ENG 1521M PROSE
5 hrs / wk
OBJECTIVES
To enable students
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develop the habit of reading
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apply moral and aesthetic values imbibed to any situation in life
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comprehend and appreciate different prose styles and different forms of prose descriptive, narrative, epistolary, etc
COURSE OUTLINE:
UNIT I & II : MODERN PROSE I & II
1. Francis Bacon
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30 hrs
Of Studies
Of Revenge
2. Joseph Addison
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Sir Roger at Home
Sir Roger at Church
3. Richard Steele
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The Spectator Club
4. Oliver Goldsmith -
A City Night Piece
5. Charles Lamb
Dream Children: A Reverie
UNITS III & IV:
UNIT V
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MODERN PROSE III & IV
30 hrs
1.E.V.Lucas
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A Funeral
2.G.K. Chesterton
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On the Pleasures of No Longer Being Very Young
3.A.G.Gardiner
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On Superstitions
4. Hilaire Belloc
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The Idea of Pilgrimage
5. Robert Lynd
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On Good Resolutions
6. E.M. Forster
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My Wood
7. Aldous Huxley
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Pleasures
8. J.B. Priestly
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On Getting off to Sleep
: WISDOM LITERATURE:
1. Parables
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Good Samaritan
Ten Virgins
The Prodigal Son
15 hrs.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Evans, B. Ifor. A Short History of English Literature. London: Penguin Books, 1956.
Muthiah, V.S. Modern Prose Selections. Madras: B.I Publications, 1976.
Susanta, K. Sinha ed. English Essayists. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987.
The Bible – King James Version.
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POETRY
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
5 hrs / wk
On successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
• appreciate the nuances of poetic language and poetic devices
• differentiate the kinds of poetry
• critically analyse the poems
COURSE CONTENT:
UNIT I:
RELIGIOUS POEMS
15 hrs
Andrew Marvell
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Coronet
Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Thou art Indeed Just, Lord
UNIT II: POEMS OF CELEBRATION
10 hrs
John Dryden
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A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day
Alexander Pope
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Ode on Solitude
UNIT III: POEMS OF HOPE
20 hrs
John Milton
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Lycidas
Christina Rossetti
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After Death
UNIT IV: LOVE POEMS
Wilbur Scott
Rupert Brooke
15 hrs
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Lochinvar
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Menelaus and Helen
UNIT V: PHILOSOPHICAL POEMS
15 hrs
John Masefield
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Laugh and be Merry
William Cowper
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On the Receipt of My Mother’s Picture out of
Norfolk
REFERENCE BOOK(S):
Bateson F.W., English Poetry and the English Language. Oxford:Clarendon Press,
1973.
Kermode, Frank & John Hollander eds., The Oxford Anthology of English Literature,
Vol. I & II.New York: OUP,1973.
Dibrugarh ed. Poems Old and New. Kolkata: Macmillan India Ltd. 2001.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES:
5 hrs / wk
On successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
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comprehend the significant elements of various genres
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understand literary terms and conventions
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identify literary techniques
COURSE OUTLINE:
UNIT I: POETRY
20 hrs
Ballad, Epic, Ode, Sonnet, Figures of speech, Sound and Rhyme.
UNIT II: DRAMA
20 hrs
Dialogue, Character, Conventional divisions, Plots, Verse and Prose in Drama, Types of
drama.
UNIT III: FICTION
15 hrs
Verisimilitude, Plot, Character, Theme, Point of view, Background, Short Story, Novella
UNIT IV:PROSE
15 hrs
Narrative prose, Descriptive prose, Argumentative prose, Informative prose.
UNIT V: ESSAY
5 hrs
Definition, Types
TEXT BOOK(S):
Hudson, W.H. Outline History of English Literature. Bombay: BI, 1985.
Rees, R.J. English Literature, An Introduction for Foreign Readers. London:
Macmillan, 1973.
Seturaman, V.S., Indra, C.T. Practical Criticism. Madras: Macmillan, 1990.
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ENG1521A - ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND USAGE
SEMESTER I
OBJECTIVES:
4hrs. / wk.
GENERAL:
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To familiarize the students with a modern approach to English Grammar and
Composition.
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To help the students make a systematic study of the fundamentals of Grammar and have a
comprehensive grasp of modern English usage.
SPECIFIC:
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To train students in the linguistic skills necessary for using certain patterns of expression.
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To enable students apply their grammatical knowledge to practical composition.
UNIT I:
GRAMMAR AND USAGE:
15hrs
a) Parts of Speech
b) Types of Sentences
c) Transitive and Intransitive Verbs: Active and Passive voice
d) Subject – Verb agreement
e) Use of Infinitives
f) Relative Pronouns
UNIT II:
SENTENCE STRUCTURE:
15 hrs
a) Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound – Complex Sentences
b) Analysis of Clauses
c) Transformation of Sentences
d) Direct, Indirect Speech
a) Punctuation Marks
UNIT III:
STRUCTURES – LITERARY AND CONVERSATIONAL:
15 hrs
a.) Verb patterns and Structures.
b.) Idiomatic English
UNIT IV:
VOCABULARY AND COMPOSITION:
a) Word formation
b) Synonyms and Antonyms
15 hrs
c) One-Word substitution
d) Paragraph writing
e) Letter writing
f) Summarising
g) Paraphrasing
h) Essay-writing
TEXTBOOK:
Green, David. Contemporary English Grammar Structures. Chennai: Macmillan India
Limited, 1971.
REFERENCES:
1. Krishnaswamy, N. Modern English. Chennai: Macmillan India Limited, 1975.
2. Zandvoort, R.W. A Handbook of English Grammar. London: Longman Group Ltd., 1962.