Manonmaniam Sundaranar University M.A. English III and IV Semester Syllabus
(Effective
from the academic year 2013 - 2014)
- Objectives
The P.G. Course in
English Literature and Language aims to
·
to help them acquire communicative
skills and a global perspective of English Language
·
to enable them to understand the
multicultural context of English language and literature
- Conditions
for Admission
·
A candidate who has passed B.A. Degree
Examination of M.S. University with Branch XII English as the Main subject of
study
·
A graduate in B.A or B.Sc with Part II
English
·
A candidate who has acquired any other
Bachelor Degree of this university or any other university accepted by the
Syndicate as equivalent thereto shall be permitted to appear and qualify for
M.A Degree Examination of this university in English in the affliated colleges
of this university.
- Eligibility
for the award of the Degree
A
candidate shall be eligible for the award of the degree only if he/she has
undergone the prescribed course of study for a period of not less than two
academic years and passed the examinations of all the four semesters
prescribed, earning 90 credits.
- Duration
of the Course
The
duration of the course is for two academic years consisting of four semesters
each semester consisting of 90 working days.
The
course of study shall comprise instruction in the following subjects according
to the syllabus and books prescribed from time to time.
III Semester
Core
Subjects: Hrs Credits
- Shakespeare 6 4
- Critical
Theory - Paper II 6 4
- Canadian
Literature 6 4
- Literature
in Translation 6 4
- English
Language Teaching (Elective III)
or
Creative Writing
(Elective III) 6 5
Total (5 courses) 30 21
IV Semester
Core
Subjects: Hrs Credits
- Women’s
Writing in English 6 5
- The English
Language and Linguistics 6
5
- Research
Methodology 6 5
- Dissertation 6 5
- The
Post-Colonial Literature (Elective IV)
Or
Literature for Social
Transformation (Elective IV) 6 4
Total (5 courses) 30 24
- Examinations:
The
examinations shall be of 3 hours duration for each paper at the end of each
semester. The candidate failing in any subject will be permitted to appear for
each failed subject in the subsequent examinations.
- Scheme
of Examinations:
Each
paper contains an internal component. There is a pass minimum of 50% for
external and overall components. The External Examination is for 75 marks and
the Internal Assessment carries 25 marks. The Examination paper consists of
three sections- the first consisting of 5 questions each of 2 marks each; the
second 5 questions of 5 marks each and the third 5 questions of 8 marks each
with a total of 75 marks.
Section A 5 x 2 = 10
Section B 5 x 5 = 25
Section C 5 x 8 = 40
Each
question offers an internal choice, set in an ‘either or pattern’. The
questions will cover all 5 units of each paper.
Recommendations of the Core
Committee
- Internal
assessment:
Regarding the Internal
assessment, the 25 marks is allocated in the following manner:
PG
|
|
The
Average of the best two tests from three
compulsory
Tests
|
15
Marks
|
Assignment
|
04
Marks
|
Seminar
|
06
Marks
|
Total
|
25
Marks
|
Note:
Each
test is of one hour duration.
M.A.
ENGLISH SYLLABUS
Semester
III
SHAKESPEARE
- Core
Hrs:
6 Credits:4
Unit I Othello
Unit II RichardII
Unit III TheWinter’s Tale
Unit IV The
Lover’s Complaint (A Poem)
Unit V Shakespearean
Criticism
Quartos
and Folios
Textual
Criticism
Great
Tragedies
Historical
Plays
Dramatic
Romances
Reference:
A.C.
Bradley- Shakespearean Tragedy
A.W.
Pollard- Shakespeare Folios and Quartos
G.
Wilson Knight
CRITICAL THEORY
– II - Core
Hrs:6 Credits:4
Unit
I Paul
de Man :
The Resistance to Theory
Unit
II M.H.
Abrams : How
to do Things with the Text?
Unit
III Edward
Said :
Culture and Imperialism
Unit
IV Michel
Foucault : The
Order of Discourse
Unit
V Richard
Kerridge : Environmentalism and Eco Criticism
Reference
Contemporary Criticism
- An Anthology Vol.II edited by V.S. Sethuraman.
Beginning Theory – An Introduction to
Literary and cultural theory –Peter Barry
Contemporary Literary Theory: A Students’
Companion. ed. N. Krishnasamy, John
Varghese, Sumita Mishra.
Modern Literary Theory: A Reader ed.
Philip Rice & Patricia Waugh, OUP, IV edition.
CANADIAN
LITERATURE - Core
Hrs:
6 Credits: 4
Unit
I Poetry
A.M. Klein - Political
Meeting
E.J. Pratt - Silences
Al
Purdy - Listening to Myself
Wilfred
Campbell - The Winter Lakes
P.K.Page - Autumn
Unit
II Prose
Stephen Leacock - “How to Avoid Getting Married” (from
Literary Lapses)
Margaret
Atwood - “Nature
as Monster” (from Survival )
Unit III Fiction
Yann
Martel - Lifeof Pi
Alice
Munro - Dimensions
Unit
IV Fiction
Uma
Parameswaran - Mangoes on the Maple Tree
Unit
V Drama
George
Ryga - TheEcstasy of Rita Joe
Reference
An
Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry (ed) C.D.Narasimhaiah.
Chennai, Macmillan.
Too much Happiness by
Alice Munro
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/index_poet.htm
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/paramerswaranUma.php
http://www.online-literature.com/stephen-leacock/literary-lapses/
LITERATURE
IN TRANSLATION - Core
Hrs:
6 Credits: 4
Unit
I Poetry
Thirukkural
(Translated by G. U. Pope)
Book 1 Chapter – 8 - The
Possession of Love
Book
2 Chapter
– 40 - Learning
Chapter – 79 - Friendship
Unit
II Poetry
Subramaniya
Bharathiyar - Indian Republic
Freedom
There
is no Fear
(Translated by S Prema)
Bharathidasan - The Awakened Women
Women’s
Education(Translated by Prema Nandakumar)
The
Bane of Widowhood (Translated
by S Raman)
Unit
III Fiction
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai - Chemmeen
Thoppil Mohammed Meeran - The Story of Sea Side Village
Unit
IV Drama
Bertolt Brecht - Mother Courage
Anton Chekhov - Three Sisters
Unit
V Drama
R
K Narayan -
The Ramayana
Reference
Selected
Poems of Bharathidasan- Bharathidasan University, Trichy.
Thirukkural
Translated by G U Pope, Shree Shenbhaga Pathippagam
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE TEACHING - Elective III
Hrs:
6 Credits:5
Unit
I
English in India
– Past, Present and Future
The Nature of
Human Language
Linguistics,
Psychology and English Teaching
Methods
Approach, Method
and Technique
Unit
II
Essentials of
English Speech
Teaching Spoken
English: Some Techniques
Essential
Word-Grammar for Teachers
Teaching of
Vocabulary
Unit
III
Essentials of
English Grammar
The Teaching of
Grammar
Reading and
Teaching of Reading
Writing and
Teaching of Writing and Composition
Unit
IV
Teaching Prose
and Poetry
Use of
Blackboard and other Instructional Aids
Study Skills and
Reference Skills
Unit
V
Tests and
Testing
Common Errors
and Remedial English
Planning and
Lesson Planning
Reference:
Methods of Teaching English
by N Krishnaswamy and Lalitha Krishnaswamy. Macmillan Publication.
Readings in English Language
Teaching in India by Shirin Kudchedkar. Orient BlackSwan Publishers.
Teaching English as a Second Language by
Paul Verghese . Sterling Publishers
OR
CREATIVE
WRITING - Elective III
Hrs:6 Credits:5
Unit
I Writing
and Thinking
Creative Thinking
Thinking about purpose,
audience and tone
Writing
a First Draft
Evaluating
and Revising
Proof
Reading and Publishing
Unit
II Writing a poem
Literary
Devices
Poetic
Analysis
Exercises
Unit
III Non-Fictional Writing
Paragraph
Structure
Writing
an Introduction
Writing
a conclusion
Exercises
Unit
IV Writing a Short Story
Pre-Writing
Basic Elements
Basic Framework
Exercises
Unit
V Screenplay Writing/Writing a
Play
Literary Techniques
Production
References:
Elements
of Writing (Complete Course ).
James
L.Kinneavy ,John E.
Warriner.Austin:HBJ,1993.
Semester
IV
WOMEN’S WRITING IN ENGLISH- Core
Hrs: 6 Credits:5
Unit
I Poetry
Sylvia
Plath - The Colossus
Maya
Angelou - Caged Bird
Imitiaz
Dharker - Choice
Judith
Wright - Clock
and Heart
Unit
II Prose
Virginia
Woolf - To Cambridge Women
Arundhathi
Roy - The Loneliness of Noam Chomsky
Unit
III Fiction
Jhumpha Lahiri - The Namesake
Alice
Walker - TheColour Purple
Unit IV
Drama
Maha Swetadevi - Mother of 1084
Caryl
Churchill - Top Girls
Unit
V Feminist Theory
Simone
de Beauvoir - Woman and the Other
Elaine
Showalter - Towards a Feminist Poetics
Reference:
www.poetryfoundation.org
/Bio/maya -angelou
www. Imitiazdharker.com/poems/show
An Anthology of
Commonwealth Poetry (ed) .D.Narasimhaiah. Chennai, Macmillan
For Arundhathi Roy’s
The Loneliness of Noam Chomsky-
www.countercurrents.org/us-roy/240803.htm
Literature
in the Modern World: Critical Essays and Documents(ed.)
Dennis Walder . Oxford University Press
THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS -
Core
Hrs: 6 Credits:5
Unit I English Language
Place of
English in the Indo – European Family of Languages
Old
English, Middle English, Modern English
Grimm’s
Law, Verner’s Law
Unit II
Influences:
Latin, French, Greek, and Scandinavian
Unit III Linguistics
Language
What
is Linguistics?
Modern
Linguistics: A Historical Survey
Unit IV
Morphology
and Word Formation
What is
Semantics?
Theories
of Semantics
Unit V Phonetics
Phonetics:
Classification of English Vowels and Consonants
Stress and
Intonation
Transcription
Reference:
F T Wood- An Outline History of English Language
AnIntroduction to Linguistics: Language, Grammar and Semantics By Syal Pushpinder, D V Jindal 2nd edition PHI Learning Publisher(Pages: 1-27, 39-50,77-96, 141-156)
AnIntroduction to Linguistics: Language, Grammar and Semantics By Syal Pushpinder, D V Jindal 2nd edition PHI Learning Publisher(Pages: 1-27, 39-50,77-96, 141-156)
Dr P Iyyadurai- English Phonetics for Beginners, Jones Publications.
Lalitha Ramamurthi- A History of English Language and Elements of Phonetics,
Macmillan Publication
RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY- Core
Hrs:6
Credits:5
Unit
I
Selecting a
topic
Conducting
Research
Compiling a
Working Bibliography
Unit
II
Taking Notes
Plagiarism
Unit
III
The Mechanics of
Writing
Unit
IV
The Format of a
Research Paper
Unit
V
Documentation
(I): Preparing the list of Works Cited
·
Citing
Periodical Print Publications
·
Citing
Nonperiodical Print Publications
·
Citing
Web Publications
Documentation
(II): Citing Sources in the Text
Reference:
Holt Guide
DISSERTATION
WRITING AND VIVA-VOCE- Core
Hrs:
6 Credits:5
The students are expected to submit a
Dissertation of about 50 pages on preferably a recent writer not included in
the current syllabi.
The dissertation will be evaluated on the basis of the
students’ understanding of the topic, their knowledge of the fundamental
aspects of research and their ability to document and present their work in
accordance with the concepts of research methodology.
THE POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE- Elective IV
Hrs:6 Credits:4
Unit I Poetry
Derek
Walcott - A Far Cry from Africa
Gabriel
Okara - You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed
Margaret
Atwood - Journey to the Interior
Unit II Poetry
Muhammed
Haji Salleh - Blood
Jean
Arasanayagam - In the
Month of July
- “Wild Colonial Boy” (Anonymous Australian
Poem)
Unit III Drama
Wole
Soyinka - Death and the King’s Horseman
Manjula
Padmanaban - Harvest
Unit IV Prose
Chinua
Achebe - Novelist as a Teacher
Frantz
Fanon - National
Culture
Unit V Fiction
Michael
Ondaatje - The English Patient
Bapsi
Sidwa - Ice-candy Man
Reference
Poetry-An Anthology of
Commonwealth Poetry by C.D.Narasimhaiah
Prose-The Post-colonial
Studies Reader By Bill Ashcroft et.al
OR
LITERATURE
FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION-
Elective IV
Hrs:
6 Credits:4
Unit
I Poetry
William
Blake - From Auguries of Innocence
(First
26 lines)
P B Shelley - Prometheus Unbound
Unit
II Poetry
Oliver
Goldsmith - The Deserted Village
Ogden
Nash - Bankers are just like anybody else
except Richer
Unit
III Prose
Ruskin - Unto This Last
Newman - The Idea of a University
Unit
IV Fiction
Roman
Basu -
Outcast
R K Narayan - The Barbers’ Trade Union
Unit
V Drama
Wole Soyinka - The Trials of Brother Jero
Reference:
Rene
Wellek : Literature and Society
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