SRI S. RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE, SATTUR - 626 203
(An Autonomous, Co-educational and Linguistic Minority Institution Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University)
(Re-Accredited with Grade ‘A’ by NAAC)
Programme: B.A. English Literature
Programme Code: UEL
Regulations (OBE) 2019
Outcome Based Education
Under
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)
(Those who joined in 2019-2020 and after)
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Department of English (Syllabus for those who joined in 2019 – 2020 and after) 1
Vision
To envision the department as a centre for academic excellence, professional expertise and
contextual research in Literatures in English and fostering an understanding and acquisition of multiple
literariness through learning, teaching, research and community involvement for the socially, economically
and educationally backward students.
Mission
To educate the socially, economically and educationally backward students in the region and
provide them an opportunity to understand their role in the fulfillment of their duty towards the
society.
To develop the learners communication skills in English.
To introduce the learners to literary scholarship and develop an aesthetic sensibility towards the
various genres.
To develop among the learners an ability to analyse literary expressions.
To prepare the learners for their career enhancement and higher education.
Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
PEO1 To acquire a thorough knowledge on the historical, literary and theoretical aspects of
English Literature.
PEO2 To comprehend the world of English Literature and diverse literary works.
PEO3 To develop a flair for the English Language and understand the various techniques and
patterns employed in various literatures.
PEO4 To transform intellectually able, socially responsible, emotionally balanced and morally
upright, spiritually well-grown and mentally matured citizens.
PEO5 To develop essential skills for employability.
Program Outcomes (POs)
The students will be able to
PO1 Get transformed into accomplished and active readers, enabling them to focus on
their higher studies.
PO2 Gain a complete exposure to British, American, Indian and Commonwealth Literatures.
PO3 Explore how the literary works were written leading to research thinking and exploration.
PO4 Evaluate the value of literature and humanity.
PO5 Acquire a profession related to language and literature.
Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)
The students will be able to
PSO1 Understand various genres of literature.
PSO2 Attempt creative writing.
PSO3 Develop language learning skills like LSRW.
PSO4 Apply critical frameworks to analyse the linguistic, cultural and historical background of texts
written in English.
PSO5 Get jobs in industry, government schools and offices.
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Eligibility for Admission
Candidates who have passed +2 Examination conducted by the Board of Higher Secondary
Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, with English as a subject components or any other
examination accepted by the Syndicate of the Madurai Kamaraj University as equivalent there to are eligible
to join this programme.
Duration of the programme
The duration of the programme shall be three academic years comprising six semesters with two
semesters in each academic year.
Courses of study
The main courses of study offered for B.A (English Literature) Degree Programme shall consist of
the following:
Part I : Tamil -- 04
Part II : English -- 04
Part III
1. Core courses -- 13
2. Allied courses -- 04
3. Elective Courses -- 03
Part IV
1. Non Major Elective Courses -- 02
2. Skill Based Courses -- 06
3. Environmental Studies -- 01
4. Value Education -- 01
Part V : Extension activities
Part V
These should be carried out outside the class hours. All the students shall have to enroll for NSS /
NCC / Sports & Games or any other service organization in the College and shall have to earn minimum
hours of attendance to be prescribed by the College. A candidate shall be awarded a maximum of 1 credit
for Compulsory Extension Service.
Credits
The term ‘credit’ refers to the weightage given to a programme, usually in relation to the
Instructional hours assigned to it. The total credits required for completing B.A (English Literature) degree
programme is 140. The particulars of credits for individual components and courses are presented on
Table 1.
Extra Credits Course:
1. This course is optional for students. If he/she selects this course and if he/she passes the course, then
2 extra credits will be added in his/her total credit to the degree, even otherwise, it won’t affect the
completion of degree.
2. The course is common to all UG Programmes.
3. The title of this course is “Model Paper for Competitive Examinations”
4. Examination for this course will be held at the end of the 6th semester examinations.
5. There is no internal examination and only external examination for this course.
6. Maximum marks for this course is 100.
7. There is no contact hours for this paper.
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Scheme of Examination:
100 questions (multiple choice) - one mark for each.
Passing minimum is 50 marks.
Duration of the Examination is two hours.
The Scheme of Examination: It is presented on Table 2.
Evaluation
The components for continuous internal assessment are:
Two tests and their average --- 15 marks
Seminar/Group Discussion --- 5 marks
Assignment --- 5 marks
Total --- 25 marks
Minimum Marks for a Pass
1. 40% of the aggregate (Internal + External Examinations)
2. No separate pass minimum for the Internal Examinations
3. 27 marks out of 75 is the pass minimum for the External Examinations.
Internal and External Evaluation of NME - Communication Skills- I (Listening and Speaking) will
be done through oral mode (Viva voce) only and for NME - Communication Skills- II (Reading and
Writing) both the evaluations will be done through written mode.
Pattern of the Question Paper (External Examination)
The question paper may have 3 parts.
Duration of the external examination is 3hours
Part A
Ten questions (Objective type questions, fill in the blanks and definitions) 10 x 1 = 10 marks
(Two questions from each unit)
Part B
Five questions (either - or type) 5 x 7 = 35 marks
(One pair from each unit)
(each answers not exceeding two pages)
Part C
Three questions from out of five 3 x 10 = 30 marks
(One question from each unit)
(Answers not exceeding four pages) ---------------
Total 75 marks
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Question Paper Pattern (for Part IV only)
Part-A 3 x 10 = 30 marks
Three Questions from each unit (either or type)
(Answers not exceeding two pages)
Part-B 3 x 15 = 45 marks
Three Questions out of Five (Answers not exceeding four pages)
Question Paper Pattern - Internal (Same as in External)
Note: No unit shall be omitted; not more than two questions from each unit
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SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE, SATTUR – 626 203.
B.A (English Literature)
Table – 1: Course Pattern (For those who joined in 2019-2020 and after)
Study
Component
I
Sem
II
Sem
III
Sem
IV
Sem
V
Sem
VI
Sem
Total
Hours
Total
Credits
No. of
Courses
Total
Marks
Part-I Tamil 6(3) 6(3) 6(3) 6(3) - - 24 12 4 400
Part-II English 6(3) 6(3) 6(3) 6(3) - - 24 12 4 400
Part-III
Part-III
Core (T)
5(4)
5(4)
5(4)
5(4) 5(5) 5(5)
6(5)
6(5)
6(5)
6(5)
6(5)
6(5)
6(4)
72 60 13 1300
Elective - - 5(5) 5(5) 6(5) 16 15 3 300
Allied I (T) 6(5) - - - - - 6 5 1 100
Allied II (T) - 6(5) - - - - 6 5 1 100
Allied III (T) - - 6(5) - - - 6 5 1 100
Allied IV (T) - 6(5) 6 5 1 100
Part-IV
Part-IV
Non-Major
Elective
- - 2(2) 2(2) - - 4 4 2 200
Skill Based 2(2) 2(2) - - 2(2)
2(2)
2(2)
2(2) 12 12 6 600
Environmental
studies - - - - 2(2) - 2 2 1 100
Value
Education - - - - -- 2(2) 2 2 1 100
Part-V
Part V
Extension
Activities
- - - 0(1) - - 0 1 - -
Total 30(21) 30(21) 30(23) 30(24) 30(26) 30(25) 180 140 38 3800
Extra Credits 2
Grand Total 142
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Course Structure - B.A. (English Literature)
Sem
este
r
Core/Elective/
Skill Based Title of the Course
Course
Code
Contact Hrs.
Cre
dit
s
Exam
Hrs.
Marks
L T P Int. Ext. Total
I
Part I Tamil - I U19LAT11 6 - - 3 3 25 75 100
Part II English - I U19LAE11 6 - - 3 3 25 75 100
Core - I Children’s Literature U19ELC11 5 - - 4 3 25 75 100
Core - II
British Literature I
(From Chaucer to
Milton)
U19ELC12 5 - - 4 3 25 75 100
Allied - I Literary Forms and
Terms U19ELA11 6 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Skill Based - I Word Power U19ELS11 2 - - 2 2 25 75 100
Total 30 - - 21 - - - 600
II
Part I Tamil - II U19LAT21 6 - - 3 3 25 75 100
Part II English - II U19LAE21 6 - - 3 3 25 75 100
Core –III British Literature II (From Dryden to Gray)
U19ELC21 5 - - 4 3 25 75 100
Core - IV
British Literature III (The Age of Words Worth)
U19ELC22 5 - - 4 3 25 75 100
Allied - II
Classics in Translation U19ELA21 6 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Skill Based -II (Listening and Speaking) (Viva Voce)
U19ELS21 2 - - 2 - 25 75 100
Total 30 - - 21 - - - 600
III
Part I Tamil - III U19LAT31 6 - - 3 3 25 75 100
Part II Paper III English U19LAE31 6 - - 3 3 25 75 100
Core - V
British Literature IV
(From Tennyson to
Hardy)
U19ELC31 5 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Elective - I
(a) Indian Writing in
English
(b) Indian Literatures In
Translation
U19ELE31
U19ELE32
5 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Allied - III Social History of
England U19ELA31 6 - - 5 3 25 75 100
NME - I Communication Skills –I (Listening and Speaking)
Viva-Voce
U19ELN31 2 - - 2 - 25 75 100
Total 30 - - 23 - - - 600
L - Lecture Hours T- Tutorial Hours P - Practical Hours
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Sem
este
r
Core/Elective/
Skill Based Title of the Course
Course
Code
Contact Hrs.
Cre
dit
s
Exam
Hrs.
Marks
L T P Int. Ext. Total
IV
Part I Tamil - IV U19LAT41 6 - - 3 3 25 75 100
Part II Paper IV - English U19LAE41 6 - - 3 3 25 75 100
Core - VI British Literature V (from
Yeats to the present)
U19ELC41 5 - -
5 3 25 75 100
Elective - II
(a) Indian Diasporic
Fiction
(b) Afro American
Fiction
U19ELE41
U19ELE42
5 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Allied - IV Phonetics and Spoken
English U19ELA41 6 - - 5 3 25 75 100
NME - II Communication Skills –II
(Reading and Writing) U19ELN41 2 - - 2 2 25 75 100
Part V –
Extension
Activities
- - - - 1 - - - -
Total 30 - - 24 - - - 600
V
Core - VII American Literature U19ELC51
6 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Core - VIII Commonwealth Literature U19ELC52
6 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Core - IX Modern English Grammar
and Usage U19ELC53 6 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Elective - III
(a) English Language
Teaching
(b) An Introduction to
Linguistics
U19ELE51
U19ELE52
6 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Skill Based - III Reading and Writing U19ELS51 2 - - 2 2 25 75 100
Skill Based - IV English and Soft Skills U19ELS52 2 - - 2 2 25 75 100
Environmental Studies U19CNE51 2 - - 2 2 25 75 100
Total 30 - - 26 - - - 700
VI
Core - X Shakespeare U19ELC61 6 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Core - XI Women’s Writing in English
and in Translation U19ELC62 6 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Core - XII Literary Criticism U19ELC63 6 - - 5 3 25 75 100
Core - XIII Post-Colonial Fiction U19ELC64 6 - - 4 3 25 75 100
Skill Based -V Project U19ELPT61 2 - - 2 - 40 60 100
Skill Based - VI Office Automation Tools Lab
U19ELS6P1 2 - - 2 - 40 60 100
Value Education U19CNV61 2 - - 2 2 25 75 100
Extra Credits Model Paper for
Competitive Examinations U19CNX61 - - - 2 3 - - 100
Total 30 - - 25+ 2 - - - 800
L - Lecture Hours T- Tutorial Hours P - Practical Hours
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Core Course I - Children’s Literature
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
By the end of the course, the students will be
No. Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 Familiarized with literature.
CLO2 Enabled to read and appreciate selected classics in literature.
CLO3 Exploring Children’s Literature through discussion and writing.
CLO4 Aware of strategies for creative writing.
CLO5 Gaining knowledge in understanding of different genres in Children's Literature.
Unit I: Theory
What is Children’s Literature?
Indian Children’s Literature in English
Uses of Children’s Literature
Unit II: Classics
The Heartless Monkey
Jataka Tales - The Giant Defeated
Aesop’s Fables - The Golden Egg
Veerama Munivar’s - The Story of Paramartha Guru
Unit III: Heroes of our Freedom Struggle
Subhas Chandra Bose
Vallabhbhai Patel
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
Unit IV: Stories
Ruskin Bond - Hanuman to the Rescue
Rabindranath Tagore - The Post Master
Oscar Wilde - Model Millionaire
Unit V: Poetry
William Wordsworth - Lucy Gray
My Heart Leaps Up
Toru Dutt: - The Lotus
Casuarina Tree
Ruskin Bond - Simple Things
All is Life
Programme Programme Code Semester Course
Code
Hour
s
Credit
B.A. English Literature UEL I U19ELC11 5 4
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Text Books:
1. Sharmila, Sinha (2001), Aspects of Children’s Literature, New Delhi: National Book Trust (India).
2. Gupta, Prashant (2010), Classic Poems, Manoj Publications.
3. Bond, Ruskin (2004), A Little Night Music, New Delhi: Rupa & Co.
4. Bond, Ruskin (1993), Hanuman to the Rescue, New Delhi: Rupa Publications.
5. Gopalachari. C (1985), Heroes of Our Freedom Struggle, Madras: Anu Chitra Publications.
6. N.K. Agarwalla (1998), Tales from the Panchathanthra, (Retold), (Calcutta: Blackie &Son)
7. Tr. Dr S. Vincent (2009), Veerama Munivar’s Aaivukkazhagam, Madurai.
Reference Books:
1. Ford Boris, (1983), (ed) Pelican Guide to English Literature: The Present England: Penguin, Vol.8,
pp (344-379).
2. Hunt, Peter (2001), Children’s Literature, Massachusetts: Blackbell.
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Core Course II - British Literature I
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
This course will enable the students to
No. Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 Develop an introductory understanding of medieval and Renaissance texts.
CLO2 Identify the features of major genres such as epic, romance and tragedy.
CLO3 Understand and interpret the texts.
CLO4 Apply writing to synthesize and comprehend texts, genres and movements.
Unit I: Introduction
1. English Literature - The Age of Chaucer
2. Origin and Development of English Drama and the University Wits
3. Elizabethan Poetry and Prose
4. English Metaphysical Poetry
5. English Poetry in the Age of Milton
Unit II: Poetry I
1. Geoffrey Chaucer - Prologue (1- 42 lines)
2. William Shakespeare - Sonnet No.29
3. John Donne - Flea
4. George Herbert - Virtue
5. William Cowley - The Wish
Unit III: Poetry II
John Milton - Paradise Lost
(Selected Lines from Book I – Part I - Lines 1 – 190)
Unit IV: Prose
Sir Francis Bacon - Of Studies, Of Great Place, Of Children and Parents
Unit V: Drama
John Webster - The Duchess of Malfi
Text Books:
1. Green, David (2011), The Winged Word, Chennai: Macmillian, Reprinted.
2. Nayar, M.G. Macmillan (2007), A Galaxy of English Essayists (From Bacon to
Beerbohm) Chennai, 2007.
3. Hudson, William Henry (2011), An Outline History of English Literature Madras:
B.I. Publications.
Reference Books:
1. Ramachandran Nair. K.R. (1994), Essay on the History of English Literature
Chennai: Emerald.
2. Ronald Carter and John McRae (2016), The Routledge History of English Literature,
London: Routledge.
3. Edward Albert (2011), History of English Literature, Oxford University Press.
Programme Programme Code Semester Course
Code
Hour
s
Credit
B.A. English Literature UEL I U19ELC12 5 4
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Allied Course I - Literary Forms and Terms
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
This course will enable the students to
No. Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 Educate students about the various genres in world literature.
CLO2 Facilitate the understanding of the different kinds and characteristic features of each genre.
CLO3 Enable students to identify critical devices of rhetoric and the various tropes used in figurative
writings.
CLO4 Familiarize the learners to the salient features of literary masterpieces of different centuries
CLO5 Enhance the understanding of poetic language and make the learners use it in their own writing.
Unit I
Prose (Essay, Biography, Autobiography)
Unit II
Poetry (Lyric, Sonnet, Ode, Elegy)
Unit III
Drama (Tragedy, Comedy, Tragicomedy)
Unit IV
Fiction (Novel, Novella, Short story)
Types of Fiction: Historical novel, Picaresque novel, Stream of Consciousness novel, Psychological novel,
Science Fiction, Bildungsroman, Crime Fiction.
Unit V
Literary Terms (Figures of Speech)
Items prescribed:
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Conceit, Symbol, Metonymy, Synecdoche, Transferred
Epithet, Understatement, Climax, Anticlimax, Rhetorical Question, Epigram, Euphemism, Melapropism, Point
of view, Paradox, Allusion, Pathetic Fallacy.
Note: Evaluation Short note questions with sufficient choice are preferable for Unit V only.
Text Book:
1. Nair, K. R. Ramachandran (Reprinted 2016), Literary Forms and Terms, Chennai: Emerald.
Reference Books:
1. Prasad, B (Revised by Haripriya Ramadoss), (2007), A Background to the Study of English
Literature (Revised edition) Chennai: Macmillan.
2. Abrams (2001), A Glossary of Literary Terms, (7th Edition) M. H, New Delhi: Harcourt India
Private Limited.
Programme Programme Code Semester Course
Code
Hour
s
Credit
B.A. English Literature UEL I U19ELA11 6 5
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Skill Based Course I - Word Power
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
This course will enable the students to
No. Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 Write on their own.
CLO2 Communicate confidently and fluently.
CLO3 Perform well in competitive exams.
Unit I (From Text Book - 1)
How to talk about Personality Types?
How to talk about Doctors?
How to talk about Science and Scientists?
How to talk about Actions?
Unit II (From Text Book - 2)
Word Formation
Topics
Feelings and Actions
Unit III (From Text Book - 2)
Fixed Expressions
Phrasal Verbs
Varieties of English
Text Books:
1. Norman Lewis (Reprinted 2003) Word Power Made Easy, SaaB. New Delhi, Reprinted 2013.
2. Michael McCarthy and Felicity (2001), O’Dell: English vocabulary in use (upper Intermediate)
(2nd Edition), CUP, UK.
Programme Programme Code Semester Course
Code
Hour
s
Credit
B.A. English Literature UEL I U19ELS11 2 2
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Core Course III - British Literature II (From Dryden to Gray)
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
This course will enable the students to
No. Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 Introduce the British Literature from its beginnings.{From Chaucer to Milton].
CLO2 Explain the major genres, literary movements and historical contexts of a set of
representative texts.[From Chaucer to Milton].
CLO3 Analyze the ways that these genres create meaning in relation to their specific historical
context.
CLO4 Comprehend the development of trends in British drama and poetry.
CLO5 View British literature in its Socio-cultural and political contexts.
Unit I - Introduction
English Restoration Literature with special reference to Drama
English Neo-Classical Literature with special reference to Poetry and Prose
English Prose, Poetry and Drama in the Age of Johnson with special reference to Samuel Johnson, Oliver
Goldsmith and R.B. Sheridan respectively
Unit II - PROSE
Joseph Addison - Sir Roger and Will Wimble
Richard Steele - The Spectator Club
Oliver Goldsmith - A City Night Piece
Jonathan Swift - A Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff
Unit III -POETRY
John Dryden - Song for St. Cecilia’s Day
Alexander Pope - Ode on Solitude
Thomas Gray - The Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Unit IV - DRAMA
R.B. Sheridan - The School for Scandal
Unit V - FICTION
Jonathan Swift - Gulliver’s Travels (Part I, II)
Text Books:
1. Hudson, William Henry (2011), An Outline History of English Literature, Madras: B.I.
Publilcations.
2. Ramachandran Nair, K.R. (1994), Essay on the History of English Literature,Chennai: Emerald
3. Sundaraj, C.R. (1987), A Representative Anthology of English Essays, Chennai: Blackie and Son.
4. Nayar, M.G (2007), A Galaxy of English Essayists, Chennai: Macmillian
5. Green, David (2005), The Winged Word, Chennai: Macmillian
6. Sheridan R.B (1988), The School for Scandal, India, Penguin Classics.
7. Swift, Jonathan, (2011), Gulliver’s Travels (Part I, II) (Ed., by Pramod. K. Nayar),
Hyderabad: Orient Black Swan.
Programme Programme Code Semester Course
Code
Hour
s
Credit
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Reference Books:
1. Ramachandran Nair, K.R (1994), Essay on the History of English Literature,Chennai: Emerald
2. Ronald Carter and John McRae (2016), The Routledge History of English Literature,
London: Routledge
3. Edward Albert (2011), History of English Literature, Oxford University Press.
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Core Course IV - British Literature III (The Age of Wordsworth)
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
This course will enable the students to
No. Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 Explain the concept of the Romantic revival.
CLO2 Familiarize with the impact of the French Revolution on Romantic critical tradition.
CLO3 Make aware of the genesis of the preface to the Romantic literature.
CLO4 Examine the key concepts conversed in the preface to Romantic Literature.
CLO5 Clarify the romantic period writers‘ views on themes, subject matter, function and diction of
poetry.
Unit I – The Romantic Age
English Romantic Poetry with special reference to Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley and Keats
English Prose in the Romantic Age with special reference to Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt
English Novel in the Romantic Age with special reference to Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen
Unit II – Prose
William Wordsworth - Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Charles Lamb - Dream Children: A Reverie
My Relations
Unit III – Poetry I
William Blake - Auguries of Innocence
William Wordsworth - The Solitary Reaper
S.T. Coleridge - Christabel (Part - I)
Unit IV – Poetry II
John Keats - La Bella Dame Sans Merci
P.B. Shelley - Ode to the West Wind
Lord Byron - Prisoner of Chillon
Unit V – Fiction
Sir Walter Scott - Kenilworth
Text Books:
1. Hudson, William Henry (1961), An Outline History of English Literature, Madras:
B.I.Publications.
2. Ramachandran Nair, K.R (1994), Essay on the History of English Literature, Chennai: Emerald
3. Green, David (2005), The Winged Word, Chennai: Macmillian.
4. Scott, Sir Walter (1959), Kenilworth, London:Macmilliam Press.
Reference Books:
1. Ramachandran Nair, K.R (1994), Essay on the History of English Literature, Chennai: Emerald.
2. Ronald Carter and John McRae (2016), The Routledge History of English Literature,
London: Routledge.
3. Edward Albert (2011), History of English Literature,Oxford University Press
Programme Programme Code Semester Course Code Hours Credit
B.A. English Literature UEL II U19ELC22 5 4
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Allied Course II - Classics in Translation
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
By the end of the course, the learners will have been
No. Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 Introduced to the masterpieces of World Literature in translation.
CLO2 Acclimatized to features and techniques unique to certain genres in translation.
CLO3 Familiarized to different cultural elements through English.
CLO4 Gained knowledge of stylistic writings based on cultural perspectives of different countries.
CLO5 Developed an aesthetic sense and learnt to appreciate World Literature.
Unit I: Epic (From Text Book - 1)
Unit II: Poetry
Ilango Atikal - The Cilappatikaram: The tale of an anklet
(From Book - 1: Cantos 1-3 )
(From Book - 2: Cantos18-22)
Thiruvallar - Thirukural
(Kalvi and Kallamai)
Unit III: Prose
The Bible - The Book of Job
Unit IV: Short- Story
Arabian Nights (Short Stories)
1. The Hunchback’s Tale
2. The Butcher Adventure
3. The Tale of the Robber and the Woman
4. The Porter and Three Ladies
Unit V: Drama
Kalidasa - Shakuntalam
Text Books:
1. Homer (Translated by - W.H.D. Rouse) (1966), The Iliad, USA: Signet Classics.
2. Parthasarthy. R (2004), The Cilapathikaram The Tale of an Anklet, New Delhi:
Penguin Books India.
3. Pope G.U (2008), Thirukkural, Chennai: Kumaran Pathippagam.
4. Froude, James Anthony (1854), The Book of Job, London: John Chapman
5. Burton, Sir Richard (2011), Arabian Nights, London: Collins Classics.
6. Kalidasa (2011), Shakunthalam, New Delhi: Surjeet Publications.
Reference Book:
1. Paul Lachlan MacKendrick, Herbert M. Howe (1952), Classics in Translation, Madison,
University of Wisconsin Press.
Programme Programme Code Semester Course
Code
Hour
s
Credit
B.A. English Literature UEL II U19ELA21 6 5
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Skill Based Course II - Listening and Speaking
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
This course will enable the students to
No. Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 Understand and comprehend oral instructions, stories and conversations.
CLO2 Frame sentences and questions in English
CLO3 Involve in conversation and narrate events and stories.
CLO4 Deliver welcome address, vote of thanks and engage in formal conversations.
Unit I: Primary Level
Listening - Listening to CDs (Conversations)
Speaking - Role Play
Unit II: Secondary Level
Listening - Listening to Stories
Speaking - Narrating the stories in their own words
Questioning and Answering
Unit III: Tertiary Level
Public speaking (Welcome Address, Vote of Thanks and Key Note Address)
Text Book:
Dr Vincent (2014), Let’s speak English (3rd Edition), Soundra Publications
Reference Books:
1. Radhakrishna Pillai, G. (2011), Spoken English for you, Emerald Publishers.
2. Kamalesh and Susheela Punitha (2008), Spoken English for you, Part 1&2,
Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan.
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Programme Programme Code Semester Course
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B.A. English Literature UEL II U19ELS21 2 2