Final - NEP ENG - HONS - MINOR - AEC - SEC

WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY
4 YEARS HONOURS /3 YEARS MAJOR IN ENGLISH
SEMESTER I
DS 1: HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Unit 1. Middle English period to Jacobean Age
Unit 2. Neoclassical period
Unit 3. Romantic Age
Unit 4. Victorian Age
Unit 5. Modern period to beginnings of Postmodernism
Assessment Pattern:
End Semester (50) - Units 2-5

2 questions out of 5 with internal choice from each unit (within 400 words each)
2x10=20
4 short notes/questions out of 8 (each within 200 words) 4x5=20
10 objective type questions 10x1=10
Internal assessment (40)- Unit 1

Tutorial: Home Assignment and Project Presentation (20) & Written Test (20)
Attendance (10)
SUGGESTED READINGS
Albert, Edward, History of English Literature,

Baugh, A. C. & Kemp Malone, The Literary History of England, Vols 1-4
Carter, Ronald &John McRae, The Routledge History of Literature in English:
Britain and Ireland, Routledge, 2021
Choudhury, Bibhash, English Social and Cultural History: an introductory
guide & glossary, PHI, 2019, 2nd Edition
Daiches, David, A Critical History of English Literature, Vols 1 & 2, Supernova
Publishers, 2019
Long, William J., English Literature: Its History and Significance For the Life
of the English-speaking World, Maple Press, 2012
Sanders, Andrew, A Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford, 2005,
3rd Edition
Short Note Topics on the History of English Literature
Unit II
Cavalier Poetry; Christian Allegories in Restoration Age; Neoclassicism;
Periodical Writing; Sentimentalism; Poetry of Sensibility
Unit III
Wordsworth on poetic diction; Negative Capability; Esemplastic Imagination;
Novel of Manners; Gothic Novel; Historical Novel
Unit IV
‘Condition of England’ Novels; Darwinism; Victorian Compromise; Pre-
Raphaelite Poetry; Aestheticism; The Victorian New Woman; Naturalistic
Drama; Celtic Revival; Fin de siècle
Unit V
War Poetry; The 30’s Poets; Poetic Drama; Movement Poets; Kitchen Sink
Drama; Absurdism
SEMESTER 2
DS 2: HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERARY TERMS
Group A: History of English Language
Unit I
Indo-European family of Languages
Grimm’s Law, Verner’s Law
Scandinavian Influence
French Influence
Latin & Greek Influence
Influence of The Bible
Influence of Shakespeare
The following topics to be covered in short notes:

Native resources; Hybridism; Journalese; Malapropism; Monosyllabism; Back-
formation; Free and Fixed Compounds
Unit II.
Understanding of the formation of Indian English words through the processes
of Loan words, Loan translations, Hybridism, Adaptations, Diffusions
(only word notes): peon, guru, lathi-charge, tiffin-box, military hotel, 420,
communal, out of station, batchmate, match box, eve-teasing, karma, hartal,
almirah, gherao, avatar
Group B: Literary Terms
Terms related to Poetry - lyric, ballad, ode, sonnet, elegy, pastoral, epic,
dramatic monologue
Terms related to Drama - aside, antihero, conflict, dramatic irony, masque,
three unities, chorus, hubris, hamartia, catharsis, climax
Terms related to Fiction -bildungsroman, character, plot, point of view,
epistolary technique, picaresque, stream of consciousness
Assessment Pattern:
End Semester (50)
2 out of 4 questions on Influences 2x10=20
5 Word notes out of 9 on Indian English 5x2=10
5 Literary Terms out of 9 5x4=20
Internal Assessment (40)
Tutorial: Home Assignment and Presentation on Indo-European family of
Languages, Grimm’s Law, Verner’s Law (20)
Written Test on Short Notes (20)
Attendance (10)
SUGGESTED READINGS
Jesperson, Otto, Growth & Structure of the English Language, Atlantic
Publishers, 2022.
Wren, C.L., The English Language, S. Chand, 2007.
Baugh, A.C., A History of the English Language, Routledge, 2012.
Yule, H. & A.C. Burnell, Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo -
Indian Words and Phrases, Gyan Publishing, 2020.
Sethi, J., Standard English and Indian Usage: Vocabulary and Grammar,
Prentice Hall, 2010.
Abrams, M.H., A Glossary of Literary Terms, Cengage India, 2015.
Cuddon, J.A., A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory, Penguin, 2015.
Waugh, Patricia, Literary Theory and Criticism, Oxford University Press, 2015.
ENGLISH MINOR FOR 4 YEARS’ HONOURS
PROGRAMME / ENGLISH CORE FOR 3 YEARS’ MDC
SEMESTER 1
MA 1: THE INDIVIDUAL & SOCIETY
Unit 1 – Caste/Class
Premchand – ‘Deliverance’; Omprakash Valmiki – extract from Joothan
Unit 2 – Gender
Eunice D’Souza – ‘Marriages are made’
Virginia Woolf - ‘Shakespeare’s Sister’
Unit 3 – Race
Langston Hughes – ‘Harlem’;
Maya Angelou – ‘Still I Rise’
Unit 4 – Violence and War
Wilfred Owen – ‘Dulce et decorum est’
Amitav Ghosh - ‘The Ghosts of Mrs. Gandhi’
Unit 5 – Living in a Globalized World
Imtiaz Dharkar-‘At the Lahore Karhai’
Naomi Klein- ‘The Brand Expands’
Pattern of Questions:
End Semester (50)
3 long questions from 4 Units (with internal choice from each Unit) 3x15=45
1 short note/question out of 4 (one from each Unit) 1x5=5
20 marks’ hand written project/Power Point presentation on Unit 1
20 marks’ written test on Unit 1
Attendance (10)
SEMESTER 2
ENGLISH MINOR 2/CORE 2 : CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Cultural Diversity: Selections from Modern Indian Literature, ed. Sukrita
Paul Kumar, Macmillan. [Selected portions are in Bold]
Syllabus Details:
Unit 5: Dalit Voices : (Excerpts from ‘Dalit Sahitya: The Historical
Background’ not included)
Unit 6: Writing in English (Excerpts from ‘Indian Pride and Indian Prejudice’
not included)
Unit 7: Womanspeak: Examples from Kannada and Bangla
Pattern of questions:
End Semester (50)
3 essay type questions out of 5 from Units 5 & 6 3x15=45
1 short note/question out of 3 of 5 from prescribed texts 1x5=5
20 marks Written Test & 20 marks Project from Unit 7
Attendance (10)
AECs and SECs
AEC ENGLISH
SEMESTER 1: INDIAN WEAVES, Orient BlackSwan, 2020 (50 MARKS)
Tagore - ‘Where the Mind is without Fear’
Dilip Chitre - ‘The Felling of the Banyan Tree’
Premchand - ‘Thakur’s Well’

R. K. Narayan - ‘The Doctor’s Word’
End Semester (50)

Multiple Choice Questions 2x25=50
SEMESTER 2: GLIMPSES, Edn 2, OrientBlackSwan, 2020 (50 MARKS)

William Shakespeare - ‘All the World’s a Stage’
William Butler Yeats- ‘Wild Swans at Coole’
Anton Chekov - ‘The Lottery Ticket’
Katherine Mansfield - ‘A Cup of Tea’
End Semester (50)

Multiple Choice Questions 2x25=50
SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC)

SEMESTER 1 (For Honours Students)/SEMESTER 3 (For 3 years MDC):
SEC 1 – ENG LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT) (3 credits- 50 marks)
1. Knowing the Learners
i. Characteristics of a Good Language Learner
ii. Factors behind Success/Failure behind Language Learning
2. Teaching and Learning Basic Language skills

i. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing- Basics of Skill Development
3. Approaches and Methods of English Language Teaching

i. Grammar-Translation Method
ii. Direct Method
iii. Communicative Approach
4. Materials for Language Teaching

i. Materials for Teaching Four language Skills (LSRW)
ii. Using the Textbook
iii. Using authentic Materials
iv. Using Teaching Aids
5. Language Evaluation:
i. Different kinds of Tests
ii. Reliability and Validity of Tests
Evaluation modalities
Continuous Evaluation to be conducted by the colleges.
SEMESTER 2 (For Honours Students)/SEMESTER 4 (For 3 years MDC):

SEC 2 - CREATIVE WRITING (3 credits- 50 marks)
Unit 1. What is Creative Writing
Unit II. The Art and Craft of Writing
Unit III. Modes of Creative Writing
Unit IV. Writing for the Media
Unit. V. Preparing for Publication
Evaluation modalities
Continuous Evaluation to be conducted by the colleges.

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WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY

4 YEARS HONOURS /3 YEARS MAJOR IN ENGLISH

End Semester (50) - Units 2-5

Internal assessment (40)- Unit 1

Albert, Edward, History of English Literature,

The following topics to be covered in short notes:

MA 1: THE INDIVIDUAL & SOCIETY

ENGLISH MINOR 2/CORE 2 : CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Premchand - ‘Thakur’s Well’

End Semester (50)

SEMESTER 2: GLIMPSES, Edn 2, OrientBlackSwan, 2020 (50 MARKS)

End Semester (50)

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC)

2. Teaching and Learning Basic Language skills

3. Approaches and Methods of English Language Teaching

4. Materials for Language Teaching

SEMESTER 2 (For Honours Students)/SEMESTER 4 (For 3 years MDC):

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