REVISED COURSES OF THE PROGRAMME OF MA ENGLISH W.E.F. SEPTEMBER 2012

SEMESTER-I

ENG-571 Communication / Study SkillsENG-572 Literary Forms and Movements ENG-573 Poetry-IENG-574 Novel-IENG-575 Linguistics

SEMESTER-II

ENG-576 Drama-IENG-577 Novel-IIENG-578 Poetry-IIENG-579 History of Literary Criticism ENG-580 Short Story

SEMESTER-III

ENG-621 Poetry-III (Modern Poetry)ENG-622 Drama-IIENG-623 Novel-IIIENG-624 Women’s Writings ENG-625 Stylistics

SEMESTER-IV

ENG-626 American Literature ENG-627 Modern Approaches to Literary Criticism ENG-628 Drama-IIIENG-629 ProseOption:

i) ENG-630 Pakistani Literature in Englishii) ENG-631 South Asian Literatures in English

Communication / Study Skills

Semester-I

Course Code: 571

Course ObjectivesThe aim of this course is to groom the students linguistically in such a manner that they can operate independently on a reliable measure of communicative competence in the twin productive skills of speech and writing. This course also aims to train students in acquiring all the study skills required to cope efficiently not only with the challenges of the English language but also with the demands of other subjects written in the English language which need to be dealt with at optimal level of efficiency.

Course Contents

General Study SkillsGetting organized and knowing one’s targetDictionary skillsUsing the libraryRemembering and learningTechniques for readingCritical thinkingTackling a book

Specific Writing SkillsNote-taking from lectures and booksBrainstorming]Outlining and summarizingParagraph writing and essay writingCV writing and job application writingDealing with examinations

Specific Oral SkillsDiscussion in tutorialsEffective classroom interactionGiving a presentationTaking part in seminars

Reading ListWallace, M. 1980 Study Skills in English. CUPLangan, J. 1981 English Skills McGraw Hill Book Co.McWhorter, K.T. 1983 College Reading and Study Skills Little Brown & Co.O’Brien & Jordan. 1985 Developing Reference Skills CollinsPrice-Machado, D. 1998 Skills for Success. CUP

Literary Forms and Movements

Course Code: 572

Course ObjectivesThis course is designed to introduce the students to the salient features and historical development of different genres and literary movements in English Literature. The course contents have been selected to serve two main purposes. Providing all necessary literary background to the students and enabling them to cope with respective courses included in the whole program.

Course Contents

Literary termsGenresPoetryDramaNovelShort StoryProse

Movements 16th century to 18th centuryRenaissanceReformationNeo-classicismRomanticism

19th CenturyNaturalismArt for Art’s Sake

20th CenturyExpressionismImpressionismImagismStream of consciousnessStructuralism/Post-structuralism

Reading List

Daiches, D. 1983 A Critical History of English LiteratureGill, G. 1985 Mastering English Literature. McMillanBurns & McNamara 1987 Literature, A close Study McMillanBrooks, C. et al. 1975 An Approach to Literature. Prentice HallCuddon, JA 1991 Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Penguin

Poetry-I

Course Code: 573

Course ObjectivesThis course aims at introducing the students to the classical period of English poetry beginning from the medieval period to its growth and development into the eighteenth century. Hence selections of poetry written by the most representative poets of the respective eras are included in it. It begins from Chaucer in the 14 th century and ends with the neo-classical period of Pope in 18th century.

Course Contents

ChaucerA selection of characters from the Prologue- The Knight, The Squire- The Monk, The Friar- The Nun, The Wife of Bath

Elizabethan SonneteersOne day I wrote her name upon the strand ….. Spenser Amoretti 75 When forty winters will besiege thy brow……Shakespeare I with whose eyes her eyes committeth adultery….Sidney

Seventeenth Century PoetryDonne The Sun Rising

When Thou Hath DonneMilton Paradise Lost, BK-I (First 320 lines)

Eighteenth Century PoetryPope The Rape of the Lock (Canto III, First 50 lines)

Reading List

Bowden, M. 1967 The Metaphisical Poets. MacMillanDyson, AE (ed) 1974 The Metaphisical Poets. MacMillanKermode, F. 1971 Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne (introduction). Routledge & Kegan PaulBeer, P. 1972 The Metaphisical Poets. MacMillanBowra, CM 1966 Heroic Poetry. MacMillanDaiches, D. 1971 Milton, Hutchinson & Co.Fraser, G. 1978 Alexender Pope. Routledge & Kegan PaulKermode F. 1967 The Living Milton. Routledge & Kegan Paul.Rudrum, A. 1968 Milton. MacMillanQuennell, P. 1968 Alexender Pope. Weildfeld & Nicolson.

Novel-I

Course Code: 574

Course ObjectivesThe students will be able to recognize the characteristics of major chronological eras and relate literary works and authors to major themes and issues related to literary devices such as irony, symbolism, etc. The students will also be able to recognize the development of character and plot in the novel and will be able to identify specific connections between characters and other elements such as setting. Students will learn a method of analyzing novels by starting with characters and moving outward to other elements and will identify the most effective elements of selected novels.

Course ContentsJoseph Andrews by Henry FieldingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Mill on the Floss by Geroge Eliot

Reading List

Allen W. 1954 The English Novel: A Short Critical History. PenguinAllot, M. 1959 Novelists on the Novel. Routledge and Kegan PaulBradbucy, M. 1973 Possibilities: Essay on the State of Novel. OUPDyson, AE. (ed) 1976 Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Peack, The Anchor Press Ltd.Dyson AE (ed) 1978 The English Novel: Developments in Criticism Since Henry James. MacmillanGray, B. 1989 Geroge Eliot and Music. MacmillanHardy, B 1985 Forms of Feeling in Victorian Fiction Muthen & Co. Ltd.Hardy, B. 1970 Critical Essays on George Eliot. Routledge & Kegan PaulKarl, FR 1975 A Reader’s Guide to the Development of English Novels in the Eighteenth century. Thomas & HudsonKennedy, A 1979 Meaning and Signs in Fiction. MacMillanMansell, D. 1973 The Novels of Jane Austen: An Introduction. MacmillanPaulson, R. (ed) 1962 Fielding: A Collection of Critical Essays. Prentice Hall Inc.Peak, J. 1983 How to Study A Novel MacMillanPinion, FB 1981 A Geroge Eliot Comparision. MacMillanWatt, Ian. (ed) 1963 Jane Austen: A collection of Critical Essays. Prentice Hall Inc.

Linguistics-ICourse Code: 575

Course ObjectivesThis course provides a general introduction to linguistics. After a brief history of the field and a general introduction into the area of language systems and theories, the core components of linguistics will be introduced—phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse, and pragmatics. Theoretical and applied issues will be discussed through the analysis of fragments of language in class, Students will be able to

Understanding how language is structured and need Recognize some essential aspects of selected linguistics theories Recognize the essential theoretical aspects of certain sub-fields of linguistics Outline the role of certain linguistics sub-fields in everyday life

Course ContentsWhat is language?Characteristics of Human languageOrigin of languageAnimal languageBody language/non-verbal languageSignificance of language

Written and spoken languageLanguage typesFunctions of languageHistory of language studiesLanguage universals

What is linguistics?Branches of LinguisticsMisconceptions about linguisticsStatus of linguisticsLevels of linguistic representation

PhonologicalGraphologicalMorphologicalSyntacticalLexicalDiscourse

Major concepts in linguisticsReading ListBarber, C. L. 1974 The Story of Language_London: PanFinch, G. 1998 How to Study Linguistics? London: MacMillanRadford, A. et al. 1999 Linguistics: An Introduction. CUPWiddowson H.G. 1996 Linguistics. Oxford University PressYule, G. 1996 The Study of Language. Cambridge: CUP

Semester-II Drama-I

(World Drama)

Course Code: 576 Program: MA English

Course Objectives:

This course aims at introducing the students to the world drama by focusing on the religious origins of drama in both Greek as well as Renaissance ages. An attempt will be made to familiarize the students with major trends in the dramatic art and popular themes dealt by the artists of these ages, known as the golden periods in the history of drama. The study will essentially focus upon the techniques of analyzing a play so as to enable students to carry out independent study of other works of this age, which have not been included in the course. The students will also be provided with essential information regarding the history and evolution of the conception and technique of drama.

Course Contents:

Oedipus RexMarlowe: Dr. FaustusMoliere: The Uneasy Husband

Reading List

Kitto 1960 Form and Meaning in DramaKitto 1973 Greek TragedyLevin, H 1964 The Over-Reacher, A study of Cristopher Marlowe, DeaconJump, J 1991 Doctor Faustus. Casebook SeriesCaderwood and Toliver 1967 Perspectives on Drama. OUPSylan 1976 The Elements of Drama. OUPMcAlinder 1988 English Renaissance Tragedy. MacMillanBelsey 1985 The Subject of Tragedy. MethuenHowarth (ed) 1978 Comic Drama: The European Heritage. MethuenMale. 1973 Approaches to Drama. George Allen & Unwin

Novel-II

Course Code: 577 Program: MA English

Course ObjectivesThe students will be able to recognize the characteristics of major chronological eras and relate literary works and authors to major themes and issues related to literary devices such as irony, symbolism, etc. The students will also be able to recognize the development of character and plot in the novel and will be able to identify specific connections between characters and other elements such as setting. Students will learn a method of analyzing novels by starting with characters and moving outward to other elements and will identify the most effective elements of selected novels.

Course Contents

The Return of the Native by Thomas HardyA passage to India by E.M. ForsterTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Reading List

Beja, M. (ed) 1970 Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse. Bristol: MacMillanBloom, H. (ed) 1986 Virginia Woolf: Modern Critical Views. New York: Chelsea House PublisherBradbury, M. (ed) 1966 Forster: A Collection of Critical Essays. Prentice HallBradbury, M. (ed) 1975 E.M. Forster: A Passage to India. MacMillanCasagrande, P.J 1982 Unity in Hardy’s Novels: “Repetitive Symmetries.” London: MacMillanCavaliero, G. 1979 A Reading of E. M. Forster. London: MacMillanKramer, D. 1975 Thomas Hardy: The Forms of Tragedy. London: MacMillanLewis, S.W. (ed) 1975 Virginia Woolf: A collection of Criticismi. New York: McGraw HillMartin, J. S. 1976 E.M. Forster: The Endless Journey. London: CUPPinion, F. B. 1977 Thomas Hardy: Art and Thought, London: MacMillanSprague, C. (ed) 1971 Virginia Woolf: A Collection of Critical Essays. Prentice-Hall

Poetry-II

Course Code: 578 Program: MA English

Course ObjectivesThis course is a study poetic forms from English Romantic and Victorian verse. Students will be able to identify the characteristics of these periods as reflected through the poetry of the selected representative poets. Important biographical details in the lives of selected poets, the influence of historical, cultural, and artistic context upon selected major works, and the use of literary devices will be analyzed.

Course Contents

Romantic Poets

William Wordswortho French Revolutiono Tintern Abbey/The Prelude (Selection)

P.B. Shelleyo Ode to the West Wind

John Keatso Ode on a Grecian Urno Ode to a Nightingale

Victorian Poets

Browningo My last Duchesso The Bishop Orders’ His Tomb

Tennysono Ulysses

Reading ListBloom, H. And Trilling, L. (eds) 1973 Romantic Poetry and Prose. New York: OUPBowra, G.M The Romantic ImaginationCamilla, F. Ed. 1966 The Romantics and Victorians. New York: The MacMillan Co.Ford, B. Ed. 1982 From Blake to Byron. London: Penguin BooksKennedy, X. J. 1994 An introduction to Poetry, 8th Ed. New York: HarperCollins. The Case Book SeriesFotheringham, J. Studies of the Mind and Art of Robert Browning.Muir, K. Ed. John Keats: A Reassessment Liver Pool

History of Literary Criticism

Course Code: 579 Program: MA English

Course ObjectivesThe course traces the history of literary criticism in English literature to the time of Renaissance. The study of Aristotle and Longinus who came to life in the 16 th century England helps to see that the roots of critical thought in English literature lie in the ancient Greeks. The views of the English critics from Sidney to T.S Eliot provide landmarks in the development of ideas about art and literature. Altogether the course provides a background to further developments in criticism in the 20 th century from social, psychological and linguistic perspectives.

Course Contents

Aristotle-PoeticsLonginus-On the Sublime

Sidney-An Apology for PoetryWordsworth-Preface to Lyrical BalladsT.S. Eliot-The Tradition and Individual Talent

Reading List

Ambercormbie, L. Principles of Literary CriticismAtkins, J. W. H. Literary Criticism in AntiquityDaiches, D. Critical Approaches to LiteratureJames, S. The Making of LiteratureSaintsbury, G. History of Literary CriticismWismatt and Brooks Literary Criticism

Short Story

Course Code: 580 Program: MA English

Course Objectives:

The aim of this course is to introduce student a new genre of literature, the short story, in English Literature. The course as such will look at the development of short story as it progressed from the 19th century to present times. It will also evaluate its thematic and structural features from the perspective of modern principles of criticism.

Course Contents

What is a Short Story? Elements of Short Story. A Brief History of Short Story

British Short StoryThe Man who Died by D. H. LawrenceTyphoon by Joseph ConradThe Human Element by Somerset MaughamThe Manners of Men by Rudyard KiplingThe Liar by Henry James

Not-British Short StoryMetamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Necklace by Guy de MaupssantHills like White Elephant by HemingwayThe Reckoning by Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi

Reading ListSchwarz, D.R. 1980 Conrad Criticism and Companion.Morverick 1966 Conrad 20th Century ViewsPinior, F.B. A.D.H. Lawrence CompanionAndrews, W.T. (ed) Critics on D.H. LawrenceDraper, R. (ed) D.H. LawrenceAndrews, W.T. (ed) Kafka 20th Century ViewsMorgan, T. Somerse Maugham 1980.Shaw, V. The Short Story: A Critical Introduction

Semester-III Poetry-IIICourse Code: 621 Program: MA English

Course ObjectivesThis course aims at introducing the students to the representative 20th century poets. It will also acquaint them to the existing trends in Modern English poetry. It begins form W. B. Yeats and ends at Seamus Heaney.

Course Contents

W.B. YeatsThe Second ComingByzantiumSailing to Byzantium

T.S. EliotThe Love song of Alfred J. PrufrockThe East Coker

Ted HughesThe thought FoxWindFull Moon and Little Frieda

Philip LarkinChurch goingAmbulancesGoing, Going

Seamus HeaneyMotherThis morning from a dewy motorwayExposure

Reading List

Gardner, H. 1968 The Art of T.S. Eliot. LondonUnterecker, J. (ed) 1970 Twentieth century View: YeatsComel, R (ed) 1971 Critics on Yeats. LondonSouthern, B.C. 1972 A students’ Guide to the Selected Poems of T. S. EliotT.H. Waite Anthony 1985 Poetry today: A Critical Guide to British Poetry (1960-1984)King P. R. 1979 Nine Contemporary Poets: A Critical Introduction

Drama-IICourse Code: 622 Programs: MA English

Course ObjectivesFocusing on the width and breadth of the Bard’s work, the students will be exposed to the variety and richness in Shakespearean drama. This will be done by linking elements (themes, characters, techniques) in Shakespearean plays with Greek and other Renaissance dramatists, tracing the gradual development of the genre, which found its fullest and finest expression in the art of Shakespeare. This module will also include application and discussion of some postmodern theoretical constructs and emerging trends such as feminism, post structuralism and deconstruction, which will continue well into the module of modern drama in the last and the final semester.

Course Contents

TragediesHamlet, King Lear

ComedyTwelfth Night

Reading ListBradbook 1973 The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy. CUPCharney 1971 How to Study Shakespeare. McGraw-HillBradley A.C 1955 Shakespearean Tragedy. MeridianWilson 1967 What Happens in Hamlet. CUPRighter 1962 Shakespeareand the Idea of the Play. Chatto and WindusJump J. 1991 Shakespeare: Hamlet. Casebook SeriesMuir (ed) 1965 Shakespeare: The Comedies. Prentice-HallWilson. J. 1962 Shakespeare’s Happy comedies. Faber and FaberSwinden 1979 An Introduction to Shakespeare’s Comedies. MacMillanHussey 1984 The Literary Language of Shakespeare, LongmanBlake 1983 Shakespeare’s Langauge. MacMillan

Novel-III(Modern Novel)

Course Code: 623 Programs: MA English

Course ObjectivesThe students will be able to recognize the characteristics of major chronological eras and relate literary works and authors to major themes and issues related to literary devices such as irony, symbolism, etc. The students will also be able to recognize the development of character and plot in the novel and will be able to identify specific connections between characters and other elements such as setting. Students will learn a method of analyzing novels by starting with characters and moving outward to other elements and will identify the most effective elements of selected novels.

Course Contents

Moth Smoke by Mohsin HameedAmerican Brat by Bapsi SidwaAncient Sufferings

Reading ListAllen, W. 1954 The English Novel: A short Critical History, PenguinAllot, M. 1959 Novelists on the Nove. Routledge and Kegan PaulBradbucy, M. 1973 Possibilities: Essay on the State of Novel. OUPDyson, A.E. (ed) 1978 The English Novel: Developments in Criticism Since Henry James, MacMillanKennedy, A. 1979 Meaning and Signs in Fiction. MacMillanPeck, J. 1983 How to Study A Novel. MacMillanGreen, M. The English Novel in the Twentieth Century.Kettle, A. An Introduction to the English Novel (1&2)Ghent, D. The English Novel: Form and Fuction

Women’s WritingsCourse Code: ENG.624 M.A. English Literature

Women’s writings are associated with social and political change. Some of these changes have been revolutionary in the redefinition of women’s roles both in private and public domains. This course includes women’s voices in literature from across the globe who express the challenges of changing sensibilities through female experience and new genres. The genres include life writings, fiction, and poetry. The writers included come from range of subject positions defined by race, nation and class.Course Contents:1. Life Writings:

Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsAzar Nafisi Reading Lolita in Tehran2. Fiction:

Toni Morrison BelovedGerd Bratenberg Egalia’s Daughters3. Poetry:

Liz Lockhead ‘Dreaming Frankenstein’ and two other poemsSylvia Plath ‘Daddy’ and two other poems Emily Bronté Three poems

Reading List : Mill, S. (1998). Feminist Stylistics, NY: Routledge.

Showalter, E. (1979). ‘Towards a Feminist Poetics’, in M. Jacobus, ed. Women Writing

about Women

Spender, D. (1981). Man Made Language, UK: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Williams P. & Chrisman L. (eds.) Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory: A

Reader, NY: Columbia University Press.

Woolf, V. (1966). ‘Women and Fiction’, Londong: Hogarth Press.

Anwar,W. (2009) “Black” Women’s Dramatic Discourse: A Psychosemiotic Study of

Silence in Selected Plays by African American Women Dramatists. VDM Verlag

StylisticsCourse Code: 625 Programs: MA English

Course ObjectivesThis course introduces the students to the modern concept of style as distinguished from the traditional one. The course will introduce the notion of style to the students, both in literary and non-literary discourses from a purely linguistic perspective. This also includes a comparison of style in literary and non-literary discourses in the context of genre leading to the identification of different registers.

Course Contents1. Introduction to Stylistics

a. Literature and Linguistics b. Basic conceptsc. The coded. The texte. Text and Contextf. The critical language approachg. Style: old concept of style, modern concepts of style, linguistic concept of

style, literary criticism, rhetoric, linguisticsh. Branches of stylistics: literary stylistics, computational stylistics,

phonostylistics, pedagogical stylistics2. The code Analysis

a. Systagmatic and paradigmatic choicesb. Sentencec. Lexisd. Disocurse

3. Features/Contours of Literary texta. Norm and deviation or code as resourceb. Patterns of soundc. Meaningsd. Structures

4. Comparative Analysis of Literary and Non-Literary Discourse Stylea. Literary text compared to the language of conversation, religion,

newspaper reporting, legal documents, science and technology.(This comparison is based on vocabulary and sentence analysis. The aim is to establish the distinguishing features of literary register as a distinct text type.)

5. Text and context (Literature as Discourse)a. Sign, meaning and context (value and significance of sign)b. Non-linguistic pattern: genre, narrative, descriptive, dramatic conventions.c. Autonomy and detachment (of the literary texts)

6. The Critical Theory in Linguisticsa. Structuralism, post structuralism and deconstruction

7. Literature as communicationa. The code and the message, text and interpretation, the writer/the reader/the

topic, the socio-culture contextReading ListChapman, R. 1975 Linguistics and LiteratureCarter, R. 1982 Language and LiteratureCrystal, d. and Davy, D. 1969 Investigating English StyleLeech, G. 1969 A linguistic Guide to English PoetryWiddowson, H.G. 1992 Practical Stylistics

Semester-IV American Literature

Course Code: ENG.626

Course DescriptionThe course contents of American Literature attempt to provide students a rich assortment of American thought and develop their interest in historical and cultural progress through literature. It helps the students to understand the authors in relation to their historical settings and growth of American literature in terms of themes, forms and its distinctive features. It also enables the students to make a comparative study of British and American literature.Course ObjectivesStudents will read a variety of American writers and respond to historically and culturally significant works of American literature. They will analyze and contextualize its evolution from Romanticism to Modern times through unique perspective of different authors. This course will enhance the understanding of literary form and function and will reinforce their literary competence through meticulous analysis of the given text.

Course contents:Novels:

“The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne“Old Man and the Sea” by Earnest Hemingway

OR“The Great Gatsby “by Fitzgerald

Poetry: “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman (Section 1, 2,6,20,21,32,48,52) Any Two representative poems of Emily DickinsonAny Two representative poems of Edgar Alan Poe Any Three representative poems of Robert Frost

Drama: “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller “Long Days Journey into Night” by Eugene O’ Neill

Short Stories: “Eve’s Diary” by Mark Twain“A Dark Brown Dog” by Stephen Crane

Suggested Readings:1. The Norton Anthology: American Literature. New York, 1994 (4th Edition)2. American Literature since 1900, M. Bradbury ed. Sphere Book, 19873. Contemporary American Literature, I.H. Milwauki, 19724. Pakistan Journal of American Studies. Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.5. American Literature vol.2, William Cain. Pearson/Longman Publishers, 2004. 6. The Oxford Companion to American Literature. James D.Hart. The Oxford University

Press, 1995.7. Hawthorne: A Collection of Critical Essays (20th Century Views), A.N.Kaul ed. Prentice

Hall Trade, 1966.8. The Art of Robert Frost. Tim Kendall, 2012.9. Myth and Modern American Drama. Thomas E.Porter. Wayne State Univeristy Press,

1969.10. Understanding the Old Man and the Sea. A Student’s Casebook to Issues,Sources and

Historical Documents. Greenwood Press, 2002.

Related Links: 1. Perspectives in American Literature

http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/home.htm2. Outlines of American Literature

http://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/oal/oaltoc.htm3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Literature 4. http://www.america.gov/publications/books/outline-of-american-literature.html

Modern Approaches to Literary Criticism

Course Code: 627 Programs: MA English

Course ObjectivesThe aim of this course is to place the linguistic stylistics practiced by students in the third semester in its proper perspective. The contents of the course introduce students to modern and postmodern theory of literary criticism and practices.

Modern Influences on Literary CriticismFruedDe SaussaureSimone de BauvoirMarxism

Modern /Postmodern MovementsFormalismStructuralismPost-StructuralismDeconstructionFeminism

Applied Modern CriticismMarion Shaw Virginia WolfeRick Rylance – Sylvia PlathPeter Widdowson – Graham SwiftLindon Peach – Toni Morrison

Learning Strategies of Modern CriticismNorman Fairclough-Critical Language AwarenessSara Mills-Feminist StylisticsPaul Hamilton-Postcolonial Stylistics

Reading ListPhilip Rice and Partrica Waugh (eds) 1989/2001 Modern Literary Theory. ArnoldMichael Levenson (ed) 1999 The Cambridge Companion to Modernism, CUPTerry Eagelton 1983 Literary Theory: An Introduction, Basil BlackwellRick Rylance and Judy Simons (eds) 2001 Literature in Context, PalgraveTodd E. Davis and Kenneth Womack (eds) 2002 Formalist Criticism and Reader-Response Theory, PalgraveSara Mills-feminist Stylistics, Routledgte.Helene Keyssar (ed) 1996 Feminist Theatre and Theory, New Case Boods, MacMillanJonathen Culler 1975 Sturcturalist Poetics. Routledge & Kegan PaulPaul Mamilton 1996 Historicism, The New Critical Idiom, Routledge.l

Drama-IIICourse Code: 628 Programs: MA English

Course ObjectivesLooking at the prominent dramatists of the modern era such as Shaw, Ibsen and Rockett, this module will take up some of the issues, themes and trends with which students will already have been familiarized. Hence, the primary objective of this course is to expose the students to a range of modern plays to analyse the emerging trends and techniques in modern drama including nihilist discourses, deconstruction, theatre of the absurd,. Feminism, postcolonial theories of race, class and gender.

Course ContentsG.B Shaw Major BarbaraH. Ibsen The Doll’s HouseS. Beckett Waiting for Godot

Reading ListSteiner, G. 1961 The Death of Tragedy. FaberFjelde, R. 1965 (ed) Ibsen: Twentieth Century Views. Prentice HallEgan. M. 1972 Ibsen: The Critical Heritage. Routledge and Kegan PaulEvans P.F. 1976 Shaw: The Critical Heritage. Routledge and Kegan PaulMorgan, M. 16974 The Shavian Playground. MethuenGassner, J. 1954 Masters of DramaGanz. A 1983 George Bernard Shaw: MacMillanHasan I. 2002 Samuel Beckett: Word master: “Waiting for Godot”.: Text with Critical Commentary. OxfordEsslin, M. (ed) 1965 Samuel Beckett: 20th century Views. Prentice Hall

ProseCourse Code: 629 Programs: MA English

Course ObjectivesTo familiarize the students with a wide range of functional and non-functional styles in English Prose. Through an in-depth analysis of Bacon’s text in terms of his use of wit, figures of speech, imagery and aphorisms, the course begins with the Renaissance prose and moves on to an analysis of the layers of wit, irony, humlur, sacrcasm, sardonic, tone leading to bitter and pungent satire in Swift’s Gulliver’s travels. Husley’s and Russel’s prose styles are analyzed in relation to the contemporary thought and philosophy, comparisons and contrasts in various pros writers’ style are also highlighted.

Course Contents1. BaconThe following selection from Bacon’s EssaysOf TruthOf DeathOf RevengeOf Marriage and Single Life

2. SwiftGulliver’s Travels

3. HuxleyThe Education of an AmphibionKnowledge and Understanding4. Bertrand RusselThe following essay from in Praise of IdlenessIn Praise of Idleness“Useless” KnowledgeWestern Civilization

Reading ListHawkins, M.J. 1972 Introduction in francis bacon: Essarys. JM. Dent and SonsVickers, B. 1978 Frabcis Bacon and Renaissance Prose. LongmanSpeck, WA. 1970 Swift. Arco

PAKISTANI LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

Course Code: ENG.630 MA English Literature

Topic:Introduction to Postcolonial LiteratureIdentity and Difference: Issues of race, religion, nationality, gender Themes: immigration, Diaspora, displacement and hybridity Appropriation of English Language (Pennycook): Voices from the periphery Cultural write back by men and women of colour The Role of English in Literature of Pakistan (Sidhwa)

Novel/Memoir

Sara Suleri Goodyear Meatless DaysMohsin Hamid The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Oxford Bapsi Siddwa The Crow Eaters. MilkweedKishwar Naheed A bad Women’s Story. Oxford

Short StorySelection of any TWO short stories from the volume And the World Changed edited by Shamsie OR from any other volume of Pakistani writer’s short stories.

Translated Works:

Poetry of resistance by feminist poets of Pakistan including the work of Kishwar Naheed, Fehmida Riaz, Sara Shagufta, Ishrat Afreen from the volume edited by Rukhsana Ahmad

The course tutor can choose any two short stories and/or translations and four poems to showcase Pakistani writer’s works.

Select Readings:

Shamsie, M. (ed) (2006) And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women. Oxford. Ashcroft, Griffiths and Tiffin (2002) The Empire Writes Back. 2nd Edition. Routledge. Said, Edward (1978) Orientalism 3rd Edition. Penguin. Said, Edward (1993) Culture and Imperialism. Chatto & WindusSuleri, Sara (2002) The Rhetoric of English India. The University of Chicago Press Rehman, T. (2002) Language texts and Worldview. In Language, Ideology and Power Oxford Lewis, Reina (1996) Gendering Orientalism: Race Femininity and Representation. Routledge Gandhi, Leela (1998) Postcolonial Theory. Oxford.Loomba, Ania (2005) Colonialism/Postcolonialism. London. RoutledgeGoldberg & Quayson (2002) Relocating Postcolonialism, Oxford: BlackwellBhabha, Homi (2004) The Location of Culture. London: Routledge.Rukhsana Ahmad (1990) Beyond Belief. Lahore ASR publication

SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

Course Code: ENG.631 MA English LiteratureIntroductionThis course has been designed for the students of English Literature to expose them to a variety of literary discourses coming from the writers of South Asia. The selection includes Pakistani, Indian, Afghani and Bangla writings. The selected texts highlight the cultural, political, and social milieu of South Asia. The course is expected to make the students aware of concepts like representation, ethnicity, canon, subaltern, centre/periphery, appropriation, and so on.

Novel/Memoir:The course instructor can choose any two (2) from the following:Fawzia Afzal-Khan Lahore with Love: Growing up with Girlfriends Pakistani StyleAravind Adija The White TigerMohsin Hamid The Reluctant FundamentalistMohammed Hanif A Case of Exploding MangoesRajeev Balasubramanyam In Beautiful DisguisesKhalid Hosseini The Kite Runner

Short stories:The course instructor can choose any three (3) short stories from the following:Muneeza Shamsie (ed.) And the World Changed Navid Shehzad (intro.) The Essential Reader: Stories from Pakistan. OxfordRabindranath Tagore Selected Short Stories. Oxford

Poetry:The course instructor can choose any three (4) poems from the following:Rabindranath Tagore Selected Poems. OxfordZulifkar Ghose 50 Poems. OxfordEunice de Souza (ed.) Nine Indian Women Poets: An Anthology. Oxford

Select Readings:Williams, P. and Chisman, L. (1994). Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory: A Reader. Columbia University Press.Ali, T. and Barsamian. D. (2005). Speaking of Empire and Resistance: Conversations with Tariq Ali. The New Press.Young, Robert JC. (2001). Postcolonialism: A Historical Introduction. Blackwell.Ghose, Z. (2009). Beckett’s Company: Selected Essays. Oxford.Ashcraft, Griffiths and Tiffin. (2002). The Empire Writes Back. Routledge.Suleri, S. (2002). The Rhetoric of English India. The University of Chicago Press.Said, E. (1993). Culture and Imperialism. Chatto & Windus.Rehman, T. (2002). Language, Ideology and Power. Oxford.Howe, S. (2002). Empire: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford.Bhabha, H. (2004). The Location of Culture. Routledge.Loomba, A. (2005). Colonialism/Postcolonialism. Routledge.South Asian Review (2010) Vol. 31.3