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MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) TAMBARAM EAST, CHENNAI – 600 059

Department of English [SFS]

Proposal for BA Degree Course in English Language and Literature (Equivalent to BA English offered by the University of Madras)

2015 - 16

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 Course of Study and Scheme of Examination: Paper Semester I Part I Part II

Core I Core II Allied I Semester II Part I Part II

Core III Core IV Allied II Semester III Part I Part II Skill Based I Core V Core VI Allied III Semester IV Part I Part II

Core VII Core VIII Allied IV Semester V Core IX Core X Core XI Elective I Skill Based II Skill Based III Semester VI Core XII Core XIII Elective II Skill Based IV Extra-curricular Activity

Subject

D

M CA

ESE

Total

Credits

T

L

Language

3

50

50

100

3

T

4

English Value Education General Course (1 paper to be chosen from GC list) Fiction I Elements of Style Applied Stylistics in Prose

3 3 3 3 3 3

50 50 50 50 50 50

50 50 50 50 50 50

100 100 100 100 100 100

3 1 2 5 5 5

T T T T T T

4 2 4 6 6 4

Language English Value Education General Course (1 paper to be chosen from GC list) Fiction II Drama I Myth and Literature

3 3 3 3 3 3 3

50 50 50 50 50 50 50

50 50 50 50 50 50 50

100 100 100 100 100 100 100

3 3 1 2 5 5 5

T T T T T T T

4 4 2 4 6 6 4

Language English Interdisciplinary Elective – Film and Literature Personality Development Drama II Poetry I English Language Studies

3 3 3 3 3 3

50 50 50 50 50 50

50 50 50 50 50 50

100 100 100 100 100 100

3 3 3 5 5 5

T T T T T T T/P

4 4 4 2 6 6 4

Language English Personality Development Environmental Studies Poetry II Classical Literary Criticism Philosophy and Literature

3 3 3 3 3 3 3

50 50 50 50 50 50 50

50 50 50 50 50 50 50

100 100 100 100 100 100 100

3 3 3 2 5 5 5

T T T T T T T

4 4 2 4 6 6 4

Classical Indian Literature and Culture World Literatures– I Modern Literary Criticism Green Studies I or Women’s Writing I English Language Skills for Employability Computing Skills for Research

3 3 3 3 3 3

50 50 50 50 50 50

50 50 50 50 50 50

100 100 100 100 100 100

5 5 5 5 3 3

T T T T T P/T

6 6 6 6 4 2

Contemporary Indian Writing in English and Translation World Literatures II Green Studies II or Women’s Writing II Creative Writing Project NSS/NCC/Scrub Society

3 3 3 3

50 50 50 50

50 50 50 50

__

__

__

100 100 100 100 100 __

5 5 5 3 5 1

T T T T T __

6 6 6 4 6 2

Total

D- Duration of Examination, M- Marks, T- Theory, L- Lecture hours , P - Practical

148

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MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) TAMBARAM EAST DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH (SFS) B.A. DEGREE COURSE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SYLLABUS (w.e.f. 2014-2015) SEMESTER I PART I - LANGUAGES PART II - ENGLISH I CORE I

FICTION I

Credits: 5

[Semester I Core I]

Objective: This paper seeks to acquaint the students with different genres and traits of fiction across ages and nationalities. Unit I

18th Century Novel Introduction to 18th century novel - Key features and characteristics: Bildungsroman - Picaresque novel - epistolary novel – characterisation the novel as criticism Prescribed Text : Tom Jones – Henry Fielding

Unit II

Gothic Novel Introduction to Gothic genre - ambience and features - female gothic characterization – xenophobia - Science and religion - New Woman spaces in the novel - from text to screen Prescribed Text : Dracula – Bram Stoker

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Unit III

Historical Novel The role of history in literature - historicity and historiography - novelistic manipulation of history – anachronisms – anomalies - social and historical implications of the French Revolution in English fiction -distinctions between historical and sociological novel Prescribed Text : A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens

Unit IV

Sociological Novel Society in the novel and novel as an expression of society - novel as sociological documentation - nineteenth century social history of England – urbanisation – industrialization - Charles Dickens and the serialization of narrative - salient sociological markers in Oliver Twist. Prescribed Text: Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens

Unit V

19th Century Romantic and Popular Fiction Introduction to Romanticism - features of nineteenth century Romantic Fiction - impact of mass and cheap publications on 19th century novels women writers and contours of romantic fiction - Jane Austen - Bronte sisters - George Eliot-Thematics and Characterisation in Pride and Prejudice Prescribed Text : Pride and Prejudice–Jane Austen

Recommended Reading:  Frankenstein – Mary Shelley  Litanies of the Dutch Battery – N.S. Madhavan  The Tiger in the Well – Philip Pullman  Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte  Silas Marner – George Elliot  To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee  The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe

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 Ponniyin Selvan Book I – Kalki  Turn of the Screw – Henry James  King Solomon’s Mines – Rider Haggard Teaching Pedagogy Lectures, guest lectures, seminars, group discussion, use of print and e-resources.

REFERENCES: PRINT SOURCES: Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. 11thed. New York: Cengage Learning, 2014. Print. Bloom, Harold. The Eighteenth-Century English Novel. Ed., New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004. Print. Boulton, Marjorie. The Anatomy of Fiction. London: Routledge, 2013. Print. Foster, E.M. Aspects of the Novel. New Delhi: Penguin Classics, 2005. Print. Goldmann, Lucien. Towards a Sociology of the Novel. London: Tavistock Publications, 1987. Print. Henry, James. The Art of Fiction. New York: Nabu Press, 2010. Print. Hogle, Jerrold E. The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction. Ed., London: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Print. Milligan, Ian. The Novel in English: An Introduction. New Delhi: Palgrave MacMillan, 1983. Print. Poplawski, Paul. English Literature in Context. London: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Print. Rees, R.J. English Literature: An Introduction for Foreign Readers. New Delhi: Macmillan Publishers, 1973. Print. Sutherland, John. How to Read a Novel. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2006. Print. ELECTRONIC SOURCES: www.freshfiction.com www.classiclit.about.com/bl-rflechter-history www.fantasticfiction.co.uk

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CORE II

ELEMENTS OF STYLE IN PROSE

(Credits: 5)

[Semester I Core II]

Objective: This paper seeks to familiarize students with different styles of prose to help them nurture a critical bent of mind.

Unit I

Introduction to the Essayistic Tradition Beginnings of the essayist tradition-Plutarch and the beginnings of biographical writing - Michel de Montaigne - the beginnings of modern essays - essayistic features as opposed to narrative prose Prescribed Text: On the Force of Imagination – Michel de Montaigne

Unit II

Reflective Prose Introduction to reflective prose – features - subjectivity/objectivity in English Prose - Development of ideas in Reflective prose - Universalization of Essayistic subjects - From the particular to the general (inductive method) - Difference between memoirs and reflective essay. Prescribed Texts: Of Travel – Francis Bacon Ladies’ Headdress –Joseph Addison Oxford in Vacation – Charles Lamb

Unit III

Descriptive Prose Outline structure of descriptive prose-features-Difference between narrative and descriptive-rhetoric devices-literary devices-adjective word order. Prescribed Texts Walking Tours – R. L. Stevenson The Strawberry Pink Villa – Gerald Durrell On Shooting an Elephant – George Orwell

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Unit IV

Argumentative Prose Introduction and definition - development of an argument - role of paragraph in argument development - use of argumentative register - ad hominem arguments - subject specific/context specific/incident specific. Prescribed Texts A Defense of Nonsense – G. K. Chesterton An Apology for Idlers - R.L.Stevenson.

Unit V

Journalistic Prose Introduction to Journalism - Features and Style - Gonzo Journalism - Event reporting - Yellow journalism - Headlines and captions - Reviews of films and books from The Time Magazine, The Guardian and The Hindu (5 pieces to be chosen from issues of the same year)

Teaching Pedagogy Lectures, guest lectures, seminars, group discussion, use of print and e-resources. REFERENCES: PRINT SOURCES Boulton, Marjorie.The Anatomy of Prose. London: Routledge, 2013. Print. Strunk, William, E.V. White. The Elements of Style. London: Longman, 1999. Print. ELECTRONIC SOURCES www.englischlehrer.de www.classicprose.com www.fieldcady.com

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ALLIED I

APPLIED STYLISTICS IN PROSE

Credits: 5

[Semester I Allied I]

Objective This paper aims at enabling students to understand the dynamics of style in prose and put them into practice. Unit I

Basics of Prose Writing Five stages of writing: IDEEP (Ideate, draft, enhance, edit, publish) Sentence structure – Paragraphing – Coherence – Organization - Principles of stylistic analysis.

Unit II

Reflective Prose Meditative, Expository and Personal - Expressing emotions in prose. (Practical Analysis of Texts in CORE II)

Unit III

Descriptive Prose Description of events, landscapes, objects, persons - Differentiation between description of abstract notions and concrete objects - Application of rhetorical devices - Portrait prose. (Practical Analysis of Texts in CORE II)

Unit IV

Argumentative Prose Building a sound argument – Syllogisms - Topical argumentation - Lateral thinking. (Practical Analysis of Texts in CORE II)

Unit V

Journalistic Prose Fan – fiction - review writing - reporting events - Using the three approaches of factual, inferential and critical response in interpreting journalistic prose. (Practical Analysis of Texts in CORE II)

Teaching Pedagogy Lectures, guest lectures, seminars, group discussion, use of print and e-resources.

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REFERENCES PRINT SOURCES Bradford,Richard.Stylistics - New Critical Idiom Series.London:Routledge, 1997. Print. Leech, N, Mick Short. Style in Fiction. London: Pearson Longman, 2007. Print. Misra, P.S. An Introduction to Stylistics: Theory and Practice. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2009. Print. Simpson, Paul. Stylistics: A Research Book for Students. New York: Routledge, 2004. Print. Wright, Laura, Jonathan Hope. Stylistics: A Practical Course Book. London: Routledge, 1996. Print. ELECTRONIC SOURCES: www.thestylistics.org www.academia.edu

GENERAL COURSE

BASIC ENGLISH COMMUNICATION I

Credits: 2

[Semester I General Course I]

Objective This paper aims to help students improve their basic English Writing and Speaking skills.

Unit I

Basic Spoken English Vocabulary Building and Basic Spoken English structures

Unit II

Writing Skills Basic Written English Structures

Unit III

Basics of English Grammar Articles, Prepositions, Tenses, Subject-verb agreement

Unit IV

Paragraph Writing What are paragraphs – How to write a good paragraph – Parts of a good paragraph – linkages with other paragraphs

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Unit V

Essay Writing Essay as a collection of paragraphs – Development of a good essay – Introduction of a good essay – Conclusion

Teaching Pedagogy Getting students to speak in English using simple sentence structures. Getting them to think in English to improve fluency. Giving students practical writing exercises.

SEMESTER II PART I:

LANGUAGES

PART II:

ENGLISH II

CORE III

FICTION II

Credits: 5

[Semester II Core III]

Objective This paper seeks to acquaint students with traits and genres of fiction across ages and nationalities. PRESCRIBED TEXTS Unit I

Psychological Fiction Characterization in Fiction – Externalized and Internalized action – Exploration of the psyche using Freud and Jung – Mindscapes – Fallacies – Thought processes narrative – Mimetic and diegetic expression of thoughts. Prescribed Text: Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte

Unit II

Regional Fiction Introduction to Regional Fiction – Space in Fiction – Locus amenus – Depiction of space in Regional Fiction – Space as character – Regionalism – Character’s Fate – Some regional writers – Faulkner & R. K. Narayanan – Different shades of temperament

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Prescribed Text: The Return of the Native – Thomas Hardy Unit III

Magical Realism and Fantasy Fiction Definitions of fantasy – Genres of Fantasy – Criticism of fantasy – Audience for fantasy -- alternative worlds – Specific themes of 

Predestination & choice



The house divisions



The characterization of teachers



Juxtaposition of the real and the imaginary



Text to screen

The origins of Magic(al) realism – The variants of Magic(al) realism 

Magic Realism

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Marvellous Realism

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Magical Realism

Development of Magic(al) Realism 

Latin America



The English – speaking world



Mainland Europe

Magical Realism and cultural productions – Painting – Children’s culture – Film Application of theory Prescribed Texts: Love in the time of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling Unit IV

Comic Fiction Introduction to comic fiction – Comic tradition in fiction – Cervantes Charles Dickens –Jerome K Jerome – The Language of comedy Prescribed Texts: Carry on Jeeves – P.G. Wodehouse

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Unit V

20th Century Popular Fiction Introduction to pulp fiction and the canon -- distinctions – Characterisation – Flat characters and Round characters – Plot in pulp fiction – Main plot/ sub plots – Melodrama – Pulp fiction as static in social history as opposed to canonical universality. Prescribed Text: No Comebacks – Frederick Forsythe

Recommended Reading: The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde Spiderwick Chronicles - Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black The Untouchable – Mulk Raj Anand A Portrait of the Artist as a Youngman – James Joyce Taste – Roald Dahl Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck The Vendor of Sweets – R. K. Narayan Slaughter House 5 – Kurt Vonnegut The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien Three Men in a Boat – Jerome K Jerome For Your Eyes Only – Ian Fleming Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales – Stephen King Robot Series Short Stories – Isaac Asimov The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain Teaching Pedagogy Lectures, guest lectures, seminars, group discussion, use of print and e-resources.

REFERENCES PRINT SOURCES Ann Bowers, Maggie. Magic(al) Realism. London: Routledge, 2004. Print. Bradbury, Malcolm. The Modern American Novel. Oxford: OUP, 1992. Print. Bradbury, Malcolm. The Modern British Novel. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1994. Print.

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James, Henry. The Art of Fiction. New York: Nabu Press, 2010. Print. Mukherjee, Meenakshi. Twice Born Fiction. New Delhi: Arnold-Heinemann, 1973. Print. Ramaswami, and Sethuraman, eds. Modern Fiction – Virginia Woolf. New Delhi: Macmillan, 1986. Print. The English Critical Tradition Vol. 2. ELECTRONIC SOURCES: www.englishleap.com giaotiep.luyenthianhvan.org

CORE IV

DRAMA I

Credits: 5

[Semester II Core IV]

Objective This paper aims at taking the students through a panoramic tour of drama through centuries.

Unit I

Beginnings of European Drama Greek Drama- Beginnings – Aristotelian concepts – Characterisation – Tragic hero – Unities – Six elements of tragedy – Tragic Concepts: Hamartia, perepetia, anagnorisis, - Key Greek tragic and comic dramatists Prescribed Text Oedipus Rex – Sophocles

Unit II

Renaissance Drama Beginnings of English drama – Medieval theatre – Miracle, Morality and Mystery plays – The Italian Renaissance – Renaissance humanism – Humanism in art and poetry – Renaissance in England – Erasmus – Impact of Montaigne – Early English dramatists – The University wits – Themes of Renaissance drama Prescribed Texts Dr. Faustus – Christopher Marlowe

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Unit III

Elizabethan Drama Origin of comedy – Greek comedy –Elizabethan Drama – Shakespearean Comedy – Chief characteristics – Characters in comedy – Major Themes – Theatre and Cinema - Application Prescribed Text A Midsummer Night’s Dream – William Shakespeare

Unit IV

Jacobean Drama Restoration Drama –Tragedy – political and social background – Themes of body politic/ body personal – The Theory of humours Prescribed Text The Duchess of Malfi – John Webster

Unit V

Restoration Drama Introduction to Restoration Drama – Closing of theatres – Puritan Revolution – Charles II – Characteristics of Restoration theatre – Influence of French Drama – Women on the stage Prescribed Texts School for Scandal – R.B. Sheridan

Recommended Reading Frogs – Aristophanes The Shoemaker’s Holiday – Thomas Dekker Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare The Way of the World – William Congreve She Stoops To Conquer – Oliver Goldsmith

Teaching Pedagogy Lectures, guest lectures, seminars, group discussion, use of print and e-resources.

REFERENCES PRINT SOURCES

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Boulton, Marjorie. The Anatomy of Drama. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd., 1960. Print. L. Hirst, David.Comedy of Manners. London: Methuen, 1979. Print. Critical Idiom Series L. Hirst, David. Tragicomedy.London: Methuen, 1984. Print.Critical Idiom Series Watson, G.J. Drama- An Introduction. London: Macmillan, 1983. Print.

ELECTONIC SOURCES www.luminarium.org www.academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu www....