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It shall not be compulsory to pass in Continuous Internal Assessment. Thus, whatever marks are
secured by a student out of 20% marks, will be carried forward and added to his/her score out of
80 %, i.e. the remaining marks allocated to the particular subject and, thus, he/she shall have to secure
pass marks both in the University examinations as well as total of Internal Continuous Assessment
and University examinations.
4.
Continuous Internal Assessment awards from the affiliated Colleges/Departments must be sent to the
Controller of Examinations, by name, two weeks before the commencement of the particular
examination on the proforma obtainable from the Examination Branch.
SPECIAL NOTE :
Instructions for the Paper-setters and candidates :
(i)
The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal assessment.
(ii)
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks
secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper
in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
(iii)
In the case of Postgraduate Courses in the Faculties of Arts, Science, Languages, Education,
Design & Fine Arts, and Business Management & Commerce (falling under the purview of
Academic Council), where such a provision of Internal Assessment/Continuous Assessment
already exists, the same will continue as before.
(iv)
The marks obtained by a candidate in Continuous Internal Assessment in Postgraduate Classes
from the admissions of 2004 will be shown separately in the Detailed-Marks-Card (D.M.C.).
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2.
One question of 20 marks in which the candidate will have to attempt three out of six notes of 200
words each. The nature of notes will vary from course to course.
2.
Four questions of 15 marks each, with one alternative for each question. Based on a random
clubbing of the units, these will cover all the eight units (authors/tests/sections) prescribed in the
respective courses. Word limit for each answer would be about 600 words.
3.
In all papers, marks of internal assessment out of 20 will be added to the marks secured by the
students out of 80 marks. However, for private and reappear candidates, who have not been assessed
earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper, will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of Internal Assessment.
The Paper Setter must put note (3) in the question paper.
Objectives :
(i)
To acquaint students with major critical terms/concepts used in the West from the Greeks to the
New Critics.
(ii)
(iii)
Testing :
(i)
(ii)
The first question of 20 marks related to concepts/terms would consist of six notes, out of which the
student would attempt three notes comprising 200 words each.
(iii)
The remaining four questions of 15 marks each will be set on the prescribed texts with only one
internal choice for each question.
(iv)
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured
by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of
internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iv) in the question paper.
(v)
The question on short notes will relate to the following critical terms :
Mimetic and Expressive theories of poetry, Sublime, Three Unities, Decorum, Neoclassicism,
Romanticism, Humanism, Enlightenment, Fancy and Imagination, Synaesthesia, Disinterestedness,
Objective Correlative, What is a Classic?, Ambiguity, Irony, Paradox and Tension, New Criticism,
Intentional Fallacy, Affective Fallacy, Point of View.
The four essay type questions will be set on the following eight units :
1.
Aristotle
2.
William Wordsworth
3.
Mathew Arnold
4.
T.S. Eliot
Units 5 to 8 will be based on the following sections from Guerin et al., ed. A Handbook of Critical
Approaches to Literature :
5.
Traditional Approaches
6.
7.
8.
Suggested Readings :
1.
David Daiches
2.
F.L. Lucas
Tragedy.
3.
Humphry House
Aristotles Poetics.
4.
Krishnaswamy et al
5.
M.H. Abrams
6.
Peter Barry
Beginning Theory.
7.
Rene Wellek
8.
(i)
Max. Marks : 80
Time : 3 hours
Q. II
Write brief notes (about 200 words each) on any three of the following :
(a)
(b)
Three Unities.
Humanism.
(c)
(d)
(e)
Objective Correlative.
(f)
20 marks
15 marks
15 marks
Critically sum up Eliots essay Tradition and Individual Talent. Do you agree with
him?
Q. IV
15 marks
15 marks
Testing :
One question on short notes of 200 words each (three out of six topics to be attempted) covering British
Literary History upto 1750.
20 marks
4 essay type questions, with internal choice, covering all the prescribed texts/authors. Candidates will
attempt all questions. Each question will club two texts at random, out of which one will be attempted.
15 4 = 60 marks
For the question on social and Literary History of Britain, candidates are expected to be familiar with the
following terms/concepts :
The Age of Chaucer; the Elizabethan Age; the Elizabethan Theater; Jacobean Age; the Restoration; the
Augustan Age; Renaissance; Reformation; Introduction to King James Version of the Bible, Classicism and
Neo-Classicism; Miracle and Morality plays, Tragedy and Comedy; Metaphysical Poetry; Epic and Mock
Epic; Satire; Wit; the Picaresque; the Rise of the English Novel.
Christopher Marlowe
Doctor Faustus.
William Shakespeare
John Donne
John Milton
King Lear.
The Tempest.
Satyre : Of Religion.
The Good- Morrow.
The Canonization.
At the Round Earths Imagin d Corners.
Batter My Heart, Three Persond God
Paradise Lost Book I.
Alexander Pope
Jonathan Swift
Henry Fielding
Joseph Andrews.
Suggested Readings :
1.
Boris Ford
2.
G.M. Trevelyn
3.
4.
M.H. Abrams
5.
J.A. Cuddon
6.
Clifford Leech
7.
Judith ONeill
Critics on Marlowe.
8.
Ghansham Sharma
9.
A.C. Bradley
Shakespearean Tragedy.
10.
Ralf J. Kaufmann
11.
G.W. Knights
12.
Alfred Harbage
13.
C.S. Lewis
14.
B. Rajan
15.
C.M. Bowra
16.
C.A. Partridges
17.
A.J.A. Waldock
18.
Joan Bennett
19.
Helen Gardner
20.
G.S. Rousseau
21.
I.R.F. Gordon
Preface to Pope.
22.
Judith O Neill
Critics on Pope.
23.
24.
P. Dixon
Alexander Pope.
25.
M.C. Battestin
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R. Paulson
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L.A. Landa
Gullivers Travels.
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Gullivers Travels.
29.
Ernest Tuveson
Joseph
Q. II
Max. Marks : 80
Time : 3 hours
Epic Poetry.
(b)
Metaphysical Poetry.
(c)
(d)
(e)
Restoration Comedy.
(f)
20 marks
15 marks
King Lear might be described as a tragedy about a man whose passions have
mastered his reason. Discuss.
Q. III
Do you agree that The Tempest is lacking in conflict because Prospero controls the
action ? Give reasons for your answer.
OR
15 marks
Discuss Paradise Lost Book I as a Protestant Epic, giving suitable illustration from
the text.
OR
15 marks
Would it be correct to say that Donnes love lyrics spring from a rich mind and a
passionate heart? Give a reasoned answer with suitable illustration from the poems
you have read.
Q. V
Discuss The Rape of the Lock as a genial satire, giving suitable illustration from
the text.
OR
Critically discuss Joseph Andrews as a novel of social criticism.
15 marks
Prescribed Texts :
1.
William Blake
2.
William Wordsworth
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John Keats
Ode to a Nightingale.
Ode on a Grecian Urn.
Ode on Melancholy.
Ode to Autumn.
Ode to Psyche.
4.
Robert Browning
My Last Duchess.
Andrea del Sarto.
The Last Ride Together.
Rabbi Ben Ezra.
The Grammarians Funeral.
5.
Jane Austen
Emma.
6.
Charles Dickens
Hard Times.
7.
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre.
8.
Thomas Hardy
1.
2.
Abrams, M.H.
3.
Armstrong, I. ed.
4.
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David Cecil
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Drew, P.
7.
Drew, P. ed.
8.
Edmund Blunden
Thomas Hardy.
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Helen Darbyshire
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Herbert Read
Wordsworth.
12.
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John Bayley
Essays on Hardy.
14.
Lascelles Abercrombie
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16.
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18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
Robert Lidell
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S.J. Warner
Jane Austen.
24.
Sperry Stuart
of Innocence and
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Max. Marks : 80
Time :
3 hours
Write short notes about 200 words on any three of the following :
Romantic Poetry, Dramatic Monologue, Naturalism, Historical Romance, Pre-Raphaelites, The
Omniscient Author.
20 marks
Q. 2.
What are the salient features of Romanticism that you can trace in the poetry of William Blake.
Illustrate your answer with reference to the poem you have studied.
OR
15 marks
Trace the development of thought in the Odes of John Keats with reference to the prescribed
Odes.
Q. 3.
Q. 4.
In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte is concerned with the depiction of the loneliness of a soul
responding to the experiences of life with intensity. Discuss.
OR
15 marks
Comment and examine the views that Hard Times portrays vividly the society of its times.
Q. 5.
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One question on short notes of 200 words each (three out of six topics to be attempted) covering
British Literary History of the twentieth century shall be set.
(ii)
Four essay type questions, with internal choice, covering all the prescribed texts/authors will be set.
Candidates will attempt all questions. Each question will club two texts at random, out of which
one will be attempted.
W.B. Yeats
Easter 1916.
The Second Coming.
Lapis Lazuli.
Among School Children.
Circus Animals Desertion.
2.
T.S. Eliot
3.
Ted Hughes
4.
Samuel Beckett
5.
Arnold Wesker
Roots.
6.
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway
7.
E.M. Forster
A Passage to India.
8.
D.H. Lawrence
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Suggested Readings :
1.
2.
B.C. Southam
(Case Book Series)
3.
A.D. Chaudhary
4.
5.
John Elgon
6.
Edward Maline
A Preface to Yeats.
7.
Helen Gardner
8.
Hugh Kenner
9.
John Fletcher
10.
John Lucas
11.
12.
Keith Sagar
13.
M. KinkeadWeeks
William Golding.
14.
15.
Martin Esslin
16.
17.
John Gassner
18.
19.
Stephen Spender
Eliot.
20.
Terry Giofford
21.
Virginia Tiger
William Golding.
22.
Robert Wilcher
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Max. Marks : 80
Time : 3 hours
Write short notes in about 200 words each on any three of the following :
Irish Literary Revival; Stream of Consciousness; Theatre of the Absurd; Existentialism in Modern
Literature; Pastiche; Free Verse.
20 marks
Q. 2.
Give a critical estimate of the use of Symbolism in Yeats poems with reference to the poem
prescribed.
OR
Comment on the use of symbolism in Eliots The Waste Land.
Q. 3.
15 marks
On the basis of the prescribed poems comment on the poetic imagery of Ted Hughes.
OR
Critically examine Waiting For Godot as a Drama of the Absurd.
Q. 4.
15 marks
Discuss the structure of A Passage to India with special focus on the three sections of the novel.
OR
15 marks
Discuss the technique of stream of consciousness in context of Virginia Woolfs Mrs. Dalloway.
Q. 5.
15 marks
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2.
In Papers III & IV, the candidate will choose one each out of the 3 options given.
3.
4.
Question No. 1 is of 20 marks and the candidates will have to attempt three out of six notes of 200
words each. The nature of the notes will vary from course to course.
The remaining four questions of 15 marks each, with one alternative for each question, based on a
random clubbing of the units, will cover all the eight units (author/tests/sections) prescribed in the
respective courses. Word limit for each answer would be about 600 words.
The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal assessment.
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured
by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of
internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (4) in the question paper.
The question on short notes will test the candidates familiarity with the following critical
approaches/concepts/terms :Postmodernism, Poststructralism, New Historicism/Cultural Materialism,
Ideology, Hegemony, Intertextuality, Differnce. Indeterminacy, Trace and Supplement, Subject,
Essentialism, Simulacra, Discourse, Episteme, Hypertext, Text and Work, Diaspora, Canon, Master
Narrative, Orientalism, Sign.
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The four essay type questions will be set on the following eight units :
1.
Roland Barthes
2.
M.H. Abrams
3.
Elaine Showalter
4.
Faulty Perspectives.
5.
Edward Said
Introduction" to Orientalism.
6.
Jacques Derrida
7.
Raymond Williams
8.
Aijaz Ahmad
Note :
Wolfreys,
Nos. 1-5 are available in David Lodge, ed. Modern Criticism and Theory
Suggested Readings :
1.
Peter Barry
Beginning Theory.
2.
Raman Selden
3.
4.
Terry Eagleton
Literary Theory.
5.
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6.
Leela Gandhi
Postcolonial Theory.
7.
Krishnaswamy et al
ed.
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Note :
(i)
Max. Marks : 80
Time : 3 hours
Write short notes (about 200 words each) on any three of the following :
(a) New Historicism.
(b) Hegemony.
(c) Intertextuality.
(d) Differnce.
(e) Essentialism.
(f) Diaspora.
Q. II
Explain what Roland Barthes means by the expression The Death of The Author. How far do
you agree with such radical views on the author-text relationship ?
OR
Comment on the nature of Elaine Showalters contribution to the feminist literary theory.
Q. III
Explain in detail what Derrida means by the term Deconstruction. How far is the term useful
in literary criticism ?
OR
On what grounds does M.H. Abrams reject deconstruction? Explain in detail the
deconstructionist attitude to meaning.
Q. IV
Q. V
Explain Raymond Williams notions of the Dominant, the Residual and the Emergent. How are
such ideas useful to our analysis of literary texts ?
OR
Explain what Hirsch means by cultural perspectivism and methodological perspectivism. Do you
agree with his views on literary meaning ?
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The first question on short notes of 200 words each (three out of six topics to be attempted) covering
concepts in Indian Aesthetics and the History of Indian Writing in English from the earliest times to
the present will be set.
20 marks
(ii)
The remaining four essay type questions, with internal choice for each question, covering all the
prescribed texts/authors will be set. The candidates will attempt all questions. (Each question will
club two texts at random, out of which one will be attempted).
15 4 = 60 marks
(iii)
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured
by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of
internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iii) in the question paper.
Prescribed Texts :
1.
A.K. Ramanujan
2.
Imtiaz Dharker
3.
R.K. Narayan
4.
Shashi Deshpande
5.
Amitav Ghosh
6.
U.R. Ananthamurthy
7.
Girish Karnad
Tuglaq.
8.
Mahashweta Devi
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Suggested Readings :
For the question on short-notes, the following sources are recommended :
A.
B.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Indian Writing in English by KRS Iyengar, New Delhi, Sterling, 1999 (pp 1-54 and pp. 435-77).
2.
The Perishable Empire : Essays on Indian Writing in English by Meenakshi Mukherjee, New Delhi, Oxford
Univ. Press, 2000, pp. 1-29 and 166-186 and Twice Born Fiction : Themes and Techniques of The Indian
Novel in English by Meenakshi Mukherjee, New Delhi : Heinemann, 1971, pp. 34-64.
3.
The Postmodern Indian English Novel (ed. and Introduced by Viney Kripal), Mumbai, Allied, 1996, pp.1-26,
355-367 and 383-399.
4.
An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English (ed. by A.K. Mehrotra), New Delhi, Permanent Black,
2003, pp. 1-27, 243-75, 276-94, 318-36, 337-50, 366-76.
5.
Poisoned Bread (ed. by Arjun Dangle), Hyderabad, Orient Longman, 1992, pp. 271-289.
6.
Women Writing in India : 600 B.C. To The Present Vol. I (ed. by S. Tharu and K. Lalita), New Delhi, Oxford
Univ. Press, 1995, pp 1-37.
7.
Modern Indian Poetry in English (by Bruce King), New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2001,
and 147-61.
Suggested Readings (General) :
Sri Aurobindo
G.N. Devy and Fred Dallmayr
G.N. Devy
Gandhi, M.K.
Hay, Stephen ed.
Iyengar, K.R.S.
King, Bruce
Kirpal, Viney ed.
-Mehrotra, A.K.
Mukherjee, M.
-Naik, M.K.
Paranjape, M.
--, ed.
Rushdie, Salman
-- and Elizabeth West
Tabish Khair
Tharu, Susie and
Lalitha, K.
Walsh, W.
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Note :
(i)
Max. Marks : 80
Time : 3 hours
Q. II
Write short notes (not more than 200 words each) on any three of the following :
(a)
Macaulays Minutes.
(b)
Concept of Sahitya.
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Q. III
Critically consider U.R. Ananthamurthys Samskara as a narrative that foregrounds the conflict
between tradition and modernity.
OR
Critically analyze Mahashweta Devis concern for the subaltern as reflected in her stories
prescribed for you.
Q. IV
Q. V
Write an essay on the imagery employed by Ramanujan in the poems prescribed in your course.
OR
Imtiaz Dharkers poetry reflects the condition of Muslim Women in India. Critically analyze
this statement with suitable examples from the texts.
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The remaining four essay type questions, with internal choice for each question, covering all the
prescribed texts will be set. The candidates will attempt all questions (Each question will club two
texts at random, out of which one will be attempted).
15 4 = 60 marks
(iii)
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured
by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of
internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iii) in the question paper.
Prescribed Texts :
1.
Sophocles
Antigone.
2.
Dante
Inferno.
3.
Cervantes
Don Quixote.
4.
Tolstoy
Anna Karenina.
5.
Kafka
The Trial.
6.
Ibsen
A Dolls House.
7.
Brecht
8.
Albert Camus
The Outsider.
1.
Brian Wickers
2.
Holmes
Dante.
3.
Francis Ferguson
4.
P. Thody
Albert Camus.
5.
J. Cruikshank
6.
R.P. Blackmur
7.
John Gassner
8.
M.C. Bradbrook
Henrik Ibsen.
9.
10.
11.
Martin Esslin
12.
Ruby Cohn
Contemporary Dramatists.
13.
Dante
Suggested Readings :
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Towards Greek Tragedy.
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(i)
Max. Marks : 80
Time :
3 hours
Write short notes (about 200 words each) on any three of the following :
(a)
Q. II
(e)
(f)
Q. III
Q. IV
Q. V
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The remaining four essay type questions, with internal choice for each question, covering the
prescribed texts/authors will be set. Candidates will attempt all questions (Each question will club
two texts at random, out of which one will be attempted).
15 4 = 60 marks
(iii)
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured
by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of
internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iii) in the question paper.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ernest Hemingway
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3.
Toni Morrison
4.
Emily Dickinson
5.
Robert Frost
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6.
Adrienne Rich
7.
8.
Arthur Miller
Eugene O Neill
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Suggested Readings :
1.
Richard Chase
2.
Charles Fiedelson
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
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18.
19.
20.
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Max. Marks : 80
Time :
3 hours
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
The remaining four questions are of 15 marks each, with one alternative for each
question.
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the
marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum
marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
(iv)
Q. I
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Write short notes (200 words each) on any three of the following :
(a) The Puritan Tradition.
(b) Beat Poetry.
(c) Black Arts Movement.
(d) Native American Literature.
(e) Transcendentalism in American Literature.
(f) The Frontier Spirit.
20 marks
Q. II
15 marks
OR
Discuss the relationship between Old man and Sea in Hemmingways Novel.
Q. III
Q. IV
15 marks
Q. V
Would you agree with the view that Emily Dickinsons writing was the poetry of craftsmanship
rather than that of confession? Discuss and illustrate.
15 marks
OR
Write an essay on Robert Frosts treatment of nature in his poetry.
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The first question on short notes of 200 words each (three out of six topics to be attempted) will be
set.
20 marks
(ii)
The remaining four essay type questions, with internal choice for each question, covering the
prescribed texts/authors will be set. Candidates will attempt all questions. (Each question will club
two texts at random, out of which one will be attempted).
15 4 = 60 marks
(iii)
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured
by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of
internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iii) in the question paper.
Objectives : To familiarize the students with literatures of the new worldAsian, African, Australian,
Caribbean, Latin American, Canadianwhich have long remained ignored; to foreground issues such as
history, class, race, gender, nation, culture, diasporic consciousness etc., emphasizing the emergent nature
of literary productions from decolonized communities.
For the question on short notes : Candidates are expected to be familiar with the following
concepts/terms : Aboriginal/Indigenous peoples; Alterity; Apartheid; Colonialism/Neo-colonialism;
Colonial Discourse; Creolization; Decolonization/Postcolonialism; Cultural Difference; Hybridity;
Diaspora/Exile; Globalization; Hegemony; Imperialism; Magic Realism; Mimicry; Nation/Nationalism;
Other/Othering; Race/Class/Gender, Eurocentrism, Nativism.
Prescribed Texts :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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Achebe, C.
Anderson, B.
Attwell, David, J.M. Coetzee
Atwood, M.
Ashcroft, Bill, et al eds.
Ashcroft, Bill
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Bhabha, Homi
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Bourke, Lawrence
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Brathwaite, E.K.
10.
Brennan, Timothy
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12.
J.M. Coetzee
Mary Loou Emery
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J.M. Coetzee.
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James, Louis
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King, Bruce
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Head, Dominic
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Ramazani, Jahan
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Rushdie, Salman
Imaginary Homelands.
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24.
Said, Edward
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Soyinka, W.
26.
27.
Staley Thomas, F.
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Q. I
Max. Marks : 80
Time :
3 hours
(i)
(ii)
The remaining four questions are of 15 marks each, with one alternative for each
question.
(iii)
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the
marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum
marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
Write short notes (not less than 200 words each) on three of the following :
(a)
Colonial Discourse.
(b)
Creolization.
(c)
Hybridity.
(d)
Diaspora.
(e)
Hegemony.
(f)
Imperialism.
20 marks
Q. II
Critically consider Marquezs One Hundred Years of Solitude as an example of magical realism.
OR
Attempt a deconstructive reading of Atwoods Surfacing.
Q. III
15 marks
Q. IV
Q. V
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The first question on short notes of 200 words each (three out of six topics to be attempted) will be
set.
20 marks
(ii)
The remaining four questions including one question of analysis will be set. The analysis question
will be based on Units 4, 6 & 7 (Grammar) and/or phonetic transcription and morphological
description. Other questions will club 2 units with internal choice, out of which one has to be
attempted.
15 4 = 60 marks
(iii)
For the private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks
secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in
lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iii) in the question paper.
UNIT-1
Language : Its Nature and functions : (Language as a system of signs, as human, social,
conventional, arbitrary, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations, levels of language
structurephonology, syntax and semantics).
UNIT-2
A Brief History of Linguistics : The growth of modern linguistics with particular reference
to the main ideas contained in the works of :
(i) Bloomfield (Language)
(ii) Saussure (A Course in General Linguistics).
UNIT-3
UNIT-4
The organs of speech (production and classification of speech, sounds, The I.P.A.
classification). The phonetory system. The concept of phoneme, minimal pairs allophonic
variations. Vowels and consonants, cardinal vowels.
UNIT-5
The Phonetics of English, Transcription of words and connected English speech with
reference to Jones, E.P.D. The description of English vowels and consonants. Some
differences between R.P. and Indian English, Syllable structure in English, Word Stress and
Word Accent, rhythm and intonation in connected speech.
UNIT-6
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The Grammar and Usage of Modern English : The constituents of simple sentences, verbbased sentence patterns, the noun phrase, the verb phrase, auxiliary, adverbial and
prepositional phrases, direct and indirect reference, sentence connection (Ref. to Chapters
2-7, 10 Quirk and Greenbaum, University Grammar of English, and exercises in Workbook
on University Grammar of English by Close).
UNIT-8
Linguistics and Language Teaching : The problem of teaching language without linguistics
insight; the Relation of Linguistics to Language Teaching, Insights, Implications and
Applications.
1.
2.
Suggested Readings :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Allen, H.B.
Close
Crystal, D.
Crystal, D.
Crimson, A.C.
Jones, D.
Krishnaswamy and Verma
Leech, G.
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
9.
Lyons, J.
10.
Lyons, J.
Chomsky (Fontana)
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
Mackey, W.F.
Palmer, F.
Parren, G.E. and J.J.M. Trim
Pinsleur, Paul and Terence
Pincorder, S.
Quirk and Greenbaum
Richards and Rogers
Robin, R.H.
Robin, R.H.
:
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:
:
:
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
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Q. I
Q. II
Q. III
Q. IV
Q. V
Max. Marks : 80
Time :
3 hours
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
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2.
3.
The first question is of 20 marks. The candidate will have to attempt three out of six notes of 200
words each.
20 marks
The remaining four questions are of 15 marks each, with one alternative for each question, based on a
random clubbing of the units, will cover all the eight units (authors/texts/sections) prescribed in the
respective courses.
(15 4 = 60 marks)
For the private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks
secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in
lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (3) in the question paper.
Sonnet Nos.
2.
As You Like It
3.
4.
5.
Hamlet
6.
Othello
7.
Macbeth
8.
Richard II
Suggested Readings :
1.
B. Ford, ed.
2.
A.C. Bradley
Shakespearean Tragedy.
3.
L. Lerner ed.
Shakespeares Tragedies.
4.
J.R. Brown
5.
H.B. Charlton
Shakespearean Comedy.
6.
L.C. Knights
7.
C. Leech
8.
G.W. Knights
9.
P. Ure
10.
F. Kermode
11.
G.W. Knights
12.
Harry Levin
13.
14.
Mathew, N. Prose
15.
Arthur Sewell
16.
Robert Speight
17.
William Rosen
18.
Sigurd Burckhardt
Shakespearean Meanings.
19.
S.S. Schoenbaum
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Note :
Q. I
Max. Marks : 80
Time :
3 hours
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
The remaining four questions are of 15 marks each, with one alternative for each question.
(iv)
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the
marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum
marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
Write short notes (150 to 200 words) on any three of the following :
(a) Dark Lady, (b) Supernatural in Shakespeare, (c) Globe Theatre, (d) The Shakespearean
Sonnet, (e) University Wits, (f) The Fool in Shakespeares plays, Shakespeares tragi-comedies.
Q. II
Q. III
The Taming of the Shrew is often taken as an anti-feminist text. Do you agree ? Give adequate
reasons to support your answer.
OR
Critically examining The Winters Tale, show how it is different from other plays of Shakespeare
in its design and execution.
Q. IV
Q. V
Where do you find Hamartia in Othello ? Explain how it influences action and character in the
play.
OR
In Richard II, Shakespeare aims at presenting history through a poetic sensibility. Discuss.
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(iii)
The first question on short notes of about 200 words each (3 topics out of 6 to be attempted) will be
set.
20 marks
The remaining four essay-type questions, with internal choice for each question, covering the
prescribed texts will be set. Candidates will attempt all questions. Each question will club two texts
at random.
15 4 = 60 marks
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks
secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in
lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iii) in the question paper.
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Prescribed Texts :
1.
Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim
2.
James Joyce
3.
William Golding
4.
Graham Greene
5.
George Orwell
Animal Farm.
6.
John Fowles
7.
Iris Murdoch
8.
Muriel Spark
1.
Allen, Walter
2.
Graham Greene.
3.
Atkins, John
Graham Greene.
4.
Baldanza, F.
Iris Murdoch.
5.
6.
7.
Byatt, A.S.
8.
Daiches, David
9.
Ellman, Richard
Joyce
10.
Gindin, J.
11.
Guerard, Albert
12.
13.
Karl, P.R.
14.
Litz, A. Walton
15.
Lodge, David
16.
Loveday, S.
17.
Meyers, Jefferey
18.
19.
Spilka, Mark
20.
West, Paul
21.
Wiley, Paul
22.
Woodcock, B.
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Note :
Q. I
Q. II
Max. Marks : 80
Time :
3 hours
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
The remaining four questions are of 15 marks each, with one alternative for each question.
(iv)
For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the
marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum
marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
Write short notes (of about 200 words each) on any three of the following :
(a)
(b)
(c)
Novel of Ideas.
(d)
(e)
(f)
Discuss the narrative technique of Lord Jim with special reference to the role of Marlow as
narrator.
OR
How far is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man an autobiographical novel ? Is there any
ironic distancing between Joyce and Stephen ?
Q. III
Q. IV
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Q. V
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