PROPSED SYLLABUS FOR M.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE EFFECTIVE FROM.

1ST ANNUAL 2010 & ONWARDS

Part-I
Paper-I Paper-II Paper-III Paper-IV Paper-V Paper-VI Poetry Drama Academic Discourse Criticism History of English Literature Stylistics / TESOL

Part-II
Paper-VII Paper-VIII Paper-IX Paper-X Paper-XI Paper-XII Prose American Literature / South Asian Literature Post-Colonial Studies Novel Linguistics S & Psycholinguistics

Paper-I, Poetry This course aims at introducing the students to the development of English poetry in different eras. It starts from Chaucer and ends at Sylvia Plath. The representative poets from each age are taken to highlight various trends in English poetry from 14th to 20th century. Classical Poetry Chaucer Milton Donne The Prologue to Canterbury Tales Paradise Lost, Book-1 Good Morrow The Sun Rising Batter My Heart When Thou Hath Done Prelude Book-1 Ode to a Nightingale Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode to Autumn My last Duchess Bishop orders his tomb as St. Praxeds Church The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Wasteland Daddy Widow

Victorian Poetry Wordsworth Keats Browning Modern T.S. Eliot Sylvia Plath

Paper-II, Drama This paper will introduce students to the origins and development of the classical Greek drama followed by the emergence of Mystery, Miracle and Morality plays during the English Renaissance. Thus an over view of the development of the genre (and sub-genres i.e. tragedy, comedy) over the centuries will be given followed by an in-depth textual analysis of the plays by the major dramatists. Classical Sophocles Renaissance Marlowe Shakespeare Modern Ibsen Shaw Beckett Oedipus Rex Dr. Faustus Hamlet Twelfth Night A Dolls House Major Barbara Waiting for Godot

Paper-III, ACADEMIC DISCOURSE Objective: This course aims at improving the Basic English language skills of the learners. The course is strictly skill based and teachers are advised to use any material which they find appropriate in enhancing simple and complex use of English. 1) Grammar and Mechanics Tenses Parts of Speech Moods (Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive) Voice (Active, Passive Narration ( Direct, Indirect) Clause ( Main, Subordinate, Coordinate) Sentences (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex) Transitional Devices/ Connectives Cohesion and Coherence Punctuation Articles Prepositions 2) Reading Skills Skimming Scanning SQ3R Locating main ideas Critical Reading Previewing: Establishing Context, Purpose and Content The Process: Previewing Reading: Annotating a Text The Process: Reading and Annotating Reviewing: Organizing, Analyzing, Evaluating and Reacting The Process: Reviewing 3) Writing Skills Brainstorming and outlining Traits of good writing Ideas Organization Voice Word choice Sentence fluency Connection Paragraph writing Essay writing Cause and effect

 Comparison and contrast Description Narration Persuasive Process analysis Summarizing/ Prcis Writing Paraphrasing

Reading List:
Boudin, E.M. (1984). Readers Chouice.Ann Arbour, University of Michigan Press Eastwood, J. (2005). Oxford Practice Grammar Karachi: Oxford University Press Jay, T. and Ros, J. (2005). Effective Presentation. New Delhi: Pearson Press Taib, N. et. al (2003). Basic English Workbook. Malaysia: McGraw Hill Taib, N. et. al. (2003). Basic English, Malaysia: McGraw Hill Moyer, R. (1980). Business English Basic: A Programmed Approach. New York: John Wiley and Sons. Azar, Betty Schrampher. (1996) Basic English Grammar (2nd Edition). New York: Longman Azar, Betty Schrampher. (2000) Understanding and Using English Grammar (3rd Edition). New York: Longman Howe, D. H. et.al. (2004) English for Undergraduates (3rd Impression). Karachi: Oxford University Press

Paper-IV, Criticism The purpose of this course is to bring our syllabi on a par with international standards. After familiarizing the students with the tenets of classical literary criticism, it introduces them to the literary approaches of the modern critics i.e. Eliot, Frye followed by the beginnings of postmodern critical theories, rooted in the works of Woolf and introduced later in detail in Eaglet on. The recent and current trends of post-structuralism will be introduced so as to enable the students to apply these theories to textual analysis. To achieve this objective, a compulsory question of practical criticism will be set on an unseen passage, in the final examination. Note: The Exam will include Practice of analysis/application of theoretical concepts Section-I (Classical) Aristotle Longinus Section-II (Modern) T.S. Eliot Frye Poetics On the Sublime The Tradition and the Individual Talent Anatomy of Criticism (Special emphasis on chapters on myth criticism & Modes)

Section-III Modern / Postmodern Movements Formalism Structuralism Post- Structuralism Psychoanalytical Criticism Marxism Deconstruction Feminism Primary Texts Terry Eagletons Modern Literary Theory Virginia Woolfs A Room of Ones Own

Reading List Philip Rice and Partrica Waugh (eds) 1989/2001 Modern Literary Theory. Arnold Michael Levenson (ed) 1999. The Cambridge Companion to Modernism, CUP Terry Eagelton 1983 Literary Theory: An Introduction, Basil Blackwell Rich Rylance and Judy Simons (eds) 2001 Literature in Context, Palgrave Todd E. Davis and Kenneth Womack (eds) 2002 Formalist Criticism and Reader Response Theory, Palagrave

Sara Mills, 1995 feminist Stylistics, Routledgte. Helence Keyssar (ed) 1996 Feminist Theatre and Theory, New Case Boods, MacMillan Jonathen Culler 1975 Sturcturalist Poetics. Routledge & Kegan Paul Paul Hamilton 1996 Historicism, the New Critical Idiom, Routledge.1

Paper-V

History of English Literature

The objective of this course is to give the students a complete historical background of English literature. It will also help them to analyze trends in English Literatures in different eras. It is also based on the critical analysis of all the genres of literature in every age. Section-I 1) Medieval Age 2) Renaissance Age 3) Puritan Age 4) The Restoration Age 5) Augustan Age Section-II 1. Romantic Age 2. Victorian Age Section-III 1- The Modern Age 2- The Postmodern Age Suggested Readings: Fowler, Alas Tair, A History of English Literature, US, Harvard University Press, 1987 Richetti, Jhon (Editor), Cambridge History of English Literature (A Dotcom history) UK, Cambridge University, Press, 2006 Fulk Robert and Cain M Christopher (2002) USA Blackwell Publishing, A history of old English Literature Pech, John and Coyle, Martin, A brief history of English literature, New York, Palgrave Publishers Litd, 2002 Longaker, Mark and Bolles, C Adwin, Contemporary English literature, New York Appleton Century Crofts. In, 1953 Schofield, William Heusy. English Literature from Norman Conquest to Chaucer. New York, Mac Millan Company 1931 Hichs, Granville. Figures of Transition, New York, the MacMillan Company 1939

 Ward, A.W. and Waller, A.R. The Cambridge History English and American Literature Cambridge. Cambridge University, Press, 1907 O Neill, Michael. Literature of the Romantic Period. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998 Rogers, Pat (edit) the Oxford History of English Literature. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001 Cornin, Richard. Romantic Victorians. USA, Palgraue 2002

Lowen Stein, David and Mueller, Janel. The Cambridge History of Early Modern English literature. Cambridge University, Press 2002 Daiches, Dawid. The Present Age in British Literature. Bloomington, Indiana University, Press, 1958 Carter, Roland and McRae John. The Routledge History of Literature in English London. Routledge, 2001 Rutledge, 2001 Woods, Tim. Whos Who of 20th Century. Novelists, New York,

Wood Coch, George. Introduction to 20th century Fiction, London, Macmillan Press, 1983 Sambrooh, Longman Publishers, 1988 James. The Eighteenth Century. Singapore,

Sampson, George. The Concise History of English Literature. Cambridge, Cambridge University, Press, 1975 Evans, IFFOR. A Short History of English Literature. England Penguin Books, 1976 Leguis, Emile. A Short History of English Literature. Oxford, Oxford University, Press, 1978

Paper-VI, Stylistics Course Objectives: This course introduces the students to the modern concept of style as distinguished from the traditional one. The course will provide practice to the students in analyzing the literary discourses from a purely linguistic perspective. Course Outline Section-1(Introduction) 1. What is Style? (Traditional, modern, and linguistic concept of style) 2. What is Stylistics? 3. Branches of Stylistics 4. Foregrounding 5. Parallelism 6. Norm & Deviation 7. Figurative Language Section-II (Levels of Analysis-I): 8. Phonological Level -Sound Devices used in Poetry (Repetition, Assonance, Consonance, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Rhyme etc.) -Metre in poetry -Style, Rhythm in Prose 9. Syntactical Level - Nouns, Verbs - Adjectives, Adverbs etc. - Phrases, The Clause - Clause Complexing - Mood & Modality - Theme and Rheme - Transitivity and Meaning 10. Level of Discourse Cohesion Textuality Clause relations Patterns of discourse organization Pragmatic Analysis of Literature Speech Acts Deixies Impicatures

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Section-III 12. Speech & Thought Presentation 13. Language, Ideology & Point of View Literature as Discourse 14. Feminist Stylistics

15. Postcolonial Stylistics 16. Critical Discourse Analysis Practicum - Analysis of Poetry - Analysis of Fiction Reading List
Carter, R. Ed, (1982) Language and Literature: An introductory Reader, London: Routledge

Freeborn, O. (1996) Style London: Macmillan Leech & Short (1981) Style in Fiction. Longman. Leech, G. N (1969) A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry. Longman Mills, S. (1995) Feminist Stylistics Wales, K. (1989) A Dictionary of Stylistics Longman. Widdowson, H. G. (1975) Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature. Longman

Paper-VI, TESOL This paper aims at introducing theories of language and their application in the teaching of English in Pakistan. The first section introduces theories of language learning and, the following sections focus on their applications in the teaching of English as second/foreign language and literature.

Section-I
Theories Behaviourism Mentalism Monitor Model

Methods and Approaches Grammar translation method Direct method The Audio Lingual Method Total physical Response Communicative Approach The Natural Approach Task Based Teaching The Oral and Situational Language Teaching

Section-II
Teaching Language Skills Listening Skills Speaking Skills Reading Skills Writing Skills Integrated Approach

Section-III
Teaching of Literature Poetry Drama Fiction Testing and Evaluation Kinds of Tests & Testing Characteristics of a good test Testing of Language Skills Testing language sub-skills Vocabulary tests

Grammar tests Pronunciation tests Writing Test items

Practicum in Language Teaching Lesson Planning Micro Teaching Classroom Management Innovations in classroom

Reading List
Gower, R., Phillips, D., and Walters, S. (2005) Teaching Practice: A Guide for Teachers in Training. Macmillan ELT. Harmer, J. (2001) The Practice of English Language Teaching (3rd ed.). Harlow, UK: Pearson Education. Hughes, A. (1989) Testing for Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Larsen-Freeman, D. (2000) Techniques and Principles in Language Learning (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Nunan, D. (1988) Syllabus Design. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Richards, J. C. and T. S. Rodgers (2001) Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching: A Description and Analysis (2nd ed). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Rivers, W. M. (1981) Teaching Foreign-Language Skills (2nd ed). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Showalter, E. (2003) Teaching Literature. Oxford: Blackwell.

Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan MA English Paper I: Poetry Time Allowed 3 Hrs Total Marks 100

Note: Question No. I is Compulsory. In addition attemp t four questions. Select at least one question from each section.

Q No. 1. Explain with refer ence to context any three of the following 1. 2. 3. 4. Busy old fool un euly sun Better to reign in Hell than serve in heawen. Housbondes at chirche dore she hadde five Fair seed time had my soul and

I grew up fostered alike by beauty and by fear 1. Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter 2. When the evening is spread out against the sky. < /li> Like a patient etherized upon a table Secti on I Classical Poetry &nbs p; 2) Discuss Chaucers art of characterization with reference to his Prologu e to the Canterbury tales. 3) Do you agree with the view that Satans revol t is the first voice of democracy against any authority? Discuss with reference to Milton s Paradise Lost. 4) Describe the metaphysical features of Donnes poetry

Secti on II Romantic Poetry

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Discuss Wordsworths The Prelude as a psychological poem.