GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) KUMBAKONAM Part III-B.A English- Course Structure under CBCS (for the candidates to be admitted from the academic year 2008-2009 onward) SEM I COURSE TITLE INSTRUCTION HOURS CREDIT EXAM HOURS INT. MARKS EXT. MARKS MARKS Part I-Language Tamil 6 3 3 25 75 100 Part II- Language 6 3 3 25 75 100 English Part III-CC I- Prose 5 4 3 25 75 100 Part III-CC II- Fiction 3 - - - - - Part III AC I- Social History 4 3 3 25 75 100 of England Part III-AC II- History of English 2 - - - - - Literature I Part IV Value Based 2 2 3 25 75 100 Education-Yoga Part IV-Skill Based Course- Functional 2 2 3 25 75 100 English-Spoken English Total 30 17 600
SEM COURSE TITLE INSTRUCTION HOURS II CREDI T EXAM HOURS INT. MARKS EXT. MARKS MARKS Part I-Language Tamil 6 3 3 25 75 100 Part II-Language English 6 3 3 25 75 100 Part III-CC II- Fiction 2 4 3 25 75 100 Part III-CC III- Poetry I 5 4 3 25 75 100 Part III AC II- History of 3 3 3 25 75 100 Literature I Part III-AC III- History of English 4 4 3 25 75 100 Literature II Part IV-Skill Based Course 2 2 3 25 75 100 Environmental Studies 2 2 3 25 75 100 Total 30 25 800
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) Part III-B.A English- Course Structure under CBCS Semester Course Title Instruction Hours\Week Credits Exam Hrs Int. Mark Ext. Mark Total Part I Language-Tamil 6 3 3 25 72 100 Part II Language-English 6 3 3 25 75 100 Part III core Course-IV- Drama 4 4 3 25 75 100 Part III Core Course-V Poetry II 3 - - - - - Part III Allied Course IV III Literary Forms 4 4 3 25 75 100 Part III Allied Course V Principles of literary 3 - - - - - Course Criticism Part IV Skill Based Course 2 2 3 25 75 100 Part IV Non Elective Course 2 2 3 25 75 100 Total 30 18 600 Part I Language- Tamil 6 3 3 25 75 100 IV Part II Language- English 6 3 3 25 75 100 Part III Core Course-V- Poetry II 3 4 3 25 75 100 Part III Core Course-VI Drama II-Modern 5 4 3 25 75 100 Part III Allied Course V Principles of Literary 2 3 3 25 75 100 Criticism Part III Allied Courses VI Comparative Literature 4 3 3 25 75 100 Part IV Skill Based Course 2 2 3 25 75 100 Part IV Non-Major Elective Course 2 2 3 25 75 100 Total 30 24 800 (for the candidates to be admitted from the academic year 2008-2009 onward)
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) KUMBAKONAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH U.G COURSE STRUCTURE UNDER CBCS (140 Credits) (For the Candidates to be admitted from the academic year 2008-2011 onwards) SEMESTER COURSE TITLE INST. HOU RS V CC VII SHAKESPEARE CC VIII INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH I CC IX AMERICAN LITERATURE CC X INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH II EC I TRANSLATION: THEORY & PRACTICE EC II ENGLISH LANG. TEACHING SKILL BASED COURSE CREDIT EXAM HOUR S INT. MAR KS EXT. MARKS 5 5 3 25 75 100 5 5 3 25 75 100 5 5 3 25 75 100 5 5 3 25 75 100 5 5 3 25 75 100 3 - - - - - 2 2 2 25 75 100 TOTAL 30 27 18 150 450 600 SEMESTER COURSE TITLE INST. HOU RS VI CC- XI WOMEN S WRITING IN ENGLISH CC XII COMMON WEALTH LIT. CCXIII CANADIAN LITERATURE CC XIV LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS EC II ENGLISH LANG. TEACHING EC III JOURNALISM SKILL BASED COURSE CRE DIT EXAM HOURS INT. MARKS EXT. MAR KS 6 4 3 25 75 100 5 4 3 25 75 100 5 4 3 25 75 100 5 4 3 25 75 100 2 5 3 25 75 100 5 5 3 25 75 100 2 2 3 25 75 100 TOTAL 30 28 21 175 525 700 TOTAL MARKS TOTAL MARKS
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) KUMBAKONAM RR1E1 Semester-I Part II English Esays 1.Building Self Confidence Norman Vincent Peale 2. My Greatest Olymic Prize- Jesus Owens 3. Education of New India C. Rajagopalachari 4. Examinations Winston Churchill 5. Nehru Some Memories Arnold J. Toynbee Stories 6. The Three hermits -= Count Leo Tolstoy 7. The Land Where There were No Old Men Jean Ire 8.The Diamond Necklace Gue de Maupassant 9. The Lost Child _ Mulk Raj Anand
PART III CORE COURSE I PROSE Instruction Hours:5 Credits:4 Units I,II,III : Sesame and Lilies - John Ruskin Unit IV: Essays of Orwell (ed) M.G.Nayar (Macmillan) a) Propaganda and Demotic Speech b) The ebookshop Memories c) Why I Write Unit V: selections from E.M. Froster (ed) R.Krishnamoorthy (Macmillan) a) Notes on the English Character b) My Wood c) A Book that Influenced Me
PART III ALLIED COURSE I SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND Instruction Hours:4 Credits:3 Unit I Unit II Unit III Medieval England 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 Unit IV Methodist Movement Humanitarian Movements The Reform Bills Unit V The age of Queen Victoria The Twentieth Century England Books for Reference: A.G.Xavier : Introduction to the Social History of England.
Part III Core Course II Fiction Instruction Hours: 5 Credits: 4 The following Stories from Stories of Yesterday and Today (ed) A.E Augustine (Blackie) (from units 5-10) Unit I: Unit II: Unit III: Unit IV: Unit V: The Best Investment I Ever Made A.J.Cronin. Heaven in Your Hand- North Lofts. Princess September- Somerset Maugham A Horseman in the Sky Ambrose Bierce. The Cop and the Anthem O.Henry An Astrologer s Day- R.k.Narayan. The Vicar Of Wakefield- Oliver Goldsmith A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
Semester-II Part II English RR2E2 Essays 1. Good Manners J.C. Hill 2. My London Days Mahatma Gandhi 3. The Secret of work Swami Vevekanandha 4.What I Cherish Mosat V.S srinivasa Sastri 5. Give us a role Model A.P.J kalam Stories 6. The Gift of Magi O Henry 7. The model Millionaire Oscar Wilde 8. The Face of Judas Isxariot Bonnie Charnerlain 9. A devoted son Anita Desai 10. My Lost dollar Stephen Leacock
Part III- B.A. English Semester II Core Course II- Poetry-I The following selection from The Mystic Drums(ed. Vilas Salunke et.al Orient Longman) Unit I: Edmund Spenser : One Day I wrote her Name W.Shakespeare : Poor Soul, The Center (Sonnet No.146) John Milton : On his Bilndness Unit II: John Donne : The Sunne Rising. George Herbert : Easter Wings. Andrew Marvell : To His Coy Misrtress. Unit III: William Blade : London Wordsworth : A Slumber did my Spirit seal. Unit IV: S.T.Coleridge : Kubla Khan Lord Byron : She Walks in Beauty. Unit V: P.B.Shelley : Ode to the West Wind. John Keats : Ode on a Grecian Urn.
PART III ALLIED COURSE II HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE-I Instruction Hours:5 Credits:3 The scope as indicated in Hudson: An Outline History of English Literature (BI Publications) Unit I : Chapter II & III- The Age of Chaucer Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V : Chapters IV & V- Development of Drama : Chapter VI,VII & VIII The Age of Shakespeare : Chapter IX & X The Age of Milton. : Chapter XI & XII The Age of Dryden.
PART III ALLIED COURSE III HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE-II Instruction Hours:5 Credits:3 Book Referred Hudson: An Outline History of English Literature. Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V : Chapter XIII & XIV- The Age of Pope. : Chapters XV & XVII- The Age of Johnson : Chapter XVIII,XIX The Age of Wordsworth. : Chapter XXII-XXIV The Age of Tennyson. : Chapter XXV-XXVI-XXVII The Age of Hardy & The Present Age..
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, KUMBAKONAM. Semester III Part II English PAPERD III: POETRY AND DRAMA FOR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT SELECTIONS POETRY 1. Rabindranath Tagore: Gitanjali (XXXV & XXXVI) 2. Earl & Surrey: Description of Spring 3. Robert Herrick: To Daffodils 4. Alexander Pope: The Universal Truth 5. Wordsworth: The World is too Much with Us 6. Thomas Campbell: The Mariners of England 7. John Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn 8. W.H. Davies: Leisure 9. John Masefield: Sea Fever 10. Felica Dorothea Hemans: Casabianca EXTERSIVE READING 11. Oliver Goldsmith: Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog 12. W.B. Yeats: The Ballad of Father Gilligan DRAMA One Act Plays 1. Norman Mckinnel: The Bishop s Candlesticks 2. Josephine Niggli: Sunday Costs Five Pesos 3. Cedric Mount: The Never Never Nest
Question paper pattern Semester III Paper III: POETRY AND DRAMA FOR COMMUNICATION Time:3hrs Max marks: 75 Section A (30 Marks) POETRY 1.True or False (3X1=3) 2. Choose the best answer (4X1=4) 3. Fill in the banks (4X1=4) 4. Choose any 2 of the following passages and answer the questions given below (2 out of 4) (2X2=4) 5. Paragraph (1X5=5) Either or. type question 6. Essay (1X10=10) Either or. type question Section B (30 Marks ) DRAMA 1. True or False (3X1=3) 2. Choose the best answer (4X1=4) 3. Fill in the Blanks (4X1=4) 4.Choose any 2 of the following passages and answer the question given below (2 out of 4) (2 X 2=4) 5. Paragraph (1X5=5) Either or Type question 6. Essay ( 1X10=10) Either or Type question Section C( 15 marks) COMMUNICATION 1. Comprehension from Extensive Reading poetry ( 5X1= 5) 2. Dialogue and Report Writing (1X4=4) 3.Dialogue Writing (1X4= 4) 4. Sending SMS (1X2=2)
CORE COURSE IV : DRAMA-I ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN DRAMA Unit I- Christopher Marlowe : Dr.Faustus Unit II Thomas Dekkar : The Shoemaker s Holiday Unit III Ben Johnson : Everyman in His Humour Unit IV John Webster : The Duchess of Malif Unit V- Philip Massinger : A New Way to Pay Old Debts
AC IV Literary Forms The Scope of study of the paper will be restricted to knowledge of the topic mentioned below: Unit I: POETRY- Nature and Elements of poetry Definitions Classifications of Poetry- Subjective- Objective. Unit II: Unit III: Unit IV: Unit: The Ode, The Lyric, The Sonnet, The Elegy, The Epic, The Ballad. PROSE- The Essay, Short Story, Biography, Autobiography. DRAMA Elements of Drama, Tragedy, Comedy, One Act Play, Tragi-Comedy The Masque, Farce. FICTION Elements of Fiction- Historical Novel, Picaresque Novel, Detective Fiction, and Science Fiction. Books and References: 1.W.H. Hudson: Introduction to the Study of English. 2. R.J. Rees: An Introduction to English Literature for Foreign Students. 3. Prasad: A Background to the study of English Literature. 4. Ramachandra Nair: Literary Forms
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN(AUTONOMOUS) KUMBAKONAM Semester- IV Part II English Paper IV: ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS Text Prescribed: 1. ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS Edited by Dr.V.Ayothi & Dr.R.Vedavalli Published by New Century Book House(p) Ltd., Chennai. Price-Rs.70/- The following selection are prescribed: 1. Basics in English Grammar 2. Error Correction 3. Vocabulary Enrichment 4. Synonyms & Antonyms 5. One word Substitution 6. Words Often confused and Misused 7. Idioms & Phrases 8. Vocabulary- Miscellaneous 9. Comprehension 10. Precis writing 11. Letter Writing 12. Reporting 13. Essay 14. Group Discussion and Interviews
Question Paper Pattern Semester IV Paper IV : ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS Time: 3hrs. Marks:75 Section-A (30 Marks) 1. Basics in English Grammar and Usage- 10 marks 2. Error Correction -5 marks 3. Vocabulary Enrichment-2marks 4. Synonyms&Antonyms-5 marks 5. One word Substitution-5 marks 6. Words Often confused and Misused -3 marks Section-B (20 Marks) 7. Idioms & Phrases 5 marks 8. Vocabulary Miscellaneous marks 9. Comprehension 5 marks 10. Precis Writing 5 marks Section-C (25 Marks) 11. Letter Writing 5 marks 12. Reporting 5 marks 13. Essay 10 marks 14. Group Discussion and Interviews - 5 marks
CORE COURSE V POETRY II Units I & II: Milton : Paradise Lost Book I Units III: Tennyson : Break, Break, Break R. Browning : My Last Duchess. Thomas Hardy: Neutral Tone. Units IV: Wilfred Owen : Futility G.M. Hopkins : Springs and Fall W.B. Yeats : Sailing to Byzantium Unit V: T.S. Eliot : Journey of the Magi Dylan Thomas:Do not go Gentle into the John Hollander: Night. Swan and Shadow. (Longman) Poetical Selections are found in the mystic Drum (ed) Vilas Salunke et.al
CORE COURSE V I:DRAMA-II MODERN DRAMA Unit I - Oliver Goldsmith : She Stoops to Conquer UnitII - George Bernard Shaw: Arms and the Man Unit III - John Galsworthy : The Silver Box Unit IV - T.S.Eliot : Murder in the Cathedrals Unit V - Harold Printer : The Birthday Party
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 Allied Course V Principle of Literary Criticism II. II 1.Biographical Criticism 2.Historical Criticism 1.Moralistic Criticism 2.Philosophical Criticism Unit IV & V New Criticism/ Formalistic Criticism III. 1.Theory of Allen Tate and Cleanth Brooks 2. Warren : Literary Theory, Criticism and History IV. 1.Phychological Approach to Literature 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: Unit III: Unit IV: Unit V: The French and American School of Comparative Literature. Influence and Imitation Periodization Epoch, School, Movement Genre Studies, Thematology. Literature and Others Disciplines,Literature and Other Arts. Books for Reference:- Ulrich Weisstein : Comparative Literature and other Arts Wellek & Warren : Theory of Literature(part II) S.S Prawar : Comparative Literature
Core Course VII Shakespeare Unit I : Two Gentlemen of Verona Unit II : As you like It Unit III : King Lear Unit IV : Julius Caesar Unit V : The Tempest
Core Course VIII Indian Writing in English I Unit I: Nissim Ezekiel :Good bye Party for Miss pushpa T.S. Jayantha Mahapatra :An Old Woman Gieve Patel :Forensic Medicine Unit II: Adil Jussawala :Sea Breeze, Bombay Dilip Chitre Kamala Das :Father Returning Home :The Old Play House Unit III: Girish Karnad :Hayavadhana Unit IV: J. Nehru :Freedom and Licence Radhakrishnan :The world Community Unit V: R.K. Narayan :The Guide The Poetical Selections are found in The Mustic Drum(ed) Vilas Salunke(Longman)
Unit I: Core Course IX American Literature Walt Whitman : A Noiseless Patient Spider Emily Dickinson : After Great Pain, a formal feeling comes EA Robinson : Richard Cory Robert Frost : Mending Wall Unit II: Wallace Stevens : The Emperor of Icecream Ezra Pound : In a Station of the 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 : A Street Car Named Desire Unit V: Ernest Hemingway : The Old man and the Sea John Steinbeck : The Grapes of Wrath Poetical Selection are found in The Mystic Drum(ed) Vilas Salunke et. Al (Longman)
Unit I: Core Course X Indian Writing in English II A.K.Ramanujan : 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 Instrusion and other Stories) Arun Joshi : The Boy with the Flute Unit IV: Khushwant Singh : Train to Pakistan Unit V: Anita Desai : Cry, the Peacock Reference books Contemporary Indian Poetry in English An Assessment and Selection Edited by Saleem Peeradina Nine Indian Women Poets An Anthology Edited by Eunice de Souza Contemporary Indian Short Stories in English Edited by Shiv K. Kumar
Elective Course I Translation:Theory & Practice Unit I: Translation Definition Types Principles of Translation- Decoding and Recoding Problems of Equivalence- Untranslatability. Unit II: History of Translation Theory- Period Study The Romans Bible Translation Early Theorists The Renaissance 17th century 18th century Romanticism Victorians 20th century. Unit III: Problems of Literary Translation Structures Poetry & Translation Translating Prose Translating Dramatic Texts. Unit IV & 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
Elective Course II English Language Teaching Unit I: Issues involved in Teaching of English Explanation of curriculum, syllabus, course, methods, approaches, techniques, Teaching English as a second Language. Unit II: Unit III: Unit IV: Unit V: Teaching of Pronunciation, Reading and Writing Skills Teaching of Composition. Teaching of Grammar, Vocabulary, Teaching of Poetry, Prose. Testing Characteristics Types of Questions. Use of Audio- Visual Aids in Language Teaching. Books for References: 1. Introduction to English Language Teaching(CIEFL(OUP)),Ghosh, Sastri, Das. 2. Bright, MC Gregor, Teaching English as a Second Language 3. Paul Verghese Teaching English as a Second Language.
CORE COURSE XI WOMEN S WRITING IN ENGLISH UNIT I: Margaret Atwood - Circle Game Kamala Das - Freaks Jenny Lins - Wonder Woman UNIT II: UNIT III: UNIT IV: UNIT V: Shashi Deshpande - Writing from the Margins- Masks & Disguises Elaine Showalter - Towards a Feminist Poetics Dorris Lessing - England vs England Nadine Godimer - A Correspondence Course Bharathi Mukerjee - Wife s Story Toni Morisson - Beloved Pearl S. Buck - Letter from Peking Anita Nair - The Ladies Coupe Margaret Laurence - The Stone Angel
CORE COURSE XII COMMON WEALTH LITERATURE UNIT I: UNIT II: A.D.Hope - Australia Margaret Atwood - Journey to the interior A.M. Klein - Portrait of my mother J.P.Clark - The Casualties Roy Lampbell - Poets in Africa Derel Walcott - A Far cry from Africa UNIT III: Margaret Atwood - The Sin Eater Joyce Marshal - The Old Woman UNIT IV: Wole Soyinka - The Lion and the jewel UNIT V: Chinna Achebe - Things Fall Apart Margaret Atwood - Surfacing
SECOND ALLIED COURSE XIII CANADIAN LITERATURE UNIT I: Poetry F.R.Scott : The Canadian Authors Meet UNIT II: Short Stories Collection : Margaret Atwood & Robert Weaver UNIT III: 1.Sinclair Ross: The Lamp at Noon 2. Margaret Lawrence George Ryga : The Ecstasy of Rita Joe UNIT IV: Sheila Watson : The Double Hook UNIT V: Margaret Atwood : The Edible Woman
Core Course XIV-Language & Linguistics UNIT I& II: 1. Organs of Speech 2. The Consonants of English 3. The Vowels of English 4. Word Groups, Strong and Weak Forms, Stress and Intonation, Transcription J.D. O Connor : Better English Pronunciation(OUP) UNIT III.IV,V: General 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 12. Language, Society & Culture
Elective Course III Journalism UNIT I: UNIT II: UNIT III: Definition of Journalism Role of Journalism Ethics Press Laws Press Council. News Definition Kinds Elements Sources News Agencies. Reporting-Quality of Reporters- Beats Kinds of Reporting with special reference to court, crime, election, sports-investigative- Reporting. UNIT IV: UNIT V: Editing- News Editor-Sub Editor-Anatomy of Editing. Language of Journalism Writing a News story-writing opinion pieces- Writing leads Headlines. Books for References: 1. Parthasarathy, R.Basic Journalism(Macmillan) 2. Metha, D.S.Mass Communication and Journalism in India(Allied) 3. Ramachandran Rao, Quest for News(Macmillan) 4. Sethil, Pathanjali, Professional Journalism(Longman)