Department of English
Syllabus for Bachelor of Arts in English
Department of English
Effective from the Session: 2015-2016
Faculty of Physical Education, Language and Ethical Studies
Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST)
Jessore-7408, Bangladesh
Syllabus for Bachelor of Arts in English
(Effective from session: 2015-16)
Department of English
Faculty of Physical Education, Language and Ethical Studies
Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST)
Jessore-7408, Bangladesh
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Faculty of Physical Education, Language and Ethical Studies
Jessore University of Science and Technology
Four Year Bachelor of Arts in English Effective from the Session 2015-2016
The integrated grading system of B.A. (Honors) courses in English will be offered over the period of
four academic years. The integrated courses consist of a total of 165.0 credit courses which includes
Theory, Laboratory, Project and Viva.
Credit Distribution in Different Years
Year
Semester
1st Year
1st Semester
2nd Semester
nd
2 Year
1st Semester
2nd Semester
rd
3 Year
1st Semester
2nd Semester
th
4 Year
1st Semester
2nd Semester
Total
Theory
5
6
6
7
7
7
7
6
51
Number of Courses
Laboratory + Seminar + Viva
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
14
Credit Hours
Core
Optional
20.0
00
21.0
00
21.0
00
22.0
00
21.0
00
20.0
00
20.0
00
20.0
00
165.0
00
Total
41
43
41
40
165.0
The distribution of marks will be as follows:
Course
Theory
Laboratory
Seminar + Viva
Research Project
Theory/
Practical marks
72
60
Midterm
/ Viva
20
30
Class
Attendance
08
10
Total credits in 4 years
2
Total marks/
Course
100
100
100
100
Credits/
Course
3.0/2.0
1.0/1.5/2.0
1.0/2.0
3.0
Total credits in
4 Year
143.0
10.0
9.0
3.0
165.0
1st Year 1st Semester
Course Code
Course Title
Theory
Laboratory
Credits
Eng 1101
Introduction to Literature
3.0
Eng 1103
History of English Literature
3.0
Eng 1105
Basic Language Skills: Listening &
Speaking
3.0
Basic Language Skills: Listening &
Speaking Laboratory
Eng 1106
2.0
Hum 1101
Bangladesh Studies
3.0
CSE 1101
Computer Fundamentals
3.0
CSE 1102
Computer Fundamentals Laboratory
2.0
Eng 1110
Seminar + Viva
1.0
Total
20.0
1st Year 2nd Semester
Course Code
Course Title
Theory
Laboratory
Credit
Hour
Eng 1201
Introduction to Poetry
3.0
Eng 1203
Introduction to Fiction and Non Fiction
3.0
Eng 1205
Introduction to Drama
3.0
Eng 1207
Basic Language Skills: Reading and
Writing
3.0
Basic Language Skills: Reading
and Writing Laboratory
Eng 1208
2.0
Eng 1209
Advanced Grammar
3.0
Eng 1211
Socio-Political History of England
3.0
Eng 1210
Seminar + Viva
Total
1.0
21.0
3
2nd Year 1st Semester
Course Title
Course Code
Eng 2101
Theory
th
17 Century Prose
Credit Hour
Laboratory
3.0
Eng 2103
Romantic Poetry
3.0
Eng 2105
Academic Writing
3.0
Eng 2106
Academic Writing Laboratory
1.5
Eng 2107
Elizabethan & Jacobean Drama
3.0
Stat 2101
Basic Statistics
3.0
Stat 2102
Hum 2101
Basic Statistics Laboratory
Economics
1.5
2.0
Eng 2110
Seminar + Viva
1.0
21.0
Total
2nd Year 2nd Semester
Course Title
Course Code
Theory
Eng 2201
Credit Hour
Laboratory
Poetry from Chaucer to Milton
3.0
th
18 Century Prose
3.0
Eng 2203
Eng 2205
History of English Language
3.0
Eng 2207
Sociology and Cultural Anthropology
3.0
Hum 2201
Introduction to Bengali Literature
3.0
Hum 2203
CSE: 2201
Philosophy
3.0
Computer Application
2.0
CSE: 2202
Computer Application Laboratory
1.0
Eng 2210
Seminar + Viva
1.0
Total
22.0
4
3rd Year 1st Semester
Course Code
Course Title
Credit Hour
Eng 3101
Poetry from Dryden to Blake
3.0
Eng 3103
Literary Criticism
3.0
Eng 3105
Restoration Drama
3.0
Eng 3107
18th Century English Novel
3.0
Eng 3109
3.0
Eng 3111
American Drama
Classics in Translation
Eng 3113
Introduction to Linguistics-I
2.0
Eng 3110
3.0
1.0
Seminar + Viva
Total
21.0
3rd Year 2nd Semester
Course Code
Eng 3201
Eng 3203
Eng 3205
Eng 3207
Eng 3209
Eng 3211
Eng 3213
Eng 3210
Course Title
Metaphysical Poetry
Victorian Poetry
19th Century English Novel
South-Asian Writing in English
Postwar British Novel
Phonetics and Phonology
Introduction to Linguistics-II
Seminar + Viva
Total
5
Credit Hour
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
2.0
2.0
1.0
20.0
4th Year 1st Semester
Course Code
Eng 4101
Eng 4103
Eng 4105
Eng 4107
Eng 4109
Eng 4111
Eng 4113
Eng 4200
Eng 4110
Course Title
Credit Hour
Research Methodology
American Poetry
Sociolinguistics
African and Caribbean Literature
Translation Studies
Latin American Literature
English for Professional Purposes
Research Project
Seminar + Viva
Total
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
2.0
3.0
2.0
0.0
1.0
20.0
4th Year 2nd Semester
Course Code
Eng 4201
Eng 4203
Eng 4205
Eng 4207
Eng 4209
Eng 4200
Eng 4210
Course Title
World Literature
American Fiction
English Language Teaching (ELT)
Culture and Media Studies
20th Century Literary and Critical Theory
Research Project
Comprehensive Viva
Total
6
Credit Hour
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
2.0
20.0
Details
1st Year 1st Semester
Eng 1101: Introduction to Literature
3 credits, 3 hours/week
1. Rhetoric and Prosody.
2. Poetry: a. Types and themes; b. Structural devices; c. Contrast; d. Illustration; e. Repetition;
f. Mood; Imagery; Tone; Principal verse forms—descriptive, narrative, lyrical, reflective, etc.;
Interrelationship; and Effect.
3. Non-fiction Prose: a. Theme; b. Structure; and c. Style.
4. Essay: a. Structure: Beginning, Middle, End; b. Forms: Narrative, Descriptive, and Expository;
c. Unity, Order, Coherence, Transition, Clarity, Using Examples, Comparison & Contrast, and
Cause & Effect.
5. Drama: Plot—its Structure, Elements, Action, Conflict, Characterization, Style, and Dialogue.
6. Fiction: Plot—its Structure, Point of view, Characterization, Setting, Style, Narration, and
Technique.
7. Short Story and Novel: Definition, Setting, Characterization, Theme, Point of View, Mood, Tone,
Technique, etc.
8. Literary Terms
9. Texts: i) Shall I compare thee…by William Shakespeare; ii) Valediction Foreboding Mourning by
John Donne; iii) Crossing the Bar by Alfred Tennyson; iv) The World is too much with us by
William Wordsworth; vi) The Luncheon by W.S. Maugham ; vii) Rider to the Sea by J. M. Synge
Books Recommended:
1. Ahmed, Sadruddin. Learning English the Easy Way.
2. Martinet & Thomson. A Practical English Grammar.
3. Hornby, A. S. The Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Current English.
4. Cowie & MacKin. Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English.
5. Hornby, A. S. Guide to Pattern and Usage of English.
6. Burnet and Stubbs. Practical Guide to Writing.
7. Islam, Jahurul. A Handbook of Practical Writing.
8. Imhoof, Maurice. From Paragraph to Essay.
9. Taylor, Clive. Advancing Language Skills.
10. Close, R. A. The English We Use.
11. Glover, A. J. Build Up Your English.
12. Jones, D. English Pronouncing Dictionary.
13. Quirk & Others. A Grammar of Contemporary English.
14. McRae. Chapters of Verse.
15. Leech. Communicative Grammar of English.
16. Hudson, William. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. Harrap. London. 1965.
17. Abrams. A Glossary of Literary Terms.
18. Cuddon, J. A. A Dictionary of Literary Terms. Penguin. Ed. 1984.
19. Bose & Sterling. Rhetoric & Prosody.
20. Aristotle. Poetics (with an introductory essay by Butcher, S. H.).
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21. Willeck & Warren. Theory of Literature. Penguin.
22. The Norton Introduction to Literature (volumes of Poetry, Fiction, and Short Fiction).
23. The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Vols. I & II.
24. Daiches, David. Critical Approaches to Literature.
25. Ford, B. The Pelican Guide to English Literature.
26. Brooks & Heilman. Understanding Drama.
27. Brooks & Warren. Understanding Poetry.
28. Murray, P. Literary Criticism: A Glossary of Major Terms.
29. Jones, R. T. Studying Drama: An Introduction.
30. Kelsall, M. Studying Drama: An Introduction.
31. Hawthorn, J. Studying the Novel: An Introduction.
32. Forster, E. M. Aspects of the Novel.
33. Hussain, Inari. A Handbook of English Literature.
34. An Introduction to Literature. Longman. Ed. Barnet, Berman, Burto, and Cain. New York. 1997.
35. Introduction to Literature. Ed. Kennedy, X. J.
36. Legacies: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Non—Fiction. Bogard. 1995.
Eng 1103: History of English Literature
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. First Glimpses
2. The Anglo—Saxon or the Old English Period
3. The Anglo—Norman Period
4. The Age of Chaucer
5. The Elizabethan Period
6. The Puritan Age
7. The Restoration Period
8. Eighteenth Century Literature
9. The Romantic Age
10. The Victorian Age
11. The 20th Century Literature
Books Recommended:
1. Edmonds, E. W. A Historical Summary of English Literature.
2. Hudson, W. H. An Outline History of English Literature.
3. Long, J. W. English Literature.
4. Bateson, F. W. A Guide to English Literature.
5. Concise Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Ed. George Watson.
6. Legouis and Cazamian. History of English Literature.
7. Cambridge History of English Literature.
8. Oxford History of English Literature.
9. Sampson. The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature.
10. Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature. 2 Vols.
11.Ford, Boris. History of English Literature. (6 volumes).
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Eng 1105: Basic Language Skills: Listening & Speaking
3 credits, 3 hours/week
Language –as a means of communication, Oral communication: nature, function and types,
Advantages and disadvantages, Guidelines for effective oral communication.
Listening and Speaking: Features of language for listening and speaking: Phonetic features, Grammar,
Vocabulary, Audience awareness, Context; Speaker- listener rapport; Body language: Perspectives,
importance and types; Advantages and limitations; Effective use of body language; Guidelines for
improving listening and speaking skills.
Situations and tasks: Interview, Telephonic conversation, Discussion, Presentation, Debate,
Conversation, Public speaking etc
Books Recommended:
1. Sharma, R.C & Mohan, K. Business Correspondence and Report Writing (2nd Ed.), New Delhi:
Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 1999.
2. Gordon, R.L. Interviewing Strategy, Techniques and Tactics, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois 1976.
3. Pease, A. Body Language (New Ed.), New Delhi: Sudha Publications Pvt.Ltd., 1999.
Eng 1106: Basic Language Skills: Listening & Speaking Laboratory
2 credits, 4hours/week
Five students to be brought on the dais at a time. Other students of the class will be interrogating and
likewise every student should be brought in turn and questions should be asked from the fields of
literature, science, current politics, international affairs, games and sports, etc. The Instructor will act
as a conductor. The class should be interactive in nature.
HUM 1101: Bangladesh Studies
3credits, 3hours/week
Emergence of Bangladesh: Origin of the Name “Bangladesh”, Political Developments of Bengal,
especially of the Eastern Bengal during (a) Ancient Period (b) Medieval Period (1204-1765), The
Battle of Palasi, Black Hole Tragedy, Permanent Settlement, Titumir (c) British Rule (1765-1947);
Political and Economic Background towards Language Movement (1952) and Independence (19701971); Liberation War (1971); Outline of the Geography of the Country
Culture and Heritage: Language; Education; Population Growth; Class Formation; Migration and
Issues of Urbanization; Industrialization and Modernization; Religions: Varieties of Religious
Traditions; Buddhism; Hinduism; Rise of Islam.
Colonial Period and Modernity: (a) Social Structure of Pre-Colonial Bengal (b) Social Structure of
Colonial Bengal (c) Social Structure and change in Contemporary Bangladesh (d) Social structure of
Bengal Villages and Agricultural Reforms (e) Rural Power Structure of Bangladesh (f) Crime and
Corruption
Constitution: Constitution of Bangladesh and Major Amendments; Politics and Governance: Issue of
Democratization and Civil Society; Party System of Bangladesh and its Characteristics; Nationalism;
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Parliamentary System; The Executive, The Legislature and Judiciary Branch of the Government;
Local Government and Upazila System; Foreign Policy: Goals and Objectives of SAARC and
Bangladesh
Women & Gender Status: Contemporary Women and Gender Issues and Bangladesh
Natural Resources; Global Warming and Climate Change: Vulnerability and Disaster Management in
Contemporary Bangladesh.
Books Recommended:
1. Ahsan, Rosie Majid and Hafiza Khatun (eds.). 2004. Disaster and the Silent Gender:
Contemporary Studies in Geography. Dhaka: Bangladesh Geographical Society.
2. A M A Muhith, Bangladesh: Emergence of a Nation
3. Drabek, Thomas, E. 1986. Human System Response to Disaster: An Inventory of Sociological
Findings. London:Springer-verlag.
4. Khan, Akbar Ali. 1996. Discovery of Bangladesh.
5. Morrison, Barric. 1980. Political Centers and Cultural Regions in Early Bengal
6. Majumdar, R.C History of Ancient Bengal.
7. Ray, Niharranjan. Bangalir Ithihas.
8. Sen, Rangalal. Political Elites of Bangladesh.
9. Maniruzzaman, Talukdar. Bangladesh Revolution and its Aftermath.
CSE 1101: Computer Fundamentals
3 credits, 3 hours/week
Introduction of computer and its Organization: Historical evolution of computers & classification,
computer generations, Basic organization and functional units of computer, impact of computer on
society.
Number Systems, computer codes and arithmetic: Different number systems & their conversion,
Fractional numbers, Numeric/alphanumeric data, BCD/EBCDIC/ASCII code, Binary arithmetic
(addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
I/O devices and internal organization of computer: Input/output/storage/arithmetic logic/control and
central processing unit, internal structure of CPU, Keyboard, Mouse, Printers, Scanner and other
devices.
Computer Memory: Memory location and address, RAM, ROM, PROM and EPROM, cache memory,
Sequential/Direct/Random access device, Magnetic tape and disk, hard disk, CDROM, optical disk.
CSE 1102: Computer Fundamentals Laboratory
2 credit, 4 hours/week
Laboratory works based on theory course CSE 1101.
Eng 1110: Seminar + Viva
1 credit, 1 hour/week
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Eng 1201: Introduction to Poetry
3 credits, 3 hours/week
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Robert Herrick (1591-1671)
Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
John Keats (1985-1821)
Robert Browning (1812-1889)
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
: Sonnets 116
: Delight in disorder
: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
: Ode on a Grecian Urn
: My Last Duchess
: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Books Recommended:
1. Brooks, Cleanth & Warren, Robert Penn. Understanding Poetry. 4th ed.
2. X. J. Kennedy. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, 12th ed.
3. Boulton, Marjorie. Anatomy of Poetry
Eng 1203: Introduction to Fiction and Non- Fiction
3 credits, 3 hours/week
A: Fiction
Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
James Joyce (1882-1941)
Edgar Allan Poe
: The Garden Party
: Evelyn
: The Black Cat
B: Non-Fiction
Jonathan Swift
D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
: A Modest Proposal
: Why the Novel Matters
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
F.B. Millett, Reading Fiction
Marjorie Boulton, The Novel, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975
Arnold Kettle, An Introduction to the English Novel. Universal Book Stall, 1967
Elizabeth Drew, The Novel; A Modern Guide to English Masterpieces, Delhi: Radha Publishing
House, 1992
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Eng 1205: Introduction to Drama
3 credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
Sophocles
William Shakespeare
George Bernard Shaw
Harold Pinter
: King Oedipus
: The Merchant of Venice
: Arms and the Man
: The Birthday Party
Eng 1207: Basic Language Skills: Reading & Writing
3 credits, 3 hours/week
Reading comprehension: Perspectives and Strategies: intensive and extensive reading, scanning,
skimming, reader’s expectation and interpretation, contextual understanding and understanding the
whole text, critical analysis and evaluation of text; Reading Situations and tasks: reading academic
texts, reading newspaper and magazine, reading seminar paper
Writing: Perspectives and Approaches to Writing: Product Approach and Process Approach
Modes of Writing: definition, classification, description, narrative, argumentative, cause and effect;
Art of good writing; Writing Situations and tasks: abstracting and summarizing, précis writing,
paragraph and essay writing, letters and applications, creative writing
Books Recommended:
1. Heffernan, A.W.J. Writing: A College Handbook, Fifth Edition, New York and London: Norton,
2000.
2. Lewis, Norman , How to Read Better and Faster
Eng 1208: Basic Language Skills: Reading & Writing Laboratory
2 credits, 4hours/week
Laboratory works based on theory course Eng 1207
Eng 1209: Advanced Grammar
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. Vocabulary: Vocabulary Development Processes, Using Dictionary
2. Use of Appositives, Gerund, Participle, Relative Pronoun, Linkers, Appropriate Preposition,
Right Forms of Verbs and Punctuation
3. Simple Sentences and their Structures
4. Complex and Compound Sentences and their Structures
5. Phrases, Clauses and Group Verbs
6. Combining Sentences
7. Changing Sentences
8. Effective Sentences: Misplaced Modifiers, Inversion, Problems in Sentence Order and Variety,
Defective Subordination, Parallelism, Expansion of Sentences
9. Corrections
10. Translation (Bangla-English, English- Bangla)
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Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Wren, P.C. and Martin, H. (New Edition ). High School English Grammar and Composition
Leech, Geoffrey, and Jan S. (2010). A Communicative Grammar of English. Essex: Longman.
Murphy, Raymond. Intermediate English Grammar. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press
Thomson, A. J. and Martinet A. V. (1986). A Practical English Grammar. Oxford University
Press.
5. Fundamentals of English Grammar.3rd ed. Betty Schrampfer Azar
6. Wood, Thomas. (2007). Practical Grammar and Composition. New York, Chicago.
7. Fowler H.W. (1908). The King’s English. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Eng 1211: Socio-Political History of England
3 credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The Norman Conquest
Medieval England
Tudor England
Stuart England
18th Century England
The Victorian Age
20th Century England
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Dr. A N Johri. A Social History of England
Tout, T.F, (1934): A History of Great Britain, Longmans, London.
Elton, G.R (1955): England under the Tudor.
Barlow, F, (1945): The Feudal Kingdom of England.
Haller, (1938): William the Rise of Puritanism.
Trevelyan, G.M, (1930): England in the Reign of Modern History.
Trevelyan, G.M: English Social History.
Eng 1210: Seminar + Viva
1 credit, 1 hour/week
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Eng 2101: 17 th Century Prose
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. Francis Bacon’s Essays
2. John Milton
3. John Bunyan
4. Daniel Defoe
: a. Of Studies; b. Of Truth; c. Of Love;
d. Of Marriage and Single life.
: Areopagitica
: Pilgrim’s Progress
: Robinson Crusoe
Books Recommended:
1. Bush, D. English Literature in the Early Seventeenth Century.
2. Willey, Basil. Seventeenth Century Background.
3. 17th Century Studies Presented to Sir Herbert Grierson. Oxford.
4. Wedgwood, C. V. 17th Century English Literature.
Eng 2103: Romantic Poetry
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. William Wordsworth: a) Tintern Abbey; b) Ode on Imitations of Immortality.
2. S. T. Coleridge: a) Dejection, an Ode; b) Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
3. Lord Byron: a) Don Juan: Canto: I (as in Norton); b) She Walks in Beauty.
4. P.B. Shelley: a) Ode to a Skylark; b) Ode to the West Wind.
5. John Keats: a) Ode to a Nightingale; b) Ode to Autumn
Books Recommended :
1. Hough, Graham. Romantic Poets.
2. Brailsford, H. N. Shelley, Godwin and their Circle.
3. Elton, Oliver. Survey of English Literature: 1780—1830.
4. Bowra, C. M. Romantic Imagination.
5. Prez, Mario. The Romantic Agony.
6. Lucas, F. L. The Decline and Fall of Romantic Ideal.
7. Willey, Basil. Nineteenth Century Studies.
8. Grierson, G. C. The Background of English Literature: Classical and Romantic.
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Eng 2105: Academic Writing
3 credits, 3hours/week
Reading to write: critical reading of essays; obtaining information and note-taking; Synthesizing
diverse information and making logical connections; Discourse and pragmatic values and properties in
academic writing; Diction and word choice in academic writing; Reader awareness in writing; Clarity
in writing; Writing literary essays on theme, character, plot, structure, etc., article and book review
Thinking critically and analytically on an issue/theme; Logical sequencing of the information into a
thematic pattern; Setting the tone of formal writing; Arguing with convincing evidence; Constituents
and structure in writing; Documentation and incorporating quotes; Writing assignments, attempting
examination questions; research paper writing, presentation slide designing
Books Recommended:
1. Bailey, Stephen. A Handbook for International Students.3 rd ed.
2. Oshima, Alice and Hogue, Ann. Writing Academic English.4th ed.
3. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. The Modern Language Association of
America, New York 2009
Eng 2106: Academic Writing laboratory
1.5 credits, 3 hours/week
Laboratory will aim to improve student’s academic writing activities and tasks. Every week tasks will
be given and will be verified and evaluated by the instructor.
Eng 2107: Elizabethan & Jacobean Drama
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. William Shakespeare
2. Christopher Marlowe
3. Thomas Kyd
4. John Webster
: As You Like It
: Doctor Faustus
: The Spanish Tragedy
: The Duchess of Malfi.
Books Recommended:
1. Boas, S. An Introduction to Stewart Drama.
2. Boas, S. D. An Introduction to Tudor Drama.
3. Bradbrook, M. C. The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy.
4. Bradbrook, M. C. Themes and Conventions in Elizabethan Tragedy.
5. Lucas, F. L. Seneca and Elizabethan Drama.
6. Schelling F. E. Elizabethan Drama.
7. Vaughn. Types of Tragedy.
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STAT 2101: Basic Statistics
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. Meaning and Scope, Variables and Attributes, Collection and presentation of statistical data, Frequency
distribution and Graphical representation.
2. Analysis of statistical data: Location, Depression and their measures. Skewness and kurtosis and their
measures, Moment cumulates and practical example.
3. Probability: Concept of probability, sample apse, events. Union and intersection of events, probability
of events, Laws of probability, conditional practical examples.
4. Randon variables and probability distribution: Basic concepts of discrete and continuous random
variables. Density and distribution function. Conditional expectation and conditional variance, Moments
and comulate generation functions, Study of binomial, poison, normal and bivariate normal distribution
and practical examples.
5. Bivariate distribution: bivariate data, scatter diagram, marginal and conditional distribution, Corellation,
Rank correlation, Partial and multiple correlation, contingency, Analysis and practical application.
6. Linear regression: Linear regression for two variables, principle of least squares method, lines of best fit,
residual analysis and examples.
7. Test of significance: Basic adieas of null hypothesis, Alternative hypothesis, type1 error, typeii error,
level of significance, degree of freedom, rejection and acceptance region, test of single mean single
varience, two sample means and variences, test for 2x2 contigency lebels, independent test and practical
examples.
Books Recommended:
Gupta SC and Kapoor VK
Lipsschutz S (1987) Probability.
(
2001)
Fundamental
of
Applied
Statistics.
3 rd
ed.
STAT 2102: Basic Statistics Laboratory
1.5 credits, 3hours/week
This course is based on the course of Basic Statistics
Hum 2101: Economics
2 credits, 2 hours/week
Economics: Nature of the economics theory, applicability of economic theories to the problem of
developing countries. Some basic concepts - supply, demand and their elasticities. The relationship among
average, margin and total and their derivation. Equilibrium - stable, straight and dynamic equilibrium.
Consumer’s equilibrium-indifference curve, producer’s equilibrium-isoquant. Production-factors of
production, production possibility curve-equilibrium of a firm, fixed cost and variable cost, the short run
and the long run. The cost curves and supply curves, law of returns, internal and external economics and
diseconomies. Economics of development and planning, basic concept-saving, investment, GNP, NNP,
pereapita income, growth rate, policy instruments of development. Fiscal policy, monetary policy and trade
policy, their relative applicability in Bangladesh, some planning tools-capital output ratio, input analysis,
planning in Bangladesh -five year plans of Bangladesh, development problems related to agriculture,
industry and population of Bangladesh.
Books recommended:
To be decided by instructor
Eng 2110: Seminar + Viva
1 credit, 1 hour/week
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Eng 2201: Poetry from Chaucer to Milton
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Edmund Spenser
3. John Milton
: a. The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; b. The
Nun’s Priest’s Tale
:Faerie Queene: Book—I
: Paradise Lost: Book IX and X
Books Recommended:
1. Bennet, H. S. Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century.
2. Ker, W. P. Mediaeval English Literature.
3. Chambers, E K. English Literature at the Close of the Middle Ages.
4. Ker, W. P. The Dark Ages.
5. Kittredge, G. L. Chaucer and His Poetry.
6. Roat, R. K. The Poetry of Chaucer.
7. Legouis, Emile. Geoffrey Chaucer.
8. The Age of Chaucer. Ed. Ford, Borris. Pelican.
9. Lewis, C. S. The Allegory of Love.
10. Rose & McLaughlin. Mediaeval Reader.
11. Bowden, Muriel. A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
12. Power. Eileen. Mediaeval People. Pelican.
13. The Romance of the Rose. Translated by Robbins, Harry. W. Dutton Paperback.
14. Lewis, C. S. History of the 17th Century Literature.
15. Thomson, J. A. Classical Background of English Literature.
16. Tillyard, E. M. W. Elizabethan world Picture.
17. Grierson. Cross—currents in the English Literature of the 17th Century.
18. Lewis, C. S. A Preface to Paradise Lost.
19. Tillyard. Milton.
Eng 2203: 18 th Century Prose
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. Jonathan Swift
2. Addison and Steele
3. Charles Lamb
4. James Boswell
: Gulliver’s Travels: Book I, II, and IV
: Coverley Papers (Selected)
: The Essays of Elia (Selected)
: Life of Johnson (abridged).
Books Recommended:
1. Butt, John. Augustan Age.
2. Stephen, Leslie. English Literature and Society in the 18th Century.
3. Willey, Basil. The 18th Century Background.
4. Jack, Ian. Augustan Satire.
5. Elton, Oliver. A Survey of English Literature (1730-1850).
6. Gosse, Edmund. History of 18th Century Literature.
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Eng 2205: History of English Language
3 credits, 3hours/week
Genetic and Typological properties of English, Origins of English, Old English, Foreign influences on
old English, The Norman Conquest and its influence on English, Middle English, Reestablishment of
English, Early Modern English, English in the scientific age, English in America, English in India,
English as a world language, English today and tomorrow .
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
C. Baugh, Albert and Cable, Thomas. A History of the English Language. 5th ed.
Yule, George. The study of language, CUP, 2002.
Lyovin, Anatole. V. An Introduction to the Languages of the World, OUP, 1996.
Crystal, David. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, CUP, 1995.
Emerson, Farrar, Oliver. An Outline History of the English Language.
Eng 2207: Sociology and Cultural Anthropology
3 credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Definition and Scope of Sociology and Cultural Anthropology
Social Inequality (Race, Class, Ethnic Identity, Gender, Language etc)
Theories on the Origin and Development of Societies
Social Stratification
Sociology of literature: Leo Tolstoy, Karl Marks
The Concept of Culture, The Relation of Culture to Society, The Cross-Discipline,
Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropological Linguistics,
Archaeology, Applied Anthropology
7. Theories on culture, society and personality: culture and social evolutionism, historicalism,
diffusionism, functionalism
8. Social organization: Family, Marriage, Endogamy, Exogamy, Family Structure
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Inkeles, Alex. What is Sociology.
Giddens, Anthony. Sociology.
Bottomore: Sociology: A Guide to Problem and Literature.
Tonnies, Ferdinand. Fundamental Concepts of Society.
MacIver, M. Robert and Page H. Charles. Society; an introductory analysis.
Bock, Philip K. Modern Cultural Anthropology: An Introduction.
Phillip, K. Conrad. Cultural Anthropology. 10th ed.
Nanda, Serana. Warms, L. Richard. Cultural Anthropology.
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HUM 2201: Introduction to Bengali Literature
3 credits, 3hours/week
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: িতিণ ভূ অণ মই বািহঅ হেলঁ
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CSE 2201 : Computer Applications
2 credits, 2 hours/week
Computer program, software and language: Program planning, algorithms, flow charts, pseudo code,
software and firmware, types of computer software, types of computer language, translator,
interpreter, compiler.
Operating System: Evolution of OS, Multiprogramming, Multiprocessing, Time sharing system, real
time system. Microsoft office.
Computer Networking: LAN, WAN, MAN, Advantages and Disadvantages, Configurations.
Internet: Internet, Extranet, Intranet, Search Engines, Web sites, http, IP address, E-mail, virus,
worms, exe files.
Data processing: Types of data processing, database concept and management system.
CSE 2202: Computer Applications Laboratory
1credit, 2 hours/week
Laboratory works based on theory course CSE 2201
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HUM 2203: Philosophy
2 credits, 2hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Problems of Philosophy: definition, nature, scope, relation to life and literature
Epistemology: Metaphysics and Axiology
Theory of Reality: Materialism and Idealism
Theory of Evolution: Creation and Evolution
The Philosophy of God: Theism, Deism and Pantheism, Existence of God, Problem of Evil,
Existentialism, Ethics and Morality
6. Western Ideas: Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, Epicureans, Skeptics, Machiavelli, Descartes,
Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Karl Marx
7. Eastern Ideas: The Upanishads, Charvakism, Buddhism, Confucianism
8. School of Muslim Philosophy: Sufism
Recommended Books:
1. Bertrand Russell: 1961: History of Western Philosophy
2. McInerny, Ralph. A History of Western Philosophy
3. Harold H-Titus 1970: Living Issues in Philosophy
Eng 2210: Seminar + Viva
1 credit, 1 hour/week
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3rd Year 1st Semester
Eng 3101: Poetry from Dryden to Blake
3 credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
John Dryden
Alexander Pope
Samuel Johnson
William Blake
Norton)
: Mac Flecknoe
: The Rape of the Lock
: The Vanity of Human Wishes
: Songs of Innocence and of Experience. ( Selected from
Books Recommended:
1. Butt, John. Augustan Age
2. Stephen, Leslie. English Language and Society in the 18th Century
3. Willey, Basil. The 18th Century Background
4. Jack, Ian. Augustan Satire: Intention and Idiom in English Poetry
5. Elton, Oliver. A Survey of English Literature (1730—1850)
6. Gosse, Edmund. History of the 18th Century Literature
Eng 3103: Literary Criticism
3 credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Aristotle
Phillip Sidney
John Dryden
William Wordsworth
T.S. Eliot
: Poetics
: An Apologie for Poetrie
: Essay of Dramatic Poesy
: Preface to Lyrical Ballads
: Tradition and Individual Talent
Books Recommended:
1. Wimsal & Brooks. Literary Criticism: A Short History.
2. Richards, I. A. Principles of Literary Criticism.
3. Wellek, Rene. The Rise of English Literary History.
4. Warren, Austen. & Wellek, Rene. Theory of Literature.
5. Polts, T. D. Poetics: Aristotle.
6. Wetson, George. The Literary Critics. Pelican.
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Eng 3105: Restoration Drama
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. William Congreve
2. John Dryden
3. Oliver Goldsmith
4. John Milton
Books Recommended:
: The Way of the World
: All for Love
: She Stoops to Conquer
: Samson Agonistes
1.Grierson. Crosscurrents in the Literature of the 17th Century.
2.Wedgewood. 17th Century Literature.
3.Dobree, Bonami. Restoration Comedy.
4.Dobree, Bonami. Restoration Tragedy.
5.Nicoll, A. A History of Restoration Drama.
6 .17th Century Studies Presented to Sir H. Grierson. Oxford.
Eng 3107: 18th Century English Novel
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. Richardson
2. Henry Fielding
3. Lawrence Sterne
: Pamela
: Joseph Andrews
: Tristram Shandy
Books Recommended:
1. Allen, Walter. The English Novel.
2. Forster, E. M. Aspects of Novel.
3. Cecil, David. Early Victorian Novelists.
4. Hunter, J. Paul. Before Novels: The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth Century English Fiction.
Eng 3109: American Drama
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. Eugene O’Neill
2. Tennessee Williams
3. Arthur Miller
4. Edward Albee
: Desire Under the Elms
: A Streetcar Named Desire
: Death of a Salesman
: Zoo Story
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Aldridge, John. After the Lost Generation: A Critical Studies of the Writers of Two Wars. 1951.
Hoffman, J. Freudianism and the Literary Mind. 1957.
Klein, Marcus. Foreigners: The Making of American Literature.
Singal, J. Daniel. The War Within: From Victorian to Modernist Thought in the South 1919—1945.
1982.
5. Bigsby, C. W. E. A Critical Introduction to Twentieth Century American Drama. Vol: 1. 1985.
6. O’Neil and His Plays: Four Decades of Criticism. Ed. Cargil, Oscar. 1962.
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7. Miller, James. Eugene O’Neil and the American Critic. 1962.
8. Ranald, L. M. The Eugene O’Neil Companion. 1984.
9. Ed. Day, Christine and Woods, Bob. Where I Live: Selected Essays. 1978.
10. Quinn, Arthur. A History of the American Drama from the Civil War to the Present Day.
11. Manheim, Michael. The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O’Neill.
12. Roy, H. S. Arthur Miller and Modern American Drama. 2014.
Eng 3111: Classics in Translation
3 credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
Homer
Virgil
Aeschylus
Aristophanes
: The Iliad
: The Aeneid
: Agamemnon
: The Frogs
Eng 3113: Introduction to Linguistics I
2 credits, 2 hours/week
1. Introduction: Definition of Language & Linguistics
Basic concepts:
Saussure’s concepts: synchronic/ diachronic, syntagmatic /paradigmatic, langue/parole,
signifier/signified etc.
Bloomfield: American structuralism
Chomsky: competence/performance
Halliday: social context and linguist
2. Chronological Development of the English Language
3. Morphology:
Affixes- Morpheme – Allomorphs – Bloomfield & the Bloomfieldians
4. Syntax:
IC analysis, P S Grammar & Transformational – Generative Grammar
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
George Yule, 1985: The study of Language; Cambridge University Press.
David Crystal, 1971: Linguistics
Roger T.Bell, 1976: Sociolinguistic Goals, Approaches and Problems. St.Martin’s Press.
R.A. Hudson, 1996: Sociolinguistics, Cambridge University Press.
S. Pit Corder, 1973 : Introducing Applied Linguistics – Penguin Books.
John Lyons, 1995: Linguistic Semantics. Cambridge University Press.
R.H. Robins, 1964: General Linguistics, An Introductory survey, Longman
Danny D. Steinberg, 1993: Introduction to Psycholinguistics. Longman.
Verma, S.K. & Krishnaswamy, N. Modern Linguistics, New Delhi, OUP, 1997.
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Eng 3110: Seminar + Viva
1 credit, 1 hour/week
3rd Year 2nd Semester
Eng 3201: Metaphysical Poetry
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. John Donne
2. George Herbert
3. Henry Vaughan
4. Andrew Marvell
: a) The Good Morrow; c) Go and Catch a Falling Star;
d) The Canonization; e) The Flea; and h) The Sun Rising.
: a) Easter Wings; b) Altar
: Selected poems
: a) To His Coy Mistress; b) The Definition of Love
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Grierson, H. J. C. Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the Seventeenth Century.
Lewis, C. S. History of the 17th Century Literature.
Grierson. Cross—Currents in the Literature of the 17th Century.
Wedgewood, C. V. Seventeenth Century English Literature.
Willey, Basil. Seventeenth Century Background.
Gardener, Helen. Metaphysical Poets.
Eng 3203: Victorian Poetry
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. Alfred Tennyson
: Selections from In Memoriam as in the editions of Michael Millgate
(New Oxford Series)
2. Robert Browning
: a) A Grammarian’s Funneral; b) The Last Ride Together;
c) Fra Lippo Lippi; d) Andrea del Sarto
3. Matthew Arnold
: a) Dover Beach; c) Rugby Chapel; d) The Scholar Gipsy.
4. G. Dante Rosetti
: The Blessed Damzel.
Books Recommended:
1. Walker, Hugh. The Literature of the Victorian Era.
2. Elton, Oliver. A Survey of English Literature (1830-1880).
3. Brandes, George. Main Currents in the 19th Century Literature.
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Eng 3205: 19th Century English Novel
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. Jane Austen
2. Emily Bronte
3. Thomas Hardy
4. Charles Dickens
Books Recommended:
: Pride and Prejudice
: Wuthering Heights
: Tess of the D’Urbervilles
: Great Expectations
1. Cecil, David. Early Victorian Novelists
2. Brandis, George. Main Currents in the 19th Century Literature Vol. IV
3. Walker, Hugh. The Literature of the Victorian Era
4. Elton, Oliver. A Survey of English Literature: 1830-1880.
5. Forster, E. M. Aspects of Novel.
6. Allen, Walter. The English Novel
Eng 3207: South-Asian Writing in English
3credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Amitava Ghosh
R. K. Narayan
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Anita Desai
Nissim Ezekiel
: The Shadow Lines
: The Guide
: The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (Selected)
: Clear Light of Day
: Selected poems
Eng 3209: Postwar British Novel
3 credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
Henry Graham Greene
William Golding
Iris Murdoch
Anthony Burgess
: The Heart of The Matter
: Pincher Martin
: A Fairly Honourable Defeat
: A Clockwork Orange
Eng 3211: Phonetics and Phonology
2 credits, 2hours/week
Phonetics and Phonology: Definition, Function, Branches and Scope
Articulators and Air-system mechanism: IPA, Chart, The Cardinal Vowels and Cardinal Vowel
Diagram; Vowel/Consonant, Vocoid/Contoid, Fortis/ Lenis Distinctions; Segments; Description of
vowels and Consonants of Different Languages in relation to the IPA Chart and Cardinal Vowel
Diagram
Phonological Theories: Daniel Jones’s Theory: Prague School Phonology; Sapir’s Theory, Bloomfield
and the Post-Bloomfieldians; Distinctive Features Theory, Redundanat/Non-disctintive Feature; Free
Variation.
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English Phonetics and Phonology:
Syllables: Structure of English Syllables; English Consonant, The Combinatory Possibilities
Stress: Definition, Factors Determining Stress Placement;Natural Stress Rules, Degrees of Stress,
Levels of Stress, Placement of Stress in Simple, Complex and Compound words, Variable Stress.
Intonation System in English: Function of intonation, Structure of Tone Unit; High and Low Heads,
Pitch Possibilities in the Simple Tone Unit, Semantics of Intonation.
Recommended Readings:
1. Abercombie, David, Elements of General Phonetics
2. Varshney, Dr. R.L, Phonetics and Phonology
3. Larry M. Hyman, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Phonology, Theory and Practice. New York, 1975
Eng 3213: Introduction to Linguistics II
2 credits, 2 hours/week
1. Semantics
Words, meaning, Semantic Field Theory: Seven types of meaning, Semantic relations :
Hyponymy, Synonymy, Polyphony
2. Phonetics: Definition and Branches of Phonetics, Place of Articulation, Manner of
Articulation, Production of Speech Sounds, Human Articulatory System
3. Psycholinguistics: Definition, Scope and Functions of psycholinguistics
4. Discourse Analysis
Transitional & Interact ional functions of Languages, Sentences vs. utterances, Features of
spoken language, discoursal features, Speech acts and Conversational analysis.
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
George Yule, 1985: The study of Language; Cambridge University Press.
David Crystal, 1971: Linguistics
Roger T.Bell, 1976: Sociolinguistic Goals, Approaches and Problems. St.Martin’s Press.
R.A. Hudson, 1996: Sociolinguistics, Cambridge University Press.
S. Pit Corder, 1973 : Introducing Applied Linguistics – Penguin Books.
John Lyons, 1995: Linguistic Semantics. Cambridge University Press.
R.H. Robins, 1964: General Linguistics, An Introductory survey, Longman
Danny D. Steinberg, 1993: Introduction to Psycholinguistics. Longman.
Verma, S.K. & Krishnaswamy, N. Modern Linguistics, New Delhi, OUP, 1997.
Eng 3210: Seminar + Viva
1 credit, 1 hour/week
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4th Year 1st Semester
Eng 4101: Research Methodology
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. Research: Definition, Nature, Functions and Types; Meaning and Objectives of Research;
Relationship between Theory and Research; Steps in Research: Identification and Formulation
of Research Problem, Hypothesis, Choice of Variables, Choice of Research Method, Data
Collection, Analysis and Presentation; Research Ethics
2. Research Methods in Literature: Biography; Textual Criticism; Literary Criticism; Book
Review
3. Research Methods in Language and Linguistics: quasi-experimental Research Design and
Methods; Non-experimental Descriptive Research Design and Methods: Content Analysis/
Discourse Analysis, Survey Method: Observation, Questionnaire, Interview
4. Sample Designing: Assumption of Sampling; Utility of Sampling; Types of Sampling:
Random Sampling, Stratified Sampling, Systematic Sampling, Cluster Sampling, Purposive
Sampling, Quota Sampling, Multi-stage Sampling, Convenient Sampling; Sample Size; Choice
of sampling Techniques
5. Research Proposal: Choosing and Finalizing a V Topic, Justification, Operational Definition of
Variables, Theoretical Framework, Setting Hypothesis, Reviewing of Literature, Methodology,
Limitations, Typical Format of a Research Proposal
6. Research Report writing: Mechanics of Writing; Documentation: MLA, APA, Harvard and
Chicago styles; Elements and Structure of a Research Report; Thesis Writing and Writing of
Article; Publishing the Research
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Aminuzzaman, S. M. (1991). Introduction to Social Research. Dhaka: BD Publishers.
Blackstorm, C. H. (1963). Survey Research. Evanston: North Western U P.
Blaxter, L. (1999). How to Do Research. London: Open U P.
Bogden, R. (1999). Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods. New York: Wiley.
Cochran, W. G. (1963). Sampling Techniques. New York: Wiley.
Good, C. V. (1959). Introduction to Education Research. New York: Wiley.. New York:
Appleton-Centure-Crofts.
7. Abedin, Zainul, D (2005). A Handbook of Research Methodology, 2nd ed., Book syndicate 157,
Dhaka New Market, Dhaka-1205
8. Khan, J. A. (2008). Research Methodology. New Delhi: APH Publishing.
9. Kotheri, C R and Gaurav G (2015). Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. 3rd ed. New
Delhi
10. Kuada, J. (2012). Research Methodology: A Project Guide for University Students. Denmark:
Samfundslitteratur
11. Kumar, R. (2011). Research Methodology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners. New Delhi: Sage
Publication.
12. Nunan, D. (2010). Research Methodology in Language Learning. 1st South Asian ed., Cambridge
University Press.
13. Turabian, K. L. (2007). A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Thesis and Dissertations.
Chicago: U of Chicago
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Eng 4103: American Poetry
3 credits, 3hours/week
1. Walt Whitman
: Song of Myself ( Part:1,2,3 &52)
2. Emily Dickinson : Selections from Norton
3. Robert Frost
: a) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening;
b) The Road Not Taken; c) Home Burial; d) Mending Walls
4. Ezra Pound
: In a Station of the Metro
5. Adrienne Rich
: a) Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers; b) Living in Sin.
6. Allen Ginsberg : September on Jessore Road
Books Recommended:
1. Moss, P. Sydney. The Critic in the Context of His Literary Milieu.
2. Kaplan, Justin. Walt Whitman: A Life.
3. Kaplan, Justin. A Reader’s Guide to Walt Whitman.
4. Kaplan, Justin. New Whitman Handbook.
5. Whaitman’s "Song of Myself": Origin, Growth, Meaning. Ed. Miller, J.
6. Cook, L. Regiland. The Dimensions of Robert Frost.
7. Smythe, Daniel. Robert Frost Speaks.
8. Mertin, Louis. Robert Frost: Life and Talks—Walking.
9. Creeley, Robert. A Quick Graph.
10. Jarrel, Randall. Poetry and the Age.
11. Levertov, Denise. The Poet in the World.
Eng 4105: Sociolinguistics
3 credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Sociolinguistics: Definition and Scope; Language, Society and Culture
Language Varieties: Causes and Effects
Language and Speech Community: Diglosia and Polyglosia; Bilingualism, Multilingualism
Language Choice; Language Maintenance; Language Shift and Language Attitudes
Language and Social Inequalities: Age, Sex, Social Class, Ethnicity, Identity, Power
Speech Communities and Language
Acquisition and Learning: Introduction
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Baker, C. (1992). Attitudes and Language. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Ball, M. J. (ed.) (2005). Clinical Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Blackwell.
Fasold, R. (1987). The Sociolinguistics of Society. Oxford: Blackwell.
Hoffman, C. (1991). An Introduction to Bilingualism. London: Longman.
Paulston, C.B. and Tucker, G.R. (2003). Sociolinguistics: The Essential Readings. Oxford:
Blackwell.
6. Penalosa, F. (1981). Introduction to the Sociology of Language. London: Newbury.
7. Romaine, S. (1994). Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Oxford: OUP.
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Eng 4107: African and Caribbean Literature
3 credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Chinua Achebe
Wole Soyinka
V.S. Naipaul
Derek Walcott
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
: Things Fall Apart
: The Lion and the Jewel
: A House for Mr. Biswas
: Selected Poems
: Petals of Blood
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SA Khayoom, 1999: Chinua Achebe: A Study of His Novels, Prestige.
Beruth Lindfors, Bale Kothandaraman, 1963: South Asian Responses to Chinua Achebe. Prestige.
Tapan Basu (ed) 2003 : Chinua Achebe, Thing Fall Apart, A Worldview Critical companion
Amitava Kumar, 2002: The Human and The Pity, Essays on V.S. Naipaul
Md. Akthar t. Khan, 1998 : V.S Naipaul. A Critical Study Creator Books
Mohit K. Ray, 2002: V.S. , Naipaul. Critical Essays-Volume-I and II, Alatic
Eng 4109: Translation Studies
2 credits, 2hours/week
A)
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
Translation, Scope and Significance
Translation, Language and Culture
Translation and literature
History of translation
Translation Theory
B) Practice in Translation: Students are required to practice translating extracts in both English and
Bengali.
Books Recommended:
Bassnett, Susan. Translation Studies. 3 rd ed.
Venuti, Lawrence. The Translator’s Invisibility.
Munday, Jeremy. Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and applications. (Routledge).
Holmes, James S. (1988b/2004) ‘The name and nature of translation studies’, in Lawrence Venuti
(ed.) (2004), The Translation Studies Reader, 2nd edition, pp. 180–92.
5. Jakobson, Roman (1959/2004) ‘On linguistic aspects of translation’, in Lawrence Venuti (ed.)
(2004), The Translation Studies Reader, 2nd edition, pp. 138–43.
6. Snell-Hornby, Mary (2006) The Turns of Translation Studies, Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John
Benjamins, Chapter 1 .
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Eng 4111: Latin American Literature
3 credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Pablo Neruda
Octavio Paz
Gorge Luis Borges
Paulo Coelho
: One Hundred Years of Solitude
: Selected Poems
: Selected Essays from Children on the Mirea
: Selected Prose Pieces from Labyrinths
: The Alchemist
Eng 4113: English for Professional Purposes
2 credits, 2 hours/week
1. EPP: Origin, Scope and Application
2. Notes and Memos; Emails
3. Notices for and Minutes of Meetings
4. Posters and Tenders, Advertisements
5. Miscellaneous Correspondence; Official Correspondence
6. Job Application –Covering Letter, CV, Appointment Letter, Joining Letter
7. Conducting Meeting and Taking Part in Meetings
8. Presenting Seminars and Participating in Seminars
9. Writing Project Proposal
10. Writing Press Release
11. Press Briefing, Report
Books Recommended:
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L.Sue Baugh, Maridell Fryar, David Thomas. How to Write First Class Business
Correspondence.
S. Taylor. Model Business Letters and Other Business Documents.
Harold Evans. Essential English for Journalists. Editors and Writers
R. Brown and S. Hood. Writing Matters.
M.R. Sethi. Better Applications for Better Jobs.
Kay White. Draft Your Own Business Letters.
Florian Columns. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems.
Leo Jones and Richard Alexander. New International Business English.
Lesikar, V. and Pettit D. Report Writing for Business.
J. John Lincoln and Janet Atwill. Writing: A College Handbook.
Eng 4200: Research Project
Eng 4110: Seminar + Viva
1 credit, 1 hour/week
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4th Year 2nd Semester
Eng 4201: World Literature
3 credits, 3 hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Anonymous
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Orhan Pamuk
Gao Xingjian
Imrul Kayes
: Beowulf
: Crime and Punishment
: Snow
: Soul Mountain
: Selected Poems
Eng 4203: American Fiction
3 credits, 3hours/week
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Nathaniel Hawthorn
Ernest Hemingway
Herman Melville
William Faulkner
John Steinbeck
: The Scarlet Letter
: The Old Man and the Sea
: Moby Dick
: A Rose for Emily
: The Pearl.
Books Recommended:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Aldridge, John. After the Lost Generation: A Critical Studies of the Writers of Two Wars. 1951.
Hoffman, J. Freudianism and the Literary Mind. 1957.
Klein, Marcus. Foreigners: The Making of American Literature.
Singal, J. Daniel. The War Within: From Victorian to Modernist Thought in the South 1919—1945.
1982.
5. Bigsby, C. W. E. A Critical Introduction to Twentieth Century American Drama. Vol: 1. 1985.
6. O’Neil and His Plays: Four Decades of Criticism. Ed. Cargil, Oscar. 1962.
7. Where I Live: Selected Essays. Ed. Day, Christine and Woods, Bob. 1978.
Eng 4205: English Language Teaching (ELT)
3credits, 3hours/week
1. Approach, Method and Technique; Methods in ELT: Grammar- Translation Method, Direct
Method, Audio-Lingual Method, Communicative Language Teaching, ELT in Bangladesh.
2. Materials: Forms, Features and Functions of Materials; Principle of Material Production.
3. Syllabus and Curriculum: Features and Functions; Needs Analysis; Approaches to Language
Syllabus Designing: Grammatical, Structural, Situational; National- Functional and
Communicative.
4. Practice Teaching: Designing Lesson Plans; Class Observation; Feed Back; Mode of Teaching:
Teacher Talk, Pair Work, Group Work etc; Classroom Management.
5. Teaching: Teaching the Four Basic Skills, Teaching Grammar and Vocabulary; Teaching
Language Through Literature.
6. Slide deigning
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Books Recommended:
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Cook, Vivian. Second Language Learning and Language Teaching (second edition, Arnold).
Alderson, J.C. and Hughes. A: Issues in Language Testing, ELT Docs. II British Council.
Corder, S.P. Introducing Applied Linguistics.
Riberd, Wilga. Teaching Foreign language Skills.
Freeman, Larsen D. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching.
Richards, J.C, Rodgers, T. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching.
Eng 4207: Culture and Media Studies
3credits, 3hours/week
PART A: CULTURE STUDIES
1. Culture: (a) Historical Development of the term 'Culture' in the Western World
(b) Meaning, Scope and Functions of Culture in the Modern world
(c) Primitive, Folk, Modern and Popular Culture
2) Emergence of Cultural Studies in 1960s
3) Theoretical Approach to Cultural Studies: Roland Barthes, Mythologies and Relevance of
Cultural Studies in Bangladesh
4) Folklore and Political Manifestation of Culture in Bangladesh
5) Gender Role and Gender Studies
PART B: MEDIA STUDIES
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Nature, Purpose and Special Features of Media Communication
Television and Mass media
English in Media in Bangladesh
Media Communication Ethics
Books Recommended:
1. Media and Cultural Studies: Key Works (Revised Edition) edited by Meenakshi Gigi Durham and
Douglas M. Kellner
2. Hartly, John. Communication, Culture and Media Studies: Key Concepts. 3 rd ed. (Routledge)
3. Danesi, Marcel. Dictionary of Media and Communications.
4. Culture, Society and the Media. edited by Gurevitch Michael, Tony Bennett, James Curran and
Janet Woollacott
5. Media-and-Cultural-Theory (2006). edited by James Curran and David Morley. (Routledge)
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Eng 4209: 20 th Century Literary and Critical Theory
3credits, 3hours/week
Formalism; Structuralism; New Criticism; Psychoanalysis; Marxism; Post-Structuralism;
Deconstruction and Postmodernism; Feminism and Post-Feminism; New Historicism; Post
Colonialism; Orientalism; Reception Theory; Eco-criticism.
1. Evolution of the Genre
2. Selections:
a) D.H. Lawrence
b) Ambrose Bierce
c) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
d) Anton Chekov
e) Guy de Moupassant
f) Franz Kafka
g) Alice Walker
: The Woman Who Rode Away
: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
: The Darling
: The Diamond Necklace
: A Hunger Artist
: Kindred Spirits
Definition, Nature and Scope, Language and Dialect, Standard Language; Register; Diglossia, Code
Switching, Borrowing; Pidgins, Creoles; World Englishes, Language and culture
Book Recommended
1. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, ed. Leitch, Vinct. B., Norton & Co. New York,
London.
2. Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. 2nd ed. (Blackwell )
3. Selden, Raman, Widdowson, Peter & Brooker, Peter. (1985) A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary
Literary Theory. 5th ed.
4. David Daiches: Critical Approaches to Literature, Orient Longman, 1991.
5. Barry, Peter. Biginning Theory (Manchester 1995)
6. Habib, MAR Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (Blackwell 2008)
7. Connor, Steven. Postmodernism (Cambridge Companion Series 2004)
8. Norris, Christopher. Decosntruction: Theory and Practice (Routledge 1982)
9. Ryan, Michael. Literary Theory: A Practicle Introduction.( Blackwell 1999)
10. MS Nagarajan. English Literary Criticism and Theory: An introductory history
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Eng 4200: Research Project
3 credits
(Each student will work individually under one teacher (supervisor). The research work will be
evaluated by two examiners. (Marks- Supervisor-50, 1st examiner-25 and 2 nd examiner-25)
Eng 4211: Comprehensive Viva
2 credits
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