Syllabus for Selection to Teaching Posts in Collegiate Education Department

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odule ! - Chaucer to Neo Classicism (10 Marks) odule " - The Romantics and the Victorians (10 Marks) odule # - Twentieth Century Literature (10 Marks) odule $ - Literary Criticism and Theory (10 Marks) odule % - History and tructure o! "n#lish and Lin#uistics (10 Marks) odule & - $ndian literature in "n#lish% &merican Literature and 'omen(s 'ritin# (10 Marks) odule )- Recent Trends (10 Marks)

Syllabus for selection to Teaching Posts in Collegiate Education Department ENGLISH odule ! Poetry

Chaucer to Neo Classicism

*eo!!rey Chauce "dmund -enser

+The ,rolo#ue+ to The Canterbury Tales +,rothalamion+ onnets -1.%/0%1)%1/2%1/0 +The Canoni7ation+ % + & Valediction 8Mournin#+

'illiam hakes-eare 3ohn 4onne 5or6iddin# 3ohn Milton

Paradise Lost ( 9ook $:)

.< Prose 1<

3ohn 4ryden +Mac 5lecknoe+ &le;ander ,o-e Thomas *ray +&tticus ,assa#e+ ( 5rom "-istle to 4r<&r6uthnot) +"le#y written in a Country Churchyard(

5rancis 9acon

(=! tudies+% +=! Truth(

Drama
1< Christo-her Marlowe

4r< 5austus Hamlet% Twel!th Ni#ht% The Tem-est and 3ulius Caesar

/<

hakes-eare

>< 'e6ster

The 4uchess o!Mal!i The 'ay o! the 'orld The chool !or candal

2< Con#re?e
1<

heridan

'iction 1< 5ieldin# Tom ]ones

odule " The (omantics and the )ictorians Poetry !* "* #* $* %* &* +* ,* -* !.* Prose 1< /< Drama =scar 'ilde The Importance of Being Ernest 'iction 1< 3ane &usten /< Charles 4ickens Pride and Prejudice Oliver T ist Charles Lam6 3< < Mill u6@u#ation +4ream Children+% + ,oor Relations+ + =n the "Cuality o! e;es+ ( 5rom Theo! 'omen) ('illiam 9lake 'illiam 'ordsworth amuel Colerid#e ,< 9< helly 3ohn Aeats &l!red Tennyson Ro6ert 9rownin# Mathew &rnold Ho-kins 4< *< Rossetti +The Lam6+ % +The Ti#er+ +=de8 $ntimations o! $mmortality+ +4e@ection 8 &n =de + +=de to the 'est 'ind+ +=de on a *recian Brn + +Blysses+ +My Last 4uchess+ +4o?er 9each+ +The 'indho?er+ + The 9lessed 4amo7el+

>< "mily 9ronte 2< *eor#e "liot 1< Charlotte 9ronte D< Thomas Hardy

!uthering "eights The #ill on The $loss %ane Eyre The #ayor of Casterbridge

odule # / T0entieth Century Literature Poetry

'< 9< Eeats T< < "liot

'<H &uden 'il!red =wen 4ylan Thomas ,hili- Larkin Ted Hu#hes Thorn *unn eamus Heaney

+ "aster 101D+% + econd Comin#+ The !aste Land

+Bnknown Citi7en+ + tran#e Meetin#s+ +,oem $n =cto6er+ +Church *oin#+ +Hawk Roostin#+ +$n anta Maria 4el ,o-olo+ +The Tollund Man
/

>< 2< &' (' )< )' 0< ,rose

Vir#inia 'ool! Drama 1< /< >< 2< 1< D< T< "liot 9ernard haw 3<M< yn#e amuel 9ecket Harold ,inter "dward 9ond

+Modern 5iction+

The #urder in the Cathedral Pygmalion *iders to the +ea !aiting for ,odot The Birthday Party Lear

'iction

1< 3ames 3oyce /< 4<H Lawrence >< Vir#inia 'ool! 2* Graham Greene &' 'illiam *oldin# D< 4oris Lessin# )< &llen illitoe

- Portrait of the -rtist as a .oung #an +ons and Lovers To the Lighthouse "eart of the matter The Lord of the $lies The ,olden /oteboo0 The Loneliness of the long distance runner

odule $ / Literary Criticism and Theory 1< Theories o! +Rasa+% 4hwani+ and +&lankara+ /< >< 2< 1< D< )< .< 0< !.* !!* 1/< 1>< !$* &ristotle Lon#inus idney 4ryden 4r< 3ohnson 'ordsworth Colerid#e &rnold T< < "liot Cleanth 9rooks Northro- 5rye Lionel Trillin# Viktor hklo?sky +,oetics+ +=n the u6lime+ +&n &-olo#y !or ,oetry+ +,re!ace to the 5a6les+ +,re!ace to hakes-eare +,re!ace to the Lyrical 9allads+ +9io#ra-hia Literaria+ (Cha-ter :$V) + tudy o! ,oetry+ +Tradition and $ndi?idual Talent+ +The Lan#ua#e o! ,arado;+ +&rchety-es o! Literature+ +5reud and Literature+ +&rt as TechniCue+

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Raymond 'illiams +Realism and the Contem-orary No?el+ 3acCues 4errida ( tructure% i#n and ,lay in the4iscourses o!
Human ciences+

1)< 1.<

"laine howalter Michel 5oucault 3acCues Lacan harankumar Lim6ala

+Towards a 5eminist ,oetics+ +'hat(s an &uthor+ +The $nsistence o! the Letter o! the Consciousness+ +4alit Literature and &esthetics+ (!rom Towards an &esthetic o! 4alit Literature )

10< /0

odule % / History and Structure of English Language and Linguistics 1< /< >< 2< 1< D< )< .< 0< 10< 11< $ndo- "uro-ean !amily o! lan#ua#es - *rimm(s law% Verner(s law% &6laut% Bmlaut =ld "n#lish - 4ialects% $m-ortant Characteristics - Voca6ulary and *rammar% Literature o! the -eriod Middle "n#lish - The Norman ConCuest - 4ialects% Chan#es in *rammar and Voca6ulary - tandard "n#lish - Literature o! the -eriod< Modern "n#lish - $m-act o! Renaissance on *rammar and Voca6ulary- 4ictionaries Translation o! the 9i6le- Contri6utions o! ma@or writers ( -enser% hakes-eare and Milton) - $m-act o! the 9ritish em-ire on "n#lish *rowth o! Voca6ulary and emantic Chan#es Varieties o! "n#lish - 9ritish% &merican and $ndian ,honolo#y- u-rase#mental !eatures Mor-holo#y% ynta; aussure% 9loom!ield and Chomsky Traditional *rammar% Modern *rammar and T * *rammar Varieties o! Lan#ua#e - tyle% 4ialect% Re#ister% ,id#ins% Creole and idiolect

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9ranches o! Lin#uistics - Historical% Com-arati?e% ociolin#uistics% ,sycholin#uistics &--lied Lin#uistics and Nero Lin#uistics

odule & 1 Indian Literature in English2 3merican Literature and

4omen5s 4riting Poetry

1< Toru 4utt /< ri &uro6indo >< Ta#ore 2< "7ekiel 1< Aamala 4as D< 'alt 'hitman F=ur Casuarina TreeG FRose o! *odG *itan@ali (1-10) F,oet% Lo?er% 9ird 'atcherG F$ntroductionG F=ut o! the Cradle "lndlessly Rockin#G

)< "mily 4ickinson F9ecause $ Could Not to- !or 4eathG% F$ 4ied !or 9eautyG .< Ro6ert 5rost 0< yl?ia ,lath F&--le ,ickin#G% FRoad not TakenG F4addyG

10< &kka Mahade?i F$t was like a tream FandG 9rother Eou(?e ComeG

Prose
1< 9< R &m6edkar /< "merson Drama 1< *irishAarnad /< "u#ene =( Neill >< Tennessee 'illiams "ayavadana Emperor %ones The ,lass #enagerie (,hiloso-hy o! Hinduism+ ( el! Reliance+

'iction 1< Mulk Ra@ &nand /< alman Rushdie >< Hawthorne 2< 5aulkner 1< Ral-h "llison D< &miri 9araka )< Maya &n#elou .< 3udith 'ri#ht Coolie #idnights Children The +carlet Letter The +ound and the fury The Invisible #an 1utchman Phenomenal !omen $inale

0< Lalitham6ika &ndar@anam Pradi0ara 1evatha 10< Toni Morrison 11< hashi 4esh-ande 1/< Man@ula ,admana6an odule + 6 Ne0 Trends in Literature 1< ,ost Colonialism /< "co Criticism >< Hueer Theory 2< Trauma Theory 1< New 5eminisms D< New Historicism )< Culture tudies .< 4ias-oric 'ritin# 0< ,u6lic -here The Bluest Eye That Long +ilence The "arvest

10< Meta Narrati?es% Hy-er Reality I imulacra

Descripti7e E8amination Pattern

Total ar9s -!.. (11 : > J 21 marks) 1< "ssay (>00 words)

(Choose any > !rom D - =ne essay !rom the !irst D Modules) /< hort "ssay (100 words) (Choose any ) !rom 10) >< hort ,ara#ra-hs (10 words) 2< Critical &--reciation o! the #i?en -oem (1;/ J 10 marksK (1 ; 10 J 10 marks) () ; > J >1 marks)