4.36 English

AC- 19-3-2012
Item No. 4.36
UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
Revised Syllabus for the M.A.

Programme : M.A
Course : English
Semester I & IV
(As per Credit Based Semester and Grading System with effect
from the academic year 20122013 for Semester I & II and from
the academic year 2013-14 for Semester III & IV)
University of Mumbai
Syllabus for M.A. English
Programme: M.A. Part I
Course : Literary Theory and Criticism
(Credit Based Semester and Grading System with effect from the academic year,
2012-13)
1. Syllabus as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System:
i)
Name of the Programme
: M.A.
ii)
Course Code
: PAENG101 &
PAENG 201
iii)
Course Title
:M.A Part I : Literary Theory and Criticism

Papers I & II
iv)
Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v)
References and Additional References: Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi)
Credit Structure
: No. of Credits per Semester 06
vii)
No. of lectures per Unit
: 15
viii)
No. of lectures per week
: 04
2.
Scheme of Examination
: 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3.
Special notes , if any
: No
4.
Eligibility , if any
: No
5.
Fee Structure
: As per University Structure
6.
Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No
MA English (Regular) Part One

Title of the Course: Literary Theory and Criticism (Paper One: Aristotle to Formalism and
Paper Two: Structuralism onwards)
(to be implemented from 2012-2013 onwards)
Objectives of the Course

1) To introduce the learners to a wide range of critical methods and literary
theories
2) To enable them to use the various critical approaches and advanced literary
theories
3) To enhance their analytical skills
4) To enable them to mobilize various theoretical parameters in the analysis of
literary and cultural texts
5) To familiarize the learners with the trends and cross-disciplinary nature of
literary theories
6) To introduce them to the conventions of research papers
Semester One: Literary Theory and Criticism Paper I: Aristotle to Formalism
Course code- PAENG101
6 Credits
Lectures: 60
Unit 1: Classical/Neoclassical Theories:
1. Aristotle Poetics
2. Samuel Johnson Preface to Shakespeare ( from English Critical Texts) (08 Lectures)
Unit 2: Romantic Theories:
1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Biographia Literaria (Chapter XVII and Chapter XVIII)
2. Percy Bysshe Shelley A Defence of Poetry
(Both are from English Critical Texts)
Unit 3: Indian Aesthetics/Literary Theories
1. S. N. Dasgupta The Theory of Rasa
3
(07 Lectures)
2. S. K. De Kuntakas Theory of Poetry: Vakrokti
(08 lectures)
(Both the essays are from An Introduction to Indian Poetics)
Unit 4: Formalism and New Criticism

1. Cleanth Brooks Language of Paradox
(07 Lectures)
2. Victor Shklovsky Art as Technique

A)
Internal Assessment 40%
Sr.No.
1
40 Marks
Particulars
One assignment/project based on curriculum to be assessed by
Marks
20 Marks
the teacher concerned

2
One classroom presentation on the project
10 Marks
A viva voce based on the project
10 Marks
Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of

presentation and viva voce
Following methods can be used for the tests and assignment (40 Marks)
Analytical session (content analysis of literary theories to be decided by the Department

center where the course is offered)
Class presentation: on theories and approaches
Writing position papers
Book review of theories and criticism
Article review: selected from journals and books
Seminar participation
Writing research papers
Interpretation of literary and cultural texts(films, drama and Television shows) on the
basis of given critical approaches or theories
B) Semester End Examination Pattern
60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on the theories from unit 1: (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on the theories from unit 2 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
Semester Two: Literary Theory and Criticism (Paper Two: Structuralism

onwards)
6Credits
Lectures: 60
Unit 1: Structuralism, Poststructuralism and Deconstruction:
16 lectures
1. Roland Barthes The Death of the Author

2. Jean Baudrillard Simulacra and Simulations
(Both the essays are from Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader)
Unit 2: Marxism, Feminism and Ideology
14 Lectures
1. Fredric Jameson The Politics of Theory: Ideological Positions in the Postmodernism

Debate
2. Gayatri Spivak Feminism and Critical Theory
(Both the essays are from Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader)
Unit 3: Reader Response and New Historicism
16 Lectures
1. Wolfgang Iser Reading Process: A Phenomenological Approach (From Modern

Criticism and Theory: A Reader )
2. Stephen Greenblatt Resonance and Wonder (From Learning to Curse)
Unit4: Postcolonialism, Diaspora and Ecocriticism
07Lectures
1. Stuart Hall Cultural Identity and Diaspora (From Theorizing Diaspora)

2. Cheryll Glotfelty Literary Studies in an age of Environmental Crisis ( From The
Ecocriticism Reader)
A)
Sr.No.
1
40 Marks
Particulars
Marks
20 Marks

2
10 Marks
10 Marks

Following Methods can be used for tests and assignment (40 marks)
Analytical session (content analysis of literary theories to be decided by the Department

center where the course is offered)
Class presentation: on theories and approaches

Book review of theories and criticism
Project: Interpretation of literary and cultural texts(films, drama and Television shows) on
the basis of given critical approaches or theories
60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on the theories from unit 1: (1 out of 2,)
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
Sources of the prescribed texts

Braziel, Jana Evans and Anita Mannur (Ed.) Theorizing Diaspora. London:
Blackwell, 2003.
Enright, D.J. and Chickera, Ernst de. (Ed.) English Critical Texts. Delhi: Oxford
University Press, 1962.
Glotfelty, Cheryll and Harold Fromm (Ed.) The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks
in Literary Ecology. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1996.
Lodge, David and Nigel Wood (Ed.) Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader
(Second edition). New Delhi: Pearson, 1988.
Raghavan V. and Nagendra (Ed.) An Introduction to Indian Poetics. Madras:
MacMillan, 1970.
References
Adams, Hazard. Critical Theory Since Plato. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971.
Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. (8th Edition) New Delhi: Akash Press, 2007.
Baldick, Chris. The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2001.
Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. New Delhi:
Viva Books, 2008.
Drabble, Margaret and Stringer, Jenny. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Fowler, Roger. Ed. A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. Rev. ed. London: Routledge &
Kegan Paul, 1987.
Habib, M. A. R. A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present. London:
Blackwell, 2005.
Harmon, William; Holman, C. Hugh. A Handbook to Literature. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River,
N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1996.
Hall, Donald E. Literary and Cultural Theory: From Basic Principles to Advanced
Application. Boston: Houghton, 2001.
Hudson, William Henry. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. New Delhi: Atlantic, 2007.
Jefferson, Anne. and D. Robey, eds. Modern Literary Theory: A Comparative Introduction.
London: Batsford, 1986.
Keesey, Donald. Contexts for Criticism. 4th Ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2003.
Latimer, Dan. Contemporary Critical Theory. San Diego: Harcourt, 1989.
Lentriccia, Frank. After the New Criticism. Chicago: Chicago UP, 1980.
Lodge, David (Ed.) Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. London: Longman, 1972.
Murfin, Ross and Ray, Supryia M. The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. Boston:
Bedford/St.Martin's, 2003.
Nagarajan M. S. English Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introductory History. Hyderabad:
Orient Black Swan, 2006.
Natoli, Joseph, ed. Tracing Literary Theory. Chicago: U of Illinois P, 1987.
Ramamurthi, Lalitha. An Introduction to Literary Theory. Chennai: University of Madras, 2006.
Selden, Raman and Peter Widdowson. A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. 3rd
Ed. Lexington: U of Kentucky P, 1993.
Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide. New York: Garland Publishing,
1999.
Wolfreys, Julian. ed. Introducing Literary Theories: A Guide and Glossary . Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press, 2003.
Syllabus Prepared by:

Dr. Dinesh Kumar (Convener) V.G. Vaze College, Mulund.
Members:
1) Dr. R. M. Badode, Professor, Dept. of English, University of Mumbai.
2) Dr. M.A Shekh, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
3) Dr. Shobha Ghosh, Dept. of English, University of Mumbai.
Course: Linguistic and Stylistic Analysis of Texts

Paper III & IV
(Credit Based Semester and Grading System with effect from the academic year
2012-13)
i)
: M.A.
ii)
Course Code
: UAENG102& UAENG 202
iii)
Course Title
: M. A Part I: Linguistic and Stylistic Analysis of Text

Papers III & IV
iv)
v)
vi)
Credit Structure
vii)
: 15
viii)
: 15
2.
3.
: No
4.
: No
5.
Fee Structure
6.
MA PART- I
ENGLISH ( REGULAR ) -- PR-III & IV
LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF TEXT

The aim of the two papers is to enable the students attempt linguistic and stylistic analysis of
texts. The course will be taught and tested in relation to actual texts . Literary texts and
academic writing on literary topics will be analysed from the perspectives of phonology ,
morphology, syntax , lexis, discourse analysis and narratology.
Objectives:
1. To understand the concept of style in literature .
2. To understand the linguistic basis of literary criticism ( stylistics as an input to literary
criticism).
3. To understand the concept of discourse and the principles of discourse analysis .
4. To understand the use of stylistic approach in teaching literature.
5. To understand the impact of stylistic analysis on academic writing
6. To understand some major concepts in narratology
Semester- I Pr. III
Course Code- PAENG102

Total lectures- 60
Unit 1 : Concept of style in literature:

Foregrounding : variation from the norm , through :
a) Linguistic patterning : phonological , grammatical and lexical patterns ( e.g. structural
repetition like parallelism , the rhetorical effect of antithesis , climax )
b) Deviation from the code ( e.g. neologisms , archaisms , deviant collocations)
c) Figurative language ( e.g. metaphor, symbolism, imagery, irony, paradox, tautology)
Unit 2 : Lexis and syntax
a) Lexis : types of words ( e.g. stative & dynamic verbs ); type of vocabulary ( e.g.
simple/ complex , formal colloquial)
b) Syntax: Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations; sentence types; sentence complexity;
types of clauses ; types of phrases
Unit 3: Discourse analysis
a) Cohesion :
a. Logical and other links between sentences ( e.g. subordinating and coordinating
conjunctions , linking adverbials )
b. Cross-referencing by pronouns
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c. Ellipsis
d. Lexical cohesion: reiteration and collocation
e. Literary cohesion through reported speech , authorial comments in fiction
b) Coherence : sequence, segmentation , salience
a. The structure of written discourse
b. The structure of conversation, including speech acts. Given and new information.
Presupposition. The cooperative principle.
Unit 4 : Applications of the stylistic and linguistic approach to the study ( teaching) of
literature
Semester- I Pr. III

EVALUATION ( 60 MARKS)
Q.1
Write short notes on any 2 of the following:
( 2 out of 3 )
15
( topics: style and stylistics/ stylistic devices / foregrounding/parallelism as a stylistic

device/ imagery/irony/ discourse / speech act theory / cooperative principle/cohesive
devices/ cohesion and coherence )
Read the following prose text and attempt the questions ( 2 and 3 ) given below:
( prose passage)
Q.2
a) Rewrite the passage , dividing each sentence into clauses. Identify the subordinate
clauses within each main clause stating the type of subordination used.
10
b) Break down ( S-x ) into phrases , stating the types and functions of phrases used.
05
Q.3
Attempt a stylistic analysis of the given text by explaining the effect of the linguistic
choices made by the writer.
15
Q.4
Consider that you are about to teach the following text to an FYBA class. You wish to
make the class learner-oriented. So instead of explaining the text you ask the students a series
of questions on its linguistic features and expect that in the process of answering the questions
they will understand the content. Note that your questions should mainly deal with those
aspects of the text which are central to it. Also they must be simple enough for the average
student to answer. Approximately 10 questions are required .
15
( a passage from literary essay, fiction or poetry )
4
INTERNAL EVALUATION ( 40 MARKS )

Sample topics :
1. Stylistic analysis of a literary essay/ short story
2. Preparing question sets on literary texts to make the class learner-centred
3. Comparative study of styles of different texts by the same author / by different authors
Semester-II Paper. IV

Total lectures- 60
Unit 1 : Phonology
a) The sound system of English : vowels and consonants : transcription :description
according to their place, type and manner of articulation
b) Phonological patterns of rhyme metre, alliteration, assonance, clustering of vowel and
consonant sounds
Unit 2: Narratology
a) Narrators and narration: addresser addressee relationships. Use of authorial comment,
dialogue, free indirect discourse, stream of consciousness, soliloquy
b) Histoire, discourse / story, discourse / story , text, narration
c) Text and time
d) Character
e) Setting
f) Point of view. Authorial commentary on the events : implicit ; overt
Unit 3 : Application of the principles of discourse analysis to academic writing on
literary topics
Semester- II Paper. IV
EVALUATION ( 60 MARKS)
Read the following poem and attempt the questions ( 1 and 2 ) given below:
( TEXT)
5
Questions:
Q.1
A) Transcribe the first four lines of the poem by providing phonetic symbols .
B) Give three term labels to any 5 predominating consonants in the poem.

5
C) Give three term labels to any 5 predominating vowels and diphthongs in the poem.
5
Attempt a stylistic analysis of the above text with special reference to the linguistic
choice made by the poet.
15
Q.2
Q. 3
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below in 4-5 lines each.
( a passage from prose fiction)
a) Question on the narrator and mode of narration
b) Question on point of view
c) Question on characterization / setting / treatment of time
Q.4
5
5
5
Read the following paragraphs from student writing and answer the questions given
below:
( a piece from student writing on literary texts )
Questions ( 3 questions X 5 marks = 15 )
15
INTERNAL EVALUATION ( 40 MARKS )

Sample topics :
1.
2.
3.
4.
Poetry recitation and transcription

Comparative study of styles ( 2 poems by the same poet/ 2 poets of the same school , etc.)
Comparative study of styles ( 2 novels by the same author.)
Creative writing ( fiction) by using different types of narrators / treating the time in different
ways/ different modes of characterisation
Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of presentation
and Viva voce
Recommended Reading
1. Bhelande , Anjali. Lord of the Flies : A Stylistic Analysis. Calcutta: Writers
Workshop.1996 ( for basic introduction to stylistic theory )
2. Bradford ,Richard. Stylistics . London and New York : Routledge, 1997
3. Burton D. Dialogue and Discourse : A Sociolinguistic Approach to Modern Drama
Dialogue and Naturally Occurring Conversation . London : Routledge and Kegan Paul
.1982
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4. Carter , Ronald ( ed) . Language and Literature . London: Allen and Unwin, 1982 (
useful analysis of literary works.
5. Cummings, M. , Simons, R.. The Language of Literature : A stylistic introduction to the
study of literature. London : Pergamon,1983
6. Fowler ,Roger. Style and Structure in Literature . Oxford : Blackwell, 1975
7. Gimson,A.D. Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, U.K. : Edward Arnold, 1964
( 2nd ed) , London : ELBS, 1974
8. Leech .G.N., Deuchar, M. and Hoogenraad, R. English Grammar for Today: A new
introduction. London : Macmillan, 1973 ( This grammatical framework will be followed
)
9. Leech G.N. A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry . London: Longman, 1969
10. Leech G.N. and Short ,M.H. Style in Fiction . London: Longman, 1981
11. Lodge ,David. Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the
English Novel. London: Routledge, 1966
12. Narayan , Meenakshi ( ed) . Functional Stylisitcs : An analysis of Three Canadian
Novels. Bombay: SNDT, 1994
13. OConnor, J. D. Better English Pronunciation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1967.
14. Page Norman . Speech in the English Novel. London: Longman, 1973
15. Quirk, R. and Greenbaum, S. A University Grammar of English . London: Longman,
1973.
16. Short , M.H. and Culpeper , J. Exploring the Language of Drama : From Text to Context,
London : Routledge ,1998
17. Thorat , Ashok . A Discourse Analysis of Five Indian Novels . New Delhi: Macmillan
India Ltd.2002
18. Trudgill, Peter. Sociolinguistics, U.K. Penguin , 1972
19. Verdonk , Peter. Stylistics .Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002
20. Widdowson H.G. Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature. London: Longman , 1973
21. Yule, George and Brown , Gillan. Discourse Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1983
Syllabus Prepared by
Dr. Atul Pitre: Convener
Members:
Dr. Susmita Dey: V G Vaze College
Dr. Farakate: Kankavali College
Dr. Munira Lokhandwala, Pune University
Dr. Yasmeen Lukmani
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Course: Fiction
Papers V & VI
(Credit Based Semester and Grading System with effect from the academic
year, 2012-13)

i)
: M.A.
ii)
Course Code
: PAENG103 & PAENG 203
iii)
Course Title
: M.A Part I: Fiction

Papers I & II
iv)
Semester-wise Course Contents
: Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v)
vi)
Credit Structure
vii)
: 15
viii)
: 04
2.
3.
Special notes, if any
: No
4.
Eligibility, if any
: No
5.
Fee Structure
6.
Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any: No
MA English (Regular) Part One

Title of the Course: Fiction Papers V &VI
Objectives of the course:
To familiarize learners with different genres in fiction.
To familiarize them with different types of fictional narratives.
To provide the learners with an idea of the growth of fiction over the period of the
last three centuries.
To make the learners aware of the social, cultural and psychological implications of
fiction
Semester I
Paper V - Pre 20th Century Fiction
Course code PAENG103
(To be introduced from the academic year 2012-13)
6 Credits
Total lectures -60
(The study of the form should be related to the historical/political/social/intellectual

background from which they emerged)
Unit 1 Terms/Concepts for study
1. Bildungsroman / Knstlerroman
2. Picaresque
3. Sentimental Novel
4. Historical Novel
5. Gothic Novel
6. Epistolary Novel
7. Sociological Novel
8. Realistic Novel
9. Satirical Novel
3
10. Romantic Novel
Unit 2: Tobias Smollett: Humphry Clinker

Jonathan Swift: Gullivers Travels
Unit3 Mary Shelley: Frankenstein

Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility
Unit 4:Thomas Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge

Charles Dickens: Bleak House
Internal Evaluation
(40 marks)
A student should select two novels belonging to two different categories mentioned
above and show how it has all the features of that category.
Project: 20 marks
Presentation: 10 marks
Viva-voce: 10 marks
60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on the topics from unit 1: (1 out of 3)
: 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on poetry from unit 2 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on fiction from unit 3 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on short stories from unit 4 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
Secondary Reading:
1. Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy
2. Henry Fielding: Tom Jones
3. Jane Austen: Emma
4. Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights
5. George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss
6. Charles Dickens: Bleak House
7. Anthony Trollope: Barchester Towers
8. Thomas Hardy: Tess of the DUrbervilles
Semester II
Paper VI Fiction from 1900 onwards
Total lectures-60
6 Credits
Concepts for Study

(The study of the form should be related to the historical/political/social/intellectual
background from which they emerged)
Unit 1
1. Stream of Consciousness
2. Magic Realism
3. Modernism
4. Inter-textuality
5. Postmodern Novel
6. Psychological Novel
7. Science Fiction
8. Postcolonial Novel
9. Spy Fiction
10. Campus Novel
Unit 2: James Joyce, The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man

Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent
Unit 3: William Golding: Lord of the Files

Graham Green: The Human Factor
Unit 4: Michael Ondaatje: The English Patient

David Lodge: Small World
Internal Evaluation
(40 marks)
A student should select two terms mentioned above and show how an author has
successfully used those techniques.
60 Marks
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
Secondary Reading
1. Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse
2. E. M. Forster: Passage to India
3. D. H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers
4. Joseph Conrad: Victory
5. Julian Barnes: Flauberts Parrot
6. David Lloyd Jones: Mr Pip
7. Salman Rushdie: Midnights Children
8. Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451
References
1. Watt, I (1957) Rise of the Novel
2. Walter Allen: The English Novel
3. Welleck, R. and A. Warren (1942) Theory of Literature
4. Doody, M.A.(1996) True Story of the Novel
5. Dunlop, J. (1814) History of Fiction
6. James, H. (1934) Art of the Novel. Ed. R.P. Blackmur
7. Booth, W. (1961) Rhetoric of Fiction
8. Lubbock, Percy Craft of Fiction
9. Humphrey, Robert (1962) Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel
10. Lodge, David (2006) The Year of Henry James: The Story of a Novel
11. Ryan, Judith (2012) The Novel After Theory
12. Krieger, M. (1989) Reopening of Closure
13. Bowers, Maggie Ann (2004) Magic(al) Realism: The New Critical Idiom
14. Eysteinsson, Astradur (1992) The Concept of Modernism
15. Nicholls, Peter Modernism: A Literary Guide
16. Lewis, Pericles (2001) The Cambridge Introduction to Modernism
17. Chatman, Seymour (1978) Story and Discourse: Narrative Structure in Fiction
and Film
18. Mc Cabe, Allyssa and Carole Peterson (1991) Developing Narrative Structure
19. Holloway, John (1979) Narrative and Structure
20. Mattingly, Cheryl (1998) Healing Dramas and Clinical Plots: The Narrative
Structure
21. Carr, David (1991) Time, Narrative and History.
22. Allen, Graham (2000) Intertextuality: The New Critical Idiom
23. Worton, Michael and Judith Still. Eds.(1990) Intertextuality: Theories and
Practices
24. Plottel, Jeanine Parisier and Hanna Kurz Charney (1978) Intertextuality: New
Perspectives in Criticism
25. Sieber, Harry (1977) The Picaresque
26. Cawelti, J.G. (1976) Adventure, Mystery and Romance
27. Rzepka, C. J (2005) Detective Fiction
28. Cohn, D (1999) Distinction of Fiction
29. Fludernik, M. (1996) Towards a Natural Narratology
30. Palmer, A. (2004) Fictional Minds
31. Bornstein, G. ed. (1991) Representing Modernist Texts.
32. Barthes, R.(1957) Mythologies. Trans. A. Lavers
33. Campbell, J. (1949) Hero With A Thousand Faces
34. Chase, R. (1949) Quest for Myth
35. Jung, C.G. (1969) Four Archetypes, trans. R.F.C. Hull
36. Palencia-Roth, M. (1987) Myth and the Modern Novel
37. White, J.J. Mythology in the Modern Novel
38. Genett, G. (1980) Narrative Discourse. trans. J. Lewin
39. Lehan, R. (2005) Realism and Naturalism
40. Margaret Drabble: The Oxford Companion to English Literature
41. Knight, Charles A ( 2004) Literature of Satire
42. Hodgart, Matthew (2010) Satire: Origins and Principles
43. J A Cuddon A Dictionary of Literary Terms
44. M H Abrams: A Glossary of Literary Terms
Syllabus prepared by:

Dr. Marie Fernandes Convener
Members:
Dr. A. P. Pandey
Dr. M.A.Sheik
Prof. Hira Stevens
Dr. Firdaus Gandavia
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Syllabus for M.A. English Paper VII and VIII (Optional)
Programme: M.A.
Course: Nineteenth Century American Literature
2012-13)
i)
: M.A.
ii)
Course Code
: PAENGA104 & PAENGA204
iii) Course Title
:M.A. Part I: Nineteenth Century American Literature

(Optional ) Papers VII & VIII
iv)
v)
vi)
Credit Structure
vii)
: 15
viii)
: 04
2.
3.
: No
4.
: No
5.
Fee Structure
6.
MA English (Regular) Part One (Paper 7 and Paper 8: Optional)

Title of the Course: Nineteenth Century American Literature

1) To acquaint the learners of literature with the literary terms of nineteenth
century American Literature.
2) To introduce them to the socio-cultural scene of nineteenth century America
through literary texts
3) To familiarize them to the themes and styles of nineteenth century American
Literature
4) To enable them to write research papers on American literature
Semester One: Nineteenth Century American Literature (Paper VII)
6 Credits
Course code- PAENGA104
Lectures: 60
Unit 1: Puritanism, Frontier Myth, Transcendentalism, Philosophy of self-reliance, American
Romanticism.
(16 Lectures)
Unit 2: Poetry
(14 Lectures)
1. Ralph Waldo Emerson

i)
The World-Soul
ii)
Each and All
iii)
The Snow-Storm
iv)
Nature
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2. Henry David Thoreau

i)
The Inward Morning
ii)
Pray to What Earth
3. Walt Whitman
i)
I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing
ii)
A Noiseless, Patient Spider
iii)
O Captain! My Captain!
iv)
On the Beach at Night
v)
On the Beach at Night Alone
vi)
Song of Myself
Unit 3: Fiction
(16Lectures)
Nathaniel Hawthorne: The House of Seven Gables

Herman Melville: White-Jacket
Unit 4: Short Stories
(14 Lectures)
Edgar Allan Poe

i)
"The Black Cat"
ii)
"The Fall of the House of Usher"
iii)
"Hop-Frog"
Evaluation
A)
Sr.No.
40 Marks
Particulars
Marks
20 Marks

2
10 Marks
10 Marks

Following methods can be used for the assignment (40 Marks)
Classroom presentation: on Nineteenth century American Literature Romanticism and

Transcendentalism
Book review of American novels and plays
Review of research articles on American Literature: selected from journals and books
Interpretation of literary and cultural texts on the basis of given critical approaches or
theories
60 Marks
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
Semester Two: Nineteenth Century American Literature (Paper VIII)

6 Credits
Lectures: 60
Unit 1 Terms: American Civil War, Local Color Movement, Realism, Naturalism, Pragmatism
and Veritism
16 lectures
Unit 2: Poetry
14 Lectures
1. William. D. Howells:
i) Dead
ii) The Bewildered Guest
Henry Cuyler Bunner:

i) One, Two, Three
ii) Candor
iii) Shriven
Bret Harte:
i) Marys Album
ii) Love and Physic
Unit 3:Fiction
16 Lectures
1. Stephen Crane: Red Badge of Courage

2. Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Unit4: Short Stories
14Lectures
6
1. Kate Chopin:
i)
Beyond the Bayou
ii)
"A Pair of Silk Stockings"
2. Jack London:
i) The Unexpected
ii) Love of Life
Evaluation
A)
Sr.No.
1
40 Marks
Particulars
Marks
20 Marks

2
10 Marks
10 Marks

Class presentation: on Nineteenth century American Literature
Book review of American novels and plays
Review of research articles on American Literature: selected from journals and books

7
Interpretation of literary and cultural texts on the basis of given critical approaches or
theories
60 Marks
: 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on the poems from unit 2 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on the novels from unit 3 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on the short stories from unit 4 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
Bibliography
Abel, Darrel. Ruined Eden of the Present: Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe: Critical Essays in
Honor of Darrel Abel. eds. G.R. Thompson and Virgil L. Lokke. West Lafayette: Purdue UP,
1981.
Barrish, Phillip. American Literary Realism: Critical Theory and Intellectual Prestige, 18801995. Cambridge: Oxford U P, 2001.
Bell, Michael Davitt. The Problem of American Realism. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1993.
Belluscio, Steven J. To Be Suddenly White: Literary Realism and Racial Passing. Columbia,
MO: U of Missouri P, 2006.
Buell, Lawrence. Literary Transcendentalism: Style and Vision in the American Renaissance.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1986.
Chase, Richard. The American Novel and Its Tradition. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday Anchor,
1957.
Elliot, Emory., and Cathy N. Davidson, eds. The Columbia History of the American Novel. New
York: Columbia University Press, 1991.
Myerson, Joel, ed. The Transcendentalists: A Review of Research and Criticism. New York:
Modern Language Association, 1984
Lewis, R. W. B. The American Adam: Innocence, Tragedy, and Tradition in the Nineteenth
Century. Chicago: University Chicago Press, 1955.
Pattee, Fred Lewis. The Development of the American Short Story. [1966] New York: Harper,
1923.
Pizer, Donald. Realism and Naturalism in Nineteenth Century American Fiction. Carbondale:
Southern Illinois U P, 1966.
Warren, Joyce W., ed. The (Other) American Tradition: Nineteenth-Century Women Writers.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993
Winter, Molly Crumpton. American Narratives: Multiethnic Writing in the Age of Realism.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State UP, 2007.
Syllabus designed by
Dr. Rambhau Badode: Convener
Members:
Dr. Dinesh Kumar
Dr. Rajashri Barvekar
Dr. Bhagyashri Verma
Dr. Deepa Mishra
Mr. Rajesh Yeole
Program: M.A. Part I
Course: Indian Writing in Translation

Paper VII & VIII (B)
(Credit Based Semester and Grading System with effect from the academic
year 2012-13)

i)
ii)
iii)

Course Code
Course Title
: M.A.
: PAENGB104 & PAENGB204
:M.A Part I : Indian Writing in Translation
Papers VII & VIII
iv)
v)
vi)
vii)
viii)
Semester wise Course Contents

: Enclosed the copy of syllabus
Credit Structure
: 15
: 02
2.
3.
: No
4.
: No
5.
Fee Structure
6.
M.A. Part I (Optional)
Indian Writing In Translation Paper VII & VIII (B)

Course Objectives/Goals: by the end of the course, the students should be able to:
Discuss and explore the great classical writers in India whose works are translated
in English
Study the socio-cultural, historical and linguistic contexts of the translations and
find the relevance of those in the present literary Scenario of India
Master and apply the concepts that govern the comparative studies of themes,
styles and aspects of Indian writings in Translation with the understanding of
genres including poetry, fiction, prose drama, short-story etc.
Create a personal perspective on the diversity of translated writings in different
regional cultures and experience the unifying traits in them through the concepts
as Indianness, nativism, nationalism, globalization and human values etc.
Produce formal reports and oral presentations on the concepts and subjects of
latest issues in canonical and current translations in English from both the
theoretical and the practical angles.
Create a research scope for future projects in translation by showing brief
acquaintance with the problems and issues of literary translation.
Semester I: Indian Writing In Translation Paper VII (B)
Course code- PAENGB104
Total lectures- 60
Movements/ concepts
Unit 1
Movements of Medieval India
(A)Bhakti Movement:
1. Devotion to Spirituality
2. Reaction to Brahminical structure of the society
3. Medieval Indian Renaissance
(B)Influence of Islamic Culture on life and literature
4. The Muslim invasions in the medieval period
5. Initiatives towards communal harmony
6. Growth of Art and literature
II-Colonial Period and Post-Independence Indian Literature
7. Introduction to English Language in Indian Education,
8. Romanticism as reflected in Indian Classical Writers,
9. The spread of Democratic values and Partition Literature,
10 Emergences of Regional and Translated Literatures,
11. East-West Encounters in language, literature and culture,
12. Rise and growth of womens writings during Post-Independence India.
3
6 Credits
Unit 2:
Saadat Hasan Manto, Mottled Dawn, Trans. Khalid Hasan, Penguin, 1997.
Five Stories: Toba Tek Singh, The Dog of Titwal, The Price of Freedom, A Tale of
1947 and The New Constitution.
Premchand: Widows, Wives and other Stories Trans. David Rubin
Unit 3 Amrita Pritam; The Revenue Stamp, Trans. Krishna Gorowara
Rabindranath Tagore: Gora
Unit 4: Haribans Rai Bachchan, The House of Wine, Trans. By M. Boulton and
R.Vyas, Penguin, 1950. Poem Nos.4, 6, 18, 26,44,50,51,121,128,135.
One Hundred Poems of Kabir, translated by Rabindranath Tagore; Chronicle Books
An imprint of DC Publishers, New Delhi, 2003.
Poem nos.1,2,12,36,39,42,45,66,69,91
N.B.
The Background Topics are to be discussed in brief historical, sociological and
general perspectives for the students.
The Prescribed Texts are to be taught in detail with all possible interpretations
relating them to the topics from the background and to be prepared for three broad
answers.
A) Internal: A student is required to select one translated text for its critical
evaluation relating it to at least two movements/ concepts.
Project: 20 marks
Viva-voce: 10 marks.

60 Marks
: 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay unit 2 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on unit 3 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
Semester II: Indian Writing in Translation Paper VIII (B)

Toatal lectures -60
Concepts
Unit 1
I- Recent Trends in Indian Writings in Translations:
1. Literature of the Marginalized and Dalit Consciousness in writings, including
translations,
2. Issues of Gender relations and womens works in translations,
3. Voices of the Subaltern and tribal studies,
4 Identity crisis in Diaspora and Immigrant Writers,
5. Postmodernism as reflected in the techniques of writing and translation in India,
6. Literature of new Native writers in translation
II -Concepts in Translation Studies:
7. Scope and relevance of Translation studies
8. History of Translations in English,
9. Problems of Linguistic and Cultural Equivalence in Translation,
10. Concepts of transference, transliteration and transcreation
11. Problems of translating a literary text
12. Translation as Linguistic Bridge-building entity
Prescribed Texts:
Unit 2: Girish Karnad, Hayavadana, Trans. by the author
Mohan Rakesh: Half-way House
Unit 3:
Mahasweta Devi, Old Women Trans. By Gayatri Chakravarti Spivak
Gulzar : Across the Raavi (New Urdu Fictions, 2004, Katha, ISBN 81-87649-85-2)
S.L. Duncan: A Christmas Story (from The Heart of the Matter, Katha, 2004, ISBN 8187649-43-7)
Unit 4: Baby Kamble, The Prison We Broke Trans. By Maya Pandit

Bama: Harum-Scarum Saar and Other Stories.Translated bt Ravi Shanker
Supplementary Reading:
1.Aurobindo, The Future of Poetry
2.Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyyat
3.Kabir Bijak
4.Tagore Rabindranath, Gora
5.Rajgopalachari Our Culture
6.U.R. Ananthamurthy, Samskara
7.Jyotiba Phule, Slavery, translated by P.G. Patil
8.Hind Swaraj: M.K. Gandhi
9.The High Caste Woman : Pandita Ramabai.
10.B.R. Ambedkar, The Annihilation of Caste
11.Khushwant Singh Need for a New Religion & Other Essays
12.Amrita Pritam The Skeleton, (Pinjar)Trans. Khushwant Singh
13.Premchand, Widows, Wives and Other Heroines, trans. David
Rubin
14.Mohan Rakesh Halfway House
15. Premanand Gajvi, Kirwant
16.Bhalchandra Nemade, CocoonTrans. Sudhakar Marathe
17.Vijay Tendulkar Kanyadaan
18.Arjun Dangle (ed.): Poisoned Bread
19.Laxman Gaikwad, The Branded ( Uchalya) Trans. P. A. Kolatkar
20.Yashpal, Divya( Hindi) trans.by Anand, Sahitya Academy publications
Recommended Reading:
K.R.S. Iyengar, Indian Writing in English, Bombay, 1962.
M.K. Naik, A History of Indian English Literature, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 1982.
R.K. Dhawan, ed. 50 Years of Indian Writing
M.K. Naik, Macmillan Aspects of Indian Writing in English, , Delhik 1979.
William Walsh, Indo-Anglian Literature 1800-1970, Orient Longman, Madras, 1976.
6
R.K. Dhawan, ed Postcolonial Discourse: A Study of Contemporary Literature,.

Bhagyashree S. Varma ed. Amrita Pritam: Life as Literature
Nivedita Sen, Nikhil Yadav Mahasweta Devi An Anthology of Recent Criticism,
Gender & Caste: Issues in Contemporary Indian Feminism:. New Delhi, Kali for
Women, 2003.
The Danger of Gender: Caste, Class and Gender in Contemporary Indian Women's
Writing, Clara Nubile 2003 .
Makarand Paranjape, ed.Realism and Reality: the Novel and Society in India, Nativism:
Essays in Nativism.
Manu S. Rajadurai and Geetha Vardarajan Towards a Non-Brahmin Millennium.
K.V. Reddy and R.K. Dhawan, ed Flowering of Indian Drama:Growth & Development.
Sudhakar Pandey and Freya Barua, edNew Directions in Indian Drama,
Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit Literature: History, Controversies and Considerations, by
Sharankumar Limbale. Translated by Alok Mukherjee. Orient Longman, 2004
From Untouchable to Dalit : Essays on the Ambedkar Movement: Eleanor Zelliot.
Manohar, 1998
A.P. Pandey(Ed), New Horizons in Indian English Drama, Bhasker, Publishers, Kanpur,
2011
Dalit Movement in South India : 1857-1950:Swapna H. Samel. New Delhi, Serials, 2004
Shantha Ramakrishna, ed, Translation and Multilingualism: Post-Colonial Context.
A.P.Pandey, Flames and Fire In Kabirs Poetry, Bhasker Publishers ,Kanpur,2008
Translation: From Periphery to Centrestage, Tutun Mukherjee, ed.
Author, Texts, Issues: Essays on Indian Literature , K. Satchidanandan
N.B.
The Background Topics are to be discussed in brief historical, sociological and

general perspectives for the students.
The Prescribed Texts are to be taught in detail with all possible interpretations
relating them to the topics from the background and to be prepared for three broad
answers.
A Internal: A student is required to select any one translated text for its critical
evaluation relating it to at least two movements/ concepts.
Project: 20 marks
Viva-voce: 10 marks
60 Marks
: 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay unit 2 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks

Dr. A.P.Pandey. - Convener
Members
Dr. Bhagyashree Verma.
Prof. V. M. Athaley.
Dr. Rohit Kawale.
Course: New Literatures in English

Paper VII & VIII (C)
2012-13)
i)
: M.A.
ii)
Course Code
: PAENGC104 & PAENGC204
iii)
Course Title
:M.A Part I : New Literatures in English

Papers I & II
iv)
v)
vi)
Credit Structure
vii)
: 15
viii)
: 04
2.
3.
: No
4.
: No
5.
Fee Structure
6.
M.A. English (Regular) Part I

Title of the Course: New Literatures in English
1) To acquaint learners with the difference between settler colonies and colonies of
occupation
2) To familiarize them with the similar (yet different) socio-historic conditions reflected in
the literature of the various colonies.
3) To help perceive the problem of cultural imperialism that lies at the heart of the
appropriation of voice issue
4) To help learners understand the problems encountered by ethnic minorities and
indigenous people in both countries.
5) To familiarize them with the culture and literary expressions of the immigrant and
diasporic minorities.
6) To enable learners to carry out independent research in African Caribbean, Canadian and
Australian literature
Semester One: Paper VII C: African and Caribbean Literature

Course Code- PAENGC104
6 Credits
Lectures: 60
Unit 1: Cultural Contexts: African mythology and world view. Colonial and postcolonial
experiences in the African and Caribbean context., Indentured subjects experiences, IndoCaribbean writers, Afro-Caribbean American writers, The Oral tradition in African Fiction,
African writers in Diaspora, Creolization, Post-Apartheid Literature
Unit 2: African and Caribbean Fiction:
1. Nurrudin Farahs Gifts
2. Jamaica Kincaid My Brother
Unit 3: African and Caribbean Drama:

1. Ngugi wa Thiongo: A Dance of the Forest
2. Dereck Walcott. Pantomine
Unit 4: African and Caribbean Poetry:

1. Wole Soyinka: Shuttle in the Crypt
2. Edward Kamau Brathwaite: Rites of Passage
Evaluation
A)
Sr.No.
1
40 Marks
Particulars
Marks
20 Marks

2
10 Marks
10 Marks

Class presentation on African and Caribbean texts

Book review of African and Caribbean novels, anthologies and plays
Article review: selected from journals and books on African and Caribbean texts
Interpretation of African and Caribbean literary and cultural texts on the basis of selected
critical approaches or theories

Question 1: Cultural Contexts. : (1 out of 3)
60 Marks
15 Marks
Question 2: African and Caribbean Fiction: (1 out of 2)
15 Marks
Question 3: African and Caribbean Drama (1 out of 2)
15 Marks
Question 4: African and Caribbean Poetry: (1 out of 2)
15 Marks
Semester Two: Paper VIII C: Canadian and Australian Literature

Course code- PAENGC204
6 Credits
Lectures: 60
Unit 1: Cultural Contexts: Differing histories and responses to the landscape, Early Canadian
and Australian Literature, Growth of nationalistc sentiments, The problems encountered by the
Indigenous peoples and immigrants in Canada and Auatralia, Qeeer Diaspora in Canada, Asylum
Diaspora of Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada, Canadian Multiculturalism,. Aboriginal Writers of
Australia
Unit 2: Canadian and Australian Poetry
Margaret Atwood
1. Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer
2. They Eat out
3. Journals of Susanna Moodie: Poem 1
Daniel David Moses
1.
The Sunbathers Fear of the Moon
2.
Inukshuk
Judith Wright
1. South of My Days
2. Two Dreamtimes
3. Belonging
Unit 3: Canadian and Australian Fiction
1. Alice Munro Lives of Girls and Women
2. David Malouf The Great World
Unit4: Canadian and Australian Drama
1. George Ryga The Ecstasy of Rita Joe
2. David Williamson The Removalists
40 Marks
A)
Sr.No.
1
Particulars
Marks
20 Marks

2
10 Marks
10 Marks

Analytical session
Class presentations on women/ Native writers
Book reviews of acclaimed Canadian and Australian literary works

Interpretation of Canadian and Australian cultural texts
Semester End Examination Pattern
60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on cultural contexts from unit 1: (1 out of 3)
: 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on Canadian and Australian Poetry (1 out of 3)
: 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on Canadian and Australian Fiction (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on the plays from unit 4 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
References
African & Caribbean
1. Bruce King The New literatures: Cultural Nationalism in a Changing World. Macmillan,
1987.
2. Brydon, Diana & Helen Tiffin (Eds). Decolonising Fictions Dangaroo. 1993.
3. Chris Tiffin & Alan Lawson. (eds.) Describing Empire: Postcolonialism and Textuality.
Routeledge, 1994.
4. Ernest Emenyonu Studies on the Nigerian Novel Heinemann, 1991.
5. Frantz Fanon Black Skins, White Masks. Pluto Press: London, 1986
6. Henry Louis Gates Race, Writing and Difference. Chicago: 1985.
7. Mirce Githae-Mugo Visions of Africa. Kenya Literature Bureau, 1978
8. Paul Gilroy. The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness. Verso. 1994.
9. Susheila Nasta. Motherlands: Womens Writing from Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia.
Womens Press, 1991.
10. Wole Soyinka. Myth, Literature and the African World. Oxford: 1991
Canadian & Australian

1. Armstrong, Jeannette. (ed.) Looking at the Words of Our People: First Nations Analysis of
Literature. Penticton: Theytus Books, 1993.
2. Atwood, Margaret. Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature. Toronto: Anansi
Press, 1982.
3. Castles, S. Kalantzis, M. Cope, B. and Morissey, M. Mistaken Identity: Multiculturalism
and the Demise of Nationalism in Australia. Sydney: Pluto Press, 1988.
4. Corkhill, Annette Robyn. The Immigrant Experience in Australian Literature.
Melbourne: Academia Press, 1995.
5. Hergenhan, L. (Ed.). The Penguin New Literary History of Australia. Ringwood:
Penguin, 1988.
6. Marlatt and Betsy Warland. Telling It: Women and Language Across Cultures. Press Gang,
1990.
7. Lutz, Hartmut. And Coomi S. Vevaina. Connections: Non-Native Responses to Native
Canadian Literature.(ed.) New Delhi: Creative Books, 2003.
8. Vevaina, Coomi and Barbara Godard.(ed.) Intersexions: Issues of Race and Gender in
Canadian Womens Writing. New Delhi: Creative, 1996.
9. White, R. Inventing Australia: Images and Identity 1688-1980. Sydney: Allen and
Unwin, 1981.
10. Whitlock, Gillian and Carter, David (Ed). Images of Australia. Queensland: University of
Queensland Press, 2001.

Dr. Coomi S. Vevaina Dept. of English, University of Mumbai (Convener)
Dr. Shobha Ghosh - Dept. of English, University of Mumbai
Dr. Sudhir Nikam,- BNN College of A.S.C.
Dr. P.A. Attar - Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Dr. Mala Pandurang Nanavati College (S.N.D.T.)
Programme: M.A. Part II
Course: Indian Writing in English and Diaspora (Papers IX and X)
2013-14)
i)
: M.A.
ii)
Course Code
: PAENG301 & PAENG401
iii) Course Title
:M.A Part II : Indian Writing in English and

Diaspora (Papers IX and X)
iv)
v)
vi)
Credit Structure
vii)
: 15
viii)
: 04
2.
3.
: No
4.
: No
5.
Fee Structure
6.
M.A. II: Indian Writing in English and Diaspora

Objectives of the course:
To familiarize the learners with various themes and cultural contexts of Indian English
writing
To sensitize the learners to Diaspora culture and Diaspora subjectivities.
To help the learners to understand Dalit and Native voices in Indian English literature
Semester I: Indian Writing in English: Paper IX

(60 lectures)
Unit I:
Concepts
Postmodernism and post-colonialism and their influence on Indian Writing in English,
Indianness in Indian English Literature, Contemporary Indian English Poetry and Drama (postindependence), Experimental Poetry and Theatre, Dalit Voices.
Unit II: Novel
Kiran Nagarkar Gods Little Soldier
Arvind Adiga The White Tiger
Unit III: Poetry
Nissim Ezekiel: Background Casually
The Patriot
The Professor
Kamala Das:
The Freaks
The Old Playhouse
Imtiaz Dharker: Theyll Say She Must be from Another Country

3
Honor Killing
Postcards from God 1
Unit IV: Drama
Vijay Tendulkar: Kanyadaan
Mahesh Dattani: Bravely Fought the Queen (from Collected Plays)
Pattern of the Question Paper

Semester End Exam
Marks: 60
Q.1. Concepts (one out of three essays)
15 marks
Q.2. Essay type question on the novel (1 out of two)
15 marks
Q.3. Essay type question on poetry (1 out of two)
15 marks
Q.4. Essay type question on the drama (1 out of two)
15 marks
Internal Assessment Marks: 40

A written assignment on any topic from each semester (However, the assignment should not be
based on any of the prescribed writers)
20 marks
A presentation based on the assignment
10 marks
Viva Voce on the presented topic
10 marks

and viva voce
References:
Mehta, Kamal (ed) 2004 The Twentieth Century Indian Short Story in English New Delhi:
Creative Books
Chaudhari, AshaKuthari 2005 Contemporary Indian Writers in English : Mahesh Dattani

Foundation Books
Bande, Usha& Ram, Atma 2003 Woman in Indian Short Stories: Feminist Perspective New
Delhi: Rawat Publications
Dodiya, Jaydipsinh K &Surendran, K.V 2000 Indian English Drama: Critical Perspectives New
Delhi: Sarup& Sons
De Souza, Eunice (ed) 1999 Talking Poems: Conversations with Poets OUP
Pandey, Sudhakar&Taraporewala, Freya (eds) 1990 Contemporary Indian Drama
Prestige Books
Kirpal, Viney (ed) 1996 The Post Modern Indian Novel in English Allied Publications
Semester II
Paper X: Literature of Indian Diaspora
Total lectures-60
Unit 1
Concepts:
Diaspora, Neo-Diaspora, Ethnicity, Alienation, Issues of Location, Nostalgia and Memory, Loss,
Nation-State and Exile, and Cultural Hybridity.
Unit 2:Novel
Novel: Salman Rushdie: Shalimar the Clown
Novel: Kiran Desai: Inheritance of Loss
Unit 3: Poetry
Sujata Bhatt: Search for my Tongue
Chitra Divakaruni Bannerjee: On Opening a Box My Mother Left in My House ( from her
collection titled Black Candle)
5
Vikram Seth: Sonnet No. 1.9 from The Golden Gate

Agha Shahid Ali: The Wolfs Postscript to Little Red Riding Hood
Unit 4
Short stories:
From JhumpaLahiris The Unaccustomed Earth
(The Unaccustomed Earth and Hell-Heaven)
Non Fiction
Shashi Tharoor :Bookless in Baghdad
Evaluation
Question Paper Pattern for the 60 marks: Semester End

1.
2.
3.
4.
Three short notes on literary terms (Any 1 out of 3 options) 15 marks

One essay type (with internal option) on the novel-15 marks
One essay type (with internal option) on the poetry-15 marks
One essay type (with internal option) on the short stories and creative non-fiction-15
marks
Internal Assessment (40 marks)

The student should be assigned one project (a study of the work of any contemporary Indian
diasporic writer not prescribed) for 20 marks.
Viva voce based on the same project 10 marks
Presentation based on the same project 10 marks
and viva voce
References
Mishra Vijay: Theorizing the Diasporic Imaginary, Routledge, 2007.
Brah, Avtar."Thinking through the Concept of Diaspora".The Post-Colonial StudiesReader.2nd

ed. Eds. Ashcroft, Bill, Griffiths Gareth, Tiffin Helen. London: Routledge, 2006. pp. 443-446.
Clifford, James. "Diasporas",The Post-Colonial Studies Reader,2nded.Eds. Ashcroft, Bill,
Griffiths Gareth, Tiffin Helen. London: Routledge, 2006. pp 451-454.
Jain, Jasbir. "The New Parochialism: Homeland in the Writing of The Diaspora". InDiaspora:
Theories, Histories, Texts. Ed. MakarandParanjape, New Delhi: Indialog Publication Pvt.Ltd,
2001. pp.79-81.
King, Bruce. "The Diaspora: Agha Shahid Alis Tricultural Nostalgia". Modern IndianPoetry in
English, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Mishra, Vijay. "Diaspora and the Impossible Art of Mourning".In Diaspora:
TheoriesHistories,Texts. Ed.MakarandParanjape. New Delhi: IndiaLogPublicationsPvt.Ltd,
2001. pp. 24-51
Texts, Issues: Essays on Indian Literature. New Delhi: Pencraft International, 2003.
**********
Syllabus Prescribed by
Prof. Arvind Mardikar (Convener)
Members
Dr. Nilufer Bharucha
Mrs. Laksmi Muthukumar
Prof. Sashikant Malunkar
Dr. Susanne Lobo
Course : Poetry (Papers XI and XII)
2013-14)
i)
: M.A.
ii)
Course Code
: PAENG302 & PAENG 402
iii) Course Title
:M.A Part II : Poetry (Papers XI and XII)
iv)
v)
vi)
Credit Structure
vii)
: 15
viii)
: 04
2.
3.
: No
4.
: No
5.
Fee Structure
6.
M.A. English Literature Part II

Course Poetry: Papers XI and XII
Objectives:
To familiarize the learners with different types of poetry
To sensitize them to poetic language and poetic sensibility
To make them aware of poetic devices and techniques
Semester I (Poetry Paper XI)

Course code- PAENG3O2
6 Credits
Total No. of lectures: 60
Unit 1:
Concepts: Types of Ode, Types of Satire, Pastoral Elegy, Meter, Rhyme and its types,
Ballad, Mock-Epic, Epic and Sonnet
Unit 2:
Odes
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
Ode on Grecian Urn by John Keats

Ode to the Onion by Pablo Neruda
Morning song by Sylvia Plath
Ode to the Skylark by P. B. Shelley
Unit 3:
Dramatic Monologues
i)
ii)
iii)
Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson

The Bishop Orders His Tomb at St. Praxeds Church by Robert Browning
Naming of Parts by Henry Reed
3
iv)
Night, Death, Mississipi by Robert Haydon
Unit 4:
Epic- Paradise Lost Book IX by John Milton
Evaluation
Question Paper Pattern for the 60 mark Semester End Examination:
I.
II.
Essay on concepts, unit 1 (any I out of 3 to be attempted)

Essay on unit 2 (1 out of 2 options)
-
- 15 marks
-15 marks
III
Essay on Unit 3 (1 out of 2)
15 marks
IV
Essay on unit 4 (1 out of 2)
-15 marks
Internal Assessment (40 mark)

A Research paper
20 Marks
Presentation on the research paper
10 Marks
Viva -Voce on the Paper
10 Marks

and viva voce
Semester II (Poetry - Paper XII)

6 Credits
Total No. of lectures: 60

Unit 1:
Sonnet:
1. Shakespeares Sonnet Let me not to the marriage of true minds
4
2. To My Mother by George Barker

3. The world is too much with us by William Wordsworth
4. Sonnet No. 1.23 Im young, employed, healthy, ambititious by Vikram Seth (From The
Golden Gate)
5. The Vantage Point by Robert Frost
6. The expense of spirit is a crying shame by Wendy Cope
Unit 2:
Satire:
1. MacFlecknoe lines 1 to 62, by John Dryden
2. The Progress of Beauty by Jonathan Swift
3. The Owl Critic by James Thomas Fields
4. Bagpipe Music by Louis MacNeice
5. Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka
Unit 3:
Ballad
1. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2. La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats
3. Lord Ullins Daughter by Thomas Campbell
Unit 4:
Mock-epic
Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope (entire)
Evaluation

5
Internal Assessment (40 mark )

I.
II.
Essay on, unit 1 (any I out of 3 to be attempted)

Essay on unit 2 (1 out of 2 options)
III
Essay on Unit 3 (1 out of 2)
15 marks
IV
Essay on unit 4 (1 out of 2)
-15 marks
A Research paper
20 Marks
Presentation (on the paper)
10 Marks
Viva Voce ( on the paper)
10 Marks
- 15 marks
-15 marks

and viva voce

Prof. Lakshmi Muthukumar (Convener)
Members
Dr. Shireen Vakil
Prof. Neeta Chakravarthy
Prof. Suresh Wakchaure
Program: M.A. Part II
Course: Drama
Paper XII & XIV
2013-14)
i)
: M.A.
ii)
Course Code
: PAENG303 & PAENG403
iii)
Course Title
:M.A Part II : Drama

Papers I & II
iv)
v)
vi)
Credit Structure
vii)
: 15
viii)
: 04
2.
3.
: No
4.
: No
5.
Fee Structure
6.
MA English (Regular) Part Two

Title of the Course: Drama Paper XII & XIV
1)
2)
3)
4)
To introduce the learners to a wide range of theatrical practices around the world.
To introduce the learners to various theories of drama
To enable them to understand the elements of drama and theatre
To introduce them to the conventions of research papers
Semester I: Drama (Paper XII)
Total lectures-60
Unit I: Concepts
Elements of Theatre, Greek Theatre, Indian Classical Theatre with reference to Natyashastra,
Folk element and Indian Theatre, Black theatre, Realistic theatre, 20th century poetic drama,
Angry Young Man, Street play, Third theatre, One-act play
Unit II: Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht

Shakuntala by Kalidasa
Unit III: A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen

A Phoenix too Frequent by Christopher Fry
Unit IV: Julloos by Badal Sircar

Home on the Range by Amiri Baraka
Evaluation
I.
II.
Essay on concepts (any1 out of 3 to be attempted)

Essay on Unit 2 : one out of two
- 15 marks
-15 marks
III.
IV.
Essay on Unit 3: One out of twoEssay on Unit 4: One out of two
15 marks
-15 marks
Internal evaluation:
Project
20 Marks
Presentation
10 Marks
Viva Voce
10 Marks
The project could be review of plays, a stage presentation or writing a script.

and viva voce
Semester II: Drama: Paper XIV

Total lectures-60
Unit I: Concepts
Theatre of Absurd, Epic theatre ,Method theatre, Theatre of Cruelty, Poor Theatre, OffBroadway theatre, Kitchen-sink drama, Meta theatre, Expressionism, Irish theatre, and Antitheatre
Unit II:
Six Characters in Search of the Author by Pirandello

Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge
Unit III:
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Becket

Amedee or How to get Rid of It by Eugene Ionesco
Unit IV:
Kitchen by Arnold Wesker

The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway
Evaluation
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Essay on concepts(any1 out of 3 to be attempted)Essay on Unit 2 : one out of two

Essay on Unit 3: One out of twoEssay on Unit 4: One out of two
15 marks
-15 marks
15 marks
-15 marks
Internal evaluation:
Project
20 Marks
Presentation
10 Marks
Viva Voce
10 Marks
The project could be review of plays, a stage presentation or writing a script.

and viva voce
References
Alter, Jean. A Sociosemiotic Theory of Theatre. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press,
1990
Bennett, Susan. Theatre Audiences : A Theory of Production and Reception. London ; New
York: Routledge, 1990.[PN1590.A9 B48 1990].
Bentley, Eric. The Theory of the Modern Stage: An Introduction to Modern Theatre and Drama.
Harmondsworth,: Penguin, 1968
Birringer, Johannes H. Theatre, Theory, Postmodernism. Drama and Performance Studies.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991
Bratton, J. S. New Readings in Theatre History. Theatre and Performance Theory. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2003
Brockett, Oscar. The Essential Theatre. New York: Wadsworth Publishing, 2007
Burwick, Frederick. Illusion and the Drama : Critical Theory of the Enlightenment and Romantic
Era. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1991
Carlson, Marvin A. The Haunted Stage : The Theatre as Memory Machine. Theater-Theory/Text/Performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002
---. Theories of the Theatre : A Historical and Critical Survey, from the Greeks to the Present.
Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1989
Case, Sue-Ellen. Performing Feminisms : Feminist Critical Theory and Theatre. Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990
Chaudhuri, Una. Staging Place : The Geography of Modern Drama. Theater-Theory/Text/Performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1995
Clark, Barrett Harper. European Theories of the Drama. New York,: Crown publishers, 1947
Courtney, Richard. Drama and Feeling : An Aesthetic Theory. Montral: McGill-Queen's
University Press, 1995
Dukore, Bernard Frank. Dramatic Theory and Criticism : Greeks to Grotowski. New York,: Holt
Rinehart and Winston, 1974
Fortier, Mark. Theory/Theatre : An Introduction. 2nd ed. London ; New York: Routledge, 2002
Frank, Marcie. Gender, Theatre, and the Origins of Criticism : From Dryden to Manley.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003
Fuchs, Elinor, and Una Chaudhuri. Land/Scape/Theater. Theater--Theory/Text/Performance.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002
Keyssar, Helene. Feminist Theatre and Theory. New Casebooks. Houndmills: Macmillan Press
Ltd., 1996
Kobialka, Michal. Of Borders and Thresholds : Theatre History, Practice, and Theory.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999
Levine, Ira A. Left-Wing Dramatic Theory in the American Theatre. Theater and Dramatic
Studies ; No.024. Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research Press, 1985
Malekin, Peter, and Ralph Yarrow. Consciousness, Literature, and Theatre : Theory and Beyond.
New York: St. Martin's, 1997
Malkin, Jeanette R. Memory : Theater and Postmodern Drama. Theater-Theory/Text/Performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999
McAuley, Gay. Space in Performance : Making Meaning in the Theatre. Theater-Theory/Text/Performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999
Nicoll, Allardyce. The Theatre and Dramatic Theory. London,: Harrap, 1962
---. The Theory of Drama. New York,: B. Blom, 1966
Quinn, Michael L. The Semiotic Stage : Prague School Theatre Theory. Pittsburgh Studies in
Theatre and Culture ; Vol. 1. New York: P. Lang, 1995
Rai, Rama Nand. Theory of Drama : A Comparative Study of Aristotle and Bharata. New Delhi:
Classical Pub. Co., 1992
Schmid, Herta, and Aloysius van Kesteren. Semiotics of Drama and Theatre : New Perspectives
in the Theory of Drama and Theatre. Linguistic & Literary Studies in Eastern Europe. V. 010.
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1984
Styan, J. L. Modern Drama in Theory and Practice. New York: Cambridge University Press,
1980
University of Kansas. Division of Communication and Theatre., and Joyce and Elizabeth Hall
Center for the Humanities. "Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism." Lawrence, Kan.:
University of Kansas, 1986. v.
Whitaker, Thomas R. Mirrors of Our Playing : Paradigms and Presences in Modern Drama.
Theater--Theory/Text/Performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999

Dr. Shilpa Sapre: Convener
Members:
Dr. Vibhakar Mirajkar
Prof. Vispi Balaporia
Dr. Zareen Pinto
Syllabus for M.A. English Paper XV and XVI (Optional)(A)
Programme: M.A.
Course: Contemporary American Literature and Culture
2013-14)
i)
: M.A.
ii)
Course Code
: PAENGA304 & PAENGA404
iii) Course Title
:M.A. Part II: Contemporary American Literature

and Culture: Papers XV and XVI (Optional) (A)
iv)
v)
vi)
Credit Structure
vii)
: 15
viii)
: 04
2.
3.
: No
4.
: No
5.
Fee Structure
6.

2
Title of the Course: Contemporary American Culture and Literature (Paper XV: American
and African American Texts)
1) To acquaint the learners of literature with the multicultural mosaic of contemporary
American literature
2) To familiarize them with the culture and literary expressions of the minorities in America
3) To enable them to write research papers on American literature
4) To facilitate cross-cultural perspectives and discussions on American Literature
5) To familiarize the students with the movements that conditioned contemporary American
Literature
Semester One: Contemporary American Culture and Literature (Paper XV: American and
African American Texts)
6 Credits
Lectures: 60
Unit 1: Cultural Contexts: Southern Renaissance, Lost Generation, Harlem Renaissance,

Impact of World War and Cold War on American literature, Civil Rights Movement, Black
Feminism and Beat Generation , Absurd Drama
Unit 2: Poetry
1. Carl Sandburg
Chicago
The Shovel Man
Clark Street Bridge
2. Anne Sexton
i)
A Curse Against Elegies
ii)
Words
3. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
i)
Third World Calling
ii)
A Vast Confusion
Unit 3: Fiction
William Faulkner: As I Lay Dying
Toni Morrison: Song of Solomon
Unit 4: Drama
Edward Albee: Zoo Story
Ntozake Shange: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Evaluation
A)
Sr.No.
1
40 Marks
Particulars
Marks
20 Marks

2
10 Marks
10 Marks

Class presentation on American and African American texts
Book review of American and African American novels, anthologies and plays
Article review: selected from journals and books on American and African American texts

Interpretation of American and African American literary and cultural texts on the basis of
selected critical approaches or theories
60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on the cultural contexts from unit 1: (1 out of 3)
: 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on poems from unit 2 (1 out of 3)
: 15 Marks
: 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on plays from unit 4 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
Semester Two: Contemporary American Culture and Literature (Paper XVI: Native
American, Jewish American and Asian American Texts)
Course code PAENGA404
6 Credits
Lectures: 60
Unit 1: Cultural Contexts: American Multiculturalism, Jewish American Writing, Asian

American Literature, and Native American Literature
Unit 2: Poetry
1. Joy Harjo
(i)
Remember
(ii)
Eagle Poem
2. Howard Nemerov
(i)
Amateurs of Heaven
(ii)
Learning by Doing
3. John Yau:
(i)
Russian Letter
5
Borrowed Love Poem
(ii)
Unit 3: Fiction
1. Louise Erdrich: Tracks
2. Jhumpa Lahiri: The Namesake
Unit4: Drama
1. Wendy Wassestein: American Daughter
2. William S Yellow Robe Jr.: The Body Guards
A)
Sr.No.
1
40 Marks
Particulars
Marks
20 Marks

2
10 Marks
10 Marks

Analytical session (content analysis of Native American, Jewish American and Asian
American Texts: to be decided by the Department center where the course is offered)
Class presentations on Native American, Jewish American and Asian American Texts
Book review of Native American, Jewish American or Asian American Texts

6
Interpretation of Native American, Jewish American and Asian American literary and
cultural texts
Semester End Examination Pattern
60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on cultural contexts from unit 1: (1 out of 3)
: 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on the poems from unit 2 (1 out of 3)
: 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on the novels from unit 3 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on the plays from unit 4 (1 out of 2)
: 15 Marks
References
Altieri, Charles F. Modern Poetry. Arlington Heights, IL: AHM Publishing Corporation, 1979.
Bain, Robert, ed. Southern Writers: A Biographical Dictionary. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State
Univ. Press, 1979.
Contemporary Black American Fiction Writers. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, c1995.
Contemporary Native American Literature: A Selected & Partially Annotated Bibliography.
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
Gerstenberger, Donna and Hendrick, George. The American Novel, 2 vols. Chicago: The
Swallow Press, 1961-1970.
Greiner, Donald J., ed. American Poetry Since World War II, 2 vols. Detroit: Gale Research Co.,
1980.
Hassan, Ihab. Contemporary American Literature, 1945-1972: An Introduction. New York:
Ungar, 1973.
Hassan, Ihab. Radical Innocence: Studies in the Contemporary American Novel. Princeton, N. J:
Princeton University Press, 1961.
Helterman, Jeffrey and Layman, Richard, ed. American Novelists Since World War II. Detroit:
Gale Research Co., 1980.
Henderson, Stephen, ed. Understanding the New Black Poetry. New York: William Morrow,
1973.
Hoffman, Daniel, ed. Harvard Guide to Contemporary Writing. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard
University Press, 1979.
Holman, C. Hugh. The American Novel Through Henry James, 2nd ed. Arlington heights, IL:
AHM Publishing Corporation, 1979.
Jacobson, Angeline. Contemporary Native American Literature. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press,
1977.
Kernan, Alvin B., ed, The Modern American Theater. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Princeton Hall,
1967.
Kibler, Jr., James E., ed. American Novelists Since World War II, Second Series. Detroit: Gale
Research Co., 1980.
Kiernan, Robert F. American Writing since 1945: A Critical Survey. New York: Frederick
Ungar, 1983.
Lawrence, Shaffer. History of American Literature and Drama. New Delhi: Sarup, 2000.
Lewis, Allan. American Plays and Playwrights of the Contemporary Theatre. Rev. Ed. New
York: Crown, 1970.
Ludwig, Richard M. and Nault, Clifford A. Annals of American Literature, 1602-1983. New
York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1986.
MacNicholas, John, ed. Twentieth-Century American Dramatists, 2 vols. Detroit: Gale Research
Co., 1981.
Myerson, Joel, ed. The American Renaissance in New England. Detroit: Gale Research Co.,
1978.
Myerson, Joel, ed. Antebellum Writers in New York and The South. Detroit: Gale Research Co.,
1978.
Parker, Patricia L. Early American Fiction: A Reference Guide. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984.
Rock, Roger O. The Native American in American Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,
1985.
Rood, Karen Lane, ed. American Writers in Paris, 1920-1939. Detroit: Gale Research co., 1980.
Rush, Theressa Gunnels. Black American Writers Past and Present. 2 vols. Metuchen, NJ:
Scarecrow Press, 1975.
Scholes, Robert. Radical Sophistication: Studies in Contemporary Jewish American Novelists.
Athens: Ohio University Press, 1969.
Spiller, Robert E., et. al. Literary History Of The United States, 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan,
1963.
Stensland, Anna Lee. Literature by and about the American Indian. Urbana, IL: National
Council of Teachers of English, 1979.
Van Doren, Carl, et al., eds. The Cambridge History of American Literature. New York:
Macmillan, 1917.
White, Barbara a., American Women's Fiction, 1790-1870: A Reference Guide. New York:
Garland Pub., 1990.
Woodress, James. American Fiction, 1900-1950: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale
Research Co., 1974.
Syllabus Prepared By:
Dr. Dinesh Kumar, V. G. Vaze College (Convener)
Members
Dr. Pratima Das, Smt. CHM College
Dr. Sunila Pillai, RKT College
Dr. P.A. Attar, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Prof. Vispi Balaporia
Ms. Neeta Chakravarty, Jhunjhunwala College
Course: Research Methodology

Paper XV& XVI (B)
2013-14)
i)
: M.A.
ii)
Course Code
: PAENGB304 & PAENGB404
iii)
Course Title
:M.A Part II :Research Methodology

Papers XV & XVI (B)
iv)
v)
vi)
Credit Structure
vii)
: 15
viii)
: 04
2.
3.
: No
4.
: No
5.
Fee Structure
6.

Title of the Course: Research Methodology
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
To introduce the learners to the concept of research

To enable them to understand the stages of research
To familiarize the learners to the procedures involved in research
To introduce them to the conventions of research papers
To familiarize them the techniques and conventions of research
documentation
Research Methodology: Paper XV

6 Credits
Semester I
Total lectures-60
Unit I: Meaning and Nature of research

Key terms- Investigation, exploration, examination, analysis, hypothesis, data, methods and
techniques, results and findings
Research skills
Stages of research
Unit II: Materials and tools of research
Books, anthologies, thesauruses, encyclopedia, conference proceedings, unpublished theses,
newspaper articles, journals, govt. publications, e-journals, web references etc
Unit III: Research in Language and Literature
Research methods in Linguistics, Research methods in Literature, How research in language is
different from research in literature, Emerging areas of research in language and literature,
Connective, eco-centric research models, use of literary and linguistic theories in research
3
Unit IV: Process of research (A)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Formulating the research problem

Extensive survey of relevant literature
Developing Hypothesis
Defining aims and objectives
Preparing research proposal
Internal Evaluation : 40 Marks

Project: Writing of research proposals and research papers
20 Marks
Presentation
10 Marks
Viva Voce
10 Marks

and viva voce
Semester Exam
60 Marks
Q.1 Short notes on Unit I (Two out of three)
15 marks
Q.2 Essay type Question on Unit II (one out of two)
15 Marks
Q.3 Question on Unit III
15 marks
Q. Question on Unit IV
15 marks
Semester II- Research Methodology Paper XVI

6 Credits
Total lectures-60
Unit I: Process of research
1. Collecting and classifying data
2. Analyzing data
3. Generalization and interpretation
4
4. Arriving at Findings /conclusions

5. Arranging bibliography and webliography
Unit II: Presentation of research-Part 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Arriving at the title

Outlining
Research format
Introduction and conclusion
Quotations and acknowledging sources
Conventions of documentation
Unit III: Presentation of research- part 2

1.
2.
3.
4.
Presentation of findings
Using standard style sheets ( 2009 MLA amendmends,)
Avoiding plagiarism
Language and style of the thesis
Unit IV: Practical work

The students should be made present a research proposals with a focus on
bibliographies, hypothesis, objectives ,rationale etc
Internal Evaluation : 40 Marks

Project: Writing of research proposals and research papers
20 Marks
Presentation
10 Marks
Viva Voce
10 Marks

and viva voce
Semester Exam
60 Marks
Q.1 Short notes on Unit I (Two out of three)
15 marks
5
Q.2 Essay type Question on Unit II (one out of two)
15 Marks
Q.3 Question on Unit III
15 marks
Q.4 Question on Unit IV
15 marks
Reading list
1. Abdul Rahim, F. (2005), Thesis Writing : A Manual for Researchers (New Delhi : New Age
International)
2. Gibaldi, Joseph (6th edn. 2003), MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, New York :
MLA Association
3. Eliot, Simon and W. R. Owens (4th edn. 1998), A Handbook to Literary Research, London :
Routledge & Open University
4. Miller, R. H. (1995), Handbook of Literary Research, Methuen
5. Lenburg, Jeff (2007), Guide to Research, Viva Books
6. Oakman, Robert L. (1984), Computer Methods for Literary Research, Athens : University of
Georgia Press
7. Altick, R. D. (1963), The Art of Literary Research, New York : Norton
8. Harner, James L. (2002), Literary Research Guide : An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources
in English Literary Studies, New York : MLA of America
9. Barker, Nancy and Nancy Hulig (2000), A Research Guide for Under Graduate Students : English
and American Literature, New York : MLA of America
10. Gupta, R. K. (1971), American Literature Fundamentals of Research, ASRC Hyderabad
11. Mishra, D. S. (1989), A Grammar of Literary Research, New Delhi : Harman Publishing House
12. Rajannan, B. (1968), Fundamentals of Research, ASRC Hyderabad
13. Bateson, F. W. (1972), The Scholar Critic : An Introduction to Literary Research, London :
Routledge
14. Adam Sirjohn (2004), Research Methodology: Methods & Techniques, Delhi : New Age
International Ltd
15. Caivary, R. & Nayak V. K. (2005), Research Methodology, S. Chand
16. Kothari,C.R. (1985), Research Methodology: Methods & Techniques, Delhi : New Age
International Ltd
17. Litosseliti,Lia (2000), Using Focus Groups in Research, British Library Cataloguing
18. Rahim, F. Abdul (1996), Thesis Writing-A Manual for Researchers, New Delhi : New Age
International Ltd
19. Rengachari,S. & Rengachari,Sulochna - Research Methodology for English Literature, Bareilly :
Prakash Book Depot
20. Seliger (2001), Second Language Research Methods, Oxford University
21. Sinha, M.P. - Research Methods in English
22. Winkler, Anthony C. & Accuen, Jo Roy (2003), Writing the Research Paper, Thomson Heinle
23. Brown, James Dean (2006), Understanding Research in Second Language Learning, New York:
Cambridge University Press
Convener: Dr. Ashok Thorat

Members:
Dr. Dinesh kumar
Dr. Shilpa Sapre
Course: English Language Teaching

Paper XV& XVI (C)
2013-14)
i)
: M.A.
ii)
Course Code
: PAENGC304 & PAENGC404
iii)
Course Title
:M.A Part II : English Language Teaching

Papers XV & XVI (C)
iv)
v)
vi)
Credit Structure
vii)
: 15
viii)
: 04
2.
3.
: No
4.
: No
5.
Fee Structure
6.
MA---- PART-II (REGULAR)

ENGLISH -- PAPER-XV & XVI (OPTIONAL)
ENGLISH LANGAUGE TEACHING

Objectives:
1. To familiarize the learners with the basics of language teaching, language learning and
testing
2. To make them understand the process of generating learning material
(Semester-I)- ENGLISH LANGAUGE EACHING Paper XV

6 Credits
Total lectures-60
Unit 1: Theories of language learning:
i) Behaviorist theory : Skinners behaviorism
ii) Rationalistic theory : Chomskys Innateness hypothesis and his language
acquisition device ( nativist approach)
iii) Interactionist theories : Schumann , Givon
Unit 2 Language acquisition and Language Learning
a) First Language acquisition :
Maturational factors : Language learning as a simultaneous process along with general
and cognitive development ; the Critical period hypothesis of Lenneburg;
Environmental factors: Role of Caretaker language or Motherese
b) Second Language learning :
i) Simultaneous and sequential learning;
ii) Second language learning in children and adults ;
iii) Factors affecting L 2 learning : learner characteristics ; age, aptitude,
intelligence, motivation or orientation; learning strategies adopted by the
learner; social and cultural factors ; biological factors like physical
deficiencies
Unit 3: Linguistic Processes and Language Proficiency
a) Linguistic Processes involved in Language Learning : Initiation; rule formation;

simplification ; over-generalisation; First Language interference ; Role of transfer;
Wrong analogies and errors ; Optimal sequence of morpheme acquisition. Role of input,
interaction and instruction.
b) Language Proficiency :
Nature of language proficiency: competence, performance , communicative
competence
General language proficiency vs. specific proficiencies.( Is proficiency in language
unitary or multi-faceted ? ) The formalist approach to teaching language through
grammar and vocabulary; the functional approach of teaching language through
four skills- reading, writing, speaking , listening.
Unit 4: Syllabus Design and Methods of teaching :

a. principles of syllabus design
b. formulation of objectives
c. types of syllabuses structural , situational , communicative, notional-functional
, procedural and others
d. methods : grammar translation, direct, audio-lingual , task-oriented/
communicative, etc.
e. Relation between syllabus, classroom teaching /learning and testing and target
situation of use.
EVALUATION------------------------------------------- ( 60 MARKS )
( 4 essay type questions to be asked on the following units from the syllabus.)
Q.1-
[Unit 1 -a] Theories of language learning (with internal option- A or B ) 15 MARKS
Q.2-
[Unit 2 -a] First Language acquisition
15 MARKS
OR
Q.3-
[Unit 2 -b ] Second Language learning
15 MARKS
[Unit 3- a ] Linguistic Processes involved in Language Learning
15 MARKS
OR
[Unit 3-b ] Language Proficiency
15 MARKS
Q.4-
[Unit 4- a / b ]Principles of syllabus design / formulation of objectives
15 MARKS
OR
[Unit 4- c/ d / e] Types of syllabuses/ methods / relation
15 MARKS
(Semester-II) English Language Teaching Paper XVI

Total lectures-60
6 Credits
1. Teaching Learning : Process, Techniques and Materials

a. Process
i. Formal and informal learning
ii. Role of input , interaction and instruction in the process of learning
iii. Is there a best method of teaching language? Is teaching an art or a
science?
iv. Is teaching equivalent to learning?
v. Language skills; techniques for teaching the skills of listening, reading ,
writing and speaking
vi. Descriptive and pedagogical grammar; techniques for teaching grammar
and vocabulary . Sequence in presentation of grammatical features vs.
saturation (natural input).
vii. Text as a discourse. Discourse analysis. Linguistic form and discourse
function. Rhetorical organization ( topic , theme : given and new
information ; rhetorical structure analysis e.g. cause effect patterns ;
coherence , cohesion
viii. Classroom interaction patterns and classroom management based on these
patterns.
b. Materials
i. Principles of selection and production of materials ; adaptation and
simplification
ii. Relevance and appropriateness. Relationship of text and exercise to
technique and method of teaching.
iii. Authentic and fabricated materials
iv. Cultural content
2. Testing and Evaluation
5
a. Relationship to the syllabus; relationship between test purpose, test content and
test format
b. Criteria for a good test : validity ( face validity, content validity, construct
validity, Empirical validity, concurrent and predictive validity ) ; reliability ;
feasibility
c. Approaches to testing: subjective vs. objective; direct vs. indirect; integrative vs.
discrete point ; analytic vs. holistic ; communicative; integrated testing
d. Major test formats : open ended, close, dictation, summary completion, multiple
choice, true/ false, transformation , etc.
e. Types of test : aptitude, diagnostic, achievement, proficiency , formative and
summative tests , norm-reference and criterion referenced tests
f. Process vs. product in testing
g. Assessment : standards, criteria, rating scales
3. Error Analysis
a. Types of error : syntactic, phonological, lexical , discourse .Errors of correctness /
acceptability , appropriateness, intelligibility
b. Types of feedback on error: knowledge of results; affective nature of feedback.
4. ELT in India
a. Functions of English in contemporary India
b. Short history of ELT in India
c. Problematic areas
d. Use of ICTs
e.
INTERNAL EVALUATION
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Analysis of actual syllabi at school / college levels

Peer group teaching
Rhetorical analysis of texts
Survey of available teaching- learning materials
Production of tests/ exercises for specific skills
Error analysis of written assignment
INTERNAL EVALUATION------------------------------------------ ( 40 MARKS)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Peer group teaching

Discourse analysis of texts
Survey of available teaching- learning materials
Production of tests/ exercises for specific skills
Error analysis of written assignments
EVALUATION for Semester II ( 60 MARKS )

( 4 broad answer type questions to be asked on the following units from the syllabus.)
Q.1-
[Unit -1 ] Teaching learning process ( with internal option-= A or B )
Q.2-
[Unit - 2] Teaching learning materials ( with internal option-= A or B ) 15 MARKS
Q.3- [Unit - 3] Testing and evaluation ( with internal option = A or B )

MARKS
Q.4-
[Unit 4 ] ELT in India ( with internal option-= A or B )
15 MARKS
15
15 MARKS
Readings:
1. Agnihotri, R.K. & A.L.Khanna. 1994. Second Language Acquisition: Socio-Cultural and
Linguistic Aspects of English in India. New Delhi: Sage
2. Alderson, J.C. & Hughes, Arthur (eds.). 1981. Issues in Language Testing. ELT
Documents 111. The British Council.
3. Bachman, Lyle F. 1990. Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing. Oxford
University Press.
4. Brown, G. & Yule, G. 1983. Discourse Analysis. Cambridge University Press.
5. Carter, R. & D. Nunan. 2001. The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of
other Languages. Cambridge University Press.
6. Ellis, R. 1985. Understanding Second Language Acquisition. London: Oxford University
Press.
7. Ellis, R. 1990. Instructed Second Language Acquisition: Learning in the Classroom.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
8. Fletcher, p. & Garman, M. 1986. Language Acquisition. (Second Ed.). Cambridge, U.K.:
Cambridge University Press.
9. Freeman , Richard 1991. Mastering Study Skills London : The Macmillan Press Ltd.
10. Harmer, Jeremy. 1989. The Practice of English Language Teaching. Lond. & N.Y.:
Longman
11. Hatch, E.M. 1977. Second Language Acquisition. New York: Newbury House
12. Heaton, J.B. 1975.Studying in English: A Practical Approach to Study Skills in English
as a Second Language . London : Longman
13. Holliday, A. 1994.Appropriate Methodology and Social Context. Cambridge University
Press
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14. Hutchingson, Tom and Alan Waters, 1987. English for Specific Purposes : A Learner
Centred Approach. Cambridge University Press
15. Ingram, D. 1989. First Language Acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
16. Krashen, S. 1982. Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning.
Oxford, New York: Pergamon
17. Kroll, Barbara (ed.). 1992. Second Language Writing. Cambridge University Press
18. Leech, Geoffrey N. 1983. Principles of Pragmatics. Lond. & N.Y.: Longman
19. Mc.Aurthur, T.1983.A Foundation Course for Langauge Teachers. Cambridge University
Press
20. Nunan, David. 1989. Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom. Cambridge
University Press.
21. Prabhu, N.S. 1987. Second Language Pedagogy. Oxford University Press.
22. Pride, J.B.( ed) .1979.Sociolinguistic Aspects of Learning and Teaching Oxford
University Press.
23. Richards, Jack & & Ted Rodgers. 2001. Approaches and Methods in Language
Teaching. Cambridge University Press.
24. Richards, Jack C. 1972. An Introduction to Error Analysis. London: Longman.
25. Ritchie, W. & T. Bhatia (eds.). 1996. Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. New
York: Academic Press.
26. Spolsky, Bernard. 1989. Conditions for Second Language Learning. Oxford University
Press.
27. Stern , H.H. 1983.Fundamental Concepts of Language Teaching . Oxford University
Press.
28. Vygotsky.1972.Thought and Language. Massachusetts: MIT
29. Widdowson ,H.G. 1978 Teaching Language as Communication. Oxford University Press.
30. Widdowson, H.G, 1978. Teaching Language as Communication. Oxford University
Press.
31. Yalden, Janice. 1987. Principles of Course Design for Language Teaching. Cambridge
University Press.
Syllabus prepared by
Dr. Atul Pitre: Convener
Members:
Dr. Susmita Dey
Dr. Ashok Thorat
Dr. Sanjay Pagare
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Item No. 4.36

Revised Syllabus for the M.A.

Course : Literary Theory and Criticism

1. Syllabus as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System:

Name of the Programme

:M.A Part I : Literary Theory and Criticism

Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus

References and Additional References: Enclosed in the Syllabus

: No. of Credits per Semester 06

No. of lectures per Unit

No. of lectures per week

: 4 Questions of 15 marks each

Special notes , if any

: As per University Structure

Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No

MA English (Regular) Part One

Objectives of the Course

2. S. K. De Kuntakas Theory of Poetry: Vakrokti

(Both the essays are from An Introduction to Indian Poetics)

Unit 4: Formalism and New Criticism

2. Victor Shklovsky Art as Technique

Internal Assessment 40%

the teacher concerned

One classroom presentation on the project

A viva voce based on the project

Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of

Analytical session (content analysis of literary theories to be decided by the Department

Class presentation: on theories and approaches

Writing position papers

Book review of theories and criticism

Article review: selected from journals and books

Writing research papers

B) Semester End Examination Pattern

Question 1: Essay on the theories from unit 1: (1 out of 2)

Question 2: Essay on the theories from unit 2 (1 out of 2)

Question 3: Essay on the theories from unit 3 (1 out of 2)

Question 4: Essay on the theories from unit 4 (1 out of 2)

Semester Two: Literary Theory and Criticism (Paper Two: Structuralism

1. Roland Barthes The Death of the Author

1. Fredric Jameson The Politics of Theory: Ideological Positions in the Postmodernism

1. Wolfgang Iser Reading Process: A Phenomenological Approach (From Modern

1. Stuart Hall Cultural Identity and Diaspora (From Theorizing Diaspora)

Internal Assessment 40%

the teacher concerned

One classroom presentation on the project

A viva voce based on the project

Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of

Analytical session (content analysis of literary theories to be decided by the Department

Class presentation: on theories and approaches

Book review of theories and criticism

Article review: selected from journals and books

Writing research papers

B) Semester End Examination Pattern

Question 1: Essay on the theories from unit 1: (1 out of 2,)

Question 2: Essay on the theories from unit 2 (1 out of 2)

Question 3: Essay on the theories from unit 3 (1 out of 2)

Question 4: Essay on the theories from unit 4 (1 out of 2)

Sources of the prescribed texts

Syllabus Prepared by: