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Syllabus for FYBA Literature Paper I and Paper II
(to be implemented from 2011-2012 onwards)
Objectives of the Course
1) To introduce the learners of literature to the various genres and literary terms
2) To sensitize them to themes and styles of literature
3) To inculcate reading skills and the reading habit in them
4) To enhance their vocabulary, style and language skills by introducing them to literary works
5) To nourish their creative faculty and to develop sensitivity to nature and fellow human beings
Semester One: Introduction to Literature – Paper I (Short Stories and Novel)
3Credits
Lectures: 45
Unit 1: Terms: Short Story, Novel, Plot, Character, Setting, Narrative, Point of View, Bildungsroman, Picaresque, Epistolary, Stream of Consciousness, Novel of Social Reality, Psychological Novel and Historical Novel. (15 Lectures)
Unit 2: Novel: Jack London’s Call of the Wild or R. K. Narayan’s Man-Eater of Malgudi
(15 Lectures)
Unit 3: Short Stories (15 Lectures)
Dorothy Parker – “A Telephone Call”
Oscar Wilde – “Happy Prince”
Washington Irving – “Rip Van Winkle”
Somerset Maugham – “Luncheon”
O’Henry – “The Gift of the Magi”
2
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children”
Evaluation
A)
Internal Assessment – 40%
40 Marks
Sr.No.
Particulars
Marks
1
Two periodical class tests to be conducted in the given semester
20 Marks
2
One assignment based on curriculum to be assessed by the teacher concerned
10 Marks
3
Active participation in routine class instructional deliveries
05 Marks
4
Overall conduct as a responsible student, mannerism and articulation and exhibit of leadership qualities in organizing related academic actives
05 Marks
Following methods can be for the tests and assignment (30 Marks)
Writing short stories
Book Reviews followed by viva-voce
Quiz (Oral or Written)
Book Appreciation
Presentation on Reading (Short Stories or Novels)
Author Study (hand-written)
B) Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: on terms (3 short notes out of 6, in about 150 words each): 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on the novel (one out of two) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on short stories (one out of two) : 15 Marks
Question 4: two short notes, one from the novel and one from the short stories,
out of four options : 15 Marks
3
Semester Two: Introduction to Literature – Paper II (Poetry and Drama) 3Credits
Lectures: 45
Unit 1: Terms: Lyric, Dramatic Monologue, Sonnet, Ballad, Epic, Satire, Ode, Tragedy, Comedy, Farce, Melodrama, Chorus, Hamartia, Verse Drama 15 lectures
Unit 2: Play: Oscar Wilde’s Importance of Being Ernest or Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex
15 lectures
Unit 3: Poems 15 lectures
Nissim Ezekiel – “Soap”
Sonnet: John Milton – “On His Blindness”
Dramatic Monologue: Robert Browning – “My Last Duchess”
Lyric: William Blake – “Piping Down the Valleys Wild”
Ballad: Walter Scott – “Lochinvar”
Ode: John Keats – “Ode to Nightingale”
Evaluation
A)
Internal Assessment – 40%
40 Marks
Sr.No.
Particulars
Marks
1
Two periodical class tests to be conducted in the given semester
20 Marks
2
One assignment based on curriculum to be assessed by the teacher concerned
10 Marks
3
Active participation in routine class instructional deliveries
05 Marks
4
Overall conduct as a responsible student, mannerism and articulation and exhibit of leadership qualities in organizing related academic actives
05 Marks
Following Methods can be used for tests and assignment (30 marks)
Critical appreciation of unseen poems
4
Play Reviews
Writing Poems
Poetry Recitation
Assignments on Poets and Playwrights
Quiz
Dialogue Writing or Script Writing (adaptations from short stories)
B) Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: on Terms (3 short notes out of 6, in about 150 words each): 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on the play (one out of two) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on Poems (One out of two) : 15 Marks
Question 4: two short notes, one from the play and one from the poem out of four: 15 marks
References
Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. (8th Edition) New Delhi: Akash Press, 2007.
Baldick, Chris. The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Drabble, Margaret and Stringer, Jenny. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Fowler, Roger. Ed. A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. Rev. ed. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.
Harmon, Willliam; Holman, C. Hugh. A Handbook to Literature. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996.
Hudson, William Henry. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. New Delhi: Atlantic, 2007.
Ousby, Ian. Ed. The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Revised Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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Syllabus Prepared by:
Dr. Shilpa Sapre
Dr. Coomie Vevaina
Dr. Marie Fernandes
Dr. Dinesh Kumar
Dr. Atul Pitre
Prof. Lakshmi Muthukumar
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Syllabus for FYBA Literature Paper I and Paper II
(to be implemented from 2011-2012 onwards)
Objectives of the Course
1) To introduce the learners of literature to the various genres and literary terms
2) To sensitize them to themes and styles of literature
3) To inculcate reading skills and the reading habit in them
4) To enhance their vocabulary, style and language skills by introducing them to literary works
5) To nourish their creative faculty and to develop sensitivity to nature and fellow human beings
Semester One: Introduction to Literature – Paper I (Short Stories and Novel)
3Credits
Lectures: 45
Unit 1: Terms: Short Story, Novel, Plot, Character, Setting, Narrative, Point of View, Bildungsroman, Picaresque, Epistolary, Stream of Consciousness, Novel of Social Reality, Psychological Novel and Historical Novel. (15 Lectures)
Unit 2: Novel: Jack London’s Call of the Wild or R. K. Narayan’s Man-Eater of Malgudi
(15 Lectures)
Unit 3: Short Stories (15 Lectures)
Dorothy Parker – “A Telephone Call”
Oscar Wilde – “Happy Prince”
Washington Irving – “Rip Van Winkle”
Somerset Maugham – “Luncheon”
O’Henry – “The Gift of the Magi”
2
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children”
Evaluation
A)
Internal Assessment – 40%
40 Marks
Sr.No.
Particulars
Marks
1
Two periodical class tests to be conducted in the given semester
20 Marks
2
One assignment based on curriculum to be assessed by the teacher concerned
10 Marks
3
Active participation in routine class instructional deliveries
05 Marks
4
Overall conduct as a responsible student, mannerism and articulation and exhibit of leadership qualities in organizing related academic actives
05 Marks
Following methods can be for the tests and assignment (30 Marks)
Writing short stories
Book Reviews followed by viva-voce
Quiz (Oral or Written)
Book Appreciation
Presentation on Reading (Short Stories or Novels)
Author Study (hand-written)
B) Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: on terms (3 short notes out of 6, in about 150 words each): 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on the novel (one out of two) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on short stories (one out of two) : 15 Marks
Question 4: two short notes, one from the novel and one from the short stories,
out of four options : 15 Marks
3
Semester Two: Introduction to Literature – Paper II (Poetry and Drama) 3Credits
Lectures: 45
Unit 1: Terms: Lyric, Dramatic Monologue, Sonnet, Ballad, Epic, Satire, Ode, Tragedy, Comedy, Farce, Melodrama, Chorus, Hamartia, Verse Drama 15 lectures
Unit 2: Play: Oscar Wilde’s Importance of Being Ernest or Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex
15 lectures
Unit 3: Poems 15 lectures
Nissim Ezekiel – “Soap”
Sonnet: John Milton – “On His Blindness”
Dramatic Monologue: Robert Browning – “My Last Duchess”
Lyric: William Blake – “Piping Down the Valleys Wild”
Ballad: Walter Scott – “Lochinvar”
Ode: John Keats – “Ode to Nightingale”
Evaluation
A)
Internal Assessment – 40%
40 Marks
Sr.No.
Particulars
Marks
1
Two periodical class tests to be conducted in the given semester
20 Marks
2
One assignment based on curriculum to be assessed by the teacher concerned
10 Marks
3
Active participation in routine class instructional deliveries
05 Marks
4
Overall conduct as a responsible student, mannerism and articulation and exhibit of leadership qualities in organizing related academic actives
05 Marks
Following Methods can be used for tests and assignment (30 marks)
Critical appreciation of unseen poems
4
Play Reviews
Writing Poems
Poetry Recitation
Assignments on Poets and Playwrights
Quiz
Dialogue Writing or Script Writing (adaptations from short stories)
B) Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: on Terms (3 short notes out of 6, in about 150 words each): 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on the play (one out of two) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on Poems (One out of two) : 15 Marks
Question 4: two short notes, one from the play and one from the poem out of four: 15 marks
References
Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. (8th Edition) New Delhi: Akash Press, 2007.
Baldick, Chris. The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Drabble, Margaret and Stringer, Jenny. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Fowler, Roger. Ed. A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. Rev. ed. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.
Harmon, Willliam; Holman, C. Hugh. A Handbook to Literature. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996.
Hudson, William Henry. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. New Delhi: Atlantic, 2007.
Ousby, Ian. Ed. The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Revised Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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Syllabus Prepared by:
Dr. Shilpa Sapre
Dr. Coomie Vevaina
Dr. Marie Fernandes
Dr. Dinesh Kumar
Dr. Atul Pitre
Prof. Lakshmi Muthukumar
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