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29th October 2019 12:09 PM
sumit
Re: West Bengal State University English Syllabus

The syllabus of B. A. (Bachelor of Arts) English (Honours) Program offered by Department of English of West Bengal State University is as follows:

Part I

Paper I :Old English, Middle English, Elizabethan and Jacobean Literature, and Philology


Old English Literature:


Old English Poetry- Background of the age, culture, structure of the epic, style, theme. A passage from Beowulf (see appendix I). The idea is to use an extract and from there work into the context and analyze how that shapes the writing.
Non-epic, secular, elegiac poetry, theme, style, social picture, language, style : Deors Lament (see appendix I)
Christian poetry- Caedmons hymn; Cynewulf, Dream of the Rood (see appendix I)
Old English Prose - An overview

Middle English Literature:

The Norman conquest and transition, the romance tradition, the alliterative revival (See appendix I), the Black Death, Langland, Gower, Lydgate; Chaucer, General background, literary career, extracts from the Prologue (see appendix I ), Metrical Romances, Malory, Caxton. Prose, Wyclif and Mandeville.

Elizabethan and Jacobean Literature:

The historical, political, socio-cultural background, literary/intellectual details. The generic/social history of poetry and poetic forms (to be tied up with the poems of the period that are being taught)

The following poems are for detailed study:
Sidney, Loving in truth
Spenser, One day I wrote her name upon the strand
Shakespeare, Sonnets 18, 73, 130
Donne, Cannonization
Marvell, To His Coy Mistress
Vaughan, Peace
Elizabethan/Jacobean Prose- The phenomenal growth of English prose from late medieval religious prose, through the translations from Latin that culminated in the issue of King Jamess Bible. Other categories of prose, secular romances, narratives, travelogues to be tied up with a close reading of Bacon's essays Of Friendship &Of Death, and short extract from Robert Burtons Anatomy of Melancholy (See appendix I; online versions are available; the extract to be used has been selected)

Philology:
Sec I. Growth and Structure of English Language


Latin, Greek, Scandinavian, French influences, Native Resources, Philological notes.
[Suggested Books:
v Otto Jespersen Growth and Structure of the English Language
v C.L.Wren- The English Language
v A.C. Baugh- A History of the English Language
v James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge- Words and their Ways in English
Speech]
Sec. II. Growth and Structure of Indian English

Borrowings into Indian English :
Loanwords and loan translations
Hybrids
Adaptations
Diffusions
[Suggested Books:
v Yule, H. & A.C. Burnell, Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, Delhi, Rupa& Co., 1990, First Published 1886.
v Sethi, J., Standard English and Indian Usage: Vocabulary and Grammar, Second Edition.
Prentice Hall ,2011]

Students will be asked to write philological notes on the following Indian English words: peon, guru, lathicharge, tiffin-box, military hotel, 420, communal, out of station, batchmate, match box.




29th October 2019 12:07 PM
Unregistered
Re: West Bengal State University English Syllabus

Can you provide me the syllabus of B. A. (Bachelor of Arts) English (Honours) Program offered by Department of English of West Bengal State University?
14th May 2018 02:08 PM
pooja
Re: West Bengal State University English Syllabus

West Bengal State University, also known as Barasat University, is a public university situated in Barasat, North 24 Paraganas, near the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

The Syllabus of the Compulsory Course for the First Year Degree Course of the West Bengal State University

English


Section 1: Internal Examination: to be assessed in colleges through any of the method/s
selected by teachers.
Marks: 25 marks
1. Writing, Listening & Speaking Skills
a. Guided writing with Hints CV with Job Application ( 10)
b. Answering orally in response to listening (5)
c. Speaking- e.g. Role Play, Group Discussion, Self Introduction (5)
d. Reading Aloud- Pronunciation, Accent, Intonation (5)
Section 2: End Semester Examination : to be assessed centrally at University through
Questions with Multiple Choice Answers and OMR sheets.
Marks: 25 marks
Time: 1 hour
1. Reading Skill: 10 marks
a. Reading: Comprehension (MCQ format)

2. Grammar & Vocabulary: 15 marks
(To be tested in Fill in the blanks and /or MCQ format)
a. Vocabulary A list of Business English words at workplace
b. Words often confused
c. Use of phrasal verbs, tenses, articles and prepositions
d. Internal Assessment: Guided writing with Hints CV with Job Applicatio


For more Information you may Contact to the West Bengal State University the contact Details Are given below

Contact Details
West Bengal State University
Address: Gyan-Path, Summer-Hill, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171005
Phone: 0177 283 0913
14th May 2018 02:07 PM
Unregistered
Re: West Bengal State University English Syllabus

Hii sir, I Wants to get the Syllabus of the Compulsory Course for the Frst Year Degree Course of the West Bengal State University ?
6th May 2015 02:44 PM
Unregistered
West Bengal State University English Syllabus

Can I get the revised English syllabus for MA of West Bengal State University as I got to heard that some chapters are being included in English this year??? So for the assurance I want the revised syllabus for the English ??? please response???

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