PERIYAR UNIVERSITY , SALEM

B.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE

SYLLABUS - CBCS PATTERN
SEMESTER I
Sl.No Part Course Hours Credits
1 I Foundation Tamil I 6 3
2 II Foundation English I 6 3
3 III Core I Fiction I 5 4
4 IV Core II Grammar and Usage 5 4
5 V Allied I Social History of England I 5 4
6 VI Environmental Studies 1 -
7 VII Value Education 2 2
TOTAL 30 20
SEMESTER II
8 I Foundation Tamil II 6 3
9 II Foundation English II 6 3
10 III CORE III Fiction II 6 5
11 IV Elective I Indian Writing in English 6 5
12 V Allied II Social History of England II 5 4
13 VI Environmental Studies 1 2
TOTAL 30 22
SEMESTER - III

14 I Foundation Tamil III 6 3

15 II Foundation English III 6 3
16 III CORE IV Prose I 6 5
17 IV Allied III History of English Literature-I 4 3
18 V Skill Based Elective Course
i. Phonetics and Transcription 2 2
ii Spoken English 2 2
iii Journalism Basics 2 2
19 VI NON- MAJOR- I
Communication Skills 2 2
TOTAL 30 22

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 SEMESTER IV
20 I Foundation Tamil IV 6 3
21 II Foundation English IV 6 3
22 III CORE- V POETRY I 6 5
23 IV ALLIED IV History of English Literature II 4 3
24 V SKILL BASED ELECTIVE COURSE
iv Personality Development 2 2
v. Writing Skills 2 2
vi English for Competitive Exams 2 2
25 VI NON- MAJOR -II
Phonetics and Transcription 2 2
TOTAL 30 22
SEMESTER V
26 I CORE VI Poetry II 5
27 II CORE VII Prose II 5
28 III CORE VIII Drama I 5
29 IV CORE IX Shakespeare I 5 17
30 V ELECTIVE - II
American Literature 6 5
31 VI ALLIED V
Literary Forms and Terms 4 3

TOTAL 30 25
SEMESTER VI
32 I CORE X Language and Linguistics 5 5
33 II CORE XI Drama II 5 5
34 III CORE XII Shakespeare II 5 5
35 IV CORE XIII English Language Teaching 5 5
36 V ELECTIVE III
Literary Criticism 6 5
37 VI ALLIED VI
English for Competitive Exams 4 3

TOTAL 30 28

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 PERIYAR UNIVERSITY
SALEM
B.A. ENGLISH SYLLABUS
(CBSC PATTERN)
FIRST YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
CORE PAPER - I Hrs. 5

FICTION - I Credits 4

UNIT I & II
Oliver Goldsmith -- The Vicar of Wakefield

UNIT III & IV

Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice

UNIT - V
R.L. Stevenson -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

CORE PAPER II Hrs 5

GRAMMAR AND USAGE Credits 4

UNIT I
1. Nouns : Countable, Un-countable, Common, Proper-Noun,
Concrete, Abstract
Properties of Nouns : Gender, Number, Person, Case
2. Pronouns
3. Articles
UNIT II
4. Adjectives
5. Prepositions
6. Verbs : Regular, Irregular, Transitive, Intransitive, Finite, Non-
finite, Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives, Tenses
UNIT III
7. Adverbs
8. Conjunctions and Interjections
UNIT IV
9. The Sentence : Subject and Predicate
10. Types of Sentences
11. Sentence Patterns
UNIT V
12. Idioms and Phrases
13. Figures of Speech

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Books Recommended:
1. Michael Strumpt: The Complete Grammar. Goodwill Publishing House
2. Raymond Murphy: Essential English Grammar. Cambridge University
Press.
3. A.J.Thomson & F.V.Martinet: A Practical English Grammar Exercise.
OUP

ALLIED PAPER I Hrs. 5

SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND I Credits 4
UNIT - I

1. The Renaissance
2. The Reformation
UNIT - II
3. The Dissolution of Monasteries
4. The Religion of England
5. Armada
UNIT - III
6. Colonial Expansion
7. The Civil War and its Social Significance
8. Puritanism
UNIT - IV
9. Restoration England
10. The Origin and growth of political parties in England
UNIT - V
11. Coffee Houses Queen Anne
12. The Agrarian Revolution
Books Recommended:
G.M. Trevelyan : English Social History, Longman, London
A.G.Xavier : An Introduction to The Social History of England

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 SECOND SEMESTER
CORE PAPER - III Hrs. 6
FICTION II Credit 5

UNIT - I & II
Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge

UNIT - III & IV

William Golding - The Lord of the Flies

UNIT - V
George Orwell - Animal Farm

ELECTIVE- I PAPER I Hrs. 6

INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH Credits 5

UNIT - I POETRY
Toru Dutt : Our Casuarina Tree
Nissim Ezekiel : Night of the Scorpion
A.K. Ramanujan : Of Mothers, Among Other things
UNIT - II PROSE
J.Nehru : The Glory has Departed
M.K.Gandhi : Voluntary Poverty
UNIT - III DRAMA
Girish Karnad : Nagamandala
UNIT - IV FICTION
Anita Desai : Where shall we go this summer?
UNIT - V Short Story
R.K.Narayan : Astrologers Day
Kushwant Singh : Karma
Recommended Books
1. Saleem Peeradina (ed.) Contemporary Indian Poetry in English
2. Modern Stories

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 ALLIED PAPER II Hrs. 5
SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND II Credits 4
UNIT - I
1. The Industrial Revolution
2. The Methodist Movement
UNIT - II
3. The Humanitarian Movements
4. The War of American Independence
UNIT - III
5. Effect of the French Revolution
6. The Three Reform Bills
UNIT - IV
7. The Development of Education in Victorian England
8. Transport and Communication
UNIT - V
9. First World War
10. Welfare State
11. Trade Unionism
BOOKS RECOMMENDED
G.M.Trevelyan : English Social History. Longman, London
A.G.Xavier : An Introduction to The Social History of England

III - SEMESTER
CORE- IV PAPER IV Hrs. 6
PROSE I Credits : 5
UNIT ; I
1. Francis Bacon : Of Studies
2. Francis Bacon : Of Great Place
UNIT II
1. Joseph Addison : Sir Roger at the Theatre
2. Richard Steele : The Trumpet Club
UNIT - III
1. Oliver Goldsmith : Man in Black
2. Charles Lamb : Poor Relations
UNIT IV
1. William Hazlitt : The Fight
2. G.K. Chesterton : The Worship of the Wealthy
UNIT V
1. J.B. Priestly : Lectures
2. Robert Lynd : In Praise of Mistakes
Books Recommended:M.G. Nayar (Ed.) A Galaxy of English Essayists: From
Bacon to Beerbohm. Macmillan

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 ALLIED PAPER III Hrs. 4
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE I Credits 3

UNIT I
Age of Chaucer : Chapter II and III

UNIT II
Development of Drama : Chapter IV and V

UNIT III
Age of Shakespeare : Chapters VI, VII, VIII
UNIT IV
Age of Milton : Chapter IX and X
UNIT V
Age of Dryden : Chapter XI and XII
Books Recommended:
W.H. Hudson. An Outline History of English Literature
Edward Albert. History of English Literature V ed.

SKILL BASED ELECTIVE COURSE

PAPER I PHONETICS & TRANSCRIPTION Hrs. 2

UNIT I Credits 2
Speech Mechanism and Organs of Speech
UNIT II
Classification and Description of Vowel sounds in English
UNIT III
Classification and Description of consonant sounds in English
UNIT IV
Word accent : Certain guidelines
UNIT V
Transcription of words (not exceeding three syllables)

Reference Books:
A Text book of English Phonetics for Indian Students - T.Balasubramanian
(Macmillan)

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 SKILL BASED ELECTIVE COURSE
PAPER II SPOKEN ENGLISH Hrs 2
UNIT I [ Ch. 1 - 4, 32 A, B ] Credits 2
1. Greeting
2. Introducing
3. Inviting Someone
4. Making Requests
5. Some Common Errors: i. Un-necessary use of prepositions
ii. Omission of Prepositions

UNIT II [ Ch. 5 8, 32 C. D ]
1. Offering Help
2. Seeking Permission
3. Asking for Advice
4. Expressing Gratitude
5. Some Common Errors : i. Use of Wrong Prepositions
ii. Use of Articles

UNIT III [ Ch. 9 12, 32, E, F ]

1. Asking about remembering
2. Persuading
3. Complimenting / Congratulating
4. Expressing Sympathy
5. Some Common Errors : i. Un-necessary use of Articles
ii. Use of wrong tenses
UNIT IV [Ch. 13 16, 32 G, H ]
1. Complaining
2. Apologising
3. Making suggestions
4. Warning Someone
5. Some Common Errors : i. Use of wrong forms of words
ii. Use of wrong words
UNIT V [Ch. 17 20, 32 I ]
1. Starting a conversation with a stranger
2. Leaving someone for a short time
3. Ending a Conversation
4. Asking for information
5. Some Common Errors : i. Wrong order of words
Books Recommended

G.Radhakrishna Pillai, K. Rajeevan. Spoken English for You. Emerald

Publishers

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 SKILL BASED ELECTIVE COURSE
PAPER III JOURNALISM - BASICS Hrs. 2
Credits 2
UNIT I
What is Journalism definition Historical background and the
development of Journalism in India
UNIT II
Principles and Ethics of Journalism

UNIT III
Various departments and their functions
Editing: Role of an Editor, Sub-Editor and News Editors
UNIT IV
Reporting Quality of Reporting - Kinds of Reporters Gathering
information - Investigative Reporting, Free lancing

UNIT V
Interviewing the role of an interviewer ethics and codes followed
by an interviewer while interviewing
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Keval J. Kumar, Mass Communication in India Jaico Publishers, 2004

2. M.V. Kamath. Professional Journalism, New Delhi: Vikas Publications

3. Jagadish Chakravarthy. Journalism. Changing Society Emerging Trends.

Author Press, 2005

NON MAJOR ELECTIVE

PAPER I COMMUNICATION SKILLS Hrs. 2
UNIT I Credits 2
Language and Communication
Linguistic Communication
Barriers to Communication
Importance of Communication
UNIT II
Non- verbal Communication
Personal appearance
Posture
Gestures
Facial expression
Eye contact
Space distancing

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UNIT III
Dyadic communication
Face to face conversation
Telephonic conversation
Interviews
Instruction
Dictation
UNIT IV
Seminars and conferences
Types of discussion groups
Regulating speech
Conducting seminars
Organizing conferences
UNIT V
Meetings and group discussions
Purpose Procedure Chairmanship and Participation in meetings
Group dynamics Purposes and Organization of group discussions

Book Recommended
Krishna Mohan & Meera Banerji . Developing Communication Skills.
Macmillan

FOURTH SEMESTER
CORE V POETRY I Hrs. 6
Credit 5
UNIT I & II
Milton : Paradise Lost : Book- I
UNIT III
William Shakespeare : Sonnet 116
John Donne : A Hymn to God the Father
Alexander Pope : The ideals of Satire
UNIT IV
William Blake : The Tiger
William Wordsworth : Lucy Gray
S.T. Coleridge : Kubla Khan
UNIT V
Shelley : To a Skylark
Keats : Ode to Autumn
Ode on a Grecian Urn
Book Prescribed : Poetry Down the Ages,
( Selected by the Board of Studies , Mizoram University)
- Orient Longmans

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 ALLIED PAPER IV Hrs. 4
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE II Credits 3

UNIT I
Age of Pope : Chapter 13 and 14
UNIT II
Age of Johnson : Chapter 15 to 17
UNIT III
Age of Wordsworth : Chapter 18 to 21
UNIT IV
Age of Tennyson : Chapter 22 to 24
UNIT V
Age of Hardy and the
Present Age : Chapter 25 to 27
Recommended Books
W.H. Hudson : An Outline History of English Literature
Edward Albert. History of English Literature. V ed.

SKILL BASED ELECTIVE COURSE

PAPER IV PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT Hrs. 2
Credits 2

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

Theories of Personality Eastern / Western Outlook
Determines of Personality
UNIT II SELF ESTEEM AND SELF EVALUATION
Self Motivation
Need for goal setting
UNIT III HOW TO IMPROVE PERSONALITY
Attitude and Aptitude
Confidence
UNIT IV LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
TQL (Total Quality Leadership)
Problem Solving
UNIT V PERSONALITY ORIENTED JOB SKILLS
Conflict Management
Negotiation Skills
Emotional Intelligence

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Books Recommended:
1. Daniel K Mroczek Hand Book of Personality Development
2. Daniel Goleman. Working with Emotional Intelligence
3. David R Shaffer. Social and Personality Development

SKILL BASED ELECTIVE COURSE

PAPER - V WRITING SKILLS Hrs. 2
Credits 2
UNIT I
1.Report Writing
2. Letter Writing
UNIT II
3. E-Mail Drafting
4. Preparing Agenda and Writing Minutes for Meetings
UNIT III
5. Developing Hints
6. Effective use of SMS
UNIT - IV
7. Resume writing
8. Applying for Jobs
UNIT V
9. Cover letter
10. Advertisement
Book Recommended

Communication skills a multi skill course --- Macmillan

Book for Reference
English Practice Book for Undergraduates T.M.Farhathullah.
Emerald Publishers

SKILL BASED ELECTIVE COURSE

PAPER VI ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS Hrs 2
UNIT I GRAMMAR Credits 2
Number
Subject Verb Agreement
Articles
Sequences of Tenses
Common Errors
UNIT II WORD POWER
Idioms and Phrases
One word substitution
Synonyms

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 Antonyms
Words often confused
UNIT III
Paragraph
Expansion of an idea
UNIT IV
Report writing
Essay
Letters
UNIT V SPEAKING

Public Speaking
Group discussion
Interview
Spoken English
Books Recommended
V. Saraswathi & Maya K. Mudbhatkal. English for Competitive Examinations.
Emerald Publishers

NON MAJOR ELECTIVE

PAPER II PHONETICS & TRANSCRIPTION Hrs. 2

UNIT I Credits 2
Speech Mechanism and Organs of Speech
UNIT II
Classification and Description of Vowel sounds in English
UNIT III
Classification and Description of consonant sounds in English
UNIT IV
Word accent : Certain guidelines
UNIT V
Transcription of words (not exceeding three syllables)

Reference Book:
A Text book of English Phonetics for Indian Students - T.Balasubramanian
(Macmillan)

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 THIRD YEAR

V SEMESTER

CORE - VI POETRY - II Hrs. 5

UNIT I
Tennyson : Ulysses
Robert Browning : My Last Duchess
UNIT II
Mathew Arnold : Dover Beach
G.M. Hopkins : The Windhover
: Felix Randal
UNIT IV
W.B. Yeats : Sailing to Byzantium
: A Prayer for My Daughter

T.S.Eliot : The Burial of the Dead

(from The Wasteland)
UNIT IV
Thomas Hardy : The Darkling Thrush
W.H.Auden : The Unknown Citizen
Sir Stephen Spender : The Express
UNIT V
Dylan Thomas : And Death Shall have no Dominion
Louis Mac Neice : Prayer Before Birth
Philip Larkin : Church Going
Book Prescribed : Poetry Down the Ages, ( Selected the Board of Studies
Mizoram University ) Orient Long Man

CORE - VII V SEMESTER Hours : 5

PROSE II
UNIT I
1. A.G. Gardiner : On Letter Writing
2. W.R. Inge : Spoon Feeding
UNIT II
3. E.V. Lucas : Third Thoughts
4. James Thurber : University Days
UNIT III
5. Stephen Leacock : My Lost Dollar
6. Somerset Maugham : The Verger
UNIT IV
7. Ray Bradbury : The Smile

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 8. A.S. Hornby : A Dialogue on Democracy
UNIT V
9. C.E.M. Joad : Our Own Civilization
10. W.J. Turner : The Man Who Saved Pumpelsdrop

Books Recommended
1. Sesame : An Anthology of English Prose: K.K. Reddy (ed.) Chand & Co.,
2. Invitation to English Prose. Ed. A.E. Varadarajan & Jegadisan
CORE VIII SEMESTER V
DRAMA I Hrs. 5

UNIT I & II
Thomas Kyd : The Spanish Tragedy

UNIT III & IV

Oliver Goldsmith : She Stoops to Conquer

UNIT V
Sheridan ; The Rivals

CORE - IX PAPER IV
SHAKESPEARE I Hrs. 5
Credits 17
UNIT I & II
King Lear

UNIT III & IV

As you Like It

UNIT V
Henry IV, Part I

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 ELECTIVE-II AMERICAN LITERATURE Hrs. 6
Credits 5
UNIT I POETRY
Walt Whitman : Out of the Cradle Endlessly rocking
Emily Dickinson : Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Robert Frost : The Road Not Taken
Sylvia Plath : Lady Lazarus
UNIT II PROSE
Martin Luther King: I have a Dream
Emerson : Self Reliance
UNIT III DRAMA
Eugene O Neill : Hairy Ape
UNIT IV FICTION
Ernest Hemingway : The Old Man and the Sea
UNIT V SHORT STORIES
Edger Allan Poe : The Tell Tale Heart
(American Short Stories of the 19th Century)

O Henry : The Furnished Room

James Thurber : Secret Life of Walter Mitty

ALLIED - V PAPER VI Hrs. 4

LITERARY FORMS AND TERMS Credits 3

UNIT I POETRY
The Lyric, Ode, Sonnet, Epic, Elegy, The Heroic Couplet
TERMS : Allegory, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron, Blank Verse, Epic Simile,
Metaphysical Conceit, Poetic License
UNIT II DRAMA
Dramatic Monologue, The One Act Play, Tragedy, Comedy,
The Masque

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TERMS : Soliloquy, Dramatic Irony, Aside, Climax, Melodrama,
Absurd Theatre

UNIT III PROSE - I

The Essay, Social Essay, The Reviewer, Short Story
UNIT IV PROSE II
Biography, Auto-biography, Epigram, Criticism, Psychoanalytical
Criticism, Feminist Criticism

UNIT V FICTION
Elements of Novel, Historical Novel, Detective Novel, Social Novel,
Science Fiction

TERMS ; Anti Climax, Stream of Consciousness, Characterization

Books Recommended:
1. B. Prasad. A Background to the Study of English Literature. Macmillan
2. M.H. Abrams. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Macmillan

SEMESTER VI
CORE- X PAPER I Hrs. 5
LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS Credits 5
UNIT I
Definition of Language
Characteristics of Language
Human communication and Animal Communication
Need to Study Language
Definition of Linguistics
Linguistics as a Science
Scope of Linguistics
Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Branches of Linguistics

UNIT II

Some Major Linguistic Concepts

Langue / Parole; Competence Vs Performance
The Nature of Linguistic Sign
Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Relationships
Substance and Form
Diachronic and Synchronic approaches

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UNIT III GRAMMAR

Functions and Categories

Traditional Definitions
Empty Words
Functional labels
Structural Grammar
I C Analysis
Phrase structure Rules
Deep and Surface Structure
Transformational Rules

UNIT IV MORPHOLOGY

Definition
Free and Bound Morphemes
Morphological Analysis of Words
Structure of Words

UNIT V SEMANTICS

Definition
What is meaning: Different kinds
Distinctions between Lexical and Grammatical Meaning
Sense and Reference
Sentence and Utterance
Entailment and Presupposition

Books Recommended

1. An Introduction to Linguistics: Language, Grammar and Semantics

Pushinder Syal, D.V.Jindal. Prentice Hall of India

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CORE- XI PAPER II Hrs. 5
DRAMA II Credits 5

UNIT I & II
Bernard Shaw : Arms and the Man

UNIT III & IV

T.S. Eliot : Murder in the Cathedral

UNIT V
Osborne : Look Back in Anger

CORE - XII PAPER -III Hrs. 5

SHAKESPEARE II Credits 5

UNIT I & II
Antony and Cleopatra

UNIT III & IV

Twelfth Night

UNIT V
Cymbeline

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CORE -XIII PAPER IV Hrs. 5
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING Credits 5
UNIT I
The Importance of Learning English
Problems and Prospects for the Teacher of English
Problems of the Second Language Learner

UNIT II
Teaching the Four Skills
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing

UNIT III
Methods and Principles of Teaching
Teaching Vocabulary
Teaching Prose
Teaching Poetry

UNIT IV
Teaching Grammar
Teaching Composition
Evaluation

UNIT V
Teaching Pronunciation

Books Recommended

1. C. Paul Verghese. Teaching English as a Second Language.

Sterling Publishers
2. J.A. Bright & G.P. Mc Gregor. Teaching English as a Second Language.
Longman Publisher
3. Ghosh, Sastri, Das. Introduction to English Language Teaching. CIEFL
(OUP)

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 ELECTIVE - III PAPER V Hrs 6

LITERARY CRITICISM Credits 5

UNIT I

From Aristotles Poetics

Aristotles Views on Tragedy

UNIT II

Sir Philip Sidney : An Apology for Poetry

UNIT III

Dr. Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare

UNIT IV

Mathew Arnold : The Study of Poetry

UNIT V

T.S. Eliot : Tradition and the Individual Talent

Books Recommended

Enright Chickra : Critical Essays

V.S.Sethuraman &
S. Ramasamy : English Critical Tradition

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ALLIED - VI PAPER VI. Hrs. 4
Credits 3

ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS

UNIT I

GRAMMAR : Articles, Prepositions, Tenses, Subject Verb

agreement, Clauses, Verbs, Adverbs and Adjectives
UNIT II
Spotting Errors, Abbreviations
UNIT III
Letter Writing
Sentence Completion
UNIT IV
Synonyms, Antonyms, Words often confused or misused
UNIT V
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: UNO, Countries and Capitals, Currencies,
Current Affairs

Book Recommended
English for Competitive Examinations. Ed. R.P.Bhatnagar, Rajul Bhargava

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