Mumbai University MA Syllabus Part I

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Syllabus for M.A. English
Programme: M.A. Part I
Course: Linguistic and Stylistic Analysis of Texts
Paper III & IV

1. Syllabus as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System:
i) Name of the Programme : M.A.

iii) Course Title : M. A Part I: Linguistic and Stylistic Analysis of Text
Papers III & IV
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References: Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester – 06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 15
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes , if any : No
4. Eligibility , if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structure
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No

MA PART- I ENGLISH ( REGULAR ) -- PR-III & IV
LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF TEXT
The aim of the two papers is to enable the students attempt linguistic and stylistic analysis of
texts. The course will be taught and tested in relation to actual texts . Literary texts and
academic writing on literary topics will be analysed from the perspectives of phonology ,
morphology, syntax , lexis, discourse analysis and narratology.

Objectives:
1. To understand the concept of style in literature .
2. To understand the linguistic basis of literary criticism ( stylistics as an input to literary
criticism).
3. To understand the concept of discourse and the principles of discourse analysis .
4. To understand the use of stylistic approach in teaching literature.
5. To understand the impact of stylistic analysis on academic writing
6. To understand some major concepts in narratology

Semester- I – Pr. III
Total lectures- 60
Unit 1 : Concept of style in literature:
Foregrounding : variation from the norm , through :
a) Linguistic patterning : phonological , grammatical and lexical patterns ( e.g. structural
repetition like parallelism , the rhetorical effect of antithesis , climax )
b) Deviation from the code ( e.g. neologisms , archaisms , deviant collocations)
c) Figurative language ( e.g. metaphor, symbolism, imagery, irony, paradox, tautology)

Unit 2 : Lexis and syntax
a) Lexis : types of words ( e.g. stative & dynamic verbs ); type of vocabulary ( e.g.
simple/ complex , formal colloquial)
b) Syntax: Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations; sentence types; sentence complexity;
types of clauses ; types of phrases

Unit 3: Discourse analysis
a) Cohesion :
a. Logical and other links between sentences ( e.g. subordinating and coordinating
conjunctions , linking adverbials )
b. Cross-referencing by pronouns
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c. Ellipsis
d. Lexical cohesion: reiteration and collocation
e. Literary cohesion through reported speech , authorial comments in fiction
b) Coherence : sequence, segmentation , salience
a. The structure of written discourse
b. The structure of conversation, including speech acts. Given and new information.
Presupposition. The cooperative principle.

Unit 4 : Applications of the stylistic and linguistic approach to the study ( teaching) of
literature
Semester- I – Pr. III
EVALUATION ( 60 MARKS)
Q.1 Write short notes on any 2 of the following: ( 2 out of 3 ) 15
( topics: style and stylistics/ stylistic devices / foregrounding/parallelism as a stylistic
device/ imagery/irony/ discourse / speech act theory / cooperative principle/cohesive
devices/ cohesion and coherence )

Read the following prose text and attempt the questions ( 2 and 3 ) given below:
( prose passage)
Q.2 a) Rewrite the passage , dividing each sentence into clauses. Identify the subordinate
clauses within each main clause stating the type of subordination used. 10
b) Break down ( S-x ) into phrases , stating the types and functions of phrases used.
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Q.3 Attempt a stylistic analysis of the given text by explaining the effect of the linguistic
choices made by the writer. 15
Q.4 Consider that you are about to teach the following text to an FYBA class. You wish to
make the class learner-oriented. So instead of explaining the text you ask the students a series
of questions on its linguistic features and expect that in the process of answering the questions
they will understand the content. Note that your questions should mainly deal with those
aspects of the text which are central to it. Also they must be simple enough for the average
student to answer. Approximately 10 questions are required . 15
( a passage from literary essay, fiction or poetry )

INTERNAL EVALUATION ( 40 MARKS )
Sample topics :
1. Stylistic analysis of a literary essay/ short story
2. Preparing question sets on literary texts to make the class learner-centred
3. Comparative study of styles of different texts by the same author / by different authors
Semester-II – Paper. IV
Total lectures- 60
Unit 1 : Phonology
a) The sound system of English : vowels and consonants : transcription :description
according to their place, type and manner of articulation
b) Phonological patterns of rhyme metre, alliteration, assonance, clustering of vowel and
consonant sounds

Unit 2: Narratology
a) Narrators and narration: addresser – addressee relationships. Use of authorial comment,
dialogue, free indirect discourse, stream of consciousness, soliloquy
b) Histoire, discourse / story, discourse / story , text, narration
c) Text and time
d) Character
e) Setting
f) Point of view. Authorial commentary on the events : implicit ; overt

Unit 3 : Application of the principles of discourse analysis to academic writing on
literary topics
Semester- II – Paper. IV
EVALUATION ( 60 MARKS)
Read the following poem and attempt the questions ( 1 and 2 ) given below:
( TEXT)
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Questions:
Q.1 A) Transcribe the first four lines of the poem by providing phonetic symbols . 5
B) Give three term labels to any 5 predominating consonants in the poem. 5
C) Give three term labels to any 5 predominating vowels and diphthongs in the poem.
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Q.2 Attempt a stylistic analysis of the above text with special reference to the linguistic
choice made by the poet. 15
Q. 3 Read the following passage and answer the questions given below in 4-5 lines each.
( a passage from prose fiction)
a) Question on the narrator and mode of narration 5
b) Question on point of view 5
c) Question on characterization / setting / treatment of time 5
Q.4 Read the following paragraphs from student writing and answer the questions given
below:
( a piece from student writing on literary texts )

INTERNAL EVALUATION ( 40 MARKS )
Sample topics :
1. Poetry recitation and transcription
2. Comparative study of styles ( 2 poems by the same poet/ 2 poets of the same school , etc.)
3. Comparative study of styles ( 2 novels by the same author.)
4. Creative writing ( fiction) by using different types of narrators / treating the time in different
ways/ different modes of characterisation
Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of presentation
and Viva voce

Recommended Reading
1. Bhelande , Anjali. Lord of the Flies : A Stylistic Analysis. Calcutta: Writers
Workshop.1996 ( for basic introduction to stylistic theory )
2. Bradford ,Richard. Stylistics . London and New York : Routledge, 1997
3. Burton D. Dialogue and Discourse : A Sociolinguistic Approach to Modern Drama
Dialogue and Naturally Occurring Conversation . London : Routledge and Kegan Paul
.1982
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4. Carter , Ronald ( ed) . Language and Literature . London: Allen and Unwin, 1982 (
useful analysis of literary works.
5. Cummings, M. , Simons, R.. The Language of Literature : A stylistic introduction to the
study of literature. London : Pergamon,1983
6. Fowler ,Roger. Style and Structure in Literature . Oxford : Blackwell, 1975
7. Gimson,A.D. Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, U.K. : Edward Arnold, 1964
( 2nd ed) , London : ELBS, 1974
8. Leech .G.N., Deuchar, M. and Hoogenraad, R. English Grammar for Today: A new
introduction. London : Macmillan, 1973 ( This grammatical framework will be followed
)
9. Leech G.N. A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry . London: Longman, 1969
10. Leech G.N. and Short ,M.H. Style in Fiction . London: Longman, 1981
11. Lodge ,David. Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the
English Novel. London: Routledge, 1966
12. Narayan , Meenakshi ( ed) . Functional Stylisitcs : An analysis of Three Canadian
Novels. Bombay: SNDT, 1994
13. O’Connor, J. D. Better English Pronunciation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1967.
14. Page Norman . Speech in the English Novel. London: Longman, 1973
15. Quirk, R. and Greenbaum, S. A University Grammar of English . London: Longman,
1973.
16. Short , M.H. and Culpeper , J. Exploring the Language of Drama : From Text to Context,
London : Routledge ,1998
17. Thorat , Ashok . A Discourse Analysis of Five Indian Novels . New Delhi: Macmillan
India Ltd.2002
18. Trudgill, Peter. Sociolinguistics, U.K. Penguin , 1972
19. Verdonk , Peter. Stylistics .Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002
20. Widdowson H.G. Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature. London: Longman , 1973
21. Yule, George and Brown , Gillan. Discourse Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1983

Syllabus for M.A. English
Programme: M.A. Part I
Course: Fiction
Papers V & VI

1. Syllabus as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System:
i) Name of the Programme : M.A.

iii) Course Title : M.A Part I: Fiction
Papers I & II
iv) Semester-wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References: Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester – 06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes, if any : No
4. Eligibility, if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structure
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any: No

MA English (Regular) Part One

Objectives of the course:

Semester I
Unit 1 Terms/Concepts for study
1. Bildungsroman / Künstlerroman
2. Picaresque
3. Sentimental Novel
4. Historical Novel
5. Gothic Novel
6. Epistolary Novel
7. Sociological Novel
8. Realistic Novel
9. Satirical Novel
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10. Romantic Novel

Unit 2: Tobias Smollett: Humphry Clinker
Jonathan Swift: Gulliver’s Travels
Unit3 Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility
Unit 4: Thomas Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge
Charles Dickens: Bleak House
Internal Evaluation (40 marks)
A student should select two novels belonging to two different categories mentioned
above and show how it has all the features of that category.

Project: 20 marks
Presentation: 10 marks
Viva-voce: 10 marks
Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of
presentation and viva voce
B) Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on the topics from unit 1: (1 out of 3) : 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on poetry from unit 2 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on fiction from unit 3 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on short stories from unit 4 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks

Secondary Reading:
1. Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy
2. Henry Fielding: Tom Jones
3. Jane Austen: Emma
4. Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights
5. George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss
6. Charles Dickens: Bleak House
7. Anthony Trollope: Barchester Towers
8. Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Semester II
Paper VI – Fiction from 1900 onwards

Total lectures-60
Concepts for Study
(The study of the form should be related to the historical/political/social/intellectual
background from which they emerged)

Unit 1
1. Stream of Consciousness
2. Magic Realism
3. Modernism
4. Inter-textuality
5. Postmodern Novel
6. Psychological Novel
7. Science Fiction
8. Postcolonial Novel
9. Spy Fiction
10. Campus Novel
Unit 2: James Joyce, The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent
Unit 3: William Golding: Lord of the Files
Graham Green: The Human Factor
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Unit 4: Michael Ondaatje: The English Patient
David Lodge: Small World
Internal Evaluation (40 marks)

A student should select two terms mentioned above and show how an author has
successfully used those techniques.
Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of
presentation and viva voce

B) Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on the topics from unit 1: (1 out of 3) : 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on poetry from unit 2 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on fiction from unit 3 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on short stories from unit 4 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Secondary Reading
1. Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse
2. E. M. Forster: Passage to India
3. D. H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers
4. Joseph Conrad: Victory
5. Julian Barnes: Flaubert’s Parrot
6. David Lloyd Jones: Mr Pip
7. Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children
8. Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451

References
1. Watt, I (1957) Rise of the Novel
2. Walter Allen: The English Novel
3. Welleck, R. and A. Warren (1942) Theory of Literature
4. Doody, M.A.(1996) True Story of the Novel
5. Dunlop, J. (1814) History of Fiction
6. James, H. (1934) Art of the Novel. Ed. R.P. Blackmur
7. Booth, W. (1961) Rhetoric of Fiction
8. Lubbock, Percy Craft of Fiction
9. Humphrey, Robert (1962) Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel
10. Lodge, David (2006) The Year of Henry James: The Story of a Novel
11. Ryan, Judith (2012) The Novel After Theory
12. Krieger, M. (1989) Reopening of Closure
13. Bowers, Maggie Ann (2004) Magic(al) Realism: The New Critical Idiom
14. Eysteinsson, Astradur (1992) The Concept of Modernism
15. Nicholls, Peter Modernism: A Literary Guide
16. Lewis, Pericles (2001) The Cambridge Introduction to Modernism
17. Chatman, Seymour (1978) Story and Discourse: Narrative Structure in Fiction
and Film
18. Mc Cabe, Allyssa and Carole Peterson (1991) Developing Narrative Structure
19. Holloway, John (1979) Narrative and Structure
20. Mattingly, Cheryl (1998) Healing Dramas and Clinical Plots: The Narrative
Structure
21. Carr, David (1991) Time, Narrative and History.
22. Allen, Graham (2000) Intertextuality: The New Critical Idiom
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23. Worton, Michael and Judith Still. Eds.(1990) Intertextuality: Theories and
Practices
24. Plottel, Jeanine Parisier and Hanna Kurz Charney (1978) Intertextuality: New
Perspectives in Criticism
25. Sieber, Harry (1977) The Picaresque
26. Cawelti, J.G. (1976) Adventure, Mystery and Romance
27. Rzepka, C. J (2005) Detective Fiction
28. Cohn, D (1999) Distinction of Fiction
29. Fludernik, M. (1996) Towards a “Natural” Narratology
30. Palmer, A. (2004) Fictional Minds
31. Bornstein, G. ed. (1991) Representing Modernist Texts.
32. Barthes, R.(1957) Mythologies. Trans. A. Lavers
33. Campbell, J. (1949) Hero With A Thousand Faces
34. Chase, R. (1949) Quest for Myth
35. Jung, C.G. (1969) Four Archetypes, trans. R.F.C. Hull
36. Palencia-Roth, M. (1987) Myth and the Modern Novel
37. White, J.J. Mythology in the Modern Novel
38. Genett, G. (1980) Narrative Discourse. trans. J. Lewin
39. Lehan, R. (2005) Realism and Naturalism
40. Margaret Drabble: The Oxford Companion to English Literature
41. Knight, Charles A ( 2004) Literature of Satire
42. Hodgart, Matthew (2010) Satire: Origins and Principles
43. J A Cuddon A Dictionary of Literary Terms
44. M H Abrams: A Glossary of Literary Terms
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Syllabus prepared by:
Dr. Marie Fernandes – Convener
Members:
Dr. A. P. Pandey
Dr. M.A.Sheik
Prof. Hira Stevens
Dr. Firdaus Gandavia

Syllabus for M.A. English Paper VII and VIII (Optional)
Programme: M.A.

1. Syllabus as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System:
i) Name of the Programme : M.A.
ii) Course Code : PAENGA104 & PAENGA204
iii) Course Title :M.A. Part I: Nineteenth Century American Literature
(Optional ) Papers VII & VIII
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References: Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester – 06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes , if any : No
4. Eligibility , if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structure
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No

Objectives of the Course
1) To acquaint the learners of literature with the literary terms of nineteenth
century American Literature.
2) To introduce them to the socio-cultural scene of nineteenth century America
through literary texts
3) To familiarize them to the themes and styles of nineteenth century American
Literature
4) To enable them to write research papers on American literature

Semester One: Nineteenth Century American Literature (Paper VII)
Course code- PAENGA104 6 Credits
Lectures: 60
Unit 1: Puritanism, Frontier Myth, Transcendentalism, Philosophy of self-reliance, American
Romanticism. (16 Lectures)
Unit 2: Poetry (14 Lectures)
1. Ralph Waldo Emerson
i) “The World-Soul”
ii) “Each and All”
iii) “The Snow-Storm”
iv) “Nature”
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2. Henry David Thoreau
i) “The Inward Morning”
ii) “Pray to What Earth”
3. Walt Whitman
i) “I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing”
ii) “A Noiseless, Patient Spider”
iii) “O Captain! My Captain!”
iv) “On the Beach at Night”
v) “On the Beach at Night Alone”
vi) “Song of Myself”
Unit 3: Fiction (16Lectures)
Nathaniel Hawthorne: The House of Seven Gables
Herman Melville: White-Jacket
Unit 4: Short Stories (14 Lectures)
Edgar Allan Poe
i) "The Black Cat"
ii) "The Fall of the House of Usher"
iii) "Hop-Frog"
Evaluation
A) Internal Assessment – 40% 40 Marks
Sr.No. Particulars Marks
5
1 One assignment/project based on curriculum to be assessed by
the teacher concerned
20 Marks
2 One classroom presentation on the project 10 Marks
3 A viva voce based on the project 10 Marks
Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of
presentation and viva voce
Following methods can be used for the assignment (40 Marks)
•Classroom presentation: on Nineteenth century American Literature – Romanticism and
Transcendentalism
•Writing position papers
•Book review of American novels and plays
•Review of research articles on American Literature: selected from journals and books
•Seminar participation
•Writing research papers
•Interpretation of literary and cultural texts on the basis of given critical approaches or
theories
B) Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on the topics from unit 1: (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on poetry from unit 2 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on fiction from unit 3 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on short stories from unit 4 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks

Semester Two: Nineteenth Century American Literature (Paper VIII)

Lectures: 60
Unit 1 –Terms: American Civil War, Local Color Movement, Realism, Naturalism, Pragmatism
and Veritism
16 lectures
Unit 2: Poetry 14 Lectures
1. William. D. Howells:
i) “Dead”
ii) “The Bewildered Guest”
Henry Cuyler Bunner:
i) “One, Two, Three”
ii) “Candor”
iii) “Shriven”
Bret Harte:
i) “Mary’s Album”
ii) “Love and Physic”
Unit 3:Fiction 16 Lectures
1. Stephen Crane: Red Badge of Courage
2. Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Unit4: Short Stories 14Lectures
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1. Kate Chopin:
i) “Beyond the Bayou”
ii) "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
2. Jack London:
i) “The Unexpected”
ii) “Love of Life”
Evaluation
A) Internal Assessment – 40% 40 Marks
Sr.No. Particulars Marks
1 One assignment/project based on curriculum to be assessed by
the teacher concerned
20 Marks
2 One classroom presentation on the project 10 Marks
3 A viva voce based on the project 10 Marks
Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of
presentation and viva voce
Following Methods can be used for tests and assignment (40 marks)
•Class presentation: on Nineteenth century American Literature
•Writing position papers
•Book review of American novels and plays
•Review of research articles on American Literature: selected from journals and books
•Seminar participation
•Writing research papers
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•Interpretation of literary and cultural texts on the basis of given critical approaches or
Theories

B) Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on the topics from unit 1: (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on the poems from unit 2 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on the novels from unit 3 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on the short stories from unit 4 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Bibliography
Abel, Darrel. Ruined Eden of the Present: Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe: Critical Essays in
Honor of Darrel Abel. eds. G.R. Thompson and Virgil L. Lokke. West Lafayette: Purdue UP,
1981.
Barrish, Phillip. American Literary Realism: Critical Theory and Intellectual Prestige, 1880-
1995. Cambridge: Oxford U P, 2001.
Bell, Michael Davitt. The Problem of American Realism. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1993.
Belluscio, Steven J. To Be Suddenly White: Literary Realism and Racial Passing. Columbia,
MO: U of Missouri P, 2006.
Buell, Lawrence. Literary Transcendentalism: Style and Vision in the American Renaissance.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1986.
Chase, Richard. The American Novel and Its Tradition. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday Anchor,
1957.
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Elliot, Emory., and Cathy N. Davidson, eds. The Columbia History of the American Novel. New
York: Columbia University Press, 1991.
Myerson, Joel, ed. The Transcendentalists: A Review of Research and Criticism. New York:
Modern Language Association, 1984
Lewis, R. W. B. The American Adam: Innocence, Tragedy, and Tradition in the Nineteenth
Century. Chicago: University Chicago Press, 1955.
Pattee, Fred Lewis. The Development of the American Short Story. [1966] New York: Harper,
1923.
Pizer, Donald. Realism and Naturalism in Nineteenth Century American Fiction. Carbondale:
Southern Illinois U P, 1966.
Warren, Joyce W., ed. The (Other) American Tradition: Nineteenth-Century Women Writers.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993
Winter, Molly Crumpton. American Narratives: Multiethnic Writing in the Age of Realism.
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State UP, 2007.

Syllabus designed by
Dr. Rambhau Badode: Convener
Members:
Dr. Dinesh Kumar
Dr. Rajashri Barvekar
Dr. Bhagyashri Verma
Dr. Deepa Mishra
Mr. Rajesh Yeole

Syllabus for M.A. English
Program: M.A. Part I
Course: Indian Writing in Translation
Paper VII & VIII (B)

1. Syllabus as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System:
i) Name of the Programme : M.A.
ii) Course Code : PAENGB104 & PAENGB204
iii) Course Title :M.A Part I : Indian Writing in Translation
Papers VII & VIII
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References: Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester – 06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 02
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes , if any : No
4. Eligibility , if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structure
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No

M.A. Part I (Optional)
Indian Writing In Translation Paper VII & VIII (B)
Course Objectives/Goals: by the end of the course, the students should be able to:
•Discuss and explore the great classical writers in India whose works are translated
in English
•Study the socio-cultural, historical and linguistic contexts of the translations and
find the relevance of those in the present literary Scenario of India
•Master and apply the concepts that govern the comparative studies of themes,
styles and aspects of Indian writings in Translation with the understanding of
genres including poetry, fiction, prose drama, short-story etc.
•Create a personal perspective on the diversity of translated writings in different
regional cultures and experience the unifying traits in them through the concepts
as Indianness, nativism, nationalism, globalization and human values etc.
•Produce formal reports and oral presentations on the concepts and subjects of
latest issues in canonical and current translations in English from both the
theoretical and the practical angles.
•Create a research scope for future projects in translation by showing brief
acquaintance with the problems and issues of literary translation.

Semester I: Indian Writing In Translation Paper VII (B)
Course code- PAENGB104 6 Credits
Total lectures- 60
Movements/ concepts
Unit 1
Movements of Medieval India

(A)Bhakti Movement:
1. Devotion to Spirituality
2. Reaction to Brahminical structure of the society
3. Medieval Indian Renaissance
(B)Influence of Islamic Culture on life and literature
4. The Muslim invasions in the medieval period
5. Initiatives towards communal harmony
6. Growth of Art and literature

II-Colonial Period and Post-Independence Indian Literature
7. Introduction to English Language in Indian Education,
8. Romanticism as reflected in Indian Classical Writers,
9. The spread of Democratic values and Partition Literature,
10 Emergences of Regional and Translated Literatures,
11. East-West Encounters in language, literature and culture,
12. Rise and growth of women’s writings during Post-Independence India.

Unit 2:
Saadat Hasan Manto, Mottled Dawn, Trans. Khalid Hasan, Penguin, 1997.
Five Stories: Toba Tek Singh, The Dog of Titwal, The Price of Freedom, A Tale of
1947 and The New Constitution.
Premchand: Widows, Wives and other Stories Trans. David Rubin
Unit 3 Amrita Pritam; The Revenue Stamp, Trans. Krishna Gorowara
Rabindranath Tagore: Gora
Unit 4: Haribans Rai Bachchan, The House of Wine, Trans. By M. Boulton and
R.Vyas, Penguin, 1950. Poem Nos.4, 6, 18, 26,44,50,51,121,128,135.
One Hundred Poems of Kabir, translated by Rabindranath Tagore; Chronicle Books
An imprint of DC Publishers, New Delhi, 2003.

Poem nos.1,2,12,36,39,42,45,66,69,91
N.B.
•The Background Topics are to be discussed in brief historical, sociological and
general perspectives for the students.
•The Prescribed Texts are to be taught in detail with all possible interpretations
relating them to the topics from the background and to be prepared for three broad
answers.
A) Internal: A student is required to select one translated text for its critical
evaluation relating it to at least two movements/ concepts.

Project: 20 marks
Presentation: 10 marks
Viva-voce: 10 marks.

Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of
presentation and viva voce
B) Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on the topics from unit 1: (1 out of 3) : 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay unit 2 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on unit 3 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on unit 4 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Semester II: Indian Writing in Translation – Paper VIII (B)

Concepts
Unit 1
I- Recent Trends in Indian Writings in Translations:
1. Literature of the Marginalized and Dalit Consciousness in writings, including
translations,
2. Issues of Gender relations and women’s works in translations,
3. Voices of the Subaltern and tribal studies,
4 Identity crisis in Diaspora and Immigrant Writers,
5. Postmodernism as reflected in the techniques of writing and translation in India,
6. Literature of new Native writers in translation

II -Concepts in Translation Studies:
7. Scope and relevance of Translation studies
8. History of Translations in English,
9. Problems of Linguistic and Cultural Equivalence in Translation,
10. Concepts of transference, transliteration and transcreation
11. Problems of translating a literary text
12. Translation as Linguistic Bridge-building entity

Prescribed Texts:
Unit 2: Girish Karnad, Hayavadana, Trans. by the author
Mohan Rakesh: Half-way House

Unit 3:
Mahasweta Devi, Old Women Trans. By Gayatri Chakravarti Spivak
Gulzar : Across the Raavi (New Urdu Fictions, 2004, Katha, ISBN 81-87649-85-2)
S.L. Duncan: A Christmas Story (from The Heart of the Matter, Katha, 2004, ISBN 81-
87649-43-7)
Unit 4: Baby Kamble, The Prison We Broke Trans. By Maya Pandit
Bama: Harum-Scarum Saar and Other Stories.Translated bt Ravi Shanker

Supplementary Reading:
1.Aurobindo, The Future of Poetry
2.Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyyat
3.Kabir Bijak
4.Tagore Rabindranath, Gora
5.Rajgopalachari Our Culture
6.U.R. Ananthamurthy, Samskara
7.Jyotiba Phule, Slavery, translated by P.G. Patil
8.Hind Swaraj: M.K. Gandhi
9.The High Caste Woman : Pandita Ramabai.
10.B.R. Ambedkar, The Annihilation of Caste
11.Khushwant Singh Need for a New Religion & Other Essays
12.Amrita Pritam The Skeleton, (Pinjar)Trans. Khushwant Singh
13.Premchand, Widows, Wives and Other Heroines, trans. David
Rubin
14.Mohan Rakesh Halfway House
15. Premanand Gajvi, Kirwant
16.Bhalchandra Nemade, CocoonTrans. Sudhakar Marathe
17.Vijay Tendulkar Kanyadaan
18.Arjun Dangle (ed.): Poisoned Bread
19.Laxman Gaikwad, The Branded ( Uchalya) Trans. P. A. Kolatkar
20.Yashpal, Divya( Hindi) trans.by Anand, Sahitya Academy publications

Recommended Reading:
K.R.S. Iyengar, Indian Writing in English, Bombay, 1962.
M.K. Naik, A History of Indian English Literature, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 1982.
R.K. Dhawan, ed. 50 Years of Indian Writing
M.K. Naik, Macmillan Aspects of Indian Writing in English, , Delhik 1979.
William Walsh, Indo-Anglian Literature 1800-1970, Orient Longman, Madras, 1976.
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R.K. Dhawan, ed Postcolonial Discourse: A Study of Contemporary Literature,.
Bhagyashree S. Varma ed. Amrita Pritam: Life as Literature
Nivedita Sen, Nikhil Yadav Mahasweta Devi – An Anthology of Recent Criticism,
Gender & Caste: Issues in Contemporary Indian Feminism:. New Delhi, Kali for
Women, 2003.
The Danger of Gender: Caste, Class and Gender in Contemporary Indian Women's
Writing, Clara Nubile 2003 .
Makarand Paranjape, ed.Realism and Reality: the Novel and Society in India, Nativism:
Essays in Nativism.
Manu S. Rajadurai and Geetha Vardarajan Towards a Non-Brahmin Millennium.
K.V. Reddy and R.K. Dhawan, ed Flowering of Indian Drama:Growth & Development.
Sudhakar Pandey and Freya Barua, edNew Directions in Indian Drama,
Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit Literature: History, Controversies and Considerations, by
Sharankumar Limbale. Translated by Alok Mukherjee. Orient Longman, 2004
From Untouchable to Dalit : Essays on the Ambedkar Movement: Eleanor Zelliot.
Manohar, 1998
A.P. Pandey(Ed), New Horizons in Indian English Drama, Bhasker, Publishers, Kanpur,
2011
Dalit Movement in South India : 1857-1950:Swapna H. Samel. New Delhi, Serials, 2004
Shantha Ramakrishna, ed, Translation and Multilingualism: Post-Colonial Context.
A.P.Pandey, Flames and Fire In Kabir’s Poetry, Bhasker Publishers ,Kanpur,2008
Translation: From Periphery to Centrestage, Tutun Mukherjee, ed.
Author, Texts, Issues: Essays on Indian Literature , K. Satchidanandan
N.B.
•The Background Topics are to be discussed in brief historical, sociological and
general perspectives for the students.
•The Prescribed Texts are to be taught in detail with all possible interpretations
relating them to the topics from the background and to be prepared for three broad
answers.
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A Internal: A student is required to select any one translated text for its critical
evaluation relating it to at least two movements/ concepts.

Project: 20 marks
Presentation: 10 marks
Viva-voce: 10 marks
Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of
presentation and viva voce

B) Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on the topics from unit 1: (1 out of 3) : 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay unit 2 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on unit 3 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on unit 4 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Syllabus prepared by:
Dr. A.P.Pandey. - Convener
Members
Dr. Bhagyashree Verma.
Prof. V. M. Athaley.
Dr. Rohit Kawale.

Syllabus for M.A. English
Programme: M.A. Part I
Course: New Literatures in English
Paper VII & VIII (C)

1. Syllabus as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System:
i) Name of the Programme : M.A.
ii) Course Code : PAENGC104 & PAENGC204
iii) Course Title :M.A Part I : New Literatures in English
Papers I & II
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References: Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester – 06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes , if any : No
4. Eligibility , if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structure
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No

M.A. English (Regular) Part I

Title of the Course: New Literatures in English

Objectives of the Course
1) To acquaint learners with the difference between settler colonies and colonies of
occupation
2) To familiarize them with the similar (yet different) socio-historic conditions reflected in
the literature of the various colonies.
3) To help perceive the problem of cultural imperialism that lies at the heart of the
appropriation of voice issue
4) To help learners understand the problems encountered by ethnic minorities and
indigenous people in both countries.
5) To familiarize them with the culture and literary expressions of the immigrant and
diasporic minorities.
6) To enable learners to carry out independent research in African Caribbean, Canadian and
Australian literature

Semester One: Paper VII C: African and Caribbean Literature

Lectures: 60
Unit 1: Cultural Contexts: African mythology and world view. Colonial and postcolonial
experiences in the African and Caribbean context., Indentured subjects’ experiences, Indo-
Caribbean writers, Afro-Caribbean American writers, The Oral tradition in African Fiction,
African writers in Diaspora, Creolization, Post-Apartheid Literature
Unit 2: African and Caribbean Fiction:
1. Nurrudin Farah’s Gifts
2. Jamaica Kincaid My Brother
Unit 3: African and Caribbean Drama:
1. Ngugi wa Thiong’o: A Dance of the Forest
2. Dereck Walcott. Pantomine
Unit 4: African and Caribbean Poetry:
1. Wole Soyinka: Shuttle in the Crypt
2. Edward Kamau Brathwaite: Rites of Passage
Evaluation
A) Internal Assessment – 40% 40 Marks
Sr.No. Particulars Marks
1 One assignment/project based on curriculum to be assessed by
the teacher concerned
20 Marks
2 One classroom presentation on the project 10 Marks
3 A viva voce based on the project 10 Marks

Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of
presentation and viva voce
Following methods can be used for the tests and assignment (40 Marks)
•Class presentation on African and Caribbean texts
•Writing position papers
•Book review of African and Caribbean novels, anthologies and plays
•Article review: selected from journals and books on African and Caribbean texts
•Seminar participation
•Writing research papers
•Interpretation of African and Caribbean literary and cultural texts on the basis of selected
critical approaches or theories

B) Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: Cultural Contexts. : (1 out of 3) 15 Marks
Question 2: African and Caribbean Fiction: (1 out of 2) 15 Marks
Question 3: African and Caribbean Drama (1 out of 2) 15 Marks
Question 4: African and Caribbean Poetry: (1 out of 2) 15 Marks

Semester Two: Paper VIII C: Canadian and Australian Literature

Lectures: 60
Unit 1: Cultural Contexts: Differing histories and responses to the landscape, Early Canadian
and Australian Literature, Growth of nationalistc sentiments, The problems encountered by the
Indigenous peoples and immigrants in Canada and Auatralia, Qeeer Diaspora in Canada, Asylum
Diaspora of Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada, Canadian Multiculturalism,. Aboriginal Writers of
Australia

Unit 2: Canadian and Australian Poetry
Margaret Atwood
1. “Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer”
2. “They Eat out”
3. Journals of Susanna Moodie: Poem 1
Daniel David Moses
1. “The Sunbather’s Fear of the Moon”
2. “Inukshuk”
Judith Wright
1. “South of My Days”
2. “Two Dreamtimes”
3. “Belonging”
Unit 3: Canadian and Australian Fiction
1. Alice Munro Lives of Girls and Women
2. David Malouf The Great World
Unit4: Canadian and Australian Drama
1. George Ryga The Ecstasy of Rita Joe
2. David Williamson The Removalists
A)

Internal Assessment – 40% 40 Marks
Sr.No. Particulars Marks
1 One assignment/project based on curriculum to be assessed by
the teacher concerned
20 Marks
2 One classroom presentation on the project 10 Marks
3 A viva voce based on the project 10 Marks

Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of
presentation and viva voce
Following Methods can be used for tests and assignment (30 marks)
•Analytical session
•Class presentations on women/ Native writers
•Writing position papers
•Book reviews of acclaimed Canadian and Australian literary works
•Article review: selected from journals and books
•Seminar participation
•Writing research papers
•Interpretation of Canadian and Australian cultural texts

Semester End Examination Pattern 60 Marks
Question 1: Essay on cultural contexts from unit 1: (1 out of 3) : 15 Marks
Question 2: Essay on Canadian and Australian Poetry (1 out of 3) : 15 Marks
Question 3: Essay on Canadian and Australian Fiction (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks
Question 4: Essay on the plays from unit 4 (1 out of 2) : 15 Marks

References
African & Caribbean
1. Bruce King The New literatures: Cultural Nationalism in a Changing World. Macmillan,
1987.
2. Brydon, Diana & Helen Tiffin (Eds). Decolonising Fictions Dangaroo. 1993.
3. Chris Tiffin & Alan Lawson. (eds.) Describing Empire: Postcolonialism and Textuality.
Routeledge, 1994.
4. Ernest Emenyonu Studies on the Nigerian Novel Heinemann, 1991.
5. Frantz Fanon Black Skins, White Masks. Pluto Press: London, 1986
6. Henry Louis Gates Race, Writing and Difference. Chicago: 1985.
7. Mirce Githae-Mugo Visions of Africa. Kenya Literature Bureau, 1978
8. Paul Gilroy. The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness. Verso. 1994.
9. Susheila Nasta. Motherlands: Women’s Writing from Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia.
Women’s Press, 1991.
10. Wole Soyinka. Myth, Literature and the African World. Oxford: 1991

Canadian & Australian
1. Armstrong, Jeannette. (ed.) Looking at the Words of Our People: First Nations Analysis of
Literature. Penticton: Theytus Books, 1993.
2. Atwood, Margaret. Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature. Toronto: Anansi
Press, 1982.
3. Castles, S. Kalantzis, M. Cope, B. and Morissey, M. Mistaken Identity: Multiculturalism
and the Demise of Nationalism in Australia. Sydney: Pluto Press, 1988.
4. Corkhill, Annette Robyn. The Immigrant Experience in Australian Literature.
Melbourne: Academia Press, 1995.
5. Hergenhan, L. (Ed.). The Penguin New Literary History of Australia. Ringwood:
Penguin, 1988.
6. Marlatt and Betsy Warland. Telling It: Women and Language Across Cultures. Press Gang,
1990.
7. Lutz, Hartmut. And Coomi S. Vevaina. Connections: Non-Native Responses to Native
Canadian Literature.(ed.) New Delhi: Creative Books, 2003.
8. Vevaina, Coomi and Barbara Godard.(ed.) Intersexions: Issues of Race and Gender in
Canadian Women’s Writing. New Delhi: Creative, 1996.
9. White, R. Inventing Australia: Images and Identity 1688-1980. Sydney: Allen and
Unwin, 1981.
10. Whitlock, Gillian and Carter, David (Ed). Images of Australia. Queensland: University of
Queensland Press, 2001.

Syllabus Prepared by:
Dr. Coomi S. Vevaina – Dept. of English, University of Mumbai (Convener)
Dr. Shobha Ghosh - Dept. of English, University of Mumbai
Dr. Sudhir Nikam,- BNN College of A.S.C.
Dr. P.A. Attar - Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Dr. Mala Pandurang – Nanavati College (S.N.D.T.)

Syllabus for M.A. English
Programme: M.A. Part II
Course: Indian Writing in English and Diaspora (Papers IX and X)

1. Syllabus as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System:
i) Name of the Programme : M.A.

iii) Course Title :M.A Part II : Indian Writing in English and
Diaspora (Papers IX and X)
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References: Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester – 06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes , if any : No
4. Eligibility , if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structure
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No

M.A. II: Indian Writing in English and Diaspora
Objectives of the course:
To familiarize the learners with various themes and cultural contexts of Indian English
Writing

To sensitize the learners to Diaspora culture and Diaspora subjectivities.
To help the learners to understand Dalit and Native voices in Indian English literature
Semester I: Indian Writing in English: Paper IX

(60 lectures)
Unit I:
Concepts
Postmodernism and post-colonialism and their influence on Indian Writing in English,
Indianness in Indian English Literature, Contemporary Indian English Poetry and Drama (postindependence),
Experimental Poetry and Theatre, Dalit Voices.

Unit II: Novel
Kiran Nagarkar God’s Little Soldier
Arvind Adiga The White Tiger

Unit III: Poetry
Nissim Ezekiel: “Background Casually”
“The Patriot”
“The Professor”
Kamala Das: “The Freaks”
“The Old Playhouse”
Imtiaz Dharker: “They‟ll Say She Must be from Another Country”

“ Honor Killing”
“Postcards from God 1”

Unit IV: Drama
Vijay Tendulkar: Kanyadaan
Mahesh Dattani: Bravely Fought the Queen (from Collected Plays)
Pattern of the Question Paper
Semester End Exam Marks: 60
Q.1. Concepts (one out of three essays) 15 marks
Q.2. Essay type question on the novel (1 out of two) 15 marks
Q.3. Essay type question on poetry (1 out of two) 15 marks
Q.4. Essay type question on the drama (1 out of two) 15 marks

Internal Assessment Marks: 40
A written assignment on any topic from each semester (However, the assignment should not be
based on any of the prescribed writers) 20 marks
A presentation based on the assignment 10 marks
Viva Voce on the presented topic 10 marks

Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of presentation
and viva voce
References:

Mehta, Kamal (ed) 2004 The Twentieth Century Indian Short Story in English New Delhi:
Creative Books

Chaudhari, AshaKuthari 2005 Contemporary Indian Writers in English : Mahesh Dattani
Foundation Books
Bande, Usha& Ram, Atma 2003 Woman in Indian Short Stories: Feminist Perspective New
Delhi: Rawat Publications
Dodiya, Jaydipsinh K &Surendran, K.V 2000 Indian English Drama: Critical Perspectives New
Delhi: Sarup& Sons
De Souza, Eunice (ed) 1999 Talking Poems: Conversations with Poets OUP
Pandey, Sudhakar&Taraporewala, Freya (eds) 1990 Contemporary Indian Drama
Prestige Books
Kirpal, Viney (ed) 1996 The Post Modern Indian Novel in English Allied Publications

Semester II

Paper X: Literature of Indian Diaspora
Total lectures-60
Unit 1
Concepts:
Diaspora, Neo-Diaspora, Ethnicity, Alienation, Issues of Location, Nostalgia and Memory, Loss,
Nation-State and Exile, and Cultural Hybridity.

Unit 2:Novel
Novel: Salman Rushdie: Shalimar the Clown
Novel: Kiran Desai: Inheritance of Loss

Unit 3: Poetry
Sujata Bhatt: “Search for my Tongue”
Chitra Divakaruni Bannerjee: “On Opening a Box My Mother Left in My House” ( from her
collection titled Black Candle)

Vikram Seth: “Sonnet No. 1.9” from The Golden Gate
Agha Shahid Ali: “The Wolf‟s Postscript to „Little Red Riding Hood‟”

Unit 4
Short stories:
From JhumpaLahiri‟s The Unaccustomed Earth
(“The Unaccustomed Earth” and “Hell-Heaven”)

Non Fiction
Shashi Tharoor :Bookless in Baghdad

Evaluation
Question Paper Pattern for the 60 marks: Semester End
1. Three short notes on literary terms (Any 1 out of 3 options) – 15 marks
2. One essay type (with internal option) on the novel-15 marks
3. One essay type (with internal option) on the poetry-15 marks
4. One essay type (with internal option) on the short stories and creative non-fiction-15
marks
Internal Assessment (40 marks)
The student should be assigned one project (a study of the work of any contemporary Indian
diasporic writer not prescribed) for 20 marks.
Viva voce based on the same project – 10 marks
Presentation based on the same project – 10 marks
Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of presentation
and viva voce

References
Mishra Vijay: Theorizing the Diasporic Imaginary, Routledge, 2007.

Brah, Avtar."Thinking through the Concept of Diaspora".The Post-Colonial StudiesReader.2nd
ed. Eds. Ashcroft, Bill, Griffiths Gareth, Tiffin Helen. London: Routledge, 2006. pp. 443-446.
Clifford, James. "Diasporas",The Post-Colonial Studies Reader,2nded.Eds. Ashcroft, Bill,
Griffiths Gareth, Tiffin Helen. London: Routledge, 2006. pp 451-454.
Jain, Jasbir. "The New Parochialism: Homeland in the Writing of The Diaspora". InDiaspora:
Theories, Histories, Texts. Ed. MakarandParanjape, New Delhi: Indialog Publication Pvt.Ltd,

King, Bruce. "The Diaspora: Agha Shahid Ali‟s Tricultural Nostalgia". Modern IndianPoetry in
English, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Mishra, Vijay. "Diaspora and the Impossible Art of Mourning".In Diaspora:
TheoriesHistories,Texts. Ed.MakarandParanjape. New Delhi: IndiaLogPublicationsPvt.Ltd,

Texts, Issues: Essays on Indian Literature. New Delhi: Pencraft International, 2003.

Syllabus Prescribed by
Prof. Arvind Mardikar (Convener)

Members
Dr. Nilufer Bharucha
Mrs. Laksmi Muthukumar
Prof. Sashikant Malunkar
Dr. Susanne Lobo

Syllabus for M.A. English
Programme: M.A. Part II
Course : Poetry (Papers XI and XII)

1. Syllabus as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System:
i) Name of the Programme : M.A.
ii) Course Code : PAENG302 & PAENG 402
iii) Course Title :M.A Part II : Poetry (Papers XI and XII)
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References: Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester – 06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes , if any : No
4. Eligibility , if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structure
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No

M.A. English Literature Part II
Course – Poetry: Papers XI and XII
Objectives:
To familiarize the learners with different types of poetry
To sensitize them to poetic language and poetic sensibility
To make them aware of poetic devices and techniques
Semester I (Poetry – Paper XI)

Total No. of lectures: 60
Unit 1:
Concepts: Types of Ode, Types of Satire, Pastoral Elegy, Meter, Rhyme and its types,
Ballad, Mock-Epic, Epic and Sonnet

Unit 2:
Odes –
i) “Ode on Grecian Urn” by John Keats
ii) “Ode to the Onion” by Pablo Neruda
iii) “Morning song” by Sylvia Plath
iv) “Ode to the Skylark” by P. B. Shelley

Unit 3:
Dramatic Monologues –
i) “Ulysses” by Alfred Lord Tennyson
ii) “The Bishop Orders His Tomb at St. Praxed’s Church” by Robert Browning
iii) “Naming of Parts” by Henry Reed
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iv) “Night, Death, Mississipi” by Robert Haydon

Unit 4:
Epic- Paradise Lost – Book IX by John Milton
Evaluation
Question Paper Pattern for the 60 mark Semester End Examination:
I. Essay on concepts, unit 1 (any I out of 3 to be attempted) - 15 marks
II. Essay on unit 2 (1 out of 2 options) - -15 marks
III Essay on Unit 3 (1 out of 2) 15 marks
IV Essay on unit 4 (1 out of 2) -15 marks

Internal Assessment (40 mark)
A Research paper 20 Marks
Presentation on the research paper 10 Marks
Viva -Voce on the Paper 10 Marks

Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of presentation
and viva voce

Semester II (Poetry - Paper XII)

Total No. of lectures: 60
Unit 1:
Sonnet:

1. Shakespeare’s Sonnet “ Let me not to the marriage of true minds…”
5
2. “To My Mother” by George Barker
3. “The world is too much with us…” by William Wordsworth
4. Sonnet No. 1.23 “I’m young, employed, healthy, ambititious…” by Vikram Seth (From The
Golden Gate)
5. “The Vantage Point” by Robert Frost
6. “The expense of spirit is a crying shame” by Wendy Cope

Unit 2:
Satire:
1. “MacFlecknoe” lines 1 to 62, by John Dryden
2. “The Progress of Beauty” by Jonathan Swift
3. “The Owl Critic” by James Thomas Fields
4. “Bagpipe Music” by Louis MacNeice
5. “Telephone Conversation” by Wole Soyinka

Unit 3:
Ballad
1. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2. “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” by John Keats
3. “Lord Ullin’s Daughter” by Thomas Campbell

Unit 4:
Mock-epic
Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope (entire)

Evaluation
Question Paper Pattern for the 60 mark Semester End Examination:
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Internal Assessment (40 mark )
Question Paper Pattern for the 60 mark Semester End Examination:
I. Essay on, unit 1 (any I out of 3 to be attempted) - 15 marks
II. Essay on unit 2 (1 out of 2 options) - -15 marks
III Essay on Unit 3 (1 out of 2) 15 marks
IV Essay on unit 4 (1 out of 2) -15 marks
A Research paper 20 Marks
Presentation (on the paper) 10 Marks
Viva Voce ( on the paper) 10 Marks

Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of presentation
and viva voce
Syllabus Prepared by:
Prof. Lakshmi Muthukumar (Convener)


Members
Dr. Shireen Vakil
Prof. Neeta Chakravarthy
Prof. Suresh Wakchaure

Syllabus for M.A. English
Program: M.A. Part II
Course: Drama
Paper XII & XIV

1. Syllabus as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System:
i) Name of the Programme : M.A.
ii) Course Code : PAENG303 & PAENG403
iii) Course Title :M.A Part II : Drama
Papers I & II
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References: Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester – 06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes , if any : No
4. Eligibility , if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structure
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No

MA English (Regular) Part Two
Title of the Course: Drama Paper XII & XIV

Objectives of the Course
1) To introduce the learners to a wide range of theatrical practices around the world.
2) To introduce the learners to various theories of drama
3) To enable them to understand the elements of drama and theatre
4) To introduce them to the conventions of research papers

Semester I: Drama (Paper XII)

Unit I: Concepts

Elements of Theatre, Greek Theatre, Indian Classical Theatre with reference to Natyashastra,
Folk element and Indian Theatre, Black theatre, Realistic theatre, 20th century poetic drama,
Angry Young Man, Street play, Third theatre, One-act play
Unit II: Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht
Shakuntala by Kalidasa

Unit III: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
A Phoenix too Frequent by Christopher Fry
Unit IV: Julloos by Badal Sircar
Home on the Range by Amiri Baraka

Evaluation
Question Paper Pattern for the 60 mark Semester End Examination:
I. Essay on concepts (any1 out of 3 to be attempted) - 15 marks
II. Essay on Unit 2 : one out of two -15 marks
III. Essay on Unit 3: One out of two- 15 marks
IV. Essay on Unit 4: One out of two -15 marks

Internal evaluation:
Project 20 Marks
Presentation 10 Marks
Viva Voce 10 Marks
The project could be review of plays, a stage presentation or writing a script.

Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of presentation
and viva voce

Semester II: Drama: Paper XIV

Total lectures-60

Unit I: Concepts
Theatre of Absurd, Epic theatre ,Method theatre, Theatre of Cruelty, Poor Theatre, Off-
Broadway theatre, Kitchen-sink drama, Meta theatre, Expressionism, Irish theatre, and Antitheatre
Unit II: Six Characters in Search of the Author by Pirandello
Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge
Unit III: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Becket
Amedee or How to get Rid of It by Eugene Ionesco

Unit IV: Kitchen by Arnold Wesker
The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway

Evaluation
Question Paper Pattern for the 60 mark Semester End Examination:
I. Essay on concepts(any1 out of 3 to be attempted)- 15 marks
II. Essay on Unit 2 : one out of two -15 marks
III. Essay on Unit 3: One out of two- 15 marks
IV. Essay on Unit 4: One out of two -15 marks

Internal evaluation:
Project 20 Marks
Presentation 10 Marks
Viva Voce 10 Marks
The project could be review of plays, a stage presentation or writing a script.

Students of Distance Education to submit one additional assignment in place of presentation
and viva voce

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Syllabus prepared by:
Dr. Shilpa Sapre: Convener
Members:
Dr. Vibhakar Mirajkar
Prof. Vispi Balaporia
Dr. Zareen Pinto

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