GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) KUMBAKONAM UG ( 140 CREDITS) Part Course Total No. Papers Hours Credit Mark

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1 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) KUMBAKONAM UG ( 140 CREDITS) Part Course Total No. Papers Hours Credit Mark I Tamil II English III Core Course III Allied Course III Major Based Elective course IV Skill Based EC IV Non Major Elective Based Course IV Value Based Education IV Environmental Studies V Gender Studies V Extension Activities Total

2 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) KUMBAKONAM UG CBCS 140 Credit Department of English SEMESTER COURSE TITLE INSTRU. CREDIT MARKS HRS Part I Language Tamil I Part II Language English Prose and Communication Skills -I Part III Core Course I Prose Part III Core Course II Fiction Part III Allied Course I Social History of England Total Part I Language Tamil II Part II Language English Prose and Communication Skills II Part III Core Course III Poetry I Part III Allied Course II History of English Literature -I Part III Allied Course III History of English Literature-II Value Education Yoga Environmental Studies Total

3 SEMESTER COURSE TITLE INSTRU. HRS CREDIT MARKS Part I Language Tamil III Part-II Language English Poetry And Drama for Communication Part III Core Course IV Drama I Part-III Core Course V Poetry -II Part-III Allied Course IV Literary Forms Non Major Elective Course Composition & Conversational Skills Total Part I Language Tamil IV Part II Language English English for Competitive Examinations Part III Core Course VI Drama II Part III Allied Course V Principles of Literary Criticism Part- III Allied Course-VI Comparative Literature Part- IV Non Major Elective Course - Journalism Part IV Skill Based Elective Course- Interpersonal Skills Total

4 SEMESTER COURSE TITLE INSTRU. HRS CREDIT MARKS CC VII Shakespeare CC VIII Indian Writing in English I CC IX American Literature V Course X Indian Writing in English - II Major Based Elective I Translation: Theory & Practice Part IV Skill Based Elective Course II Office Management Part IV Skill Based Elective Course-III Office Communication Total CC XI Women s Writing in English CC XII Commonwealth Literature CC-XIII Canadian Literature VI Major Based Elective II Language & Linguistics Major Based Elective III English Language Teaching Extension Activities Gender Studies Total

5 Part III Core Course I Prose Unit I: Francis Bacon : Of Studies Of Travel Unit II : Goldsmith : Beau Tibbs Steele : Spectator Club Unit III: Charles Lamb : Dream Children Thomas De Quincey : Literature Unit IV: Orwell : Bookshop Memories Newman : Knowledge its own end Unit V: Stephen Leacock : With the Photographer Bernard Shaw : Spoken English & Broken English

6 Part III Core Course II Fiction Unit I: Oscar Wilde Somerset Maugham : The Happy Prince : Princess September Unit II: Saki O Henry : The Open Window : The Gift of Magi Unit III: Maupassant Leo Tolstoy : The Diamond Necklace : God sees the truth but waits Unit IV : Dickens : Oliver Twist Unit V: Emile Bronte : Wuthering Heights

7 Part III Allied Course I Social History of England Unit I: Unit II: Unit III: Unit IV: Unit V: Tudor England The Renaissance & the Reformation Age of the Stuarts The Civil War Restoration England The Age of Queen Anne The Agrarian Revolution The Industrial Revolution The Effect of French Revolution The War of American Independence Methodist Movement Humanitarian Movements The Reform Bills The Age of Queen Victoria Book for Reference: A.G. Xavier : Introduction to the Social History of England

8 Part III Core Course III Poetry I Unit I : Shakespeare Donne John Milton : Sonnet No. 116 Let me not : Death Be not Proud : On his Blindness Unit II: Goldsmith John Keats : The Village Preacher : Ode to Nightingale Unit III: Tennyson Hopkins : Ulysses : God s Grandeur Unit IV: W.B. Yeats : Easter 1916 D.H. Lawrence : Snake Unit V: Larkin Ted Hughes : Lines on a young Lady s Photograph Album : Thrushes

9 Part III Allied Course II History of English Literature I The scope as indicated in Hudson: An Outline History of English Literature (BI Publications) Unit I : Chapter II & III - The Age of Chaucer Unit II : Chapter IV & V - Development of Drama Unit III : Chapter VI, VII & VIII The Age of Shakespeare Unit IV : Chapter IX & X - The Age of Milton Unit V : Chapter XI & XII The Age of Dryden

10 Part III Allied Course III History of English Literature II Book Referred Hudson: An Outline History of English Literature Unit I : Chapter XIII, XIV The Age of Pope. Unit II: Chapter XV XVII The Age of Johnson Unit III: Chapter XVIII XIX The Age of Wordsworth Unit IV: Chapter XXII XXIV The Age of Tennyson. Unit V: Chapter XXV XXVI- XXVII The Age of Hardy& The Present Age

11 Core Course IV Drama I Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Unit I : Christopher Marlowe : Dr. Faustus Unit II : Ben Jonson : Volpone Unit III: John Webster : The White Devil Unit IV: Thomas Kyd : The Spanish Tragedy Unit V: Beaumout and Fletcher : Philaster

12 Core Course V - Poetry II Units I & II: Milton : Paradise Lost Book IX Unit III: Gray Collins : Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard : Ode to Evening Unit IV: Wordsworth Shelley Keats : Ode on Intimations of Immortality : Ode to a Skylark : Ode to Autumn Unit V: Browning T.S. Eliot W.H. Auden : My Last Duchess : Journey of the Magi : The Unknown Citizen

13 Allied course IV- Literary Forms The Scope of study of the paper will be restricted to knowledge of the topics mentioned below: Unit I : POETRY Nature and Elements of Poetry Definitions Classifications of Poetry Subjective Objective. Unit II : The Ode, The Lyric, The Sonnet, The Elegy, The Epic, The Ballad Unit III : PROSE - The Essay, Short Story, Biography, Autobiography. Unit IV: DRAMA - Elements of Drama, Tragedy, Comedy, One Act play, Tragic Comedy, The Masque, Farce. Unit V : FICTION Elements of Fiction Historical Novel, Picaresque Novel, Detective Fiction, and Science Fiction. Reference Books: 1. W.H. Hudson : Introduction to the Study of English. 2. R.J. Rees : An Introduction to English Literature for Foreign Students. 3. Prasad : A Background to the Study of English Literature.

14 4. Ramachandra Nair : Literary Forms. GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN KUMBAKONAM Department of English NON MAJOR ELECTIVE COURSE UG COURSES Composition and Conversational Skills Unit I: Comprehension: A Passage of about 600 words given with question 15 Under the passage Multiple choice Factual Reasoning Evaluative : 5*1=5 marks : 4*1=4 marls : 2*2=4 marks : 1*2=2 marks Unit II: Letter Writing: A. Formal Invitation 10 Reply to Formal Invitation B. Complaint letter (Loss, theft, nuisance, Damaged goods, received goods, lack of amenities) One letter to be written (either A or B) Unit III: Cohesive Devices: Linkers, their function and use in context. 5 Sequence and Development of Ideas: Jumbled sentences into sequence. Coherence and Cohesion: Sequenced sentences into a passage of Continuous writing. Unit IV: Guided composition: Given sequenced hints to be developed 20 into a Paragraph of 200 words

15 Free Composition: On a given topic a passage of about 250 words to be written. Unit V: Conversational Skills: Dialogue Writing: 1. Listening Comprehension (Phonetic Symbols, transcription of 10 phonemes and words) 2. Write a dialogue on an imaginary situation described Responding to the given questions (5 questions) 5 Reference Book: Shiyamala.V Effective English Communication for you Any other book which the course teacher finds adequate.

16 Core Course VI Drama II Modern Drama Unit I: George Bernard Shaw : Pygmalion Unit II: J.M. Synge : Riders to the Sea Unit III: John Galsworthy : Justice Unit IV: T.S. Eliot : Murder in the Cathedral Unit V: Samuel Becket : Waiting for Godot

17 Allied course V- Principles of Literary Criticism Unit I: Critical / Literary Terms 1. Irony 2. Paradox 3. Metaphor 4. Metonymy 5. Ambiguity 6. Chorus 7. Stream of Consciousness 8. Soliloquy 9. Dramatic Monologue 10. Sprung Rhythm 11. Metaphysical Poetry 12. Pre Raphaelites Unit II & III : Traditional Criticism II. 1. Biographical Criticism 2. Historical Criticism III. 1. Moralistic Criticism Unit IV & V: New Criticism /Formalistic Criticism IV. 1. Allen Tate : Language as Paradox 2. Cleanth Brooks : Tension in Poetry V. 1. Psychological Approach to Literature

18 2. Marxist approach to Literature Part III Allied Course VI: Comparative Literature Unit I: Definition and Scope National Literature, Comparative Literature General Literature World Literature. Unit II: The French and American Schools of Comparative Literature. Unit III: Influence and Imitation Periodization Epoch, School, Movement. Unit IV: Genre Studies, Thematology. Unit V: Literature and other Disciplines Literature and other Arts. Books for Reference: Ulrich Weisstein : Comparative Literature and other Arts Wellek & Warren : Theory of Literature (Part II)

19 S.S. Prawar : Comparative Literature NMEC JOURNALISM UNIT I: UNIT II : UNIT III : UNIT IV : UNIT V : The Role of the Press Role of Different Editors- Editing a copy Reporting - Quality of Reporters - Kinds of reporting with reference to Court, Crime, Investigating, Election, Sports Newspaper and Magazine Writing Leads Headlines News - Definition- Sources. Hard and Soft News Scoop; Fillers; Box News Expected and Unexpected News References Texts: a) Ahuja, B.N. Theory and Practice of Journalism. ( New Delhi: Surjeet, 1983). b) Parthasarathy, Rangaswami. Basic Journalism. (Madras: Macmillan,1984). c) Kamath, M.V. Professional Journalism. (New Delhi: Vikas, 1997).

20 d) Bhatt, Raghupathi. Reflections on Journalism. (Bombay: Universal, 1996) e) Rao, Narasimha. Style in Journalism. (Chennai: Orient Longman, 1998). Core Course VII Shakespeare Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V : Henry IV Part I : Mid Summer Night s Dream : King Lear : Antony and Cleopatra : The Winter s Tale

21 Core Course VIII Indian Writing in English I Unit I Nissim Ezekiel : Good Bye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S. Jayantha Mahapatra : Hunger Gieve Patel : Forensic Medicine Unit II Adil Jussawala : Sea Breeze, Bombay Dilip Chitre : Father Returning Home Kamala Das : The Old Play House. Unit III Girish Karnad : Hayavadhana Unit IV J.Nehru : Freedom and Licence S. Radhakrishnan : The World Community Unit V R.K. Narayan : The Guide The poetical Selections are found in The Mystic Drum (ed) Vilas Salunke (Longman)

22 Core Course IX American Literature Unit I : Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson EA Robinson Robert Frost : A Noiseless Patient Spider : After Great Pain, a formal feeling comes : Richard Cory : Mending Wall Unit II : Wallace Stevens : The Emperor of Ice-cream Ezra Pound : In a Station of Metro William Carlos Williams: The Red Wheelbarrow E. E. Cummings : What If a Much of a Which of a Wind Sylvia Plath : Daddy Unit III : Martin Luther King : I have a Dream Robert Frost : The Figure a Poem Makes Unit IV : T. Williams Unit V :Ernest Hemingway John Steinbeck : The Glass Menagerie : The Old Man and the Sea : The Grapes of Wrath Poetical Selections are found in The Mystic Drum (ed) Vilas Salunke et.

23 Core Course X Indian Writing in English II Unit I : A.K. Ramajunan : A River R. Parthasarathy : Under Another Sky Mamta Kalia : Tribute to Papa Eunice de Souza : Bequest Unit II: Vijay Tendulkar : Silence! The Court is in Session Unit III: Shashi Deshpande : My Beloved Charioteer(From intrusion and Other Stories) Arun Joshi : The Boy with the Flute Unit IV: Kushwant Sing : Train to Pakistan Unit V: Anita Desai : Where shall We Go this Summer? Reference books: Contemporary Indian Poetry in English An Assessment and Selection Edited by Saleem Peeradina Nine Indian Women Poets An Anthology Edited by Eunice de Souza Contemporary Indian Short Stories in English.Ed. by Shiv K.Kumar.

24 Unit I: Major Based Elective Course I Translation: Theory & Practice Translation Definition Types- Principles of Translation Decoding and Recoding Problems of Equivalence Untranslatability. Unit II: History of Translation Theory Period Study The Romans Bible Translation Early Theorists The Renaissance 17 th Century 18 th Century Romanticism Victorians 20 th Century. Unit III: Problems of Literary Translation Structures Poetry & Translation Translating Prose Translating Dramatic Texts. Unit IV & V: Translation Practice Students will be trained to translate literary and articles of common interest both from English to Regional Language & vice versa. Books for Reference: 1. Susan Bassnett MC Guire Translation Studies (Methuene) 2. J.C. Catford A Linguistic Theory of Translation (OUP) 3. Savoury Theodore The Art of Translation

25 Core Course XI Women s Writing in English Unit I: Margaret Atwood Kamala Das Jenny Lins : Circle Game : Freaks : Wonder Woman Unit II Shashi Deshpande Elaine Showalter : Writing from the Margins - Masks& Disguises : Towards a Feminist Poetics Unit III Dorris Lessings Nadine Godimer Bharathi Mukerjee : England vs. England : A Correspondence Course : Wife s Story Unit IV Toni Morisson Pearl S. Buck : Beloved : Letter from Peking Unit V: Anita Nair Margaret Laurence : The Ladies Coupe : The Stone Angel

26 Core Course XII Commonwealth Literature Unit I : A.D. Hope Margaret Atwood A.M. Klein : Australia : Journey to the Interior : Portrait of my Mother Unit II: J.P. Clark Roy Lampbell Derek Walcott : The Casualties : Poets in Africa : A Far cry from Africa Unit III: Margaret Atwood Joyce Marshal : The Sin Eater : The Old Woman Unit IV: Wole Soyinka : The Lion and the Jewel Unit V: Chinua Achebe Margaret Atwood : Things Fall Apart : Surfacing

27 Second Allied Course XIII Canadian Literature Unit I: Poetry F.R. Scott : The Canadian Authors Meet Margaret Lawrence: Notes towards a poem that can never be written Unit II: Short Stories Collection: Margaret Atwood & Robert Weaver 1. Sinclair Ross: The Lamp at Noon 2. Margaret Lawrence : The Loons Unit III: George Ryga : The Ecstasy of Rita Joe Unit IV: Shelia Watson : The Double Hook Unit V: Margaret Atwood : The Edible Woman

28 Major Based Elective II- Language & Linguistics Unit I & II 1. The Organs of Speech 2. The Consonants of English 3. The Vowels of English 4. Word groups, strong & weak forms, stress and intonation, transcription. J.D. O Connor: Better English Pronunciation (OUP) Units III, IV, V: General Linguistics The following chapters from the Study of Language by George Yule (OUP) Unit III 1. The Origins of Language 2. The Development of Writing 3. The Properties of Language 4. Words and Word Formation Process. Unit IV: 5. Morphology 6. Phrases & Sentences : Grammar 7. Syntax 8. Semantics Unit V: 9. Language and Machines 10. Language, History, Change 11. Language Varieties

29 12. Language, Society & Culture Unit I: Major Based Elective course III English Language Teaching Issues involved in Teaching of English Explanation of curriculum, syllabus, course, methods, approaches, techniques, Teaching English as a Second Language. Unit II: Teaching of Pronunciation, Reading and Writing Skills Teaching of Composition. Unit III: Unit IV: Unit V: Teaching of Grammar, Vocabulary. Teaching Poetry Teaching Prose Books for Reference: 1. Introduction to English Language Teaching,(CIEFL(OUP)),Ghosh, Sastri, Das. 2. Bright, MC Gregor, Teaching English as a School Language. 3. Paul Verghese Teaching English as Second Language.

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