B. A.
(English)
B.A. Part I Examination, Year-2018
Year-2018
B.A. Part II Examination, Year-2019
Year-2019
B.A. Part III Examination, Year- 2020
Examination Paper Pattern at Undergraduate level (Except General English).
Word Limit Total No. of questions Allocation of marks Maximum Instructions for
Questions to be solved (question wise) Marks Selection of
( 100) questions (for
paper setter)
50 10 10 02 20 At least two
questions from
each unit
200 07 05 08 40 At least one
question from each
unit
500 04 02 20 40 Not more than one
one
question from each
unit
-- -- -- - 100
1
General English
(Common for B.A/B.Com/B.Sc/B.B.M)
M.M.100 Duration: 3 Hours
A. Grammar [10 Marks]
Determiners
Tenses and Concord
Auxiliaries
Prepositions
Basic Sentence Patterns
B. Transformations [10 Marks]
Active to Passive Voice
Simple to Compound / Complex
Declarative into Negative/ Interrogative
Direct to Indirect Speech
C. Comprehension [50Marks]
Comprehension of an Unseen Passage[10 Marks]
Comprehension (from the following Texts): Comprehension based Questions of 10 Marks each will be
asked from Prose, Short Stories, One Act Play and Poetry
Po etry [40 Marks]
Prose
Digital India
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: The Power of Prayer
Martin Luther King: I have a Dream
Albert Einstein: The World as I see it
Short Stories
Leo Tolstoy: The Three Questions
Nachiketa
One Act Play
Cedric Mount: The Never Never Nest
Poetry
R.N. Tagore : Heaven of Freedom
John Donne : Death be not Proud
Swami Vivekanand : Kali the Mother
Required Readings: E mer ald (Macmillan)
D. Written Composition [30 Marks]
Precis Writing [5 Marks]
Paragraph Writing [10 Marks]
Letter Writing(Formal and Informal)[5 Marks]
Report Writing[10 Marks]
Suggested Readings:
Murphy, Raymond: Intermediate English Grammar ( OUP)
Huddleton, Rodney: English Grammar: An Outline (OUP)
Greenbaum, Sidney: The Oxford English Grammar (OUP)
2
B.A. Part-I English Literature
Paper- I
Poetry and Drama
Unit-I
William Shakespeare: The Seven Ages of Man
Edmund Spenser: One Day I Wrote Her Name
Christopher Marlowe: The Face that Launch’d
Launch’d a Thousand Ships
John Milton: On His Blindness
Alexander Pope: Ode on Solitude
Unit-II
John Donne: Go and Catch a Falling Star
Oliver Goldsmith: The Village School Master (Extract from “Deserted Village”)
William Wordsworth: The World is Too Much with Us
John Keats: Ode to Beauty
Unit-III
William. Shakespeare: As You Like it
Unit-IV
Fritz Karinthy : Refund
Anton Chekhov: Proposal
Unit-V
Literary History
Renaissance, Reformation, Puritan Age, Metaphysical Movement, Restoration Period, Neo-Classical
Age, Romanticism
Literary Terms
Sonnet, Elegy, Lyric, Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Pun,
Comedy, Tragedy, Tragi-comedy, Rhyme, Rhythm, Ode
Required Readings: Amb
Ambrosia
rosia(Macmillan)
Further Readings
Abrams, M.H: A Glossary of Literary Terms (Macmillan)
Trivedi, R. D: A Compendious History of English Literature ( Vikas)
Detailed Study
Evaluation Scheme
[This will apply to all Undergraduate Courses
Courses on En
English
glish Literature and not to G
General
eneral English.]
English.]
There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:
Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks each.
The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing
choosi ng at least two from each unit.
Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:
Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the candidate shall
attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks.
Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be answered in
200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.
Section C shall comprise Four Questions (to be answered in 500 Words each) out of which the Candidate shall
attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.
3
B.A. Part-I English Literature
Paper- II
Prose and Fiction
Unit-I
Francis Bacon: Of Studies
Richard Steele: The Spectator Club
Charles Lamb: A Bachelor’s Complaint against the Behaviour of Married People
Unit-II
Oliver Goldsmith: On National Prejudices
B. Russell: Machines and Emotions
Virginia Woolf : Professions for Women
V.S Naipaul: Seven Rules for Writing
Unit –III
Oscar Wilde : The Model Millionaire
K. Mansfield: A Cup of Tea
H. Munro (Saki): The Open Window
Edgar Allan Poe: Some Words with a Mummy
Unit-IV
Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist
Unit: V
Literary Terms
Climax, Catastrophe, Myth, Fable, Plot, Metre, Soliloquy, Aside
Literary History
th
Elizabethan Prose, History of English Novel, 18 Century Prose
Required Readings: I mpri nt
ntss (Macmillan)
Further Readings:
Abrams, M.H: A Glossary of Literary Terms (Macmillan)
Trivedi, R. D: A Compendious History of English Literature (Vikas)
Detailed Study
Evaluation Scheme
[This will apply to all Undergraduate Courses
Courses on En
English
glish Literature and not to G
General
eneral English.]
English.]
There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:
Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks each.
The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing
choosi ng at least two from each unit.
Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:
Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the candidate shall
attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks.
Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be answered in
200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.
Section C shall comprise Four Questions to be answered in 500 Words each out of which the Candidate shall
attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.
4
B.A. Part II English Literature
Paper- I
Poetry and Drama
Unit-I
Alfred Tennyson: The Lotus Eaters; Tears, Idle Tears
Robert Browning: Rabbi Ben Ezra
Unit –II
Matthew Arnold: Sohrab and Rustam-(Lines 838 to 892)
G.M. Hopkins: Spring and Fall
W.B. Yeats: The Second Coming
Unit-III
T.S. Eliot: The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock
Rupert Brooke: The Soldier
Philip Larkin: Going
Unit –IV
John Galsworthy: Loyalties
Unit-V
Literary History
Victorian Poetry, Modern Poetry, Poetic Drama, Theatre of the Absurd
Literary Terms
Dramatic Monologue, Inscape, Instress, Sprung Rhythm, War Poetry, Ballad, Free Verse, Blank Verse,
Idylls, Irony, Epic, Heroic Couplet, Conceit
Prescribed Textbook: Poetic Pearls (Oxford)
Required Readings
Abrams, M.H: A Glossary of Literary Terms (Macmillan)
Trivedi, R. D: A Compendious History of English Literature (Vikas)
Detailed Study
Evaluation Scheme
[This will apply to all Undergraduate Courses
Courses on En
English
glish Literature and not to General English.]
There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:
Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks each.
The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing
choosi ng at least two from each unit.
Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:
Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the candidate shall
attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks.
Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be answered in
200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.
Section C shall comprise Four Questions (to be answered in 500 Words each) out of which the Candidate shall
attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.
5
B.A. Part –II English Literature
Paper- II
Prose and Fiction
Unit - I
E .V. Lucas: Third Thoughts
G.K. Chesterton: On the Pleasures of no Longer Being Very Young
A.G. Gardiner: On Superstition
Unit-II
Huxley: Selected Snobberies
Hilaire Belloc: In Praise of Ignorance
Unit-III
O’ Henry: The Gift of the Magi
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Dr. Heidegger’s
Heidegger’s Experiment
William Faulkner: A Rose for Emily
Unit-IV
Thomas Hardy: Far from the Madding Crowd
Unit-V
Literary History
Victorian Novel, Victorian Prose
Literary Terms
Stream of Consciousness Novel, Elements of Story, Scientific Fiction
Prescribed Textbook: Pr os
ose
e and
and F i ct
ctii on (Oxford)
Required Readings
Abrams, M.H: A Glossary of Literary Terms (Macmillan)
Trivedi, R. D: A Compendious History of English Literature (Vikas)
Detailed Study
Evaluation Scheme
[This will apply to all Undergraduate Courses
Courses on En
English
glish Literature and not to G
General
eneral English.]
English.]
There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:
Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks each.
The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing
choosi ng at least two from each unit.
Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:
Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the candidate shall
attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks.
Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be answered in
200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.
Section C shall comprise Four Questions (to be answered in 500 Words each) out of which the Candidate shall
attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.
6
B.A. Part III, English Literature
Paper- I
Poetry & Drama
Unit-I
Toru Dutt : Our Casuarina Tree
A.K.Ramanujan : Ecology
Nissim Ezekiel : Night of the Scorpion
Unit-II
Wole Soyinka : Telephone Conversation
Agha Shahid Ali : Postcard from Kashmir
Taslima Nasrin : At the Back of Progress
Unit-III
Gabriel Okara : Once Upon a time
Edywin Thumboo : Words
Robert Kroetsch : I am getting Old Now
Judith Wright: Woman to Man
Unit –IV
Mahesh Dattani : Tara
Unit-V
Literary History
Renaissance in India, Anglo Indian and Indo-Anglican Writing
Terms &Concepts
Paradox, Antithesis, Symbolism, Satire, Essay, Allegory
Prescribed Textbook: Poetic Reflections from India and Abroad (Oxford)
Required Reading
Abrams, M.H: A Glossary of Literary Terms (Macmillan)
Iyengar, K. R. S: Indian Writing in English (Sterling)
Detailed Study
Evaluation Scheme
[This will apply to all Undergraduate Courses
Courses on E
English
nglish Literature and not to G
General
eneral English.]
English.]
There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:
Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks each.
The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing
choosi ng at least two from each unit.
Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:
Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the candidate shall
attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks.
Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be answered in
200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.
Section C shall comprise Four Questions (to be answered in 500 Words each) out of which the Candidate shall
attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions in such a way so that
almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.
7
B.A. Part-III, English Literature
Paper- II
Prose and Fiction
Unit-I
Ruskin Bond : The Meeting Pool
S. Radhakrishnan : The March of Mind
Unit –II
Romain Rolland : Vivekananda: The Great Journey to the West
Philip Agre : Building an Internet Culture
Vandana Shiva: The Social Costs of Economic Globalization
Aruna Roy: Tuned into the Voice of the Deprived
Salim Ali: Man and Nature in India: The Ecological Balance
Unit –III
Premchand : The Child
MulkRaj Anand : The Barber’s Trade Union
Union
K. Abbas : The Refugee
Unit –IV
Maxim Gorky: The Mother of a Traitor
Henry Lawson : The Drover’s Wife
Jim Corbett: Lalajee
Unit –V
R.K.Narayan : Vendor of Sweets
Prescribed Textbook: Prose and Fiction (Oxford)
Detailed Study
Evaluation Scheme
[This will apply
apply to all Undergraduate Courses
Courses on E
English
nglish Literature and not to General English.]
English.]
There shall be a Terminal Examination of 100 Marks of each Paper at the end of every Session. The
Examination Paper shall consist of Three Sections:
Section 'A' shall comprise Ten questions (all compulsory, to be answered in 50 words each) of 2 Marks
each. The Examiner will set questions on this section choosing at least two from each unit.
Section 'B' shall comprise Two Parts:
Part I shall consist of Three Reference to Context Questions from starred texts, out of which the
candidate shall attempt any two (to be answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08
Marks.
Part II shall comprise Four Questions, out of which the candidate shall attempt any three (to be
answered in 200 Words each). Each Question shall carry 08 Marks. The Examiner shall set Questions
in such a way so that almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus
s yllabus is ensured.
Section C shall comprise Four Questions to be answered in 500 Words each out of which the
Candidate shall attempt any two. Each Question shall carry 20 Marks. The Examiner shall set
Questions in such a way so that almost the cent percent coverage of the syllabus is ensured.
