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B.A. Hons. English Syllabus

Syllabus of Hons. English as prescribed by various Universities and Colleges.

B.A. (Hons.) Part I
Sr. No.	Subjects of Study
I	History of English Literature & History of Indian Writing in English
	Section-A 1.History of English Literature: From Anglo-Saxon period to the present (1960’s) 2.Acquaintance with the social background expected. Section-B 1. Students are expected to be conversant with the entire history of Indian Writing in English. But while answering questions they must choose either of the following units. (i) Rammohan Roy to Indian Independence (ii) 1947 to 1970
II	Poetry : Sidney to Gray
	Section-A Sidney : Loving in Truth Spenser : Amoretti : Sonnet No. 75 Shakespeare : Sonnet No.65 (“Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea”) Sonnet No. 130 (“My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”) Donne : The Sun Rising Vaughan : The Retreat Marvell : To His Coy Mistress Milton : Paradise Lost, Book 1 Pope : The Rape of the Lock (Cantos 1 & 2) Gray : Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Section-B (i) Rhetoric : Identifying and explaining the figures of speech from a given passage. (ii) Prosody Section-C: Substance and critical appreciation of an unseen poem
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III	Modern Drama
	J.M. Synge : Riders to the Sea G.B. Shaw : Arms and the Man Eugene O’ Neill : Thirst Vijay Tendulkar : Silence, the Court is in Session
IV	Essays & Stories
	Section-A Essays Bacon : Of Studies ; Of Discourse Addison : Mischiefs of Party Spirit Lamb : Dream Children : A Reverie Shaw : Freedom Tagore : The Poet’s Religion Satyajit Ray : A Long Time on the Little Road Section-B Short Stories O’ Henry : The Last Leaf Maugham : The Kite Tagore : Hungry Stone Jhumpa Lahiri : Interpreter of Maladies
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V	Elizabethan Drama
	William Shakespeare : Macbeth William Shakespeare : As You Like It Christopher Marlowe : Edward II
VI	British Poetry & Indian Poetry in English
	Section-A: British Poetry : Romantic to Modern Section-B: Indian Poetry in English
VII	Novel
	Thomas Hardy : Far from the Madding Crowd James Joyce : A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man R. K. Narayan : The Guide
VIII	Philology, Phonetics & Modern Grammar
	Section-A: History of the English Language Section-B: The Phonetics of English Section-C: The Structure of Modern English Section-D: Essay

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