Syllabus Of English Honours In West Bengal State University

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Here is the course list provided for the English Honours.

Course Details:-
I
I
Old English, Middle English, Elizabethan and Jacobean Literature and Philology
II
The Civil War, Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature, Precursors of the Romantics, Rhetoric

II
III
Beginnings of Drama and its Development up to the Nineteenth Century
IV
The Rise and Development of the Novel and Prose from the Eighteenth Century to the Victorian Age

III
V
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Poetry
VI
Modern Drama
VII
Modern Fiction and the Short Story
VIII
Indian Writing in English/ American Literature

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B.A English Honours West Bengal University Part II Syllabi

English Honours Part II Syllabi

[ Applicable for candidates taking admission to the Honours course in the academic session 2013-2014]



Paper III: Beginnings, Development and Trends in English Drama up to the Nineteenth Century

Full Marks: 100

Examination Time: 4 hours.

Course Details:

Group A.

Beginnings of drama , the development in the Elizabethan and Jacobean age; changes in theatre and drama after the Restoration and the opening of the theatres; Restoration Comedy; Heroic Tragedy, Sentimental and Anti-sentimental Comedy, a brief overview of the drama of the Romantic period.

Group B

The following plays are for detailed study:

Tamburlaine Part I by Christopher Marlowe or Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare or Alchemist by Ben Jonson

The Man of Mode by George Etherege or She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

Group C

Literary terms used in connection with drama:

Aside/anagnorisis/catharsis/ catastrophe/ chorus/character/ climax/comic relief/conflict/denouement/ deus ex machine/ exposition/ farce/ hubris/ hamartia/ irony/ masque/peripeteia/plot/ unities

Pattern of Questions:

Group A: 4 out of 6 questions to be answered, each within 200 words.

Marks: 4x5= 20

Group B: 3 essay type questions with internal choice from the assigned plays to be answered in about 500 words.

Marks: 3x15= 45

Explanations/short questions: 3 out of 6 questions to be answered, each in about 200 words.

Marks: 3x5=15

Group C: Short notes on literary terms. 5 out of 7 terms to be explained, each in about 100 words.

Marks: 5x4=20

Total: 20+45+15+20=100

Paper IV: The Rise and Development of the Novel and Prose from the Eighteenth century to the Victorian Age



Full Marks: 100

Examination Time: 4 hours.

Course Details:

Group A: Rise and development of the novel from the eighteenth century to the Victorian age with particular references to the major movements and subgenres of the time.

Group B: Fiction of the Period. The following texts are for detailed study:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen or, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy or, David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Group C: Non-fictional Prose. The following essays are for detailed study:

‘The Scope of Satire’ by Joseph Addison

‘Knowledge its own End’ by Cardinal Newman

‘Dream Children’ by Charles Lamb

‘Modern Elements in Literature’ by Matthew Arnold

Group D: Literary terms related to fiction and non-fictional prose: flat and round character/ stock character/ art of characterization/ gothic novel/ bildungsroman/ epistolary novel/ historical novel/ sentimental novel/ epic novel/ point of view/ narrator/ first person narrator/ narrative style/ omniscient narrator / setting/ / picaresque/ irony/ theme/ realism/ subplot/ personal essay/

Pattern of Questions:

Group A: 4 out of 6 questions to be answered, each within 200 words.

Marks: 4x5=20

Group B: 2 essay type questions with internal choice from the assigned novels to be answered in 500 words

Marks: 2x15=30

Group C: 3 essay type questions out of 4 to be set from the 4 essays to be answered in 400 words.

Marks: 3x10=30

Group D: Short notes on literary terms. 5 out of 7 terms to be explained, each in about 100 words.

Marks: 5x4=20

Total: 20+30+30+20= 100





ENGLISH GENERAL SYLLABI:

PAPER II: FICTIONAL & NON-FICTIONAL PROSE (F.M.100)

Fiction:

Charles Dickens: David Copperfield

Short Stories :

D. H. Lawrence, The Prussian Officer (Available at Project Gutenberg of Australia)

H.E. Bates: The Ox

Katherine Mansfield: The Fly

Somerset Maugham: The Lotus Eater

Essays:

Francis Bacon: ‘Of Travel’ text to be provided

Joseph Addison: ‘The Aim of Spectator’

Charles Lamb: ‘Dream Children: A Reverie’

George Orwell: ‘Shooting an Elephant’

Literary terms related to fiction: flat and round character/ stock character/ art of characterization/ gothic novel/ bildungsroman/ epistolary novel/ historical novel/ sentimental novel/ epic novel/ point of view/ narrator/ first person narrator/ narrative style/ omniscient narrator / setting/ / picaresque/ irony/ theme/ realism/ subplot/ personal essay/

Unseen: Comprehension and Story Writing

PROPOSED CHANGE IN MARKS STRUCTURE:

Novel – 1 question of 15 marks within 500 words

Short Story – 1 question of 15 marks, 2 explanations of 5 marks each (25 marks)

Essay -- 1 question of 10 marks, 2 explanations of 5 marks each; (20 marks)

Literary Terms: attempt any five, each of 2 marks (10marks)

Unseen comprehension, 15 marks & Story Writing,15 (30 marks)

PAPER – III: DRAMA (F.M. 100)

William Shakespeare: The Tempest

George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion

Literary Terms related to drama: aside/anagnorisis/catharsis/ catastrophe/ chorus/character/ climax/comic relief/conflict/denouement/ deus ex machine/ exposition/ farce/ hubris/ hamartia/ irony/ masque/peripeteia/plot/ unities

Unseen: Dialogue Writing & Composition

PROPOSED CHANGE IN MARKS STRUCTURE:

Drama: 2 questions of 15 marks each from two plays (15x2=30)

2 explanations, each 5 marks (2x5=10)

10 Short questions, each 2 marks from the plays (10x2=20)

Literary Terms: attempt any 5, each 2 marks (5x2=10)

Unseen:

Dialogue (10 marks)

Composition (20 marks)




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