M.A (English
Literature)
Table -2 : Course
Details and Scheme of Examination
(For those
who are joining in 2016 -2017 and after)
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FIRST SEMESTER
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Subjects
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Title of the Paper
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Hrs per Week
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Credit
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Exam Hrs
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Marks
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Total
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Int
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Ext
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Core Subjects
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British
Literature I
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6
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5
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3
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25
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75
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100
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British
Literature II
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6
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5
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3
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25
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75
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100
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A
History of the English Language
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6
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5
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3
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25
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75
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100
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English
Phonetics
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6
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4
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3
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25
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75
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100
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Elective Subject
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1. Translation Theory (a)
2. Diasporic
Fiction (b)
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6
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4
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3
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25
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75
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100
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SECOND
SEMESTER
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Subjects
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Title of the Paper
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Hrs per Week
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Credit
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Exam Hrs
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Marks
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Total
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Int
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Ext
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Core Subjects
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British
literature III
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6
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5
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3
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25
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75
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100
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History of English Literature
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6
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5
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3
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25
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75
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100
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Shakespeare
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6
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5
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3
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25
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75
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100
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Indian
Writing in English
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6
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4
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3
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25
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75
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100
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Elective Subject
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1. Computer for Effective
Communication (a)
2. Fundamentals
of Information
Technology (b)
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6
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4
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3
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25
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75
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100
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THIRD SEMESTER
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Subjects
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Title of the Paper
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Hrs per Week
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Credit
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Exam Hrs
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Marks
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Total
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Int
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Ext
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Core Subjects
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British
Literature IV
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6
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5
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3
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25
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75
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100
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Postcolonial
Literature
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6
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5
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3
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25
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75
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100
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Gender
and Literature
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6
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4
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3
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25
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75
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100
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American
Literature
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6
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5
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3
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25
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75
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100
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Elective Subject
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1. Research Methodology (a)
2. Introduction
to Journalism (b)
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6
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4
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3
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25
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75
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100
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FOURTH
SEMESTER
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Subjects
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Title of the Paper
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Hrs per Week
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Credit
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Exam Hrs
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Marks
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Total
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Int
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Ext
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Core Subjects
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World
Classics in Translation
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6
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4
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3
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25
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75
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100
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Introduction
to Comparative Literature
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6
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5
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3
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25
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75
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100
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Literary
Criticism and Theory
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6
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4
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3
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25
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75
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100
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Elective Subject
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1. English Language Teaching (a)
2. An Introduction to Linguistics (b)
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6
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4
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3
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25
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75
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100
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Project Work
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Review
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6
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4
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3
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40
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60
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100
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Extra
Credits Paper:
Model
Paper for NET/SET Examination: 3 Credits
SRI
S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
I No.
of Hours allotted: 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper I No.
of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: BRITISH LITERATURE I
Objective:
·
To
introduce students to the English literature from Geoffrey Chaucer to William
Shakespeare
Unit I: Prose
Francis Bacon : Of love
Of Studies
Of Friendship
Of Truth
Of Ambition
Unit II: Poetry-I
Geoffrey Chaucer : Prologue to ‘The Canterbury Tales’ (Lines 1-100 only)
Thomas
Wyatt : I Find No Peace
Unit III: Poetry-II
Edmund
Spenser : Epithalamion
William
Shakespeare : Sonnets 29, 60,116 & 130
Unit IV: Drama-I
Christopher Marlowe : Doctor Faustus
Unit V: Drama-II
John
Webster : The White Devil
Reference Books:
Green,
David. The Winged Word. India:
Macmillan publisher, 1974.
Abrams,
M.H. Norton Anthology of English
Literature. Vol. I. London: W. W. Norton & Co,
1968.
SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
I No.
of Hours allotted : 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper II No.
of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: BRITISH LITERATURE
II
Objective:
·
To
introduce students to the English literature of the 17th & the
18th Centuries
Unit I: Prose
Jonathan Swift :
The Battle of Books
Unit II: Poetry-I
John
Donne : The Valediction
Forbidding Mourning
George Herbert : The Collar
Andrew Marvell : To His Coy Mistress
John Dryden : A Song for St. Cecilia’s day
Unit III: Poetry-II
John
Milton : Paradise
Lost-Book IX
Unit IV: Drama
John
Dryden : All for Love
Unit V: Novel
Oliver
Goldsmith : The Vicar of Wakefield
John Bunyan : Pilgrim’s Progress
Reference Books:
Green,
David. The Winged Word. India:
Macmillan publisher, 1974.
Abrams,
M.H. Norton Anthology of English
Literature. Vol. I. London: W. W. Norton & Co,
1979.
SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
I No.
of Hours allotted: 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper III No.
of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: A HISTORY OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Objective:
·
To
introduce students to the historical development of English literature
·
To
provide them with a basis for an understanding of present –day English
Unit I:
1. The Indo-European Family of Languages
and the place of English in it
2. Old
English and the Influences
3. Middle
English and the Influences
Unit II
1. Latin
and Greek Elements in English
2. French
and Scandinavian Elements in English
3. The
Impact of the Renaissance, Reformation and Bible Translations on the English Language.
Unit III
. 1. Contributions
of the Chaucer, Spenser, Milton.
2. Contribution
of Shakespeare
3. Standardization
of Spelling and Pronunciation
Unit IV
1. Word-Formation in English
2. Change
in the Meaning of Words
3. Standard
English
Unit V
1. American English
2. Indian
English
3. The
Impact of Modern Science and Technology on the English Language
Text Book(s):
Wood,
F.T. An Outline History of English
Language. IInd Edition. Delhi: Macmillan
Publisher, 1969.
Dr.Venkataraman,
R. A
History of the English Languag. New Delhi: Rama Brother India
PVT.Ltd, 2007.
References:
Baugh,
Albert.C. A History of the English Language. New Delhi: Allied Publisher
Private
Limited, 1978.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
I No.
of Hours allotted : 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper IV No.
of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: ENGLISH PHONETICS
Objectives:
·
To
expose the students to the rules of English Phonetics and to make them speak
English with correct pronunciation
·
To
help them learn phonetic transcription which will help them read and speak
fluently and accurately
Unit I
Relevance of
spoken English in India
Ignorance of Spoken English in India
General Issues of Indian Speakers in
Spoken English
Unit II
Air stream Mechanism
Organs of Speech
Description and Classifications of
English Sounds
Unit III
Syllables
Word Accent
Accent and Rhythm in connected
speech
Unit IV:
Intonation
Patterns
Assimilation and Elision
The concept of General Indian
English and Varieties of English
Unit V:
Practice in Phonetic Transcription
(Passages/Dialogues)
References:
Balasubramanian,
T. A Text Book of English Phonetics for
Indian Students. New Delhi:
Macmillan Publisher, 1981.
Jones,
Daniel. Dictionary of English Pronunciation. London: OUP, 1917.
SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
I No.
of Hours allotted : 6 /week
Paper :
Elective Subject – Paper V(a) No.
of Credits : 4
Title of the
Paper: TRANSLATION THEORY
Objective:
·
To introduce students to the principles of Translation
·
To equip them with the Translation Skills
Unit I:
Introduction to Translation
1. Definition of Translation
2. Translation as a Science or an Art
3. The importance of Translation
Unit II:
Aspects of Translation
1. Qualities of Good Translation
2. Translation Studies
3. Translation Process - Eugene Nida’s Classical
Model
Unit III:
Types of Translation
1. The views of Dryden, Roman Jakobson, J.C.
Catford & Theodore Savory
2. Translation – Total & Restricted,
Rank-bound & Unbounded, Free & Literal,
and Semantic
& Communicative
3. Transcription, Copying, Transliteration
& Adaptation
Unit IV:
Problems of Translation
1. Equivalence in Translation – Eugene Nida
& Popovic
2. Translating Literary Texts (Poetry, Prose
& Drama
3. Translating Non-Literary Texts
4. The
Question of Loss and Gain in Translation
5. Limits of Translatability
Unit V:
Translation Practice
Translating
specified literary texts (i.e.,
passages from prose texts, stories, novels, biographies, etc.)- English to
Tamil & Tamil to English
Textbook:
Bassnett, Sussan. Translation Statics. New York: Routbdge ( 3rd Edition ), 2002.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR - 626 203.
Department of
English
(For those who are
joining in 2016- 2017 and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A English
Subject Code :
Semester: I
No. of
hours allotted: 6/week
Paper: Elective Paper – V
(b)
No. of Credits: 4
Title of the Paper: DIASPORIC FICTION
Objectives:
·
To
familiarize students with the basic principles of diasporic literature with
special reference to the diasporic fiction.
UNIT I
Salman Rushdie : Midnight's Children
UNIT II
Anita
Desai : Baumgartner's Bombay
UNIT III
Amitav
Ghosh : The Glass Palace
UNIT IV
Kiran
Desai : The Inheritance of Loss
UNIT V
Bharati
Mukherjee : The Tiger’s
Daughter
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
II No.
of Hours allotted : 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper VI No.
of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: BRITISH LITERATURE
III
Objective:
·
To
introduce English Romantic Literature and Victorian Literature to students.
Unit I : Prose
Charles Lamb : “Dream
Children: A Reverie”
“A Dissertation upon Roast Pig”
“The Praise of Chimney Sweepers”
Unit II : Poetry-I
William Wordsworth : Michael
S.T. Coleridge : The Rime of the
Ancient Mariner
John Keats : Ode on a
Grecian Urn
Unit III : Poetry II
Alfred
Lord Tennyson : Ulysses
Robert Browning : My Last Duchess
Mathew Arnold : Dover Beach
Unit IV: Novel I
Thomas
Hardy :
The Return of the Native
Charles Dickens :
Oliver Twist
References:
Abrams,
M.H. et al. Norton
Anthology of English Literature (Vol. II) .New York: W.W. Norton
& co, 1979.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
II No.
of Hours allotted: 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper VII No.
of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Objectives:
·
To
enable students to acquire a fair knowledge of the Literary History of England
from the Age of Chaucer to the Present day
·
To help
them develop an awareness of the various
Literary Movements / Trends in England
·
To
expose them to the literary achievements of important English writers
·
To
augment their understanding and appreciation of the English literary texts
Unit I: Chaucer to Marvell (5 Topics)
1.
English
Literature from the Age of Chaucer to the period of Tottel’s Miscellany, with special reference to the literary
achievements of Chaucer, Thomas More, Wyatt and Surrey (for a Four-page answer)
2.
English
Drama from its Origin to the Jacobean Age, with special reference to the
Miracle Plays, the Mystery Plays, the
Moralities, the Interludes, the First English Comedy and the First English
Tragedy, and the Plays of the ‘University Wits’, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and
John Webster (for a Four-page
answer)
3.
Elizabethan
Poetry, with special reference to the
works of Spenser and Shakespeare (for a Two-page
answer)
4.
English
Metaphysical Poetry, with special
reference to the works of John Donne, George Herbert and Andrew Marvell (for a Two-page answer)
5.
Elizabethan
Prose, with special reference to the
works of John Lyly, Sir Philip Sidney and Francis Bacon (for a Two-page answer)
Unit II: Milton to Burns (6
Topics)
1.
English
Poetry and Prose in the Age of Milton, with special reference to the works of
John Milton and John Bunyan (for a Two-page
answer)
2.
English
Restoration Poetry, Prose and Drama with special reference to the works of John
Dryden and William Congreve (for a Four-page
answer)
3.
English
Neo-Classical Poetry and Prose, with special reference to the works of
Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele
( for a Four-page answer)
4.
English
Prose, Poetry and Drama in the Age of Johnson with special reference to the
works of Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith
and R.B. Sheridan (for a Two-page answer)
5.
Origin
of the English Novel in the Age of Johnson, with special reference to the works
of Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Tobias Smollett and Oliver Goldsmith (for
a Two-page answer)
6.
Reaction
against the English Neo-Classical Poetry, with special reference to the works
of William Blake, Thomas Gray, Robert Burns and William Cowper (for a Two-page answer)
Unit III: The Romantic Age (3
Topics)
1.
English
Romantic Poetry, with special reference
to the works of William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge, Lord Byron, P.B. Shelley
and John Keats (for a Four-page
answer)
2.
English
Prose in the Romantic Age, with
special reference to the works of
William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge, P.B.Shelley, Charles Lamb and William
Hazlitt (for a Two-page answer)
3.
English
Novel in the Romantic Age, with special reference to the works of Sir Walter
Scott and Jane Austen (for a Two-page
answer)
Unit IV: Tennyson to Hardy (4
Topics)
1.
English
Poetry in the Victorian Age, with special reference to the works of Lord Alfred
Tennyson, Robert Browning and Matthew Arnold (for a Four-page answer)
2.
English
Prose in the Victorian Age, with special reference to the works of Thomas
Carlyle, John Ruskin, Macaulay, Matthew Arnold, R.L. Stevenson and Newman (for a
Two-page answer)
3.
English
Drama in the Victorian Age, with special reference to the Plays of Oscar Wilde (for a Two-page answer)
4.
English
Novel in the Victorian Age, with special reference to the works of Charles
Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, George Eliot, the Bronte Sisters and Thomas Hardy (for a Four-page answer)
Unit V: The Modern Age (5
Topics)
1.
Modern English Poetry, with special reference to the works of the
Georgian Poets ( Robert Bridges, Rupert Brooke and John Masefield), Wilfred
Owen, Gerard Manley Hopkins, D.H. Lawrence, William Butler Yeats, Thomas
Stearns Eliot, W.H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Tom Gunn and Philip Larkin (for a Four-page answer)
2.
Modern
English Prose, with special reference to
the works of T.S. Eliot, G.B. Shaw, Sir Winston Churchill, Robert Lynd, A.G.
Gardiner, Lytton Strachey, Bertrand Russell, T.E .Lawrence, Hilaire Belloc and
G.K. Chesterton (for a Two-page
answer)
3.
Modern
English Drama, with special reference to the Plays of
T.S. Eliot, George Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy, J.M. Synge, J.M.
Barrie, Samuel Beckett and John Osborne (for a Two-page answer)
4.
Modern
English Novel, with special reference to the works of H.G Wells, Joseph Conrad,
Somerset Maugham, E.M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence, George Orwell, Virginia Woolf,
James Joyce and William Golding (for a Four-page
answer)
5.
Modern
English Short Story, with special reference to the Stories of G.K. Chesterton,
Somerset Maugham, D.H. Lawrence and Katherine Mansfield (for a Two-page answer)
Text Book:
Hudson, W.H. An Outline History of English Literature.
Madras: B.I Publications, 1986
Reference
Books:
Nair, K.R.
Ramachandran. Essays on the History of English Literature. Chennai:
Emerald
, 2000.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are joining
in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
II No.
of Hours allotted: 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper VIII No.
of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: SHAESPEARE
Objectives: To give students knowledge
of Shakespeare’s plays
Unit I Comedy
Twelfth Night
Unit II Roman History Play
Julius Caesar
Unit III Tragedy
Othello
Unit IV Last Play
The Tempest
Unit V General Shakespeare
1. Opening scenes in Shakespeare’s plays
2. Comedies, Tragedies, Historical plays (Roman and English), Dark Comedies
3. Villain in Shakespeare’s plays
4. Introduction to Shakespeare’s Sonnets
References:
Johnson, Samuel and George Steveens. (eds) The Plays of William Shakespeare. London: OUP,
1736.
Bradley, A.C. Shakespearian Tragedy. Delhi: Surjeet Publications, 2006.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
II No. of Hours allotted : 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper IX No.
of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
Objectives:
·
To introduce the
students to representative pieces of Indian writing English
Unit
I
A Study of the contribution of the
following Indian writers
RabindranathTagore,
A.K Ramanujan, Kamaladas, Rajarao,
Mulkraj Anand, R.K Narayan, Asif Currimbhoy, Vijay Tendulkar, Mahesh Dattani.
Unit II
Prose
Sri
Aurobindo : The Renaissance in India
Unit III Poetry
Rabindranath Tagor : Heaven of Freedom
R. Parthasarathy : River, Once
Nissim Ezekiel : Poet, Lover and Bird Watcher
Unit IV DRAMA
Mahesh
Dattani : Tara
Unit V FICTION
Khushwant
Singh : Train to
Pakistan
Chitra
Benerajee Divakaruni : Sister of my
Heart
References:
Singh, R.P and
S.K Prasad.(eds) Anthology Of Indian English Poetry. India: Orient
Blackswan, 1989.
Srinivasa
Iyengar, K.R.
Indian Writing
in English. India: Sterling Publishers
Pvt.Ltd,1971.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution
Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
II No. of Hours allotted: 6 /week
Paper :
Elective Subject – Paper X(a) No.
of Credits : 4
Title of the
Paper : Computer For
Effective Communication
Objectives:
·
This course focuses on how
to use computer literacy for Interpersonal, Mass
line and Mass
communication
·
This course also aims to inculcate
the quality use of computer to improve their
knowledge and
express themselves effectively.
Unit I
Introduction to Computers - Characteristics of Computers- Computer
Generations -Types of Computers - Basic Computer Organization -Windows
Operating System.
Unit II
Microsoft Word:- Editing
a Document -
Formatting the Text
- Formatting a Paragraph -
Bulleting and Numbering List - Checking Spelling and Grammatical Errors
– Table - Mail
Merge Microsoft Excel: - Formulas and
Data Formatting - Creating Excel
Functions, Filling Cells and Printing – Charts.
Unit III
Microsoft PowerPoint: Creating
PowerPoint Presentation -
Object and Slide Animations - Printing the PowerPoint
presentation
Unit IV
What is internet? - Internet services –WWW
- Search Engines - Types of
Search Engines- Investigating search engines & Directories- Search Results.
Unit V
Basic Components
of Web Site- Domain
Name- services- Blog- How to
create a Blog? - Book Blogging
Basics – Cyberspace.
Reference Books:
1. “Learning Computers & Microsoft Office
Suite”, S.Pradeep Kumar Kenny, KK
Publications, 2012.
2. “Web Site Basics”, SSRG Solutions, Kindle
Editions, 2013.
3. “How to Blog a Book”, Nina Amir, Writers
Digest.
SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An
Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR – 626 203.
Department of
English
(Those
who joined in 2016-2017 and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme :
M.A English Subject
Code :
Semester : II No.
of Hours allotted : 6/ Week
Paper :
Elective Paper-X(b) No.
of Credits :
Title of the Paper: Fundamentals of Information Technology
Objectives:
·
To know
the basic concepts of Information
Technology
·
To know
the Basic concepts of Computer System
·
To know
the Concept of Multimedia and Information Technology in Buisness.
UNIT-I:
Information
Technology Today :
Information Technology - An Introduction- Information Systems - Software and
Data - IT in Business and Industry - IT in Home and at Play - IT in Education
and Training - IT in Entertainment and the Arts - IT in Science, Engineering
and Math - Computers in Hiding - Picture Essay:The Global Positioning
System(GPS).
UNIT-II:
The Computer System : Types of Computers: Corporate and Departmental
Computers - Types of Computers: Desktop and Personal Computers - The Anatomy of
a Computer - The Foundations of Modern Information Technology: Binary Numbers
-0s and 1s - The Foundations of Modern
Information Techonology: Digital Signals - The Foundations of Modern
Information Technology: Bits and Bytes - The Binary Code.Software-An Introduction - Software: What is it? - User Interfaces
- Application Programs.
UNIT-III:
Multimedia: Multimedia: Introduction - The Tools of
Multimedia: Paint and Draw Applications - The Tools of Multimedia: Graphic
Effects and Techniques - The Tools of Multimedia: Sounds and Music - The Tools
of Multimedia:Video - The Tools of Multimedia: Multimedia Authoring Tools -
Delivering Multimedia: Presentation Devices - Multimedia on the web: Sound and
Motion - - Multimedia on the web:Video and Television .
UNIT-IV:
Information
Technology in Business :
Corporate Computing :Introduction - Transaction Processing - Information Tools
for Management Control - Marketing, Advertising, and Sales - Design,Production
and Manufacturing - Business on the Internet - Life Outside the Office -
Careers - Keeping Up-to-Date.
UNIT-V:
Personal, Social and Ethical Issues :
Computers and your Health - Computers and Ethics Viruses - Intellectual
Property Rights - Computer Crime - Cryptography - The Burning issues.
Text Book:
Title of
the Book : Information Technology
(The Breaking Wave)
Name(s)
of the author : Dennis
P.Curtin,Kim Foley,Kunal Sen.Cathleen Morin
Publisher : Tata McGraw-Hill Edition
Edition
/ Year : 1999.
Unit I : Chapter 2
Unit II :
Chapters 3 (3.1 – 3.6), Chapter
6 (6.1 -6.3)
Unit III :
Chapter 10(10.1 -10.10)
Unit IV :
Chapter 11(11.1 - 11.10)
Unit V : Chapter 13(13.1 -
13.7)
Reference Book(s):
Reference
Book-1:
Title of the Book :
Introduction to Information
Technology
Name(s)
of the author : Turban,Rainer,Potter
Publisher : Wiley
Edition
/ Year : 2000.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
III No.
of Hours allotted: 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper XI No.
of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: BRITISH LITERATURE
IV
Objectives: To introduce students to 20th
century English literature.
Unit
I – PROSE
Bertrand Russell : i) Education and Discipline
ii)
Philosophy for Layman
iii) Good and Bad
iv) A New Approach to Peace
Unit
II – POETRY- I
T.S. Eliot : Hallow Men
W.B Yeats : Easter 1916
W.H. Auden : The Unknown Citizen
Unit
III – POETRY- II
Philip
Larkin : Church
Going
Tom Gunn : On the Move
Sylvia Plath : Daddy
Unit IV– DRAMA
G.B.Shaw : Arms and the Man
Unit V– FICTION
D.H.Lawrence : Sons and Lovers
Graham Greene : The Power and the Glory
References:
Russell,
Bertrand. Wit and Wisdom .London: The
Beacon Press, 1951.
Green,
David. The Winged Word. India:
Macmillan publisher, 1974.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
III No.
of Hours allotted : 6 /week
Paper : Core Subject – Paper XIII No. of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: POSTCOLONIAL
LITERATURE
Objective:
·
To
make students familiar with postcolonial literatures
·
Introduction
to postcolonial literature
Unit I: Prose
Ngugi Wa Thiongo :
From Decolonizing the Mind
Shashi Despande : Writing from the Margins
Unit
II:Poetry
Derek Walcott : A far Cry from Africa
Wole Soyinka : Telephone Conversation
A.D. Hope : Australia
P.K page : Adolescence
Sujatha Butt : A Different History
Unit
III: Drama
Manjula
Padmanabhan : Harvest
Unit
IV: Novel-I
Chinua Achebe : No Longer at Ease
Unit
V :
Amitav Ghosh : Shadow Lines
References:
Thieme
(ed). The Arnold Anthology of Postcolonial Literature in English London: Macmillan,
2000.
Narasimhaiah,
C. D. (ed). An Anthology of Commonwealth
Poetry. Chennai: Macmillan India
Prese,1990.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
III No.
of Hours allotted: 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper XII No.
of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: GENDER AND
LITERATURE
Objective:
·
To
make students understand the relationship between literature and gender
Unit I: Prose I
Virginia Woolf : A Room of One’s Own
Unit II: Poetry
Judith
Wright : Woman to Man
Kamala Das : Dance of the Eunuchs
Mary Gilmore : Eve
Song
Margaret Atwood : This is a Photograph of Me
Elizabeth Barrett Browning : The Mask
Unit III: Drama
Usha Ganguly :
Rudali
Unit IV: Novel
Alice Walker : The Color Purple
Jhumpa Lahiri : The Namesake
Unit V: Short Stroies
Bharati Mukherjee : The Middle Man and Other Stories
References:
Narasimhaiah,
C. D (ed). An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry. Chennai: Macmillan India
Prese,1990.
Rice,
Philip and Patrick Waugh (ed). Modern
literary Theory: A Reader (IVthEdition).New York:
OUP,
1989.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are joining
in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
III No.
of Hours allotted : 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper XIV No.
of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: AMERICAN LITERATURE
Objective:
·
To
make Students familiar with American Literature and its History.
Unit I:
History of
American Literature with special reference to Thoreau, Emerson, Edgar Allen
Poe, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Arthur Miller. Hermen Melville, Ernest Hemingway.
Unit II: Prose
Ralph Waldo Emerson : The American Scholar
Unit III: Poetry
Edgar Allen Poe :
The Raven
Walt Whitman :
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
Robert Frost :
Mending Wall
Unit IV: Drama
Arthur Miller :
Death of a Salesman
Unit V: Novel
Hermen Melville :
Moby Dick
Ernest Hemingway : The Old Man and the Sea
References:
Fisher,
William J. et al(eds). American Literature of the Nineteenth
Century: An Anthology. New Delhi: Eurasia, 1970.
Dr. Oliver, Egbert
S. (ed.). American Literature 1890-1965: An Anthology. New Delhi: Eurasia, 1970.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
III No.
of Hours allotted: 6 /week
Paper :
Elective Subject – Paper XV (a) No.
of Credits : 4
Title of the
Paper: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Objective:
To enable the students learn the mechanics,
formats, documentation of writing a research paper.
Unit I:
Research
and Writing
1. Research as a Form of Exploration
2. Selecting a Topic
3. Conducting Research
4. Compiling Bibliography
5. Language and Style
Unit II:
The Mechanics of
Writing
1. Spelling
2. Punctuation
3. Italics
4. Quotation
5. Titles of the Works in the Research Paper
Unit III:
Plagiarism
1. Definition of Plagiarism
2. Forms of Plagiarism
3. Related Issues
in Plagiarism
Unit IV:
The Format of the
Research Paper
1. Printing and Typing
2. Margins
3. Spacing
4. Heading – Title
5. Page Number
6. Correction and Insertion
7. Electronic Submission
Unit V:
Documentation: Citing
Sources in the Text
1. Parenthetical Documentation and the list of
Works cited
2. Readability
3. Sample Reference
4. Using Notes with Parenthetical Documentation
Reference Book:
Gibaldi, Joseph.MLA Hand Book for Writers of Research Paper. (Book VII). New Delhi;
Affiliated East-West Press Pvt. Ltd., 2004.
SRI
S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR
– 626 203.
Department
of English
(Those who joined in 2016-2017
and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A English Subject Code :
Semester : III No.of Hours allotted
: 6/ Week
Paper : Elective Paper-XV(b) No.of Credits : 4
Title of
the Paper: Introduction to Journalism
Objectives:
ØTo enable the students learn
history of Journalism
ØTo know the ethics of Journalism
Unit
- I
Principles
of Journalism
Functions
of the journalistic medium as a part of mass communication.
Unit- II
Government
and the Press
Press
Laws (Simples ones) like defamation , libel, contempt of court; copyright law ,
Working Journalistic Act, and Press Registration Act.
Unit- III
Reporting,
news value, human interest, story angle.
Unit- IV
Writing
features ,opinion - editorials, personal columns, reviews etc.
Unit - V
Editing-duties, functions, rights
of the editor, editing marks, headlines, telegrams, make-up of front page and
other pages, advertisements, display.
Reference Books.
Shulka, A.S. Journalism Today Concepts and Practices,
New Delhi: Rajat Publications, 2010.
Choudhary.R. Journalism Ethics,. New Delhi: Centrum
Press, 2010.
Pandey, Pramod. Modern
Journalism at a Glance,. Jaipur: Sublime Publications,2011.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
IV No.
of Hours allotted : 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper XVI No.
of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: World Classics in
Translation
Objective:
·
To introduce
students to some world classics
Unit I
Aristophanes :
The Frogs
Unit II
Virgil : The Aeneid
Unit III
Tolstoy : Anna Karenina
Unit IV
Kafka :
The Castle
Unit V
Thomas Mann : Death
in Venice
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are joining
in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
IV No.
of Hours allotted : 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper XVII No.
of Credits : 5
Title of the Paper: INTRODUCTION TO
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Objectives:
·
To
expose the students to the comparative study of literatures.
·
To
acquaint them with the concept of schools of comparative literature and
inculcate the idea of oneness of literature and the view that literature is one
as atr and humanity are one.
Unit –I
Definition and
History of Comparative literature
Unit-II
Schools of
Comparative Literature
American,
French, Russian, Indian Schools
Unit-III
Thematology: Themes, Motifs, Genre
Study
Unit-IV
Literature and Society, Literature
and Philosophy, Literature and Psychology
Literature and other arts
Unit-V
Comparative Literature and
Postcolonial World
References:
Bassnett,
Sussan. Comparative Literature: A
Critical Introduction. London: Macmillan Press,
1988.
Subramanian. Introduction to
the study of Comparative Literature Theory & Practice. Madurai:
TEESI
publications, 2000.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
IV No.
of Hours allotted : 6 /week
Paper :
Core Subject – Paper XVIII No.
of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: LITERARY CRITICISM
AND THEORY
Objectives:
·
To expose the students
to literary concepts and theories and their application to literary pieces.
Unit-I
M.H Abrams : Orientation of Critical Theories
T.S Eliot : The Function of Criticism
Unit-II
John
Crowe Ransom : Criticism
Rene Wellek : Literary Theory, Criticism and
History
Unit – III
L.C. Knights : Restoration comedy: The Reality and
The Myth
George Orwell : Politics and the English Language
Unit IV
C.G Jung :
Psychology and Literature
Northrop Frye : The Archetype of literature
Unit V
Sigmund Freud : Creative Writing and day-dreaming
Lionel Trilling : Freud and literature
Reference:
Lodge,
David.(ed) 20th century
Literature Criticism.London:Longman,1972.
SRI S.RAMASAMY
NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR-626 203
Department of
English
(For those are
joining in 2016-17)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject
Code :
Semester :
IV No.
of Hours allotted: 6 /week
Paper :
Elective Subject – Paper XIX (a) No.
of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
TEACHING
Objectives:
·
To teach the
students various aspects of English Language Teaching Theories and Skills
Unit
I
1.
Problems and Principles of English Language Teaching
2.
The role of English in India as Second Language and
Foreign Language
3.
Objectives of English teaching in India
Unit II
1.
The
Theories of Language Learning and their relevance to English Language Teaching
2.
Learning
Versus Acquisitions, Difference between First and Second language learning
3.
Attitudes
to Errors in English
Unit III
1.
Methods:
Grammar- Translation Method, Direct Method and Dr. Michael West Method
2.
Approaches:
Structural, Situational and Functional
Approaches
3.
Communicative
Language Teaching: Class Room Interaction and Learner center Teaching
Unit IV
1.
Teaching
of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing – Macro Skills and Micro Skills
Unit V
1.
Teaching
of Grammar, Prose, Poetry and Fiction
2.
Testing
and Evaluation
Text(s)
Tickoo, M. L. Teaching and Learning English. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2003.
Vincent, S. The Teaching of English: Madurai, Soundra Publications, 2007.
References:
Yardi, V. V. Teaching English in India Today. Goa: Parimal Prakashan Publishers, 1977.
West, Michael. Teaching English in Difficult Circumstances. London: Longman,1960.
SRI
S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR
– 626 203.
Department
of English
(Those who joined in 2016-2017
and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A English Subject Code :
Semester :
IV No.of Hours allotted : 6/ Week
Paper : Elective Paper-XIX (b) No.of
Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: An
Introduction to Linguistics
Objectives:
·
To
introduce students the principles of
linguistics
·
To
know the Basic concepts of Linguistics
Unit-
I
The
Origins of Language : The divine source; The natural sounds source; The oral
gesture source, Physiological adaptation; speech and writing
Unit- II
The
properties of language : communicative versus information, unique properties, displacement,
arbitrariness, productivity, cultural transmission, discreteness, duality.
Unit- III
Animals
and human language.
Unit- IV
The
sounds of language : phonetics, voiced and voice less sounds, places of
articulation, charting consonant sounds, manner of articulation, vowels. 17
Unit- V
Language
history and change : family trees, family relationships, cognates, comparative
reconstructions, language change, Old English, Middle English, sound changes,
lexical changes, the process of change.
Text :
George Yule, The Study of
Language, Cambridge University Press, Chapters 1,3,4,5,
Frank Palmer, Grammar (ELBS and
Penguin) D) Transcription Words and single sentences
Daniel
Jones, English Pronunciation
SRI
S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL COLLEGE
(An Autonomous
Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC)
SATTUR
– 626 203.
Department
of English
(Those who joined in 2016-2017
and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A English Subject Code :
Semester :
IV No.of Hours allotted
: 6/ Week
Paper : Core Subject – Paper
XX No.of Credits : 4
Title of the Paper: Project
Work
Objective:
·
To evaluate the critical competence, logical reasoning and
scholarly composition of the students at the end of the M.A. Programme.
PROJECT
·
To be submitted on or before the last working day of the semester.
It should not be less than 30 pages. It should be a critical perspective of an
author or a work or an area of interest. It may also be a translation or about
an aspect in linguistics.
Allotment of Marks
Internal -40 Marks
Project Proposal -10 Marks
Proposal Presentation -10 Marks
Progressive Report -10
Marks
Pre- Submission Presentation-10 marks
External -60 marks
Evaluation Method
for Project:
|
|
Max. Marks
|
Credits
|
|
|
Internal
|
External
|
||
|
Project Evaluation
|
40
|
40
|
|
|
Viva Voce
|
|
20
|
|
|
Total
|
100
|
4
|
|
SRI S.RAMASAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL
COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution Re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade by
NAAC)
SATTUR – 626 203.
Department of Computer
Science
(Those who joined in 2016-2017 and after)
SYLLABUS
Programme : M.A. English Subject Code :
Semester : IV No. of Credits : 3
Extra Credit paper
Title of
the Paper: Model Paper for NET/SET Examination
Objectives:
·
To
create an awareness of the NET/SET
Examination
·
To make
the students prepared for NET / SET Examinations
Unit- I
Renaissance to Restoration
Unit- II
Augustan Age to Romantic Age
Unit-
III
Victorian Age to Contemporary period
Unit- IV
American and other non- British Literature
Unit- V
Contemporary
Theory
Literary
Criticism
Rhetoric
and prosody
