UG English Auonomy SYLLCommon and Core Course

SEMESTER—I
COMMON COURSES
COURSE I: ENG1CMR01- THE FOUR SKILLS FOR COMMUNICATION
COURSE CODE ENG1CMR01
TITLE OF THE COURSE THE FOUR SKILLS FOR

COMMUNICATION
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE IS TO 1
BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS 90
AIM OF THE COURSE

To develop the students’ ability to use English language accurately and effectively by enhancing
their communication skills.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

To introduce the students to the speech sounds of English in order to enable them to listen to
English and speak with global intelligibility.
To enable the students to speak English confidently and effectively in a wide variety of
situations.
To help the students improve their reading efficiency by refining their reading strategies.
MODULE I - Communication and Listening skills (9 hours)

English for communication-English as a Global language-Listening to a conversation-Listening
to a speech- Listening to a lecture
MODULE II - Speaking (36 hours)

Introduction to Phonetics - Received Pronunciation - Vowels and Consonants – Syllables – Word
stress – Greeting – Thanking – Requesting – Enquiring – Explaining – Reporting –Permission
MODULE III - Reading (9 hours)

Reading News Reports – Reading charts, tables, graphs – Reading advertisements – Reading
official letters – Reading online- content - Reading poems – Reading essays
MODULE IV – Writing (18 hours)

Writing sentences – Paragraphs – Reports – Letters – Resume – Covering letters – Writing E-
mails – Notes – Blogs – Punctuation Marks
MODULE V - Grammar and Pronunciation (18 hours)

Word Class – SV agreement – Tenses – Articles – Phrases – Clauses – Sentences – Voices –
Idioms
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REQUIRED READING:
Josh Sreedharan - An English Language Course CUP 2014
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QP Code: Reg. No……………………….
Name:…………………………
MAHARAJA’S COLLEGE, ERNAKULAM
(A Government Autonomous College)
BA/B.Sc. /B. Com DEGREE EXAMINATION

English–Semester I: Common Course
ENG1CMR01-The Four Skills for Communication
Time: Three Hours Maximum Mark: 80
Part A
I. Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two.
1. Which is the vowel sound in the word ‘school’?

2. What is meant by the ‘weak form’ of a word?
3. How would you greet a person on his or her engagement day?
4. What is the difference between ‘foot’ and ‘food’?
5. Define Interpersonal Skills.
6. Cite any two examples of mother tongue influence on the learning of a foreign language.
7. Skimming.
8. Small Talk.
9. Case-based group discussion.
10. What are problem-solving skills?
(1x8=8)
Part B
II Answer any six of the following, each in a paragraph of about 50 words:
11. Is English a phonetic language?
12. Define syllables.
13. Academic listening.
14. How would you open a conversation with a co-passenger in the train?
15. Note-Making.
16. Scanning.
17. Blog writing.
18. You are at a cinema, waiting for your friend. Request a stranger nearby to allow you to use
his/her phone to call your friend.
(2x6=12)
Part C
III Write short essays of about 100 words on any six of the following:
19. Barriers to Listening.
20. Telephone etiquette.
21. Useful phrases to extend an apology.
22. What do you mean by leadership skills?
23. What are the differences between American and British accents?
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24. Intonation.
25. Write a note on the Vowel sounds in English language?
26. Transcribe the following words: moves, live, open, tomorrow, contact, main, care, wait.
(5x6=30)
Part D
IV Write essays of about 300 words on any two (choosing one from each group) of the
following:
27. Write an essay on Speech sounds in English Language.
Or
28. Define reading Skills and the various strategies.
29. Critically analyze listening skills and the barriers.
Or
30. Write a Resume and Covering letter for the application of the post of a teacher.
(2x15=30)
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Course-II- ENG1CMR02- Reading Literature in English
TITLE OF THE COURSE READING LITERATURE IN

ENGLISH.

BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To acquaint the learners with different forms of literature and develop in them an ability to
understand and appreciate literary pieces.
To sensitize students to the aesthetic, cultural and social aspects of literature.

To develop an appreciation of the subtle nuances of literary expression.
To revalue literature as cultural and communicative events.
To improve the use of language as a means of subjective expression.
MODULE I: Prose (24 hours)
E.V. Lucas : The School for Sympathy

Jawaharlal Nehru : At School and College
Judy Brady : Why I want a wife
Bertrand Russell : As Others See Us
Interview : Lifelong Endeavour: Conversation with Kalamandalam Gopi
MODULE TWO: Poetry (24 hours)
William Shakespeare : Sonnet XVIII: Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day?

William Blake : London
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P B Shelley : Ozymandias
John Keats : La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Emily Dickinson : I am nobody! Who are you?
Robert Frost : The Pasture
W. B. Yeats : On being asked for a war poem
Kamala Das : The Fancy Dress Show
Gabriel Okara : Once upon a Time
Maya Angelou : Women Work
R Viswanathan : Grand Father
Yashwant Vaghela : Identity
MODULE THREE: Fiction and Drama (24 hours)
Anton Chekov : The Avenger

William Shakespeare : Julius Caesar (Act III Scene2)
Dorothy Calhoun : Lincoln came to Pittsburgh
REQUIRED READING:
K. C. Muraleedharan - Foundation Books Cambridge University Press -“Reading Literature in

English.”
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Name:…………………………

English–Semester I: Common Course
ENG1CMR02-Reading Literature in English
Part A
Fill in the blanks
1. As Others See Us’ is an essay written by---------.
2. Yashwant Vaghela is a -------- writer
3. Which metrical pattern is used in Ozymandias ?
4. Who is the author of The Fancy Dress Show ?
5. What is the significance of the poem London ?.
6. Define the Sonnet.
7. Who is the author of the poem Woman Work?.
8. Who is Miss Beam?
9. What do you mean by rhyme-scheme?
10. Which intellectual activity is the wife not expected to do ?
(1x8=8)
Part B
11. Identity as a Dalit poem.
12. Characterization in Lincoln came to Pittsburgh.
13. The Pasture as a typical poem by Robert Frost.
14. Nostalgia expressed in the poem Once upon a time.
15. An appreciation of the poem Grand Father.
16. Lover in La Belle Dame Sans Merci.
17. Tone of the poem Woman Work.
18. How is a responsible wife expected to deal with a sick child?
(2x6=12)
Part C
19. The Avenger.
20. Theme of the poem London.
21. Woman Work as a domestic poem.
22. The main idea of School For Sympathy.
23. Summary of At School and College.
24. Julius Caesar.
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25. Purpose of On Being Asked for a War Poem.
26. What is the wife expected to do with regard to the education of the children? (5x6=30)
Part D
IV Write essays of about 300 words on any two of the following:
27. Write an appreciation of the sonnet ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day?’
Or
28. In the essay ‘Why I want a wife’ how does Judy Brady establish the fact that a wife is a
convenient instrument or tool for a husband?
29. Comment on the interview with Kalamandalam Gopi.
Or
30. Consider ‘On Being Asked for a War Poem’ as a typical war poem.
(2x15=30)
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SEMESTER - II
Course –III –ENG2CMR03- Media and Society
TITLE OF THE COURSE MEDIA AND SOCIETY
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE IS TO II

BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To provide an awareness of contemporary cultural and social movements through an

understanding of English language media.
To equip the students to appreciate print, visual and online media through a socio-cultural
perspective.
To facilitate learners to respond in English language to the various issues in and around India.
MODULE I: Extracts from Native Print Media (36 hours)
Achadi, drishyam, samoohyamadhyamangaludesamakaligasamanvayam. A speech

by Sasi Kumar, Director College of Journalism. Malayalam Weekly: 17 January 2014
“Young Indians have become more superstitious”. By Shalini Singh. An interview:

Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, Astrophysicist. The Week: 1 February 2014
Interview- Bill Gates. “India did not get anything wrong’’ Outlook: 10 June 2013
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MODULE 2: Extracts from Visual Media (36 hours)
Television reality shows: Satyamev Jayate ( Episodes: 2. Break the Silence 4. Every Life is
Precious 10. Dignity for All)
‘Analyzing Television Commercials’
Doc film: Only An Axe Away (Malayalam/40min/20 04/DV) by P. Baburaj and C.

Saratchandran
MODULE 3: Extracts from the Internet (18 hours)
Gustavo S. Mesch “The Internet and Youth Culture”.. http://www.iasc culture.

org/THR/archives/Youth Culture/Mesch.pdf
Shirley Taylor ‘Writing online: websites, blogs and social networking’ ( model business
letters, emails…)
Kenneth E. Clow ‘How Google has changed our Language’. ( Integrated advertising, promotion
and Marketing communications. By et al 266-67)
Short films on the Internet:

1. Abhinav Sunder Nayak Status Updated :
2. Nitin Menon Applied?
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3. REQUIRED READING:
NATIVE MEDIA IN ENGLISH Compiled by K. Rizwana Sultana and Prof. Mahamood

Pampally published by Pearson, 2015
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B.A DEGREE (C.B.C.S.S.) EXAMINATION
SECOND SEMESTER: ENGLISH: COMMON COURSE
ENG2CMR03 Media and Society
TIME: 3HRS. MAX. MARKS: 80
PART A
Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two.
1. Who is Jayant Vishnu Narlikar’s mentor?

2. What is NRHM?
3. Which movie depicts the winning of a tea boy in a reality show quizzing competition?
4. What is the main concern of the essay Dignity for all.
5. What is meant by intrusion value?
6. What is media convergence?
7. What do you mean by the term infotainment?
8. By using the tools of which company, is Google able to offer searches in Asian languages?
9. Media.
10.Analyzing TV commercials (1x8=8)
PART B
Answer any six of the following in two or three sentences.
11.How has media amplified superstitions?

12.How does Bill Gates differentiate his position at Microsoft and at the Foundation?
13. Write two of the advantages of Television advertisements?
14.What is meant by technological determinism?
15. What are the characteristics of Generation Y?
16.What is micro co-ordination?
17. What is child sexual abuse?
18.What is Social Media? (2x6=12)
PART C
Answer any six of the following in about 150 words.
19. Write a short note on advertisements.
20. Write a note on Satyameva jayate?
21. What is the impact of social reality shows on society?
22. Explain social construction of technologies.
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23. What do you mean by narcissurfers?
24. How is Generation Y different from Generation X?
25. Do you think there is gender divide in the modern India? Comment.
26. What is Bill Gate's take on India and its social schemes? (5x6=30)
PART D
Answer any two of the following in about 300 words.
27. How well does ‘Only an Axe Away ‘put forward the concerns of nature lovers in Kerala?
Or
28. Is multitasking rampant in television or internet? Why?
29. What are the etiquettes to be followed when writing on social media?
Or
30. Write an analysis of Status Updated by Abhinav Sunder Nayak (15x2=30)
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Course IV—ENG2CMR04 - Readings on Contemporary Issues
TITLE OF THE COURSE READINGS ON CONTEMPORARY

ISSUES

BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To create an awareness in the students regarding the challenges in the modern society.
To mould the students into responsible and dutiful citizens by developing a progressive and
constructive perspective regarding human rights, environmental, legal and other vital issues.
To sensitize students about the existing challenges in society.

To initiate discussions on important issues of gender, environment, human rights, etc.
MODULE I - Human Rights (18 hours)
Maharukh Adenwalla : Right to Shelter: A Fundamental Right
Omprakash Valmiki : Joothan
Kailash Sathyarthi : An Interview (Living in the age of 3D)
Martin Luther King : I Have a Dream
MODULE II - Environmental Issues (18 hours)
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Eliza Grisvold : How Silent Spring Ignited the Environmental Movement
Pablo Neruda : Oh Earth, Wait for Me
Severn Suzuki : From Words to Deeds
Philip Larkin : The Trees
Jack London : The Law of Life
MODULE III - Gender Issues (18 hours)
Alice Walker : A Woman is Not a Potted Plant
Tillie Olsen : I Stand here Ironing
J.B.Priestley : Mother’s Day
Amartya Sen : More Than 100 Million Women are Missing
MODULE IV- Health / Physical Issues (18 hours)
Usha Rai : Positively Insensitive
Crisanta Liu : A Healthy Body, A Healthy Mind
Anitha Desai : A Devoted Son
REQUIRED READING:
Text containing Human Rights, Environmental Issues, Gender Issues, Legal Issues regarding
marriage, domestic violence, etc. Adolescent Psychology and Health Issues.
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Name:…………………………

English–Semester II: Common Course
ENG2CMR04-Readings on Contemporary Issues
Part A
1. Why did the headmaster ask Valmiki to sweep the school compound?
2. George thinks Mrs.Fitzgerald is slightly drunk. Why?
3. Which are the two states with maximum racial segregation according to King?
4. What made old Koskoosh feel panicky?
5. Who wrote ‘I Stand here Ironing’?
6. Which season is depicted in the poem ‘The Trees’?
7. Why did the old man bribe his grandson in The Devoted Son?
8. How did Rakesh fulfil his duty to his father?
9. What is the meaning of the phrase ‘Positively Insensitive’?
10. Which factor favours women over men in life?
(1x8=8)
Part B
11. Describe Valmiki’s childhood before he went to school.

12. How do her husband and children treat Mrs. Pearson in the beginning?
13. How does Martin Luther King regard the Emancipation Proclamation?
14. What happened to the rabbit in old age?
15. What is the ratio of men to women in the world?
16. Pablo Neruda as a poet.
17. Tone of the essay A Healthy Body, A Healthy Mind.
18. Appreciation of ‘A Woman is Not a Potted Plant’.
(2x6=12)
Part C
19. How did Valmiki’s classmates behave towards him?
20. What are the sufferings of African-Americans listed by King?
21. Right to Shelter: A Fundamental Right.
22. Comment on the significance of the title ‘The Law of Life’.
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23. Why does Sen call work outside the home space ‘educational’ for women?
24. The important idea of Positively Insensitive.
25. How is Rakesh portrayed as an ideal son in the beginning?
26. Mrs. Fitzgerald advises Mrs. Pearson not to be soft on her family. How does she prove
her point? (5x6=30)
Part D
27. What is the transformation Mrs. Pearson succeeds in effecting in her family members?
or
28. How does Valmiki portray the caste discrimination in the village?
29. Give an account of the last hours of Old Koskoosh’s life.
or
30. What is the lesson Anita Desai is trying to put across in the story?
(2x15=30)
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Course V- ENG3CMR05 - Reflections on Global Issues
TITLE OF THE COURSE REFLECTIONS ON GLOBAL

ISSUES

BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE

To acquaint the students with the secularist ideology and other issues related to it.
To give the students a deeper understanding of the Gandhian philosophy and develop an
awareness among them regarding its relevance in the present day world.
To sensitize students to the aesthetic, cultural and social aspects of Indian culture.

To develop among the learners an appreciation of the Gandhian values.
To familiarize the students with Indian culture and the issues of globalization.
To enable the learners to revalue secularist philosophy in the backdrop of communal frenzy in
the present world.
To improve the learners’ use of language as a means of subjective expression.
MODULE I - Gandhian Concept (18 hours)
E M Forster : Reflections on Gandhi
C E M Joad : The Gandhian Way
K Satchidanandan : Gandhi and Poetry :
MODULE II - Secularism (36 hours)
Richard Wright :Twelve Million Black Voices :
Chinua Achebe : Refugee Mother and Child
Siegfried Sassoon : A Subaltern
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Sashi Tharoor :The Idea Of India: A Mosaic of Multiplicities :
MODULE III - Globalization (18 hours)
Nandan Nilakeni : Imagining India (Pages 424 - 428)
Vandana Shiva :The Social Cause of Economic Globalization
MODULE IV - Biographical Writings (18 hours)
Rachael Carson : Silent Spring
C P Snow : Ramanujan
Charlie Chaplin : The Autobiography (First 2 chapters)
REQUIRED READING:
REFLECTIONS ON GLOBAL ISSUES (prepared by the Board of studies)
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Name:…………………………

English–Semester III: Common Course
ENG3CMR05-Reflections on Global Issues
Part A
1. How was it possible for Gandhiji to sleep at will even at a moment’s notice?
2. What is the source of our human identity according to Vandana Shiva?
3. Why aren’t the African Americans permitted to grow vegetables?
4. Define the term ‘Subaltern’.
5. Heterodoxy in art.
6. Who is the author of ‘Imagining India’?
7. Who wrote ‘A Subaltern’?
8. What is the setting of ‘Refugee Mother and Child’?
9. ‘Grow more Wheat package’ .Explain
10. What is the significance of the image ‘thali’?
(1x8=8)
Part B
11. What are the chief characteristics of the philosophers?
12. How has economic globalization hijacked culture?
13. What is the idea of India according to Tagore and Amartya Sen?
14. Describe the picture of the American South drawn up by Richard Wright.
15. Who are mammies?
16. Silent Spring.
17. Chinua Achebe.
18. Moral and Physical forces.
(2x6=12)
Part C
19. How does a man of genius save humanity?
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20. Enumerate the major structural changes that came as a part of the trade liberalization
package?
21.Indian Pluralism.
22. Comment on the significance of the title ‘Gandhi and Poetry’.
23. What is the true meaning of the term ‘Negro’ as Wright sees it?
24. Ramanujam.
25. Make an appreciation of Reflections on Gandhi.
26. Indian Secularism.
(5x6=30)
Part D

27. Elaborate on C E M Joad’s statement: Gandhi is a moral genius.
Or
28. Write an appreciation of The Autobiography of Charlie Chaplin?
29. How does Vandana Shiva demonstrate that economic globalization has not been an unmixed
blessing?
Or
30. Give an account of Shashi Tharoor’s views on the pluralism of Indian society.
(2x15=30)
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Course VI - ENG4CMR06 - English for Jobseekers
TITLE OF THE COURSE ENGLISH FOR JOB SEEKERS

BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To equip the students with the communication tools necessary in seeking jobs.
To equip the students to cope up with the escalating competitions and challenges in the
globalized world.
To enable the students to get a wider perspective of the world.

To develop among the learners a sense of confidence to face the challenges of the society.
To enable the learners to have a better understanding of grammar, methods of writing, etc.
To improve the learners’ use of language.
To equip the students with better interview skills and enhance their efficiency in Group
Discussion and interviews.
MODULE I - Writing strategies (18 hours)
Features of good writing –Gathering of ideas - Purposes of writing- Writing for a specific
audience –Organizing ideas- Writing an introduction and conclusion –Developing supporting
ideas – Using Linkers - Choosing the right words - Writing book reviews and film reviews ,
Common Errors in writing – editing and proof reading.
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MODULE II - Group Discussion (18 hours)
Group Discussion as a tool for selection-Skills for GD –Leadership and problem solving skills-
Types of GD’s-Group Dynamics-Roles and Functions : beginning, presenting and elaborating;
Roles and Functions clarifying, synthesizing and challenging; Roles and Functions agreeing,
disagreeing and summarizing; Roles and Functions Etiquette, body language and time
Management; GD activities.
Purpose of Interview – Preparing a CV, Covering Letter- Public speaking, Planning, Practice and
delivery.
MODULE III - Interview skills and Workplace Awareness (18 hours)
Purpose of Interview – Preparing a CV, Covering Letter-Before and at the interview- Answering
FAQs about yourself and your family – Answering FAQs about likes and dislikes – Answering
FAQs on justifying candidature –Answering FAQs on priorities, attitudes and biases –
Answering FAQs on professional goals – Answering FAQs on remuneration - Public speaking,
Planning, Practice and delivery.
Workplace Etiquette- Values and ethics- culture- gender equality.
MODULE IV- Presentation skills (18 hours)
Computer aided presentations – basic computer skills – power point presentations – visuals
and sounds – debate – minutes – agenda
MODULE V - Content Writing (18 hours)
E -writing – blogging – writing online – content writing for websites – social networks for
academic purpose – MOOCs – online dictionaries – cyber resources.
REQUIRED READING:
English for Job Seekers
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Name:…………………………

Semester IV: Common Course in English
ENG4CMR06 English for Jobseekers
Part A
I. Answer any eight of the following questions.
1. The Four Skills.

2. Proof-reading.
3. Give an example of a word or phrase where no article is used to refer to a meal.
4. Conclusion of the essay.
5. Purpose of Academic writing.
6. Concord.
7. Writing an introduction.
8. Group discussion
9. Fill in the blanks: The film ------in Tamil.( Use the correct voice form of make).
10. This pretty picture frame is made --------- bronze.
(1x8=8)
Part B
11. What are the different types of group discussion?
12. Relative clauses
13. Workplace etiquette.
14. Reading Skills
15. Note-making.
16. Plagiarism.
17. Proof-reading.
18. Drawing the inferences.
(2x6=12)
Part C
19. Interpersonal skills.
20. Telephone etiquette
21. Critical thinking and creative thinking.
22. Editing.
23. Group Discussion Skills.
24. Body language
25. Time management.
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26. Presentation skills (5x6=30)
Part D
27. How will you prepare a resume for the job of a teacher.
Or
28. Write an essay on Group discussion.
29. Write an essay on values and ethics.
Or
30. Write an essay on public speaking
(2x15=30)
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CORE COURSES
SEMESTER - I
Core Course - Paper 01: ENG1COR01: History of English Literature up to 17th century
(Metaphysical)
Course Code ENG1COR01
Title of the course History of English Literature up to 17th century
(Metaphysical).
Semester in which the course is I
to be taught
Maximum marks 80
No. of contact hours 108
AIM OF THE COURSE
To give the students a comprehensive knowledge about the background of English language
and literature and the different periods in the history of English literature up to the seventeenth
century.
To nurture the ability among the students to:
Appreciate, interpret and critically evaluate literature.
Form an idea about the various stages in the development of English literature.
MODULE I : ( 36 Hrs)
History of English Literature up to 17th century (Metaphysical).
CORE TEXT: W.H. Hudson: An Outline History of English Literature
MODULE II: Poetry (36 Hrs)

Edmund Spencer : Amoretti
William Shakespeare : True Love
John Donne : Death be not Proud
Andrew Marvell : To his Coy Mistress
Richard Lovelace : To Althea from Prison
MODULE III: Prose (36 Hrs)

Francis Bacon : Of Marriage
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John Milton : On Education
John Bunyan : The Pilgrim’s Progress (Book 1- Part1)
BACKGROUND READING:
Ifor Evans : A Short History of English Literature
B. Prasad : A Background to the Study of Literature
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Name:…………………………
FIRST SEMESTER: ENGLISH: CORE COURSE
ENG1COR01: History of English Literature up to Seventeenth Century (Metaphysical)
Part A
1. Name the greatest contribution of King Alfred to Old English Prose.

2. What was Chaucer’s plan of writing Canterbury Tales and how far could he complete the
work?
3. What is an interlude?
4. Name the great tragedies of Shakespeare.
5. The recurring theme in Donne’s holy sonnets.
6. The theme of Amoretti.
7. Genre of Pilgrim’s Progress.
8. The University Wits.
9. Old English Literature
10. Bacon’s concept of marriage.
(8x1=8)
PART B
II. Answer any six of the following in two or three sentences.
11. Write a short note on the fellow pilgrims of Chaucer.

12. The Faerie Queene.
13. Bacon’s prose style.
14. Chief characteristics of Milton’s poetry
15. Shakespeare’s sonnets.
16. Shakespeare was profoundly influenced by Marlowe. Explain.
17. ‘Boy Actresses’ of Shakespeare’s time.
18. Tottel’s Miscellany. (6x2=12)
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PART C
III. Answer any six of the following in about 100 words.
19. Write a paragraph on the ‘Beginnings of the English drama’.

20. What are the principles of the classic drama?
21. The Caroline poets.
22. What is Metaphysical poetry?
23. Bacon has been called the father of Empiricism. Explain.
24. To His Coy Mistress is the best recognized carpe diem poem in English. Explain.
25 ’Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.’ Discuss.
26. Of Education is Milton’s most comprehensive statement on educational reform. Explain.
(6x5=30)
PART D
27. Do you agree that the fifteenth century was a barren period in the history of English
Literature? Explain.
Or
28. Character sketch of Christian.
29. General characteristics of Shakespeare’s works

Or
30. To His Coy Mistress is a Metaphysical poem. Discuss.. (2x15=30)
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Core Course - Paper 02: ENG2COR02 - English Literature - 18th and 19th century
Course Code ENG2COR02
Title of the course English Literature - 18th and 19th century
Semester in which the course II
is to be taught
Maximum marks 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To enhance the knowledge base of the students about the background of English language and
literature of the period specified.
To unearth the potential among the students to:
Appreciate, interpret and critically evaluate literature of the period.
Form an idea about the various genres of English literature.
MODULE I (36 Hrs)

History of English Literature from 18th century
Core Text: W.H. Hudson. An Introduction to English Literature
MODULE II: Poetry (36 hrs)
Alexander Pope : Ode on Solitude
Thomas Gray : Elegy written in a Country Churchyard
William Blake : The School Boy
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William Wordsworth : The Leech Gatherer
Samuel Taylor Coleridge : Kubla Khan
P.B. Shelley : Ode to the West Wind
John Keats : Ode on a Grecian Urn
D G Rossetti : The Blessed Damozel
Robert Browning : My Last Duchess
Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Musical Instrument
Alfred Lord Tennyson : Break, Break, Break
Matthew Arnold : Dover Beach
MODULE III – Prose (36 Hrs)
Jonathan Swift : The Battle of the Books –‘The Spider and the Bee.’
Addison & Steele : Sir Roger at the Theatre
Oliver Goldsmith : The Man in Black
William Hazlitt : On Familiar Style
Charles Lamb : Dream Children: A Reverie
Thomas Carlyle : On History
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Name:…………………………
SECOND SEMESTER: ENGLISH: CORE COURSE
ENG2COR02: ENGLISH LITERATURE --Eighteenth and Nineteenth century.
Part A
1 Point out the significance of the term ‘Augustan Age’?

2. Name the genre of The Tale of the Tub.
3. What is an epistolary novel?
4. Name the ‘transitional poets’?
5. What is the alternative title of Leech Gatherer?
6. Name the magazine founded by Addison and Steele.
7. Who is Pan?
8. Name the collection of essays by Hazlitt.
9.Comment on the literary style of Jonathan Swift.
10. The chief merit of William Hazlitt’s works. (8x1=8)
PART B
11 Answer any six of the following in two or three sentences..
11. The theme of ‘The History of Tom Jones’.

12. ‘Castle of Otranto’ as a gothic romance.
13. Lyrical Ballads.
14. The great odes of Keats.
15. Do you find Dover Beach emotionally convincing?
16. According to Carlyle history is the most important form of writing. Why?
17. Gray’s Elegy mourns the death of common man, explain.
18. Write a note on the biographical elements in Break Break Break. (6x2=12)
PART C
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Answer any six of the following in about 100 words.
19. Write a note on the incident that led to the composition of The Rape of the Lock.
20. Why is the age of Pope sometimes called the neo-classical age?
21. Write a short note on ‘the return to nature’ in the late 18th century.
22. Characteristics of Romanticism.
23. Write a short note on the historical significance of The Elegy Written in the Country
Churchyard.
24. The allegory of the spider and the bee illustrates the central theme of The Battle of the Books.
Explain.
25. Comment on the contrast between the two halves of the poem Kubla Khan.
26. My Last Duchess is a classic example of a dramatic monologue. Explain. (6x5=30)
PART D
27. Write a critical appreciation of the essay Dream Children: A Reverie.
Or
28. Rise of the Novel.
29. The Man in Black is a satire discouraging the trend of hypocrisy—Discuss.
Or
30. Compare Ode to the West Wind with Ode on Solitude highlighting the chief characteristics of
the literary form. (2x15=30)
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SEMESTER III
Core Course - Paper 03: ENG3COR03 : Literary Criticism (Part I)
COURSE CODE ENG3COR03
TITLE OF THE COURSE LITERARY CRITICISM (PART I)
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE 3

IS TO BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To introduce literatures in English from different parts of the world.
To appreciate, interpret and critically evaluate literature with theoretical insight.
To instill a holistic critical sensibility among the students, equipping them with analytical
perspectives of the major theoretical trends of the twentieth century.
To help the students gain an insightful perception of the literary and aesthetic aspects of
literature.
MODULE I: English Literature and the Literary Canon (18 hours)
Canon Formation-Literatures in English: British Literature, American Literature, African

Literature, Indian English Literature, Canadian Literature in English, Australian Literature.
MODULE II: Textual Approaches (18 hours)
New Criticism, Formalism, Structuralism, Post Structuralism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalytic

Criticism, Archetypal Criticism, Reader Response Criticism.
MODULE III: Marginalization: Gender, Ethnicity and the Subaltern (18 hours)
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Marginalization- The Concept of Gender-Gender Studies- Queer Theory- Ethnicity-The
Subaltern.
MODULE IV: The Cultural Approaches (18 hours)
Marxism- Post Colonialism -New Historicism-Cultural Materialism- Cultural Studies- Post

Modernism- Ecocriticism
CORE TEXT: THE METHODOLOGY OF LITERATURE edited by Robin Xavier
RECOMMENDED READING:
Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory . Manchester and NY: Manchester Uty. Press, 1995.
Bertens , Hans. Literary Theory: The Basics. London: Routledge, 2001.
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MAHARAJA'S COLLEGE
(A GOVERNMENT AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE)
FIRST SEMESTER: ENGLISH: CORE COURSE
ENG3COR03 : Literary Criticism (Part I)
PART A
1 What is the meaning of the term ‘canon’ in literature?
2 Who is the father of English poetry?

3 What is an Archetype?
4 What is Native Literature?
5 Who is the author of ‘Can the subaltern Speak?
6 Who propounded the theory of Deconstruction?
7 What is New Criticism?
8 Name the major schools of post structural of literary theories
9 Who is the author of Gender Trouble?
10 What is meant by Subaltern studies?
(8 x 1=8)
PART B
Answer any six of the following questions in two or three sentences
11. What is Cultural Materialism?

12. What is Ecocriticism?
13. What is Formalism?
14. Define New Historicism?
15. Mention the major schools of Literary Criticism
16. Queer Theory.
17. Name some of the authors in Canadian Literature.
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18. Define Gender as a term in Literary Criticism
(6 x 2=12)
PART C
Answer any six of the following questions in about 100 words.
19. Comment on the concept of Gender studies.
20. Write a short note on the theoretical aspects of Marxism.
21. Sketch the features of Post colonialism.
22. Write a paragraph on the differences between the terms ‘Gender’ and ‘Sex’.
23. Write a paragraph on Australian literature.
24. What are the major components of Cultural Studies?
25. What are the major features of Reader Response Criticism?
26. Structuralism and Post-structuralism
(6 x 5=30)
PART D
Write short essays on any two of the following in about 300 words.
27. Post-colonialism
Or
28. The important features of New Historicism
29 . The philosophy of Post Modernism
Or
30. Ecocriticism (2 x 15=30)
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Core Course -Paper 04: ENG3COR04 : Explorations in Reading
and Writing
TITLE OF THE COURSE EXPLORATIONS IN READING AND

WRITING

IS TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
Aim of the course:

To introduce the students to different kinds of fiction and to help them appreciate fiction.
Objectives:
To explore the creative process through writing
To define/determine individual goals as a writer
To expand and refine vocabulary and style resources
To become familiar with the conventions of craft specific to each genre
To learn about varied techniques of fiction, non-fiction & poetry
To learn how to critique (and be critiqued) constructively
To reinforce revising skills, not only of language but also of ideas
MODULE I: Poetry and Plays (36 hours)
William Wordsworth : Lucy Gray
Alfred Tennyson : Ulysses :
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W. H. Andrews : The Referee
A. A. Milne : The Boy Comes Home
MODULE 2: Short Stories and Prose (36 hours)
James Thurber : Unicorn in the Garden
O. Henry : The Gift of the Magi
Edward de Bono : Six Thinking Hats
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam : My Early Days
MODULE 3: Travel Writing, Translation and Street Plays (18 hours)
Alexander Frater : Excerpt from Chasing the Monsoon :
Vijayalakshmi : Bhagavatam
Thakazhi : In the Flood
Safdar Hashmi : Halla Bol
SUGGESTED READING:
Elements of Literature: Essay, Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film by Robert Scholes, Nancy R.
Comley, Carl H. Klaus, Delhi, OUP, 2007
Creative Writing: A Beginner’s Manual – Anjana Neira Dev, Anuradha Marwah, Swati Pal,
Delhi, Pearson Longman, 2009
Write from the Heart: Unleashing the Power of Your Creativity by Hal ZinaBennet, California,
New World Library, 2001
Cambridge Introduction to Travel Writing by Tim Youngs
Translation: History and Culture by Susan Bassnette, Andre de Fevre.
Article on Street Theatre by Manjul Bharadwaj . The Experimental Theatre Foundation . Web.
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MAHARAJA'S COLLEGE
(A GOVERNMENT AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE)
THIRD SEMESTER: ENGLISH: CORE COURSE
ENG3COR04 : Explorations in Reading and Writing
PART A
Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two .
1Where did Lucy Gray live?
2 Who will rule the island when Ulysses retires?

3 Who is the Chairman of the 'Rover's Football Club'?
4 What is a Unicorn?
5 Who is the author of My Early Days?
6 Name the genre of 'Chasing the Monsoon'.
7 Who is the author of 'The Boy comes home'?
8 What are the colours of the six hats ?
9. Why does the author call Chenna's dog loyal?
10. What is the meaning of Halla Bol?
(8 x 1=8 Marks)
PART B
II. Answer any six of the following questions.
11. Name the characters in the play 'The Boy comes home'
12. What does William Wordsworth tell us about Lucy Gray in the first stanza of the poem?
13. Why does the wife get up and dress as fast as she could in 'The Unicorn in the Garden'. ?
14. What is the significance of the allusion to the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon in The Gift of
the Magi?
15. What was the location of Abdul Kalam's house?
116. What are the central concerns in Vijayalakshmy's Bhagavata?
17. What are the social realities discussed in Halla Bol?
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18. Why does Thakazhi say that there was helplessness writ large in the eyes of the dog?
(6 x 2=12 Marks)
PART C
III.Answer any six of the following questions.
19. Comment on the theme of the poem Ulysses
20. Write a short note on the compliments of the reporters in 'The Referee'.
21. Sketch the character of Uncle James.
22. Write a paragraph on the difference between the behaviour of the husband and wife in the story
'The Unicorn in the Garden'.
23. Comment on the selfless acts of love depicted in the story The Gift of the Magi.
24. Write a short note on the childhood influences on Abdul Kalam.
25. How is the flood portrayed by Thakazhi?
26. How did Chenna save his family from the flood?
(6 x 5=30 Marks)
PART D
IV.Answer any two of the following questions in about 300 words, choosing one from each group..
27. Write an essay on the theme of the play 'The Referee'.

Or
28. Write an essay on Alexander Frater's experience of the Indian monsoon.
29. Do you agree with the view that ‘In the Floods’ depicts tragedy of the loftiest kind?
Or
30. Describe how Philip succeeds in forcing uncle James into agreeing with him? (2 x 15=30 Marks)
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SEMESTER-IV
Core Course – Paper 05: ENG4COR05 : Prose and Fiction

TITLE OF THE COURSE PROSE AND FICTION
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE IS 4

TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE:

To enhance the level of critical thinking of students-to enable them to critically interact with
prose writings from different contexts-social, political, economical, historical, national and
philosophical.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
To develop critical thinking in students

To enable them to write and appreciate different types of prose
MODULE I: Prose (36 Hrs)
Francis Bacon : Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature

Richard Steele : The Spectator Club
Samuel Johnson : Dick Minim the Critic
Charles Lamb : The Two Races of Men
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G. K. Chesterton : The Worship of the Wealthy
Bertrand Russell : The Ethics of Power
S. Radhakrishnan : Humanities vs Sciences
Erich Fromm : Freedom and Democracy
Peter Drucker : The Accountable School
NgugiWaThiongo : Decolonising the Mind
Peter Singer : The Environment
Richard Tarnas : The Postmodern Mind
CORE TEXT G. BalamohanThampi: Musings in Prose
MODULE II: Novels (36 Hrs)

1. Boris Pasternak : Dr. Zhivago
2. Anita Nair : Ladies Coupe
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(Pages 2)

Name:…………………………
FOURTH SEMESTER: ENGLISH: CORE COURSE
ENG4COR05 : PROSE AND FICTION
Part A
Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two..
1. ‘Goodness admits no excess, but error’. Explain.

2. What are the views of Sir Andrew Freeport on trade?
3. How does Dick Minim evolve into a critic?
4. ‘There is comber batch, matchless in his depredations’. Comment.
5. Write a brief note on ‘paradox’.
6. What are the circumstances that make a man cruel?
7. What is the goal common to science and religion?
8. What happens when the sense of tragedy is suppressed?
9. Peter Singer.
10. Drucker’s views on educational reforms. (8 x 1 = 8)
Part B
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Answer any six of the following questions in about two or three sentence.
11. How does Bacon amend Jesus’s advice to the rich man to sell all his property?
12. Sketch the character of Sir Roger in your own words.
13. What is Johnson’s attitude to criticism?
14. How does Lamb divide mankind into two races?
15. What are the different methods employed by journalists to flatter the wealthy?
16. What is the distinction between power as a means and power as an end?
17. How does Dr.Radhakrishnan explain the international character of scientific pursuits?
18. How do we discourage original thinking in school children?
(6 x 2 =12)
Part C
19. What are the social effects of the introduction of the printed book in the school system?
20. What was the impact of the story telling around the fireside on the children?
21. Why should we preserve wildness as a ‘world heritage’?
22. Write a brief note on the Kuhnian concept of ‘paradigms’.
23. How does modern society make men mere automatons?
24. Why does Russell say that the individual and not community is the focal point of ethics?
25. How does Chesterton ridicule certain descriptions of funerals?
26. What kind of treasures did Lamb possess?
(6 x 5 = 30)
Part D
Answer any three of the following in about 300 words.
27. What is the nature of the challenge faced by man in this post-modern age?
Or
28. Discus ‘Decolonizing the Mind’ as a post-colonial treatise.
29. Discuss Dr. Radhakrishnan’s views on the complementarity of humanistic studies and
technological training.
Or
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30. The moral precepts that Bacon expressed in his essay ‘Of Goodness and Goodness of
Nature’.
(2 x 15 = 30)
Core Course – Paper 06: ENG4COR06 - Study of Poetry
TITLE OF THE COURSE STUDY OF POETRY

IS TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE:
To enhance the level of critical thinking and appreciation of poems from different contexts and
genres
To introduce the students to the basic elements of poetry
To familiarize the students with various perspectives readings in poetry
MODULE I: Introduction to Poetry (18 Hrs)
Salient features of Modernism and Postmodernism in poetry, Rhetoric, Prosody, Stanza, Rhyme
and Kindred Devices, Figures of Speech, etc.
MODULE II: Modern Poetry (36 Hrs)
T S Eliot : Journey of the Magi
D H Lawrence : Piano
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Wilfred Owen : Strange Meeting
W H Auden : Muse Des Beaux Arts
G M Hopkins : God’s Granduer
Dylan Thomas : Do not go Gentle into the Goodnight
Amy Lowell : Patterns
Robert Bridges : London Snow
Ezra Pound : Cantos
Stephen Spender : The Pylons
MODULE III: Post-Modern Poetry (36 Hrs)
Philip Larkin : Church Going
Thom Gunn : On the Move
Sylvia Plath : Mirror
Ted Hughes : Hawk Roosting
R S Thomas : Death of a Peasant
Carol Ann Duffy : Pope Joan
Pablo Neruda : If You Forget Me
Geoffrey Hill : In Memory of Jane Fraser
Tony Harrison : Long Distance Li
Craig Raine : In Modern Dress
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(Pages 2)
Name:…………………………
FOURTH SEMESTER: ENGLISH: CORE COURSE
ENG4COR06 : STUDY OF POETRY
Part A
1. What is the religious vision reflected in the poetry of Hopkins?
2. The autobiographical elements in the poem ‘Strange Meeting’.

3. What are Hopkins’ innovative perceptions of poetry?
4. Substantiate your view on Ted Hughes as an animal poet?
5. The question of faith in ‘Church Going’.
6. How far is Larkin a movement poet?
7. Use of imagery in Hopkins’ poem.
8. Use of symbols in the Ezra Pound’s poem.
9. Theme of the poem ‘Gods Grandeur’.
10. The most significant feature of the poem ‘Mirror’.
( 8 x 1 = 8)
Part B
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Answer any six of the following questions in about two or three sentence.
11. Discuss the violence and vitality of Ted Hughe’s poetry.
12. What difficulties did the Magi face on their way?
13. Discuss ‘Church Going’ as a religious poem.
14. ‘Cantos’ as a symbolist poem.
15. Comment on the use of contrast and irony in the poem ‘Church Going’.
16. What were the after effects of the journey in the poem ‘Journey of the Magi’?
17. What is the theme of the poem ‘In Memory of Jane Fraser’?
18. ‘The poet is all admiration for the hawk’. Examine the statement.
(6 x 2 =12)
Part C
19. Do you think that hawk is a perfect analogy for a megalomaniac dictator? Why?
20. Examine the features of confessional poetry in Sylvia Plath’s poem.
21. What is the central theme of the poem ‘Cantos’?
22. Wilfred Owen as a war poet.
23. What are the images used in the poem ‘God’s Grandeur’?
24. Comment on the poetic form used and what it achieves in ‘Death of a Peasant’.
25. Explain the metaphorical significance of Pope Joan with reference to the poem.
26. How does the Magnus understand the significance of Christ’s birth?
(6 x 5 = 30)
Part D
27. Discuss the poem ‘Hawk Roosting’ as a comment on human society.

Or
28. What are the various instances of irony present in the poem ‘In Modern Dress’?
29. Give a brief thematic analysis of the poem ‘London Snow’ .
Or
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30. How far do you agree with the view that the poem ‘Journey of the Magi’ is about birth
and death?
(2 x 15 = 30)
SEMESTER –V
Core Course – Paper 07: ENG5COR07-READING DRAMA

TITLE OF THE COURSE READING DRAMA

BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE

To develop in the students a taste for reading drama with practical knowledge of theatrical
performances.
To get familiar with the plays of master-dramatists in the language
To develop the ability to appreciate and evaluate various types of plays.
MODULE I (52 Hours)
William Shakespeare : The Tempest

Sophocles : Antigone
MODULE II: One Act Plays (20 Hours)
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1. Anton Chekhov : The Proposal
2. John Galsworthy : Defeat
3. J M Synge : Riders to the Sea
MODULE III ( 18 Hours)
G.B. Shaw : Arms and the Man

Bhasan : Urubhangam (Oriental Books)
BACKGROUND STUDY: BBC Classics on British Literature - Video Series
(Pages 2)
Name:…………………………
FIFTH SEMESTER: ENGLISH: CORE COURSE

ENG5COR07 : READING DRAMA
Part A
Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two
1. Who was Prospero’s wife?

2. Bring out the symbols in Riders to the sea.
3. What is Creon’s relationship to Jocasta?
4. Use of super natural elements in The Tempest.
5. What is the theme of the play Riders to the Sea?
6. The element of masque appears in which part of the play The Tempest.
7. How many riders are there in the play Riders to the Sea?
8. What is the theme of the play The Proposal?
9. The theme of Antigone.
10. The most striking feature of The Tempest.
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( 8 x 1 = 8)
Part B
Answer any six of the following questions in about two or three sentence. .
11. Comment on Prospero’s treatment of Miranda.

12. What is the significance of the title Riders to the Sea?
13. To whom does Shakespeare address the epilogue at the end of the play?
14. What are the chief traits of Antigone ‘s character.
15. How does Prospero’s magic differ from that of the witch Sycorax?
16. What sentence does Creon impose upon Antigone for violating his edict prohibiting
Polynice’s burial?
17. Do you despise or pity Caliban? Elucidate your point of view.
18. The role of chorus in Antigone.
(6 x 2 =12)
Part C
19. Arms and the Man subverts the conventional view of male gallantry. Substantiate.
20. Discuss the element of dramatic unity in The Tempest.
21. What are the significance of the title Arm and the Man?
22. Shakespeare makes use of mythological allusions in The Tempest. What is an allusion?
Give specific examples.
23. The relationship between Antigone and Oedipus.
24. Discuss Arms and the Man as an anti- romantic comedy.
25. Notion of Euro-centrism in the play The Tempest.
26. The sea symbolism in Riders to the Sea.
(6 x 5 = 30)
Part D
27. The role of fate and the theme of resignation and reconciliation in Riders to the Sea.
Or
28. The Tempest as a post–colonial play.
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29. Discuss the role of the sentry in Antigone. How does this minor character affect the play’s
central conflict?
Or
30. The Tempest reflects the contemporary life. Elucidate. (2 x 15 = 30)
Core Course –Paper 08: ENG5COR08: Language and Linguistics
TITLE OF THE COURSE LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
IS TO BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To impart an understanding of the structure of English language through a study of the internal
organization of sound systems, words and sentences.
To help the students analyse the language, its sounds (phonetics and phonology), the way of
forming words (morphology), the sentence structures (syntax), and the study of the meaning of
words(semantics).
To impart an understanding of human communication through an objective study of language.

To familiarize students with the key concepts of linguistics and develop awareness of the latest
trends in the area.
To help students acquire an intelligible pronunciation and to improve the standard of
pronunciation in everyday conversation.
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MODULE I: LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS (30 Hours)
a) What is Language? - Arbitrariness – Interchangeability – Cultural transmission – Dialect –

Sociolect – Idiolect - Register – Pidgin – Creole
b) What is Linguistics? - Traditional grammar and linguistics - Synchronic and

diachronic linguistics – Evolution of the study of linguistics – Major linguists -
Basic concepts in linguistics - Langue – Parole – Language as a system of
signs – Signifier and signified - Competence - Performance
c) Branches of linguistics: Phonology - Morphology: Morphemes and allomorphs –

Lexical/Content Words - Functional/Structural Words - Simple, complex, compound Words -
Word Formation - Inflexion - Affixation - Parts of Speech - Word Order - Phrase - Clause -
Syntax: PS Grammar – Transformational Generative Grammar - Basic concepts in Semantics -
Applied linguistics
MODULE II: PHONETICS (36 Hours)
a) Air stream Mechanism - Organs of speech - Function of vocal cords – Soft palate action –
Active and passive articulators
c) R P and G I E – Uniformity and Intelligibility – Mother tongue influence - Cardinal vowels –

Vowels in R P - Diphthongs – Triphthongs - Consonants – Phonemes – Allophones
d) Suprasegmentals - Syllable - Stress and Rhythm – Weak forms and Strong forms – Sentence
stress - Tone groups - Basic intonation - Juncture - Elision – Assimilation
MODULE III: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (24 Hours)
English in India today-General principles of language learning and teaching-Aims of teaching

English-Methods of teaching English-Teaching English Grammar, prose and poetry-Use of
various aids-Tests and Examinations-Remedial English
REQUIRED READING:
S.K.Verma and N.Krishnaswamy. ModernLinguistics: An Introduction. New Delhi: OUP, 1989
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T.Balasubramaniam. A Textbook of English Phonetics foe Indian Students. New Delhi:
Macmillan,1981
Daniel Jones. The Pronunciation of English. New Delhi: Blackie and Sons, 1976.
(Pages 2)
QP Code:
Reg.No……………………….
Name:…………………………
ENG5COR08 : LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
Time: Three Hours Maximum Marks:80
Part A
Answer any eight of the following questions.
1. What is a round vowel?
2. Define a diphthong.
3. What is syntax?
4. What is slang?
5 Define a clause.
6 Define suffix.
7 What is a paraidigm?
8 Define ambiguity.
9. T G Grammar.
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10. Phonology (8x1=8)
PART B
Attempt any six of the following questions in two or three sentences each.
11.What is an allomorph?
12. What is intrusive / r/?

13. What is meant by diachronic approach?
14. How are vowels classified?
15. How is deep structure different from surface structure?
16. What is the difference between sociolect and idiolect?
17. What is an abutting consonant? Cite an example.
18. What are plosives? (6x2=12)
PART C
Attempt any six of the following questions in about 100 words .

19. Langue and Parole.
20. Cardinal vowels.
21. Explain Elision and Assimilation with examples.
22. Explain the influence of mother tongue on second language acquisition with some examples.
23. What are Registers?
24. Differentiate between Form class words and Function class words.
25. Language acquisition.
26. Semantics. (6x5=30)
PART D
Answer any three of the following questions in about 300 words
27 Examine the organs of speech.
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Or
28 Noam Chomsky as the Father of Linguistics.
29 Multilingualism in India.
Or
30 Varieties of English. (2x15=30)
Core Course – Paper 09: ENC5COR09- Literary Criticism (Part II)

Course Code ENC5COR09
Title of the course LITERARY CRITICISM (Part II)
Semester in which the course 5
is to be taught
Maximum Marks 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To familiarize the students with some of the key literary terms.

To introduce the students the fundamental and influential ideas that have a bearing on literary
creation and understanding of literature.
To make them aware of the interdisciplinary nature of literary criticism
To develop the skills for appreciating literature
To develop a critical temper in students.

To help the students get in touch with various movements and schools of thought.
To develop an interdisciplinary approach.
MODULE I: (18 HOURS)
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a) Figures of Speech: Metaphor, Synecdoche, Irony.
b) Movements: Neo- classicism – Humanism - Magic realism – Symbolism - Russian

Formalism - Absurd School – Modernism – Structuralism - Post structuralism - Post
modernism - Deconstruction - Psychoanalytic criticism.
c) Concepts:Intentional Fallacy - Affective Fallacy - Negative Capability – Myth – Archetype

– Semiotics – Reader-response criticism.
CORE TEXT: Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of LiteraryTerms. VII Edition. New

Delhi:ThomsonHeinle, 1999.
MODULE II: CLASSICAL CRITICISM (18 HOURS)
Plato : Theory of Imitation (Mimesis)

Aristotle : Romanticism and Classicism
CORE TEXT: M.S. Nagarajan. English Literary Criticism and Theory.Hyderabad: Orient
Blackswan, 2008. (Chapter I Classical Criticism)
MODULE III: INDIAN AESTHETICS (18 HOURS)
Major Streams of Indian Aesthetics - Theory of Rasa - Rasa and Catharsis
CORE TEXT: V. S. Sethuraman. Ed. Indian Aesthetics. (Chapter 3 “Highways of Literary

Criticism in Sanskrit” by Kuppuswami Sastri. Chapter 13 “Rasa as Aesthetic Experience” by
Mohan Thampi)
MODULE IV: (18 HOURS)
Romantic and Victorian Criticism - Twentieth Century criticism
CORE TEXT: M.S. Nagarajan. English Literary Criticism and Theory. Hyderabad: Orient
Blackswan, 2008; Chapters IV and V.
MODULE V: APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE (PRACTICAL CRITICISM) (18 HOURS)
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In this module, critical analysis of short poems and prose passages are to be done by students.
The students may be asked to analyses pieces in terms of theme, diction, tone, figures of speech,
imagery, etc. Theoretical approaches may be avoided.
BACKGROUND READING:
Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Peck John et al. Literary Terms and Criticism, New Delhi: Macmillan,1998.
Prasad, B. An Introduction to English Criticism. New Delhi: Macmillan. 1965.
Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory .Manchester and NY: ManchesterUty. Press, 1995.
Bertens , Hans. Literary Theory: The Basics. London: Routledge, 2001.

Name:…………………………
ENG5COR09: LITERARY CRITICISM PART-II
Part A
1. What is a text?
2. Define Dhwani.
3. What is Plato's Theory of Forms?
4. Define literary criticism.
5. What is aestheticism?
6. Define metaphor and cite its constituents.
7. What is Tradition according to Eliot?
8. Define ‘Fancy’
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9. Rasa Theory.
10. Name two important critical esays of T S Eliot (8x1=8)
PART B
Attempt any six of the following in two or three sentences.
11. What is meant by Russian Formalism?
12 Distinguish affective and intentional fallacies?
13 Karuna as the only rasa.
14 Neo-classical tenets in English Criticism.
15 What is Negative Capability?
16 Langue and Parole
17 Semiotics.
18 Explain ‘Hamartia’ ( 6x2=12)
PART C
Attempt any six of the following in about 100 words each.

19 Mathew Arnold's contributions to criticism.
20 Reader response criticism.
21 Post-structuralism.
22 Explain the influence of archetypes on criticism.
23 Postmodernism.
24 Psychoanalytic criticism.
25 "Linguistic turn" in criticism.
26. Romantic criticism . (6x5=30)
PART D
Answer any two of the following in about 300 words ..
27 Compare and contrast Post-colonial criticism and Feminist criticism.

Or
28 Aristotle's contributions to criticism.
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29 Evaluate Coleridge's contributions to English criticism
Or
30 Attempt a critical appreciation of the following:
Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air,
In his own ground.
Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,

Whose flocks supply him with attire,
Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In winter fire.
Blest, who can unconcernedly find

Hours, days, and years slide soft away,
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day,
Sound sleep by night; study and ease,

Together mixed; sweet recreation;
And innocence, which most does please,
With meditation.
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie. (2x15=30)
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CORE COURSE -PAPER10:ENG5COR10-AMERICAN AND
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES
TITLE OF THE COURSE AMERICAN AND POST-COLONIAL

LITERATURES

BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To familiarize the students with the basic tenets of Postcolonial theory and literature
To inculcate in the student an awareness of diverse cultures and literatures, including that of
American Literature.
To acquaint students with literary productions that address issues related to cultural identity in
colonized societies, the development of a national identity after colonial domination, and the
ways in which writers articulate and celebrate such identity.
To learn about the resistance of the colonized against the colonizer through literature that
articulates it.
To enable students to compare and contrast their indigenous culture with other literatures and
cultures.
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
MODULE I: Prose and Poetry (18 hours)
Emerson : Self Reliance (An excerpt)
Christopher Morley : On Doors
Walt Whitman : I hear America Singing
Robert Frost : Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
MODULE II: Fiction (18 hours)
Ernest Hemingway : Old Man and the Sea
MODULE III: Drama (18 hours)
Tennessee Williams : The Glass Menagerie
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
MODULE IV: Prose and Poetry (18 hours)
Introduction to Post colonialism
Ngugi wa Thiong’o Abo : On the lition of English Department
Margaret Atwood- : This is a Photograph of me
Gabriel Okara : The Mystic Drum
Mahmood Darwish : Identity Card
Nissim Ezekiel : Goodbye Party to Miss Pushpa T S
MODULE V: Fiction (18 hours)
Chinua Achebe : No Longer at Ease

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QP Code:
Reg. No……………………….
Name:…………………………
ENG5COR10-AMERICAN AND POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES
Part A
1. Why is Manolin not allowed to accompany Santiago?
2. What is special about opening of ‘the kitchen door’?
3. What is the source of the title of Achebe's novel?
4. What is the attitude of the speaker in Frost’s poem to the woods?
5. How does Laura while away her time?
6. What is suggested by ‘The leaves around her waist’ in Okara’s poem?
7. How does Emerson define ‘the great man’?
8. Why, according to Ngugi wa Thiong'o, should language and literature be studied?
9. 'What does Emerson mean by ‘Self-Reliance'
10. What is the theme of The Glass Menagerie (8x1=8)
PART B
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Attempt any six of the following questions in two or three sentences.
11. What does the photograph reveal in Atwood’s poem?

12 What does the drum signify in Okara’s poem?
13 How does Ngugi wa Thiong’o stress the study of oral traditions?
14 Why is it that Darwish asks the reader not to be angry?
15 What are the different kinds of doors detailed in ‘On Doors’?
16 What is the significance of the title ‘I hear America Singing’?
17 How is the speaker’s poverty highlighted in ‘Identity Card’?
18 What qualities of Miss Pushpa are revealed in the poem? (6x2=12)
PART C
Attempt any six of the following questions in about 100 words .
19 Hemingway's prose style.

20 Examine Whitman's poem as a celebration of individual liberty.
21 Autobiographical elements in Tennessee Williams' play.
22 Comment on the feminist elements in ‘This is a Photograph of Me’
23 The influence of English education on Obi Okonkwo.
24 What are the mysteries that ‘On Doors’ unravel?
25 How does ‘Identity Card’ bring out the endless ordeals the Palestinians endure?
26 Write a short note on American Dream. (6x5=30)
PART D
Answer any two of the following questions in about 300 words.
27 Analyze the statement that ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' is Frost’s most perfect
lyric‘ .
Or
28 How is Goodbye Party to Miss Pushpa TS a satire on Indian English?
29 The symbolism in Atwood's poem.
Or
30 Critically examine the religious overtones in The Old Man and the Sea. (2x15=30)
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ENG5CBP01: - CONTINENTAL LITERATURE
COURSE CODE ENG5CBP01
TITLE OF THE COURSE CONTINENTAL LITERATURE
BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE

To inculcate in the pupil the basic idea of continental literary analysis.

To introduce various methods employed to identify shared features of various literatures
To equip students to make comparative and contrastive analysis of literary texts.
MODULE I: Poetry (18 Hrs)
Kahlil Gibran : On Children

Basho : Selected Haiku
Pablo Neruda : Odes
Robert Frost : Home Burial
Ted Hughes : Thought Fox
MODULE II: Novel (26 Hrs)
Ngugi wa Thiong’o : Weep Not, Child

Victor Hugo : Les Miserables
Meena Alexander : Nampally Road
MODULE III: Short Stories (10 Hrs)
Anton Chekhov : The Death of a Government Clerk

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Guy de Maupassant : The Necklace
O. Henry : The Last Leaf
MODULE IV: Drama (36 Hrs)
Harold Pinter : Birthday Party

John Osborne : Look Back in Anger
Eugene O’ Neill : Before Breakfast (One-act play)
QP Code:
Reg. No……………………….
Name:…………………………
MODEL QUESTION PAPER

B.A.DEGREE(CBCSS) EXAMINATION
ENG5CBP01: Continental Literature

Time: Three Hours Maximum Marks-80
Part A
1. Answer any eight of the following questions in one or two sentences.
Fill in the blanks:1The Hawk in the Rain is a collection of poems by ______ .

2. The Necklace appeared in the short story collection ________
3. The Death of a Government Clerk is a short story by ________
4Name two novels by Ngugi wa Thiong’o?.

5. Who is Kamau?
6. Name the protagonist of The Birthday Party?
7. What happens in the end of Home Burial? Why?
8. What is the reason for the death of the government clerk?
9. Who is the author of Les Miserables?

10. The central theme of Weep Not, child
(1x8=8)
Part B
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II. Answer any six of the following, each in a paragraph of about 50 words:
11. Haiku
12 . Robert Frost’s style
13. The dramatic twist in the stories of O.Henry
14. Ode
15. Mysticism in Jibran.
16. Ted Hughes as an animal poet.
17. Angry Young Men
18. Character sketch of Mira in Nampally Road (2x6=12)
Part C
III. Write short essays of about 100 words on any six of the following:
19. Describe the central conflict in Home Burial?

20. Comment on the surprise ending and irony in The Necklace?
21. ‘Through the window I see no star:
Something more near
Though deeper within darkness
Is entering the loneliness’.--- Explain.
22. Autobiographical elements in Nampally Road.
23. What is the significance of the title Weep Not, Child ?
24. Before Breakfast as a single character play.
25. Discuss Pinter's dramatization of menace in The Birthday Party?
26. In what ways do the characters in Home Burial misunderstand each other?
(5x6=30)
IV. Write essays of about 300 words on any two of the following:
27. O.Henry’s Last leaf is ‘an inspiration to live.’ Do you agree?
Or
28. ‘The fox is the poem, and the poem is the fox. Analyze the statement with reference
to Ted Hughes’ poem Thought Fox?
29. Do you think Pinter’s The Birthday Party is an absurd play? Substantiate your
argument.
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Or
30. ‘Alienation and loneliness are two remarkable themes that strengthen Look Back in
Anger.’Do you agree? (2x15=30)
ENG5CBP02: - WORLD LITERATURE

TITLE OF THE COURSE WORLD LITERATURE
BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE

To inculcate in the pupil the basic idea of universal literary analysis.

To introduce various methods employed to identify shared features of various literatures
To equip students to make comparative and contrastive analysis of literary texts.
MODULE I: Prose (18 Hrs)
Mary Beard & John Henderson : Classics: A very short Introduction

G. Highet : The Classical Tradition
T S Eliot : What is a Classic
Allardyce Nicoll : World drama from Aeschylus to Anouilh
Moses Hadas : Greek Drama
MODULE II: Drama (36 Hrs)

Kalidasa : Ritusamhara
Aristophanes : Frogs
MODULE III: Fiction (30 Hrs)

Tolstoy : The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Kazantzakis : Zobra the greek
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Thomas Mann : Buddenbrooks
Vedavyasa : Mahabharata
MODULE IV Literaray Forms (6 Hrs)

M.H.Abrams : A Glossary of Literary Terms
QP Code:
Reg. No……………………….
Name:…………………………

ENG5CBP02: WORLD LITERATURE

Part A
1. Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two.

1. Who is the author of Kazantzakis ?
2. What is the name of Oedipus’ s daughter ?
3. Greek Drama is written by whom?
4. Who is Zorba?
5. Name the protagonist of Zorba the Greek.
6. Name two works by Kalidasa?
7. What happens in the end of Antigone? Why?

8. Litotes
9. Allegory
10. Absurd Theatre.
(1x8=8)
Part B
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II. Write short notes on any six of the following, each in a paragraph of about 50 words:
11. Kalidasa’s greatness as a poet.

12 . Tolstoy’s style
13. Tradition
14. Classical Drama
15. T S Eliot.
16. Aeschylus.
17. Free Verse
18. Alliteration (2x6=12)
Part C
19. Evaluate Antigone as a Greek drama?

20. Comment on the ending of the play Ritusamhara?
21. Fallacies.
22. Objective Correlative
23. T S Eliot and Impersonality Theory
24. Ambiguity.
25. Discuss the major points of the essay World drama from Aeschylus to Anouilh?
26. Classical Literature.
(5x6=30)
IV. Write essays of about 300 words on any three of the following:
27. Attempt a critical appreciation of Antigone.

Or
28. Characterization in Ritusamhara.
29. Explicate the plot of Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

Or
30. Write an essay on the important literary theories of T S Eliot.
(2x15=30)
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ENG5CBP03: COPY EDITING
TITLE OF THE COURSE COPY EDITING
BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE

To familiarize students with the concepts of copy editing.
To impart to them basic copy editing skills.
To help them find employment in the publishing field.
On completion of the course , the students should be able to
1. Copy-edit non-technical materials of moderate difficulty.
2. Produce consistently well-organized written discourse.
MODULE I: Poetry (18 Hrs)

What is copy-editing---scope and need---various typescripts---electronic—conversion of
manuscripts---copy editing
MODULE II: Novel (26 Hrs)
Preparing the text—the quantity of copy-editing needed---copy editing blurbs and titles
and cover descriptions---proof-reading.
MODULE III: Short Stories (10 Hrs)
The problem of style-technical issues involved in copy-editing----legal and safety
concerns---software tools.
MODULE IV: Drama (36 Hrs)
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Practical Session—grammatical trouble points---MLA handbook---use of electronic
versions.
QP Code:
Reg. No……………………….
Name:…………………………

ENG5CBP03: COPY EDITING

Time: Three Hours Maximum Weight-80
Part A
1. Define copy editing.

2. What are the preliminary steps involved in copy editing.
3. Style of writing.
4. MLA Handbook.
5. The importance of Grammar.
6. Coherence and Consistency of writing style.
7. Editing.
8. Proper Nouns.
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9. Concord.
10. Abbreviations.
(1x8=8)
Part B
11. Punctuation.
12 . Indexing a book
13. Types of Copy-editing
14. Ambiguity.
15. Proof- reading.
16. Plagiarism.
17. Standard Book.
18. Translation. (2x6=12)
Part C
19. Write a short note on copy editing.

20. Grammatical trouble points.
21. Fallacies.
22. Legal and safety concerns of copy editing.
23. Scientific and technological books.
24. Bibliography
25. Purpose of the Copy Editing.
26. In- house style. (5x6=30)
27. Write an essay on Copy editing.

Or
28. Explain with examples the problem of style .
29. How would you copy-edit a text?
Or
30. MLA Handbook is an indispensable factor in the process of copy editing. Elucidate.
(2x15=30)
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CORE COURSE PAPER 11: ENG6COR11 - WOMEN’S
LITERATURE
TITLE OF THE COURSE WOMEN’S LITERATURE

BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To introduce students to women’s writing in various countries.

To familiarize them with the diverse concerns addressed by feminism.
To motivate them to critically analyse literary works from a feminist perspective.
To create an awareness of class, race and gender as social constructs and about how they
influence women’s lives
To acquire the skill to understand feminism as a social movement and a critical tool.
To explore the plurality of female experiences.
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To equip students with analytical, critical and creative skills to interrogate the biases in the
construction of gender and patriarchal norms
MODULE I: Essays (18 hours)
Virginia Woolf : Extracts from A Room of One’s own:

1) Women and Fiction
2) Shakespeare’s Sister
Jamaica Kincaid : Girl
Elaine Showalter : Towards a Feminist Poetics
MODULE II: Poetry (18 hours)
Emily Dickinson : Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Anne Bradstreet : In Reference to Her Children
Kamala Surayya : My Grandmother’s House
Maya Angelou : Poor Girl
MODULE III: Novel (18 Hours)
Toni Morrison : The Bluest Eye
MODULE IV: Short Fiction (18 Hours)
Kate Chopin : The Story of an Hour
Catherine Mansfield : A Cup of Tea
Gillman : The Yellow Wall Paper
Sarah Joseph : The Masculine of ‘Virgin’
Meena Kanthaswami : Casual Contact
MODULE V: Drama (18 hours)
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Mamta G Sagar : The Swing of Desire
SUGGESTED READING:
Kate Millett. Sexual Politics. New York: Equinox-Avon, 1971.

Maggie Humm Ed. Feminisms: A Reader. New York: Wheat Sheaf, 1992.
Elaine Showalter. A Literature of their Own.
Virginia Woolf. A Room of One’s Own. London: Hogarth, 1929.
Patricia Mayor Spacks. The Female Imagination. New York: Avon, 1976.
Jasbir Jain Ed. Women in Patriarchy: Cross Cultural Readings. New Delhi: Rawat Publications,
2005
Susie Tharu & K Lalitha. Women Writing in India Vol I & II. New Delhi: OUP, 1991.
Gayle Green &Copelia Kahn. Making a Difference: Feminist Literary Criticism. New York:
Routeledge.
Sandra Gilbert & Susan Gubar. The Mad Woman in the Attic: The Woman Writer.Yale
University Press, 1978.
Simone de Beauvoir. The Second Sex. UK: Hammond Worth, 1972.
Angela Davis. Women, Race and Class. New York: Random House, 1981.
Alice Walker. In Search of our Mothes’ Gardens. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983.
Leos S. Roudiex Ed. Desire in Language. New York: Columbia University Press, 1975.
Lisbeth Goodman Ed. Literature and Gender. New York: Routeledge, 1996.
Adrienne Rich. Of Woman Born. New York: Norton.
Mahasweta Devi. Breast Stories. Calcutta: Seagull.
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QP Code:
Reg. No……………………….
Name:…………………………

ENG6COR11- WOMEN’S LITERATURE
Part A
1. Who is Judith Shakespeare? Who created this character?

2. What is the status accorded to women in Manusmriti?
3. What did Manasa become in the hands of Pratap?
4.Who wrote the poem In Reference to her Children ?
5. The central theme of the story A Cup of Tea
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6. What were the privileges enjoyed by Shakespeare as a male child?
7. What is the reason of Bhava’s dissatisfaction?
8. Who is addressed as ‘you’ in Maya Angelou’s poem?
9. The theme of Yellow Wallpaper
10. Who is the central character in Swing of Desire? (1x8=8)
Part B
11. Character sketch of Rosemary Fell in A Cup of Tea.

12. How do you think Mr. Mallard would feel if he knew what his wife really felt?
13. What were the privileges enjoyed by Shakespeare as a boy?
14. Dance in The Swing of Desire?
15. Death in Emily Dickinson’s poetry.
16. Refrain in Poor Girl.
17. Comment on the Italicized replies of the girl in Girl.
18. Gyno-criticism. (2x6=12)
Part C
19.. Voice and Memory in The Bluest Eye?

20. Nostalgia .in Kamala Suraiyya’s poems.
21. Girl as a dramatic monologue
22. Resistance in The Swing of Desire.
23. What is your impression of Manasa as an artist?
24. ‘Anonymity runs in their blood’.Explain
25. How does Woolf describe the predicament of a sixteenth century woman aspiring to
be a writer?
26. Melancholy in My Grand Mother's House. (5x6=30)
27. Describe the plight of Judith Shakespeare?
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Or
28. Racism in The Bluest Eye?
29. What are the similarities and differences between Western feminism and Indian
Feminism? Explain with reference to specific writers.
Or
30. “Poor Girl is a cry of the deceived.” Substantiate. (2x15=30)
CORE COURSE – PAPER 12: ENG6COR12: INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
TITLE OF THE COURSE INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To inspire students to read and appreciate Indian literature in English, and to explore its
uniqueness and its place among the literatures in English.
To introduce to the students the nuances of the cultural representation in Indian Literature in
English.
To provide an overview of the various phases of the evolution of Indian writing in English.
To introduce students to the thematic concerns, genres and trends of Indian writing in English.
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To generate discussions on the constraints and challenges encountered in articulating Indian
sensibility in English.
To expose students to the pluralistic aspects of Indian culture and identity
MODULE I: PROSE (18 hours)
Mulk Raj Anand : Persian Paintings
JawaharLal Nehru : Selections from Letter to My Daughter
Arundathi Roy : The End of Imagination
MODULE II – POETRY (18 hours)
Toru Dutt : Our Casaurina Tree
Rabindranath Tagore : Where the Mind is Without Fear
Sarojini Naidu : Awake
A K Ramanujan : Obituary
Nissim Ezekiel : The Night of the Scorpion
MODULE III: SHORT STORIES (18 hours)
Rabindranath Tagore : Subha
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai : The Flood
Khuswant Singh : Portrait of a Lady
MODULE IV: DRAMA (18 hours)
GirishKarnad : Nagamandala
Mahesh Dattani : Final Solutions
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MODULE V: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FICTION (18 hours)
U. R. Ananthamurthy : Samskara
Kamala Das : My Story
CORE TEXT:
Wilfred Abraham Ed. Our Country, our Literature: An Anthology of Indian Writing in English.
CUP.

Name:…………………………

English–Semester VI: Core Course
- Indian Literature in English
Part A
1 Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two.
.Fill in the blanks
1. ‘Let us fear---and we will cease to fear man’.
2. Death is the ------of God’s face
3. The poem ‘Railway Clerk’ has been taken from-----
4. Tagore’s autobiography is---------.
5. Badal Sarkar was associated with--------
6. Ketu Shabar is fantasizing about----
7. Where do the bugs perch on?
8. What is a cold war?
9. Why does the protagonist find old age so boring in The Wood rose?
10. What according to Indrajith, is the tragic? (1x8=8)
Part B

11. Who has become unhinged and lunatic ?
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12. What are the advantages of water transport?
13. How is our religiosity related to money-making?
14. What according to God is life and death ?
15. What does the lone cry denote?
16. What was the mischief that got into the head of Pathik?
17. How does Indrajith express his fears of mortality?
18. Does the poem ‘Her Garden’ carry bitter undertones of alienation? (2x6=12)
Part C
19. How does Gandhiji exemplify the steadfastness of great men?
20. What are the causes of soil erosion?
21. Do you think Arundathi’s tone is rather hectoring?
22. Write a note on the Indian mythological and philosophical allusions in Ramanuja’s
poem.
23.Do you think the morning is out of joint?
24. Write a short note on the images used in the poem ‘Nani’.
25. Describe the Arjun tree,
26. Write a note on the thematic role played by Mansi. (5x6=30)
Part D
27. Critically comment on Chaudhuri’s views on Indians’ attitude to money in the light of post-
colonial thinking.
Or
28. Write an essay on the mystical elements in the poem ‘Silent Steps’.
29. How far is Ketu a representation of the dispossessed tribesmen of India?

Or
30. Describe the characteristics of the dramaturgy of Badal Sarkar with special reference to
Evam Indrajith. (2x15=30)
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CORE COURSE - PAPER13:ENG6COR13: COMPARATIVE
LITERATURE
TITLE OF THE COURSE COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

IS TO BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To inculcate the basic idea of comparative literary analysis.

To familiarize students with the concepts and theories of comparative literary analysis.
To help students analyse and appreciate Malayalam literature both in the source and target
language
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To help the students identify the shared features of various literatures and enable them to make
comparative and contrastive analysis of literary texts.
MODULE 1: Theoretical Perspectives (36 Hours)
Various theories and the central concerns of comparative literature -Thematology,

historiography, Genre Studies, Influence Studies, Movement or Intersemiotic Studies,
Translation Studies and Aesthetic theoretical comparison and various other components of
comparative literature. A historical analysis of the contributions of the French school of
comparative literature. Study of the concepts of comparative literature in the east and the west .
Reading List:
Francois Jost : Introduction to Comparative Literature
Ayyappa Panicker and Bernard Fenny : Studies in Comparative Literature
MODULE II: Study of Specific Texts (54 hours)
In this module a comparative reading of texts from source and target language is incorporated.
The emphasis will be on thematic, stylistic, cultural, linguistic and generic aspects of the texts.
The study will be based on the following reading material. Care has been taken to choose texts
from Malayalam to English for enhanced comprehension.
Readings
Poetry
Kumaranasan : Fallen Flower

Vylopilli Sreedhara Menon : Son of Sahyan
NalapatBalamaniamma : The Story of the Axe.
O. N. V. Kurup : Requiem for Mother Earth
Balachandran Chullikkad : Ghazal
Vijayalakshmi : What Shall We Sell Next?
Short Story
Vaikom Muhammed Basheer : Me Granddad ‘ad an Elephant

O.V.Vijayan : After the Hanging
Kamala Das : Sweet Milk ( Neipayasam)
Ashita : In the Moonlit Land
T.Padmanabhan : The Girl Who Spreads Light
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Play
C. N. Sreekantan Nair : Lankalakshmi
C. J. Thomas : Crime
Fiction
Bennyaamin : Goat Days
M. T. Vasudevan Nair : Mist
BACKGROUND READING
Susan Bassnett : Comparative Literature
Bijoy Kumar Das : Comparative Literature
Amiya K Dev & Sisir Kumar Das : Comparative Literature: Theory and Practice
QP Code:
Reg. No……………………….
Name:…………………………

ENG6COR13: COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Part A
9. Answer any eight the following questions in a sentence or two.
1. Name the trilogy written by Sreekantan Nair based on Ramayana?

2. In which year was Goat Days published ?
3. Name two novels written by O.V.Vijayan.
4. What is the name of the autobiography of Kamala Das?
5. Who wrote the screenplay for the movie Manju(Mist)?
6. The central theme of the short story Kunjipatthumma.
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7. Who is known as the Sultan of Bepore?
8. Who wrote the play Behold!He Comes Again ?
9 Name the protagonist in Goat Days.

10 Who is the main character in Mist. (1x8=8)
Part B
11. Sketch the character of Mandodari?

12. What are the ecological issues in Son of Sahyan?
13. Write a note on the fictional world in My Grandad 'ad an Elephant.
14. Write a note on the thematic aptness of songs in Mist.
15. What is the significance of the literary allusion of Oedipus in A Requiem for Mother
Earth?
16. Sketch the character of Parasurama in The Story of Axe.
17. Sketch the character of Vellaiappan.
18. What are the major concerns of Vijayalakshmi in What Shall We Sell Next?
(2x6=12)
Part C
19. Treatment of Nostalgia in Son of Sahyan.

20. Comment on the modernist movement in Malayalam poetry after 1950s.
21. Significance of the title Requiem for Mother Earth.
22. Autobiographical elements in The Girl Who Spreads Light.
23. Thematical concerns of C.J.Thomas in Crime.
24. Theme of paternal suffering in After the Hanging.
25. Modernist techniques in Ashitha's In the Moonlit land.
26. The aptness of the title Ghazal.
(5x6=30)
IV. Write essays of about 300 words on any three of the following:
27. ‘Lankalakshmi is more about mythopoeia than about myth.’ Elucidate?

Or
28. Comment on the use of language as a narrative technique in Basheer's fictional world.
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29. Compare and contrast O.V.Vijayan and T.Padmanabhan as contemporary short story
writers with a difference, based on their prescribed works.
Or
30. Bring out the philosophical undercurrents in The Story of the Axe and Fallen Flower?
(2x15=30)
CORE COURSE - PAPER 14:ENG6COR14: COMMONWEALTH

LITERATURE
TITLE OF THE COURSE COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE

TO BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
To introduce students to the glorious masterpieces of American literature—its unique flavor,

style, form and themes.
To motivate students to attempt an intelligent appreciation and critical evaluation of American
civilization and culture as revealed in the works.
To inspire them to make further explorations into contemporary American literary works.
To acquire knowledge about American literature, its cultural themes, literary periods and key
artistic features.
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To understand the various aspects of American society through a critical examination of the
literary texts representing different periods and cultures.
MODULE I: Essays (18 hours)
Edward Said : Orientalism: Introduction
Shashi Tharoor : Bookless in Baghdad
Thomas Macaulay : Minutes: Introduction
MODULE II: Poetry (18 hours)
Margaret Atwood : Notes towards a Poem That Can Never Be Written
Judith Wright : Australia
Derek Walcott : A Far Cry from Africa
MODULE III: Fiction (36 hours)
Gabriel Okara : The Voice
V S Naipaul : Love, Love, Love Alone
Katherine Mansfield : The Garden Party
Chinua Achebe : Marriage is a Private Affair
Margaret Lawrence : A Bird in the House (Collection of stories)
MODULE IV: Drama (18 hours)
Wole Soyinka : Lion and the Jewel
Mahesh Dattani : Dance Like a Man
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QP Code:
Reg. No……………………….
Name:…………………………

ENG6COR14: COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE
Time: Three Hours Maximum marks-80
Part A
Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two .

Fill in the blanks;
1 Miguel Street is the short story collection of _______
2.English Education Act was passed in India in the year _________
3 Piano and Drums is a poem by ________
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4. Wole Soyinka won Nobel Prize in the year________
5. Name two plays by Harold Pinter?
6. Who is the’ Orient’? Who used this term first?
7. Who is the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi award?
8. Who is Ugoye Nweke?
9. Macaulay’s Minutes.
10. Post-colonial Literary theory.

(1x8=8)
Part B
11.Style of Margaret Atwood.

12. Character sketch of Lakunle in The Lion and the Jewel?
13. Why did Sidi refuse to marry Lakunle without the bride price?
14. Why does Walcott say that he is divided to the vein?
15. What is Walcott’s attitude towards English language?
16. Tharoor’s views on R.K.Narayan?
17. Describe the sacrifices made by Angela Mary in Love Love Love Alone?
18. Character sketch of Meg in The Birthday Party. (2x6=12)
Part C
III.Write short essays of about 100 words on any six of the following:
19. Comment on gender dynamics in Dance Like a Man.

20. Role of Yoruba poetry, music and dance in The Lion and the Jewel.
21. Bring out the irony in Marriage is a private affair.
22. What is the central idea in A far Cry from Africa.?
23. Do you think Katherine Mansfield has succeeded in portraying the strained class relations
in The Garden Party? Explain.
24. Irony in Atwood’s poem.
25. Trace the role of Macaulay’s Minutes in imparting English education in India.
26. Concept of East and West in Orientalism?
(5x6=30)
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27. ‘Elsewhere you must write this poem because there is nothing more to do.’ Bring out
the feelings of Atwood as depicted in the poem?
Or
28. ‘Money may be lost forever but words, teaching words, are the same in any age.’ Justify
with reference to Okara’s The Voice?
29. Describe the conflict between tradition and modernity in Wole Soyinka's play The Lion
and the Jewel?
Or
30. Analyze the conflict between three generations in Dance Like a Man?
(2x15=30)
ENG6CBP01: REGIONAL LITERATURES IN TRANSLATION

TITLE OF THE COURSE REGIONAL LITERATURES IN

TRANSLATION

TO BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIM OF THE COURSE
This course aims at introducing the students to the priceless regional literary assemblage of
India so as to enable them to have a better understanding of the unique nature of Indian Culture.
On completion of the course , the students should be able to:
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. Get familiarized with the cultural heterogeneity plurality of our country through its literatures
written in regional languages.
. Acquire a sense of national integration through the diverse experiences represented in the
regional literatures of India.
Module I (36 hours)
a) Essay –G. Koshy : Translation: an Introduction

b) Poetry
1. Thiruvalluvar: Thirukkural Part-1-chapter2-‘The Excellence of Rain’
Tamil)
2. Mirza Galib : Philosophy of life ( urdu)
3. Anonymous : Baul Song (Bangala)
4. Padma Sachdev : Mother Tongue ( Dogri)
5. E M Shinde : Habit ( Marathi)
6. Sitakant mahapatra : Mother (Oriya)
7. Vijaylekshmi : Bhagavata ( Malayalam)
Module II-Drama (18 hours)
1. G. Sankara pillai : Wings Flapping, Somewhere (Malayalam)

2. Safdar Hashmi : Machine ( Hindi)
Module III- Short Fiction (36 hours)
1. T S Pillai : In The Flood (Malayalam)

2. Jayant Kaikini: Dagadu Parab’s Ashwamedha(kannada)
3. Abhuri Chaya Devi : The Touch(Telugu)
4. Bibhuthi Bhusan Bandhopadhyaya: The Medal( Bengali)
5. Atulananda Goswami: The Tiffin Box(Assamese)
6. Amrita Pritam : The Weed( Punjabi)
7. Ram Swaroop Kisan : The Broker ( Rajasthani)
8. Motilal Jotwani :A Desire to See the Sky
Core text Dr. K Sujatha Ed. Rainbow Colours:Anthology of Indian Regional Literatures in
Translation DC Books.
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Name:…………………………

English–Semester VI: ENG6CBP01
- Regional Literatures in Translation
Part A
1 Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two.
1. Who is the ‘shahni’ in the poem Mother Tongue?
2. How did Chenna’s dog die?
3. What was the warning Angoori’s mother gave her?
4. Why is the machine called the younger sister of Kamadhenu?
5. What, according to Ghalib, is the only remedy for the worries of life?
6. Cite any two examples of calque.
7. Give the expansions of: SL, TL and CAT
8. How does Gulama try to provoke Bhanumati?
9. Why did Kunti wish to throw the baby into the river?
10. What is Paresh’s prayer for Milli? (1x8=8)
Part B
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11.What caused silent tears in the daughter as she sat by her father?
12.Why is Chenna unwilling to quit his plot?
13.What is commercial translation?
14. What is the evening routine of the husband?
15. Whose voice did Kunti hear as she was blessing her children?
16. What are the metaphors used in “Baul Song”?
17.What is borrowing?
18. Why did Suren feel that he was safe in the room in his ancestral house? (2x6=12)
Part C
20. Do you think the father and the daughter in “The Touch” really loved each other?
20. Why, according to the poet, are the underprivileged people incapable of any emotions?
21. Examine Degadu Parab’s adventures on horseback.
22. Write about the importance of rain as presented in Thirukkural.
23.How does the owner in Machine explain the difficulties faced by him?
24. How does Milli prepare tiffin for her son every morning?
25. Why does Angoori think that she has unknowingly consumed the weed?
26. How does the poet describe the journey of his life in Mother? (5x6=30)
Part D
27. Analyse Bhagavata as a critique of the patriarchal social order.
or
28. Has Bibhutibhushan Bandhopadhyay succeeded in bringing the element of the supernatural
in the story. Explain.
29. Trace Kunti’s agony in Wings Flapping Somewhere.
or
30. Write an appreciation of The Broker bringing out the irony in it.
(2x15=30)
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ENG6CBP02-NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
TITLE OF THE COURSE NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

TO BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
AIMS:
To initiate students into a discussion of the cultural differences in literary texts produced from
the New world and identify different theoretical assumptions and practices in literature.
OBJECTIVES:
To introduce the learner to the growth and development of literatures outside Britain and to
learn to contest the very location of literature.
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To know a wide range of writing in English .
To learn to critique the relations of power in colonial contexts and newly independent states.
To learn to subject the economic, political, social and cultural axioms of Imperialism to a
thorough interrogation.
To learn to construct alternative readings of History.
Course Outline
Module-I Essays ( 18 hours)
1. NgugiWaThingo: Decolonising the Mind (From Monuments of Prose, Delhi:Macmillan,2008)
2. Langston Hughes :The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain (From Leitch, Vincent B. Ed.
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism . London: Norton,2000.
Module-II–Drama (18 hours)
Wole Soyinka: The Lion and the Jewel
Module-III Fiction (18 hours)
E R Braithwaite : To Sir, With Love
Module-1V Short Stories: (18 hours)
1. Piyaseeli Wijemanne : Wild Buffalo
2Molly Nungarrayi : How we Fled When I Was A Girl
3: PratimroothaZeng : My Thai Cat
4. Leslie Marmon Silko : The Man to Send Rain Clouds
5. : Alice Munro :Dear Life
Module- V Poetry (18 hours)
1. Christopher Okigbo : Prayer to the Masks
2. Leopold Senghor :Overture
3. Derek Walcott :Far Cry from Africa

4.Margaret Atwood :. Siren Song
5 Naomi Shihab Nye : Shoulders
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6. Edwin Thumboo :Words
7. Judith Wright : Train Journey
Suggested Reading:
1. Achebe, Chinua. Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays1965-1987. London:

Heinemann,1988.
2. Amuta, Chidi. The Theory of African Literature.London: Zed Boks, 1989.
3. Said, Edward. Orientalism.London: Penguin,1995.

Name:…………………………

New Literatures in English
Part A
1. Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two.
1. Who is the author of Far Cry from Africa ?
2. What is the central theme of the poem Train Journey?

3. Who is the author of Wild Buffalo?
4. What is the major issue discussed in Dear Life ?
5. Give the names of two poems written by Atwood?

6. Name two works by Derek Walcott.
7. Who wrote Words ?-.
8. Name the short story written by Alice Munro.
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9. Write the names of two post-colonial writers.
10.Name two works by Wole Soyinka. (1x8=8)
Part B
11. Images in the poem ‘Far Cry From Africa’.

12. The central theme of ‘The Lion and the Jewel’.
13. Who are the supporting characters in The Lion and the Jewel?
14. Edward Said.
15. A short critical appreciation of To Sir With Love.
16. Post-colonialism.
17. How we fled when I was a girl.
18. Overture (2x6=12)
Part C
19. Plot of To Sir, With Love.

20. Characterization in The Lion and the Jewel.
21. Theme of the poem Far Cry From Africa.
22. Concept of My Thai Cat.
23. Siren Song as Canadian poem
24. Trace the history of post-colonial literature.
25. Christopher Okigbo.
26. Historiographical Metafiction. (5x6=30)
27. Write an essay on ‘Decolonising the Mind’.
Or
28. Write an appreciation of the short story Dear Life.
29. To Sir, With Love is based on true events concerned with Braithwaite while taking up a
teaching post in a school. Comment.
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Or
30. Trace the history of African Literature.

(2x15=30)
ENG6CBP03 DALIT LITERATURE
TITLE OF THE COURSE DALIT LITERATURE

TO BE TAUGHT
MAXIMUM MARKS 80
Aims:
To make the students aware of the recent trends in literature.
To inculcate the values of unity and broadmindedness.
Objectives:
To unravel the politically and culturally constructed ideologies hidden in the life of Subaltern
sectors in our society.
Module-I Prose (18 hours)

1. Sunny M Kappikkad : The Dalit Presence in Malayalam Literature ( trans. Mal)
2. Sharankumar Limbale : About Dalit Literature (trans. Marathi)
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3. Aravind Malagatti : Coins on the Corpse and the Wedding Feast(trans
Kannada)
4. Raj Gauthaman : Dalit Culture(trans Tamil)
Module-II Poetry (18hours)
1. Meena Kandasamy : Touch
2. K.K.S Das :Black Dance
3. Namdeo dhasal : Hunger
4. Hira Bansode :Yasodhara
5. Sukiratharani :Gigantic trees
6. Pratibha Jeyachandran :The Question
Module-III—Short Stories (18hours)
1. Bandhumadhav ;The Poisoned Bread
2. Anna Bhahu Sathe :Gold from the Grave
3. C. Ayappan :Madness
4. Abhimani :The Show
Module-IV-Drama (18 hours)
Mahaswetadevi Mother of 1084
Module-V Novel ( 18 hours)
P.Sivakami: : The Grip of Change
Bama : Sangati
Suggested Reading:
1.Autobiographies of Dalit Writers
2. Works of Dr. Ambedkar and Mulkraj Anand
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Name:…………………………

Dalit Literature
Part A
I.Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two.

Fill in the blanks:
1. Touch is written by----------
2. Hunger is written in --------language.
3. Prathiba Jayachandran is ---------- writer.
4. Black Dance is written by------
5 Abhimani is translated from--------language
6 Name two Dalit writers.

7. Name a collection of Dalit anthology.
8. Name two Marathi Dalit writers.
9. Name a Malayalam Dalit writer.
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10. Name a Kanada Dalit writer.
(1x8=8)
Part B
11. Sunny M Kappikad about Dalit Christians.

12.Dalit culture
13. Bandhumadhava
14.Poisoned Bread
15. C. Ayappan
16.Theme of Gigantic trees.
17. Subaltern studies.
18. Malayalam Dalit writers. (2x6=12)
Part C
III.Write short essays of about 100 words on any six of the following:
19. Characterization in Mother of 1084.

20. Theme of Black Dance.
21. Imagery in Touch.
22. Concept of Dalit Culture.
23. The central theme of Gold from the Grave.
24. The Question as a Dalit poem.
25. Trace the history of Malayalam Dalit Writing.
26. Aravind Malgatti. (5x6=30)
IV. Write essays of about 300 words on any two of the following.
27. Write an essay on the contributions of Sharankumar Limbale.
Or
28. Attempt a critical appreciation of Sangati
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29. Write an essay on the historical movements that caused the rise of Dalit literature.
Or
30. Analyze Grip of Change as a Dalit drama,

(2x15=30)
BA English–Semester VI
PROJECT : ENG6D01
Max. Marks: 80
VIVA : ENG6V01
Max. Marks: 20
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SEMESTER—I

COURSE CODE ENG1CMR01

TITLE OF THE COURSE THE FOUR SKILLS FOR

AIM OF THE COURSE

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

MODULE I - Communication and Listening skills (9 hours)

MODULE II - Speaking (36 hours)

MODULE III - Reading (9 hours)

MODULE IV – Writing (18 hours)

MODULE V - Grammar and Pronunciation (18 hours)

MAHARAJA’S COLLEGE, ERNAKULAM

(A Government Autonomous College)

BA/B.Sc. /B. Com DEGREE EXAMINATION

Time: Three Hours Maximum Mark: 80

1. Which is the vowel sound in the word ‘school’?

COURSE CODE ENG1CMR02

TITLE OF THE COURSE READING LITERATURE IN

SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE IS TO 1

NO. OF CONTACT HOURS 72

AIM OF THE COURSE

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

To sensitize students to the aesthetic, cultural and social aspects of literature.

MODULE I: Prose (24 hours)

E.V. Lucas : The School for Sympathy

MODULE TWO: Poetry (24 hours)

William Shakespeare : Sonnet XVIII: Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day?

MODULE THREE: Fiction and Drama (24 hours)

Anton Chekov : The Avenger

K. C. Muraleedharan - Foundation Books Cambridge University Press -“Reading Literature in

MAHARAJA’S COLLEGE, ERNAKULAM

(A Government Autonomous College)

BA/B.Sc. /B. Com DEGREE EXAMINATION

Time: Three Hours Maximum Mark: 80

Course –III –ENG2CMR03- Media and Society

COURSE CODE ENG2CMR03

TITLE OF THE COURSE MEDIA AND SOCIETY

SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE IS TO II

NO. OF CONTACT HOURS 90

AIM OF THE COURSE

To provide an awareness of contemporary cultural and social movements through an

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

MODULE I: Extracts from Native Print Media (36 hours)

Achadi, drishyam, samoohyamadhyamangaludesamakaligasamanvayam. A speech

“Young Indians have become more superstitious”. By Shalini Singh. An interview:

‘Analyzing Television Commercials’

Doc film: Only An Axe Away (Malayalam/40min/20 04/DV) by P. Baburaj and C.

MODULE 3: Extracts from the Internet (18 hours)

Gustavo S. Mesch “The Internet and Youth Culture”.. http://www.iasc culture.

Short films on the Internet:

NATIVE MEDIA IN ENGLISH Compiled by K. Rizwana Sultana and Prof. Mahamood

ENG2CMR03 Media and Society

TIME: 3HRS. MAX. MARKS: 80

Answer any eight of the following questions in a sentence or two.

1. Who is Jayant Vishnu Narlikar’s mentor?

Answer any six of the following in two or three sentences.

11.How has media amplified superstitions?

Answer any six of the following in about 150 words.

19. Write a short note on advertisements.

20. Write a note on Satyameva jayate?