited by Weaver, William P. Calgary: Broadview Press.
T7. Plato (2000). The Republic edited by Ferrari, G.R.F. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
T8. Ruskin, John (2009). Onto This Last The Floating Press (Open Library).
T9. Arnold, Matthew (20009). Culture and AnarchyWilder Publications Limited (Open
Library).
T10. Mukherji, Bithika (1983). Neo-Vendanta and ModernityAshutosh Prakashan Sansthan
(Open Library).
T11. Tagore, Rabindranath (2008). SadhanaWilder Publications Limited (Open Library).
T12. Ganthi, Mahatma (2012). Hind Swaraj New Delhi: Rajpal and Sons.
T13. Kalam, A.P.J and Rajan, Y.S. (2016). India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium,
London: Penguin.
T14. Francis Bacon: The New Atlantis (1624)
Reference Books:
R1. Barry, Peter (2010) ed.. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural
Theory New Delhi: Viva Books.
R2. Fieser, James and Dowden, Bradley Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy<http://www.iep.utm.edu>
R3. Levy, Michael. Stewart, Donald E. and Kent, Christopher Hardy Wise Encyclopedia
Britannica <https://www.britannica.com/topic/Encyclopaedia-Britannica-English-
language-reference-work>
R4. Williams, Raymond (1983). Culture and Society. Columbia: Columbia University
Press. R5. Watt, Ian. Literature and Society: The Arts in Society. ed. Robert N. Wilson: Prentice
Hall, 1964.
R6: Literature and Society: The Arts in Society. ed. Robert N. Wilson: Prentice Hall, 1964.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy Level
CLO1
Demonstrate the origin and development of Classical and
Vernacular Literature. Analyze the philosophical approach in
Dante’s Divine Comedy. Elaborate the literary works as an
expression of individual, leading to brining about a change in
society’s value system, cultural and religious beliefs.
2,4,6
Understanding,
Analyzing, Creating
CLO2 Interpret the origin and development of Renaissance
Thinkers. Analyze the philosophical approach in the
prescribed texts. Examine the literary works as an expression
of socio-political issues in the prescribed texts.
2,4,4
Understanding,
Analyzing,
CLO3 Demonstrate the 19th
Century socio-cultural thinkers.
Analyze the sociopolitical forces leading to the production of
the texts of the given era. Elaborate the literary works as an
expression of individual, leading to brining about a change in
society’s value system, cultural and religious beliefs.
2,4,6
Understanding,
Analyzing, Creating
CLO4 Examine the philosophical point of view in the prescribed
texts. Critically Analyze the texts with the spiritual outlook.
Elaborate the literary works from its contemporary scenario.
4,4,6
Analyzing,
Creating
CLO5 Demonstrate the progressive outlook in the prescribed texts.
Analyze the socio-political and technological ideas.
Elaborate the literary works as an expression of individual,
as well as social setup for the nation building.
2,4,6
Understanding,
Analyzing,
Creating
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POETRY-I
MHU 1013 I YEAR I SEMESTER
Course Objectives:
CO1To familiarize learners with the different genres, forms and periods of English
poetry.
CO2To acquaint them with different poets and their seminal poems.
CO3To make them aware of the various poetic devices and techniques.
CO4To train them to interpret and analyse different poetic works.
Course Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to:
CLO1
Explain and examine the different genres, forms and periods of English poetry.
CLO2
Compare and assess different poets and their seminal poems.
CLO3
Identify and interpret the various poetic devices and techniques.
CLO4
Interpret and Analyse different poetic works.
Unit I: Medieval Poetry (10 Hours)
Geoffrey Chaucer: General Prologue to Canterbury Tales
Langland: Piers Plowman
Unit II: Renaissance Poetry (10 Hours)
Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene Book I
L T P C
4 0 0 4
Sir Philip Sidney: “Astrophel and Stella” (Sonnet No-1, 2 and 3)
William Shakespeare: Sonnet No- 116 & 128
Unit III: 17th
Century Poetry (12 Hours)
Robert Herrick: “Gather ye Rose Buds, While Ye May”
John Donne: “The Canonization”, “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”, “The Good
Morrow”
Andrew Marvell: “To his Coy Mistress”
John Milton: Paradise Lost Book I
Unit IV: Augustan Poetry (10 Hours)
John Dryden: “Mac Flecknoe”
Alexander Pope: The Rape of the Lock
Unit V: Transitional Poetry (10 Hours)
Thomas Gray: “The Bard”, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
William Blake: “The Tyger”, “London”
William Collins: “Ode to Evening”
Text Book:
T1. Chaucer, Geoffrey. General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Oxford: OUP, 1994.
T2. Collins, William. The Poems of William Collins. Nabu Press, 2012.
T3. Milton, John. Paradise Lost Book I. India: Penguin Classics, 2003.
T4. Pope, Alexander. The Rape of the Lock. India: OUP, 1997.
T5. Langland, William. Piers Plowman. ed. Derek Pearsall. Exeter: University of Exeter
Press, 1994.
T6. Spenser, Edmund. The Faerie Queene Book I. ed. P.C. Bayley. Oxford: OUP, 1970.
T7. Herrick, Robert. Poems of Robert Herrick: A Selection from Hesperides and Noble
Numbers. Forgotten Books, 2012.
T8. Ed. Coffin, Charles M., The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne. Modern
Library, 2001.
T8. Marvell, Andrew. To His Coy Mistress and Other Poems. Dover Publications Inc., 2003.
T9. Milton, John. Paradise Lost: Books 1 & 2. OUP, 2017.
T10. Dryden, John & John Oldham. Mac Flecknoe: A Poem. Nabu Press, 2011.
T11. Pope, Alexander. The Rape of the Lock. ed. R. K. Kaul, OUP, 1997.
T12. Gray, Thomas. Selected Poems. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1997.
T13. Blake, William. Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2006.
Reference Books:
R1. Abrams, M.H. 1957. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Stamford: Cengage Learning, 2015.
R2. Bodkin, Maud. Archetypal Patterns in Poetry: Psychological Studies of Imagination.
New York: Vintage, 1958.
R3. Complete Poems of Philip Sidney Volume I. Wentworth Press, 2016.
R4. Crane, Ronald S.A. Collection of English Poems, 1660-1800. New York: Harper,
1932.
R5. Grosart, A.B. Spenser’s The Faerie Queene Book I. Tredition Classics.
R6. Herbert Grierson and J.C. Smith. A Critical History of English Poetry. Bloomsbury.
R7. Tate, Allen, ed. The Language of Poetry. New York: Russell, 1960.
R8. Sanders, Andrews. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. Oxford: OUP, 2000.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be able to:
CLO Description Bloom’s Taxonomy
Level
CLO1
Explain and examine the different genres, forms and periods of
English poetry.
2,4
Understanding,
Analyzing
CLO2
Compare and assess different poets and their seminal poems. 2,5
Understanding,
Evaluating
CLO3
Identify and interpret the various poetic devices and techniques. 3,2
Applying,
Understanding
CLO4
Interpret and Analyse different poetic works. 2,4
Understanding,
Analyzing
Mapping of CLO’s with PLO’s
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s) Program Specific
Outcome (PSO’s)
PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7 PLO8 PLO9 PLO10 PLO11 PLO12
PS
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CLO1 M L L M M L L M M M L M H H H
CLO2 M M M H M L M M L L M L M M H
CLO3 H M L M L L M M M L L L M H M
CLO4 H H H H L L M H H M M L M H M
NON FICTION PROSE
MHU1014
I YEAR I SEMESTER
L T P C
4 0 0 4
Course Objectives:
CO1To make students understand the trends, techniques and characteristics of nonfiction
prose which starting from Renaissance till the Postmodern age.
CO2To enable students to explain different literary forms, themes and issues of nonfiction
prose.
CO3To make students analyze the history behind the creation of nonfiction prose.
CO54To make students relate various literary works of the time in the light of new emerging
trends in nonfiction prose.
Course Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to:
CLO1 Classify various trends in nonfiction prose; organize the development of nonfiction
prose. Analyze the prose prescribed in the light of new emerging trends in the western
thought. Understand the significance of nonfiction prose and its various themes and
approaches to study.
CLO2 Identify the style, trends, socio-cultural background represented by the nonfiction prose.
The students will justify the texts in the light of the subject and elaborate the whole idea
of the essays.
CLO3 Examine and list the literary devices used in the composition of the essays. The students
will evaluate the trends, settings and socio-cultural context conveyed by the prose writers
as well to deepen their knowledge of the subject.
CLO4 Simplify the central idea of the texts and justify the arguments given in them. The
students will create their viewpoint to understand the themes as well.
CLO5 Simplify the complex postmodern trends in critical thinking expressed in prose. The
students will create their understanding of the current scenario vis-à-vis postmodern
school of thought.
Unit I: Renaissance Prose ( hours)
Bacon’s “Of Travels” and “Of Studies”.
John Bunyan’s excerpts from “Pilgrim’s Progress”.
Unit II: Augustan Prose ( hours)
Richard Steele’s “The Spectator Club”, “The Aims of Spectator” and Sir Roger at his
Assizes.
Unit III: Romantic Prose ( hours)
Charles Lamb’s “Dream Children: A Reverie” and “A Bachelor’s Complaint”.
William Hazlitt’s “On Going on a Journey”.s
Unit IV: Modern Prose of Thought (15 hours)
Bertrand Russell “Education and Discipline”,
George Orwell “Reflection on Gandhi”
Bertrand Russell “Education and Discipline”, George Orwell “Reflection on Gandhi”
Unit V: Postmodern Prose of Thought ( hours)
“Religion: An inevitable part of human life”.
“The Social Functions of Literature”
Texts Books:
Text Books: T1 The Sir Roger De Coverley Papers.,Addison, Joseph et.al.,
General Books,2012
T2 The Pilgrim¿s Progress, Bunyan, John. Moody Classics,2007 T3 Selected
Essays of William Hazlitt,Keynes, Geoffrey, Symonds Press,2011
T4 The Essays of Francis Bacon,Bacon, Francis, ,Createspace Independent
Pub,2014
T5 The Essays of Elia,Lamb, Charles., ,Nabu Press,2012
T6 A Collection of Essays,Orwell, George., ,Mariner Books,1970 T7 Improve
Your Writing,Arora, V.N., ,OUP,2010
Reference Books:
R4 English Essays and Essayists,Walker, Hugh, ,New York: Dutton,1915
R5 Religion, Society and Individual,Yinger, J. Milton, ,Macmillan,1957
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to:
CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy Level
CLO1 Classify various trends in nonfiction prose; organize the
development of nonfiction prose. Analyze the prose
prescribed in the light of new emerging trends in the western
thought. Understand the significance of nonfiction prose and
its various themes and approaches to study.
2,3,4
Understanding,
Applying,
Analyzing
CLO2 Identify the style, trends, socio-cultural background
represented by the nonfiction prose. The students will justify
the texts in the light of the subject and elaborate the whole
idea of the essays.
3,4,5
Applying,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO3 Examine and list the literary devices used in the composition
of the essays. The students will evaluate the trends, settings
and socio-cultural context conveyed by the prose writers as
well to deepen their knowledge of the subject.
4,4,5
Analyzing,
Analyzing,
Creating
CLO4 Simplify the central idea of the texts and justify the
arguments given in them. The students will create their
viewpoint to understand the themes as well.
4,5, 6
Analyzing,
Evaluating,
Creating
CLO5 Simplify the complex postmodern trends in critical thinking
expressed in prose. The students will create their
understanding of the current scenario vis-à-vis postmodern
school of thought.
4,5, 6
Analyzing,
Evaluating,
Creating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s)
PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7 PLO8 PLO9 PLO10 PLO11 PLO12
PS
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PS
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PS
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CLO1 M M M M M M M M
CLO2 H M M H M M M H M M
CLO3 M H H M H M M M H M M
CLO4 H M M M H M M M H M M
H: High M: Medium L: Low
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM-I MHU1015
I YEAR I SEMESTER L T P C
4 0 0 4
Course Objectives:
CO1To define and explain different literary and sociopolitical theories employed in various
literary works, with their interdisciplinary approaches.
CO2To illustrate different theories (Classicism, Renaissance, Humanism, Postcolonialism,
Feminism, Structuralism, post-structuralism, etc.) and critical approaches; apply them in the
given texts.
CO3To analyse and evaluate a piece of literary text with reference to the concerned theories
and approaches.
CO4To develop critical thinking in learners so that they could evaluate and justify any piece
of literature and the real life situations as well.
Course Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to:
CLO1 Recall the characteristics of the prescribed literary and sociopolitical theories employed
in different genres and subgenres of literary texts; Explain their implication in a given
text.
CLO2 Illustrate the characteristics of the concerned theories and apply the techniques of
criticism to analyse a literary text.
CLO3 Compare and Contrast different parts of a text with that of others and criticize them with
reference to various literary and sociopolitical theories.
CLO4 Examine and interpret different literary texts and present a critique or review.
Unit I: Classical Criticism (10 Hours)
Aristotle: Poetics
Longinus: On the Sublime*
Unit II: English Renaissance and Neo-Clasical Criticism (08 Hours)
Sir Philip Sidney: An Apology for Poetry
*Dryden: Essay on Dramatick Poesie
Unit III: Romantic and Victorian Criticism (12 Hours)
Wordsworth: ‘Preface’ to Lyrical Ballads
*Coleridge: Biographia Literaria (Chap- XIII, XVII & XVIII)
*Arnold: The Study of Poetry (Essays in Criticism Book II)
Unit IV: New Criticism/ Practical Criticism (10 Hours)
Eliot: “Tradition and the Individual Talent”; “Hamlet and his Problems”
*I.A. Richards: Principles of Literary Criticism (Chap: IV-XV, XXI, XXXIV, XXXV)
*Ransom: A Note on Ontology
UNIT V: Classical Indian Literary Theories (12 Hours)
*General Introduction of theories of Natya& Rasa, Alamkara, Riti, Dhvani, Vakrokti and
Aucitya
Indian Intellectual
*Texts for Non-Detail Study.
Text Books:
T1. Enright, D.J. and Ernst De Chickera ed. English Critical Texts: 16th
to 20th
Century.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962.
T2. Aristotle. Poetics. India: Penguin Books Ltd, 1996.
T3. Arnold, Thomas. Dryden: An Essay of Dramatic Poesy. India: Atlantic, 2006.
T4. Wordsworth, William. Preface to Lyrical Ballads. London: Create Space Independent
Publishing Platform, 2016.
T5. Arnold, Matthew. Culture and Anarchy and Other Selected Prose. India: Penguin
Books, 2015.
T6. Daiches, David. Critical Approaches to Literature. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice
Hall, 1956.
T7. Devi, G N. Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation. Orient Longman,
Hyderabad, 2002.
T8. Richard, I A. Principles of Literary Criticism. UBS Publishers, New Delhi, 1968.
T9. Krishnamurthi, K. “Sanskrit Poetics: An Overview” Indian Literary Criticism ed.
G.N. Devi. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2010.
Reference Books:
R1. Nagarajan, M.S. English Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introduction History.
Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2006.
R2. Wimsatt and Brooks. Literary Criticism: A Short History. Vol 1, 2, 3, & 4. USA:
University Of Chicago Press, 1983.
R3. Habib, M. A. R. Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present: An Introduction. India:
Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
R4. Chaudhary, Satya Dev. The Glimpses of Indian Poetics. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi,
2010.
R5. Chari, V K. Sanskrit Criticism. Motilal Banarasidass, New Delhi, 1993.
R6. Devi, G.N. Indian Literary Criticism ed. G.N. Devi. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan,
2010.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be able
to:
CLOs Description Bloom’s Taxonomy
Level
CLO1 Recall the characteristics of the prescribed literary and
sociopolitical theories employed in different genres and
subgenres of literary texts; Explain their implication in a given
text.
1, 2
Remembering,
Understanding
CLO2 Illustrate the characteristics of the concerned theories and
apply the techniques of criticism to analyse a literary text.
3, 4
Applying, Analysing
CLO3 Compare and Contrast different parts of a text with that of
others and criticize them with reference to various literary and
sociopolitical theories.
4, 5
Analysing, Evaluating
CLO4 Examine and interpret different literary texts and present a
critique or review.
5, 6
Evaluating, Creating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs:
Course
Learning
Outcomes
CLOs
Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Programme Specific
Outcomes (PSOs)
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
PL
O7
PL
O8
PL
O9
PL
O1
0
PL
O1
1
PL
O1
2
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O1
PS
O2
PS
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CLO1 H H M M H H H H H M M M H
H
H
CLO2 M M M M M M H H H M M M H H
M
CLO3 M M M M M H H H M H M M H M M
CLO4 M L L L M M M M M M L M M M
M
H: High
M: Medium
L: Low
FOUNDATIONS OF LINGUISTICS MHU1016
I YEAR I SEMESTER
Course Objectives:
CO1To outline the evolution of the English language and its importance.
CO2To illustrate various approaches to the study of the English language.
CO3To develop an understanding in the production and articulation of speech sounds of
English (RP).
CO4To discuss the basics of Phonetics, Morphology, Syntax and Semantics.
Course Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to:
CLO1 Define key terms and concepts of language, phonetics, morphology, syntax and
semantics; explain origin and characteristics of human language, approaches to the
study of language, levels and branches of linguistics.
CLO2 Distinguish between vowel and consonant sounds of English (RP), phoneme and
allophone, morpheme and allomorph; identify and analyse syllable, word stress,
tone, pitch, intonation and supra-segmental features of a given speech, and a word
into root, stem and base.
CLO3 Analyse and discover constituents of phrase and clause, rules of transformational
grammar, utterance, sentence, proposition, reference, sense, lexeme and meaning.
CLO4 Perceive importance of different branches of linguistics and their role in the
scientific study of language.
Unit 1: Basics of Linguistics (12 Hours)
Definition of Language and Linguistics, Origin of Language, Animal Language, Properties of
Human Language, Levels and Branches of Linguistics.
Ferdinand de Saussure: Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches; Langue and Parole; Sign,
Signifier, Signified and Semiology; Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Relations; Chomsky’s
Concept of Competence and Performance.
Unit 2: Phonetics (10 Hours)
Organs of Speech; Classification of English Speech Sounds; IPA of English; Vowels and
Consonants; Phoneme and Allophones; Supra-segmental Features; Syllable; Word Stress
Intonation, Tone, Pitch; Phonetic Transcription;
Unit 3: Morphology (12 Hours)
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Definition; Central Concept of Morphology—Morph, Morpheme, Allomorph, Root, Stem,
and Base; Affixes—prefix, suffix—Inflectional and Derivational; Process of Word
Formation; Morpho-Phonetics.
Unit 4: Syntax (12 Hours)
Phrasal Grammar, IC Analysis, Rules of Transformational Grammar.
Unit 5: Semantics (06 Hours)
Utterance, Sentence, Proposition, Reference, Sense, Lexeme, Meaning.
Text Books:
T1. Fromkin, Victoria ed. (2000) Linguistics: An Introduction to Linguistic Theory Malden,
MA: Blackwell.
T2. McCarthy, Andrew Carstairs (2002) An Introduction to English Morphology: Words
and Their Structure Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
T3. Saussure, Ferdinand de (1966) Course in General Linguistics New York: McGraw Hill
T4. Sethi, J. and Dhamija, P.V. (2011) A Course in Phonetics and Spoken English 2nd
Ed.
New Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
T5. Yule, George (2006) The Study of Language 3rd
Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
T6. Hurford, J.R., Heasley, B. and Smith, M.B. (2007) Semantics: A Coursebook 2nd
Ed.,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
T7. Verma, S.K. and Krishnaswamy, N. (1997) Modern Linguistics: An Introduction New
Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Reference Books:
R1. Akmajian, A., R. A. Demers and R, M. Hamish (1991) Linguistics: An Introduction to
Language and Communication 2nd
Ed. New Delhi: Prentice Hall.
R2. Chierchia, Gennaro and Sally, McConnell-Ginet (2000) Meaning and Grammar: An
Introduction to Semantics Massachusetts: MIT Press.
R3. Chomsky, Noam (1965) Aspects o f the theory o f syntax Massachusetts: MIT Press.
R4. Fromkin, V. and Rodman, R. (1974) An Introduction to Language2nd
Ed. New York:
Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
R5. Knowles, Gerry (1997) A Cultural History of the English Language London: Arnold.
R6. Brown, K. and Miller, J. (1991) Syntax: A Linguistic Introduction to Sentence Structure
2nd
Ed., London and New York: Routledge.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be able
to:
CLOs Description Bloom’s Taxonomy
Level
CLO1 Define key terms and concepts of language, phonetics,
morphology, syntax and semantics; explain origin and
characteristics of human language, approaches to the study of
language, levels and branches of linguistics.
1, 2
Remembering,
Understanding
CLO2 Distinguish between vowel and consonant sounds of English
(RP), phoneme and allophone, morpheme and allomorph;
identify and analyse syllable, word stress, tone, pitch,
intonation and supra-segmental features of a given speech, and
a word into root, stem and base.
3, 4
Applying, Analysing
CLO3 Analyse and discover constituents of phrase and clause, rules
of transformational grammar, utterance, sentence, proposition,
reference, sense, lexeme and meaning.
4, 5
Analysing,
Evaluating
CLO4 Perceive importance of different branches of linguistics and
their role in the scientific study of language.
5, 6
Evaluating, Creating
Mapping of CLOs with Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and Programme
Specific Outcomes (PSOs):
CLOs PLOs PSOs
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
PL
O7
PL
O8
PL
O9
PL
O10
PL
O11
PL
O12
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 H L L L L L M L L L L L H L L
CLO2 M M M L L L M M L L L L H M L
CLO3 M H M L L L M M M M L L M H M
CLO4 L L L L L L L L L L L L L L H
H: High
M: Medium
L: Low
II Semester
POETRY II MHU2010
I YEAR II SEMESTER Course Objectives:
CO1To explain the students the poetry of the great poets.
CO2To make them understand and interpret the poetry of different genres
CO3To analyze the genres
CO4To outline the background and trends of the age.
Course Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to:
CLO1 O u t l i n e the different genres and literary devices of poems prescribed
in the syllabus. Analyze the art of poetry and its artistic creation. To
E l a b o r a t e the growth and development of the poetry in the Romantic era.
CLO2 F i n d o u t and Analyze the contribution of the poets of the Romantic
era in the development of English poetry. To E v a l u a t e the distinct
features and the themes introduced by the prescribed poets.
CLO3 Outline the different features of Victorian poetry. Estimate the contribution
of the prescribed poetry in giving English Literature a concrete identity.
To be able to Demonstrate various literary devices and poetic techniques.
CLO4 To Analyze the development of modern poetry in English literature. To be
able to Assess the poems of the author with the trends of the age.
CLO5 D e m o n s t r a t e and Analyze the contribution of the poets and of the
poetry of the Modern era in the development of English literature. To Assess
the distinct features and the themes introduced by the prescribed poets
Unit I: Romantic Poetry-I (10 Hours)
William Wordsworth: “Tintern Abbey”, “Ode on Intimations of Immortality”
S.T. Coleridge: “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, “Kubla Khan”
Unit II: Romantic Poetry-II (10 Hours)
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John Keats: “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, “Ode to a Nightingale”, “Ode to Autumn”
P.B.Shelley: “To a Skylark”, Adonais
Lord Byron: Don Juan (Canto I)
Unit III: Victorian Poetry (10 Hours)
Alfred Lord Tennyson: “Lotos Eaters”, In Memoriam
Robert Browning: “Porphyria’s Lover”, “Prospice” “My Last Duchess”
Matthew Arnold: “Rugby Chapel” “Thyrsis”
G.M. Hopkins: “God’s Grandeur”
Unit IV: Modern Poetry-I (10
Hours)
W.B. Yeats: “Adam’s Curse”, “Easter 1916”, “Byzantium”
T.S. Eliot: “The Waste Land”
Ezra Pound: “In A Station of the Metro”
Unit V: Modern Poetry-II (12 Hours)
W.H. Auden: “In Memory of W.B. Yeats”, “The Unknown Citizen”
Stephen Spender: “The Pylon”
Dylan Thomas: “Fern Hill”
Philip Larkin: “Church Going”
Ted Hughes: “Hawk Roosting”
Carol Ann Duffy: “Havisham”
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CLO Description Bloom’s Taxonomy
Level
CLO1 O u t l i n e the different genres and literary devices
of poems prescribed in the syllabus. Analyze the art of
poetry and its artistic creation. To E l a b o r a t e the
growth and development of the poetry in the Romantic era.
2, 4, 6
U n d e r s t a n d i n g ,
Analyze,
C r e a t i n g
CLO2 F i n d o u t and Analyze the contribution of the
poets of the Romantic era in the development of
English poetry. To E v a l u a t e the distinct features
and the themes introduced by the prescribed poets.
1, 4, 6
Remembering,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO3 Outline the different features of Victorian poetry. 2, 5,2
Estimate the contribution of the prescribed poetry in
giving English Literature a concrete identity. To be
able to Demonstrate various literary devices and poetic
techniques.
Understanding,
Evaluating,
Understanding
CLO4 To Analyze the development of modern poetry in
English literature. To be able to Assess the poems of
the author with the trends of the age.
4, 5
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO5 D e m o n s t r a t e and Analyze the contribution of the
poets and of the poetry of the Modern era in the
development of English literature. To Assess the distinct
features and the themes introduced by the prescribed
poets
2,4,5
Understandi ng,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs
Course
Learning
Outcomes
CLOs
Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Programme
Specific Outcomes
(PSOs)
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
PL
O7
PL
O8
PL
O9
PL
O1
0
PL
O1
1
PL
O1
2
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 H H H M L M H H H - L M H M L
CLO2 H M H M H H H L H M L M H M H
CLO3 H H H M H H H M M - M - M H M
CLO4 M H H L M M H M M - L - H H H
CLO5 H H M M M H M - H H L M M H H
H: High M: Medium L: Low
FICTION
MHU2011 (M.A. English)
I YEAR II SEMESTER
Course Objectives:
CO1To introduce the students to texts with variation in themes and techniques.
CO2To increase their social, and moral awareness and concern towards themselves and
the society of England and India.
CO3To sensitize them to the function of literature as elevating both- the intellectual and
emotional make up of an individual.
CO4Analyze the novels, short stories and literary devices implemented in the Modern
Fiction.
CO5 Comprehend the socio-political scenario of the contemporary time.
CO6 Know the eminent novelists and short story writers of the age.
Course Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to:
CLO1 Recognize the concepts given by the authors. Analyze the
importance of a reader in bringing out the varied
interpretations of a text. Recognize the context of the novel
that helps in changing the whole society. Apply the role of
culture as a whole, how it shapes the social, moral, political,
economical and psychological aspect of an individual.
CLO2 Define the concepts given by the authors. Analyze the
theme, story, setting, and its display to have a better Identify
of the text. Create different ideas and setting varied
perceptions regarding the text.
CLO3 Identify the importance of the novelists in bringing out the
varied interpretations of a text. Analyze the philosophy of
Psychology and the class division in any phase and context
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which is changing the whole society.Appraise the role of
culture as a whole. Relate the novels in shaping the social,
moral, political, economical and psychological aspect of an
individual.
CLO4 Discuss the background of the age. Analyze the timeline of
the particular age and various other aspects of the story.
Apply the characters in the story to the past, present and
future scenario. Create ideas through pictorial
representations in the form of a collage.
Unit-I
17th
&18th
Century Society and Thought (10
hours)
Daniel Defoe: Moll Flanders
Henry Fielding: Tom Jones
Unit-II
19th
Century English Society and Thought (10
hours)
Jane Austen: Mansfield Park
Charles Dickens: David Copperfield
Unit-III
Victorian Society and Thought (10
hours)
Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Emile Bronte: Wuthering Heights
Unit-IV
20th
Century English Society and Thought (10
hours)
Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness
D.H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers
Unit-V 20th
Century English Society and Thought (10
hours)
George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty Four (1984)
William Golding: Lord of the Files
Text Books:
T1. Defoe, Daniel. Moll Flanders. Plain Label Books. 2007.
T2. Fielding, Henery. Tom Jones. Oberon Books, 2011.
T3. Austen, Jane. Mansfield Park. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
T4. Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield. Wordsworth Editions, 1992.
T5. Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Xist Publishing, 2015.
T6. Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. OUP Oxford, 1995.
T7. Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. Courier Corporation, 1990.
T8. Lawrence, D.H.Sons and Lovers. Wentworth Press, 2016.
T9. Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty Four (1984).Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1983.
T10. Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Penguin, 2003.
Reference Books:
R1: Allen, Walter. The English Novel. Boston Dutton, 1954.
R2: Brooks and Warren. Understanding Fiction. N.J Prentice Hall, 1959.
R3: Eagleton, Terry. The English Novel: An Introduction. N.J. Wiley-Blackwell, 2004.
R4: Forster, E.M. Aspects of the Novel. London: E. Arnold, 1949.
R5: Lukacs, George. The Theory of the Novel. London: Merlin, 1971.
R6: Walt, Ian. The Rise of the Novel. London:Penguin, 1957.
R7: Boulton, Marjorie. The Anatomy of the Novel. London: Routledge, 2014.
R8: David. The Art of Fiction. New York: Viking, 1992.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to:
CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Level
CLO1 Recognize the concepts given by the authors. Analyze the
importance of a reader in bringing out the varied
interpretations of a text. Recognize the context of the novel
that helps in changing the whole society. Apply the role of
culture as a whole, how it shapes the social, moral, political,
economical and psychological aspect of an individual.
1, 2, 3, 4
Remembering,
Recognize,
Analyzing,
Applying
CLO2 Define the concepts given by the authors. Analyze the
theme, story, setting, and its display to have a better Identify
of the text. Create different ideas and setting varied
perceptions regarding the text.
1, 2, 4, 6
Remembering,
Identify,
Analyzing
Creating
CLO3 Identify the importance of the novelists in bringing out the
varied interpretations of a text. Analyze the philosophy of
Psychology and the class division in any phase and context
which is changing the whole society.Appraise the role of
culture as a whole. Relate the novels in shaping the social,
moral, political, economical and psychological aspect of an
individual.
1, 2, 4, 5
Remembering,
Identify,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO4 Discuss the background of the age. Analyze the timeline of
the particular age and various other aspects of the story.
Apply the characters in the story to the past, present and
future scenario. Create ideas through pictorial
representations in the form of a collage.
3, 4, 6
Applying,
Analyzing,
Creating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s)
PLO
1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5
PLO
6
PLO
7
PLO
8
PLO
9
PLO
10
PLO
11
PL
O1
2 PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 H M H M H L H H H M M M H H H
CLO2 H M M M L M H M H M M M H H H
CLO3 H M H L M M H M H M M L H H H
CLO4 H M H L M M M H M M L L M H H
H: High M: Medium L: Low
STYLISTICS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS MHU2012
I YEAR II SEMESTER
Course Objectives:
CO1To introduce the various stylistic tools to develop an understanding of interpreting
literary texts.
CO2To develop an insight into Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics.
CO3To familiarize them with the role of conversational strategies in interaction.
Course Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to:
CLO1 Explain the nature, scope and tools of Discourse Analysis. Compare and contrast
text and discourse. Discuss the concept of coherence and cohesion.
CLO2 To Discuss the basic principles of Pragmatics. To Explain the Cooperative,
Conversational Principles, Politeness Principles and Speech Act.
CLO3 To Explain and Discuss the basic concepts and features of Stylistics. Analyse and
interpret the stylistic analysis of short stories and newspaper.
CLO4 To Explain the nature, scope and tools of Critical Discourse Analysis.
Unit 1: Discourse Analysis (12 Hours)
Definition, Nature, Scope and Tools;
Text and Discourse;
Coherence and Cohesion.
Unit 2: Pragmatics (12 Hours)
Cooperative Principles;
Conversational Principles;
Politeness Principles;
Speech Acts.
Unit 3: Stylistics (14 Hours)
Definition, Basic Assumptions of Stylistics;
Features, Modality, Point of View, Narrative Techniques;
Stylistic Analysis of short stories;
Stylistic Analysis of Indian Newspapers;
Unit 4: Critical Discourse Analysis (14 Hours)
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History, Nature and Scope;
H.G. Widdowson; Ruth Wodak; Norman Fairclough.
Text Books:
T1. Brown, Gillian and Yule, George (1983). Discourse Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
T2. Leech, G. N. (1983) Principles of Pragmatics. London and New York: Longman.
T3. Mishra, Parth Sarathi (2009) An Introduction to Stylistics. New Delhi: Orient
BlackSwan.
T4. Thomas, J. (1995) Meaning in Interaction: An Introduction to Pragmatics. London and
New York: Longman.
T5. Weiss, Gilbert and Wodak, Ruth (2003) Critical Discourse Analysis: Theory and
Interdisciplinarity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
T6. Fairclough, N. (2001) Language and Power 2nd
Ed. London and New York: Routledge.
Reference Books:
R1. Paltridge, Brain (2012) Discourse Analysis: An Introduction 2nd
Ed. New Delhi:
Bloomsbury.
R2. Simpson, Paul (2004) Stylistics: A Resource Book for Students. London and New York:
Routledge.
R3. Toolan, Michael (2010) Language in Literature: An Introduction to Stylistics. London
and New York: Routledge.
R4. Widdowson, H. G. (2004) Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis.
Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
R5. Fairclough, N. (1993) Discourse and Social Change. Cambridge: Polity Press
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
MHU2013
I YEAR II SEMESTER
Course Objectives:
CO1To demonstrate students with major Indian writers in English.
CO2To identify them to understand the growth of Indian writing in English and its
popularity in the global literary scenario.
CO3To develop the knowledge among students about the Indian theatre and its
performance.
CO4To motivate the students by getting knowledge of Indian writers and their
philosophical ideas.
Course Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to:
CLO1 To Illustrate the philosophical ideas of poets. To critically analyze the poems with
its references and its importance in the contemporary world. Explain the technical
literary devices in the text. Develop the skill of explaining the poems.
CLO2 Demonstrate the feminist movement and its application in the prescribed poems.
Develop the skill of explaining the poems. Explain the technical literary devices in
the text. To critically analyze the poems with its references and its importance in the
contemporary world.
CLO3 Illustrate the various forms of prose and essays. Analyze the essays and short stories
with its references and its importance in the contemporary world. Explain the
technical literary devices in the text. Examine the major issues in the texts.
CLO4 Tell the various forms of drama. Examine the major issues in the texts. Explain the
important dialogues of the text. Critically analyze the prescribed dramas.
CLO5 Classify the forms of late 20th
century plays. Analyze the major issue depicted in the
drama. Explain the important dialogues of the text. Examine the relevance of the
text in the contemporary time.
Unit I: Secular Poetry (10 Hours)
Sri Aurobindo : “Savitri” (Canto-I)
R. N. Tagore : “Songs from Gitanjali” (Song No. 1, 19, 54)
Nissim Ezekiel : “Goodbye Party for Pushpa T.S, “Background Casually”,
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“Philosophy”, “Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher”
A.K. Ramanujan : “Love Poem for a Wife”, “Obituary”
Jayant Mahapatra : “Hunger”, “Grand Father”
Unit II: Feminist Poetry (08 Hours)
Kamala Das : “An Introduction”
Eunice de Souza : “Women in Dutch Painting”
Imtiyaz Dharkar : “Purdah I”, “Battle Lines”, “Honor Killing”
Mamta Kalia : “Tribute to Papa
Unit III: Essays and Short Fiction (10 Hours)
A.R. Ramanujan : Excerpt from “A Flowering Tree: A Woman’s Tale”
Amrit Rai : Exerpt from “Introduction: Conspectus” in A House Divided
Rajinder Singh Bedi : Lalwanti
Namwar Singh : Decolonizing the Indian Mind
Prem Chand : Holy Panchayat
Unit IV: Early Twentieth Century Drama (12 Hours)
R.N. Tagore : Chandalika
*Sri Aurobindo : Perseus the Deliverer
Unit V: Later Twentieth Century Drama (12 Hours)
Mahesh Dattani : The Final Solutions
*Girish Karnad : Tughlaq
Concept Note
The students will study the different poems by the emerging feminist poet. They will not only
analyze and understand the various themes of Indian poetic bent of mind but also the profound
feminist approach.
Concept Note
The students will be taught the essays and short fiction of its kind and will present an analysis of
various texts prescribed for them to study.
Text Books:
T1. Ezekiel, Nissim. Collected Poems: With a New Introduction by John Thieme. OUP,
2005.
T2. Ramanujan, A.K. Collected Poems, OUP, 1999.
T3. Mahapatra, Jayant. Selected Poems: New Poetry in India.
T4. Das, Kamala. Selected Poems. India: Penguin Books, 2011.
T5. de Souza, Eunice. “Women in Dutch Painting” in Poems. Bombay: Praxis, 1988.
T6. Dharkar, Imtiyaz. Purdah and Other Poems. Good Reads, 1988.
T7. Kalia, Mamta. Tribute to Papa and Other Poems. Calcutta: Writers Workshop
Publication, 2014.
T8. Girish Karnad. Tughlaq. Oxford India Perennials Series, OUP, 2012.
T9. Aurobindo, Sri. Savitri, Createspace Independent Publisher, 2012.
T10. Tagore, Rabindranath. Gitanjali. Rupa, 2002.
T11. The Infinite Riches: An Anthology of British, American and Indian-English Poetry.
ed. Dept. of English and M E L, Lucknow University, OUP, 1999.
Reference Books:
R1 .R P Singh and S.K. Prasad (Eds.). (1989). An Anthology of Indian English
Poetry. Orient Blackswan.
R2. Mukherjee, Sujit. A Dictionary of Indian Literature. Vol I (Beginnings to 1850).
Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1998.
R3. Paniker, Ayyappa. Indian Narratology. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi Centre for the
Arts, 2003.
R4. Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian Prose in English, New Delhi, Abhinav
Publications, 1971.
R5. Iyengar, Srinivas : Indian Writing in English.
R6. Dwivedi, A.N. Papers on Indian Writing in English, 2 Vols, Atlantic Publishers &
Distributors (P) Ltd, 2002.
R7. King, Bruce. (1987). Modern Indian Poetry in English. OUP.
R8. Dharkar, Imtiyaz. Poem Hunter. http://poemhunter.com
Evaluation Process
The students will be evaluated through University Tests, Problem Sets, Surprise Tests and
Teacher Assessment through quizzes, assignments and presentations.
R9. Kumar, Bishun and Arora, Neha. Mahesh Dattani: Themes, Techniques and Issues.
New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd, 2015
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to:
CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy Level
CLO1 To Illustrate the philosophical ideas of poets. To critically
analyze the poems with its references and its importance in
the contemporary world. Explain the technical literary
devices in the text. Develop the skill of explaining the poems.
2, 4, 5, 3
Understanding,
Analyzing,
Evaluating,
Applying
CLO2 Demonstrate the feminist movement and its application in
the prescribed poems. Develop the skill of explaining the
poems. Explain the technical literary devices in the text. To
critically analyze the poems with its references and its
importance in the contemporary world.
2, 3, 5, 4
Understanding,
Applying,
Evaluating,
Analyzing
CLO3 Illustrate the various forms of prose and essays. Analyze the
essays and short stories with its references and its importance
in the contemporary world. Explain the technical literary
devices in the text. Examine the major issues in the texts.
2, 4, 5, 4
Understanding,
Analyzing,
Evaluating,
Analayzing
CLO4 Tell the various forms of drama. Examine the major issues
in the texts. Explain the important dialogues of the text.
Critically analyze the prescribed dramas.
1, 4, 5, 4
Remembering,
Analyzing,
Evaluating,
Analyzing
CLO5
Classify the forms of late 20th
century plays. Analyze the
major issue depicted in the drama. Explain the important
dialogues of the text. Examine the relevance of the text in
the contemporary time.
2, 4, 5, 4
Understanding,
Analyzing, Evaluating,
Analyzing
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s)
PL
O1
PLO
2
PLO
3
PLO
4
PLO
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DRAMA MHU2014
I YEAR II SEMESTER
Course Objectives:
CO1To define various types of theatre, different components of drama, dramatic devices,
plot structures and art of characterization and explain various theories and concepts
employed in dramaturgy.
CO2To illustrate the components of drama and theatrical devices in prescribed texts and
identify them in the given plays.
CO3To analyse speeches, dialogues, scenes and the given plays with reference to
essential features of drama and the theories employed in them.
CO4To evaluate the given play in terms of dramatics art and its contribution to the
corpus of the area as to the society and develop a taste of theatrical art.
Course Learning Outcomes: On completion of this course, the students will be able to:
CLO1 Define and explain the nature and function of Medieval Drama, its origin and
contribution to the development of English Drama
CLO2 Identify dramatic devices and change in the nature of theatre from Classical to
Renaissance and from Restoration to Modern age; and compare them wit5h one
another.
CLO3 Analyse any speech, dialogue, scene or an entire play with reference to the theatrical
devices and literary theories employed in the play and assess their significance in
the world of theatre and in the society as well.
CLO4 Develop theatre aesthetics in learners to become professional actor/ director and
design new plays.
Unit I: Medieval Drama (08 hours)
Definition and concepts of Mystery Miracle, Morality and Interlude
Contributions of the University Wits
Unit II: Elizabethan Drama I (Tragedies) (12 hours)
*Christopher Marlowe: The Jew of Malta
William Shakespeare: Hamlet
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4 0 0 4
Unit III: Elizabethan Drama II (Comedies) (10 hours)
*Ben Jonson: Everyman in His Humour
William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
Unit IV: Restoration Plays (10
hours)
*William Congreve: Way of the World
John Dryden: All for Love
Unit V: Modern Drama (12 hours)
*G. B. Shaw: Man and Superman
T. S. Eliot: Murder in the Cathedral
*Harold Pinter: The Birthday Party
*Texts for Non-detail Study.
Text Books:
T1. Marlowe, Christopher. The Jew of Malta. Courier Corporation, 2014.
T2. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Broadview Press, 2010.
T3. Jonson, Ben. Every Man in His Humour. Dodo Press, 2007.
T4. Congreve, William. The Way of the World. Courier Corporation, 2012.
T5. Dryden, John. All for Love. A&C Black, 2014.
T6. Shaw, G. B. Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy. The Floating Press,
2012.
T7. Eliot, T. S. Murder in the Cathedral. Faber & Faber, 201.3
T8. Pinter, Harold. The Birthday Party. Faber & Faber, 2013.
T9. Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night. Broadview Press, 2010.
Reference Books:
R1. Nicoll, Allardyce. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2.
Cambridge University Press, 2009
R2. Bentley, Gerald Eades. The Development of English Drama: An Anthology. Appleton-
Century-Crofts, 1950
R3. Happe, Peter. English Drama before Shakespeare. Taylor & Francis Group, 2016
R4. Barton, John. The First Stage: A Chronicle of the Development of English Drama
from Its Beginnings to the 1580's. British Broadcasting Corporation, 1960
R5. Leggatt, Alexander. English Drama: Shakespeare to the Restoration 1590-1660.
Routledge, 2014
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be able
to:
CLOs Description Bloom’s Taxonomy Level
CLO1 Define and explain the nature and function of Medieval
Drama, its origin and contribution to the development of
English Drama
1, 2
Remembering,
Understanding
CLO2 Identify dramatic devices and change in the nature of
theatre from Classical to Renaissance and from
Restoration to Modern age; and compare them wit5h one
another.
3
Applying
CLO3 Analyse any speech, dialogue, scene or an entire play
with reference to the theatrical devices and literary
theories employed in the play and assess their significance
in the world of theatre and in the society as well.
4, 5
Analysing, Evaluating
CLO4 Develop theatre aesthetics in learners to become
professional actor/ director and design new plays.
6
Creating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs:
Course
Learnin
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Outcom
es
CLOs
Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Programme
Specific
Outcomes
(PSOs)
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CLO3 M H M M M M M M M H M H M M H
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M: Medium
L: Low
III Semester
CONTEMPORARY LITERARY THEORY
MHU3009
II YEAR III SEMESTER
Course Objectives:
CO1To acquaint the students to various critical texts required for literary interpretation
and analysis.
CO2To help them understand the application of the literary theories in interpretation of
text.
CO3To enhance their critical thinking and ability to evaluate a text from different
perspectives and approaches.
CO4To demonstrate students to translate the theories in understanding various
disciplines.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students
will be able to:
CLO1 Identify different literary theories, concepts and approaches. Distinguish variety of texts
in the light of various theoretical approaches. Evaluate the given texts in terms of
concerned genre. The students will understand the basic idea, application of
Structuralism and coexistence with various texts and genres with a universal approach.
CLO2 Apply and analyze the basic difference between colonial and postcolonial theories and
the core text which discuss the same. With the help of these texts and their analysis the
students will examine the colonial and postcolonial thought processes and their impact
on literature and society. The students will elaborate the crux of respective theory.
CLO3 Distinguish between feminism and gender ideologies established by the society. They
will develop their understanding and solve the issues of identity and existence.
CLO4 Identify the close connection between Marxist ideology influencing the psychology of
individual, societies and states. Students will be able to analyze the views based on
economy, polity, society, culture and identity. The students will evaluate the prevalence
of Marxism in the world as a whole.
CLO5 Understand and analyze the facts behind the diasporic, post modern and cultural studies.
The students will be able to interpret and compile the conclusive fact in the study of the
respective theories and concepts.
L T P C
4 0 0 4
Unit- I: Structuralism and Post-structuralism (12 Hours)
Ferdinand de Saussure: Nature of Linguistic Sign
Derrida: Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences
*Victor Shklovsky: Art as Technique
*Roland Barthes. “The Death of the Author”
Unit- II: Colonialism and Postcolonialism (10 Hours)
*A General Introduction on: Colonialism, Postcolonialism, Race, Ethnicity, Nation,
*Acculturation, Aborigines, Gender, Decolonization;
Gayatri Chakravarti Spivak: Can Subaltern Speak?
Edward Said: “Introduction”, “Crisis” (in Orientialism)
Unit –III: Feminism and Gender Criticism (10 Hours)
Simon de Bovoir: The Second Sex (Introduction)
Elaine Showalter: "Toward a Feminist Poetics"
*Gynocriticism, Ecocriticism, Ecofeminism, Queer Theory
Judith Butler: “Subject of Sex/Gender/Desire”
Unit- IV: Marxism, and Psycho-Analysis (10 Hours)
*Marxism- Society, Class, Base, Superstructure, Ideology, Ideological Apparatus,
Hegemony;
*Psycho-Analysis- Libido, Id, Ego, Superego, Conscious, Subconscious, unconscious,
suppression, oppression and repression;
Fredric Jameson: The Politics of Theory: Ideological Positions in the Postcolonial Debate
Raymond Williams: “Cultural Theory” (From Marxism and Literature)
Jacques Lacan: “The Mirror Stage as Formative of the ‘I’ as Revealed in the Psychoanalytic
Experience”*
Unit –V: Diaspora, Postmodernism and Cultural Studies (10 Hours)
Stuart Hall: ‘Cultural Identity and Diaspora’
M.M. Bakhtin: “Discourse in the Novel”
Anderson, Benedict: “Imagined Communities”
Jean-Francois Lyotard: “Defining the Postmodern”
Eagleton: “Capitalism, Modernism and Postmodernism”
Text Books:
T1. David Lodge, ed. Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader (London: Longman, 1988)
T2. Judith Butler. ‘Subject of Sex/Gender/Desire.’ The Cultural Studies: Reader. Ed.
Simon During. Routledge. pp. 340-353.
T3. Nayar, P.K. Postcolonial Literature: An Introduction. India: Pearson, 2011.
T4. Said, Edward. Orientalism. New York: Vintage 1994.
T5. Leitch, Vincent B, Cain, William E. ed. The Norton Anthology of Theory and
Criticism: Second Edition, W. W. Norton & Company, 2010
T6. Lacan, Jacques. The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psycho-analysis ed. Jacques-
Alain Miller. Trns. Alan Sheridan. New York: Norton, 1978.
T7. Showalter, Elaine. "Toward a Feminist Poetics,"Women's Writing and Writing About
Women. London: Croom Helm, 1979.
T8. Bakhtin, M.M. “Discourse in the Novel” in Dialogic Imagination ed. Michael
Holquist. London: University of Texas Press.
T9. During, S. Cultural Studies: An Introduction.
T10. Bill, Ashcroft et.al. Postcolonial Studies: The Key Concepts. London: Routledge, 2007.
T11. Ahmad, Aijaz. In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures. London: Verso, 1992
Reference Books:
R1. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural theory.
Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2009.
R2. Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory. 3rd ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press,
2008.
R3. Fanon, Frantz. The Wretched of the Earth. London: Penguin Books, 1963.
R4. Krishnaswami N. Contemporary Literary Theory: A Students Companion. Macmillan
India Ltd.; Hyderabad, 2001.
R5. Seldon, Raman. Peter Widdowson and Peter Brooker. A Reader’s Guide to
Contemporary Literary Theory. Pearson Education Ltd. New Delhi, 2006.
R6. Childs, Peter ed. The Rutledge Dictionary of Literary Terms. Rutledge, London, 2005.
R7. Culler, Jonathan. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction. India: OUP, 2011.
R8. Cuddon, J A. Ed. A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Maya
Blackwell Doaba House, New Delhi, 1998.
R9. Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. India: Oxford-Blackwell, 1983.
R10. A.K. Ramanujan. “Is There an Indian Way of Thinking?” Collected Essays of A.K.
Ramanujan ed. Vinay Dharwadkar.Delhi: Oxford University Press 1999 pp. 34-42.
R11.Chaubey, Ajay kumar and Kumar, Bishun.Transnational Passages:An Anthology of
Diaspora Criticism Volume I. Jaipur: Y-King Books, 2015.
R12. Kumar, Bishunand Chaubey, Ajay kumar. Discursive Passages:An Anthology of
Diaspora Criticism Volume II.Jaipur: Y-King Books, 2015.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy Level
CLO1 Identify different literary theories, concepts and approaches.
Distinguish variety of texts in the light of various theoretical
approaches. Evaluate the given texts in terms of concerned
genre. The students will understand the basic idea,
3,4, 5
Applying,
Analyzing, Evaluating
application of Structuralism and coexistence with various
texts and genres with a universal approach.
CLO2 Apply and analyze the basic difference between colonial and
postcolonial theories and the core text which discuss the
same. With the help of these texts and their analysis the
students will examine the colonial and postcolonial thought
processes and their impact on literature and society. The
students will elaborate the crux of respective theory.
3,4,4
Applying,
Analyzing,
Analyzing
CLO3 Distinguish between feminism and gender ideologies
established by the society. They will develop their
understanding and solve the issues of identity and existence.
3,4, 5
Applying,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO4 Identify the close connection between Marxist ideology
influencing the psychology of individual, societies and states.
Students will be able to analyze the views based on
economy, polity, society, culture and identity. The students
will evaluate the prevalence of Marxism in the world as a
whole.
3,4,5
Applying,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO5 Understand and analyze the facts behind the diasporic, post
modern and cultural studies. The students will be able to
interpret and compile the conclusive fact in the study of the
respective theories and concepts.
4,5,6
Analyzing,
Evaluating, Creating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s)
PLO
1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5
PLO
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CLO2 M H M H M M H H H M H
CLO3 M H M M H M M H M M
CLO4 M M M H M H M H M M H
CLO5 M M H M H H M M H M
H: High
M: Medium
L: Low
INDIAN ENGLISH NOVEL
MHU 3010 II YEAR III SEMESTER
Course Objectives:
CO1To acquaint students with various Indian novelists and their contribution to the
development of Indian English Literature.
CO2To make them aware of paradigm shifts in fiction writing in India with reference to
historical and cultural change.
CO3To help them know more about the literary and cultural heritage of India.
CO4To inculcate the essence of the Hindi writings/Indian Literature in English.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be
able to:
CLO1 Define and appraise literary and cultural heritage of India.
CLO2 Analyze and Examine various, concepts, theories and ideas employed by Indian
authors.
CLO3 Compare and contrast Indian novelists with those of British.
CLO4 Develop expertise of Indian English novels.
Unit I: India Renaissance (10 hours)
*Raja Rao: Kanthapura
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4 0 0 4
*R. K. Narayan: The Guide
Unit II: Women Novels (12 hours)
*Anita Desai: Voices in the City
*Kamla Markandaya: Nectar in Sieve
Unit III: Modern and Post Modern Novelists (10 hours)
*Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children
*V. S, Naipaul: A House for Mr. Biswas
Unit IV: Indian Novels in Translation (10 hours)
*Munshi Premchand: Godan (The Gift of a Cow)
*Bhishm Sahni: Tamash
Unit V: The Voices of the Marginals (10 hours)
*Begum Rokeya Hossain: Sultana’s Dream
*U.R.Anandmurthi: Samskara
*Texts for non-detailed study.
Text Books:
T1. Chatterje, Bankim Chandra. Krishnakant’s Will (1876), tr. S.N. Mukherjee, in The
Poison Tree: Three Novellas (New Delhi: Penguin, 1996), pp. 173-300.
T2. Desai, Anita. Voices in the City.
T3. Rao, Raja. Kanthapura.
T4. Narayan, R. K. The Guide.
T5. Rushdie, Salman. Midnight’s Children.
T6. Naipaul, V. S. A House for Mr. Biswas
T8. Premchand, Munshi. The Gift of a Cow (1936), tr. Gordon Roadarmel.
T9. Shukla, Shrilal. Raag Darbari (1968), tr. Gillian Wright (New Delhi: Penguin).
Reference Books:
R1. ‘Sahitya ka Uddeshya’ (The Aim of Literature), a speech given by Premchand at the
meeting of the All-India Progressive Writers’ Association (PWA) on April 9, 1936 at
the Rifah-e Aam Hall in Lucknow.tr. Francesca Orsini, in The Oxford India
Premchand (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004).
R2. Booth, Wayne C. The Rhetoric of Fiction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1961.
R3. Boulton, Marjorie. The Anatomy of the Novel. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul,
1975.
R4. Eagleton, Terry. The English Novel: an Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.
R5. Forster, EM. Aspects of the Novel. London: Edward Arnold, 1927.
R6. Lodge, David. The Art of Fiction. New York: Viking, 1992.
R7. Lubbock, Percy. The Craft of Fiction. London: Jonathan Cape, 1921.
R8. Lukacs, Georg. The Theory of the Novel. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1971.
R9. Scholes, Robert. Elements of Fiction. Oxford, OUP, 1968.
R10. Schorer, Mark. “Technique as Discovery”. The Hudson Review. 1.1(1948): 67-87.
R11. Watt, Ian. The Rise of the Novel. London: Peregrine, 1970.
R12. Anandmurthy, U.R. Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man, tr. A.K. Ramanujan. New
Delhi: Oxford University Press.
R11.Chaubey, Ajay kumar and Kumar, Bishun.Transnational Passages:An Anthology of
Diaspora Criticism Volume I. Jaipur: Y-King Books, 2015.
R12. Kumar, Bishunand Chaubey, Ajay kumar. Discursive Passages:An Anthology of
Diaspora Criticism Volume II.Jaipur: Y-King Books, 2015.
R13. Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Bishunand Tiwari Janmajay. The Novels of Salman Rushdie: An
Anthology of 21st Century.New Delhi:Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd,
2016.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be
able to:
CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Level
CLO1 Define and appraise literary and cultural heritage of India.
1,5
Remembering,
Evaluating
CLO2 Analyze and Examine various, concepts, theories and ideas
employed by Indian authors.
4,4
Analyzing,
Analyzing
CLO3 Compare and contrast Indian novelists with those of British. 2,2
Understanding,
Understanding
CLO4 Develop expertise of Indian English novels.
3
Applying
Mapping of CLO’s with PLO’s
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s) Program Specific
Outcome (PSO’s)
PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7 PLO8 PLO9 PLO10 PLO11 PLO12
PS
O1
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PS
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CLO1 H M L M L L M M L L H H H
CLO2 H H L M L L M M L L H H H
CLO3 M H L H L M L M M L L M M M
CLO4 L M L H L M L L M L L L M M
H: High
M: Medium
L: Low
NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH MHU3011
II YEAR III SEMESTER
Course Objectives:
CO1To define the components and features of New Literatures and explain various
theories and techniques employed in it.
CO2To illustrate the relevance of New Literatures to the cultural and socio-political
background of the First and the Third World and identify their conceptions and ideologies
in a given text.
CO3To analyse a given text with reference to essential features of New Literatures in
English.
CO4To evaluate the literature of the marginalized races in terms of its contribution to the
corpus of literature and to the society as well; and develop an understanding of politics in
literary writings.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be
able to:
CLO1 Define the components and features of New Literatures and explain various theories
and techniques employed in the prescribed texts.
CLO2 Illustrate the relevance of the New Literatures to the cultural and sociopolitical
background and identify the conceptions and ideologies of the First and the Third
World in the given text.
CLO3 Analyse the given literary texts from the Third World with reference to the features
of New Literatures in English and compare them with the works from the First
World.
CLO4 Evaluate the literary works from the peripheral races in terms of their contribution
to the corpus of literature and to the society as well; and develop an understanding
of politics in literary writings.
Unit I: Poetry (15 Hours)
Margaret Atwood: “Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer”
L T P C
4 0 0 4
Judith Wright: “The Ancestors”
A.D. Hope: “Death of the Bird”
Daniel David Moses: “The Sunbather’s Fear of the Moon”
Agha Shahid Ali: Showman: The Season of the Plain
Nadine Gordimer: The Burger’s Daughter
Michael Ondaatje: The Cinnamon Peeler
Unit II: Prose (10 Hours)
Ngugi wa Thiongo: Decolonizing the Mind
Chinua Achebe: There Was a Country
Unit III: Fiction (12 Hours)
Alice Munro: Lives of Girls and Women
Margaret Atwood: Surfacing
David Malouf: The Great World
Saadat Hasan Manto: Tobatek Singh
Unit IV: Drama (15 Hours)
Wole Soyinka: A Dance of the Forests
George Ryga: The Ecstasy of Rita Joe
*David Williamson: The Removalists
*Non-Detailed
Text Books:
T.1 Achebe, Chinua. There Was a Country: A Memoir. USA: Penguin, 2013.
T.2 Munro, Alice. Lives of Girls and Women. Vintage Books, 23 Mar 2015.
T.3 Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. Toronto: M & S, 1999. McCann, Colum. Let the
Great World Spin: A Novel. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2009.
T.4 Soyinka ,Wole. A Dance of the Forests. London : Oxford Univ. Press, 1963.
T.5 Ryga. George. The Ecstasy of Rita Joe. Vancouver: Talonbooks.2008.
Reference Books:
R1. Ng g , wa T. Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African
Literature. London: J. Currey, 1986. Print.
T.1 Bruce King. The New literatures: Cultural Nationalism in a Changing World.
Macmillan, 1987.
T.2 Kumar, Bishun and Arora, Neha. Major Voices in New Literatures in English New
Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd , 2015
T.3 R. Brydon, Diana & Helen Tiffin (Eds). Decolonising Fictions Dangaroo. 1993.
T.4 Frantz Fanon. Black Skins, White Masks. Pluto Press: London, 1986.
T.5 Wole Soyinka. Myth, Literature and the African World. Oxford: 1991.
T.6 Atwood, Margaret. Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature. Toronto:
Anansi Press, 1982.
T.7 Corkhill, Annette Robyn. The Immigrant Experience in Australian Literature.
Melbourne: Academia Press, 1995.
T.8 Hergenhan, L. (Ed.). The Penguin New Literary History of Australia. Ringwood:
Penguin, 1988.
T.9 Whitlock, Gillian and Carter, David (Ed). Images of Australia. Queensland:
University of Queensland Press, 2001
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will
be able to:
CLOs Description Bloom’s Taxonomy Level
CLO1 Define the components and features of New Literatures
and explain various theories and techniques employed in
the prescribed texts.
1, 2
Remembering,
Understanding
CLO2 Illustrate the relevance of the New Literatures to the
cultural and sociopolitical background and identify the
conceptions and ideologies of the First and the Third
World in the given text.
3
Applying
CLO3 Analyse the given literary texts from the Third World
with reference to the features of New Literatures in
English and compare them with the works from the First
World.
4, 5
Analysing, Evaluating
CLO4 Evaluate the literary works from the peripheral races in
terms of their contribution to the corpus of literature and
to the society as well; and develop an understanding of
politics in literary writings.
6
Creating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs:
Course
Learnin
g
Outcom
Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Programme
Specific
Outcomes
(PSOs)
es
CLOs
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
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PL
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CLO1 H H H H M M H M M M M M H
H
H
CLO2 H H H H M H H M M M M M H H
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CLO3 M M M M M M M M M H M H M M M
CLO4 M M L M L L M M L M L L M M
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M: Medium
L: Low
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
MHU3014
II YEAR III SEMESTER
L T P C
3 0 0 3
Course Objectives:
CO1To gain familiarity with a phenomenon or to achieve new insights into literary
research
CO2To demonstrate accurately the characteristics of a particular individual, situation in
research
CO3To examine a hypothesis of a causal relationship between variables in literary
research
CO4To familiarise the students with research by connecting it with literature and literary
theories.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be
able to:
CLO1 Illustrate bibliography, appendix, and works citation and so on. Analyze data analysis with
reference to literary works. Interpret investigation and exploration in research methodology.
Examine the role of hypothesis in the literary research.
CLO2 To tell the students how to classify the primary and secondary data in research. To tell students
how to identify research ethics in the literary works. Interpret research language in a literary
work. Examine the works of data analysis in literary research.
CLO3 Classify the research method and research methodology. Examine the research language and tell
the students its importance. Interpret trends and approaches in literary research to the students.
List out all the trends of literary research.
CLO4 Tell the students how to find out research topic. Develop the idea of finding out research
problem. Explain how to chapterize the research work. Examine: tell the students how to
examine and analyze the conclusion and findings.
Unit 1: Key Concepts
Investigation, exploration, examination, analysis
Hypothesis and Problem Statement
Methods and Modes of Research
Data Analysis (Collection and Classification)
Reference Lists and Footnotes
Quotations and Citation
Bibliography / Appendix / Appendices
Unit 2: Research: Tools, Language and Plagiarism
Primary and Secondary Data
Research Language (Clarity, Correctness, Coherence)
Research Ethics
Unit 3: Research in Language and Literature
Methods in Language Research
Trends and Approaches in Literary Research
Unit 4: Process of Research
Statement of Problems & Research Question
Selection of Research Topic
Chapterisation: Sections and Sub-sections of Chapters
Findings and Conclusion
References:
1. Ahuja, Ram. (2005), Research Methods.Rawat Publications.
2. Altick, R.D. (1963), The Art of Literary Research, New York: Norton.
3. Bawarshi, Anis S. and Reiff, Mary Jo. (2010), Genre: An Introduction to History,
Theory, Research, and Pedagogy. Parlor Press.
4. Booth, Wayne C. (2003), The Craft of Research, University of Chicago Press.
5. Eliot, Simon. (1998), A Handbook of Literary Research. Psychology Press.
6. Ellis, Jeanne (2010), Practical Research Planning and Design, Ormond, Merrill.
7. Gibaldi, Joseph. (2003), MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, New York:
MLA Association.
8. Gorman, G. E. and Clayton, Peter. (2005), Qualitative Research for the Information
Professional by London: Facet Publishing.
9. Harner, James L. (2002), Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of
Reference Sources in English Literary Studies, New York: MLA of America.
10. Kothari C.R. (2004),Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques,New Age
International.
11. Lenburg, Jeff. (2007), Guide to Research. Viva Books.
12. Miller R.H. Handbook of Literary Research. Methuen.
13. McMillan, James H. (1996). Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer.
14. Oakman, Robert L. (1984), Computer Methods for Literary Research, Athens:
University of Georgia Press.
15. Rajanan, B. (1968), Fundamentals of Research, ASRC Hyderabad.
16. Caivery, R. & Nayak V.K. (2005), Research Methodology, S.Chand.
17. Sameer,Kumar. (2005), Research Methodology. Springer: US.
18. Seliger (2001), Second Language Research Methods, OUP.
19. Rahim, Abdul F. (2005), Thesis Writing: A Manual for Researchers. New Delhi:
NewAge International.
20. Tunnell, Michael O. and Jacobs,James S. Using "Real" Books: Research Findings on
LiteratureBased Reading Instruction. The Reading Teacher Vol. 42, No. 7 (Mar., 1989)
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to:
CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy Level
CLO1 Illustrate bibliography, appendix, and works citation and so
on. Analyze data analysis with reference to literary works.
Interpret investigation and exploration in research
methodology. Examine the role of hypothesis in the literary
research.
2, 4, 5, 4
Understanding,
Analyzing,
Evaluating,
Analyzing
CLO2 To tell the students how to classify the primary and
secondary data in research. To tell students how to identify
2, 3, 5, 4
Understanding,
research ethics in the literary works. Interpret research
language in a literary work. Examine the works of data
analysis in literary research.
Applying,
Evaluating,
Analyzing
CLO3 Classify the research method and research methodology.
Examine the research language and tell the students its
importance. Interpret trends and approaches in literary
research to the students. List out all the trends of literary
research.
2, 4, 5, 4
Understanding,
Analyzing,
Evaluating,
Analyzing
CLO4 Tell the students how to find out research topic. Develop the
idea of finding out research problem. Explain how to
chapterize the research work. Examine: tell the students how
to examine and analyze the conclusion and findings.
1, 3, 5, 4
Remembering,
Applying,
Evaluating,
Analyzing
Mapping of CLO’s with PLO’s
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s) Program Specific
Outcome (PSO’s)
PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7 PLO8 PLO9 PLO10 PLO11 PLO12
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 H M H M L M H M H H H H M
CLO2 M H H L H H M H M M H M L M
CLO3 M M H M M M H H M M L M H
CLO4 M H H M M H M H M L M M
AMERICAN LITERATURE MHU3101
II YEAR III SEMESTER
Course Learning Objectives:
To introduce students to different poets and authors representing the ages of American
Literature.
To provide insight into the social, cultural and political atmosphere of American age.
To help the students to understand the literary and culture aspects of different genres
of American literature.
To demonstrate them an awareness of the historical and political background of
American literature.
Course Content:
Unit I: Poetry (14 Hours)
Walt Whitman : “Song of Myself”
Ralph Waldo Emerson “Each and All”, “Oversoul”
Emily Dickinson: “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”
Robert Frost: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, “Mending Wall”
Sylvia Plath : ‘Daddy’,
Adrienne Rich : ‘Diving Into the Wreck’
J.M. Langston Hughes: ‘Harlem’
Unit II: Non-Fiction (10 Hours)
R.W.Emerson: “The American Scholar”
Henry James: “The Art of Fiction”
Thoreau: “Civil Disobedience”
L T P C
4 0 0 4
Unit III: Fiction (10 Hours)
*Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea
*Toni Morrison: Beloved
Unit III: Drama (10 Hours)
Eugene O’Neill: The Hairy Ape
*Arthur Miller: All My Sons
Unit IV: Short Stories (08 Hours)
Edgar Allan Poe: “The Purloined Letter”
Herman Melville: “Bartleby the Scrivener”
O Henry: “The Cactus”
*Texts for Non detail Study.
Text Books:
T1. O’Neill, Eugene. The Hairy Ape. Delhi: Surjeet Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2009.
T2. Miller, Arthur. All My Sons: A Play in Three Acts. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock,
1947.
T3. Poe, Edgar A, and Jacob Schwartz. The Purloined Letter. London: Ulysses bookshop,
1931.
T4. Melville, Herman. “Bartleby the Scrivener”
T5. Henry O. Collected Stories of O. Henry. New York : Avenel Books : Distributed by
Crown Publishers, 1979.
T6. Hemingway, Ernest. The Old man and the Sea. Harper Collins: Canada, 2016.
T7. Ed. Ted Hughes. Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems. United States: Harper Perennial
Modern Classics, 2018.
T8. Rich, Adrienne. Diving Into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972. New York: W.W. Norton &
Company, Incorporated Aug. 1994.
T9. Hughes, Langston et al. The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. New York : Knopf :
Distributed by Random House, 1994.
Reference Books
R1. Whitman, Walt, John Nash, and Walt Whitman. From Whitman's Song of Myself.
London: Poetry Bookshop, 1924.
R2. Hochman, Jhan. "An overview of “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. Poetry for
Students. Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource Center. Web. 14 Mar. 2013.
R3. Fisher, William J. Reninger, H.Willard, Ralph Samuelson and K.B. Vaid, (ed.).
American Literature of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology. Eurasia Publishing House
(Pvt.) Ltd.: New Delhi, 1964.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy Level
CLO1 Identify different themes and literary devices. Distinguish
amongst variety of subjects. Evaluate the given texts in
terms of concerned genres.
3,4, 5
Applying,
Analyzing, Evaluating
CLO2 Apply and analyze the ideologies of the prose writers. With
the help of these texts and their analysis the students will
examine the basic concept as well.
3,4,4
Applying,
Analyzing,
Analyzing
CLO3 Distinguish the themes of both the plays. They will develop
their understanding and solve the issues of identity and
existence.
3,4, 5
Applying,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO4 Identify the close connection between the short stories
analyze the views based on different ideals. The students will
evaluate the basic themes as well.
3,4,5
Applying,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s)
PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7 PLO8 PLO9 PLO10 PLO11 PLO12
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 M M M H M M M M M M
CLO2 M H M H M M H H H M H
CLO3 M H M M H M M H M M
CLO4 M M M H M H M H M M H
CLO5 M M H M H H M M H M
H: High M: Medium L: Low
INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING MHU3102
II YEAR III SEMESTER
Objectives
To define and explain the theories of second language acquisition.
To identify challenges in English language teaching-learning in India and illustrate the key concepts, methods and techniques of English Language Teaching.
To develop an understanding of different methods of teaching and analyse their implications.
To develop skills of syllabus designing and teaching-testing materials.
Unit I: English Language Teaching in India and Theories (08 Hours)
English in India-Goals and objectives in teaching and learning English - Problems of
teaching English in India; Theories of second language Acquisition;
Unit II: Methods, Approaches and Techniques (12 Hours)
Methods of language teaching- Grammar Translation Method, Audio-lingual
Method, Direct Method, Communicative Language Teaching,
Humanistic Approaches to English Language Teaching- Suggestopedia, Total
Physical Response (TPR), Task-based Learning, Computer Assisted Language
Learning (CALL); Methods and Techniques for Teaching Literature and Language-
Teaching;
Unit III: Materials for Teaching (10 Hours)
L T P C 4 0 0 4
Syllabus and its types - Role of materials in teaching and learning- Materials for
developing language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing); Materials for
developing structural language skills- study skills, grammar, vocabulary, language
through literature-
Unit IV: Syllabus Design (10 Hours)
Origin and development of ESP- Approaches to course design- Application of ESP:
the syllabus; materials design and evaluation – Role and responsibilities of the ESP
teacher; Lesson plan; Paper Setting, Question Framing;
Unit V: Teaching and Testing (12 Hours)
Literature Teaching- Prose, Poetry, Drama and Fiction- Teaching Listening,
Speaking, Reading, and Writing- Developing Literary Sensibility and Linguistics
competence - Existing patterns of Testing Literature and Language - Modification and
Innovation in Testing and practice teaching;
Text Books:
T.1 Larsen-Freeman, Diane. 2004. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching.
New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
T.2 Richards, J. C. and T. S. Rogers. 1986. Approaches and Methods in Language
Teaching. Cambridge University Press
T.3 Saraswathi, V. 2004. English Language Teaching–Principles and Practice. Orient
Hyderabad: Longman.
Reference Books:
R.1 Tickoo, M. L. 2003. Teaching and Learning English–A Sourcebook for Teachers and
Teacher-Trainers. Hyderabad: Orient Longman
R.2 Agnihotri, R. K & Khanna, A. L (1997). Problematizing English in India. New Delhi:
Sage Publications
R.3 Agnihotri, R. K & Khanna, A.L. (1995). English Language Teaching in India. New
Delhi: Sage Publications
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be able to:
CLOs Description Bloom’s Taxonomy
Level
CLO1 Recall and illustrate the theories of second language
acquisition and the concepts and methods of English Language
Teaching.
1, 2
Remembering,
Understanding
CLO2 Identify the challenges in English language teaching and
learning; apply and analyse suitable methods of teaching.
3, 4
Applying, Analysing
CLO3 Examine merits and demerits of different methods of teaching
and assess their effects on language acquisition.
4, 5
Analysing,
Evaluating
CLO4 Develop material for teaching, modify syllabus and propose
suitable teaching-testing methods to inculcate desired skills.
6
Creating
Mapping of CLOs with Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and Programme
Specific Outcomes (PSOs):
CLOs PLOs PSOs
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
PL
O7
PL
O8
PL
O9
PL
O10
PL
O11
PL
O12
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 H L L L L L M L L L L L H L L
CLO2 M H M L L L M M L L L L H H M
CLO3 M M M L L L M M M M L L M H H
CLO4 L L M L L M M M M M L L L L M
H: High
M: Medium
L: Low
READING IN SPECIALIZATION
MHU3504
L T P C
0 0 2 1
Course Learning Objectives:
To promote students in the area of their interest and attempt dissertation in their area.
To facilitate them to enhancing the knowledge of the area of their interest.
To help them understand the nuances, concept, theories, approaches and trends of their area of
specialization.
To help the students to acquire a sound knowledge of the area of their interest.
Course Content
Step I: Recognizing and categorizing the area of Interest with the help of the concerned
teacher/s (In the first week of August)
(a) Opting one of the Major Genres of Literature for a detailed and rigorous reading of
Poetry, Drama, Prose, Novel, Short Stories
(b) Opting one of the Major author/s of the Area of Interest/genre
Classical, British, American, Indian, Canadian, Australian, African, etc.
(c) Opting any two of the Major author/s of the Area of Interest/genre for comparative
analysis/research
Step II: Reading the Basics of the Area of Interest (By the end of the September)
Fundamental theories, concepts of the genre and their approaches;
Other concerned theories and concepts applicable in the area/genre/author;
Relevance and scope in the specific area and interdisciplinary approaches;
Symmetry and dissymmetry reading/analysis.
Step III: Review of Literature (By the end of the October)
Books on Fundamental Theories;
Critical Books/Researches on the Author/genre;
Research papers, term papers, Theses on the published in various prestigious journals.
Learning Technical Skills required for research draft with special focus on MLA Style-sheet 8th
Edition;
Citation, Editing, reviewing, analyzing and Note making;
Step IV: Topic Selection, Abstract Writing, PPT making (By 15th
of November)
Selection of the topic of the research for dissertation, Abstract Writing
Aristophanes: The Frogs and Shudrak: Mrichchakatikam (The Clay Cart)
Kalidasa’s Abhijnan Shakuntalam and Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex
Step V: Abstract Presentation for Final Assessment (By 30th
of the November)
Abstract Presentation through PPT, Discussion, analysis and defense
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy Level
CLO1 Outline Research Work activities and will develop various aspects of
different topics to simplify it. 2,3,4
Understanding,
Applying,
Analyzing
CLO2 Identify and examine the fundamentals of their area of interest in
various genres and texts. Evaluate the whole idea accordingly. 3,4,5
Applying,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO3 Survey the linguistic, literary sensibility and aesthetics in various artistic
works. The students will inspect and evaluate the basic idea of a text or
an ideology.
4,4,5
Analyzing,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO4 Simplify the central idea of the texts and justify the arguments given in
them. The students will elaborate their ideas and come up with creative
and value added experiences.
4,5, 6
Analyzing,
Evaluating,
Creating
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning
Outcomes (PLOs)
Program Specific
Outcomes(PSOs)
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
PL
O7
PL
O8
PL
O9
PL
O1
0
PL
O1
1
PL
O1
2
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 M M M M M M M M
CLO2 L M M H M M M M M M
CLO3 M M M H M M M M M
CLO4 M M M H M M M M M M M
H: High M: Medium L: Low
IV Semester
MODERN ENGLISH GRAMMAR MHU4004
II YEAR IV SEMESTER
Course Learning Objectives:
To illustrate various theories of syntax and explain principles of functional grammar.
To demonstrate and elaborate formal and functional analysis of phrase and clause.
To develop an understanding in discourse makers and semantic relations.
To explain common errors and the mother tongue interference in the use of English
language.
Unit 1: Phrase and Clause Analysis (14
Hours)
Formal and Functional Analysis of Noun Phrase, Verb Phrase, Prepositional Phrase,
Adjective Phrase, Adverb Phrase;
Formal and Functional Analysis of Noun Clause, Adjective Clause and Adverb Clause
Unit 2: Discourse Markers and Semantic Relations (12
Hours)
Conjunctions and Connectives; Discourse Phrases; Syntactic and Semantic Relations;
Reference, Ambiguity: Lexical and Structural
Unit 3: Common Errors and Acceptability of Sentences (12
Hours)
Common Errors and Mother Tongue Influence in the Use of Tense, Phrase, Noun, Verb,
Pronoun Reference, Degrees and Voice, Prepositions and Conjunctions, etc.
Unit 4: Functional Grammar (14 Hours)
L T P C
4 0 0 4
Text and Grammar, Theme, Rheme and Mood, Transitivity and Voice, Modality, Expansion
of Clauses: Elaborating, Extending and Expansion, Parataxis and Hypotaxis.
Text Books:
T1. Bakshi, R.N. (2000). A Course in English Grammar. New Delhi: Orient Black Swan
Pvt. Ltd.
T2. Hurford, James, R., Heasley, Brendan and Smith, Michael, B. (2007). Semantics: A
Course Book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
T3. Miller, Jim (2002) An Introduction to English Syntax Edinburgh: Edinburgh University
Press.
T3. Halliday, M.A.K. (1994). An Introduction to Functional Grammar. London: Edward
Arnold.
T5. Martin, J.R. (1992). English Text: System and Structure. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
Reference Books:
R1. Fabb, Nigel (2005) Sentence Structure 2nd
Ed. London and New York: Routledge.
R2. Gass, Susan M. and Selinker, Larry (2008) Second Language Acquisition: An
Introductory Course 3rd
Ed.London and New York: Routledge.
R3. McCarthy, Michael (1991) Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
R4. Valin, Robert D. Van JR. (2004) An Introduction to Syntax Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be able
to:
CLOs Description Bloom’s Taxonomy Level
CLO1 Define, explain and classify phrase, clause, discourse
markers, reference, ambiguity, theme, rheme, mood,
transitivity, voice, modality, taxis, etc.
1, 2
Remembering, Understanding
CLO2 Distinguish between phrase and clause; identify and
dissect their syntactic structures.
3, 4
Applying, Analysing
CLO3 Analyse discourse markers, theme, rheme, taxis and
form and function of phrase and clause; identify,
classify and assess common errors and mother tongue
influence in the use of English.
4, 5
Analysing, Evaluating
CLO4 Estimate and predict the level of mother tongue
influence in English in a given situation. Elaborate
theories and modify methods or techniques of
measurement.
5, 6
Evaluating, Creating
Mapping of CLOs with Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and Programme
Specific Outcomes (PSOs)
CLOs PLOs PSOs
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
PL
O7
PL
O8
PL
O9
PL
O10
PL
O11
PL
O12
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 H L L L L L M L L L M L L
CLO2 M M M L L L M M L L L M M L
CLO3 M H M L L L M M M M L M H M
CLO4 L L L L L L L L L L M L L H
H: High
M: Medium
L: Low
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
MHU 4005
II YEAR IV SEMESTER
L T P C
4 0 0 4
Course Learning Objectives:
To familiarize the students with theories and approaches of Comparative Literature.
To enable them to compare the two texts of different nations/cultures/languages/periods.
To help them understand and notice the advantages, disadvantages, problems and issues of comparison.
To help the students identify the basic idea behind the Comparative Literature in the context of world
literature.
Course Content
Unit I: The Basics of Comparative Literature (14 Hours)
(a) Comparative Literature:
Defining Comparative literature and its Scope; Development of the Discipline,
Interliterariness and Reception; French & American Schools, the Global South; Comparative
Literature in India; Problems and Methods in Comparative Literature
(b) Theory on Comparative Literature
Susan Bassnett : Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction
(Introduction, Chapter I). ‘Reflections on Comparative Literature in the Twenty-First
Century’
Sisir Kumar Das: ‘Comparative Literature in India: A Historical Approach’
Amiya Dev: ‘Towards Comparative Indian Literature’
Unit II: Retelling of Epic and Classical Literature (10 Hours)
Homer’s Odyssey, Tulsidas’ Ramayana;
Bharat Muni’s Natyashatra and Aristotle’s Poetics;
Unit III: Prose (08 Hours)
Sigmund Freud’s ‘Creative Writing and Daydreaming’
E. Balibur & P. Macheray: ‘Literature as an Ideological Form’
Paul de Mann: ‘The Epistemology of Metaphor’
Unit IV: Theatre and Adaptations (10 Hours)
Aristophanes: The Frogs and Shudrak: Mrichchakatikam (The Clay Cart)
Kalidasa’s Abhijnan Shakuntalam and Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex
Unit V: Modern Indian Narratives and Autobiographies (10 Hours)
Tagore’s Gora and Prem Chand’s Godaan,
Valmiki’s Joothan and Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Course Learning Outcomes(CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Level
CLO1 Examine the origin and development of Comparative Literature in
English. Analyze Development and Interliterariness of Literature. To
Evaluate the contribution of the Comparative Study of literature in World
Literature.
4,4, 6
Analyzing,
Analyzing,
Creating
CLO2 Analyze the contribution Retelling of Epic and Classical Literature in the
growth and development of Comparative Literature. To Assess the
distinct features and the motifs introduced by the prescribed writers in
various genres.
4, 6
Analyzing,
Creating
CLO3 Outline the different stages of Prose works in English. Estimate the
contribution of various writers to the study of Comparative Literature. To
be able to Demonstrate various literary forms and techniques.
1, 2, 3
Remembering,
Understanding,
Applying
CLO4 To Analyze the development of Theatre and its Adaptations in
Comparative study of Literature. To be
able to Relate the writings of the author with the contemporary scenario
of dramatic representations.
4, 6
Analyzing,
Creating
CLO5 To Analyze the Modern Indian Narratives and Autobiographies in
Comparative Literature. Assess the contribution of the various writers. 4, 6
Analyzing,
Creating
Mapping of CLO’s with PLO’s
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s)
PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7 PLO8 PLO9 PLO10 PLO11 PLO12
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 H M M M M M M M M M M
CLO2 H H M M M M M M H M H
CLO3 M H M H M M M M M M H H
CLO4 M M M H M M M M M M M M
CLO5 M M M M M M M M M M M M
H: High M: Medium L: Low
AUSTRALIAN AND AFRICAN LITERATURE MHU4101
II YEAR IV SEMESTER
Course Learning Objectives:
To expose students to African and Australian novelists and their contribution to the
history of the development of English Literature.
To make them aware of sociological, cultural, political and literary background of
Africa and Australia continents.
To help them understand basic concepts theories and scope of African and Australian
Literatures.
To make the students understand the value and worth of Australian and African
writings in English
Course Content
Unit I: Poetry (14
hours)
A.D. Hope: “Australia”
Judith Wright: “The Company of Lovers”, “Woman to Man”
L T P C
4 0 0 4
Judith Wright: Legend, Bullocky; David Campbell, The Australian Dream
Gwendolyn Brooks: ‟A Sunset of the City”, “Kitchenette Building”
Langston Hughes: “Brass Spittoons”, “Catch”, “Cross”
Unit II: Drama (14
hours)
*David Williamson: The Removalists
*August Wilson: Fences
*Wole Soyinka: Kongi’s Harvest
Unit III: Novel (12
hours)
*Chinua Achebe: Arrow of God
*Alice Walker: The Color Purple
*Patrick White: Voss
Unit IV: Prose (12
hours)
Marcus Clarke: “The Seizure of the Cyprus”
Barbara Baynton: “The Chosen Vessel”
Locke: “The New Negro”
Text Books:
T1. A.D. Hope: Collected Poems (1930-1970).
T2. Felicity Plunknett. ed. Judith Wright: Collected Poems: A Century’s Worth of Passions.
2016.
T3. Ray Lawler: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
T4. Judith Wright: “Legend”, “Bullocky”; “David Campbell”, “The Australian Dream”.
https://poemhunters.com/judith-wright/poems/
T5. Gwendolyn Brooks: ‟A Sunset of the City”, “Kitchenette Building” Langston Hughes:
“Brass Spittoons”, “Catch”, “Cross” . https://m.poemhunters.com/ gwendolyn-brooks/
poems/.
T6. Wright, Judith. Collected Poems. 1963. (1942-1985). August & Robertson. 1994.
T7. Gordimer, Nadine: July’s People [1981]. New York: Penguin, 1982.
T8. Ng g , wa T. Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature.
London: J. Currey, 1986.
T8. Soyinka,Wole. Kongi’s Harvest.Nigeria: Spectrum Books, 1987.
T9.White, Patrick. Voss. UK: Vintage Classics, RHUK, 1994.
T10. Locke, Alain LeRoy."New Negro". Boundless.com. Retrieved 8 May, 2015.
T11. Clarke, Marcus. “The Seizure of the Cyprus” in Stories of Australia in the Early Days
Imprint Hutchinson, London, 1897, pp. 112-117
T12. Achebe, Chinua. Arrow of God. Penguin Books, 2016.
T13. David Williamson: The Removalists inCollected Plays: Volume 1 (1986).
T14. August Wilson: Fences, 1985
Reference Books:
R1. Killam, Douglas & Alicia L. Kerfoot Student Encyclopedia ofAfrican Literature.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008.
R2. Owomoyela, Oyekan(ed.). A History of Twentieth-Century African Literatures. Lincoln,
NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1993.
R3. Pierce, Peter ed.The Cambridge History of Australian Literature. London: Cabridge
University Press, 2009.
R4. Ce, Chin, Smith. Charles African Rythmns: New Approaches to Literature, 2014.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy Level
CLO1 Identify and distinguish various poetic works, evaluate the
given texts in terms of concerned genre.
3,4, 5
Applying,
Analyzing, Evaluating
CLO2 Identify and analyze various themes of the plays, examine
their value in the contemporary writings of new literatures.
3,4,4
Applying,
Analyzing,
Analyzing
CLO3 Distinguish and examine various genres of novels, solve the
issues of identity and existence.
3,4, 5
Applying,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO4 Identify and analyze various prose works of Australian and
African writers, evaluate their works as well.
3,4,5
Applying,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s)
PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7 PLO8 PLO9 PLO10 PLO11 PLO12
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 M M H M M M M M M M
CLO2 M H H M M M M H M H
CLO3 M H H M M M M H M M
CLO4 M M H M M M m M M H
H: High M: Medium L: Low
FILM STUDIES
MHU4102
II Year IV Semester
Course Learning Objectives:
To explain basic knowledge of the history, art and culture of motion picture in students.
To describe students to the key concepts in film studies. To help them analyze and appreciate films.
To enable students to understand film theories.
To make students able to analyse films as texts.
Course Contents:
L T P C
4 0 0 4
Unit: I Film and its aspects (10 Hours)
Film as art, Journey from drama to theatre- Concept of film and its hybrid nature- Aspects of
film: literary aspects, dramatic aspects, cinematic aspects,components of Popular Literature
and of popularity
Unit: II Cinematic Genres (10 Hours)
Film genres and sub-genres: Chick flick, war, Gangster/Crime, Comedy, Biopics,
Drama/Suspense/Thriller, Romance, Sci-Fi, Disaster, Epic/Historical, Guy films, Musicals,
Horror, Action, Adventure
Unit: III Language of Film (10 Hours)
Adaptation of literature to film- adaptation and notions of fidelity- Narrative structure and
strategies in film and fiction - Literary language and Film language, Wittegenstein’s
philosophy of language.
Unit: IV Film theories (12 Hours)
Auteur theory- Andre Bazin, Feminist film theory- Mulvey, Formalist film theory, Apparatus
theory- Jean Louis Baudry, Psychoanalytic film theory- Germaine Dulac, Christian Metz,
Sergei Eisenstein’s Montage Theory
Unit: V Film analysis (10 Hours)
There are two sets of movies listed below. Students are suggested to select any one movie
from each group for close view and analysis. Selected movies for close analysis may help in
understanding the narrative techniques of cinema, its engagements with sound, music and
songs as also modes of adaptation from genres such as short story, play and novel. Any film
of the teacher’s choice other than the ones suggested may also be included in the groups.
Group A:
Mother India
Pather Panchali
Ardh Satya (1983)
Nishant (1975)
Ship of Theseus (2012)
Peepli Live (2010)
Parched (2015)
Bypass (2003)
Ugly (2014)
Group B:
My Fair Lady
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
A Space Odyssey (1968)
Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
A Dangerous Method (2011)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Milk (2008)
Course Learning Outcomes(CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Level
CLO1 Discuss film as art, Investigate the Journey from drama to
theatre- Concept of film and its hybrid nature. Compare the
Aspects of film: literary aspects, dramatic aspects, cinematic
aspects, Discuss the components of Popular Literature and of
popularity.
2,4,5
Understanding,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO2 Define and Compare Film genres and sub-genres: Chick
flick, war, Gangster/Crime, Comedy, Biopics,
Drama/Suspense/Thriller, Romance, Sci-Fi, Disaster,
Epic/Historical, Guy films, Musicals, Horror, Action,
Adventure
1, 2,4
Remembering,
Understanding,
Analyzing
CLO3 Discuss the adaptation of literature to film and adaptation and
notions of fidelity. Describe the narrative structure and
strategies in film and fiction. Differentiate between Literary
language and Film language, Examine Wittegenstein’s
philosophy of language.
2,4,5
Understanding,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO4 Describe and Compare Auteur theory- Andre Bazin,
Feminist film theory- Mulvey, Formalist film theory,
Apparatus theory- Jean Louis Baudry, Psychoanalytic film
theory- Germaine Dulac, Christian Metz, Sergei Eisenstein’s
Montage Theory.
2,4
Understanding,
Analyzing
CLO5 Discuss and Examine movies of two sets for its narrative
techniques, sound, music and mode of adaptation. 2,5
Understanding,
Evaluating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs &
PSOs
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs
Course
Learning
Outcomes
CLOs
Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Programme
Specific Outcomes
(PSOs)
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
PL
O7
PL
O8
PL
O9
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O1
0
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O1
1
PL
O1
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O1
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O2
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O3
CLO1 H H H M L M H H H - L - H M L
CLO2 H M H M H H - L H H L - H M H
CLO3 H H M M M H H M - - M - M H H
CLO4 M H H L M M H M M - L - H H H
CLO5 H H M M M H M - H H L M M H H
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CULTURAL STUDIES
MHU4201
II YEAR IV SEMESTER
Elective-III
Learning Objectives: .
To discuss various socio-psychological theories effecting literary texts and the real
life as well and demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of literary works.
To apply different socio-political and literary theories in a given text and interpret it
with the socio-cultural norms and anthropological conditions.
To evaluate a literary work or social phenomenon in terms of the implications of
various theories and ideologies.
To develop critical thinking and an understanding of interrelation among society,
history, politics, sociology, literary works, etc. and caste, class, gender, ethnicity in
media, literary, public discourses, etc.
Unit 1: Basic Concepts in Cultural Studies (10 Hours)
Defining culture; Cultural Studies as a Discipline: Approaches, Scope and Parameters;
Modern Industrialisation and Cultural Studies; Power relations and Hegemony; Orientalism-
Nationalism, ‘self’ and ‘other’, Postcolonialism and Democracy;
Unit 2: Signifying practices, Knowledge and Cultural Meanings (10 Hours)
Wittgenstien- Language Game; Saussure- Structuralism; Barthes- ‘mythology’ and
‘mythemes’ ,Kristeva- Intertextuality; Derrida- Differance and Logocentrism; Foucault-
Discursive practices
Unit 3: Agency and Subjectivity (08 Hours)
Hall- Anti-essentialism and Identity Politics; Soja- Space and Time; Foucauldian modes of
Subjectification, Lacan- Psychoanalysis and Subjectivity, Bourdieu- Agents and their Social
Positions
Unit 4: Media and Popular Culture (12 Hours)
Morris: Commodity and Consumerism, Haraway- Cyborg and Rejection of Normative
Boundaries, Baudrillard- Hyper-reality and Simulacra
Students will be asked to analyse any one text from each art form
Painting: ‘The Scream’- Edward Munch; ‘Starry Night’- Vincent van Gogh; Movie: The
Wolf of Wall-street (2013), Angry Indian Goddesses (2015); Literary text: U.R.
Ananthamurthy’s Samskara; John Fowls’ The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
L T P C
3 0 0 3
Text Books:
T1. Barthes, Roland. Mythologies. 1957. Trans. Annette Lavers. London: Jonathan Cape,
1972.
T2. Spivak, Gayatri. In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics. New York: Methuen,
1987.
T3. Bourdieu, Pierre. Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. London:
Routledge, 1984.
T4. Hall, Stuart, and Paddy Whannel. The Popular Arts. Boston: Beacon, 1964.
T5. Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New York:
Routledge, 1990.
T6. Barker, Chris. Cultural Studies: Theories and Practice. London: Sage, 2007.
T7. Kristeva, Julia. “Word, Dialogue and Novel”. Ed. T. Moi. The Kristeva Reader,
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986, pp. 34-61.
T8. Foucault, Michel. The Foucault Reader: An Introduction to Foucault’s Thought. Ed.
Paul, Rabinow. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1991.
T9. Said, Edward. Orientalism. New York: Pantheon Books, 1978.
Reference Books:
R1. Belton, John, ed. Movies and Mass Culture. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 1995
R2. Adorno, Theodor W. The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture. Ed. J.M.
Bernstein. London: Routledge, 1991.
R3. Puri, Jyoti. Woman, Body, Desire in Post-colonial India: Narratives of Gender and
Sexuality. New york: Routledge, 1999.
R4. Gramsci, A. Selections from Prison Books. London: Lawrence and Wishart. 1991.
R5. Baldwin E. Introducing Cultural Studies. Prentice Hall: Pearson, 2004.
R6. During, S. The Cultural Studies Reader. London: Routledge, 1993.
R7. Raymond Williams’ Culture and Society. London: Hogarth Press, 1958.
R8. Matthew Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1869
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will
be able to:
CLOs Description Bloom’s Taxonomy Level
CLO1 Recall different tools and techniques and explain various
theories employed in Cultural Studies. 1, 2
Remembering,
Understanding
CLO2 Identify the inherent conceptions and ideologies in a
given piece of literature or social phenomenon; Illustrate
various theories
3
Applying
CLO3 Analyse a given literary text, social and professional
practices with reference to different theories and assess its
significance in the concerned discipline and society as
well.
4, 5
Analysing, Evaluating
CLO4 Evaluate a given literary work in terms of the literary,
social, professional, political and psychological
perspectives and develop the critiquing skill.
6
Creating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs:
Course
Learning
Outcomes
CLOs
Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Programme Specific
Outcomes (PSOs)
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
PL
O7
PL
O8
PL
O9
PL
O1
0
PL
O1
1
PL
O1
2
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O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 H H H H M M H H M M M M H
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H
CLO2 H H H H M M H H M M M M H H
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CLO3 M M M M M M M M M H M H M M M
CLO4 M M L M L L M M L M L L M M
M
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M: Medium L: Low
Classical Indian Literary Tradition
MHU4202
IInd YEAR -SEM IV
L T P C
3 0 0 3
Course Leaning Objectives: The objectives of the course is to make students-
1) Recall and Define the Classical Indian Literary Tradition of Knowledge (Gyaanarjan ki Guru_Shishya
Parampara) through the classics of India (the Gyan Yoga).
2) Illustrate the characteristics of various texts of Classical Indian Literary Tradition with their nuances
and criticize them in terms of aesthetics and their impact on contemporary society.
3) Compare and Contrast the piece of classical literary texts as well as real life situations with respect to
Western classical literary traditions
4) Assess/Examine the Classical Indian Literary Texts and develop their own point of view to decolonize
the colonial mindset of western superiority and also decolonize the English Studies in India.
Unit-I: The Oral and Epic Traditions (10 Hours)
Upanishad (Isa-Upnishad, Mundakopnishad)
Valmiki: The Ramayana (Chap-1 Balkandam)
Ved Vyasa: Mahabharata (Karna, Non-Cooperation, Krishna Teaches)
Unit-II: Classical Literary Traditions (10 Hours)
Bharatmuni: The Natyashastra
Kalidas: Abhigyan Shakuntalam
Unit-III: The Religious and Bhakti Cult (10 Hours)
Mira: ‘I am cloud with colour of dusk’, ‘Murli sounds on the banks of the Jamuna’, and ‘The bill
woman tasted them plum after plum’.
Kabir: ‘Go naked if you want’, ‘Hey quazi, what’s pundits have taken’.
Lal Ded: ‘When can I break the bonds of shame’, ‘I will weep for my soul’.
Ghalib: Letters—53, 55, 64 and 75; ‘Charag-i-Dair’ (Temple Lamp).
Unit-IV: Modern Implication of the Classical Traditions (10 Hours)
T. S. Eliot: The Wasteland (Section-5), Emerson: “Brahma”
Raja Rao: The Serpent and the Rope (Gyan Yoga),
Text Books:
T.1: Urdu Letters of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Tr. Daud Rahabar Albanj: Sani Press, 1987.
Sahitya Academy, pp 26-265.
T.2: Proems fro Persian in Ghalib and his Poetry by Sardar Jafri Qurratulian Hyder. Bombay:
Popular Prakashan 1997, pp 70-79.
T.3: Songs of the Saints of India, tr. J.S. Hawley and Mark Juergensmeyer. New Delhi: OUP,
2004, pp 134-140.
T.4: Lal Ded, tr. and ed. Jaylal Kaul. New Delhi: Sahitya Academy, 1973, pp 91-131.
T.5: Valmiki: The Ramayana (Chap-1 Balkandam) Trans. And ed. by Manmatha Das Nath.
Culcitta: Dewa Press, 1891.
T6. Krishnamurthi, K. “Sanskrit Poetics: An Overview” Indian Literary Criticism ed. G.N. Devi.
New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2010.
T7. Vyas, Ved. Mahabharata Retold.
T8. Kālidāsa. Abhijñāna-Śākuntala. A.B. Gajendragadkar, 1934
Reference Books:
R1) C.V. Narasimhan. The Mahabharata: An English Version Based on Selected Verses. Delhi:
Oxford University Press, 1996.
R2) The Sauptikaparvan of the Mahābhārata (The Massacre at Night), trans. W. J. Johnson. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2008 (orig. 1998)
R3) The Bhagavad Gita, trans. Laurie L. Patton. New York: Penguin Classics, 2008. Course Reader,
to be distributed in class.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be
able to:
CLOs Description Bloom’s Taxonomy
Level
CLO1 Identify/Define and Recall the nature and function of Classical Indian
Literary Tradition and epical structures of Vedas, Upnishads, Ramayana,
Mahabharata, and Medieval Poetry, Classical poetry and aesthetics and
Explain their implication in modern literature.
1, 2
Remembering,
Understanding
CLO2 Illustrate the nuances, tools, techniques and characteristics of various texts
of Classical Indian Literary Tradition and Criticize them in terms of
aesthetics and their impact on contemporary society.
3, 4
Applying, Analysing
CLO3 Compare and Contrast different episodes, dialogues, statements, lines,
phrases of one classical text with that of others and evaluate them with
reference to contemporary sociopolitical conditions.
4, 5
Analysing, Evaluating
CLO4 Justify/Examine different statements and morals of the
different texts of Classical Indian Literary Tradition and
develop one’s own point of view.
5, 6
Evaluating, Creating
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs:
Course
Learning
Outcomes
CLOs
Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Programme Specific
Outcomes (PSOs)
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
PL
O7
PL
O8
PL
O9
PL
O1
0
PL
O1
1
PL
O1
2
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 H L M M H M H M M M M M H
M
M
CLO2 L L M M M M H M M M M H M H
M
CLO3 M H H M M H H H M H M M H M H
CLO4 L H H L L H M L L M L M M M
H
H: High
M: Medium
L: Low
DISSERTATION AND VIVA VOCE
MHU 4503
II YEAR IV SEMESTER
L T P C
0 0 8 4
Course Learning Objectives:
To promote students towards the area of their interest and help to shape their dissertation to make a
quality work of research.
To facilitate them to enhance the knowledge of the area of their interest.
To help them understand the nuances, concepts, theories, approaches and trends of the area of their
specialization.
To make the students understand conditions under which they will perform the skill and demonstrate
knowledge.
Stage I: Submission of 1/3 of the Research Work (By the end of
January)
Chapter- 1: Introduction
Assessment and Editing – Overview of the topic, Research question/statement of the
problem; Hypothesis, Research Methodology employed; Scope and contribution to area of
knowledge/subject and to the society, Citation;
Stage II: Submission of 2/3 of the Research Work (By the end of the February)
Assessment and Editing – Clarity, coherence, consistency, authenticity etc of the Chapters
submitted. (Chap-2, 3)
Assessment and Editing – Discussion of topic, Concept/s, quotation, theoretical as well
factual evidences supplied/mentioned in the draft of the Chapters submitted;
Stage III: Submission of the complete draft of the Dissertation (By the end of the March)
Assessment and Editing – Clarity, coherence, consistency, authenticity etc of the Chapters
submitted in spiral binding (Chap-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 …).
Assessment and Editing – Discussion of topic, Concept/s, quotation, theoretical as well
factual evidences supplied/mentioned in the draft of the Chapters submitted;
Citation, Editing, reviewing, analyzing and Note making;
Assessment and Editing – Technical Structure- Cover page, front page, prefatory part,
chapterization, outcome of the work in conclusion, references, works cited pattern and
consistency with the abstract;
Stage IV: Submission of Final edited/corrected draft and PPT making (By 20th
of April)
Assessment and Evaluation of dissertation submitted in Hard Bound copy.
Assessment, Editing and suggestion in PPT Presentation for final presentation,
Stage V: Final Presentation Defense and Viva-Voce (By 30th
of the May)
Assessment of the Discussion, analysis, defense and outcome;
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy Level
CLO1 To Demonstrate, Examine and construct the research methodology,
hypothesis and knowledge in research and work citation. 2,3,4
Understanding,
Analyzing, Applying
CLO2 To Identify, Examine and Evaluate Clarity, coherence, consistency,
authenticity in research and concept, and theories in research. 3,4,5
Applying,
Analyzing,
Evaluating
CLO3 To Classify and Function of cover page, front page and others and
understand the of conclusion, references, works cited pattern and
consistency with the abstract
2,4,
Understanding,
Analyzing
CLO4 To Examine and Make plan to construct PPT and the content of the
research work. 3,4
Applying
Analyzing
Mapping of CLO’s with PLO’s
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning
Outcomes (PLOs)
Program Specific
Outcomes(PSOs)
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
PL
O7
PL
O8
PL
O9
PL
O1
0
PL
O1
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PL
O1
2
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 M M H M M M
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CLO2 M M M M M M
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CLO3 M M M M M M
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CLO4 M H H
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SEMINAR
MHU4504
II YEAR IV SEMESTER
L T P C
0 0 2 1
Objectives:
To familiarize the students with different modes of putting forward their research findings in seminars,
conferences, Symposiun and workshops
To make them learn the procedures and the roles of the contributors for conducting a seminar.
To develop confidence in the students to face the audience.
To train students for theatrical performances.
Unit I: Introduction to Seminar
Seminar, Conference, Symposiun Workshop, dissertation, Thesis Power Point Presentation,
Discussion, Questionnaire.
Unit II: Review of Literature
Finalising the Research Topic
Collection and Study of Topic Relevant Works: Books, Research Papers and Articles from Journals
Unit III: Methods and techniques of writing a Term Paper
Techniques, Methods and Approaches for Writing a Term Paper: Qualitative and Quantitative
Abstract Writing and Presentation
Unit IV: Seminar Presentation
Power Point Presentation of the Topic Chosen for Research
Reference Books:
R1. De Sousa, Delia. A Handbook of Literary Research. India: Routledge, 2009.
R2. Griffin, Gabriele. Research Methods for English Studies. UK: Edinburgh University.
Press, 2005.
R3. MLA. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. India: Affiliated East-West
Press, 2008.
R4. Modern Language Association. M L A Handbook. 8thed. USA: Modern Language
Association of America, 2016.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): On completion of this course, the students will be able to:
CLO Description Bloom’s
Taxonomy Level
CLO1 Illustrate seminar work activities and analyze the different aspects of the given/choosen topics. 2,4
Understanding,
Analyzing
CLO2 Define the basic elements of seminar and analyze the different methods of writing a
research paper. Develop the outcomes of seminar.
2 ,4,6
Understaning,
Analyzing
C
CLO3
Outline the techniques of the paper presentation using various methods. Distinguish the analytical patterns of
research. Formulate your own understanding of various topics.
2,4,6
Understand,
Analyze
Creating
CLO4 Explain the MLA and APA styles of Reference writing. Compare between the MLA and
APA styles of Reference writing. Construct their own opinion about planning a research.
Develop the habit of the art of rapporteuring and the method of rapporteuring a session in a seminar
2,6,6
Understanding,
Creating,
Creating.
Mapping of CLOs with PLOs & PSOs
Course
Learning
Outcomes
Program Learning
Outcomes (PLOs)
Program Specific
Outcomes(PSOs)
PL
O1
PL
O2
PL
O3
PL
O4
PL
O5
PL
O6
PL
O7
PL
O8
PL
O9
PL
O1
0
PL
O1
1
PL
O1
2
PS
O1
PS
O2
PS
O3
CLO1 L M M M M M M M
CLO2 L M M H M M L M M M
CLO3 M M M H M M M L M
CLO4 M M M H M M L M M L M
H: High M: Medium L: Low