English syllabus - Gauhati University

2All Internal Assessment Records should be maintained by the individual departments andsubmitted to the Controller on completion of semester-end exams.The Internal Assessment process should be completed one month before semester-end examsDetailed plan of work should be prepared by individual teachers specifying themes, topics, andnumber of classes expected to be taken and this should be submitted to the department andalso made available to students.SEMESTER IPAPER 1PAPER 2The Social and Literary Context: Medieval and RenaissanceMedieval and Renaissance: Poetry and PlaysSEMESTER IIPAPER 3PAPER 4The Social and Literary Context: Restoration to the Romantic AgeRestoration to Romanticism English Poetry, Drama and FictionSEMESTER IIIPAPER 5PAPER 6The Social and Literary Context: The Victorian WorldVictorian Poetry and FictionSEMESTER IVPAPER 7PAPER 8The Social and Literary Context: Modernism and After:English Poetry and Fiction: Modernism and AfterSEMESTER VPAPER 9PAPER 10PAPER 11PAPER 12PAPER 13PAPER 14Drama: Theory and Practice – IDrama: Theory and Practice – IIThe Essay in English: Addison to DickensThe Essay in English: The Twentieth CenturyLife Writing: Biographies, Memoirs and LettersWomen’s WritingSEMESTER VIPAPER 15 Literary CriticismPAPER 16 Twentieth Century Criticism and TheoryPAPER 17 NaturePAPER 18 Western Mythology: Introducing Classical, Judaic & Christian MythPAPER 19 and 20 (Optional Papers)Option A: Indian English LiteratureOption B: American LiteratureOption C: Women and LiteratureOption D: English Language and Linguistics 1Option E: African Literature in EnglishOption F: Book into Film