National Eligibility Test of English

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Syllabus for English paper exam of National Eligibility Test:

Paper pattern :
There will be two question papers, UGC NET English Paper II and Paper III ( Parts – A & B ). UGC NET English Paper II will cover 50 Objective Type Questions ( Multiple choice, Matching type, True / False, Assertion – Reasoning type ) carrying 100 marks.

UGC NET English Paper III will have two Parts – A and B ; Paper III ( A ) will have 10 Short Essay type questions ( 300 words ) carrying 16 marks each. In it there will be one question with internal choice from each unit ( i.e. 10 questions from 10 units; Total marks will be 160 ).

UGC NET English Paper III ( B ) will be compulsory and there will be one question from each of the Electives. The candidate will attempt only one question ( one Elective only in 800 words ) carrying 40 marks. Total marks of UGC NET English Paper III will be 200.

Syllabus :
UGC NET English Paper II
Chaucer to Shakespeare
Jacobean to Restoration Periods
Augustan Age : 18th Century Literature
Romantic Period
Victorian Period
Modern Period
Contemporary Period
American and other non – British Literature’s
Literary Theory and Criticism
Rhetoric and Prosody

UGC NET English Paper III ( A ) ( Core Group )
British Literature from Chaucer to the present day
Criticism and Literary Theory.

Unit – I : Literary Comprehension ( with internal choice of poetry stanza and prose passage; four comprehension questions will be asked carrying 4 marks each ).

Unit – II : Up to the Renaissance.

Unit – III : Jacobean to Restoration Periods.

Unit – IV : Augustan Age : 18th Century Literature.

Unit – V : Romantic Period.

Unit – VI : Victorian and Pre – Raphaelites.

Unit – VII : Modem British Literature.

Unit – VIII : Contemporary British Literature.

Unit – IX : Literary Theory and Criticism up to T. S. Eliot.

Unit – X : Contemporary Theory.

UGC NET English Paper III ( B ) ( Elective / Optional )

Elective – I : History of English Language, English Language Teaching.

Elective – II : European Literature from Classical Age to the 20th Century.

Elective – III : Indian writing in English and Indian Literature in English translation.

Elective – IV : American and other non – British English Literatures.

Elective – V : Literary Theory and Criticism.