English syllabus - Gauhati University
English syllabus - Gauhati University English syllabus - Gauhati University
50 M.K. Gandhi(1869-1948): “The Poet’s Anxiety” (published in Young India, June 1,1921) G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936): On Lying In Bed Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) Can Man Be Rational?Essay Writing (15 Marks): In this section students will be required to write an essay on a topic whichis of contemporary relevance. They will be given three topics to choose from.B.A. Elective EnglishThe B.A. Elective English Course to be taken over 6 semesters is designed to give students a sense ofEnglish Literature, its literary-historical developments and its key generic concerns. As with all coursesin the Semester system under the Credit-Grading Scheme, 20 percent of marks in each paper isallocated for Internal Assessment which may be in the form of a short writing assignment and anobjective-type test. Papers are spread over the six semesters in the following way;SEMESTER 1PAPER 1:SEMESTER IIPAPER 2 :SEMESTER IIIPAPER 3:SEMESTER IVPAPER 4:SEMESTER VPAPER 5:PAPER 6:SEMESTER VIPAPER 7 :PAPER 8:English Literary HistoryPoetryDramaFictionNon-fictional ProseWritten EnglishNatureOther Literatures
51SEMESTER IPAPER 1English Literary HistoryMarks 75 (60+15) [15 Marks Internal Assessment]. Credits: 6The object of this paper is to provide students who opt for Elective English with a foundation inliterary history that will be useful in their approach to subsequent papers, genres and authors. Here theywill study texts/movements/areas that will be taken up in greater detail in subsequent papers. Thefocus being on literary traditions seen through a broad socio-historical perspective, students will acquirean overview of the development of English Literature. Students will be required to answer 3 questionsof 15 marks each (3x15=45) (at least one from each group), and write 3 short notes of 5 marks each,covering all the periods (3x5=15).[A] English Literature: Medieval and RenaissanceThe literary history of the period from the NormanConquest (1066) to the Restoration (1660) will be studied with reference to the following:• Fabliau, Lyric, Dream-Allegory, Ballad• Chaucer, Gower and Langland• The ‘New Learning’ of the Renaissance, Humanism• Drama: Marlowe, Shakespeare, and the Jacobean playwrights• Metaphysical Poetry[B] English Literature: Restoration to RomanticismThe literary history and its context: from the Restoration of Charles II and the reopening of theatres in1660 to theappearance of Tennyson’s Poems, Chiefly Lyrical (1830)• Women’s Writing as a distinctive genre: Katherine Philips (1631-64), Anne Killigrew (1660-85),Mary Astell(1666-1731), and Aphra Behn (1640-89)• Restoration Drama: tragedy and comedy• The poetry of Pope• The periodical essay: Addison and Steele• Defoe and the Rise of the Novel – Richardson, Fielding, Smollet and Sterne• Dr Johnson (1709-84) and his CircleThe Romantic Period:• The poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats• Gothic fiction; the Historical Novel
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50 M.K. Gandhi(1869-1948): “The Poet’s Anxiety” (published in Young India, June 1,1921) G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936): On Lying In Bed Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) Can Man Be Rational?Essay Writing (15 Marks): In this section students will be required to write an essay on a topic whichis of contemporary relevance. They will be given three topics to choose from.B.A. Elective <strong>English</strong>The B.A. Elective <strong>English</strong> Course to be taken over 6 semesters is designed to give students a sense of<strong>English</strong> Literature, its literary-historical developments and its key generic concerns. As with all coursesin the Semester system under the Credit-Grading Scheme, 20 percent of marks in each paper isallocated for Internal Assessment which may be in the form of a short writing assignment and anobjective-type test. Papers are spread over the six semesters in the following way;SEMESTER 1PAPER 1:SEMESTER IIPAPER 2 :SEMESTER IIIPAPER 3:SEMESTER IVPAPER 4:SEMESTER VPAPER 5:PAPER 6:SEMESTER VIPAPER 7 :PAPER 8:<strong>English</strong> Literary HistoryPoetryDramaFictionNon-fictional ProseWritten <strong>English</strong>NatureOther Literatures
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