UGC NET / JRF Syllabus For English Exam

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Here I am providing the detailed syllabus of UGC NET / JRF English Exam which you are looking for.
There will be two question papers, UGC NET English Paper II and Paper III

UGC NET English Paper II will cover 50 Objective Type Questions carrying 100 marks.

UGC NET English Paper III will have two Parts – A and B ; Paper III
will have 10 Short Essay type questions carrying 16 marks each. In it there will be one question with internal choice from each unit

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.

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.