PRESIDENCY COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

CHENNAI – 600 005.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
UG COURSE: ARTS & SCIENCE

Programme Outcome:
 To enable the students to hone their communication skills.
 To enable them to pursue higher studies.
 To train them for competitive exams.
 To equip them to find suitable placements.
 To enable them to shape themselves to be responsible citizens.

PRESIDENCY COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai 600005

B.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE
(For students admitted from June 2020)

Ins. Marks
Credi
Part Course Code Title of the Course Hrs. / CI Ext. Tota
t
Week A Exam l
SEMESTER I
I LANGUAGE I Language Paper I 3 6 25 75 100
II ENGLISH I English I 3 4 25 75 100
III CORE COURSE I British Poetry 4 6 25 75 100
III CORE COURSE II British Prose 4 6 25 75 100
III ALLIED COURSE I Social History of England and 5 6 25 75 100
History of English Literature – I
IV SOFT SKILLS I Soft Skills I 3 2 25 75 100
TOTAL 22 30 150 450 600
SEMESTER II
I LANGUAGE II Language Paper II 3 6 25 75 100
II ENGLISH II English II 3 4 25 75 100
III CORE COURSE III Indian Writing in English 4 6 25 75 100
III ALLIED COURSE Social History of England and 5 6 25 75 100
II History of English Literature – II
IV NME COURSE I Film Studies – An Introduction 2 3 25 75 100
IV EVS Environmental Studies 2 3 25 75 100
IV SOFT SKILLS II Soft Skills II 3 2 25 75 100
TOTAL 22 30 175 525 700
SEMESTER III
I LANGUAGE III Language Paper III 3 6 25 75 100
II ENGLISH III English III 3 4 25 75 100
III CORE COURSE IV British Fiction 4 6 25 75 100
III CORE COURSE V Indian Literatures in English 4 6 25 75 100
Translation
III ALLIED COURSE Literary Forms 5 6 25 75 100
III
IV SOFT SKILLS III Soft Skills III 3 2 25 75 100
 TOTAL 22 30 150 450 600
SEMESTER IV
I LANGUAGE IV Language Paper IV 3 6 25 75 100
II ENGLISH IV English IV 3 4 25 75 100
III CORE COURSE VI British Drama 4 6 25 75 100
III CORE COURSE VII American Literature 4 6 25 75 100
III ALLIED COURSE Literary Terms: A Practical 5 6 25 75 100
IV Introduction to Literature
IV SOFT SKILLS IV Soft Skills IV 3 2 25 75 100
TOTAL 22 30 150 450 600
SEMESTER V
III CORE COURSE Shakespeare Studies 4 5 25 75 100
VIII
III CORE COURSE IX An Introduction to Language and 4 5 25 75 100
Linguistics
III CORE COURSE X Children’s Literature 4 5 25 75 100
III ELECTIVE Gender Studies – An Introduction / 5 5 25 75 100
COURSE I Copy Editing
III ELECTIVE English Language Teaching / 5 5 25 75 100
COURSE II Lexicography
IV NME COURSE II English for Competitive Exams 2 3 25 75 100
IV VALUE Value Education 2 2 25 75 100
EDUCATION
TOTAL 26 30 175 525 700
SEMESTER VI
III CORE COURSE XI World Literatures in English 4 5 25 75 100
Translation
III CORE COURSE XII Literatures for Social Change 4 5 25 75 100
III CORE COURSE Literary Criticism: An Introduction 4 5 25 75 100
XIII
III CORE COURSE New Literatures in English 4 5 25 75 100
XIV
III CORE COURSE XV Comparative Literature and 4 5 25 75 100
Translation Studies
III ELECTIVE Journalism and Media Studies/ 5 5 25 75 100
COURSE III Phonetics
V EXTENSION 1
ACTIVITIES
TOTAL 26 30 150 450 600
GRAND TOTAL 140 180 950 2850 3800
 Marks
Sem. Course Code Title of the Course Credits Hrs/
CA SE Total
Week

I Core-I British Poetry 25 75 100 4 6

Objective: 1. To make students identify the representative British poets of various ages and
their works.
2. To classify various poetic forms.
3. To evaluate diverse poetic techniques.
Unit I

1. Geoffrey Chaucer – The Nun’s Priest’s Tale from The Canterbury Tales
2. Edmond Spencer – One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand, Sonnet 75 from
Amoretti
3. John Milton- Paradise Lost - Book IX (First 200 lines)

Unit II

1. Shakespeare - Sonnet 116

2. John Donne - A Hymn to God the Father
3. Andrew Marvel - To His Coy Mistress

Unit III

1. William Wordsworth - Tintern Abbey

2. William Blake - A Poison Tree
3. John Keats - Ode on a Grecian Urn

Unit IV

1. Dante Gabriel Rossetti - The Blessed Damozel

2. W. B. Yeats - Easter 1916
3. T. S. Eliot - Preludes

Unit V

1. Wilfred Owen – Insensibility

2. Carol Ann Duffy – War Photographer
3. Sarah Maguire – Spilt Milk
Recommended reading:

1. Stebbing, William. Five Centuries of English Verse: Wordsworth to Tennyson. Scholar’s

Choice: US, 2015
2. David Green. The Winged Word. Macmillan India Ltd. India, 2009.
3. F.T. Palgrave. Palgrave’s Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics. OUP: UK, 1997.

COURSE OUTCOME

After the completion of the course students will be able to -

CO1: Identify different forms of poetry. K1
CO2: Interpret the representative poems in the larger contexts of literary movements. K3
CO3: Distinguish poetic techniques like figures of speech. K2
CO4: Evaluate the prosody employed. K5
CO4: Arbitrate on the use of classical and modern form of poetic language. K5

Evaluation pattern:

I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25

1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units
 Cour Marks Hrs/
Sem. Code Title of the Course Credits
se CA SE Total Week
Core-
I British Prose 25 75 100 4 6
II

Objective: To acquaint the UG-level learners with the essence of British Prose.

Unit I
1. Francis Bacon : Of Love , Of Boldness
2. Steele : The Spectator Club
3. Addison : Character of Will Wimble.
Unit II
1. Oliver Goldsmith : The Man in Black
2. Charles Lamb : New Year’s Eve
3. John Ruskin : The Lamp of Memory

Unit III
1. Rudyard Kipling : Values of life.
2. Stephen Leacock : Number Fifty-six.
3. Robert Lynd : The Unexpected

Unit IV
1. G. K. Chesterton : The Advantages of Having one Leg
2. J. C. Hill : Good Manners.
3. George Orwell : Shooting an Elephant
Unit V
1. Aldous Huxley : Selected Snobberies
2. A. G. Gardiner : On Saying ‘Please’
3. J. C. Squire : The Art of Writing

Sources:
1. Greenblat, Stephen. The Norton Anthology of World Literature: 10th Edition: Vols. A,
B, C. W.W. Norton & Company: New York, 2018.
2. Endless Adventures: A Collection of English Prose. Board of Editors. Orient
Blackswan: Chennai, 2013.
 3. Ed. Nayar, M.G. A Galaxy of English Essayists from Bacon to Beerbohm. Lakshmi
Publications Pvt. Ltd: Chennai, 1997.
4. Sharma, O.C. Ed. The Approach to Life. Orient Black Swan: Chennai, 1993.
5. Prasad, R.C Modern Essays: Studying Language through Literature. Orient Black
Swan: Chennai, 1987.

COURSE OUTCOME
After the completion of this course, students will be able to :
CO1: Identify and describe various types of essays (personal, impersonal, didactic,
etc.) K2
CO2: Write creative essays of their own. K6
CO3: Examine the structure of an essay. K5
CO4: Analyze the tone and content of the essays. K4
CO5: Appraise the social relevance of the themes. K5

Evaluation pattern:

I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25

1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units
 Marks Cre Hrs/
Sem Course Code Title of the Course
CA SE Total dits Week
Social History of England
Allied-
I And History of English 25 75 100 5 6
I
Literature –I

Objective: A background knowledge of the Social History of England is meant to enable

the students to analyze the literary output of that society in its socio-political context.

Part A- Social History of England

Unit -I

1. A Brief Outline of Early History of England (History of the Settlers)

2. The Renaissance
3. The Reformation
4. Colonial Expansion
Unit-II

1. The Restoration
2. The Age of Queen Anne
3. The Industrial Revolution
4. The Growth of Parliamentary Democracy in England

Part-B- History of English Literature

Unit III

1. English Literature before Chaucer

2. Age of Chaucer
Poetry: Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower
Prose: John Wycliffe
Drama: Origin and Development
3. Elizabethan Age
Poetry: Thomas Wyatt, Earl of Surrey, Edmund Spenser, John Donne, Sir Philip
Sidney, Michael Drayton, Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Prose: Tyndale and the Authorized Version of The Bible, Francis Bacon, John Lyly,
Sir Thomas More, Robert Burton, Philip Sidney
Drama: University Wits, William Shakespeare, Ben Johnson
Unit-IV

Milton and Jacobean Age

Poetry: The Metaphysical Poets, John Milton and Caroline Poets
Drama: John Webster, Beaumont and Fletcher
Unit-V

1. The Age of Dryden Pope and Johnson:

Poetry: John Dryden and Pope
Prose: John Dryden, Dr. Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Addison and Steele, Jonathan
Swift, Boswell, John Bunyan
Fiction: Samuel Richardson, Daniel Defoe, Smollet, Henry Fielding, Oliver
Goldsmith, Laurence Sterne, Jonathan Swift, Anne Radcliffe
Drama: Dryden, Congreve, Wycherley, George Ether Edge, Oliver Goldsmith,
Sheridan
2. The Precursors of the Romantic Movement
Thomas Grey, William Collins, Robert Burns, William Blake

Reference books:

1. Hormon, William. A Handbook to Literature. 12th ed. Prentice Hall: US, 2011.
2. Xavier, A.G. Social History of England. Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd: India, 2009.
3. Carter, Ronald and John McRay. Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain
and Ireland: UK, 1997.
4. Trevelyan, G.M. English Social History. Penguin: UK, 1987.

COURSE OUTCOME:

After the completion of this course, students will be able to

CO1: List the social, political and historical landmarks of England. K1
CO2: Acquaint with the representative works of different ages. K2
CO3: Recognise the authors in connection with their schools and movements. K2
CO4: Assess the impact of socio-political events on literature. K5

Evaluation pattern (Questions to be equally distributed among the units)

Part A (30 Marks)
Social History of England (Units I&II)

1. Objective type Questions (10 X 1 =10 Marks)

A) True or False (3 questions)
B) Fill in the blanks (multiple choice type – 3 questions)
C) Match the following - 4 questions with 6 answers.
II. Paragraph Questions 2 out of 4 (100 Words) (2 X 5 = 10 Marks)

III. Essay Questions– 1 out of 3 (300 Words) (1 X 10 = 10 Marks)

Part B (45 Marks)

History of English Literature (Units III, IV and V)

1. Objective Type Questions (10 X 1 = 10 Marks)

A) True or False (3 questions)

B) Fill in the blanks (multiple choice – 3 questions)
C) Match the following – 4 questions with 6 answers.

II. Write Short Notes 5 out of 8 (50 Words) (5 X 3 = 15 Marks)

III. Essay Questions 2 out of 4 (300words) (2 X 10=20 Marks)

Marks Hrs/
Sem Course Code Title of the Course Credits
Week
 Core-
II Indian Writing in English 25 75 100 4 6
III
Objectives: To acquaint the learners with the Indian life, ethos, culture etc. as reflected in
the writings of Indians in English.
UNIT I (Poetry)
1. Sarojini Naidu – Coromandel Fishers
2. Nishim Ezekiel – Night of the Scorpion
3. A.K Ramanujan – In March
4. Kamala Das – Punishment in Kindergarten
5. Sri Aurobindo – Tiger and the Deer
6. Keki Daruwalla – AL-Azhar Lecture
7. Tabish Kair – Rumi and the Reid

UNIT II (Prose)
1. Dr.B.R Ambedkar – India and Democracy
2. Mrs. Indira Gandhi – What Makes an Indian

UNIT III (Drama)

1. Azif Currimbhoy – Goa
2. Rabindranath Tagore – Chitra

UNIT IV (Novel)
1. Kushwanth Singh – Train to Pakistan
2. Shashi Deshpondey – That Long Silence

UNIT- V Short stories

1. R.K.Narayan – Another Community
2. Mulk Raj Anand – The Golden Watch

REFERENCE:

1. Srinivasa Iyengar, K.R. Indian Writing in English. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd; Revised,
Updated edition , 2012.

2. Contemporary Indian Short Stories. Sahithya Academy.

3. Dev, Anjana Neira., Amrita Bhalla. An Anthology of prose and Poetry Collections. Primus
Books: India, 2013.

4. Kurien, Elizabeth. Marigold Time: An Anthology of Indian Writings in English. Cambridge

UP: India, 2018.

COURSE OUTCOME
After the completion of this course students can -
CO1: Identify the representative Indian writings in English language. K2
CO2: Compare IWE with the writings written in Indian regional languages and identify the
characteristics of IWE and evaluate it. K2 K3 K4 K5
CO3: Emulate best Indian writings. K6
CO4: Can explain and evaluate the contribution of Indian writing in English to World
Literature. K5
Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks
II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand 75 Marks
Total
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Sem. Course Code Title of the Course Marks Cre Hrs/

 CA SE Total dits Week
Social History of England &
Allied-
II History of English 25 75 100 5 6
II
Literature- II
Objective: To introduce the Social History of England to the students thereby laying the
foundation for the proper perspective of English Literature studies.

Part –A Social History of England

Unit-I

a) The Union of England and Scotland

b) The Agrarian Revolution

c) The Industrial Revolution

d) The Methodist Movement

e) Other Humanitarian Movements

f) The War of American Independence

g) England and Ireland

h) Effects of the French Revolution

Unit-II

a) The Reform Bills

b) The Victorian Age

c) Development of Education in the Victorian England

d) Means of Transport and Communication

e) The World Wars and Social Security

f) Trade Unionism in England

Part-B History of English Literature

Unit-III

1. Romantic Age

Poetry: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelly, Byron, Keats, Robert Southey, Thomas Moore
Prose: Charles Lamb, William Hazlitt, Thomas De Quincey

Fiction: Jane Austen, Walter Scot, Maria Edge Worth, Mary Shelly

2. Victorian Age

Poetry: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Mathew Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, Pre-Raphaelites

Fiction: Charles Dickens, George Eliot, W.M. Thackeray, Bronte Sisters, Charles Reade,
Wilkie Collins, Meredith, Stevenson, Benjamin Disraeli, Anthony Trollop

Prose: Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, Newman, Lord Macaulay, William Morris, Mathew
Arnold

Drama: Oscar Wilde, G.B Shaw

Unit-IV Twentieth Century: Poetry & Prose

Poetry

a) Modernism: G.M. Hopkins

b) Symbolist Movement: W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot

c) Georgian Poetry: Walter De La Mare, John Masefield, W.H. Davies

d) War Poets: Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, C.D. Lewis

e) Poets of the 30s and 40s:

f) W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, Robert Bridges

g) Movement Poets: Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Tom Gunn

Prose

G.K. Chesterton, Robert Lynd, A.G. Gardiner, J.B. Priestly, Bertrand Russell, T.E. Lawrence,
Aldous Huxley

Unit-V Twentieth Century: Drama & Fiction

Drama: G.B. Shaw, Galsworthy, J.M. Barrie, Sean O’Casey, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter,
J.M. Synge
Fiction: Henry James, Kipling, H.G. Wells, Conrad, Maugham, E.M. Forster, Jerome K,
Jerome, Virginia Woolf, Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley, Graham Greene, Dorothy
Richardson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Ian Fleming, George Orwell, William
Golding, E.M. Forster

Teaching methods: Lectures, Guest Lectures, Student centric assignments, Group Discussions

Reference books:
1. Hormon, William. A Handbook to Literature. 12th ed. Prentice Hall: US, 2011.
2. Xavier, A.G. Social History of England. Printers and Publishers Pvt Ltd: India, 2009.
3. Carter, Ronald and John McRay. Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain
and Ireland: UK, 1997.
4. Trevelyan, G.M. English Social History. Penguin: UK, 1987.

COURSE OUTCOME

CO1: Students can explore the full breath of English life and society. K2

CO2: Can analyse and critique the impact of political history on social history. K4

CO3: Can assess the emergence, reasons, development and the impact of social movements

which would further enable the students to assess, evaluate the efficacy of those movements.

K5

CO4: Can analyse the interconnectedness of religious political scenario and the social

conditions. K4

CO5: the overall emergence of English society as a nation and a powerful colony can be

viewed, assessed which would further enable the students to assess international politics. K5

Evaluation pattern
Part -A (30 Marks)
Social History of England (Units I & II)
 1. Objective Type Questions (10 X 1 = 10 Marks)
a) True or false (3 questions)
b) Fill in the blanks (multiple choice type – 3 questions)
c) Match the following – (4 questions with six answers)
II. Paragraph Questions 2 out 4 (100 words) (2 X 5 = 10 Marks)

III. Essay Question – 1 out of 3 (300 words) (1 X 10 =10 Marks)

Part– B (45 Marks)

History of English Literature (Units III, IV and V)

I. Objective Type Questions: (10 X 1 = 10 Marks)

a) True or false (3 questions)
b) Fill in the blanks (Multiple choice type – 3 questions)
c) Match the following – (4 questions with 6 answers)

II. Short Notes: 5 out of 8 (50 words) (5 X 3 = 15 Marks)

III. Essay questions: 2 out of 4 (300 words) (2 X 10 = 20 Marks)

Total - 75

Cour Marks Hrs/

Sem Code Title of the Course Credits
se CA SE Total Week
NME Film Studies: An
II 25 75 100 2 3
-I Introduction
Objectives:
 To introduce the fundamental features of cinema
  To enhance the skills of film appreciation
 To make students understand that cinema is not a medium of entertainment but
the major art form of the present age.

Unit I: Unit I Film History: The Pioneers

(The instructor is expected to trace the history of film as they introduce these pioneers)
 Lumiere Brothers
 Thomas Alvin Edison
 Georges Mileis
 Kuleshov
 D.W.Griffith
 Dada Saheb Phalke
 Edwin Porter
 Buster Keaton
 Charles Chaplin
 Alfred Hitchcock
(From Encyclopaedia of Early Cinema by Richard Abel, Routledge Pub.
OR any other authentic source may be used)

Unit II Film Language:

 Shot
 Editing
 Lighting
 Adaptation
 Mis-en-scene
 Sound and Music
 Method acting
(From Key Concepts in Cinema Studies by Susan Hayward)

Unit III Film Genre:

 Western
 Film-noir
 Thriller and its subgenres
 Melodrama
 Horror and its subgenres
 Science Fiction
Unit IV
Prescribed Films:
 Manusangada
 12 Angry Men
 Chaplin’s City Lights
 Pan’s Labyrinth
 Bicycle Thieves
Recommended Films:
 Seven Samurai
 Vertigo
 Life is Wonderful
 Nagamandala
 Dangal
 Gravity

Unit V: Film Review

 How to write a film review?
 General Introduction to the writings of Roger Ebert, Bharadwaj Rangan and Rajiv
Masand by the Instructor

Reference Books
Key concepts in Cinema Studies by Susan Hayward
How to Read a Film by James Monaco
Studying Film by Nathan Abrams

Course Outcome:
After the completion of this course, students will be able to
CO1: Appreciate cinema as an art form than a medium of entertainment K4
CO2: Discuss the various aspects of cinematic language namely shot, camera angle, sound,
etc. K3
CO3: Identify the pioneers of cinema K2
CO4: Evaluate films from the point of view of a critic than a mere spectator K5

Evaluation pattern:

I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25

1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

 Section Type Questions Marks Total
A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Marks
Cour Cre Hrs/
Sem. Code Title of the Course Tota
se CA SE dits Week
l
Core-
III British Fiction 25 75 100 4 6
IV
Objective: To acquaint students with some of the master pieces of the British novelists and
short story writers and to introduce different genres of British Fiction to the Learners.

Unit-I
1. Jonathan Swift - Gulliver Travels
2. Walter Scott - Ivanhoe
Unit-II
1. Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
2. Charles Dickens - Tale of Two Cities
Unit-III
1. Thomas Hardy - The Return of the Native
2. Arthur Conan Doyle – The Sign of Four
Unit-IV
1. H.G.Wells – The Invisible Man
2. Somerset Maugham – Moon and the Six Pence
Unit-V (Short Stories)
1. Aldus Huxley - Happily Ever After
2. Virginia Wolf - The New Dress

Recommended Reading:
1. Baker, E.A. The History of the English Novel. Barnes and Noble: US,1924.
2. Daiches, David. Critical Approaches to English Literature. Kessinger Publishing: US,
2017.
3. Ghent, Van Dorathy. English Novel Form and Function. Holt,Rinehart & Winston of
Canada Ltd., 1953.
4. Arata, Stephen, Madigan Haley, J. Paul Hunter, Jennifer Wicke. A Companion to the
English Novel. John Wiley & Sons: US, 2015
5. Caserio, Robert L., Clement Hawes. The Cambridge History of the English Novel.
Cambridge UP: UK,2012.

COURSE OUTCOME

After the completion of the course students will be able to

CO1: Identify various types of British fiction. K2

CO2: Recognise representative novelists of various ages in British Fiction. K2

CO3: Examine various techniques of narration. K5

CO4: Assess the major themes and messages of the prescribed fiction. K5

Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Marks Hrs/
Sem. Course Code Title of the Course Credits
CA SE Total Week
Indian Literatures in
III Core-V 25 75 100 4 6
English Translation

Objective: To introduce the learners to the Indian writings in various regional languages
translated in English, representing the regional myths, cultures and socio-political issues.
Unit I – Poetry
1. Mirabai : I have found my Guru

2. Rabindranath Tagore : Where the mind is without Fear

3. Amrita Pritam : I Ask Waris Shah Today

4. Esther Syiem : To the Rest of Indians from Another Indian

5. Da Ra Bendre : The Bird is Flying – Have you seen it?

6. Purananooru : Padal 204

7. Manohar Raj Sardesai : Life gave me everything

Unit II – Fiction
1. V.S. Kandahkar : Yayathi

2. P. Murugan : The Goat Thief

Unit III – Drama

1. Dharamvir Bharthi : Andha Yug

2. Gunarhiram Barua : Ramnabami-Natak: The Story of Ram Nabami

Unit IV - Prose

1. P. Sivakami : Land: Women’s Breath and Speech

2. Kumud Pawde : The Story of My ‘Sanskrit’

Unit V – Short Story

1. B. P. Seth : Masani

2. Damodar Mauza : Waiting for Death

RECOMMENDED READING:
1.Kapsi, Dhananjay. Modern Indian Writing in English Translation: A Multilingual

Anthology. Worldview Critical Editions: Delhi, 2016

1. Ed. Ravikumar and R. Azhagarasan. The Oxford India Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing.

OUP: India, 2012.

2. Contemporary Indian short Stories, Series III. Sahitya Academy: New Delhi, 2009.

3. “Indian Literature(s) In English Translation: A Discourse on Resistance and

Representation”. Anisur Rahman. Journal of Postcolonial Writing: Volume-43. 2007.

4. George L.(tr.) Hart and Hank Heifetz (tr.) The Four Hundred Sons of War and Wisdom: An
Anthology of Poems Classical Tamil. The Purananuru. Columbia University Press: NY,
2002.
5. Mukherji, Sujit. “Modern Indian Literature in English Translation”. Indian Literature

Vol. 15, No. 3 (SEPTEMBER 1972), pp. 45-51 Published by: Sahitya Akademi

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23330740

COURSE OUTCOME
After the completion of this course, students will be able to
CO1: Recognise Indian regional literatures in English translation. K2
CO2: Distinguish between Indian writing in English and Indian writing in English
Translation. K4
CO3: Analyze the diverse culture, customs and social practices of Indian regions. K4
CO4: Compare the select representations in Indian writing in English and Indian writings in
English Translation. K4
CO5: Interpret the impact of Indian mythology and folklore on Indian regional writings. K4
CO6: Assess the regional issues with better inputs. K5
Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks
II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Marks Hrs/
Sem. Course Code Title of the Course Credits
CA SE Total Week

III Allied - III Literary Forms 25 75 100 5 6

Objective: To enable the students to have the basic knowledge of main literary genres and
their sub-genres.
Unit I – Poetry
Epic, Ballad, Lyric, Sonnet, Ode, Elegy, Satire.

Unit II – Drama
Tragedy, Comedy, Revenge tragedy, Shakespearean tragedy, Heroic tragedy,
Domestic tragedy, Comedy of humours, Comedy of manners, Sentimental comedy.

Unit III – Non-fiction & Essay

Aphoristic essay, Periodical essay, Personal Essay, Impersonal Essay, Biography,
Autobiography

Unit IV – Fiction
Epistolary novel, Gothic novel, Picaresque novel, Historical novel, Social novel,
Psychological novel, Regional novel, Detective novel, Science fiction, Stream of
Consciousness novel, Domestic novel, Realistic novel, Graphic novel, Short story,
Cyber fiction.
Unit-V – Other Genres
Article, Editorial, Letter, Diary, Memoir, Journal, Blog.
Reference Books
1. Prasad Birjadish - A Background to the Study of English Literature .Lakshmi Publications,
2016.
2. Abrams M.H., Geoffrey Galt Harpham. Glossary of Literary Terms, 11th Edition.
Cengage
Learning, 2014.
3. Cuddon J. A. Ed, et al. Dictionary of Literary Terms, 5th Edition. Wiley Blackwell, 2013.
4. Shipley Joseph T. Dictionary of World Literature: Criticism - Poems – Technique.
Philosophical Library, 2007.

COURSE OUTCOME
After the completion of this course, students will be able to:
CO1: Identify different literary genres of various works. K2
CO2: List salient features of literary genres. K1
CO3: Analyze the genres of prescribed texts. K4
CO4: Highlight the scope of literary genres in modern times. K5
Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessment - Total Marks: 25
1. One Internal Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 5 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks
II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 5 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Marks Hrs/
Sem Course Code Title of the Course Credits
CA SE Total Week
Core-
IV British Drama 25 75 100 4 6
VI
Objective: To introduce the students to important British dramatists of various ages.

Unit – I

Christopher Marlowe – Doctor Faustus.

Unit – II
 Ben Jonson - Volpone or The fox.
Unit – III
Oliver Goldsmith - She Stoops to Conquer

Unit – IV

George Bernard Shaw - Pygmalion

Unit – V

Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot.

RECOMMENDED READING

1. British Writers - Scribner Series.

2. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. OUP: 2012

3. Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford Reference. 2009

COURSE OUTCOME
After the completion of this course, students will be able to
CO1: Recognize important dramatists of various ages. K2
CO2: Examine dramatic techniques and themes. K3
CO3: Differentiate the form and content of classical and modern British drama. K4
CO4: Value the twin status of drama being text and performance. K5
Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks
II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
 C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Marks Hrs/
Sem Course Code Title of the Course Credits
CA SE Total Week
Core-
IV American Literature 25 75 100 4 6
VII

Objectives – To acquaint the students with the American life, ethos, culture etc. as reflected
in the writings of important writers.
Unit I-Poetry
1. Walt Whitman - A Child Said- What is Grass?
2. Emily Dickinson – Because I Could not Stop for Death
3. E.E. Cummings- I Carry your Heart with Me
4. Robert Frost – Birches
5. Sylvia Plath - Daddy
6. Maya Angelo – Phenomenal Woman
7. Langston Hughes- Harlem
8. Wallace Stevens- Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black bird
Unit II-Prose
1. Emerson – Self- Reliance (First 15 paragraphs)
2. Thoreau – Civil Disobedience. (first 15 paragraphs)
Unit III-Drama
1. Tennesse Williams: Street Car Named Desire
2. Lorraine Hansberry: Raisin in the Sun
Unit IV-Fiction
1. Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlett Letter
2. Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms
Unit V – Short Stories
1. Edgar Allan Poe- The Purloined Letter
2. Willa Cather – On the Gull’s Road
Recommended reading:
1. Levine, Robert. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. W.W. Norton & Company:
US, 2012.
2. Ashton, Jennifer. From Modernism to Postmodernism: American Poetry and Theory in the
20th Century.
3. Grey, Richard., Wiley Blackwell. A History of American Literature.
4. From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature by Richard Ruland,
Malcolm Bradbury
COURSE OUTCOME
After the completion of the course the students will be able to
CO1 – Discuss the philosophical outlook of American thinkers. K2
CO2 – Analyse literary devices and themes of American poetry. K4
CO3 – Apply the techniques of psychological realism in understanding the human mind and
situation. K3
CO4 – Critically examine the American Theatre. K5
Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks
Section Type Questions Marks Total
A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Marks Hrs/
Sem. Course Code Title of the Course Credits
CA SE Total Week

Literary Terms: A Practical

IV Allied-IV 25 75 100 5 6
Introduction to Literature

Objective: To enable the students to comprehend and analyse any unseen literary passage on
their own.
Unit – I – Poetry
Simile, Metaphor, Symbol, Allegory, Imagery , Paradox, Irony, Pun, Pathetic Fallacy,
Personification, Synecdoche, Hendiadys, Ambiguity, Tone, Oxymoron, Onomatopoeia,
Hyperbole, Transferred Epithet.

Practical Application:

Students have to be given unseen extracts from poems and asked to identify the literary
device used therein. Poems of not more than 25 lines should be given to the students for
making a paraphrase and general literary appreciation. For practical tasks extracts can be
chosen from the book Understanding Poetry: An Anthology for College Students by Cleanth
Brooks, Jr. and Robert Penn Warren.

Unit – II – Prosody

Blank Verse, Free Verse, Caesura, Enjambment, Anacrusis, Stanza, End rhyme, Distortion,
Rhyme, Rhythm, Metre and Foot, Alliteration, Assonance.

Practical Application:

Poems of 8-14 lines have to be given to the students for scansion which involves
syllabification and identification of meter. Students can be assigned the task of distinguishing
free verse from blank verse. They should also be given the task of identifying the rhyme
scheme in a given poem.

Unit-III – Fiction

Point of view, Narrator, Plot, Characteristics, Style, Motif, Interior Monologue, Meta fiction,
Narrative techniques, Impressionism.

Practical Application:

Extracts from various types of novels already learned by students (in Semester III) under
Literary Forms course should be given to the students as illustrations of the items listed in the
present unit. For practical tasks extracts can be chosen from the book Understanding Fiction,
3rd edition by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. They should also be encouraged to
identify narrative technique, point of view and others in these extracts.

Unit-IV – Drama

Exposition, Climax, Denouement, Realism, Expressionism, Soliloquy, Aside , Deus ex

Machina, Naturalism, Threatre of Cruelty, Political theatre, Epic theatre, Kitchen Sink
Drama, Theatre of the Absurd, Meta Theatre, Masque, Farce, Kinesics, Poetic Justice,
Slapstick comedy.

Unit V – General
Archetype, Criticism, Prologue, Epilogue, Epitaph, Mood, Persona, Pathos, Bathos, Humour,
Synaesthesia, Chiasmus, Zeugma, Black Humour, Antithesis.

Practical Application:

Students should be assigned the task of identifying and explaining the literary device used in
the given literary statements/passages.

Recommended Reading

1. Bernard Blackstone – Practical English Prosody, Orient Longman .

2. Abrams M.H., Geoffrey Galt Harpham. Glossary of Literary Terms, 11th edition. Cengage
Learning, 2014.
3. Cuddon J. A. Ed, et al. Dictionary of Literary Terms, 5th Edition. Wiley Blackwell, 2013.
4. Shipley Joseph T. Dictionary of World Literature: Criticism - Poems – Technique.
Philosophical Library, 2007.
5. V.S. Seturaman, et.al. Practical Criticism, Trinity Publishers, 2015.
6. Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, Understanding Fiction, 3rd Edition, Pretence
Hall, 1939.
7. Cleanth Brooks, Jr. and Robert Penn Warren, Understanding Poetry: An Anthology for
College Students, Henry Holt and Company, 1939.

COURSE OUTCOME

After the completion of this course, students will be able to:

CO1: Identify literary device used in a given passage. K2
CO2: Write paraphrase of any unseen poem. K3
CO3: Scan any poem and identify the metre. K2
CO4: Critically evaluate and write an appreciation of any given passage. K5

Evaluation pattern:

Section I

5 out of 8 questions requiring descriptive definitions of literary terms (with illustrations and
etymologies) - (5x3=15 Marks)

Section II

5 out of 8 questions - students have to write examples of literary device. (5x3=15 Marks)

Section III

5 out of 7 questions – students have to identify a literary device in a given passage and
explain it. (5x3=15 Marks)
Section IV

a. A Poem of about 14 lines will be given for scansion. ( 1x10 = 10 Marks)

b. Students have to make a paraphrase of an unseen poem of about 25 lines maximum
(1x10=10)
c. Students have to write a critical appreciation of a given passage of any genre in about
300 words. (1x10=10)

Total 75 Marks

Marks Hrs/
Sem. Course Code Title of the Course Credits
CA SE Total Week
Core-
V Shakespeare Studies 25 75 100 4 5
VIII
Objectives:

1. To enable the students to read various writings of Shakespeare.

2. To make the students acquire the knowledge of the contributions of Shakespeare to
English dramatic tradition.
Unit I

Sonnet 2, 17, 28, 56 and 121

Unit II

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Unit III

Antony and Cleopatra

Unit IV

The Tempest

Unit V
1. General Studies

2. Shakespeare’s Comedy

3. Shakespeare’s Theatre and Audience

4. Fools and Clowns of Shakespeare

5. Tragedies of Shakespeare

6. Soliloquies of Shakespeare

7. Heroines of Shakespeare

8. Villains of Shakespeare

References:
1. Sir Arthur Quiller – Couch
2. John Dover Wilson – The Works of Shakespeare

COURSE OUTCOME
After the completion of the course the students will be able to:
CO1: Distinguish between Shakespearean/ English sonnet and Italian sonnet form. K3
CO2: Classify the plays of Shakespeare in accordance with their themes. K2
CO3: Relate prescribed plays to their historical, political and social context. K4
CO4: Ascertain the twin status of Shakespeare’s plays as being both text and performance.
K5
Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks
II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Credi Hrs/
Cour Marks
Sem. Code Title of the Course ts Week
se
CA SE Total
An Introduction to Language
Core
V and Linguistics 25 75 100 4 5
IX
Objective: To enable the students to grasp of the origin and development of English
language. To show them the way English words, phrases and sentences have been drawn
from several languages and integrated into English.
To develop in learners a thorough grasp of linguistic elements of the English language. To
enable them to have a foundation in Philology, Phonetics, Morphology and Syntax.

Unit-1
The Descent of English: Verner’s Law, The Verbal system, the Teutonic accent
The Old English Period: The Old English Dialects, Characteristics of Old English in terms of
Grammar, Vocabulary, Spelling and Pronunciation.
Unit-2
The Middle English Period: Norman Conquest, The Middle English Dialects, The
Characteristics of Middle English in terms of Grammar, Vocabulary, Spelling and
Pronunciation
Some writers’ contributions: Shakespeare and Milton
The Bible Translations
Unit-3
Growth of Vocabulary: Imitation, Parts of speech, Affixes, Portmanteau words, Meta
analysis.

Change of Meaning: Generalization, Specialization, Extension, Association of Ideas,

Euphemism

Evolution of Standard English

Unit-4
Origin of Language: The Divine Source, The Natural Sound Source, The Physical Adaptation
Source, The Genetic Source.

What is Linguistics? The Core and Macro branches of Linguistics (only definitions), Phatic
Communion.

Introducing English Phonemes: Vowels and Consonants (only symbols without chart
description), Transcription of common words, Syllable, Syllabification.

Unit-5

Morphology, Morpheme: Free Morpheme and Bound Morpheme, Inflectional and

derivational Functions, Morphemic analysis of words, Allomorphs

Sentence, Phrase Structure Rules, IC Analysis.

Semantics: Synonymy, Antonymy, Polysemy

Recommended Reading
Unit I, II & III
 1. Hogg, Richard and David Denison. A History of the English Language. Cambridge
UP. 2008.
2. Wren, C.L. The English Language. Vicas Publication House Pvt Lt.d:2007. (for
Unit II)
3. Baugh.A.C, Thomas Cable. A History of the English Language. Longman: UK, 1978.
4. Wood, F.T. An Outline History of the English Language. Macmillan:India, 1941.
Unit IV & V
5. N. Krishnaswamy, S.K. Varma and Nagarajan. Modern Applied Linguistics – An
Introduction. Lakshmi Publications: India, 2016
6. Balasubramaniam. A text book of English Phonetics for Indian Students. Macmillan.
India,2012.
7. Yule, George. The Study of Language. Cambridge University Press. UK, 1996.
8. Aitchinson, Jean. Linguistics. John Murray Learning: UK, 2010.

9. Hewings, Martin. English Pronunciation in Use. CUP: UK, 2007.

10. Mark Hancock, Mark. English Pronunciation in use. CUP: UK, 2003

COURSE OUTCOME:
CO1: Knowing the ‘why’ of certain language rules by tracing out the history of a language
enables the students demonstrate a better mastery over the language with a proper awareness
of what is what and how to use the tool. K3
CO2: With etymological knowledge students can interpret and explain certain word
meanings, associations and constructs effectively. K2 and K3
CO3: Applying the thorough understanding of the language related sound mechanism
(Phonological awareness) students can speak clearly and effectively. K2 and K3
CO4: Knowledge of semantics essentially trains the students to code and decode with utmost
accuracy. K1 and K3

EVALUATION PATTERN:

Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25

1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

 A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Marks Hrs/
Sem. Course Code Title of the Course Credits
CA SE Total Week
V Core-X Children’s Literatures 25 75 100 4 5
Objectives
1. To ascertain the importance children’s literature that helps children develop emotional
intelligence and creativity.
2. To show that children’s literature is not meant just for entertainment.
3. To examine the history and characteristics of the various genres of children’s literature.
Unit –I - Background Study
1. Introduction: The World of Children’s Literature Studies by Peter Hunt
2. Essentials: What is Children’s Literature? What is Childhood? By Karín Lesnik-
Oberstein
(From Understanding Children’s Literature Edited by Peter Hunt)

Unit II – Poetry
1. Edward Lear - The Owl and the Pussy cat
2. Shel Silverstein – Invitation
3. Robert Louis Stevenson – My Shadow
4. Naomi Shihab Nye – Mystery

Unit III - Fantasy

1. Roald Dahl – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Unit IV- Realistic Fiction

1. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor – Shiloh
2. R.K.Narayan - Swami and Friends

Unit V – Short Story

1. Mark Twain – The celebrated jumping Frog of Calaveras County
2. Hans Christian Andersen -The Princess and the Pea
3. Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Snow image
4. Era. Natarajan - Ayeesha

Recommended Reading
1. Lukens, J Rabecca. A Critical handbook of Children’s Literature
2. Hunt, Peter. Defining Children’s Literature
COURSE OUTCOME
After the completion of this course the students will be able to
CO1: Analyze the texts written for children. K4
CO2: Examine the various genres of children’s literature. K5
CO3: Identify the features of children’s literature. K2
CO4: Study the social and commercial value of children’s literature K3
Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Marks Cre Hrs/

Sem. Course Code Title of the Course
CA SE Total dits Week
Gender Studies – An
V EC-I 25 75 100 5 5
Introduction
Objective:  To promote a fuller understanding of the multidimensional nature of personhood.
To frame a curriculum that addresses the issues of those marked or marginalized by gender or
sexuality. The curriculum also aims to deal with the practices that perpetrate the socially
constructed character of genders.
Unit I: Poetry

1. Kishwar Naheed : I am not that Woman

2. Judith Wright : Woman to Man
3. Grace Nichols : We the Women
4. Veronica Shoftstall : When I am alive
5. Katherine Tynan : Any Woman
6. Francisco X. Alarcon : Prayer
7. Ian Cairns : Strength (From Masculinity poems)

Unit II: Prose

1. Simone D Beauvoir : Introduction – The Second Sex

2. Mark J Justad : Women’s Studies or Men’s Studies: Friends or Foe?
3. Virginia Woolf : A Room of One’s Own

Unit III: Fiction

1. Claire Messud : The Woman Upstairs

2. Alice Walker : The Colour Purple

Unit IV: Drama

1. Mahesh Dattani - : On a Muggy Night in Mumbai

2. Caryl Churchil : Top Girls

UNIT V: Background Study

The Three Waves of Feminism, Suffrage Movement, Cultural Feminism, Liberal Feminism,
Radical Feminism, French Feminism, Black Feminism, Lesbian Feminism, Eco Feminism,
Cyber Feminism, Androgyny, Androcentrism, Gynocriticism, Consciousness raising,
Patriarchy, Matriarchy, Subaltern, Ecriture Feminine, LGBTQ, Men’s Movements/ Men’s
Studies, Masculinity studies

Recommended Reading:

Kramarae, Cheris, Ann Russo & Paula A. Treichler : A Feminist Dictionary, Pandora
Press,1985.

Gamble, Sarah Ed. The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism and Post feminism: Seal
Press, NY, 2001.

Beauvoir, Simon de. Introduction part of The Second Sex. Vintage:Paris, 1949.

Judith Butler: “Identity, Sex and the Metaphysics of Substance” from Gender trouble

www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/lgbt-rights/about-lgbt-human-rights

Justad, Mark J. “Women’s Studies or Men’s Studies: Friends or Foes?” The Journal of Men’s
Studies.

COURSE OUTCOME
By doing a course on Gender Studies students:
CO1: Can reconsider their perceptions of man, woman, the third gender and gender
constructions. K2
CO2: Can rethink and analyse the concepts of sexuality, and gender fluidity. K4
CO3: Can critique the hierarchical organization of people based on heteronormativity.K5
CO4: Can evaluate the constructs of Absolutism and Relativism can enable the students to
enter higher realms of thinking. K5
CO5: Can interpret and assess issues of biological determinism and social constructionism
leading to further evolution of human mind and life. K4 and K5

Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

 Section Type Questions Marks Total
A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Semeste Course Code Title of the CA SE Tota Credits Hrs

r Course l
V E-I COPY 25 75 100 5 5
Opt. EDITING

Objective: To provide learners with hands on experience in the field of publishing.

To enable the students to enter jobs soon after their graduation.

Course Content
Unit – I Introduction to Copy Editing

1. What is copy editing?

2. Type scripts: Hard–copy, electronic and Camera Ready
3. Type scripts corrected by the author
4. Copy-Editing on screen

UNIT – II Preparing the text for the type setter

1. Various legal aspects
2. How much copy-editing to do?
3. Writing to the author
4. Complete, self–explanatory copy
5. A well-organised and consistent book
6. Copy right permissions and acknowledgements

UNIT – III Illustrations and Proofs

1. What needs to be done?
2. How to read proofs
3. How to make corrections
4. Colour coding corrections
5. Minimizing correction and costs
6. The author’s corrected proof
7. After passing proofs for press
UNIT IV
1. Cross–references
2. Date and time
3. Measurements
4. Numbers
5. Spelling
6. Miscellaneous points.
7. Title page
8. Dedication and epigraph
9. Contents list
10. List of illustrations
UNIT V
1. Running heads
2. Page numbers
3. Headings
4. Foot notes and endnotes
5. Tables
6. Appendixes
7. Glossaries
8. Poetry
9. Play
10. Anthologies and collection of essays.
Recommended Reading
Judith Butcher et al., Copy Editing, 4th ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006.
Course outcome:
After the completion of the course students will be able to:

CO1: Identify errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation in a text and correct them. K2
CO2: Verify factual correctness of information such dates and statistics. K4
CO3: Assess text for style, readability and adherence to editorial policies. K4
CO4: Arrange page layouts of photos, articles and advertisements. K3

EVALUATION PATTERN:

Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25

1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units
 Cours Marks Credi Hrs/
Sem. Code Title of the Course
e CA SE Total ts Week
EC-
V English Language Teaching 25 75 100 5 5
II
Objective: To enable the students to grasp the techniques of teaching English at
Undergraduate level.

Unit-1
The Sociolinguistic context of English Language Teaching in India.
Second language learning
Learning and acquisition
Acquisition barriers
Affective factors.
Unit-2
Some traditional approaches and methods
Grammar Translation Method
Direct Method
Audio-lingual method
The oral-situational approaches.

Unit-3
Affective-Humanistic approaches
Suggestopaedia
Total Physical Response (TPR)
Communicative Language Teaching Content-based instruction (CBI)
Task-based language teaching (TBLT)

Unit-4
Teaching materials
Instruction Materials (IMs) in the curriculum.
Designing materials: language model and learning model.
Principles of evaluation.
Importance of evaluation in education.
Formative and summative evaluation: Test and its types.

Unit-5
Teaching communication in English: use vs. usage
Teaching Conversation in English: the concepts of coherence and cohesion in Conversation
Teaching English using technology: Evolution of blended learning

Recommended Reading
Unit I, Unit III and Unit IV
1. Kudchedkar. S. Ed. English Language Teaching in India. Orient Blackswan: India,
2012.

2. Yule, George. The Study of Language. Cambridge University Press. UK, 1996.

Unit II

1. Hummel. Kirsten M. Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and

Practices. Wiley Blackwell: US, 2013.

Unit-V
1. Widdowson. H.W. Teaching Language as Communication. OUP: UK, 1976.

2. Henkelman. Don. Blending Technologies in Second Language Classrooms (Second

Edition) Palgrave Macmillan: UK, 2018.
COURSE OUTCOME:
On completion of the course, the students will be able to:
CO1: Apply the teaching methods rationally and appropriately. K3
CO2: Prioritise ‘use’ over ‘usage’ in teaching communication. K4
CO3: Demonstrate good communication skills. K3
CO4: Design efficacious and locally useful English syllabus. K6
CO5: Appraise the techniques of testing and evaluation. K5

EVALUATION PATTERN:

Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25

1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Semeste Course Code Title of the Course CA SE Tota Credits Hrs

r l
V EC-II Lexicography 25 75 100 5 5
Opt.

Objective: To Create the habit of dictionary reading among the students.

Unit I

1. The structures of learner’s, general, bilingual and special dictionaries

2. Definitions/Meanings in dictionaries
Unit II
3. Grammar and pronunciation key in dictionaries
Unit III
4. Collocations and idioms in dictionaries
Unit IV
5. Usage notes in dictionaries
6. Dictionaries and vocabulary building
Unit V
7. Use of dictionaries in language learning and language improvement

Recommended reading

1. C.M.Brumfit. Dictionaries, Lexicography and Language Learning. London Pergamon

Press.
2. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English VII edition.
3. Cre-A’s Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil (Tamil-Tamil-English) II edition
4. Concise Oxford English Dictionary 11th edition

COURSE OUTCOME
After the completion of the course students will be able to:
CO1: Identify the structures of various dictionaries. K2
CO2: Use pronunciation keys effectively. K3
CO3: Sketch the craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. K3
CO4: Use dictionaries in language learning and language improvement. K4

Evaluation Pattern:

I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25

1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
 B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Marks Cre Hrs/Wee

Sem Course Code Title of the Course
CA SE Total dits k
NME- English for Competitive
V 25 75 100 2 3
2 Examinations
Objective: To prepare the students for the English language component in various
Competitive Examinations.
UNIT – I Vocabulary
a) Synonyms b) Antonyms c) Words often confused
d) Homophones e) One word substitutes f) Idioms and phrases
g) Phrasal Verbs h) Foreign Words g) Collocation
UNIT- II - Grammar
A. Spotting the Error
a) Items of Open and Close clauses
b) Subject verb agreement /Concord
c) Using correct tenses
d) Question tags
B. Transformation of Sentences
a) Degrees of Comparison
b) Voices (Active and passive)
c) Direct speech and indirect Speech & Vice-versa
d) Simple, compound and complex sentences.
UNIT- III
a) Cohesive devices
b) Reconstructing passages
c) Reading comprehension
d) Précis Writing.
UNIT – IV
a) Letter Writing
b) Report writing
c) Writing paragraph on a given topic
UNIT – V
a) Essay Writing (Setting Arguments and debating)
b) Note making
c) Note Taking
d) Summarizing

Recommended Reading:
1. Turton, Nigel D. ABC of Common Grammatical Error in English. Macmillan Education
India, Opensource, 2018.
2. Essays (101 current) for Competetive Exams. G.K. Publishers. Noida. India, 2018.
3. R.S. Agarwal. Objective General English. S. Chand Publications: New Delhi,2011.
4. Fowler, H.W. A Dictionary of Modern English Usage. Oxford World Classics. OUP: UK,
2010.
5. Brians Paul. Common Errors in English Usage. William, James & Co: USA, 2003.
COURSE OUTCOME

After the completion of this course, students will be able to

CO1: Express their comprehension. K2
CO2: Summarise long essays. K1 K2
CO3: Identify the errors in a given sentence and correct the errors. K3
CO4: Use appropriate forms of words. K3
CO5: Solve questions related to vocabulary. K6
CO6: Develop better writing skills. K6

Evaluation Pattern:

I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25

1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Cre Hrs/
Marks
Sem. Course Code Title of the Course dits Week
CA SE Total
Core- World Literatures in
VI 25 75 100 4 5
XI English Translation
Objective: To enable the students to look beyond borderlines to learn to appreciate and think
without bias.
UNIT I - Poetry
1. Rumi – Be Lost in The Call

2. Boris Pasternale – Chango

3. Von Goethe – Reunion

4. Luigi Perandello – Always an Animal

5. Khalil Gibran – Children

 6. Kabir – Oh Companion That Abode Unmatched

7. Cholan Nalluruttiran - Kalitthogai - Poems of Mullai Tract: Verse 101, Hero

capturing the bull, lines: 1-35

8. St. Francis - Prayer for Peace

UNIT II - Drama
1. Sophocles – Antigone
2. Bertolt Brecht – Galileo

UNIT III - Novels

1. Loung Ung - First They Killed My Father

2. Herman Hesse – Siddhartha

UNIT IV- Short Stories

1. Pushkin - ‘The Shot”

2. Gabriel Garcia Marques - “A very Old Man with Enormous Wings”

UNIT V - Prose

1. Montaigne - Of Cannibals
2. Sri Aurobindo - “A Word About Society” From Bengali Writings: Translated into English

References:
1.Puckner, Martin. The Norton Anthology of World Literature. W.W.Norton & Company.
US, 2012.
2.Ghetty, Laura. Compact Anthology of World Literature. Univ.Press :Univ. Of North
Georgia.Open Book.
3. Damrosch, David. The Longman Anthology of World Literature: Compact Edition.
Pearson: US, 2008.
COURSE OUTCOME:
Reading world literature can enable the students to
CO1: Analyse histories and historiographies comparing them with the literature that they
read. K4
CO2: Assess International politics better with the more authentic representations that are
presented to them in the form of literature. K5
CO3: Evaluate social, historical and political events and their impacts. K5
CO4: The global issues affecting the regional and vice versa can be better perceived,
analysed, critiqued and addressed. K5
Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Cre Hrs/
Cours Marks
Sem. Code Title of the Course dits Week
e
CA SE Total
Core- Literatures for Social
VI 25 75 100 4 5
XII Change
Objective: To create an awareness among students on the marginalised sections of society
and to enhance their sense of social equality and social justice.
Unit 1- Poetry
Alex Jimenez- Marginalization (online source)
Sukirtha Rani – Pariah God (From the Exercise of Freedom)
Sharan Kumar Limbale - White Paper (From the Poisoned Bread)
Patience Agbabi - Unfinished Business (online source)
Cheryl Marie Wade - Cripple Lullaby (The Disability Studies Reader)
Chantal Rae Lawson - Sorry is not Simple (Online source)
Gwendolyn Brooks - Riot

Unit II - Prose
Dr. B.R.Ambedkar - We Too are Humans (From the Exercise of Freedom)
Shankarrao Kharat - Corpse in the Well (From Corpse in the Well edited by Arjun
Dangle
Anne Finger - Helen Frieda (From Disability Studies Reader)

Unit III - Drama:

Leah Purcell – The Drover’s Wife (Australian)
Yvette Nolan - The Unplugging (Canadian)

Unit IV - Fiction:
Bama - Karukku
Kim Scott - That Dead Man Dance (Australian Aboriginal)

Unit V- Short stories:

Octavia Cade - Portabello Blind (From Defying Doomsday)
Edith Maud Eaton (Sui Sin Far) – Mrs. Spring Fragrance (Immigrant )

Recommended Reading:
1. Arvind. Nawale : On the Fringes: Marginalised Voices in English Literature, Pub
Authorpress: New Delhi, 2012
2. Judith Butler : Identity, Sex and the Metaphysics of Substance” from Gender trouble.
Routledge: London, New York, 1990.
Also at www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/lgbt-rights/about-lgbt-human-rights
3. Robert M Davison : Promoting Indigenous Theory. First published 02 June 2018
https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12203
4.Manohar Mouli Biswas. “Theory of Dalit Literature” July 2014 Contemporary Voice of
Dalit. DOI:10.1177/0974354520140270
COURSE OUTCOME:
After the completion of this course students will be able to
CO1: Evaluate works in the light of marginality K5
CO2: Analyse literary texts and their relevance to social justice K4
CO3: Apply their understanding of literary texts to social occurrences K3
CO4: Argue against social injustice K5
Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks
II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Cour Marks Hrs/

Sem Code Title of the Course Credits
se CA SE Total Week
Literary Criticism:
VI XIII 25 75 100 4 5
An Introduction

Objective: To introduce the major critics, theorists and concepts in literary criticism and
theory.

Unit I:
1. “Ancient Tamil Poetics” by A.K. Ramanujan (from Indian Literary Criticism: Theory
and Interpretation Ed. G.N. Devy
2. “Sanskrit Poetics: An Overview” by K. Krishnamoorthy (from Indian Literary
Criticism: Theory and Interpretation Ed. G.N. Devy
3. “Theory before “theory”” from Beginning Theory by Peter Barry

Unit II :
1. “Aristotle’s Poetics” (from A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the
Present by M. A. R. Habib pp. 47-61)

2. The following sections from “The Early Modern Period to the Enlightenment" in
 A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present by M. A. R. Habib
 Sir Philip Sidney
 John Dryden
 Alexander Pope
 Samuel Johnson

UNIT III:
The following sections from “The Earlier Nineteenth Century and Romanticism" in
A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present byM. A. R. Habib
 William Wordsworth
 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
 Matthew Arnold (from “Later Nineteenth Century”in A History of Literary
Criticism: From Plato to the Present byM. A. R. Habib

Unit IV
1. What is Postmodernism? What was Modernism? from Beginning Theory
2. The following sections from Contemporary Literary Theory: A Student’s Companion
by Krishnaswami, et al.
 Formalism: Russian and French
 Anglo-American Practical/New Criticism
 Structuralism
 Post Structuralism
 Stylistics
 Post structuralism: Deconstruction
 Psychoanalytic Criticism

Unit V
1. The following sections from Contemporary Literary Theory: A Student’s Companion
by Krishnaswami et al.
 Reader Oriented Theories
 Gender Based Approaches (feminism, Lesbianism and Gay-criticism)
 Historical Approaches (New Historicism, Cultural Materialism)
 Colonial Contexts (post and Neo colonial criticism)
 Socio-economic approaches (Structuralist Marxism and Recent
Developments)

Reference Books:

1. Contemporary Literary Theory: A Student’s Companion by Krishnaswami et al.

2. Beginning Theory by Peter Barry
3. Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation Ed. G.N.Devy
4. A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present byM. A. R. Habib

Course Outcomes:

After the completion of this course the students will be able to

CO1. Demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts in criticism. K3
CO2. Identify the critics and the historical ages they belong to. K2
CO3. Compare and contrast the various concepts in literary theory from classical period to
the present. K4
CO4: Interpret the differences in classical, romantic, modern and postmodern theories. K4

Evaluation pattern:

I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25

1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Cre Hrs/
Marks
Cour dits Week
Sem. Code Title of the Course
se Tota
CA SE
l
Core-
VI New Literatures in English 25 75 100 4 5
XIV

Objective:

1. To introduce the students to the colonial and postcolonial writings which emerged in

former British Colonies excluding the United States of America.

Unit I: POETRY

1. Derek Walcott (African) - A Far Cry from Africa

2. Yasmin Goonarantne (South Asia/ Sri Lanka) - Big Match

3. Sergei Yesenin (Russia) - Droplets

4. Judith Wright (Australian) - The Company of Lovers

5. E.J. Pratt (Canadian) - The Dying Eagle

6. Allen Curnow (New Zealand) - House and Land

Unit II: Non – Fiction

1. Ngugi wa Thiong’o (African) : “The Language of African Literature”, Chapter 1 from

Decolonizing the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature, pp. 4-34.
2. Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese): “Freedom from Fear”
http://www.uscampaignforburma.org/assk/sakharovessay.html.

UNIT III: Drama

Ray Lawler (Australian): Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Wole Soyinka (Africa): The Lion and The Jewel

Unit IV: Fiction

1. Bao Ninh (Vietnam) –The Sorrow of War

2. Guan Moye (Mo Yan / Chinese) - Red Sorghum

Unit V: Short Stories

1. Amy Hempel (Caribbean)- In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried

2. Katherine Mansfield (New Zealand): The Doll’s House

Recommended Reading:
1. Narasimaiah, C.D. Ed. An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry. Macmillan India Ltd.,
2004.

2. Jo’Donell, Margaret. An Anthology of Commonwealth Verse: Blackie and Sons. Pub:1984

3. Rutherford, Anna and Donald Hannah, Commonwealth Short Stories. Macmillan

Pub.,1979.

4. Walsh, William. Commonwealth Literature. OUP: UK, 1973.

COURSE OUTCOME:
After the completion of this course the students will be able to:
CO1: Recognise the themes of colonial and postcolonial writings which emerged in former
British Colonies out of their colonial experience. K2
CO2: Examine the cross cultural interactions of the colonized and the colonizer in the
prescribed works. K5
CO4: Assess the significance of regional novel in postcolonial context. K5
CO4: Summarise the effects of British Imperialism and its Colonial Expansionism. K2
Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units
 Marks
Cour Cre Hrs/
Sem. Code Title of the Course Tota
se CA SE dits Week
l
Core- Comparative Literature
VI 25 75 100 4 5
XV and Translation studies
Objective: To introduce the fundamental concepts of comparative literature and translation
studies in theory and practice.

Unit-I Comparative Literature Studies

1. Definition, practices and principles
2. Disciplines and debates
3. The Future of Comparative Literature
(From Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Ben Hutchinson)
Unit-II Comparative Literature: Readings
1. Destiny in Antigone and Cilappatikaram
2. Bharati as Essayist: The Western Impact
(From The Tamil Canon: Comparative Readings by P. Maruthanayagham)
Unit-III Translation Studies
1. Introduction
2. Central issues
3 Specific problems of literary translation
(From Translation Studies by Susan Bassnett, Third Edition, Routledge, London And New
York)
Unit-IV Translation Literature: Readings
1. Tirukural (Chapter 40: Learning)
2. Perish her Intellect : Cruel is her Servitude
(From Wild Girls Wicked Words, a bilingual collection of poems, ed. by Lakshmi
Holmstrom)
Unit-V Translation practice: English to Tamil
1. Translation of short stories (1 story)
2. Translation of short poems (20 to 25 lines)

Recommended Reading:
1. Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Ben Hutchinson
2. Wild Girls Wicked Words: A Bilingual collection of poems, ed. by Lakshmi Holmstrom.
3. The Tamil Canon : Comparative Readings by P.Maruthanayagham

4. Translation Studies by Susan Bassnett,Third Edition , Routledge, London And New York

COURSE OUTCOMES

After the completion of this course, students will be able to ..

CO1: Apply the tenets of comparative literature and translation studies. K3

CO2: Analyse the cultural and linguistic significance of comparative literature. K4

CO3: Point out the challenges involved in translating literary works. K5

CO4: Choose comparative literature and translation for their academic purposes. K3

Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Marks
Cred Hrs/
Sem Course Code Title of the Course Tota
CA SE its Week
l
VI EC III Journalism, Media & Film 25 75 100 5 5
Objectives:

To make students understand the principles of journalism

To enable students to find a career in journalism

To encourage students to write blogs

To appreciate cinema as an art form

To enable students to write about films

Unit 1 - Print Media

A Brief History of News Media (From A Short Introduction to Journalism)

Truth and Objectivity Stephen J. A. Ward (From The Handbook of Mass Media Ethics)

Basic Principles of News Writing

Unit II - Electronic Media

Online journalism (Chapter 6 from An Introduction to Journalism, by Richard Rudin)

Blogging—A New Paradigm in Journalism by Subash Rai ( From 21st Century Journalism)

Unit III - Basics of Film

Elements of Film (From Analysing Literature to film by Mary H.Snyder pp. 177-181)

Cinematography and Visual Effects PP. 124-157 from The Art of Watching Films by Joseph
H.Boggs

Unit IV - Indian Films

Regional Cinema (pp.173- 182 From Chitra Bani A Book on Film Appreciation)

Encountering a new art: writers’ response to cinema in Tamil Nadu S. Theodore Baskaran

Unit V - Writing about Films

Introduction to writing about films pp. 15-29

Terms and Topics for Analyzing and Writing about Films pp. 52-81

(From A Short Guide to Writing about Film by Timothy Corrigan)

COURSE OUTCOME:
After the completion of this course, students will be able to

CO1 Choose a career in journalism. K5

CO2 Apply the principles and ethics of journalism to their writing. K3

CO3 Analyse films as an art form. K4

CO4 Write reviews and articles about films. K6

Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks
II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units

Marks
Cour Cre Hrs/
Sem Code Title of the Course Tota
se CA SE dits Week
l
EC
VI III Phonetics 25 75 100 5 5
Opt.

OBJECTIVE: Empowering the students

1 to be able to speak English well.
2 to pronounce English better than they do now.
3 to tune their ears to native English.

UNIT I:
Production of Speech.
SELF-STUDY: Process of Listening
Body Language

UNIT II:
Pronouncing Individual Sounds.
SELF-STUDY: A Comparative study of sounds in L1 and L2.

UNIT III:
Acquiring the Right Intonation.
SELF-STUDY: Modes of Delivery

UNIT IV:
Using Contracted forms
SELF-STUDY: Organisation of Speech
Speeches for Special occasions

UNIT V:
Transcription
SELF-STUDY: Transcribing literary passages.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. BakeR A., Introducing English Pronunciation, Cambridge University Press, 1982.
2. Gimson A.C., An Introduction to the pronunciation of English, Edward Arnold, 1870
3. Krishna Mohan & Singh N.P., Speaking English Effectively, Macmillan, 1995.

COURSE OUTCOME
After the completion of the course students will be able to:
CO1: Extract precise information on pronunciation from dictionaries. KI
CO2: Listen and comprehend the utterances of foreign accents. K2
CO3: Demonstrate effective communication skills using (Received Pronunciation). K3
CO4: Use professionalised communication skills to get placement opportunities in call
centres, media and voice synthesis software making companies. K3

Evaluation pattern:
I. Continuous Assessments - Total Marks: 25
1. One Written Test & a Model Exam - 20 marks (Consolidated)
2. Attendance - 05 marks
Total (1+2) = 25 Marks

II. End Semester Examination

Section Type Questions Marks Total

A Short Answer 10 Out Of 12 2 20
B Paragraph 5 Out Of 8 5 25
(200 words)
C Essay 3 Out 6 10 30
(500 words)
Duration: 3 hours Grand Total 75 Marks
Questions should be equally distributed and equal weightage should be given for all the units