M.A. ENGLISH SYLLABUS 2011-14

KARNATAKA UNIVERSITY, DHARWAD

                                      DR. D. B. GAVANI

KARNATAK UNIVERSITY DHARWAD

P.G.DEPARTMENT OF STUDIES IN ENGLISH

M.A .ENGLISH SYLLABUS

UNDER CBCS PROGRAMME

(2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 for three years)

M.A. I. SEMESTER

1.1 THE 16th AND 17th CENTURY LITERATURE (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

Renaissance, Development of English Drama upto Restoration.

Elizabethan Poetry/ Metaphysical Poetry, Important Prose Writers of the Period.

Section—B

John Milton : Paradise Lost Book IX

John Donne : Poems: The Good-Morrow

The Sunne Rising

The Canonization

A Valediction: Forbidding

The Extasie

Section—C

William Shakespeare : Antony and Cleopatra

Christopher Marlowe : Dr.Faustus

Section - D

Francis Bacon : Essays – Of Truth, Of Parents and Children, Of Travel, Of Friendship, Of Studies, Of Expense

Joseph Addison :Essays – Sir Roger at Home, Sir Roger’s Ancestors, On Ghosts and Apparitions, Sir Roger at Church, Labour and Exercise, Instinct in Animals

SUGGESTED READING:

1. David Daiches: A Critical History of English Literature, 4--Vols., Allied

Pub. New Delhi.

2. Boris Ford (ed): Pelican Guide to English Literature, 8 vols.

3. Hudson: A Short History of English Literature

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1.2 INDIAN ENGLISH POETRY AND PROSE (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

Romantic Poetry, Modernist Poetry, Satire, Biography, Autobiography in Indian English

Literature.

Section—B Poetry

Poetry: Makarand Paranjape: Ed : Indian Poetry in English( Macmillan )

Only the following poems of the below mentioned poets are for study:

a) Rabindranath Tagore: From Gitanjali

b) Nissim Ezekiel: Gooodbye Party to Miss Pushpa T.S., Birdwatcher and Poet

c) Kamala Das: An Introduction, The Old Playhouse

d) A.K Ramanujan: Still Another view of Grace, What his girl friend said to her

e) R. Parthasarathy: From Exile. Homecoming.

f) Shiv K. Kumar: Indian Women, To an unborn child

g) Jayant Mahapatra: Hunger, Life Signs

Section—C Prose

Mahatma Gandhi: Hind Swaraj (Navjeevan Publication, Ahmedabad)

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: Wings of Fire, (Any Edition)

Section—D Criticism

Sri Aurobindo : Future Poetry (Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)

Rabindranath Tagore : What is Art? (Macmillan)

SUGGESTED READING:

1. K. R. S. Iyengar and Prema Nandakumar: History of Indian Writing in English, Sterling

Publishers, New Delhi

2. M. K. Naik: A History of Indian English Literature, Sahitya Academy, New Delhi

3. Basavaraj Naikar: Indian English Literature, Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi

*****

1.3 AMERICAN POETRY AND PROSE (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

Puritanism, Transcendentalism, New Criticism, and Harlem Renaissance

Section—B Poetry

Walt Whitman : Passage to India

When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d

Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

Robert Frost : Mending Wall

Birches

The Road Not Taken

Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening

After Apple Picking

Langston Hughes : Mother to Son

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

The Weary Blues

I Too

Theme for English B

Section—C Prose

R. W. Emerson : Self-Reliance

H. D. Thoreau : Civil Disobedience

Section—D Criticism

E. A. Poe : The Philosophy of Composition

Henry James : The Art of Composition

SUGGESTED READING:

1. R. E. Spiller (Ed): A Literary History of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1948.

2. The Norton Anthology of American Literature, W. W. Norton Co., New York, 1945.

*****

1.4. Indian Literature in English Translation (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

Translation of fiction into English: problems and challenges, source language and target

language, cultural translation, and translation in the Indian context

Section – B

Assamese Indira Goswami – The Man from Chinnamasta (Katha Pub, New

Delhi)

Gujarati Harindranath Dave – Henceforth (Macmillan)

Section - C

Kannada Kuvempu: The House of Kanooru (Sahitya Academy, New Delhi)

Punjabi Gurdial Singh : The Survivors ( Katha Pub, New Delhi)

Section— D

Hindi Krishna Sobti: Sunflowers of the Dark (Katha Pub, New Delhi)

Konkani Pundalik Naik: The Upheaval (OUP)

SUGGESTED READING:

1. Sujit Mukherjee: Translation as Discovery, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 1964.

2. Jeremy Munday: Introducing Translation Studies, Routledge, London, 2001

3. Encyclopoedia of Indian Literature, vols 1 to 6, Sahitya Academy, New Delhi

4. Susan Bassnett : Translation (Routledge)

5. Basavaraj Naikar: Indian Literature in English Translation, National Pub. House, New

House, 2004.

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1.5 Indian Diasporic Writing

Section – A Background

Gurbhagat Singh – Expatriate Writing and the Problematic of the Centre: Edward Said and Homi Bhabha (From Writers of the Indian Diaspora – ed. Jasbir Jain, Rawat,

Jaipur)

Sudesh Mishra - From Sugar to Masala: Writing by the Diaspora (From Indian Literature in English, ed. A.K.Mehrotra, Permanent Black, New Delhi)

Section – B Poetry

Agha Shahid - Postcard from Kashmir, A Dream of Glass Bangles, The Season

of the Plains, A Butcher

Sujata Bhatt - The Peacock, A Different History, Kankaria Lake, The

Stinking Rose, Search for My Tongue

Section - C Fiction

Chitra Banerji Divakaruni: Sister of My Heart (Any edition)

Rohinton Mistry : A Fine Balance (Any edition)

Section— D Prose

Meena Alexander - Fault Lines (Any edition)

Ved Mehta - Walking the Indian Streets (Any edition)

SUGGESTED READING:

Writers of the Indian Diaspora – ed. Jasbir Jain, Rawat pub., Jaipur

Writing the Diaspora: Culture and Identity – Uma Parameshwaran, Rawat pub., Jaipur

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M.A. II SEMESTER

2.1 THE 18th AND 19TH CENTURY LITERATURE (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

Augustan Poetry and the Romantics, Victorian Poetry and Prose, Major novelists, and the 1890’s

Section—B Poetry

Alexander Pope : The Rape of the Lock

William Wordsworth : The Solitary Reaper

Daffodils

Intimations of Immortality

Tintern Abbey

John Keats : Ode to a Nightingale

Ode on a Grecian Urn

Ode to Melancholy

Ode to Autumn

Shelley : Ozymandias

Ode to the West Wind

The Cloud

To a Skylark

Section—C Fiction

Charles Dickens : David Copperfield (Any edition)

Charlotte Bronte : Jane Eyre (Any edition)

Section—D Prose

William Hazlitt : Essays: Why Distant Objects Please

On the Ignorance of the Learned

On Actors and Acting—I

On Actors and Acting—II

Carlyle : Hero as Poet From On Heroes and Hero Worship

(Any edition)

SUGGESTED READING:

1. The Norton Anthology of English Literature

2. David Daiches: A Critical History of English Literature, Allied Publishers

3. Arnold Kettle: The English Novel (Any edition)

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2.2 INDIAN ENGLISH FICTION AND DRAMA (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

Development of the Indian English Novel and Drama, Novel of Social Realism, Social Drama, Historical Drama.

Section—B Fiction

Mulk Raj Anand : Coolie (Any Edition)

Raja Rao : Kanthapura (OUP)

Section—C Fiction

Shashi Despande : A Matter of Time (Penguin)

Anita Nair : Ladies Coupe (Penguin)

 Section—D Drama

Gurucharan Das : Larins Sahib (OUP, New Delhi.)

Girish Karnad : Nagamandala (OUP, New Delhi.)

SUGGESTED READING:

1. K. R. S. Iyengar and Prema Nandakumar: History of Indian Writing in English, Sterling

Publishers, New Delhi

2. M. K. Naik: A History of Indian English Literature, Sahitya Academy, New Delhi

3. Basavaraj Naikar: Indian English Literature, Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi

*****

2.3 AMERICAN FICTION AND DRAMA (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

Civil War Writings, the Frontier Literature, American Dream, Black, Jewish and Asian Writings

Section—B

Melville : Moby Dick (Any edition)

Mark Twain : Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Any edition)

Section—C

Ernest Hemingway: Old Man and the Sea (Any edition)

Toni Morrison : Sula (Any edition)

Section—D Drama

Tennessee Williams: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Any edition)

Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun (Any edition)

SUGGESTED READING:

1. R. E. Spiller (ed): A Literary History of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1948.

2. The Norton Anthology of American Literature, W. W. Norton Co., New York, 1945.

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2.4 Indian Literature in English Translation (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

Poetry :A.K.Ramanujan: Speaking of Shiva (Penguin)

Section—B

Drama : Mohan Rakesh: One Day in Ashadha (Modern

Indian Drama, Sahitya Academy, New Delhi)

: Mahasweta Devi: Water (Seagull, Kolkota)

Section—C

Prose : Siddhalingayya : Ooru Keri (Sahitya Academi, New Delhi )

: Durga Khote: I, Durga Khote (OUP)

Section—D

Short Stories : Prem Chand: The Shroud, The Panchayat is the Voice of God, The Thakur’s Well, A Tale of Two Oxen : Short Fiction from South India

Ed. Subashree Krishnaswamy & K.Srilata, ( OUP)

A Sweet Dish, Wooden Cradles, Squirrel, Rain

SUGGESTED READING:

2. Sujit Mukherjee: Translation as Discovery, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 1964.

2. Jeremy Munday: Introducing Translation Studies, Routledge, London, 2001

3. Basavaraj Naikar: Indian Literature in English Translation, National Pub. House, New

House, 2004.

4. Encyclopoedia of Indian Literature, Vols 1 to 6, Sahitya Academy, New Delhi

*****

Open Elective Course - I

5 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY (100 Marks)

Section—A

Phonetic symbols

Articulatory system

English vowels/consonants

Syllable, Stress and Intonation

Section—B

Parts of speech

Tenses

Section—C

Direct/indirect speech

Active/passive voice

 S
ection—D

Types of sentences:

Positive/negative/assertive/interrogative/imperative/exclamatory

Simple/compound/complex

Internal Assessment:

In the two internal tests conducted in the Dept., one will be a written test and

another will be an oral test.

SUGGESTED READING:

1. F.T.Wood: A Remedial English Grammar for Foreign Students, Macmillan

2. Raymond Murphy: Intermediate English Grammar, Cambridge Univ.Press

3. C. F. Hockett: A Course in Modern Linguistics, Macmillan, New York, 1958

4. Daniel Jones: English Pronouncing Dictionary, Universal Book Stall,

New Delhi, 2000

*****

M.A .ENGLISH SYLLABUS

UNDER CBCS PROGRAMME

                                (FROM 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 FOR THREE YEARS)

                                                            
M.A. III SEMESTER

3.1 GENDER STUDIES (100 Marks)

(Compulsory Course)

Section—A Background

Concepts: Patriarchy, Sex and Gender, Stereotypes, Gynocriticism, Body Politics, Female Creativity.

Social Practices: Sati, Dowry, Rape, Child Marriage, Widowhood, Female Foeticide, Prostitution

Section—B

Simone de Beauvoir : The Second Sex (Introduction)

Kate Millet : Sexual Politics (Chapter II Theory of Sexual

Politics, OUP)

Brinda Bose(Ed) : Translating Desire (Introduction, Katha Pub in

India)

Pandita Ramabai : On Widowhood, Extract from The High Caste Hindu

Woman

Section—C

Eunice D’Souza ed. : Selections from Nine Indian Women Poets:

: Tribute to Papa, Anonymous, Catholic Mother, Bequest, Purdah I,

Battle Line, Request

Mahasweta Devi : Draupadi (Tr. Gayatri Spivak) (Sh.Story)

Ismat Chugtai : The Veil (Sh.Story)

Bama : Sangati (OUP) (Novel)

Section—D

Charlotte Perkins Gilman : “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Virginia Woolf : The New Dress”

Jamaica Kincaid : “Girl”

SUGGESTED READING:

1. Robin Warhol and Diane Price Herndl (eds): Feminsims, Rutgers Univ. Press

2. Susie Tharu and K. Lalitha(eds): Women Writing in India, OUP.

3. Sushila Singh: Feminism, Pencraft International, New Delhi

4. Virginia Woolf: A Room of Their Own

5. Susan Gubar and Sandra Gilbert: Madwoman in the Attic

6. Radha Kumar: Women’s Movement

7. Urvashi Butalia: The Other Side of Silence

*****

3. 2 CRITICAL THEORY (Part-I) (100 Marks)

(Compulsory Course)

Section—A

Classicism : Aristotle’s Poetics

Sanskrit Criticism: Bharata’s Concept of Rasa

Section - B

Romantic Criticism – Coleridge on Imagination and Fancy

(Biographia Literaria Chap. xvii)

British Formalism – T.S.Eliot: “Tradition and Individual Talent”

Section – C

New Criticism - Mark Schorer: “Technique as Discovery”

Reader-Response Theory – Stanley Fish: “Is There a Text in the Class?”

Section – D

Structuralism – Jonathan Culler: “Structuralism and Literature”

Feminism- Elaine Showalter: Towards a Feminist Poetics

SUGGESTED READING:

1. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism: W. W. Norton and

Co., New York, 2001.

2. S. Ramaswami and V. S. Sethuraman (eds): The English Tradition, Macmillan, Madras

3. Bill Ashcroft (ed): Key Concepts in Critical Theory, Routledge, London

*****

3.3 POST-COLONIAL POETRY AND PROSE (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

Australian poetry, African poetry, post-colonial criticism, and post-colonial travelogue

Section—B Poetry

A. D. Hope (Australian): Australia

The Death of a Bird

Standardization

Moschus Moschiferus

Gabriel Okara (Africa) : Once upon a Time

Were I to Choose

The Mystic Drum

A Negro Labourer in Liverpool

You laughed and laughed and laughed

Derek Walcott (West Indies): The Floc

Ruins of a Great House

A Sea Chantey

A Far Cry from Africa

Crusoe’s Island

Section—C Prose

V. S. Naipaul : India: The Wounded Civilization (Any edition)

Chinua Achebe : “The Novelist as Teacher”, “An Image of Africa: Racism in

Conrad’s Heart of Darkness”

Section—D Criticism

NGugi Wa Thiong’o: Homecoming (Arnold Heinemann, London)

Edward Said : Orientalism (Chapter I) (Penguin, London)

SUGGESTED READING:

1. Ania Loomba: Post-Colonialism, Routledge, London, 2002

2. Leela Gandhi: Post-Colonialism, OUP, New Delhi, 2001R. K.

3. R. K. Dhavan: Commonwealth Literature, Vols 1 to 4, Creative Books, New Delhi

4. Basavaraj Naikar: Perspectives on Commonwealth Literature,

Book Enclave, 2003

*****

3.4 WORLD CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

T. S. Eliot : “What is a Classic?” From On Poetry and Poets

L. Abercrombie : The Idea of Great Poetry

A. C. Bradley : “The Sublime” From Oxford Lectures on

Poetry

Section—B

Vyasa : The Mahabharata in (Any edition)

Dante : Inferno (Penguin)

Section—C

Vishakhadatta : Mudrarakshasa ( Motilal Banarasidas)

Sophocles : King Oedipus (Any edition)

Section—D

Henrik Ibsen : The Master Builder(Any edition)

Tolstoy : War and Peace (Any edition)

SUGGESTED READING:

1. H. D. F. Kitto: The Greek Tragedy, Methuen, London

2. W. H. Wells: Classical Indian Drama, Asia Book House, Bombay

3. Hornstein et al: The Readers’ Companion to World Literature, Mentor Book, New York

*****

Open Elective Course

3.5 COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH (100 Marks)

Teaching Hours: 4 hours per week

Duration of Examination: 3 hours

Max. Marks: 75

Section A

Modals

Prepositions

WH Questions

Section B

Conjunctions

Relative Clauses

Section C

Letter Writing

Paragraph Writing

Section D

Speaking : Situations – at the bank, Post Office, Railway Station, Clinic, Shopping

Picture Description

Internal Assessment:

In the two internal tests conducted in the Dept., one will be a written test and another will

be an oral test.

SUGGESTED READING:

1. F.T.Wood : A Remedial English Grammar for Foreign Students, Macmillan

2. Raymond Murphy : Intermediate English Grammar, Cambridge Univ.Press

3. C. F. Hockett: A Course in Modern Linguistics, Macmillan, New York, 1958

3. Daniel Jones: English Pronouncing Dictionary, Universal Book Stall, New Delhi, 2000

*****

M.A. IV SEMESTER

4.1 THE 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

War Poetry, Modernist Poetry, Stream of consciousness technique, Psychological Novel, Science Fiction, Absurd Theatre, Poetic Drama

Section—B Poetry

G.M. Hopkins : Wreck of the Deutschland, God’s Grandeur,

The Windhover, Pied Beauty, Inversnaid

W.B. Yeats : 1916, The Second Coming, Sailing to Byzantium

Tower, Byzantium,

W.H. Auden :Consider , O What is that Sound, Who’s Who, The Unknown

Citizen, Musee des Beaux Arts

Section—C Fiction

Graham Green : The Power and the Glory (Penguin)

David Lodge : Small World (Penguin)

Section—D Drama

Harold Pinter : The Caretaker ( Any Edition)

Samuel Beckett : Waiting for Godot (OUP)

SUGGESTED READING:

1. David Daiches: A Critical History of English Literature, 4--Vols., Allied

Pub. New Delhi.

2. Boris Ford (Ed), Pelican Guide to English Literature, 8 vols.

*****

4.2 CRITICAL THEORY (Part-II) (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

Structuralism : Jacques Derrida’s Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse

of Human Sciences

Section—B

Marxist Criticism : Edmund Wilson - Marxism and Literature

Psychoanalytic Criticism: Lionel Trilling- Freud and Literature

Section—C

Linguistic Criticism: Roman Jakobson - Linguistics and Poetics

Roland Barthes: The Death of the Author; & From Work to Text

Section—D

Cultural Studies : Raymond Williams - The Analysis of Culture

Stuart Hall : Cultural Studies and Its Theoretical Legacies

SUGGESTED READING:

1. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism: W. W. Norton and Co., New York, 2001.

2. S. Ramaswami and V. S. Sethuraman (eds): The English Tradition, Macmillan, Madras

3. Bill Ashcroft (ed): Key Concepts in Critical Theory, Routledge, London

*****

4.3 POST-COLONIAL FICTION AND DRAMA (100 Marks)

Section—A Background

Leela Gandhi : “After Colonialism” from Post-Colonial Theory (OUP)

Gayatri Spivak : “Can the Subaltern Speak?”

Frantz Fanon : “On Black Consciousness”

Section—B Fiction-1

Achebe : A Man of the People (Any edition)

Margaret Laurence: A Jest of God (Any edition)

Section—C Fiction-2

Katherine Mansfield : Short Stories (Any edition)

Bapsi Sidhwa : Ice-Candy Man (Any edition)

Section—D Drama

Wole Soyinka : The Road (Collected Plays of Wole

Soyinka, OUP)

NGugi Wa Thiong’O : The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (Worldview,

Delhi)

SUGGESTED READING:

1. Bill Ashcroft et al: The Empire Writes Back, Routledge, London

2. R. K. Dhavan (Ed): Commonwealth Literature, Vols 1 to 4, Creative Book, New Delhi

3. Basavaraj Naikar: Perspectives on Commonwealth Literature, Book Enclave, Jaipur, 2003

*****

4.4 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT) (100 Marks) or

Section—A

English in India:

Beginning and growth

Current status and role

Section—B

Language teaching methods/approaches:

The direct method

Grammar—translation method

Structural—situational method

The bilingual method

Section—C

Teaching skills

Teaching of poetry, prose, fiction and drama

Practice teaching

Section—D

Linguistic aspect of translation:

The dynamics of translation in literary discourses

Translation from source language to target language

Translation problems: lexical/syntactical/semantic/cultural

SUGGESTED READING:

1. Richards Jack C. and Rodgers, Theodore S. Approaches and Methods in Language,

CUP, 1986

2. Harmer Jeremy: The Practice of English Language Teaching, Essex, London, 1983

3. Mohammad Aslam: Teaching of English, Foundation Books

4. Sujit Mukherjee: Translation Studies, Methuen, New York, 1980

4.5 Dissertation (100 marks)

The students of the IV Semester will be distributed among the teachers of the Dept. equally. The teachers who become the supervisors will give different topics to individual students and assess the dissertation at the end of the semester. The minimum length of the dissertation will be 50 pages.

Division of Marks:    Dissertation 50 marks

I. A. 25 marks

Viva voce 25 marks

Total 100 marks

Sd/-

Chairman,

BOS in English (PG),

Dept. of English, K.U.Dharwad

B.A./B.Com./B.Sc/BBA/BCA - I SEMESTER ENGLISH SYLLABUS 2011 - 2014

    KARNATAKA UNIVERSITY, DHARWAD                                              

                                                          Dr. D. B. GAVANI

                                      Details of Revised UG Syllabus

BA- I /BSW I - Basic English

Semester – I (From 2011-12 onwards for three years)

(80 Marks for the paper of 3 hours duration) (20 Marks for I.A.)

Pattern of Question Paper

I. Objective type questions (Five each from prose & Poetry).    10 x 1=10

2. Reference to Context (two each Prose & Poetry to be asked)

(One each from Prose & Poetry to be answered) -                                - 2 x 5= 10

3. Essay type question on Prose. (Prose. (One out of three) -                            - 10

4. Essay type question of Poetry (one out of three ) - -                          - 10

5. Short-notes ( two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked)

(One each from Prose & Poetry to be answered) - -                             - 2 x 5= 10

6. A Use of Articles -                                                                                       5 x1 = 5

B Use Prepositions. -                                                                            5 x1 = 5           10

7 A. Transformation of sentences. -                                                       5 x1 = 5

B Synonyms. -                                                                          5 x1 = 5           10

8 A. Preparation of Greeting Cards. -                                                   5 10

B. Expansion of idea ( One out of two ) -                                                          5 -----80

Text Book: ECHOES : Ed- Madhulika Jha, pub by Orient Black Swan PROSE:

1. Of studies - Francis Bacon.

2. Dream Children, A Revery - Charles Lamb.

3. The Diamond Necklace - Gye de Maupassant.

4. A Shadow - R.K. Narayan.

5. Glory of Twilight - Bhabani Bhattacharya.

POETREY:

1. Daffodils - William Wordsworth.

2. Ode to Autumn - John Keats.

3 A Psalm of Life - H.W. Longfellow.

4. O Captain ! My Captain ! - Walt Whitman .

5 Where the Mind is without Fear - Rabindranath Ragore.

GRAMMAR:

1. Transformation of Sentences without changing the meaning.

Questions to be set on the following types.

1. Degree of comparison.

2. Remove ‘ too ‘

3. Use of ‘No Sooner…. Than’

4. Use of ‘Unless’

5. Exclamatory to Assertive

BA- I / BSW I - Basic English

Semester- II (From. 2011-12 onwards for three years)

80 marks for the paper of 3 hours duration (20 Marks for .I.A)

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions (five each from Prose & Poetry )    10 x 1 = 10

2. Reference to Context. (Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked)

( One each from Prose & Poetry to be asked .)                         2 x 5 = 10

3. Essay type question on Prose (one out of three -                                           - 10

4 Essay type question on Poetry (one out of three) -                                                      - 10

5 Short notes (Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked )

(One each from Prose and Poetry to be answered) -                             - 2 x 5 = 10

6. Correction of errors. - -                                                                    10x 1 = 10

7. A. Combining sentences with ‘ wh ’words -                          5x1=5

B. Antonyms. - -                                                                                  - 5x1=5… 10

8. A. Dialogue Writing                                                              - 5 10

B. Letter of Application                                                                                    - 5 ---80

Text Book: WINGED THOUGHTS - Ed. Board of Editors, pub by Orient Black Swan -

PROSE : only the following topics to be studied.

1. Letter to my Daughter - Jawaharlal Nehru.

2. Prêt in the House. - Ruskin Bond

3. Buddha ‘The Enlightened one’ - Max Eastman

4. The Verger - - Somerset Maugham.

5. Springtime. - O’ Henry.

POETRY:

1. The Quality of Mercy - William Shakespeare.

2. The Old Woman. - Arun Kolatkar

3. Inexpensive Progress - John Betjeman

4. No Men are Foreign - James Kirkup

5. Because I could not stop for Death- Emily Dickinson.

GRAMMAR:

Combining of sentences with ‘ wh ‘ words –

Who, when, what, whom, why, which, where, whose, etc.

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B.Com. I - Basic English

Semester – I (From 2011-12 onwards for three years)

(80 Marks for the paper of 3 hours duration ) ( 20 marks for I.A.)

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions. ( Five each from Prose & Poetry )             -10 x 1 = 10

2. Reference to Context. (Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked)

( One each from Prose & Poetry to be answered )                                            - 2 x 5 = 10

3. Essay type question on Prose ( One out of three ) -                                       - - 10

4. Essay type question of Poetry (out of three )- -                                                          - - 10

5 Short notes ( Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked )

(One each from Prose & Poetry to be answered )                                             - 2 x 5 = 10

6. A. Use of Articles -                                                                                      - 5 x 1 = 5

B. Use of Prepositions                                                              - 5 x 1 = 5 - 10.

7. A. Transformation of sentences.                                                                    5 x 1 = 5

B. Synonyms.                                                                                                  5 x 1 = 5 …10

8. A. Preparation of Greeting Cards -                                                               - 5

B. Expansion of idea ( one out of two ) -                                                           - 5 …10--80

Text Book: THE JOY OF READING LITERATURE: Ed. Board of Editors,

Pub. By Orient Black Swan

PROSE: Only the following topics to be studied.

1. - An Astrologer’s Day - R.K. Narayan.

2. - The Gift of Magi. - O’ Henry

3. - Education : Indian and American – Anurag Mathur.

4. - Speech on Indian Independence - Jawaharlal Nehru.

5. - A Talk on Advertising - Herman Wouk

POETRY:

1. Bangle – Sellers - Sarojini Naidu

2. Where the Mind is without Fear - Rabindranath Tagore.

3 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost.

4 Sonnet ‘No. 29’ - William Shakespeare.

5. The World is too much with us - William Wordsworth.

GRAMMAR:

Transformation of sentences without changing meaning. Question to be set on the following types.

1. Degree of Comparison.

2. Remove ‘too’

3. Use of ‘ No sooner.. than’

4. Use of ‘Unless ’

5. Exclamatory to assertive.

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B.Com. I Basic English

Semester - II ( From 2011-12 Onwards for three year )

80 Marks for he paper of 3 hours duration) (20 marks for I.A. )

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions (Five each from Prose & Poetry )   - 10x 1 = 10

2. Reference to Context ( Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked )

( One each from Prose & Poetry to be answered )                                2 x 5 = 10

3. Essay type question on Prose ( One out of three ) -                           - - 10

4 Essay type questions Poetry ( One out of three ) -                                          - - 10

5 Short notes ( Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked )

(One each from Prose & Poetry to be answered) -                                - - 2 x 5 = 10

6. Correction of errors - - - -                                                                - - 2 x 5 = 10

7. A Combining of Sentences with ‘ wh ’ words.                                   - 5 x 1 = 1

B Antonyms. - - - -                                                                             - 5 x 1 = 1 10

8 A. Dialogue Writing -                                                             - 5 10

B. Letter of Application.                                                                                   - 5 ---80

Text Book : JOURNEY THROUGH WORDS : Ed. Board of Editors , pub by Oriental Longman

PROSE: Only the following topics to be studied.

1. - The Romance of a Busy Broker - O’ Henry.

2. - The Bet - Anton Chekov.

3. - A Canary for one - E Hemingway.

4. - The Mother of a Traitor - Maxim Gorky.

5. - Princess September 30, 2010- Somerset Maugham..

POETRY:

1. - Lucy - William Wordsworth.

2. - The Duck and the Kangaroo - Edward Lear.

3 - The Wild swan. - W.B. Yeats.

4 - To the Indians who died in America - T.S. Eliot.

5. - That Whitsun. - Philip Larkin.

GRAMMAR:

1. Combining of sentences with ‘ wh ’ words –

2. Who, when, what whom, why, which, where, whose, etc.

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B.Sc . I Basic English

Semester – I ( From 2011-12 .Onwards for three years).

( 80 Marks for a paper of 3 hours duration ) (20 Marks for I .A. )

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions. ( Five each from Prose & Poetry )                         - 10 x 1 = 10

2. Reference to Context. ( Two ach from Prose & Poetry to be asked)

( one each from Prose & Poetry to be answered ) -                                           - 2 x 5 = 10

3. Essay type question of Prose ( One out of three ) -                                        - - 10

4. Essay type question on Poetry ( One out of three ) -                                        - 10

5. Short – notes ( Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked ) - -

( One each from Prose & Poetry to be answered ) -                                           - 2 x 5 = 10

6. A. Use of Articles -                                                                                          - 5 x 1 = 5

B Use of Prepositions -                                                                         - 5 x 1 = 5 ..10

7. A. Transformation of Sentences                                                                    - 5 x 1 = 5

B Synonyms. -                                                                                      - 5 x 1 = 5 ..10

8. A Preparation of Greeting Card                                                                    - 5        10

B Expansion of idea ( one out of two )                                                              5 --80

Text Book : ROAD TO LITERATURE :Ed. Board of Editors, Pub. By Orient BlackSwan

PROSE.: Only the following topics to be studied:-

1. The Death of Hero - Jai Nimbkar

2. Love Vs Arranged - Shobhaa Day.

3. The Refugee - K.A. Abbas

4. Heaven is not Closed - Besse Head

5. Decolonizing the Mind - Ngugi wa Thing’o.

POETRY

1. Road Not taken - Robert Frost.

2. To Mother - Sa Usha.

3. La Belle Dame Sans Mercy - John Keats.

4. Renunciation - Rabindranath Tagore.

5. Poor Girl - Maya Angelou.

GRAMMAR: Transformation of sentences without changing meaning .

Question to be set on the following types-

1. - Degree of Comparison .

2. - Remove’ too ‘

3. - Use of ‘ Unless’

4. - Exclamatory to assertive.

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B.Sc. I. Basic English

Semester – II (From 2011-12 Onwards for three years)

(80 marks for the paper of 3 hours duration) 20 marks for I.A.)

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions ( Five each from prose & Poetry ) -                        - 10 X 1 = 10

2. Reference to context ( Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked)

(One each from Prose & Poetry to be answered)                                              - 2 x 5 = 10

3. Essay type question on Prose (One out of three) -                                                     - 10

4. Essay type question Poetry (One out of three) -                                                         - 10

5. Short-notes (Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked)

( One each from Prose and Poetry to be answered )                                          - 2 x 5 = 10

6. Correction of errors - -                                                                                 -- 10 x 1 = 10

7. A. Combining of sentences with ‘ Wh’ words.                                               - 5 X 1 = 10

B. Antonyms-                                                                                                               - 5 X 1

8. A. Dialogue Writing                                                                                      - 5 10

B. Letter of Application.                                                                                               - 5 --80

Text Book: WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE : Ed. Board of Editors, Pub. By Orient BlackSwan An Anthology for Degree Classes.

PROSE: Only the following topics to be studied.

1. - The sun, the Planets and the Stars- C Jones.

2. - Toasted English - R.K. Narayan.

3. - The Gold Frame - R.K. Laxman.

4. - The Power of Prayer - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

5. - Why is the Sea Blue? - G Venkatraman.

POETRY:

1. - A Requiem - William Shakespeare.

2. - The Chimney Sweeper - William Blake.

3. - Ode to Autumn - John Keats.

4 - Ballad of the Landlord - Langston Hughes.

5. - A River - A.K. Ramanujan.

GRAMMAR: Combining sentences with ‘ Wh ’words –

Who, whom, When, what, why, which , where, whose, etc.

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BA I./ BSW I - Additional English

Semester – I. ( From 2011-12 Onwards for three years)

(80 marks for the paper of 3 hours duration in Lieu of MIL.) 20 marks for I.A.)

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions on the Play - -                                                        - - 10 x1 = 10

2. Reference to Context. ( two out of four) -                                                         - 2 x 5 = 10

3. Essay type question on the play ( One out of two ) -                                          - 10

4 Essay type question on the play. ( One out of two ) -                                          - 10

5 Short –notes on the play.( two out of four ) - -                                                   - 2 x 5 = 10

6. Match the words with their meanings.(Unknown passage to be given)                - 10 x 1=10

7. A. Preparation of Headline- -                                                                                    - 5

B. Preparation of slogan. -                                                                                        -  5.. 10

8. Self – Introduction ( Resume ) -                                                                                - - 10

Text Book: KANYADAN - Vijay Tendulkar, pub by OUP

Self- introduction: Students should be taught to prepare a resume for the job providing

Information about their academic qualification, hobbies, strengths, skills etc.

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B.A I./ BSW I - Additional English

Semester – II ( From 2011-12 Onwards for three years )

(80 marks paper of 3 hour duration in lieu of MIL ) 20 Marks for I.A. )

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions on short-stories. - -                                                - 10 x 1 = 10

2. Reference to Context ( two out of four) -                                                      - 2 x 5 = 10

3 Essay type question on short-stories (one out of two )                                                - 10

4. Essay type questions on short –stories(One out of two ) -                                          - - 10

5. Short-notes on short- stories (Two out of four)                                              - 2 x 5 = 10

6. Use of words as two different forms. Of speech. (noun and verb )                 - 10

7. Letters of Congratulations and compliments. -                                                           - - 10

8. Paragraph writing on current topics. (one out of two ) -                          - 10-80

Text Book: FAMOUS INDIAN STORIES - Ed. M.G. Narasimha Murthy, pub by Orient BlackSwan

Only the following short-stories to be studied-

1. - Kabuliwallah - Rabindranath Tagore.

2. - Sweets for Angels - R.K. Narayan.

3. The Mark of Vishnu - Kushwant Singh.

4. The Curds-seller - Masti Venkatesh Iyengar.

5. Upper Division Love - Manohar Malagonkar.

6. The Voice of God - Premchand.

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B.Com. I. Additional English

Semester – I (From 2011-12 On wards for three years )

(80 marks paper of 3 hours duration in lieu of MIL) 20 Marks for I.A

Pattern of Question Paper:

1. Objective type questions on the pay -                                                - 10x 1 = 10

2. Reference to context ( two out of four )                                             - 2 x 5 = 10

3. Essay tape question on the play. (One out of two ) -                          - 10

4. Essay type question on the play- (one out of two -                              - 10

5. Short-notes on the play. (two out of four ) -                          - - 2 x 5= 10

6. Match the words with their meanings. (Unknown passage to be given )          10x 1 = 10

7. A. Preparation of Headline                                                                - 5 }

B. Preparation of slogan.                                                                       - 5 } …10

8. Self – Introduction . ( Resume ) - -                                                    - - 10

Text- Book: HAYAVADANA By Girish Karnad, OUP

Self- Introduction: Students should be taught to prepare a resume for job providing information About their academic qualification, hobbies, strengths, skills etc.

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B.Com . I - Additional English

Semester – II ( 2011-12 Onwards for three years )

(80 Marks paper of three hours duration in lieu of MIL ) 20 Marks for I.A.

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions on short-stories. -                           - 10 x 1 = 10

2 Reference to context ( two out of four ) -                                           - 2 x 5 = 10

3. Essay type question: one the short- stories. ( one out of two )                        - 10

4. Essay type question on the short- stories -                                                     - 10

5 Short-notes on short- stories (One out of two ) -                                - 2 x 5 = 10

6. Use of words as two different forms of speech (noun and verb)                     10

7. Letters of Congratulations and Compliments -                                               - 10

8. Paragraph Writing on current topics –( One out of two )                                - 10

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Text Book: SHORT STORIES OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY - Ed. Shiv. K.K.Kumar, pub by OUP

Only the following short –stories to be studied.

1. The Model Millionaire - Oscar Wilde.

2. A Cup of Tea - Katherine Mansfield

3. The Mother - Somreset Maugham .

4 A Client - Raja Rao.

5 Karma - Kushwant Singh

6. Upper Division Love - Manohar Malgaonkar

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B.Sc. I. Additional English

Semester – I ( From 2010-12. Onwards for three years)

(80 Marks paper of 3 hours duration in lieu of MIL ) ( 20 Marks for I.A. )

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type question on the play                                       - 10x 1 = 10

2. Reference to Context. ( Two out of four ) -                           - 2 x 5 = 10

3. Essay type question on the Play ( One out of two )                            - 10

4. Essay type question of the play. ( One out of two ) - -                                   - - 10

5. Short-notes on the play. - - 2 x 5 = 10

6. Match the words with their meanings. (Un known passage to be given ) 10x 1 = 10

7. A. Preparation of Headline -                                                                         - 5

B. Preparation of Slogan.                                                                                  - 5 ……10

8. Self - Introduction ( Resume )                                                                                   - 10

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Text Book: THREE – PLAYS- by Rabindranath Tagore, pub by OUP

Only the first play MUKTA- DHARA is to be studied

Self – Introduction: Students should be taught to prepare a resume for a job providing

information about their academic qualification , hobbies, strengths. skills etc.

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B.Sc. I. Additional English

Semester- II ( From- 2011-12 onwards for three years)

(80 marks paper for 3 hours duration in lieu of MIL)

(20 marks for I.A. )

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions on Short- stories. -                                     - 10 x = 10

2. Reference to context ( two out of four ) -                                          - 2 x 5 = 10

3. Essay type question on Short –stories.- (one out of two )                               - 10

4. Essay type question on short- stories.(One out of two )                                 - 10

5 Short –notes on short- stories. ( two out of four )                               - 2 x 5 = 10

6. Use of words as two different forms of speech (Noun and verb )                   - 10

7. Letter of Congratulations and Compliments.                                      - 10

8 Paragraph Writing on current topics. (One out of two ) -                                - 10

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Text Book : - DELIGHT AND WISDOM : Board of Editors, Orient BlackSwan

Only the following short- stories to be studied.

1. The Gift of Magi - O’ Henry.

2. The Child - Premchand

3. The Eyes are not here - Ruskin Bond

4. Kabuliwallah - Rabindranath Tagore.

5. The Diamond Necklace - Gye de Maupassant

6 The Open Window - Saki.

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B.A. I Optional English.

Semester - I ( From 2011-12 Onwards for the three years )

( 80 Marks Paper of 3 hour duration ) (20 marks for I.A.)

Introduction to Literature , Literary forms, History of English Literature ( Elizabethan and Puritan Age), English Phonetics. and one representative text )

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions (Questions to be set on authors, works, trends, concepts,

Excluding the prescribed text book.)                                                                 - 10x 1 = 10

2. Essay type question on History of English (Literature (one out of two)                        - 10

3. Essay type question o History of English Literature (one out of two )              - 10

4 Essay type question on History of English.(Literature. (one out of two)                        - 10

5. Essay type question on the play ( one out of two ) -                                       - 10

6. Short- notes on the play (Two out of four)                                         - 2 x 5 = 10

7. Brief notes on Literary Forms. (Two out of four )                                          - 2 x 5 = 10

8. One question on Phonetics. two-sub-questions to be set.

A. Three – terms labels                                                                                           - 5

B. Speech Mechanism for short-notes                                                         - 5 - 10

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Topics for Introduction to Literature:

1. - What is Literature.

2. - Literature and Society.

3. - Literature and Science.

4. - Literature and Morality.

Literary Forms:

Only following forms to be studied- Epic, Elegy, Sonnet, Ballad, Tragedy, Comedy and One- Act Play.

Phonetics: ( a ) Three term- tables for speech sounds.

(Vowels and Consonants )

( b) Speech mechanism

( Speech organs, consonants, and vowel sounds)

Text Book: KING LEAR - By William Shakespeare (any edition)

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B.A. I Optional English.

Semester - II ( From 2011-12 Onwards for the three years )

( 80 Marks Paper of 3 hour duration ) (20 marks for I. A.)

Literary forms, History of English Literature . (Restoration and Augustan Age ), English Phonetics and one representative text.

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions (Questions to be set on authors, works, trends and

concepts Excluding the prescribed text book.                                        - 10 x 1 = 10

2. Essay type- question on the History of English Literature

(one out of two) -                                                                                                         - 10

3. Essay type question on the History of English Literature

( One out of two ) - - - - -                                                                                            - 10

4. Essay type question on the Play -                                                                              - 10

( One out of two )

5. Short notes on the play (two out of four) -                                                     - 2 x 5 = 10

6 Brief n- notes on Literary forms. (two out of four )                              - 2 x 5 = 10

7. One question on word- stress. -                                                                    - 10 x 1= 10

(ten out of fifteen)

8. One question on transcription. - -                                                                  -- 5 x 2 = 10

(Five out of ten)

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Literary Forms to be studied:

Essay, Novel, Short- Story, Biography, Auto-biography, and satire.

Phonetics:- (a) Word - Stress.

(b) Transcription.

Text Book: THE WAY OF THE WORLD : By William Congreve (any edition)

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BBA- I -Basic English

Semester – I (From. 2011-12 Onwards for three years)

( 75 Marks for the paper of 3 hours duration ) ( 25 marks for I.A.)

Pattern of Question Paper.

1. Objective type questions ( Five each from prose 8 Poetry).               10 X 1 = 10.

2. Reference to context ( Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked

(one each from prose and Poetry to be answered).                                            2 X 5 =10.

3. Essay type question on Prose. -                                                                                - 10

(one out of two)

4. Essay type question on Poetry. -                                                                               - 10

(One out of two)

5 Short notes ( Two each from prose & Poetry to be asked )

(one each from prose & poetry to be answered)

2 X 5 =10.

6. Use of Articles & Prepositions.                                                                     5 X 1 =5 - 05

7. A. Transformation of sentences                                                                     5 X 1= 5 - 10

B. Synonyms.                                                                                                   5 X 1= 5

8. A. Preparation of Greeting Cards -                                                   - 5 10

B. Expansion of idea (one out of two)                                                               - 5

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Text Book: THE JOY OF READING LITERATUTRE : Ed. Board of Editors,

Pub. By Orient Black Swan

PROSE: Only following topics to be studied.

1. An Astrologer’s Day – R K. Narayan.

2. The Gift of Magi - O’ Henry.

3. Education : Indian and American – Anurag Mathur

4. Speech on Indian Independence – Jawaharlal Nehru.

5. A Talk on Advertising – Hermon Wouk.

POETRY:

1. Bangle -Sellers- Sarojini Naidu.

2. Where the mind is without Fear- Rabindranath Tagore.

3. Stopping by wood on a snowy Evening – Robert Frost.

4. Sonnet ‘ 29’- Shakespeare.

5. The World is Too much with us. -W. Wordsworth.

Transformation of Sentences.

Question to be set on the following types:

1. Degree of Comparison.

2. Remove ‘ too ’

3. Use of ‘ No Sooner… than’

4. use of ‘ Unless’

5. Exclamatory to assertive.

BBA- I – Additional English (MIL)

Semester – II (From 2011-12 Onwards for three years)

(75 Marks for Paper of 3 Hours duration in lieu of MIL)

( 25 marks for I.A .)

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions on short -Stories                                         - 10 X 1 = 10

2. Reference to context ( two out of four )                                             2 X 5 = 10

3. Essay type question on Short -Stories.                                                          - 10

(One out of two )

4. Essay type question on Short-Stories                                                            - 10

(One out of two )

5. Short-notes on Short- Stories                                                           - 2 X 5 = 10

(Two out of Four )

6. Use of words as two different forms of speech (noun and verb )                       10

7. Letter of Congratulations and Compliments. -                                                - 10

8 . Paragraph Writing on Current topics. -                                                         - 05

(One out of two )                                                                                              --------

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Text Book : SHORT STORIES OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY :

Ed. Shiv K. Kumar, pub by OUP

Only the following short- stories to be studied.

1. The Model Millionaire- Oscar Wilde.

2. A Cup of Tea - Katherine Mansfield.

3. The Mother – Somerset Maugham.

4. A Client - Raja Rao.

5. Kavma - Kushwant Singh.

6. Upper Division Love - Manohar Malgaonkar.

POETRY :

1. The Road Not taken - Robert Frost.

2. To Mother - Sa Usha.

3. La Belle Dame Sans Mercy - John Keats.

4. Rumination. - Rabindranath Tagore.

5. Poor Girl. – Maya Angelon.

GRAMMAR: Transformation of Sentences without changing meaning.

Question to be set on the following types.

1. Degree of Comparison.

2. Remove ‘ too ’

3. Use of ‘ No Sooner …..than ’

4. Use of ‘ Unless ’

5. Exclamatory to assertive.

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BCA /B.Sc (C.S) /B.Com( C.S) I - Basic English

Semester –I (From. 2011-12 Onwards for three years )

(80 marks paper of 3 hours duration ). (25 marks for I.A.

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions ( Five each from Prose & Poetry )… ..       10 x 1 = 10

2. Reference to Context. ( Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked

( One each from Prose & Poetry to be conserved ) … ….                    2 x 5 = 10

3 Essay type question on Prose (One out of two )                                             - 10

4 Essay type question on Poetry . ( One out of two ) -                           - 10

5. Short-notes ( Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked )

(One each from Prose & Poetry to be answered ) - - -….                     2 x 5 = 10

6. A. Use of Articles -                                                              - 5 x1 =5

B. Use of Prepositions                                                  - 5 x1 =5 - - - 10

7. A Transformation of Sentences-                                                        5 x1 =5

B Synonyms.                                                                            - 5 x1 =5 - - - 10

8. A. Preparation of Greeting Cards.                                                                 - 5

B. Expansion of idea . (one out of two)                                                             - 5 . 10

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Text Book: ROAD TO LITERATURE : Ed. Board of Editors, Orient BlakSwan

PROSE: Only the following topics to be studied

1. - The Death of Hero - Jai Nimbkar.

2. - Love Vs. Arranged - Shobhaa Day.

3. - The Refugee - A.K. Abbas.

4. - Heaven is not closed - Bessie Head.

5. - Decolonizing the Mind - Ngugi Wa thiong’O

POETRY

1. - The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost.

2. - To Mother - Sa Usha.

3. - La Belle Dame Sans Mercy - John Keats.

4. - Rumination . - Rabindranath Ragore.

5 - Poor Girl - - Maya Angelou

GRAMMAR: Transformation of sentences without changing meaning.

Questions to be set on the following types.

1. - Degree of Comparison.

2. - Remove ‘ too ’

3. - Use of ‘ No Sooner… than’

4. - Use of ‘ Unless ‘

5. - Exclamatory to asserting

BCA/B.Sc. ( C.S. ) / B.Com (C.S ) I - Additional English

(MIL ).

Semester – II ( From 2011-12 Onwards for three years ).

(80 Marks for paper of 3 hours duration in lieu of MIL) 20 marks for I.A. )

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions on short- stories.                            10 X 1 = 10. 2.

Reference to context. (Two out of four)                                                 2 X 5 =10

3. Essay type questions on Short- Stories. - -                                                    - 10

(one out of two )

4. Essay type questions on Short-Stories. -                                                       - 10

5. (Two out of four)

6. Use of words as two different forms of speech (noun and verb)                     - 10

7. Letters of Congratulations and compliments                                       - 10

8 Paragraph Writing on current topics.                                                  - 10

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Text Book : DELIGHT AND WISDOM : Ed. Board of Editors, pub by Orient BlackSwan

ONLY THE FOLLOWING SHORT- STORIES TO BE STUDIED.

1. The Gift of Magi - O’ Henry.

2. The Child - Premchand.

3. The Eyes are Not here - Ruskin Bond.

4. Kabuliwallah - R. Tagore.

5. The Diamond Necklace - Guy de Maupassant.

6. The Open Window - Saki

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B MUSIC – PART – I Basic English

(100 Marks paper of 3 hours duration)

Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type questions (Five each from Prose & Poetry).   10 X 1 = 10

2. Reference to context ( Two each from Prose & Poetry to be asked )

( One each from Prose & Poetry to be answered )                                2 X 5 = 10

3. Essay type question on Prose. -                                                                    - 10

(one out of two )

4. Short notes on Prose. (Two out four) -                                              - 2 X 5 = 10

5. Essay type question on Poetry                                                                       - 10

(One out of two )

6 Short notes on Poetry (two out of four) -                                            - 2 X 5 = 10

7. A. Transformation of sentences.                                                                    5X1=5

B. Preparation of Greeting cards.                                                                      - 5 10

8. A- Synonyms                                                                                   - 2 x 1 = 2

B- Antonyms                                                                                        - 2 x 1 = 2

C- Articles/Prepositions.                                                                       4x 1 = 4

D- Combining sentences with ‘wh’words.                                             2x1 = 2 …10

9. Correction of errors.                                                             10 x1 = 10 - 10

10 A. Dialogue Writing                                                                                     - 5

B Application for a job.                                                                    - 5 --100

Text Books: 1. ECHOES : Ed- Madhulika Jha, pub by Orient BlackSwan

PROSE: Only following topics to be studied.

1. Of studies - Francis Bacon

2. Dream Children-A Revery - Charles Lamb

3. The Diamond Necklace - Gye de Maupassant

4. A Shadow. - R.K. Narayan.

5. Glory of Twilight - Bhabani Battacharya.

POETRY:

1. Daffodils - William Wordsworth .

2. Ode to Autumn -John Keats.

3. A Psalm of life. - H.W. Longfellow.

4. O Captain ! My Captain ! - Walt Whitman.

5. Where the Mind is without Fear - R. Tagore.

Text Book: 2. WINGED THOUGHTS - Ed. Board of Editors, pub by Orient BlackSwan

PROSE: Only following topics to be studied.

1. Letter to my daughter - Jawaharlal Nehru.

2. Prêt in the House - Ruskin Bond.

3. Buddha ‘The Enlightened One’ - Max Eastman.

4. Verger - Somerset Maugham.

5. Springtime - O’ Henry.

POETRY:

1. The Quality of Mercy - W. Shakespeare.

2. The Old Woman. - Arun Kolatkar.

3. Inexpensive Progress. - John Betjaman.

4. No. Men are Foreign. - James Kirkup

5. Because I could not stop for death. - Emily Dickinson.

GRAMMAR: Transformation of Sentences with changing meaning.

1. Degree of Comparison.

2. Remove ‘too’.

3. Use of No sooner .. ...than’

4. Use of ‘Unless’

5. Exclamatory to assertive.

Combining of sentences with ‘wh ’ words -

Who, when, what, whom, why, which, where, whose, etc.

Sd/-
Chairman,
          BOS in English (UG),
Dept. of English, K.U.Dharwad.