Bachelor of Arts in English (Honors)

Objectives
The Department of English offers Bachelor of Arts in English (Honors) program with
concentration in English Literature and ELT (English Language Teaching). This program
aims at providing modern and extensive education in English language literature and
language teaching for preparing graduates equipped with knowledge and skills required
for professional success in different sectors. The program also aims at training students

In the basic skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening English.

To read analytically

To think critically and logically

To learn basic research methodology

To know about the major literary movements and periods, authors and their
representative works, and critical theories related to English literature

To develop competence in aesthetic appreciation of literature

To understand other countries and cultures

To train them in media communication , translation work and creative

writing.

To train learners to do research autonomously in literature and ELT

Specialization
Bachelor of Arts in
specialization/concentration

English

program

has

the

following

areas

as

a) English Literature
b) ELT (English Language Teaching)
Major in English Literature
Specific Objectives
Students who complete a major in English literature will be able to

Appreciate and enjoy literature

Train learners in creative writing

Develop critical and analytical skill in the learners

Enable the learners to write academic essay, assignments, research paper and
thesis

Trace the origin and development of English language

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Conduct research in accordance with prescribed guidelines

Familiarize learners with the major literary movements in Great Britain, USA,
Indian subcontinent and Africa

Analyze and evaluate literary works on the basis of critical theories

Write research papers in accordance with MLA(Modern Language

Association) guidelines

Major in ELT (English Language Teaching)

Specific Objectives
Major in ELT will help the students to attain

Proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening in different aspects of

language such as phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and
discourse

Confidence in the knowledge and use of a variety of instructional methods,

techniques and strategies for the enhancement of student learning

Knowledge and skills to familiarize learners with the different areas of

language teaching such as Syllabus Design, Materials design, approaches and
methods, testing and evaluation

Knowledge and application of effective characteristics and behaviors of

teachers

Knowledge and application of effective teaching and learning styles

Ability to communicate effectively with pupils, peers, parents and school

personnel

A high standard of professional ethics, integrity and personal character

Admission Requirements
Minimum GPA 2.5 in both S.S.C and H.S.C or equivalent
Duration of the Program
The duration of Bachelor of Arts in English program is 4 academic years with three
Semesters in each year.

Academic Year & Semester System

Semester system is followed in this program. An academic year is of 3 (three) Semesters
and the duration of each Semester is of 4 months allotted in the following manner: It
takes a time period of 16 weeks where 14 weeks for instruction and 2 weeks for
registration and examination.
The schedule of an academic year will be as follows:
Semester

Title of the Semester

Duration

Semester I

Spring

January April

Semester II

Summer

May August

Semester III

Fall

September December

Total Credit Hours Requirement

Bachelor of Arts in English program consists of minimum 123 Credit Hours.

Grading System (Letter Grade):

Numerical Grade
80% and Above
75% to less than 80%
70% to less than 75%
65% to less than 70%
60% to less than 65%
55% to less than 60%
50% to less than 55%
45% to less than 50%
40% to less than 45%
Less than 40%

Letter Grade

Grade Point

A+
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
D
F

4.00
3.75
3.50
3.25
3.00
2.75
2.50
2.25
2.00
0.00

Evaluation Procedures
The evaluation system is based on class attendance, in course/class test,
assignments/term papers, mid-term and final examination. No. of classes, class test and
assignment/term paper will depend on respective course teacher. There will be a
mid-term in the middle of the Semester. The distribution of marks is as follows:
Class Attendance

05%

In course/ class test

10%

Assignment/Term paper

10%

Mid-Term

25%

Semester Final

50%

Lecture Hour per Course

The procedures of Credit Hour Semester system are practiced in the academic
programs of this university with involvement of 14 weeks of instruction in each
Semester. The courses may have different credit hours. Each credit hour will consist 14
instruction hours.
In this context, if a course is of 3 credit hours it will cover 42 instruction hours.

Program Structure:
The Bachelor of Arts in English program consists of
Orientation Course

Non Credit

General Education: Total 5 Courses

(4 courses 3 Credit Hours each)

12 Credit Hours

(1 course 2 Credit Hours each)

2 Credit Hours

English Foundation (3 courses 3 Credit Hours each)

9 Credit Hours

Free Electives

(5 courses 3 Credit Hours each)

15 Credit Hours

English core Courses (20 courses 3 Credit Hours each)

60 Credit Hours

Specialization/Concentration(6 courses 3 Credit Hours each) 18 Credit Hours

Thesis

03 Credit Hours

Comprehensive Oral Tests (4 1 Credit Hours each)

Total

4 Credit Hours
123 Credit Hours

Graduation
A total of 123 credit hours are required for the completion of Bachelor of Arts in
English program with major/concentration. A grade of 2.50 or higher CGPA is
required to obtain the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in English. In addition, students must
fulfill the professional development seminar and senior project requirements before
graduation. Students must also complete the thesis requirements and a mandatory
noncredit orientation course in 3 parts.

Courses
A.

Orientation Course
SL.

Course Code

Course Title

1.

ORE 101

Freshmen Orientation *

2.

ORE 102

Continuing Orientation *

3.

ORE 103

Professional Orientation*

* ORE 101, ORE 102 & ORE 103 are combined courses and all these three
courses will be treated as a single course.

B. General Education
4 courses of 3.00 credit hours each and 1 course of 2.00 credit hours each, total credit
hours are 13.
SL.
No.

Course
Code

Course Title

1.

CIS 101

Computer Fundamentals*

2.

HIS 202

History of Western Thought*

3.

BAG 201

Bengali Literature

4.

HIS 201

European History*

BAG 101

Bengali Culture and History

6.

HIS 203

History of Eastern Thought and Religion

7.

SOC 101

Introduction to Sociology

8.

PSY 101

Introduction to Psychology

9.

IR

International Relations

101

* SL. No 1, 2 & 4 are compulsory courses

C. English Foundation Courses

3 courses of 3.00 credit hours each and total credit hours are 9.
SL.

Course Code

Course Title

1.

ENG 101

Listening and Speaking

2.

ENG 102

Reading

3.

ENG 103

Writing

4.

ENG 104

Public Speaking

5.

ENG 105

Composition

6.

ENG106
writing

Technical

D.

Free Electives
5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each and total credit hours are 15
1. ENG 201

Academic Writing

2. ENG 202

Professional Communication

3. ELT 401

English for the Media

4. ENGL 402

Translation Studies

5. ENGL 403

Cultural Studies: an Introduction

6. MGT 401

Fundamentals of Management

7. FIN 201

Principles of Business Finance

8. HRM 301

Manpower Planning and Personnel Policy

E. English Courses (Each course consists of 3.00 Credits Hours)

SL.

Course Code

Course Title

1.

ENGL 101

Introduction to English Literature: Poetry

2.

ENGL 102

Introduction to English Literature: Drama

3.

ENGL 103

Introduction to English Literature: Fiction

4.

ENGL 104

Introduction to English Literature: Non Fiction

5.

ENGL 201

Romantic Literature-I

6.

ENGL 202

Romantic Literature-II

7.

ENGL 203

Classics in Translation-I

8.

ENGL 204

Classics in Translation-II

9.

ENGL 301

16th and 17th Century Drama

10.

ENGL 302

16th and 17th Century Poetry

11.

ENGL 303

18th Century Literature-I

12.

ENGL 305

19th Century Literature-Novel

13.

ENGL 304

19th Century Literature-Poetry

14.

ENGL 307

20th Century Literature-Poetry

15.

ENGL 306

20th Century Literature-Novel

16.

ENGL 309

American Literature-I (Poetry)

17.

ENGL 308

Advanced Reading and Writing

18.

ELT 301

Introduction to Language Studies

19.

ELT 302

Introduction to English Language Teaching

20.

ENGL 401

Literary Criticism-I
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F. Concentration/Specialization
A student will have to choose 6 courses from one of the following specialization
areas (each course consists of 3.00 credit hours):
1. English Literature
SL.

Course Code

Course Title

a. ENGL 404

Literary Criticism-II

b. ENGL 406

American Literature-II

c. ENGL 405

Shakespeare

d. ENGL 407

17th Century Literature

e. ENGL 408

20th Century British Drama

ENGL 409

Other Literature in English

f.

2. ELT (English Language Teaching)

SL.

Course Code

Course Title

a.

ELT 402

History of English Language Teaching

b.

ELT 403

Fundamental Concepts of ELT

c.

ELT 404

Psycho Linguistics and Socio Linguistics

d.

ELT 405

Discourse Analysis

e.

ELT 406

Practice Teaching

f.

ELT 407

Research Methods in ELT

G. Thesis

3 credit hours

H. Comprehensive Oral Tests

4 credit hours

COURSE CONTENTS OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH (Honors)

Orientation
Freshmen Orientation
The purpose of orientation is to foster a sense of community that is open, just, nurturing, caring,
celebrative and supportive of excellence in teaching and learning. Orientation programs are also
designed to enhance the intellectual, cultural, social and spiritual experiences of the students. In
addition, orientation and assembly programs also focus on issues pertaining to leadership
development, quality of life and social responsibility. This program also informs rules and
regulation of this university, duties and rights of students during their program in daily academic
and related affairs.
This course provides entering freshmen with a background of the extra-curricular aspects of the
institution: the history, purpose, organization, policies and procedures of the university. The
student is introduced to academic survival skills, library skills, leadership development, study
skills, critical thinking, career planning, personal and social development and other relevant areas
necessary for a successful university experience. This course is required for all freshmen.
Students have to follow all rules and regulations of the University strictly without any deviation
as it is under the supervision of the University authority on hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and
yearly basis during the total program period. The management team will grade the set factors on
a pre set numerical grading system confidentially to assess the individual. This course is required
for all students.

Continuing Orientation
A Continuing Orientation is a continuation of Freshmen Orientation and in addition, this course
introduces freshmen to various learning styles, career planning, health-related issues and
personal and social development.
This course aims at training the students

To receive the course plan from every course teacher before or in the 1st class of
the Semester and follow it in the classes.

To inform, if student(s) are disturbed by any class fellow or by any other reason,
immediately by writing to the registration section with a copy to the executive in
charge of the President and Vice-Chancellors office.

To report, if student(s) feel that they are being deprived by the course teacher in
classroom or in student counseling session as per the course plan, to the head of the
department in writing with a copy to the executive in charge of the President and
Vice-Chancellors office.

To strictly follow all the rules and regulations of the University without any
deviation, as it is under supervision of the University authority on hourly, daily,
weekly, monthly and yearly basis. The management team will grade the set factors on
a pre set numerical grading system confidentially to assess the individual. This course
is mandatory for all students.

Professional orientation
The aims are:
To prepare students for practical job operation.
To train them up by internship, on the job training in campus or outside of campus
To prepare students to face interview on an artificial mock interview board by
inviting real reputed employers of our country and get the performance report
evaluated for the students by those employers with recommendations and
suggestions to improve students in general & in particular.
To find out students main drawbacks and limitations to get the right job on the basis
of his/her qualifications and achievements during the program of this university
To teach and make them learn how to make a good Curriculum Vitae
To train the students dress up properly for an interview
To train up students to answer the question to the point, with no irrelevant
explanation or exaggeration in reply to a question but standard explanation should
be given if the situation demands

A. General Education
5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 15.

CIS 101: Computer Fundamentals

Introduction to basic concepts, Nature of computer & its evolution, History &
generations of computer, Capabilities & limitations of computer, Impact of computer on
society, Types of software, Operating System, Introduction to Windows & LINUX,
Algorithms & Flowcharts, Internet, Issues & objective of Computer security.
Word Processing: Creating a new document, Document alignment, Font selection,
Character Spacing, Super Script, Subscript, Paragraph Indentation, Line Spacing, Editing
using cut, copy and paste, Inserting Symbol, Bullet & Numbering, Header & Footer,
Border and shading, Tab Setting, Page setup, Printing a document, Working with picture
and drawing, Auto correction, Find & Replace, Using a spell checker, Using Bengali font,
Tables and Columns, Envelops, Labels, Mail Merge
Spread-sheet analysis: Row and column numbering, Inserting and deleting row and
column, Changing row height and column width; Freezing & Unfreezing pane; Paste
Special; Auto fill; Working with formulas; Conditional formatting; Cell formatting; Page
setup; Sorting; Data Filtering; Chart and graphs
Presentation software: Creating slide; Inserting new slides; Viewing slides; Applying
design; Slide transaction; Animation; Slide Show.

SOC 101:

Introduction to Sociology

PSY 101:

Definition, Scope and Nature of Sociology

Emergence of Sociology: Renaissance, Enlightenment, Industrial
Revolution, emergence of new economic order and new society.
Factors affecting social life: Geography, Heredity, Culture Group
Primary Concepts: Society, Community, Association,
Organisation, Institution, Norms and Values
Culture: Material and Non-Material Culture, Cultural Lag,
Cultural Traits and Cultural Complex, Cultural Variation,
Acculturation, Culture and Civilisation
Social Processes: Adaptation, Assimilation, Accommodation,
Conflict, Co-Operation and Competition

Introduction to Psychology
Definition, nature and scope of psychology; Methods used in Psychology:
observation, Experimental, Introspection. Sensations and perceptions,
memory and imagination, attention, learning, intelligence, personality,
emotion and feeling, illusion and hallucination
Language: Definition, Characteristics and Criteria of language; Theories of
language development
Modern schools of psychology, behaviorism, psychoanalysis, mental
disorder.

HIS 202: History of Western Thought

Platonism

Neo-Platonism

Scholasticism

The Renaissance

Rationalism and Empiricism

Marxism

Evolutionism

Pragmatism and Logical Positivism

Existentialism

BAG 101: Bengali Culture and History

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This course includes the intensive study of Bengali culture and History from its very
beginning to the present time.

Old Period (1000 B C-1350 A D)

The settlement of Vaddic race, from the age of Buddhist to the reign of Sen Dynasty.

The Invasion by the Muslims (1001 A D- 1357)

From the invasion of India by Mahmood to the establishment of Dhaka as a capital.

The Reign of Mughal Emperors and the reign of the British. The pre-liberation and
post-liberation history of Bangladesh and the history of Bangladesh up to the present
time.

BAG 201: Bengali literature

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HIS 203: History of Eastern Thoughts and Religions

Indian:
The Vedas, the Upanishad, Jainism, Carvaka, the Six Orthodox Schools, SankhyaYoga, Mimansa-Vendata, Nyaya-Vaisesikha, Bhakti, Indian Aesthetics
Chinese/Japanese:
Taoism, Confucianism, Zen Buddhism.
Islamic:
Schools of Muslim Philosophy, Muslim Contribution to Western Thought, Sufism

HIS 201: History of England

Graco-Roman Civilizations, The Renaissance, The Reformation, Industrial Revolution,
The Enlightenment, The American Revolution and The French Revolution

B. English Foundation Courses

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3 courses of 3.00 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 9.

ENG 102 : Reading
This course aims to help students develop their reading skills in English so that they can
understand appreciate and enjoy Literature better. The purpose of this course is to refresh and
reactivate students previously acquired knowledge of the language leading to better reading skills
and comprehension through intensive reading of prose and poetry.
In this course students will be taught how:
To understand words in context and to select the meaning that fits the context;
To interpret connotations and denotations of words;
To understand and interpret figurative expressions;
To react to sensory images suggested by words;
To give meanings to units of increasing size : phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, and
the whole section;
To understand sentence structures;
To recognize and understand the main idea and supporting details of the passages of
text;
To perceive the organization of sentences in paragraph and of the passages of text;
To perceive relationship : (i) part-whole, cause-effect, general-specific, (ii)
Place, time
To make inferences, draw conclusions and supply implied details;
To identify antecedents and pronoun references;
To apply ideas from ones past experience to those of the text;
To identify formal / informal language;
To comment on the style of writing;
To identify the tone, mood and intent or purpose of the writer.
Recommended Reading:

ENG 103: Writing

This course will mainly concentrate on different types of composition.
Students will learn the use of:
a) unity, order, coherence,
b) the topic sentence and thesis statement
c) techniques of paragraph and essay development
d) all forms of letter
e) techniques of prcis / summary / amplification
The teacher in the composition classes will explain essential points of grammar, structure and
punctuation, like the following:

Word classes and their structures

Word functions
Synonyms and antonyms
Use of articles and prepositions
Phrases and their structures
Clauses and their structures
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Simple, complex and compound sentences

Effective sentences
Agreement
Tense
Punctuation

Recommended Materials:

ENG 101: Listening and Speaking

This course aims at helping students develop their listening and speaking skills of English by
providing extensive practice in the following sub-skills:
A. Listening :

B. Speaking:

Sound recognition
Recognising minimal pairs with the help of sentence context
Dictation
Dictocomp
Listening for specific information, e.g., answering specific questions, listening and
filling in gaps
Listening for general comprehension, e.g., giving the gist or summary after
listening to a text
Listening and note taking
Varieties of English
Speaking with acceptable (mutually intelligible level of) pronunciation
Speaking with natural speed (fluency)
Speaking with an acceptable level of grammar (accuracy)
Common notions, functions and situational expressions
Group/pair discussions on popular/familiar topics
Giving and taking interviews
Presentation skills
Extempore speech

At the same time the course gives primary knowledge of Phonetics and phonology

C.

Free Electives
5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 15

ENG 201: Academic Writing

The course will focus on the following sub-skills:
Focusing
Writing a good introduction
Writing a good conclusion
Structure and Organisation
Techniques of Development
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Language and style

Writing for an Audience
Taking a position
Writers voice, tone, mood and attitude
Contextualisation
Referencing skills
Academic Writing
Topics will include writing term papers, assignments, and research papers, writing
reviews and features.

Recommended Materials:

ENG 202 : Professional Communication

This course will try to help students develop their awareness about the general
characteristics, format and style of different types of technical, business, and professional
writings. The course will cover different types of technical, business and professional
writing. It will include writing:
Notes and memos
Emails
Notices for and minutes of meetings
Tenders
Advertisements
Miscellaneous correspondence
Official letters: Office order, Circular, Call for interviews, Job application, Cover
letter,
Appointment letter, Joining letter, Reference letter, Letters of recommendation,
Resignation letter
Writing project proposals
Writing Project reports
Writing Press release
The course will also focus on Speaking in formal situation considering the socio-cultural context
and age groups.

ELT 401: English for the Media

Section-A
This section will introduce some basic theories of media and communication. It will specially
focus on the students understanding of the policies and politics in the use of English language in
media communication in Bangladesh. This section will cover:
Theories of communication
Nature, purpose and special features of media communication
Language as communication
Politics of media communication and communication ethics
English in media in Bangladesh: an imported world
Section B- Practice

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This section will be an application of the theoretical knowledge students acquire in real-life
situations. It will familiarise students with and train them in media writings such as
News reports with catching captions/headings
Subtitling
Translating reports
Writing special features for the press or electronic media
Issuing press releases
Editing
Focus will also be (if possible) on:
Press briefing (oral and written)/conferences and preparing reports on the briefings
Interviewing
Conducting surveys and preparing reports for the media
News casting with emphasis on pronunciation, stress, intonation, confidence and
naturalness

ENGL 402: Translation Studies

A. Theory:
i) Translation: Scope and Significance
ii) Translation, Language and Culture
iii) Translation and Literature
iv) History of Literary Translation
v) Literary Translation Theories
B. a) Evaluation of Translated Texts:
i) Selections from Of Women,Outcastes, Peasants and Rebels-A Selection of Bengali

Short Stories by Kalpana Bardhan

ii) Selections from Jibananda Das : Selected Poems, by Fakrul Alam

iii) gywbi Payix, gyLiv igbx ekxKiY
iv) Shakespeares Sonnets Selim Sarwar
v) Tagores Gitangali

b) Assignment on Translation:
Translation assignments will be from English into Bangla and from Bangla into English

ENGL 403: Cultural Studies: An Introduction

This course introduces students to the terms, analytical techniques, and interpretive strategies
commonly employed in cultural studies. Emphasis is on interdisciplinary approaches to exploring
how cultural processes and artifacts are produced, shaped, distributed, consumed, and
responded to in diverse ways. Through discussion, research, and writing, class members
investigate these varied dimensions of culture; learn to understand them in their broader social,
aesthetic, ethical, and political contexts.
This course will also discuss the basic elements of culture with special focus on:
Social organizations
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Religion
Customs and Traditions
Language
Arts and Literature
Economic System
Forms of Government

MGT 401: Fundamentals of Management

Management theory & practice, Influence of environment in management, Nature &
purpose of planning, Objectives, strategies, policies, planning premises, Decision making
in management, Organizing, Organizational structure: Departmentation line/stuff
authority, decentralization, Human resource management & selection, Performance
appraisal, Managing change through manager and organization development, Human
factors and motivation in organization, Leadership, Group decision & making
committees, Communication in management, Controlling in management

HRM 301: Manpower Planning and Personnel Policy

This course is designed to equip students with the techniques of developing personal
policy and implementation. It includes a detailed study of environmental trend analysis,
manpower planning models, manpower needs and personal information system to
forecast manpower needs and considerations of some indicators of manpower
effectiveness. Policy issues considered include work force composition, wage and salary
administration in the context of developing countries.
FIN 201: Principles of Business Finance
This course covers basic concepts in finance and analytical tools used in business finance.
Topics include: functions, principles, sources of fund- short-term, intermediate and longterm finance; basic principles of corporate finance; analysis of risk and return; analysis of
time value of money; elementary capital budgeting; lease financing; financial market of
Bangladesh.

C. ENGLISH CORE COURSES

20 courses of 3 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 60
ENGL 101: Introduction to Poetry
1. Rhetoric & Prosody
2. Poetry :
a)
b)
c)
d)

Theme
Structural devices : Contrast, illustration, repetition
Mood
Imagery
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e)
f)
g)
h)
i)

Tone
Principal verse-forms : descriptive, lyrical, narrative, reflective and others
Interrelationships
Effect
Rhetoric

The following texts will be used in class :

William Shakespeare
Jonathan Swift
Anne Finch
P. B. Shelley
Emily Bronte
Robert Browning
Christina Rossetti
Dickinson
Robert Frost
Ted Hughes
Langston Hughes
Adrienne Rich
Archibald McLeish

Sonnet 19
A Description of the Morning
A Nocturnal Reverie
Ozymandias
No Coward Soul is Mine
My Last Duchess
An Apple Gathering
I Like to See It Lap the Miles
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Pike
Rivers
Aunt Jennifers Tiger
Ars Poetica

ENGL 102: Introduction to Drama

1.

DRAMA
a) Action
b) Plot and its Structure
c) Conflict
d) Characterization
e) Style
f) Dialogue

For Special Study :

Arms and the Man
The Importance of Being Earnest
Riders to the Sea

G. B. Shaw
Oscar Wilde
J.M. Synge

ENGL 103: Introduction to Fiction

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Point of view
Plot
Characterization
Setting
Style
Narrative technique

For Special Study :

Graham Greene
Katherine Mansfield

The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen

Her First Ball
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Joyce
Narayan
W. Somerset Maugham

Araby
The Financial Expert
The Luncheon

ENGL 104 : Introduction to Non Fiction

a) Theme
b) Structure
c) Style
For Special Study :

Charles Lamb
Francis Bacon
J.B. Priestley
James Thurber
Virginia Woolf
Jonathan Swift
M. L. King
George Orwell

Dream Children-A reverie

Of Studies
On Doing Nothing
The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble
Profession for Women
A Modest Proposal
I Have a Dream
A Hanging

ENGL 201: Romantic Literature-I

W. Blake:
W. Wordsworth:
S.T Coleridge:
Byron

Selection from Songs of Innocence & of Experience

Lucy Poems, Michael, Tintern Abbey, Ode: Intimations of Immortality
The Rime of Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Dejection: An Ode
Don Juan (Canto-I)

ENGL 202: Romantic Literature-II

J. Keats
P.B. Shelly
C. Lamb
W. Hazlitt

: Ode to a Nightingale. Ode on a Grecian urn, To Autumn, Ode on Melancholy

: Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, Adonais , Hymn to Intellectual Beauty
: Selected Essays
: Selected Essays

ENGL 203: Classics in Translation-I (Epic)

Homer
Virgil
Dante

ENGL 204:

:
:
:

The Iliad, Books 1&2

The Aeneid (Dido Episode)
Inferno (Canto 1-10)

Classics in Translation-II (Drama)

Sophocles
Aeschylus
Euripides
Aristophanes

Oedipus Rex
Agamemnon
Medea
Lysistrat

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ENGL 301: 16th and 17th Century Drama (Excluding Shakespeare)

Christopher Marlowe

Doctor Faustus

Thomas Kyd

The Spanish Tragedy

John Webster

The Duchess of Malfi

Ben Jonson

The Alchemist

ENGL 302: 16th and 17th Century Poetry

Edmund Spenser

Fairie Queene (Book-I & II)

John Milton

Paradise Lost (Book-1)

John Donne

Selected Poems*

Andrew Marvell

Selected Poems

*As in Griersons Metaphysical Lyric and poems

ENGL 303: 18th Century Literature-I

Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

Jonathan Swift

Gullivers Travels

Alexander Pope`

The Rape of the Lock

John Dryden

Mac Flecknoe

ENGL 305: 19th Century Literature-Novel

Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the DUrbervilles

George Eliot

Silas Marner

Charlotte Bronte

Jane Eyre

ENGL 304: 19th Century Literature-Poetry

Alfred Tennyson

The Lotos-Eaters, Ulysses, Lockley Hall,

Tithonus, In Memoriam (Selected)

Robert Browning

A Grammarians Funeral, Fra Lippo Lippi,

Andrea del Sarto, Porphyrias Lover

Mathew Arnold

The Scholar Gipsy, Dover Beach, Thyrsis

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ENGL 307: 20 Century Literature-Poetry

T. S. Eliot

: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock; Portrait of a Lady;

The Hollow Man

W. H. Auden

: The Quest; The Sea and the Mirror; The Shield of Achilles

W. B. Yeats

: Selected Poems
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Dylan Thomas

: Selected Poems

ENGL 306: 20th Century Literature-Novel

Conrad
D.H Lawrence
James Joyce
Virginia Woolf

: Heart of darkness
: Sons and Lovers
: A portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
: To the Light House

ENGL 309: American Literature-I (Poetry)

Whitman

: Song of Myself (Selection), When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard

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Dickinson

Frost

Wallace Stevens

: Because I Could not Stop for Death

The Narrow Fellow in the Grass
A Route of Evanescence
Apparently with No Surprise
As Imperceptibly as Grief
I taste a Liquor Never Brewed
Further in Summer than the Birds
Behind Me Dips Eternity
These are the Days When Birds Come Back
Theres a Certain Slant of Light
: The Wood-Pile
The Death of the Hired Man
Birches
Tree at My Window
Mending wall
The Road not Taken
After Apple Picking
Design
Mowing
West-running Brook
Sunday Morning
The Idea of Order at Key West
Anecdote of the Jar
Peter Quince at the Clavier

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ENGL 308: Advanced Reading and Writing

This course includes Intensive and Extensive Reading, Critical Analysis and Interpretation
of Texts, Writing Essays, Reports, Book Reviews, Research Papers.
Recommended Reading:
ELT 301: Introduction to Language Studies

Nature of Linguistics
Definition and Characteristics of Language
Basic areas of Linguistics: Phonology; Morphology, Syntax, Semantics
Stylistics
Sociolinguistics: varieties of language; dialect; pidgin; creole; register;
status; situation
Psycholinguistics
Discourse and Speech Acts

ELT 302: Introduction to English Language Teaching

Theories of Language Learning
Approaches to and Methods of Language Teaching :
Grammar- Translation Method; Structural Approach; Audiolingual
Method;
Direct Method; the Natural Approach;
Communicative Language Teaching ,Post communicative developments.
Course (Syllabus) Design : Theory and Practice
Materials Design,; Evaluation and Adaptation : Theory and Practice
Testing and Evaluation :
Types of Language Tests; Reliability and Validity of Language Tests;
Designing Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Tests.

ENGL 401: Literary Criticism-I

Aristotle

: Poetics (Penguin Translation)

Philip Sydney

: An Apology for Poetry

Samuel Johnson

: Preface to Shakespeare

Wordsworth

: Introduction to Lyrical Ballad

Arnold

: The Study of Poetry

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F. SPECIALIZATION/MAJOR
6 Courses of 3.00 credit hours each will have to be chosen from any of the
following areas:

1. English Literature
ENGL 404: Literary Criticism-II
T.S. Eliot

Tradition and Individual Talent

T. Eagleton

Marxist Literary Criticism

Edward Said

Introduction to Orientalism

L. Trilling

Freudian Literary Criticism

ENGL 406: American Literature-II (Novel)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

: The Scarlet Letter

Herman Melville

Moby Dick

Earnest Hemingway

Old Man and the Sea

Tony Morrison

The Bluest Eye

ENGL 405:

Shakespeare
Richard-II
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Taming of the Shrew
Merchant of Venice

ENGL 407:

17th Century Literature

Frances Bacon

: Selected Essays

John Milton

: Areopagetica

William Congreve

: The Way of the World

John Bunyan

: Pilgrims Progress

ENGL 408:

20th Century British Drama

G. B Shaw
John Osborne
Beckett
Harold Pinter

:
:
:
:

Man and Superman

Look Back in Anger
Waiting for Godot
The Dumb Waiter

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ENGL 409:
Narayanan
Achebe
Anita Desai
Monika Ali

Other Literature in English

: The Guide
: Things Fall Apart
: Clear Light of Day
: Brick Lane

2. ELT (English Language Teaching)

ELT 402:

History of English Language Teaching

The course will introduce the students with the history of English Language Teaching.
How the quest for a plausible basis of language teaching moved through different phases
and experimented with different teaching methods and approaches over ages. And it will
also focus on what need and what goal have inspired these investigations.

ELT 403: Fundamental Concepts of ELT

This course will introduce with a few fundamental concepts of English Language
Teaching. It will focus on Historical Perspectives, Concepts of Language, Concepts of
Society, Concepts of Language Learning, and Concepts of Language Teaching.

ELT 404: Psycho Linguistics and Socio Linguistics

This course will introduce with language variation and change, language and gender,
language and culture, language policy, planning; Perception, production and
comprehension of speech in language acquisition, along with the key terms and
approaches- relationship between language and society
And with varieties of language; dialect; pidgin; creole; register; status; situation, styles and
register-standard language and developing a standard variety.
This will also give an introduction of different branches of psycholinguistics- relationship
between psycholinguistics and psychology of language. Language acquisition in the early
years : communicating with language- what young children talk about how young
children use their utterances how adults talk to young children.

Stage in language acquisition: The babbling stage- holophrastic stage- the two word
stage.

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ELT 405:

Discourse Analysis

The aim of this course is to promote critical thinking through critical analysis of actual
discourse/texts.
There will be two major components of the course:
(1) Critical discourse analysis:
A) What does it involve?
From Critical reading to Critical discourse analysis
Language and ideology
Language and power
Power of encoders and decoders
Language and Power in cross gender discourse
Language and power in inter-class discourse
Race and Class in discourse
(B) Different Approaches to CDA (CriticalDiscourse Analysis):
Faircloughs approach of CDA
Vandijks approach to CDA
Woodaks approachto CDA
Role of Historicism and intertextuality in CDA
(2) Practical Analysis:
(i)Analysis of the power of encoders and decoders with reference to advertising
discourse
(ii) Analysis of political discourse ( Some famous political speeches from home
and abroad, e.g. Gettysburg Address of Abraham Lincoln, President Bushs
speech declaring Iraq war, Presidential address of South African President in the
VIII Non-Alignment Movement), and speeches by political leaders of Bangladesh
and the sub-continent)
(iii) Analysis of literary discourse
(iv) Analysis of media discourse
ELT 406: Practice Teaching
The purpose of this course is to prepare students as effective ESL/EFL teachers. Students
will be required to operate in actual classroom situations. The course incorporates
different teaching methods and their pedagogical implications. Students will be required
to implement theoretical insights they received about approaches and methods of
language and literature teaching in real teaching. They will plan lessons and teach lessons
for teaching the different skills and their sub-skills, and will teach 2 or three lessons each
in their own class where the other students of the class will be the learners. Each
student will also teach two lessons in first year honours class. Special classes will be
arranged with first year students throughout the year to facilitate real and authentic
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practice of teaching. The practice teaching classes will also be observed by two
concerned teachers who will continually assess the students performance (which will be
part of final assessment) and will keep record. Teachers and other students in the
classroom will comment on the teaching performance of each lesson. Teachers will also
provide constructive feedback on the performance of each lesson. Of the two lessons
with first year students, the last lesson will be evaluated by the course teachers. Students
will also submit their lesson plans for each lesson.

ELT 407: Research Methods in ELT

This is an advanced course that aims at introducing students to the approaches and
methods of ELT research so that they can understand the problems of English language
teaching in Bangladesh and recommend some solutions to those problems. The areas
for this course will include:
A. Idea about ELT Research
Steps in research: Selecting a topic, defining the research question/research
problem, doing primary literature survey, finalizing focus, Extensive
literature survey, deciding about methods of data collection, analysis of data,
presenting results.
Important concepts in ELT research: Reliability, validity, Triangulation etc.
Types of Research: Qualitative and quantitative research, Inductive and
Deductive research, Experimental and empirical research
Methods of Data collection: Questionnaire Survey, Interviews, Document
analysis, Diary Studies, ethnography, case study, Observation etc.
Designing tools for investigation
Administering the study
Process of Data Collection and data analysis: tabulating data, planning an
analysis in keeping with the objectives, Frequency counts, central tendency
and some other types of data analysis
Presenting Results
Referencing Style: APA and MLA styles of referencing
B. Doing a mini research project/ Writing a research proposal

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