ST.

JOSEPH’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN ( AUTONOMOUS ) , VISAKHAPATNAM

I SEMESTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 7 Hrs/Week
ELL1201 (4) ELIZABETHAN AND MILTONIC AGE Max. Marks : 100
w.e.f 2017- 2020 (‘17AE’) SYLLABUS

OBJECTIVES : To enable the students to

 become familiar with plays of William Shakespeare and the poems of the other writers
of the Elizabethan and Miltonic Age.
 respond to various literary works with knowledge of socio-cultural background.
 Do extended reading of the poems of the same period for purpose of comparative study
and for deepening their knowledge of the prescribed authors.

COURSE:

I. POETRY:
1. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) - 1. Dr. Faustus ( Act V.Sc iii Lines 66-131)
2. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) - 2. Sonnet 116
3. John Donne (1572 – 1631) - 3. Holy Sonnet X
- 4. The Good Morrow
4. George Herbert (1593-1633) - 5. Peace
5. Andrew Marvell (1621 – 1678) - 6. To his Coy Mistress
6. John Milton (1608 – 1674) - 7. Sonnet XXIII
8. Paradise Lost (Book IX Lines 549-612)
(Eve’s surprise at the serpent’s Ability to
speak)
9. Paradise Lost (Book I Lines 209-272)
(Satan’s Speech)
II. DRAMA : a. Detailed Study : Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare
b. Non-detailed Study : The Tempest William Shakespeare

III. METHODOLOGY :

POETRY : 1. In the first stage poems are read out so as to elicit answers from the students.
2. In the second stage, poems are studied in detail to learn the deeper meaning to the
poems.
DRAMA : 1. Romeo and Juliet will be studied in detail in class, eliciting answers from students.
2. The Tempest -students read it and discuss the text in a few classes and further
Analysis by the teacher is done to enable them to understand it better.
REFERENCES :
1. Long, William J.(1978) English Literature – Its History and its Significance. Kalyani
Publishers, New Delhi.
2. Bradley, A.C.(1905). Shakespearean Tragedy. Macmillan Publishers Ltd., London.
3. Phillips, Aune 1966. Milton’s Minor Poems, London University, Tutorial Press Ltd.
4. Dustor, P.E. and Dustoor, Homal P, 1963, The Poet’s Pen, Oxfor University Press, London.
5. Stein, Arnold 1962 , John Donne’s Lyrics University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis,
Oxford University Press, Great Britain.
6. Granville – Barker Harley 1963 . Prefaces to Shakespeare Volume IV. Princeton University
Press, USA.

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 ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN ( AUTONOMOUS ) , VISAKHAPATNAM
III SEMESTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 7 Hrs/Week
ELL 3201 (4) NEOCLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC AGE Max. Marks : 100
w.e.f 2016-2019 (‘16AD’) SYLLABUS

OBJECTIVES : To enable the students to –

1. become acquainted with Neoclassical and Romantic Age through representative selections.
2. familiarize them with the important movements like the French Revolution and Industrial
Revolution and its impact on poets.
3. sensitize the students to the literary texts of Neoclassical and Romantic Age.
4. appreciate and enjoy the works prescribed in terms of ideas, language, love for nature etc.

COURSE :
POETRY :
1. Absalom and Achitophel (Lines 533-568) - John Dryden (1631 – 1700)
2. Essay on Man : Epistle II Lines. 1 – 18 - Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744)
3. Hymn to Adversity - Thomas Gray ( 1716 – 1771)
4. Ode to Evening - Williams Colins (1721 – 1759)
5. Chimney Sweepers - William Blake (1757 – 1827)
6. Composed on Westminster Bridge - William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850)
7. The Pains of Sleep - S. Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834)
8. To a Skylark - P.B. Shelley (1790 – 1821)
9. Ode to a Nightingale - John Keats (1795 – 1821)

PROSE :
1. Mischiefs of Party Spirit. - Joseph Addison (1672 – 1719)
2. On Ghosts and Apparitions - Joseph Addison (1672 – 1719)
3. Spectator Club - Richard Steele ( 1672 – 1729)
4. Rural Manners - Richard Steele (1672 – 1729)
5. English Pride - Oliver Goldsmith (1728 – 1774)
6. Dream Children: A Reverie - Charles Lamb (1775 – 1834)
7. My Relations - Charles Lamb (1775 – 1834)
8. The Indian Jugglers - William Hazlitt (1778 – 1830)

FICTION :
Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice

METHODOLOGY
POETRY :
1. In the first stage, the impact of the French Revolution and Industrial Revolution on literature
is discussed in class.
2. In the second stage , each poem is read out in class and studied in detail to enable the
students to appreciate the poems with a few leading questions.
PROSE :
1. Prose Writings – Periodical Essays
2. Essays are either read in class or done in detail with a few leading questions .
FICTION :
1. An introduction is given to Jane Austen, the period in which she wrote and the
characteristic features of her novels.
2. The students are asked to read a few chapters for every class and the chapters are
discussed in class.

REFERENCES :
1. Long, William, J.(1978) English Literature : Its History and Its significance, Kalyani
Publishers, New Delhi .
2. Lobban J.H (1910) Goldsmith – Selected Essays, Cambridge University Press London.
3. Lockitt C.H (1949) the Art of the Essayist, Orient Longman Ltd.
4. Manuel. M (1972) English Prose and Poetry, Macmillan ISSD Press, Madras.
5. David Green (1974) the Winged Word, Macmillan India Ltd, Madras.
6. Cleanth Brooks, John Thibaut Purser, Robert Penn Warren (1975) an Approach to
Literature, Prentice Hall Inc, New Jersey.
7. Milford H.S. (1928) The Oxford Book of English Romantic Verse, The University Press,
Oxford , London.
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 ST.JOSEPH’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN ( AUTONOMOUS ) , VISAKHAPATNAM
II SEMESTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 7 Hrs/Week
ELL 2201 (4) LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Max. Marks : 100
w.e.f 2017-2020 (‘17AE’) SYLLABUS

OBJECTIVES : To enable the students to

1. study the changes and additions in the English language since language is not static.
2. understand the past and contemporary literary texts – especially now-a-days when close
reading of the texts is called for.
3. study linguistics for help in proper articulation through the study of phonetics, transcription
and scansion.
4. provide skills necessary for those training to be teachers of English either at the primary or
at the secondary level.

COURSE:

1. INTRODUCTION:
- What is Language?
- The characteristic features of language.

2. Origin of Language – Theories

- The bow-wow theory.
- The ding-dong theory.
- The pooh-pooh theory
- The gesture theory

3. The Descent of the English Language.

- The Indo-European family of language
- The place of English in the family of languages
- The important Germanic features
a. the series of sound changes – the first sound shift or Germanic consonant shift
or Grimms Law and Verner’s law.
b. the Verbal system
c. the Teutonic accent.

4. The Old English (Anglo – Saxon) Period 600-1100

- History – the invasion by the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
- Dialects and reasons for the supremacy of the West Saxon dialect
- Characteristic features of Old English
Celtic
Latin
Norse or Danish (Scandinavian)
- Gradation
- Mutation
- Grammar

5. The Middle English Period – 1100 - 1500

- History – the invasion by the Norman French
- Dialects and reasons for the supremacy of the East Midland dialect
- Influences of Norman French
Medieval scholarship and learning
Science of Astrology
Crusades
Chaucer
- Use of Surnames
- Changes in Pronunciation
Spelling And Additions to the vocabulary
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6. The Renaissance and After

- History – Renaissance and Reformation
- Translation of the Bible and its influence
- Inkhorn terms
- Influences –
Spenser
Shakespeare
Milton
Printing Press
- Vocabulary
- Pronunciation
- Spelling – Johnson’s dictionary
- Grammatical changes

7. The Evolution of Standard English .

8. The Growth of vocabulary – Word Creation Methods.

- By Imitation or Onamatopoeia
- An Older word is given a new significance or its meaning is extended
- A word which is normally one part of speech is used as another.
- By the addition of suffixes or prefixes
- By Abbreviation
- By Syncopation
- By Telescoping
- By Metanalysis
- Portmanteau words
- Words manufactured from Initials
- Back – Formation
- Corruption or Misunderstanding
- False Etymology
- Slang terms, with the lapse of time, come to be accepted into the literary
vocabulary as ‘good English’.
- Words derived from Proper and Personal Names.
- Two other words are combined
- Conscious and Deliberate coinages
- Words taken direct from foreign languages
- Freak formations.
9. Change of Meaning :
- Generalisation
- Specialisation
- Extension or Transferece followed by differentiation of Meaning.
- Association of ideas
- Polorisation or Colouring
- Loss of Distinctive Colouring
- Metaphorical Application
- Euphemism
- Prudery
- Reversal of Meaning
- Popular Misunderstanding
- Proper Names become ordinary parts of speech
10. Slang, Cant, Jargon
11. American English
12. Differences between British English and American English
13. English as a World language – Future of English.
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TEXT BOOK : Wood, F.T.1964. An Outline History of the English Language – Macmillan and
company Ltd., Madras
1. Potter, Simeon 1950. Our Language. Hazell Walim & Viney Ltd. Great Britain.
2. Francis, W. Nelson 1967 . The English Language, An Introduction The English University
Press Ltd., London
3. Baugh, Albert C, 1968. A History of the English Language. Allied Publishers Limited, New
Delhi.
4. Jespersen Otto – 1938. Growth and Structure of Language. Tenth Edition, Oxford
University Press, New York.
5. Wren, C.L. 1993. The English Language. Metheun and Co. Ltd London.

LINGUISTICS
1. Introduction :
- Definition and Meaning of Linguistics
- Characteristics
- Uses
- Differences between speech and writing. Truths regarding language.
- Obstacles to Linguistic analysis .

2. Speech Mechanism :
a. The Air Stream Mechanisms
b. Organs of Speech and their functions
The speech Event – The processes involved; Language variation
c. Definitions : Phoneme, Phonetics, Phonetic transcription and its uses,
Morpheme, Morphology, Morphophonology, syntax, Synthetic Language and
Analytical language.
d. The syllable
e. The classification and Description of Speech Sounds
1. Consonants
2. Vowels
3. Diphthongs
f. Phonetic Transcription and I.P.A (practice of prose passages of three or four
sentences and simple dialogues for transcription ).
g. Problems faced by the Indian speakers of English
h. Nazalization
i. Similitude
Assimilation -Elision -Juncture
Allophonic Variation
3. Intonation :
- Pitch
- Tune / Tone shape – Kinetic – Static
a. Falling tune / glide down
b. Rising tune / glide up
c. The falling – rising tune / dive
Tone groups and Tonic
- Tone groups, breath groups, sense groups
- nucleus.

4. Stress :
Word stress – rules
Sentence stress – Primary stress, Secondary stress.
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5. Rhythm and Accent :

- Definition
- Content words
- Structure words
- Stress – timed Rhythm; Syllable – timed Rhythm
- Strong and weak forms

6. Interpretation of Literature through reading aloud focusing on aspects such as-assonance

alliteration, onomatopoeia, enjambment and rhyme.

7. Scansion :
- Meter
a. Stress, wrenched accent
b. foot, verse
c. Strong stress meter; Quantitative meter
d. Catalectic – truncated
e. Acataletic

METHODOLOGY :

Teaching
- Lecture method
- Diagrammatic representation of the tables or charts
- Using over-head projector
- Using a tape-recorder to hear B.B.C Recorded dialogues
- Reading aloud by the student for practice in scansion
- Using Language Lab.

REFRENCES :

1. Gimson, A.C.1980. An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English – Third Edition –

Edward Arnold Ltd. London.
2. Balasubramanian, T.1981. A Text Book of English Phonetics for Indian Students
Macmillan Indian Limited. Madras.
3. O’Connor J.D. 1980 . Better English Pronunciation. Second Edition. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.
4. Jones, Daniel 1997 . English Pronouncing Dictionary. Fifteenth Edition. Cambridge
University Press. United Kingdom.
5. Abrams, M.H. 1971. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Third Edition. Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, Inc. New York.

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 ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) VISAKHAPATNAM
V SEMESTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE TIME: 6 Hrs/week
ELL 5201(4) CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATURE – I Max.Marks:100
w.e.f 2015-2018 (‘15AC’)

OBJECTIVES: To enable the students to

- introduce students to contemporary British Literature through representative
selections.
- sensitize the students to the literary texts of Contemporary British Literature.
- facilitate the students to discover the common literary tremds among the different
genres of Contemporary British Literature.
- Make the students acquire a critical consciousness of Contemporary British thinking
and society.
COURSE:
POETRY
THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928) The Darkling Thrush
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS (1865 – 1935) A Prayer for my Daughter Leda and the Swan
THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT (1888 – 1965) A Rhapsody on a Windy Night
ROBERT GRAVES (1895-1985) Recalling War

SHORT STORIES
VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882 – 1941) 1. Kew Gardens’
JOSEPH CONRAD (1857 – 1924) 2. The Inn of Two Witches

ONE – ACT PLAYS

LAWRENCE HOUSMEN (1865 – 1956) 1. The New – Hangman
ALAN ALEXANDER MILNE (1882 – 1956) 2. Wurzel Flummery

DRAMA
ARNOLD WESKER (1932) Roots
FICTION
FORD MADDOX FORD (1873 – 1939) The Good Soldier

METHODOLOGY:
POETRY:
1. In the first stage poems are read out and answer are elicited from students through simple
questions.
2. In the second stage the poems are studied in detail to learn the deeper meaning of the
poems.

DRAMA:
The play is studied in detail, eliciting answers from students in the course of reading the
play. Discussions - Drama – Theme and other relevant features.

Fiction and short stories:

Students are asked to read the prescribed stories and be prepared for discussions in
class. Assignments on certain topics of the novel are given necessary biographical details of
writers are either elicited from discussion or given by the teacher

REFERENCES:
1. Brooks, Purser and Warren (1975) An Approach to Literature V.Ed. Prentic – Hall, Inc.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
2. Lief, Leonard & Jame F.light (1969) The Modern Age, Holt, Rine Hart & Wiston, New York.
3. Thomas, D.M. (1975) Poetry in Crosslight, Longman, London, New York.
4. Thomas, C.T (1979), Twentieth Century Verse: An Anglo American Anthology, Mcmillan
India, Madras.
5. Laurence, Perrine (1966) Story & Structure, IIEd. Hartcourt Brace & World, Inc. New York.
6. Cassill, R.V. (1978) The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, WW.Norton & Co.
7. Ford Maddox, Ford. (2010). The Good Solider. Wordsworth Editions Ltd.,
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 ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) VISAKHAPATNAM
IV SEMESTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Time: 7 HRS
ELL 4201 (4) VICTORIAN AND MODERN AGE MARKS: 100
w.e.f:2016-2019 (‘16AD’) SYLLABUS

OBJECTIVES: To enable the students to

1. Be introduced to Victorian and Modern Age through representative selections.
2. Familiarize with the important literary movements of the Victorian and Modern Age and
the impact of World Wars on poets
3. Develop sensitivity to the literary texts of Victorian and Modern Age
4. Appreciate and enjoy the works prescribed in terms of ideas, languages etc.

COURSE:
POETRY:
1. How do I love Thee - Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1809-1861)
2. Lotus Easters - Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
3. Porphyria’s Lover - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
4. Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
5. The Man He killed - Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

6. Binsey Poplars - Gerard Manley Hardly (1844-1889)

7. The Wild Swans at Coole - W.B. Yeats (1865-1939)
8. Everyone Sang - Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
9. Futility - Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
DRAMA:
Pygmalion - G.B. Shaw (1856-1950)

FICTION:
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte (1818-1848)
METHODOLOGY:
POETRY:
1. In the first stage, an introduction is given to the Victorian Age and Modern Age and
the impact of World War I on the poets of the Modern Age.
2. In the second stage, each poem is read out in class and studied in detail to enable
the students to appreciate the poem.
DRAMA:
1. Introduction to the play.
2. The play is read in class and analysed.

FICTION:
1. An introduction is given to Emily Bronte and her works.
2. Students are asked to read a few chapters for every class and the novel is discussed in
the class.
REFERENCES:
1. Long, William, J. (1978) English Literature: Its History And Its Significance, Kalyani
Publishers, New Delhi.
2. David, green (1974) The Winged word, Macmillan India Ltd, Madras.
3. Gardner W.H Mackenzie N.H (1970) The poems of Gerard Manely Hopkins, Oxford
University, London.
4. Lucas F.L, Ridley Mr.Auden W.H. Bluden E.G, Macneice.L, Wolfe. H, Charlton.
H.V.Garrod W.H, (1941) Eight Poets, Oxford University Press, London.
5. Brooks, Cleanth, Purser, John Thibaut Warren, Robert Penn (1996) An Approach to
literature, Prentice Hall Inc, New Jersey.
6. Coe G.E.B. (1980) Practical English Prose and Verse, Orient Longman Ltd, Calcutta.
7. Milford H, S. (1928) The oxford Book Of English Romantic Verse, The University Press,
Oxford, London.
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 ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) VISAKHAPATNAM
V SEMESTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE TIME: 5 Hrs/week
ELL 5202 (4) CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATURE - II Max. Marks: 100
w.e.f 2015-2018 (‘15AC’)

OBJECTIVES: To enable the students to

- introduce students to contemporary British Literature through representative
selections.
- sensitize the students to the literary texts of Contemporary British Literature.
- facilitate the students to discover the common literary trends among the different
genres of Contemporary British Literature.
- Make the students acquire a critical consciousness of Contemporary British thinking
and society.
COURSE:
POETRY
JOHN BETJEMAN (1906 – 1986) - Slough
STEPHEN SPENDER (1909 – 1995) - Ultimo Ratio Regum
An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
TED HUGHES (1930 – 1998) - The Thought Fox

SHORT STORIES

FRANK O’ CONNOR (1903 – 1966) - Guests of Nation

Graham Green (1904 – 1991) - The Destructors

ONE – ACT PLAYS

HAROLD BRIGHOUSE (1882 – 1958) - 1. Dye – Hard

SAMUEL BECKET (1906 – 1990) - 2. Act Without Minds: A Mime for One Player
DRAMA
OSCAR WILDE : The Importance of Being Earnest

FICTION
D. H. Lawrence : Sons and Lovers

METHODOLOGY:
POETRY:
1. In the first stage poems are read out and answer are elicited from students through simple
questions.
2. In the second stage the poems are studied in detail to learn the deeper meaning of the
poems.
DRAMA:
The play is studied in detail, eliciting answers from students in the course of reading the
play. Discussions - Drama – Theme and other relevant features.

Fiction and short stories:

Students are asked to read the prescribed stories and be prepared for discussions in
class. Assignments on certain topics of the novel are given necessary biographical details of
writers are either elicited from discussion or given by the teacher

REFERENCES:

1. Brooks, Purser and Warren (1975) An Approach to Literature V.Ed. Prentic – Hall, Inc.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
2. Lief, Leonard & Jame F.light (1969) The Modern Age, Holt, Rine Hart & Wiston, New York.
3. Thomas, D.M. (1975) Poetry in Crosslight, Longman, London, New York.
4. Thomas, C.T (1979), Twentieth Century Verse: An Anglo American Anthology, Mcmillan India,
Madras.
5. Laurence, Perrine (1966) Story & Structure, IIEd. Hartcourt Brace & World, Inc. New York.
6. Cassill, R.V. (1978) The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, WW.Norton & Co.

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 ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) VISAKHAPATNAM
VI SEMESTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Time: 5Hrs/Week.
ELL-A2-6201 (4) AMERICAN LITERATURE - II Max Marks :100
w.e.f:2015-2018 (‘15AC’ Batch) SYLLABUS

OBJECTIVES: To enable the students to

 develop an awareness of the literature of the United States through a selective study.
 appreciate and enjoy the Americanness in terms of ideas, language etc.
 familiarize the students with important literary movements of American Literature.

COURSE:
POETRY (Detailed Study)

EMILY DICKINSON (1830 – 1886): A Bird Came Down the Walk

ROBERT FROST (1875-1963) 1. After Apple Picking

2. The Road Not Taken
3. Design ‘In White’

SHORT STORIES

JOHN CHEEVER 1. The Enormous Radio.

FLANNERY O’ CONNOR (1925-1964) 2. The Geranium

DRAMA
Tennessee Williams: A Street Car Named Desire (Detailed Study)

FICTION
Mark Twain : The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

REFERENCES:

1. O’Connor, Flannery (2006), The Complete stories of Flannery O’ Connor. Farrar,

Straus & Giroux, New York.
2. Cassil, R.V. (1978) Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, W W.Norton & Co.
3. Thomas, C.T (1979), Twentieth Century Verse: An Anglo American Anthology,
Mcmillan India, Madras.
4. Dickinson, Emily (1994) selected Poems X Edition. Aarti Book Centre Educational
Publishers, New Delhi.
5. Raichura, Suresh (2006), Sylvia Plath:Selected Poems IV Edition. Rama Bros. India
Pvt Ltd. New Delhi.
6. Vendler, Helen (1959), Voices & Visions: The Poet in America. Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Co. Ltd.
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 ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) VISAKHAPATNAM
VI SEMESTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Time: 5Hrs/Week.
ELL-A1-6201(4) AMERICAN LITERATURE - I Max Marks: 100
w.e.f:2015-2018 (‘AC’ Batch) SYLLABUS

OBJECTIVES: To enable the students to

 develop an awareness of the literature of the United States through a selective study.
 appreciate and enjoy the Americanness in terms of ideas, language etc.
 familiarize the students with important literary movements of American Literature.

COURSE:
POETRY (Detailed Study)

EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) 1. Ulalume

WALT WHITMAN (1819 – 1892) 2. Crossing Brooklyn Ferry

EMILY DICKINSON (1830 – 1886) 3. Felt a Funeral in My Brain

4. Death Sets a Thing Significant

SHORT STORIES

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864) 1. The Birthmark

Edura Welty 2. The Worn Path

DRAMA

EUGENE O’ NEILL (1888-1953) Desire Under the Elms (Detailed Study)

FICTION

F.SCOTT FITZGERALD (1920-1940) The Great Gatsby

REFERENCES:
1. Mabbot, Ollive Thomas(1969), The Collected works of Edgar Allan Poe.
2. Cassil, R.V. (1978) Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, W W.Norton & Co.
3. Thomas, C.T (1979), Twentieth Century Verse: An Anglo American Anthology, Mcmillan
India, Madras.
4. Dickinson, Emily (1994) selected Poems X Edition. Aarti Book Centre Educational
Publishers, New Delhi.
5. Raichura, Suresh (2006), Sylvia Plath:Selected Poems IV Edition. Rama Bros. India Pvt
Ltd. New Delhi.
6. Vendler, Helen (1959),Voices & Visions: The Poet in America. Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
Co. Ltd.
7. O’Neill, Eugene (1970) Five Plays, Penguin, New York.
8. Fitzgerald, F.Scott (2013) The Great Gatsby, Picador. USA.
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 ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) VISAKHAPATNAM
VI SEMESTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE TIME: 5 Hrs/week
ELL-E1-6201(4) LITERARY APPRECIATION & PRACTICAL CRITICISM Max.Marks: 100
w.e.f. 2015– 2018 (15AC Batch) SYLLABUS

OBJECTIVES: To enable the students to

- become familiar with the different literary forms and devices.
- apply the techniques to a given passage or a poem.
The paper is divided into 3 parts. POETRY, FICTION AND DRAMA.
Each is divided into a) Theory and b) Practical work.

UNIT – I : (POETRY)

THEORY: What is poetry? Different types of poems (only definitions), Elements of poetry –
Imagery, Content, Tone, Rhyme, Rhythm – Literary Devices used in poems – Figures
of speech – Simile – metaphor – Personification – Allegory – Symbol – Alliteration –
Assonance – Irony.

PRACTICAL: Student will be given poems and asked to analyse them with critical questions. Two
poems with the same theme will be given for comparison.

UNIT – II : (DRAMA)

THEORY: Different kinds of Drama – Tragedy – Comedy – One Act Play (only definitions) –
Elements of Drama – Plot – Character – Foreshadowing – Climax – Denouement –
Devices – Dramatic Irony – Soliloquies.

PRACTICAL: A ‘Scene’ from a play is given and students are asked to analyse it with critical
questions.

UNIT – III : (FICTION & SHORT STORIES)

THEORY:

I. Types of Fiction: Definitions only ix. Humorous

i. The Early Novels – (18th Century Novels) x. War
ii. Picaresque Novels xi. Western
iii. Adventure Novels xii. Satirical
iv. Horror, Macabre & Gothic xiii. Romance
v. Crime & Detection-Whodunit xiv. Saga
vi. Mystery xv. Animal
vii. Historical xvi. Psychological
viii. Spy and Espionage xvii. Scientific Fiction.

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II. Techniques of Narration:

i. Autobiographical Method
ii. Epistolary method
iii. Eye of God Method
iv. Stream of Consciousness Method
v. Mixed method
vi. Personal authorial Interruption
vii. Flash Back Method.

III. Difference between a Novel and Short Story:

IV. Elements of Novel:

i. Plot
ii. Setting
iii. Dramatis Personae
iv. Dialogue
v. Criticism of Life.

PRACTICAL: A passage from a novel is given and students are asked to analyse it for character
analysis, language and narrative technique etc.

REFERENCES:
1. Prasad B. 1967, Background to the study of English Literature. Macmillan India Ltd.
2. Hudson, Henry William. 1979. An introduction to the Study of Literature. Ninth Edition, New
Delhi.
3. Abrams, M.H. 1971. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Third Edition Cornell University, Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, Inc, New York.
4. Brooks, Cleanth and Warren, Penn Robert. 1976. Understanding Poetry Fourth Edition.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.
5. Hatlen, Theodore W. 1967. Drama, Principles and Plays. Meredith Publishing Company.
New York.
6. Wilson, Raymond. 1966. Poems to Compare, Macmillan St. Martin Press, New York.
7. Mayhead, Robin, 1965. Understanding Literature, Cambridge University press, Great
Britain.
8. Irmscher, William F. 1975. The Nature of Literature, Writing of Literary Topics Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, Inc. New York.
9. Rees, R. J. 1973. English Literature An introduction for Foreign Reader Macmillan
Education Limited. London.

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VI SEMESTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Time: 5 Hrs/Week.
ELL-A3-6201 (4) AMERICAN LITERATURE - III Max Marks:100
w.e.f:2015-2018 (‘15AC’ Batch) SYLLABUS

OBJECTIVES: To enable the students to

 develop an awareness of the literature of the United States through a selective study.
 appreciate and enjoy the Americanness in terms of ideas, language etc.
 familiarize the students with important literary movements of American Literature.

COURSE:
POETRY (Detailed Study)

WALLACE STEVENS (1879-1955) Sunday Morning

LANGSTON HUGHES (1902-1967) The Negro Speaks of River
RITA DOVE (1952) Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Return to Vienna
AMY LOWELL (1874-1925) A Japanese Wood Carving

SHORT STORIES

CYNTHIA OZICK (1928) The Shawl

O’Henry : After Twenty Years

DRAMA

Arthur Miller: The Death of a Salesman (Detailed Study)

FICTION
Herman Melville: Moby Dick

REFERENCE:

1. Cassil, R.V. (1978) Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, W W.Norton & Co.
2. Thomas, C.T (1979), Twentieth Century Verse : An Anglo American Anthology, Mcmillan
India, Madras.
3. Raichura, Suresh (2006), Sylvia Plath:Selected Poems IV Edition. Rama Bros. India Pvt
Ltd. New Delhi.
4. Vendler, Helen (1959), Voices & Visions: The Poet in America. Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Co. Ltd.
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