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There
will be two questions from each unit
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Each
question carries 20 marks
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Sub - divisions may be created, if
necessary, in any question
• Choice
will be “either or” in each unit
Unit Question
I
1 or 2
II
1 or2
III
1 or2
IV
1 or 2
V
1 or 2
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Semester
I
Unit-1-
Meanings and objectives of research. Research in language and literature, Materials and tools
of research (books, anthologies, thesauruses, encyclopaedias, conference
proceedings, unpublished theses, newspaper articles, journals, govt,
publications, e-journals, web references, research sites, printed and.web
indexes, etc. e-mail discussions groups, special libraries. Advanced study
centres, virtual libraries, web search engines, etc.)
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Unit-II-
The Process of researchSelecting
a project; the survey of relevant literature; defining aims and objectives;
designing hypothesis; scope and limitations; preparing a research proposal;
planning, etc. - Mechanics of research.
Unit-III-
Presentation of ResearchTitle, aims and objectives; research format; avoiding
plagiarism; quoting and creating in-text citations (documentation); research
findings; using standard style sheets.
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Unit
- IV - Language, Style and Types of DiscouteesDiction, The Style suitable for a literary
Thesis, Narration, Argumentation, Explosion, Description, Affective Fallacy,
Dissociation of Sensibility, Figurative: Language, Intentional Fallacy,
Objective Correlative, Pathetic fallacy, Point of View, Satire.
Unit
-V - Practical criticismThe use
of Practical criticism, Metrics, Pragmatics and stylistics, Pragmatic
Theories, Narrative Voices, Symbolism, Psychonarration, Literary genre,
Theory - Genres and Modes, presentational modes - Plato and Aristotle.
Reference:
Paltridge, B. (2006). Discourse Analysis: An Introduction. London: Continuum Discourse.
Barry, Peter. 2002. Beginning Theory: an
Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. New York: Manchester United
Press.
Crystal,
David. 1994. The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language.
London: CUP.
Madden,
Frank. 2002. Exploring Poetry. London: Longman.
Verdonk,
Peter. 2002. Stylistics. Oxford: OUP.
Frow,
John, 2009. Genre, RoutledgePublication
V. S.
Sethuramanetal. Practical Criticism, Macmillan
Black
Elizabeth, 2006. Pragmatic, Stylistics, Edinburgh University Press Ltd.
Gibaldi,
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th Edition)
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CRITICAL THEORY- PAPER II
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Unit I - Marxism and Social Realism
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1)
Edmund
Wilson
2)
Raymond
Williams
3)
George
Lucas
Marxism and Literature
Realism and the Contemporary Novel
The Ideology of Modernism
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Unit II - Structuralism and Post structuralism
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1)
Roman
Jacobson
2)
Gerard
Genette
3)
Ferdinand
de Saussure
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Linguistics and Poetics Structuralism and
Literary Criticism The Object of Study
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Unite Ml - Reader Response Criticism and Deconstruction
1)
Jacques
Derrida - Structure,•@ign and Play in the
Discourse of
the Human Sciences
2)
Cleanth
Brooks - The Primacy of the Reader
3)
Wolfgang
Iser - The Reading Process of a
Phenomenological
Approach
Unit IV - Feminism and Psycho Analysis
1)
GayatriChakravorthySpivak-
Feminism and Critical Theory
2)
Harold
Bloom - Poetic Origins and Final Phases
3)
C. G.
Jung - Psychology and Literature
Unit V - Politics and Cultural History
1)
Frederic
Jameson - The Politics of Theory: Ideology
2)
Stephen
Greenblatt - The.Circulation of Social Energy
3)
Terry
Eagleton - Capitalism, Modernism and
Postmodernism
Reference Books
Lodge, David. 20th Century Literary Criticism: A
Reader. New York: Longman, 1972.
—. Nigel Wood. Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader. 3rd Edition. New Delhi: Pearson Education,
2008.
Rayan, Michal. Julie Rivkin. Literary Theory: An Anthology. New York: Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
Sethuraman V.S. Contemporary Criticism: An Anthology. Chennai: Macmillan India Ltd, 1989.
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TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERATURE
(PAPER Sii)
(Revised Syllabus for M. Phil, 2013-14)
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Unit-I
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British Literature
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Poetry-
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T. S. Eliot
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The Waste Land
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Kingsley Amis
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A Dream of Fair Women
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Philip Larkin
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The Whitsun Wedding
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Drama-
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Harold Pinter
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The Caretaker
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Fiction -
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Irish Murdoch
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The Bell
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Unit-II
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American Literature
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Poetry-
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Amiri Baraka
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A Poem for Black Hearts
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Anne Sexton
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Sylvia’s Death
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E E Cummings
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Jehovah Buried, Satan Deed
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Fiction -
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Alice Walker
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Suia
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Drama -
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Eugene O’Neil
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Long Day’s Journey into Night
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Unit-ill
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African Literature
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Poetry-
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Gabriel Okara
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Once Upon a Time
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BiragoDiop
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Breath
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John Pepper Clerk -
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The Casualties
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Fiction -
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Chinua Achebe
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Things Fall Apart
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Drama -
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Wole Soyinka
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The Strong Breed
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Unit - IV
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Canadian Literature
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Poetry -
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E, J. Pratt
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Come Away, Death From Stone to Steel
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Earle Birney
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The Bear on the Delhi Road
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Fiction -
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Margaret Laurence -
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The Stone Angei
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Drama -
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Michael Cook
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Jacob’s Wake
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Unit - V South Asian Literature
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Poetry
- A. K. Ramanujan
Fiction
- Monica Ali
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Black
Hen (first three poems) Brick Lane
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Drama- GirishKarnad -
Tale Danda Reference:
1.
Anthology
of Commonwealth Poetry Ed. C. D. Narasimhaiah, Macmillan.
2.
Norton
Anthology of American Literature. W. W. Norton & company, 1989.
3.
American
Literature, Vol.2, Ed. William E. Cain. New York: Penguin Academics,
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2004.
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