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SYLLABUS for B.A English M.S University,India Page 1

ACHARIYA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

B.A English

With Computer Application

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MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY, TIRUNELVELI – 12

B.A. ENGLISH WITH COMPUTER APPLICATION

SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS

(FOR THOSE WHO JOINED THE COURSE FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-2009 ONWARDS)

I SEMESTER

TITLE OF THE PAPER TEACHING HOURS CREDITS

1.1 PART-I TAMIL / OTHER LANGUAGES 6 3

1.2 PART – II ENGLISH 6 3

1.3 PART – III CORE SUBJECTS 1. INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH 2. FICTION – I

10 10

8 8

1.5 ALLIED SUBJECT INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS AND MS OFFICE

6

5

1.6 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 2 2

TOTAL ( 6 COUNTS) 40 29

II SEMESTER


2.1 PART –I TAMIL / OTHER LANGUAGES 6 3


2.3 PART – III CORE SUBJECTS

1.) NON FICTION – I 10 8

2.) POETRY- I 10 8

ALLIED SUBJECTS - I

2.4 Theory: MS EXCEL, MS POWERPOINT AND INTERNET

6 5

2.5 PRACTICAL: MS-OFFICE – PRACTICAL 2 2

VALUE BASED EDUCATION 2 2

TOTAL (7 COURSES) 42 31


III SEMESTER


3.1 PART – I TAMIL/OTHER LANGUAGES 6 3


3.3 PART – III CORE SUBJECTS 1.) DRAMA – 1

6

4

3.4 SKILL BASED SUBJECT 1.) COMMUNICATION SKILLS

4

4

3.5 NON – MAJOR ELECTIVE 1.) JOURNALISM

2 2

3.6 ALLIED SUBJECT II PAGEMAKER

6 5

TOTAL ( 6 COURSES) 30 23

IV SEMESTER


4.1 PART – I TAMIL /OTHER LANGUAGES 6 3


4.3 PART – III CORE SUBJECT

1.) FICTION II

6 4

4.4 SKILL BASED SUBJECT 1.) PUBLIC SPEAKING

4 4

4.5 NON-MAJOR ELECTIVE (ANY ONE) 1.) MASS COMMUNICATION 2.) BUSINESS ENGLISH

2 2

4.6 ALLIED SUBJECT II 1.) CORELDRAW AND PHOTOSHOP

6 5

PRACTICAL

4.7 2.) COMPUTER APPLICATION 2 2



V SEMESTER


PART – III CORE SUBJECTS

5.1 SHAKESPEARE 4 4

5.2 POETRY II 4 4

5.3 CANADIAN LITERATURE 4 4

5.4 LITERARY FORMS 4 4

[ANY 2 OUT OF 4 ELECTIVE PAPERS]

ELECTIVE – I

5.4 ONE ACT PLAYS AND SHORT STORIES 5 5

5.5 ELECTIVE – II MASS COMMUNICATION

5 5

5.6 ELECTIVE – III COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

5 5

5.7 ELECTIVE – IV JOURNALISM

5 5


VI SEMESTER


PART III CORE SUBJECTS

6.1 AFRICAN LITERATURE 5 5

6.2 INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS & SPOKEN ENGLISH

5 5

6.3 LITERARY CRITICISM 5 5

6.4 AMERICAN LITERATURE 5 5

6.5 COMMON WEALTH 5 5

PROJECT/ELECTIVE MAJOR PROJECT (MINIMUM 30 PAGES)

5

5



Syllabus for B.A. English with Computer Applications under CBCS

For those who joined the course from the Academic year

2008 – 2009 onwards.

I SEMESTER


1.1 PART-I TAMIL / OTHER LANGUAGES 6 3


1.3

1.4


1. INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH

2. FICTION – I

10

10

8

8

1.5 ALLIED SUBJECT

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS AND

MS OFFICE

6

5

1.6 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 2 2

TOTAL ( 6 COUNTS) 40 29


MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY, TIRUNELVELI –12

SYALLABUS FOR B.A ENGLISH

I SEMESTER - PART II ENGLISH

1.2 PROSE,SHORT STORIES,GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE SKILLS

UNIT I : PROSE

Text Book: Prose for Communication (Manimekala Publishing House,Madurai)

Prescribed Lessons:

1. My Greatest Olympic Prize - Jesse Owens

2. A Glory Has Departed - Jawaharlal Nehru

3. Tree Speaks - C.Rajagopalachari

4. Carless At Last - J.B. Priestley

5. My Vision for India - A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

UNIT II : SHORT STORIES

Text Book: Selected Short Stories and One-Act Plays

(Emerald Publishers,Chennai)

1. The Post Master - Rabindranath Tagore

2. The Verger - Somerset Maugham

3. The Selfish Giant - Oscar Wilde

4. The Prize Poem - P.G.Wodehouse

GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE STUDY

Textbook: A textbook of English Grammar and Usage—K.V.Joseph


UNIT III: GRAMMAR and USAGE

1. Sentences, Clauses and Phrases

2. Parts of Speech

3. Noun

4. Pronoun

5. Determiners

6. Articles

7. Adjectives

8. Verbs

UNIT IV: CONT.

1. Adverbs

2. Some Common Adjectives and Adverbs

3. Prepositions from chapter 18

4. Synonyms : 50 words

5. Antonyms : 50 words

6. Pairs of words: 50 pairs

UNIT V: LANGUAGE SKILLS

1. Note making

2. Precis writing

3. Developing hints into an essay

4. Expansion of Proverbs

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I SEMESTER - PART III ENGLISH

1.3 Core Course I- Indian Writing in English

Unit I – PROSE

1. S. Radhakrishnan - The Religion We Need

2. B.R.Ambedkar - Democracy in India

Unit II – POETRY

Nissim Ezekial 1) Enterprise

2) Night of the Scorpion

3) Background Casually

A.K.Ramanujam 1) Small Scale Reflections on a Great House

2) A River

3) Breaded Fish

R.Parthasarathy 1) Under Another Sky

2) River Once

K.N.Dharuwalla 1) Death by burial

2) The Epileptic

Text: Contemporary Indian Writing in English Ed. By Saleem Peeradina

- Macmillan Company Ltd.

Unit III : SHORT STORIES

Text: An Astrologer’s Day and other stories by R.K.Narayan

1. The Astrologer’s Day

2. The Doctor’s Work

3. A snake in the grass


4. Ishwaran

5. The snake – song

6. Gateman’s Gift

Unit IV : FICTION

Khushwant Singh: Train to Pakistan

-Orient Longman

Unit V : DRAMA

K.Girish karnad : Nagamandal



I SEMESTER - PART III ENGLISH

Core Course II- Fiction I

1.4

Unit I : Daniel Defoe : Robinson Crusoe

Unit II : Gulliver’s Travels-

Voyage to Lilliput

Unit III : Goldsmith: The Vicar of Wakefield

Unit IV : Walter Scott : Kenilworth

Unit V : Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice

(Original Texts should be used)


ALLIED SUBJECT

I SEMESTER - COMPUTER APPLICATION PAPER I

1.5 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS AND MS-WORD (THEORY)

UNIT I: Introduction to Computers: Introduction – Types of Computers – Characteristic of Computers –

Classification of Digital Computer System: Micro Computers – Mini Computers – Mainframes – Super

Computers – Network Computers. Anatomy of a Digital Computer: Functions and Components of

Computer – Central Processing Unit – Computer Architecture. The first Electronic Computer.

UNIT II: The Peripheral Devices – Memory Units – Auxiliary Storage Devices: Magnetic Tape – Hard and

Floppy Disk – Input Devices – Output Devices. Introduction to Computer Software: Word Processor –

Spread Sheets – Presentation Graphics. Operating System: Function of O/S – Classification of O/S.

Programming Languages: High Level Languages – Types of High Level Languages – Compilers and

Interpreters.

UNIT III: Getting to know word: Introduction – Word 2003 Screen – Page Views – Toolbars – Adjusting

the page setup – Automatic Customization: Basic Text Manipulation: The Document Window – Click and

Type – Multiple Text Selection – Auto Recover – Handwriting Text – Opening a document – Saving a

document.

UNIT IV: Formatting Text: Character Level Formatting – The Font dialog box – Paragraph line formatting

– Bullet Paragraphs – Advanced bulleting – Advanced numbering.

Working with a Document: The Rules – Cut and Paste – Copy and Paste – The Taskpane Clipboard –

Undo and Redo – Headers and Footers.

UNIT V: Automating Features: Find and Replace – Special Characters – Spelling and Grammar Checking –

Autocorrect – Autotext. Templates and Wizards: Using Templates – Templates defaults – Form

templates – setting up a new template.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Book: Fundamentals of Information Technology Author: Alexis Leon and Mathews Leon

Publishers: L & L Consultancy Services PVT. Ltd. India.


2. Book: Word 2003 Author: Scott Bashman

Publishers: Dreamtech Press (2007).

REFERENCES:

1. Book: Introduction to Computers – Fourth Edition Author: Peter Nortorn

Publishers: Tata McGraw Hill (2002)

2. Book: Microsoft Office 2003 – The Complete Reference

Author: Jennifer Ackerman Kettell, Guy Hart and Curt Simmons.

Publishers: Tata McGraw Hill (2003


SYLLABUS of ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR UG

I Semester (PART IV) – COMPULSORY PAPER

(For those who joined the course from the Academic Year 2008 – 2009 onwards)

1.6

UNIT 1: THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Definition, scope and importance

Natural resources and associated problem:

a) Forest resources: Use and over-exploitation, deforestation, timber extraction, dams and their effects on forests and tribal people.

b) Water resources: Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, floods, drought, dams-benefits and problems, water conservation and watershed management.

c) Mineral resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects. d) Food resources: World food problems, changes,effects of modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide

problems. e) Energy resource: Growing energy needs, renewable and non renewable energy sources,

alternate energy sources. f) Land resource: Land as a resource, land degradation, man-induced landslides, soil erosion and

desertification.

UNIT2: ECOSYSTEMS

a) forest Ecosystem b) Grassland Ecosystem c) Desert ecosystem d) Aquatic Ecosystem(Ponds, rivers, oceans, estuaries)

Energy flow in the ecosystem

Ecological succession

Food Chains, Food Webs and Ecological Pyramids.

UNIT 3: BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONDSERVATION

Introduction – Definition: Genitic, species and ecosystem diversity.

Biogeographical classification of India

Values of Biodiversity


Biodiversity at global, national and local levels

India as a mega-diversity nation

Hot-Spots of biodiversity

Threats to biodiversity

Endangered and endemic species of India

Conservation of biodiversity: In-situ and Ex-situ conservation of biodiversity.

UNIT IV : ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Definition – Causes, effects and control measures of:

a) Air Pollution b) Water Pollution c) Soil Pollution d) Marine Pollution e) Noise Pollution f) Thermal Pollution

Solid Waste Management

Disaster Management: Floods, earthquake, cyclone and landslides.

UNIT5: SOCIAL ISSUES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Climatic change, global warming, acid rain, ozone depletion.

Wasteland reclamation

Consumerism and Waste products, use and through plastics

Environment Protection Act

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act

Wildlife Protection Act

Forest Conservation Act


Population Explosion – Family Welfare Programme

Human Rights

REFERENCES:

1. G.S. Vijayalakshmi, A.G. Murugesan and N. Sukumaran. 2006. Basics of Environmental Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Publications, Tirunelveli, pp.160.

2. Agarwal. K>C> 2001. Environmental Biology, Nidi Publications Limited, Bikaner. 3. A.K.De. 1999. Environmental Chemistry, Wiley Eastern Limited, India 4. Jadhav. H and Bhosale, V.M.1995. Environmental Protection and Laws, Himalaya Publishing

House, Delhi. pp284. 5. Odum, E.P.1971. Fundamentals of Ecology, W.B. Saunders Co., USA. Pp.574.

Note:

For External-75Marks

Internal-25 Marks



For those who joined the course from the Academic year

2008 – 2009 onwards

II SEMESTER


2.1 PART –I TAMIL / OTHER LANGUAGES 6 3



2.3 3.) NON FICTION – I 10 8

2.4 4.) POETRY- I 10 8

ALLIED SUBJECTS - I

2.5 Theory: MS EXCEL, MS POWERPOINT AND

INTERNET

6 5

2.6 PRACTICAL: MS-OFFICE – PRACTICAL 2 2

2.7 VALUE BASED EDUCATION 2 2

TOTAL (7 COURSES) 42 31




II SEMESTER - PART II ENGLISH

2.2 PROSE, ONE-ACT PLAYS, GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

UNIT I : PROSE (2 hours)

Text: Prose for communication (Manimekala Publishing House)

Prescribed Lessons:

1. My Financial Career - Stephen Leacock

2. When You Dread Failure - A.J.Cronin

3. The Scientific Point Of View - J.E.S. Haldane Neville

4. Forgetting - Robert Lynd

5. Dangers Of Drug Abuse - Hardin B Jones

UNIT II: ONE ACT PLAYS (1 hour)

Text: Selected Short Stories and One-Act Plays (Emerald Publishes, Chennai)

1. A Robber Robbed - Xavier Amalraj

2. The Dear Departed - Stanley Houghton

3. The Shirt - Francis Dillon

4. Progress - St. John Ervine

GRAMMAR AND USAGE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS (2 hours)

UNIT III: GRAMMAR AND USAGE


Chapters 11 to 18 (From A Textbook of English Grammar and Usage- K.V Jopseph)

1. Tenses and their uses 2. Concord or Agreement 3. Conditional Sentences 4. Direct and Indirect Speech 5. Active and Passive Speech 6. Questions 7. Clause Structure 8. Prepositions (pp.315-332)

UNIT IV: GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

(From A Textbook of English Grammar and Usage – K.V. Joseph)

Chapters 19 to 21

1. Conjunctions 2. Transformation of Sentences 3. Synthesis of Sentences 4. Letter Writing 5. Telegram Writing 6. Dialogue Writing

UNIT V: ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS (SPOKEN ENGLISH) (1 hour)

Text book: Oral Communication skills (Published by Cambridge University Press,

New delhi-1)

Prescribed Lessons

Part I: Speaking Skills

Part II: Communication skills-I



II SEMESTER - PART III ENGLISH

2.3 Core Course I- Non-fiction-1-5hrs

UNIT-I

Francis Bacon :Of Studies

:Of Great place

UNIT-II Joseph Addison :Sir Roger at the theatre

Richard steele :Sir Roger and the window

UNIT-III

Goldsmith :The Man in Black

Daniel Defoe :Description of a quack doctor

UNIT-IV

Macaulay :Oliver Goldsmith

Charles Lamb :Poor Relations

Unit-V

G.K.Chesterton :Worship of the wealthy

A.G.Gardiner :A fellow Traveller

A Galaxy of English Essayists Edited by M.G.Nayar-Macmillan


II SEMESTER - PART III ENGLISH

2.4 Core Course 2- POETRY 1-5hrs

UNIT-I

Spenser - Prothalamion

Milton - On His Blindness

UNIT-II

Dryden - Alexander’s Feast

Coleridge - Kubla Khan

UNIT-III

Wordsworth - 1.Tintern Abbey Lines

2.Lines Written in Early Spring

UNIT-IV

Keats - 1.Ode to Autumn

2.Ode to Nightingale

UNIT-V

Shelley - 1.Ode to the West Wind

2.The Skylark


COMPUTER APPLICATION PAPER II – II SEMESTER

2.5 MS-EXCEL, MS-POWERPOINT AND INTERNET (THEORY)

UNIT I: Excel: Using and hiding the task pane – Customizing Excel Options – Using Worksheets and

Workbooks – Understanding Excel Screen – Entering data in the Worksheets.

UNIT II: Formatting Worksheets and Restricting Data: Adding, Deleting and Manipulating Worksheets

– Formatting Cells and Ranges – Restricting Data and Protecting Worksheets.

UNIT III: Powerpoint: Exploring the Powerpoint Interface – Starting a Presentation – Browsing a

presentation.

UNIT IV: Creating and Editing Slides: Working with Slides – Editing Slides – Formatting Text –

Formatting Paragraph – Formatting Bullets and Numbers – Inserting a Table – Inserting a Text Box.

UNIT V: Internet and World Wide Web: Introduction – Internet Access – Internet Basics – Internet

Protocols – WAIS – Internet Addressing – The World Wide Web – Web Browsers – Searching the Web –

Internet Chat. Electronic Mail: Introduction – E-mail Name and Address – Mailing Basics – Spamming – E-

mail Advantages and Disadvantages – Intranets.

TEXTBOOKS:

1. Book: Fundamentals of Information Technology Author: Alexis Leon and Mathews Leon

Publishers: L & L Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. India.

2. Book: Microsoft Office 2003 – The Complete Reference Author: Jennifer Ackerman Kettell, Guy Hart and Curt Simens.

Publishers; Tata McGraw Hill (2003)

REFERENCES:

1. Book: Information Technology: Basics Author: P.S.G. Kumar

Publishers: B.R. Publishing Corporations ( A Division of BRPC (India) Ltd.)

2. Book: “MS Office 2000 for Everyone” Author: Sanjay Saxena

Publishers: Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. (2000).


MS-OFFICE – PRACTICAL

II SEMESTER

2.6

1. Develop a MS-Word Application program to open, type some text content on it and saves that document.

2. Develop a MS-Word application program to adjust the pages setup, whereas the page containing some text.

3. Develop a MS-Word application program to implement the character and paragraph line formatting.

4. Develop a MS-Word application program to implement the following: a) Bullet Paragraph b) Header and Footer c) Cut, Copy and Paste.

5. Develop a MS-Excel Application program to open, enter some data content and save the Excel Sheet.

6. Develop a MS-Excel application program to format the Worksheet cells and its ranges.

7. Develop a MS-Excel application program to add, delete and manipulate the excel sheet.

8. Develop a MS-powerpoint application program to create the sample slideshow of containing atleast five slides.

9. Develop a MS-Powerpoint application program to work and edit the slides.

10. Develop a MS-Powerpoint application program to implement the Bullet and Number formatting.

11. Develop a MS-Powerpoint application program to insert the table and fill some


data into it.

12. Use the Web Browser to implement the Internet Chatting Process.

13.Use the Web Browser to create the E-mail id, sign-in and sign-out the mail-id.

14.Use the Web Browser to open the Yahoo search, to search a text and saves that page.


2.7 SOCIAL VALUE EDUCATION

(Value Based Education) – (2 Credits)

II SEMESTER -Compulsory Paper for all UG Courses. (For those who joined the ocurse from the Academic year 2008 – 2009)

I. Social Justice

Deifnition, Need Paramenters of Social Justice. Factors causing social injustice casete and Gender.

Human Rights

Concept of Human Rights. U.N. Convensions on Human Rights. Human

Rights under Indian Constitution.

II. Women and child Rights

Area of Women and Child Rights. Indicators of Women empowerment. Women and

environment.

III. Communal Harmony

Concept of communalism. Religion and its place in public domain. Separtion of religion from

politics. Role of Institutions Communal Harmony. and NGOs in

creating awareness about

Communal Harmony.

IV. Social Problems

Causes and magnitude of alcoholism and drug addiction. Prevention and care.

Awareness programmmes.

V. Globalization and Consumer Movement

Globalization: Meaning, Emergence. Benefits and disadvantages of Market Economy.

Consumer Movement

Object Acts Rights of consumers. Role of Consumer Councils. Grievances and Redressal

Mechanisms.


REFERENCES:

Reference books for Social Justice, Human Rights(Unit I)

1. Karunanithi. G, ed., Social Values: Issues and Implications, Tirunelveli: M.S. University Pblication Division, 2002.

2. Kuber Ambedkar: a Critical Study. New Delhi; people’s publishing House, 1973. 3. Mishra, Pramod. Ed., Human Rights in South Asia, Delhi: kalpay Publications,2000. 4. R.K. Narasimham, Human Rights and Social Justice. New Delhi: Common Wealth

Publications. 5. Sanajaoba, Naorem. Human Rights: Principles, Practices and Abuses. New Delhi: Omsons

Publications, 1994. 6. Shyamlal and saxena, K.S. Ambedkar and Nation Building. Jaipur: Rawat Publications,

1998. Reference Books for Women and Child Rights, Women Empowerment and Women and

Environment(Unit II)

1. Desai, Neera and Krishnaraj, Maitheyi. Women and Sciety in India. Delhi: Ajantha Publications, 1987.

2. Gopalan, Sarala. “ Women’s Empowerment. Paradigm shift from welfare to Empowerment”. Social Welfare 43(5) August 1996, pp.32-33.

3. India. Toward Equality: Status of Women in India. New Delhi. 1974. 4. Karunanithi. G , ed. Social Values: Issues and Implications. Tirunelveli: M.S. university,

Publication, 2002. 5. Misra, A Chipko Movement: Uttarlhand women Bid to Save Forest Wealth. New Delhi: People’s

Action, 1978. 6. Pillai, J.k. Women and Empowerment New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 1995. 7. Shay, Sashama. Women and Empowerment: Approaches and Strategies. New Delhi; discovery

Publishing House, 19998. 8. Siva, Vandana( trans. By Poovalakin Nanbarkal). Vyirodu Ulava. Chennai: Poovalakin

Nanbarkal,2000

Reference: Book for communal harmony (Unit III)

Chandra Biban, Communicalism in modern India. New Delhi, Vikas Publishing house Private Limited,

1984.

Gopal, Sarvapalli etal, Anotomy of a contfrontation. New Delhi. Viking Publishing House.

Reference: Books for alcoholism and Drug Addiction (Unit IV)


Madan, G.R Indian School Problems Vol1. New Delhi, Allied Publishers, 1985.

Reference: books for Globalization (Unit V)

1. Chandrasekaran , C.P “Globalization and its impact” in Frontline(1999-2002) 2. Vaidyanathan , A. Indian Economy and after Independence. New Dehli. Orient Longman.

Reference Books for consumer Movement (Unit V)

1. Saha, Tusharkaanti. Law of Tort and consumer Justice. New Dehli: Kanishka Publisher 2001. 2. Vardhan R Yashod. Consumerism and consumer Protection laws. Madras: Legal Education and

AID Socity, 1994. 3. District Collector, Consumer Rights and consumer Protection Act- An Introduction. Nagercoil:

K.K. District Consumer Protection center, 1999(Tamil Book) .



For those who joined the course from the Academic year 2008 – 2009 onwards

III SEMESTER


3.1 PART – I TAMIL/OTHER LANGUAGES 6 3


3.3 PART – III CORE SUBJECTS 2.) DRAMA – 1

6

4

3.4 SKILL BASED SUBJECT 2.) COMMUNICATION SKILLS

4

4

3.5 NON – MAJOR ELECTIVE 2.) JOURNALISM

2 2

3.6 ALLIED SUBJECT II PAGEMAKER

6 5





III SEMESTER - PART II ENGLISH

3.2 PROSE, DRAMA, FICTION, LANGUAGE STUDY AND COMMUNICATION

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Reality and Reflections - Published by Higginbothams Private Limited, Tirunelveli. Contact Phone

: 0462-2574801 /2575016) . (All Prescribed Prose Lessons, Scenes from Shakespeare and items in

language study and communication i.e. Units I, II, IV and V are found in this book)

2. The Old Man and The Sea –published by Harrows Publications, Bangalore. Contact Ph (0)

9965090940.

UNIT I : PROSE (2 hours) Prescribed Essays

1. On Magnanimity - C.P. Snow 2. War and Peace - Chris Tenove 3. Water , the Elixir of Life - C.V.Raman 4. Education for New India - Rajagopalachari

UNIT II : DRAMA (1 hour)

1. Love at First Sight – from The Tempest (Act III Sc 1 lines 1 to 95) 2. The Bed Chamber Scene – from Othello (Act V Sc 1 lines 1 to 165) 3. Window to the Mind – A Soliloquy from Hamlet (Act III Sc 1 lines 56 to 89) 4. The Sleep Walking Scene – from Macbeth (Act V Sc 1 lines 1 to 75)

UNIT III : FICTION. (1 hour)

The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway


UNIT IV : LANGUAGE STUDY AND COMMUNICATION (1hour)

1. One Word Substitutes: 50 words

2. Foreign Words and Phrases: 40

3. Jumbled Sentences 4. Reading Comprehension

5. Speech Writing

UNIT V (1 hour)

1. Advertisement writing 2. Responding to Advertisements 3. Report Writing 4. Interviewing 5. Curriculum Vitae / Resume Writing

Anatomy, gynaecology, paediatrics, philanthropy, idiosyncracy, infallible, imperative,

catastrophic, unanimous, anonymous, extempore, bureaucracy,

Versatile, veteran, innovation, pseudonym, posthumous, carnivorous,secular,

Seismograph, obsolete , cemetery, amateur, optimist, teetotaler, stoic, cosmopolitan,

feminist, pedestrian, philatelist, hypocrite kleptomaniac, imposter, ascetic, amphibian,

fiancé, voluptuary, insolvent, martyr, spendthrift, dermatologist, psychologist, egoist,

celibate, usurer, catalyst, assassin, alimony, genocide, pedant

Ad hoc, ad nauseum,alpha and omega, alam mater, alter ego, boanfide, malafide, de facto,

de jure, en masse,ex officio, ibid, in toto, lingua franca,prima facie,

Status quo, sine die, versus, via media, vice versa, viva voce, ad interim, ante meridian, post

meridian,coup d’eat, cul de sac,et al., ex gratia, faux pas , grand prix, habeas corpus, idée

fixe, in absentia,visa vis,ipso facto, locus standi, magnum opus, par excellence, per se, sub

judice.


SYALLABUS FOR B.A ENGLISH III SEMESTER

CORE SUBJECTS (1 COURSE) 6 HRS 4 CREDITS

SKILL BASED SUBJECTS (1 COURSE) 4 HRS 4 CREDITS

NON-MAJOR ELECTIVE (1 COURSE) 2 HRS 2 CREDITS

ALLIED SUBJECT II (1 COURSE) 6 HRS 5 CREDITS

3.3 CORE SUBJECT

CORE COURSE 1 (DRAMA – 1)

UNIT -1

MARLOWE – DR.FAUSTUS

UNIT -2

BEN JONSON – EVERYMAN IN HIS HUMOUR

UNIT – 3

JOHN WEBSTER – DUCHESS OF MALFI

UNIT – 4

WILLIAM CONGREVE – THE WAY OF THE WORLD

UNIT – 5

SHERIDAN – THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL


3.4 SKILL BASED SUBJECTS

1 COURSE 4HRS 4 CREDITS COMMUNICATION SKILLS

TEXT: DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION SKILLS

KRISHNA MOHAN, MEERA BENERJI PAGES 3 – 151

UNIT 1

Languages and communication

Non – verbal communication

UNIT 2

Communication in organizations

Dyadic communication

UNIT 3

Meetings

Seminars and conferences

UNIT 4

Group discussion

Audio – visual aids

UNIT 5

Formal reports

Style


3.5 NON – MAJOR ELECTIVE

COURSE 2 HRS 2 CREDITS JOURNALISM

TEXT: MASS COMMUNICATION IN INDIA KEVAL J. KUMAR SECTION II PAGES 41-121

UNIT I

The functions of the mass media

Theories of the press/media

UNIT II

Journalism

The role of the press

UNIT III

A short history of indian journalishm

News and news value

UNIT IV

The making of a newspaper

Magazines and their genres

UNIT V

Freedom of the press

Censorship and control in the press

2. English for competitive examinations

manoramma year book 2009 english


3.6 COMPUTER APLLICATION PAPER III

III SEMESTER- PAGEMAKER

UNIT I: Basics: Introduction-Floating palettes- The Rulers. Working with Publications: New

Publication-Inserting Pages-Removing pages. Saving and closing a Document .Drawing Tools:

Lines-Boxes,ellipses, polygon-Selecting, deleting, moving,Resizing Elements-Grouping and

Ungrouping-Using Fill and and Line-Cut, Copy and Paste-The Rotation Tool.

UNIT II: Importing Graphics: The Place command-Graphic File Formats – The cropping Tool. Text

tool: Manipulating Text- Working with Blocks of Text. Transformations: Locking Elements.

Importing Text: Placing Text- Threaded Text- Manipulating Threaded Text Blocks. Master Pages:

Master Pages-Column Guide.

UNIT III: Working with Large Amounts of Text: Character Specification- Paragraph

specifications- Paragraph Rules-Indent/tabs- Hyphenation- Text Wrap. The story Editor: Using

the story Editor- The Spelling Checker-Find and change- Story and Layout Views.

UNIT IV: Style Sheets: Paragraph Styles- Using Styles- Changing a Style- Style by Example- Styles in the

Story Editor- Copying Styles from another Document. Ling Document Features: Table of contents-

Making Index Entries- Creating the Index- THE colour Palette.

UNIT V: Frames: The Frame Tools- Adding Text Content to a Frame- Other Types of Frame- Frame

Options- Appling Fill and Stroke. Utilities: The Table Editor- The Library Palette- Sorting Pages- Balancing

Columns.

TEXT BOOKS:

Book: Pagemaker

Author: Scott Basham

Publishers: dreamtech Press.

Edition: 2007.




IV SEMESTER


4.1 PART – I TAMIL /OTHER LANGUAGES 6 3


4.3 PART – III CORE SUBJECT

2.) FICTION II

6 4

4.4 SKILL BASED SUBJECT 2.) PUBLIC SPEAKING

4 4

4.5 NON-MAJOR ELECTIVE (ANY ONE) 3.) MASS COMMUNICATION 4.) BUSINESS ENGLISH

2 2

4.6 ALLIED SUBJECT II 2.) CORELDRAW AND PHOTOSHOP

6 5

PRACTICAL

4.7 2.) COMPUTER APPLICATION 2 2





IV SEMESTER - PART II ENGLISH

4.2

PROSE, POETRY, LANGUAGE STUDY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

TEXT BOOK:

Reality and Reflections –Published by Higginbothams Private Limited, Tirunelveli.

Contact ph.-0462-2574801/2575016

(All Prescribed Prose Lessons and Poems i.e. Units I and II are found in this book)

UNIT I: PROSE (2 hours) Prescribed Essays 1. Your Commitment to Self –Mastery:Kaizen - Robin Sharma 2. The Sun,the Planets and the Stars - C.Jones 3. The Last Letter to Indira - J.Nehru 4. Circuses - Sir Harold Nicolson 5. Tolerance - E.M .Forster

Unit II: POETRY (1 hour)

1. The Bailiff’s Daughter - Alfred Noyes 2. The road not Taken - Robert frost 3. Because I could not stop for Death - Emily Dickinson 4. Goodbye Party for miss Pushpa T.S. - nissim Ezekiel 5. The Harp and the king - Judith Wright

UNIT III: ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS (1 hour) TEXTBOOK: English for Competitive Examinations (special Edition ),

Published by Macmillan private limited,Madurai

1. Errors and how to avoid errors 2. Spotting Errors 3. Sentence completion 4. Reconstructing passages


Unit IV : LANGUAGE SKILLS (1 hour)

(Teachers may use and recommend their own choice for unit IV)

1. E-mail Writing 2. Mintues writing 3. Book review/ Film Review 4. Essay writing

UNIT V : ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS (1 hour)

TEXTBOOK : ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS – Published by Cambridge University press ,new Delhi. Part III Communication skills -2 Part IV Telephone skills Part V Group Discussion


SYALLABUS FOR B.A ENGLISH IV SEMESTER

CORE SUBJECT (1 COURSE ) 6 HRS 4 CREDITS

SKILL BASED SUBJECTS (1 COURSE ) 4 HRS 4 CREDITS

NON MAJOR ELECTIVE (1 COURSE ) 2 HRS 2 CREDITS

ALLIED SUBJECT II ( 1 COURSE ) 6 HRS 5 CREDITS

4.3 CORE SUBJECT

COURSE I-6HRS 4 CREDITS FICTION – II

UNIT – 1

Charlotte bronte – Jane eyre

UNIT – 2

George eliot – Slias marner

UNIT -3

Dickens – Tale of two cities

UNIT – 4

Hardy – Tess of the dubervilles

UNIT – 5

d.h. Lawrence – sons and lovers


4.4 SKILL BASED SUBJECTS:

COURSE 4HRS 4 CREDITS PUBLIC SPEAKING

Text

1. Mass communication in india – keval j kumar (jaico publishing house, mumbai).

2. A course in spoken english by a. nihamathullah, y. seyed mohammed, jasmine mathialagan,

a clisthers, a. joycilin shermila publication division, manonmaniam sundaranar university,

tirunelveli.

UNIT – I

Need for communication

Communication and language

Principles of effective communication

Barriers to communication

UNIT – II

Listening for main ideas/specifics

Listening to a dialogue /lecture/speech etc

UNIT – III

Making effective speeches

Welcome speech, presidential address, vote to thanks etc

UNIT – IV

Describing a person/place/event etc

Developing arguing competency compering

UNIT – V

Group discussion & debate


4.5 .1 NON- MAJOR ELECTIVES

COURSE 2 HRS 2 CREDITS MASS COMMUNICATION

UNIT 1 COMMUNICATION

1.2 What is communication

1.3 Forms of communication

UNIT 2 RADIO

4.1 Types of radio programmes

4.2 Radio versus television

4.3 The radio –play

4.4 Interviews

4.5 A music programme with a message

4.6 Radio news

UNIT -3 ADVERTISING

2.1 Elements of advertising

2.2 Techniques in advertising

UNIT – 4 TELEVISION/FILMS

5.1 Why watch tv?

5.2 T.v as instructor

5.3 Types of tv programmes

5.5 The Plot

UNIT 5 NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES

6.1 Kinds of news

6.2 Elements of news

6.3 Sources of news


4.5.2. BUSINESS ENGLISH

TEXT BOOK: COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENCE AND OFFICE MANAGEMENT – PART I S. CHAND & COMPANY LTD. RAMNAGAR, NEW DELHI – 110 055.

UNIT I

1. Communication in business

2. A good business letter

UNIT II

3. Commercial correspondence

4. Format of business letters

UNIT III

7. Punctuation

8. Circular letter

UNIT IV

13. Trade order

14. Status enquiry

UNIT V

19. Application for situation

20. Banking letters


4.6 COMPUTER APPLICATION PAPER IV – FOURTH SEMESTER

CorelDRAW AND PHOTOSHOP

UNIT I: Basics: Creating a new File- Standard Toolbar- Poetry bar-Toolbox-Status Bar- Drawing

Basic Geometric Figures: Drawing Bezier Line Drawing Ellipses and Circles- Drawing Rectangles

and Squares- Saving a File- Closing a File- Views: Normal View- Page Sorter view- zoom.

UNIT II: Getting Started with the Project: Resizing an Object- Changing the Shape of an object-

Combining Two Objects- Welding the Objects- Blending two Objects- The Artistic media Tool- Rotating,

Skewing Images- Adding Special Effects to Bitmaps. Page Layout and Background: changing the page

size- changing the page Background- Inserting pages- Deleting pages- Rulers.

UNIT III: Working with Text: The Text Tool- Getting started with the Book Cover- Formatting text- Text

Editor: Opening the Editor. Working with images: Imorting Images- Resizing, Rotating, Skewing Images-

Adding Special Effects to Bitmaps. Page Layout and Background: Changing the page size-Changing the

page Background- Inserting pages- Deleting pages- Rulers.

UNIT IV: Photoshop- Working Environment: using: Using Toolbox- The History Palette. Opening and

Saving a File: Opening images in Photoshop- TIFF Format- JPEG Format- Saving Files- creating a new File-

Creating a new file- Closing Files. Getting Started with Images: Rotating an image- Resizing without

resampling- Resampling updown-Croping an image- Image mades.

UNIT V: Defining Colors: Foreground and Backgrond colors- The color Palette. The Painting Tools- The

Editing Tools- Making selections. Layers: Working with layers- Merging and Flattering layers- Moving

layers between images- Linking layers. Working with types. The Channel Palette- Layer Masks. Corlor

Correction Techniques- Filters Control- Blur- Noise Filter- Mask and Sharper Filter.


TEXT BOOKS:

1.Book: Photoshop CSAuthor: Robert Shufflebotham

Publishers: dreamtech press.

Edition: 2008

2. Book: CorelDRAW 12

Author: Shalini Gupta, Adity Gupta

Edition: 2008

REFERENCES:

1.Book: CirekDRAW 1*4

Author: Kogent Solutions Inc.

Publishers:dreamtech press.


4.7 COMPUTER APLLICATION- III and IV SEMESTER PRACTICAL II- DTP

1. Develop a Pagemaker publication to open a new page and create a advertisement. 2. 2.Develop a pagemaker publication to open a new page and create a bill book or cheque. 3. 3.Develop a pagemaker publication to open a new page and create a story book. 4. 4.Develop a pagemaker publication to open a newa page and create a visiting card. 5. 5.Develop a pagemaker publication to open and design the newspaper. 6. Develop a coreldraw application to open a new document to create the brouchers. 7. Developo a coreldraw application to open a new document and create the election voter notice. 8. Develop a coreldraw application to open and create the election voter notice. 9. Develop a coreldraw a application to open and create the frontpage of a book. 10. Develop a photoshop application to open and wording with transformation and shapes. 11. Develop photoshop application to open and design your college identity card. 12. Develop a photoshop application to create a new file and working with color adjustment. 13. Develop a photoshop application to open a new file and working with color conversion. 14. Develop a photoshop application to open a new file and working with layers. 15. Develop a photoshop application to open anew page and working with filters. 16. Develop a photoshop application to open a new page and working with filters.




V SEMESTER



5.1 SHAKESPEARE 4 4

5.2 POETRY II 4 4

5.3 CANADIAN LITERATURE 4 4

5.4 LITERARY FORMS 4 4

[ANY 2 OUT OF 4 ELECTIVE PAPERS]

ELECTIVE – I

5.5 ONE ACT PLAYS AND SHORT STORIES 5 5

5.6 ELECTIVE – II MASS COMMUNICATION

5 5

5.7 ELECTIVE – III COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

5 5

5.8 ELECTIVE – IV JOURNALISM

5 5


5.9 SKILL BASED SUBJECT 4 4




V SEMESTER

CORE SUBJECTS ( 4 COURSSES ) 16 HRS 16 CREDTIS

ELECTIVE ( 2 COURSE ) 10 HRS 10 CREDITS

SKILLBASED SUBJECTS ( 1 COURSES ) 4 HRS 4 CREDITS

CORE SUBJECTS

1. SHAKESPEARE

2. POETRY II

3. CANADIAN LITERATURE

4. LITERARY FORMS

5.1 CORE COURSE 4HRS 4 CREDITS

SHAKESPEARE

UNIT – 1

As you like it

UNIT -2

Macbeth

UNIT -3

Julius caesar

UNIT – 4

Tempest

UNIT -5

1. Fools in shakespeare

2. Supernatural elements in shakespeare

3. Women in shakespeare

4. Shakespearean stage and audience


5.2 CORE COURSE II 4HRS 4 CREDITS POETRY – II

UNIT – 1

Tennyson – unlysses

Browning – my last duchess

Arnold – dover beach

UNIT – 2

Rossetti – blessed damozel

Hopkins – the wind hover

UNIT – 3

W.B. yeats – the second comin

T.S. eliot – journey of the magi

D.H. lawrence – the snake

UNIT – 4

Rupert brooke – the great lover

Wilfred owen – as i walked out one evening

UNIT 5

Walter de la mare – listerners

Philip larkin – next, please

Ted hughes – thrushes


5.3 CORE COURSE III 4HRS 4 CREDITS CANADIAN LITERATURE

UNIT – I PROSE

From Roughing it in the bush by susanna moodi

1. Uncle joe and his family

2. The out break

UNIT – 2 POETRY

E.j Pratt – 1.Come away, death

2. From stone to steel

3. The prize cat

Earle birney – 1. Bushed

2. The bear on the delhi road

A.M. Klein – 1. Reb levi yitschok talks to god

2. The rocking chair

UNIT – 3 SHORT STORY

Stephen Leacock 1. The honsterly of mr. smith

2. The ministrations of the rev. mr. smith 3. The whirlwind campaign of mariposa

4. The beacon on the hill

UNIT – 4 DRAMA

Sharon pollock – Walsh

UNIT - 5 FICTION

Margaret Atwood – The Surfacing

TEXTS PRESCRIBED

1. An Anthology of canadian literature in english ed. russel brown et. al. toronto: oxford university press (for unit i & ii)

2. An anthology OF CANADIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH VOL. I ED. RUSSEL BROWN. ET.AL. TORONTO OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS (FOR UNIT III)


5.4 CORE COURSE IV 4HRS 4 CREDITS LITERARY FORMS

TEXT: A BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BY B.PRASAD, MACMILLAN.

UNIT I SECTION I – POETRY – CHAPTER II- POETICAL TYPES.

1. The lyric

2. The ode

3. The sonnet

4. The elegy

UNIT II

5. The idyll

6. The ballad

7. The satire

UNIT III SECTION II – DRAMA – CHAPTER II – DRAMATIC TYPES

1. Tragedy and comedy

2. Tragi – comedy

3. Farce and melodrama

4. The masque

5. The one-act play

6. The dramatic monologue.

UNIT IV SECTION III-PROSE

Chapter i – the essay

Chapter ii – the novel

Chapter iii – the short story

UNIT V

Chapter iv – 1. biography

2. autobiography

Chapter v – criticism


ELECTIVES (ANY TWO) 2 COURSES 10 HRS 10 CREDITS

1. ONE ACT PLAYS AND SHORT STORIES

2. MASS COMMUNICATION

3. COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

4. JOURNALISM

ELECTIVE – 1 – 5 HRS 5 CREDITS

5.5 ONE ACT PLAYS AND SHORT STORIES

ONE ACT PLAYS

TEXT – SHORT PLAYS ED. BY JAGDISH CHANDER OUP

UNIT I LADY GREGORY: THE RISING OF THE MOON.

II ARTHUR CONAN DRYLE: WATERLOO

III J.B.PRIESTLY: MOTHER’S DAY

SHORT STORIES

TEXT – TWELVE SHORT STORIES ED. BY C.M. SHARMA OUP

UNIT IV

1. G.K. CHESTERTON: THE PARADISE OF THIEVES

2. LEO TOLSTOY: HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED?

UNIT V

1. WILKIE COLLINS : BLOW UP THE SHIP

2. GUY DE MAUPASSANT : MY UNCLE JULES.


ELECTIVE – II – 5 HRS 5 CREDITS

5.6 MASS COMMUNICATION

TEXT: EXERCISES IN MEDIA EDUCATION BY PETER GONSALVES PUB. BY TEJ PRASARINI

DON BOSCO COMMUNICATION, MATUNGA, MUMBAI – 400019.

UNIT I COMMUNICATION

a. WHAT IS COMMUNICATION

b. FORMS OF COMMUNICATION

1.18 MASS COMMUNICATION

1.19 THE POWER OF MASS MEDIA

1.20 MASS MEDIA CULTURE RADIO

TYPES OF RADIO PROGRAMMES

RADIO VERSUS TELEVISION

THE RADIO-PLAY

INTERVIEWS

A MUSIC PROGRAMME WITH A MESSAGE

RADIO NEWS

UNIT II ADVERTISING

ELEMENTS OF ADVERTISING

TECHNIQUES IN ADVERTISING

IDENTIFYING THE TARGET AUDIENCE

DESIGNING AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

TARGETING CHILDREN

WHAT IS A GOOD ADVERTISEMENT?

ADVERTISING FOR WHOM?

2.12 CREATE YOUR OWN ADVERTISEMENT

UNIT III TELEVISION / FILMS

5.1 WHY WATCH TV?

5.2 TV AS INSTRUCTOR


5.3 TYPES OF TV PROGRAMMES

5.4 THE PLOT

5.6 SCRIPT WRITING

5.7 VIOLENCE ON TV

5.8 DIRECTION

UNIT IV NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES

6.1 KINDS OF NEWS

6.2 ELEMENTS OF NEWS

6.3 SOURCES OF NEWS

6.4 GETTING TO KNOW THE NEWSPAPER

6.5 FACT AND OPINION

6.6 FIVE ‘W’S AND AN ‘H’

UNIT V NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE

6.7 ANALYSING A NEWS REPORT

6.8 ANALYSING A FEATURE

6.9 THE IMPORTANT OF PHOTOGRAPHS

6.10 LETTER TO THE EDITOR

6.11 A CLASS NEWSPAPER

6.12 THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE


ELECTIVE III 5 HRS 5 CREDITS

5.7 COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

TEXT BOOK: NEWTON P. STALL KNEHT AND HORST FRENZ. 1

1961 COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: METHOD AND PERSPECTIVE.

SOUTHERN ILLIONS UNIVERSITY PRESS, CARBONDOLE.

UNIT I COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: DEFINITION AND FUNCTION – HENRY H.H. REMARK (PP3-35)

UNIT II LITERARY INDEBTEDNESS AND COMPARATIVE LITERARY STUDIES – J.T. SHAW ( PP 58- 71)

UNIT III THE ART OF TRANSLATION - HORST FRENZ (PP 72-95)

UNIT IV LITERATURE AND PSYCHOLOGY ( PP 96 -115)

UNIT V PROJECT WORK: TRANSLATION OF A SHORT CREATIVE OR CRITICAL PIECE NOT LESS THAN 15

- 20

PAGES LENGTH ALONG WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATION ENCOURTERED AND

THE PROCEDURES ADOPTED

(OR)

A BREIF COMPARATIVE STUDY OF A LITERARY WORK AND ITS EXISTING TRANSLATION/S 20 MARKS FOR

THE PROJECT OF ABOUT 50 PAGES; 80 MARKS EXTERNAL EXAM.


ELECTIVE IV 5HRS 5 CREDITS

5.8 JOURNALISM

TEXT: MASS COMMUNICATION IN INDIA KEVAL J. KUMAR SECTION II PAGES 41 -121

UNIT I

THE FUNCTIONS OF THE MASS MEDIA

THEORIES OF THE PRESS/MEDIA

JOURNALISM

THE ROLE OF THE PRESS

UNIT II

A SHORT HISTORY OF INDIAN JOURNALISM

NEWS AND NEWS VALUES

THE MAKING OF A NEWSPAPER

MAGAZINES AND THEIR GENRES

UNIT III

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

PRESS CODES AND ETHICS

PRESS COUNCILS GUIDE TO JOURNALISTIC ETHICS

CENSORSHIP AND CONTROL IN THE PRESS

UNIT IV

MEDIA LAWS

PRESS OWNERSHIP AND MONOPOLIS

SOME MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS

SOURCE OF NEWS: NEWS AGENCIES

DEVELOPMENT OF NEWS AGENCIES IN INDIA

UNIT V

REPORT OF THE FIRST AND SECOND PRESS COMMUNICATION

NIEO AND NWICO

THE MAC BRIDE REPORT


SKILL BASED SUBJECTS 1 COURSE 4 HOURS 4 CREDITS

5.9 BUSINESS ENGLISH

TEXTBOOK: COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENCE AND OFFICE MANAGEMENT – PART I

S.CHAND & COMPANY LTD.

RAMNAGER, NEW DELHI – 110 055.

UNIT I

15. COMMUNICATION IN BUSINESS

16. A GOOD BUSINESS LETTER.

17. COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENCE

18. FORMAT OF BUSINESS LETTERS

19. AVOID COMMERCIAL JARGON

20. GRAMMAR

UNIT II

21. PUNCTUATION

22. CIRCULAR LETTER

23. SALES LETTERS

24. FOLLOW UP LETTERS

25. TRADE ENQUIRES

26. OFFERS AND QUOTATIONS

UNIT III

27. TRADE ORDER

28. STATUS ENQUIRY

29. CONFIRMATION OF ORDERS

30. COMPLAINTS AND THEIR ADJUSTMENTS

31. COLLECTION LETTERS


32. MAKING PAYMENTS

UNIT IV

33. APPLICATION FOR SITUATION

34. BANKING LETTERS

35. AGENCY CORRESPONDENCE

36. CORRESPONDING WITH THE GOVERNMENT

37. DRAFTING OF REPORTS

38. SECRETARIAL CORRESPONDENCE

UNIT V

39. IMPORT TRADE CORRESPONDENCE

40. EXPORT TRADE CORRESPONDENCE

41. WRITING OF MINUTES

42. LETTERS TO EDITORS AND COMPLAINTS TO PERSONNEL

43. INSURANCE CORRESPONDENCE

44. THE SPEECH OF THE CHAIRMAN OF A COMPANY




VI SEMESTER


PART III CORE SUBJECTS

6.1 AFRICAN LITERATURE 5 5

6.2 INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS & SPOKEN ENGLISH

5 5

6.3 LITERARY CRITICISM 5 5

6.4 AMERICAN LITERATURE 5 5

6.5 COMMON WEALTH 5 5

PROJECT/ELECTIVE MAJOR PROJECT (MINIMUM 30 PAGES)

5

5



VI SEMESTER

CORE SUBJECTS (5 COURSES) 25 HRS 20 CREDITS.

PROJECT /ELECTIVE (1 COURSE) 5 HRS CREDITS

CORE SUBJECTS

1. african literature

2. Introduction to phonetics and spoken english

3. Literary criticism

4. American literature

5. Common wealth literature

CORE COURSE 5 HRS 5 CREDITS

6.1 AFRICAN LITERATURE

TEXT PRESCRIBED: AN ANTOHOLOY OF COMMONWEALTH

POETRY: ED. C.D. NARISIMHAIAH

UNIT I POETRY

David diop – africa

Wole soyinka – telephonic conversation

John pepper clark night rain

Chinua achebe – refugee mother and child

Noemia de sousa – if you want to know me

UNIT 2 POETRY

Bernard dadic – i thank you god

Dennis brutus – you laughed and laughed and laughed

Gabriel okara – once upon a time

David rubadiri – a nagro labourer in liverpool.


UNIT 3

Drama

Wole soyinka – death and the king’s horseman

UNIT 4 – FICTION

Chinua achebe – things fall apart

UNIT 5 – NON –FICTIONAL PROSE

Achebe – the novelist as teacher

Soyinka – this past must address its present (noble lecture)


CORE COURSE II 5HRS 5 CREDITS

6.2 INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS AND SPOKEN ENGLISH

UNIT I (40 MARKS)

Vowels, consonants, stress, intonation

UNIT II (33 MARKS)

Introducing oneself, introducting others, at a book store – 1, at a bank ii, at a hotel

reception hall , helping a friend - to obtain a flat – i, ii&iii, a discussion between two friends.

UNIT III (27 MARKS)

Booking accomodation at an outstation hotel, enquiring about flight, enquiring for information,

at the restaurant, visiting the doctor, at the library.

TEXTS: 1. ENGLISH PHONETICS FOR BEGINNERS – P. IYADURAI – JONES PUBLICATIONS (2006 EDITION)

3. SPOKEN ENGLISH – SARAWATHY & NOORJAHAN

SUCCESS WITH SPOKEN ENGLISH FOR UNDER GRADUATE STUDENTS.

Reference: Spoken English By Jayashree Balan -Vijaya

Theory Maximum 50 Marks-Pass Mark-18

Practical Maximum 25 Marks-Pass Mark-9

Question Paper Will Be Set For 100 Marks,


6.3 Core Course III 5 Hrs 5 Credits

Literary Criticism.

Text: In Introduction To English Criticism By B.Prasad

Unit I

Plato

Aristotle

Unit II

Philip Sidney

Ben Jonson

Unit III

Dryden

Dr. Johnson

Unit IV

William Words Worth

S.T. Coleridge

Unit V

Matthew Arnold

T.S. Eliot


6.4 Core Course IV -5 Hrs 5 Credits

AMERICAN LITERATURE

Text: American Literature: An Anthology Of Prose Ed. By Dr.P. Maruthamurugan.

Unit I –Prose

Essays:1,2,5

Unit 2-Poetry

Emerson-The Snow Strom

Whitman-I Hear America Singing

Dickinson-Because I Could Not Stop For Death

Frost-Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Unit 3-Fiction

Mark Twain-Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn.

Unit 4 Drama

O’neil -The Hairy Ape

Unit 5-Short Stories

John Steinbeck-The Chrysanthemums

Edger Allen Poe-The Purloined Letter


Core Course V 5 Hrs 5 Credits

6.5 COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE

Text: Commonwealth Reader

Unit I Prose

Essays 2 To 4 In Commonwealth Reader-Orient Longman

Unit II Poetry

From Commonwealth Reader

1. Peter Porter :Your Attention ,Please

2. Shaw Neilson : Surely God Was A Lover

3. Anonymous : The Wild Colonial Boy

4. Gabriel Okera : Once Upon A Time

5. Alexander Malachlan : Song

6. Kirpal Singh : A Visitor To Singapore

7. Kamala Nijaratne : To A Student

8. Raziakhan : The Monstrous Biped.

Unit III Short Stories From Commonwealth Reader-Orient Longman

Unit IV Fiction ; V.S. Naipaul-A House For Mr. Biswas

Unit V Wole Soyinka-Swamp Dwellers

Project -1 Course 5 Hrs 5 Credits

Major Project (Minimum 30 Pages)

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