Sy

ll
abusofMas
terofAr
ts(
Engl
i
sh)

Gener
alDi
rec
ti
ons

1
. Theent
ir
ecour
seofMA(
Engl
i
sh)c
ons
ist
sof1
8(ei
ght
een)paper
s.Semes
terI
&II
shal
lhavef
ourpaper
seac
h
(atotalof8)
;Semes t
erII
I&IVshal
lals
ohavefourpaperseac
h( atot
alof8)
.Theres hal
lbetwomore
compulsorypapersoverandabovet hesesi
xteenpapers
.Ofthesetwopapers,onepaper(paperXVI
I)s
hal
l
beall
ottedtodisser
tati
on-wor
k.Onemor epaper(paperXVI
I
I
)bas edonpract
icalt
raini
ngwil
lal
sohavetobe
optedinthesecondyear.Thedetai
lsoft
hesepapers(XVI
I&XVII
I
)havebeens pel
ledoutlat
erinthe
document .
2.Att
hebegi
nni
ngofever
yses
sion,
eac
hdepar
tmentwoul
dannounc
etheopt
ionsi
twoul
dof
fert
ost
udent
s
ont
hebas
isofavai
l
abl
eres
our
ces
.
3.Ther
ear
etwoc
ompul
sor
ypaper
sinSemes
terI
,andc
orr
espondi
ngl
yinSemes
terI
I
,wher
easi
nSemes
terI
I
I
&
I
V,t
her
eisonl
yonec
ompul
sor
ypaperi
neac
hsemes
ter
.
4.Fort
heopt
ional
paper
s,t
hes
tudent
sshal
lhavet
ochoos
ecor
res
pondi
ngopt
ionsac
ros
sthes
emes
ter
s.F
or
i
nst
ance,anyonewhoopt sfor‘
AcademicWri
ti
ng–I’i
nSemes t
erI
,shal
lhavetotake‘
AcademicWri
ti
ng-I
I
’i
n
SemesterI
I
.Simi
lar
lyanyonewhoopt sfor‘
Ameri
canLit
erat
ure–I
’i
nSemes terI
I
I
,shal
lhavetooptfor
‘
Ameri
canLit
eratur
e–I I
’i
nSemes terI
V.
5.Thosewhooptf
or‘
Bri
ti
shLi
ter
atur
e’(
paperI
&II
)i
nSemes
terI
,shal
lhavet
ooptf
or‘
Bri
ti
shLi
ter
atur
e’(
paper
I
II
&IV)inSemes t
erII
also.Anyonewhooptsfor‘Cul
turalSt
udi
es’Ii
nSemes terI
,shal
lhavetooptf
or‘Cul
tur
al
Studi
es’(
II
,I
I
I&IV)intherestofthesemester
s.Thosewhooptf or‘I
ntr
oduct
iontoLit
eraryGenr
es’I
in
SemesterI
,shall
havet ooptfor‘I
ntr
oduc
ti
ont oLit
eraryGenr
es ’
(I
I,I
I
I&IV)i
ntherestofthesemes
ters.
6.Al
lt
hebookspr
esc
ri
bedaswel
lass
ugges
tedar
eavai
l
abl
eei
theronl
i
neori
nthepr
int
edf
orm.T
het
eac
her
s
ar
eex
pec
tedt
oteac
honl
ythos
epar
tsorex
cer
pts(
oft
het
ext
s)t
hathavebeenpr
esc
ri
bedi
nthec
our
se.
7.Eachpapershal
lbeeval
uat
edbot
hint
ernal
l
yandex
ter
nal
l
y.Outofat
otal
of1
00mar
ksperpaper
,eac
h
candi
dates hall
beex ternal
l
yevaluat edfor80mar ks,
andi nt
ernal
l
yeval uatedfor20.Theinternal
assessmentwoul dbegi venont hebas isofatt
endance(5mar ks),
c l
asspar t
ic
ipat
ion(5mar ks)andmi
d-t
erm
examinati
on(10mar ks).Thepapers( exceptPaperXVII&PaperXVII
I)acr
os sallt
hes emestershavebeen
divi
dedintofi
veuni t
s.Infi
nalexaminationofeachpaper ,
fi
veques ti
ons( onefromeac hunit
)wouldbeasked
withi
nternalchoi
ce.Eac hquest
ions hal
l c
arry1
6mar kswithawor dli
mitofabout500-600wor ds.
8.Thoseappear
ingi
nthec
apac
it
yofpr
ivat
ecandi
dat
ess
hal
lbeeval
uat
edex
ter
nal
l
yonl
y.F
ort
hemeac
h
papers
hal
lcar
ry1
00mar
ks(
20X5=1
00)
.
9.
T
hepaper
-wi
sedi
vi
si
onoft
hes
yll
abusi
sgi
venbel
ow:

M.
AI
Semes
terI

T
woc
ompul
sor
ypaper
s

1. Li
ter
aryMovements
–I
2. Appr
oachest
oLit
eraryCr
it
ic
ism–I

T
woopt
ional
paper
s(Choos
eanyt
wooft
hef
oll
owi
ng)

1. Cult
ural
St udi
es–I
2. I
ntroduc
tiontoLiter
aryGenr
es–I
3. Bri
ti
shLi
ter at
ure–I
4. Bri
ti
shLi
ter at
ure-I
I
5. LanguageandLi nguis
tic
s–I
6. AcademicWr i
ti
ng–I

Semes
terI
I

T
woc
ompul
sor
ypaper
s
 1. Li
ter
aryMovements–II
2. Appr
oachest
oLit
eraryCri
ti
ci
sm–I
I

T
woopt
ional
paper
s(Choos
etwof
romt
hef
oll
owi
ngwhi
chmat
chwi
tht
hec
hoi
cesmadei
nSemes
terI
)

1. Cult
ural
St udi
es–I I
2. I
ntroduc
tiontoLiter
aryGenr
es–I
I
3. Bri
ti
shLi
ter at
ure–III
4. Bri
ti
shLi
ter at
ure–IV
5. LanguageandLi nguist
ic
s–I
I
6. AcademicWr i
ti
ng–I I

M.
A.I
I

Semes
terI
I
I

Onec
ompul
sor
ypaper
:

Cr
it
ic
alT
heor
y–I

Thr
eeopt i
onalpapers
:Chooseanythreepaper sf
romtheli
stofcour
ses.T
hos ewhooptedfor‘
Cult
ural
Studi
es–I’
in
SemI,shall
havetoretai
npapersofCult
uralStudi
esi
nMAI I
,boththesemesters
.Si
mil
arl
ythosewhooptedfor
‘
Int
roduct
iontoLit
eraryGenr
es’i
nMAI ,shal
lhavetoret
ainthepapersoft
hisopti
on(‘
Int
roduct
iontoLi
ter
aryGenr
es’
–II
,I
I,
IV)i
nMAI Iaswell
.

1. Pos tcolonialLiterat
ures–I
2. NewMedi aWr i
ting–I
3. Cultural Studies–I I
I
4. LiteraryGenr es–I
5. IndianWr i
ti
ngs( inEngli
sh)–I
6. IndianAes theti
c s–I
7. Amer i
canLi terature–I
8. LiteratureandEc ol
ogy–I
9. Wor ldLiterat ure
10.Wr it
ingF romPunj ab(inTrans
lat
ion)–I
11. Shakes pear e–I
12.T r
avel Wr i
tings–I

Semes
terI
V

Onec
ompul
sor
ypaper

Cr
it
ic
alT
heor
y–I
I

Thr
eeopt
ional
papers:Chooseanyt
hreepaper
sfr
omt
hel
i
stgi
venbel
owpr
ovi
dedt
heyc
orr
espondwi
tht
hec
hoi
ces
madei
ntheearl
iers
emes ter
(s)
.

1. NewMedi aWr i
ting–I I
2. Cul
tural Studies–I V
3. Li
teraryGenr es–I I
4. I
ndianLi terature( i
nT ransl
ati
on)–II
5. I
ndianAes theti
c s–II
6. PostcolonialLiteratures–I I
7. Amer i
canLi terature–I I
8. Li
teratureandEc ology –I
I
9. WorldLiter ature
10.Writ
ingsf romPunj ab( i
nT r
ansl
ati
on)–I
I
 1
1. Shakes
peare–II
1
2.T r
avelWri
ti
ng–I
I

PaperXVII
(
Diss
ertat
ion)

Thispaperinvolvesdi s
ser tation-work.Everystudents hallhavet osubmitadissertati
on( 1
2000- 1
5000wor ds )ona
topicofhis/herc hoicebef or et heendofSemes terIVbef oret hebegi nni
ngofend- semes terexaminations.Thereshal
l
notbeanyf ormal teachingoft hepaper.TheDepar tments hallhoweverc onductaweekl ongwor kshoptot r
ainthe
studentsaboutt hebas icsofr esearchanddisser t
ati
onwr i
ting.T hestudentsshal
lbet rai
nedaboutMLAHandbook
(LatestEditi
on).Thedi ssert ationsshouldbes ubmi t
tedt ot heDepar t
mentaf t
erapr operant i
-pl
agiaris
mc hec kand
certi
fi
cati
on.Thedi s ser
tationswoul dbeeval uatedinternall
yi nt hegradesofA( Outstanding),B(Ver yGood), C
(Average)andD( BelowAver age) .Thosewhoar eawar dedgr ade‘ D’shal
lhavetor e-submitreviseddissertati
onto
quali
fyforthefinal awardoft hedegr eeofMA.T hegradeswoul dberefl
ectedint
hef inaldetail
edmar kssheet( DMC)
ofMA.T hedi ssertati
ons( bat ch- wi
se)shal
lbekepti nthedepar tment-l
ibr
ari
es(ofthec oll
ege/univer si
tydepar t
ment)
bothint hehardands oftver s i
ons.

PaperXVI
I
I
(
Ski
l
lEnhanc
ement/Soci
alOut
reac
h)

Thes y l
labusintroduc es‘PaperXVI I
I
’ whi chcanbeopt edineitheroft hesemes tersofMAI I
,butitwoul dbes hownonl y
i
nt heDet ai
ledMar ksSheet( DMC)ofMAI I.
Thes tudent swi l
lhavet ooptoneoft hes i
xopt ionsgi venbelow.T heres hallnotbeanyf ormal teac hingoft hec ourse.
TheDepar t
ment (s)wi l
lhavet oens urewor kshopsonanyoneormor eoptionsofatl eas tofoneweekbyi nviti
ng
resour ceper sonswhohaveex per tisei nthes edifferentdomai ns.Thedegr eewoul dnotbegr ant edunt i
las tudent
qualif
iesoneoft hef oll
owingc our ses .Eac hdepar tment( whet herintheUni vers i
tyori nac oll
ege)s hal l
forma
commi tteeofteac hers( pref
erablyt eac her-
inchar geoft hesec ourses)toeval uat es tudentsinf ourgr adesvi z.
, A(f
or
outs t
andi ng),B(ver ygood) ,C( aver age)&D( bel owaver age) .Theresul
tpr epar edwi l
lbeappr ovedbyt hefac ul
tyof
theent i
redepar tmentoft hecollegeoruni versitydepar tmentc oncernedands entt oCont rol
l
erofEx aminat i
ons( PU)
beforet heons etoft hef i
nalexami nat ionofSemes terI V.Thos eplacedingr adeDs hallbedeemed‘ fai
l’t
il
ltheyc l
ear
thi
spaperi nei t
heroft het opt hreegr ades( A,
BorC) .Eachdepar t
mentisr equiredt omai ntai
nar ec ordoft he
acti
vitiesoft hes tudent saccompl ishedundert hes copeoft hispaperatl eas tforfivey ear s.Thes tudent s(incas eof
theyoptei t
herCr eati
veWr i
ti
ngorT rans l
ationorF i
lm- making)s hal
lsubmitanunder takingthatt heent ri
ess ubmi tt
ed
byt hemar eor i
ginalandnotbor rowedf r
omanys our c e.

1. Dr amai nPr ac t
ice:T hosewhooptf ort hispapers hal lhavet os tageapl ayort akepar tinsomeot herf ormof
per f
or manc e. Videosoft hepr oduc ti
onandr ehear s alsar et obepr es ervedbyt hedepar t
ment (s).
2. Cr eat i
veWr iti
ng:T hes tudent swi l
lhavet ogiveatl eas t5-7poems ,twos horts tor i
esoronec hapt erofanovel
orwr i
tei nsomeot hergenr eofhi s/herc hoic
e.T hedepar t
ments hallinvi t
ec r
eat i
vewr i
ter
sandex per tsto
trains tudent st hroughatl eastaweekl ongwor ks hop.T hewr i
ti
ngspr oduc edbyt hes tudentss hallhavet obe
mai ntainedandpl acedint helibraryoft hedepar tment .
3. Trans lati
on:T hes tudents hallbeas kedt ot r
ans l
at e15- 30pagesofanun- trans l
at edt extei
therf r
omHi ndito
Engl i
s horf romPunj abitoEngl i
sh.T hedepar tments hall i
nvitepr acti
cingt ransl
at or sandex per tstot rain
student sthr oughatl eastaweekl ongwor kshop.T het rans l
ati
onspr oduc edbyt hes tudentss hall
havet obe
mai ntainedandpl acedint helibraryoft hedepar tment .
4. Fil
m- maki ng:T hes tudentsar eex pec tedt omakes hor taf il
mofdur ati
onabout3- 5mi nutesonat hemeof
his/herc hoice.T hedepar t
ments hallmai ntai
nt her ec ordoft hefilmspr oduc ed.T hes creeni
ngoft hef i
lmsshall
bevi deogr aphed.
5. Communi t
yOut reac h:Thes tudentswoul dbeex pec tedt ogot ointer i
or soft her egiont ocoll
ec t
/rec ordoral
nar ratives/bi ogr aphiesofmar ginal secti
onsofs ocietyi nanyl anguage.T hedepar tments hallorganiz eas hor
t
-termf ieldtrip,andt hedepar t
mentwoul dmai ntaint henar rati
vest husc oll
ected.
6. Clas sroomT eachingf orWeakSt udent sinLoc alSc hool s :Thes t
udent swi l
ltakec l
as sesofweaks t
udent si
n
l
oc al gover nments choolsfort hedur ationofatl eas taweek( f
ivewor kingday s).T heDepar tments hall
fac i
l
itateandc oor dinat
et hisoutreac hac t
ivi
ty.Theac ti
vi t
ywoul dbevi deogr aphedf orrecord.
I
nst
ruc
ti
onsf
orpr
ivat
ecandi
dat
esf
orpaperXVI
I&XVI
I
I
:

1. I
nplaceofpaperXVI I
,thepri
vat ecandidatess hallchooseonemor epaperf r
omt helistofopti
onalpapers
suggestedinSem.III
.Thiswouldmeant hatthepr ivatecandidateinSem.IIIshallhaveat otaloffi
vepaper s
(onecompul s
oryandf ouropti
onals )
2. I
nplaceofpaperXVI I
I,
theprivatec andidatess hal
lchoos eonemor epaperf romt heli
stofoptionalpapers
suggestedinSem.IV.T hi
swoul dmeant hatthepr ivatecandidat
einSemI Vs hallhaveat otaloffi
vepaper s
(onecompul s
oryandf ouropti
onals )
3. I
tisrei
teratedthatt
hes t
udentss hall
choos ecor r
es pondingopti
onalpapersi nSemI I
IandSem.I V.
4. Theaggr egatescor
eofMAi nc aseofpr i
vates tudent swouldamountto1 800.T heaggr egates coreofthose
appeari
ngi nregul
armodeort hroughopenl earni
ngwoul dbe1600.Buttheys hallbeevaluatedinternal
l
yfor
paperXVII&XVIII
accordi
ngtot hes ystemofgr adess uggestedabove.

(
SemesterI
)
Compul
sor
yPapers

Li
teraryMovement s–I
Manydi st
inctli
terar ymovement smar kthej ourneyofwr i
tingf romanc ientt i
mest ot hever yc ontempor ar y .Thepaper
i
dent ifi
ess omeoft hemaj orli
terarymovement sthatformt hees sentialframeofr eferenceforac ri
ti
calengagement
witht hevas tcor pusofl it
er at
ure.Movement ssuchasc l
as sic
ism, romant i
c i
smorr eali
s mcons ti
tutethepr i
merofc ri
tic
al
vocabul aryandt her eforeabas icunder standingoft hes emovement si snec essaryf oranuanc edunder standi ngof
varietiesofliterar yar ti
cul
at i
on.Eac hmovementhasi tsowns pec i
fi
cs etofaes thet i
c,cult
uralandet hicalval uesand
prefer ences.T hewr itersandwr iti
ngst hatfall
wi t
hinamovement ,des pitetheirhet erogeneityandpar ti
c ular i
ti
es,do
conver geint ermsoff osteri
ngani dent i
f
iableli
terarytas t
eandt rend.T hought hes emovement sdooc c uri n
l
it
erat ur esoft hewor l
d,andac ros sl
anguages ,yetthef ocusoft hiscour sei spri
mar i
l
yonEur opeanl i
terat ur e,wit
h
spec i
al accentont heBr it
ish.Theemphas i
soft hepaperi sont hehis toric
al andc onc eptualunder st
andi ngofvar i
ous
l
it
erar ymovement s .Thes tudentsar eex pectedt ostudyt hepr esc r
ibedt extscl
os ely.Thes tudentsar eal s oex pected
tos tudybooksandar ti
cl
esment i
onedi nthes ugges tedr eadi ngst oenhanc etheirunder standingoft hepr imarytexts,
butt her ewillbenoques ti
onont hes uggestedr eadings .T hepapers hall c
ons i
stoff ivecompul soryques tions–one
eachf r omauni t.Eac hques ti
ons hall
howeverhavei nternal choice.T hepapers hallcarryatot alof80mar ks .

Uni
tI Whati
sal
i
ter
arymovement
?

1. Fr
ançoi
sJost,“TheChall
engeofLi
teraryMovement
s ”
, Comparati
veLiter
atureStudi
es,Vol
.18,No.3,Paper
sof
t
heSeventhT ri
enni
alMeetingoft
heAmer ic
anCompar ati
veLiter
atur
eAs soci
ati
on(Sep.,
1981)278-
286.
2. Mic
ahMat t
ix,
“Peri
odizat
ionandDif
ferenc
e”,NewLi
teraryHist
ory,Vol
.35,No.4,For
msand/ ofDecadence
(
Autumn,2004)685-697.

Uni
tI
I Cl
ass
ici
sm

1. JeanHy t
ierandJuneGuichar
naud, “
TheClassi
ci
smofTheClassi
cs”
,Yal
eFrenchStudi
es, TheCl
No.38, assi
cal
Li
ne:Essay si
nHonorofHenriPeyre(1
967)5-1
7.
2. Horac
e, “
Ar sPoet
ic
a”ThePoet
, r
yofCr i
ti
ci
sm:Horac
e,Epi
stl
esII
andArsPoeti
cs,RossS.Kil
pat
ri
ck(Edmonton:
TheUniversit
yofAl
bert
aPr es
s ,
1990)72-83
3. Longi
nus, OntheSubl
ime.ChaptersVII
I
-XXI
I
.Tr
ansH.L.
Havell
(London&NewYor k,Macmil
l
an&Co. ,1
890)
14-48

Uni
tI
II Renai
ssanc
e

1. Geor gePar f
itt
,“Renaissance”Enc
, ycl
opedi
aofLit
eratureandCri
ti
ci
sm.Eds.Marti
nCoy l
e,PeterGarsi
de,
MalcolmKel sal
landJohnPec k(London&NewYor k:Routl
edge,1
990)83-92.
2. Mac hiavel
l:Pr
i i
nc e.OxfordWorldClas
sic
s.Tr
ans.&EditedbyPeterBondanel
la,(
NewYor k:OUP,2005)53-
78.
3. Er
as mus ,ThePr aiseofFoll
y,t
rans.&edi
tedHoytHopewellHuds
on( Pr
inc
eton:Pri
ncet
onUni ver
sit
yPress,
201
5)
Fi
rstEightSec ti
ons ,1
-20.

Uni
tI
V Neo-
Clas
sic
ism

1
. T
homasKami
nski
,“
Neocl
assi
ci
sm”,f
rom ACompani
ont
otheCl
assi
cal
Tradi
ti
on,
edi
tedbyCr
aigW.Kal
l
endor
f
(
Mal
den&Oxf
ord:Bl
ackwel
l
,2007)57-
71.
 2. Samuel Johnson, “
T heNecess
ityofGoodHumour
”,TheRambl er72,November24,1
750inSamuelJohnson:
Selec
tedWr i
ti
ngs.EdPet erMarti
n(Cambri
dge&Mas sachus
et t
s:TheBelknapPr
essofHar
vardUniver
sit
y
Press,2009)97- 1
00
3. HenryF i
el
ding,“Author’
sPref
ace”toJosephAndr
ews( Pengui
n, 1
999)25-31

Uni
tV Romant
ic
ism

1. SeamusPer ry,“Romant i
ci
sm:T heBri
efHi
s t
oryofaConc ept”
,ACompaniontoRomantic
ism,ed.DuncanWu
(Mal
den&Ox ford:Blac
kwell,
1999)3-1
2.
2. M.H.Abr ams :“RomanticAnaloguesofMindandAr t”
,TheMi r
rorandtheLamp:RomanticTheoryandthe
Cri
ti
calTradit
ion( OUP:Oxford,London&NewYor k,
1953)47-56.
3. Col
eridge, “
Chapt erXI
II
–Ont heImaginat
ionortheEsempl ast
icPower”
,Bi
ogr
aphiaLi
terari
a(Pr
inc
etonUP,
1
984)1 1
6-128.

Sec
ondar
yReadi
ngs

 Ger al
dAbr aham, Romant i
cism:1830- 1890( Ox f
ord:Ox f
or dUni
versi
tyPr ess,1
990)
 Davi dGal en,Lit
erarymovement sforst udent s:present i
nganaly
sis,context,andc ri
ti
ci
smonl i
ter
ary
movement s,Volume1( Penns yl
vani aSt ateUni versi
ty,GaleCengage, 2002)
 AnthonyGr afton,GlennWMos tandSal vat oreSet ti
s,TheClassi
calTraditi
on( Harvard:Har
vardUniversi
ty
Pres s,2010)
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stopherGi ll
i
e,Movement
  sinEngl i
shLi t
er at
ure:1900- 1
940(Cambr i
dge:Cambr i
dgeUniv.Press,
1978)
 Mar gar etHealyandT homasHeal y.Renai ssanc eTransformati
ons:TheMaki ngofEngl i
shWrit
ing,1
500-1
650
(Edinbur g:EdinburghUni ver si
tyPr ess ,2009)
 RichardJenky ns,Cl
. assicalEpic(Bristol ClassicalPress,1992)
 HughHonour ,
.Neo-classici
sm (Pengui n, 1968)
 RichardJenky ns,ClassicalLit
eratur e:APel i
c anInt
roduc ti
on(PenguinBooksUK, 2015)
 SiobhanKeenan.Renai ssanc eLiterat ure( Edinburg:EdinburghUnivers i
tyPres s2008)
 Domi niqueSec r
etan.Cl assici
sm (London&NewYor k:Rout l
edge201 7)

*
***

Appr
oac
hest
oLi
ter
atur
e–I

Theobj ect i
veoft hec ourseistofamili
ari
z estudent swi thvar iousappr oachest oli
terature,andt hepar ti
cular
worldviewst hes ear ebas edon.T hes tudent ss houldabl et orelateli
terarytextstot heirli
vesintermsoft heirown
ti
mesandl ocati
on.T henumberofappr oac hess ugges tsthatt hereisnoonepr i
vi
legedwayt ounder standat ext,
and
thatat ex tcany i
eldmul ti
plemeaningsifitisac ces s
edt hroughdi ff
erentwor ldvi
ews .Eac happr oachhasac l
aimtot otal
meani ngt il
li
tiscount eredbyanot herequal l
yc ompel l
ingappr oach.Eac happr oachhasi tsownwel l
-arguedt heor eti
cal
base, as etoft estedt oolsandas ustai
nedmet hodologyt ohel pthes tudentt onavigat ethrought het extwitha
degreeofpr ec i
si
on.T hes eapproachesputt oget hergi ver i
set owhati softenc al
l
edasc r
iti
calpl
urali
sm.
Testi
ng:T hepapers hallc
ons i
stoffi
veques t
ionsof1 6mar kseac h,onef r
omeac hunit.Theques ti
onss hallbe
designedi nsuchawayt hattheyfocusmor eont hecandi dat e’
sunder standingoft hei s
s uesinvolvedinl i
terary
studies,andnotj usthis/hercapabil
i
tyformemor izi
ngi nformat i
on.Also,theres houldbeques t
ionsofapr ac t
icalnature
i
nwhi cht hec andidat ehast oapplyhis/
heranal yti
cals kil
l
st oli
terarytexts.Eachques tions hall
havei nternalchoice,
andi stobeans weredi n500-600wor ds .Thepapers hallcarryat otalof80mar ks.

Uni
tI

1
. M.H.Abr
ams ,
“Ori
ent
ati
onofCri
ti
cal
Theor
ies
”,TheMi
rr
orandt
heLamp:Romant
icTheor
yandt
heCr
it
ic
al
Tr
adi
ti
on,(Ox
fordUP,1
958)
,3-
29.

Uni
tI
I

1
. Wil
fr
edGuer i
netal
,eds.
,“Hi
stor
icalandBiogr
aphi
calApproac
hes(I,
II
A,I
I
B);MoralandPhi
losophi
cal
Approac
hes
(I
,I
I
A,I
IB)
”,AHandbookofCri
ti
calApproachestoLi
ter
ature(Oxf
ord:OUP,2005)5thEd.
2. Hi
ppolyt
eT ai
ne,
“I
ntr
oducti
on”toHistor
yofEngli
shLi
terat
ure,Vol
.I
,(NewYork:Holt&Wil
l
iams:,1
871
)1-
21.
Uni
tI
II

1. Chapt
er5ofWi l
fr
edGuerisHandbook:
n’ T
heFor
mal
is
tAppr
oach(I
,I
I
,I
II
,I
V,VA,VD)
2. Cl
eanthBrooks,
“TheHer
esyofPar
aphras
e”TheWel
, lWr
oughtUr
n(London:DobsonBooks
19602nd
I
mpressi
on)176-
196.

Uni
tI
V

1. Chapt
er6ofWi l
fr
edGuer
i sHandbook:
n’ ThePsychol
ogic
alApproac
h:Freud(I
,I
I
A,II
G)
2. Li
onelT
ril
l
ing,
“Fr
eudandLit
erat
ure”
,TheLiber
alI
maginati
on(NewYork:Viki
ngPress,
1950)34-
57.

Uni
tV

1. Chapter7ofWil
fr
edGuer
i sHandbook:My
n’ thologi
cal
andArchet
ypalApproac
hes(I
,I
I,
II
I
A,II
I
B)
2. Nort
hropFrye,
“TheAr
chety
pesofLi
terat
ure”,TheKenyonRevi
ew,Vol
.13,
No.1(Wi
nter,1
951)
,92-
11
0.

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tedReadi
ngs

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teraryCr it
ic
ism:AReader( Longman, 1
989)
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ci
smandTheor y:AReader( PearsonEduc ati
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oduc toryHistory.(Or i
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ankLent ri
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i tert heNewCr i
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cism (Chicago:Chi cagoUP, 1980)
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terar yTheor y:TheBasi cs(London&NewYor k:Rout l
edge, 2003)
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ont oLiterary&Cul turalTheori
es, 2nded.(Manchest
er:
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erUP, 2004)
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on, 2006)

*
***
Opt
ional
paper
s(choos
eanyt
wo)
:

Cul
tur
alSt
udi
es–I

Cultur easac onc eptisof tenus eds ynonymous l

ywi th‘ci
vili
zation’,‘
rel
igion’oreven‘ i
deology ’
.Theobj ect
iveoft hi
s
foundat i
onalpaperi stoi ntroducetot hes tudent sthec onc eptofc ult
ur eintermsofi tsrel ati
ons hi
pwiththedi s
courses
of‘ civi
li
zati
on’ ,
‘reli
gion’,‘ever y
daylif
e’,‘
science’ and‘ideology ’.Thedis t
incti
onsar esubtle, butnotoppos i
tional n
fundament alway s.Culture, however, t
endst osubs umeal l
ot herdis c
our sesoflife,beitr eli
gious,i
deologi
c alor
civil
i
z ati
onal.Thepapert hr oughar eadingofpr i
mar yes saysands econdar yres ponseswr itt
enovert helas ttwo
cent uri
esbyemi nentc ulturec r
iti
csandt heor i
stsli
keMat thewAr nold,F.R.Leavis ,T.
S.Eli
otandRay mondWi l
l
iamst ends
toc overt heevol uti
onar yt raj
ec t
oryofdebat e.Befor ethedi s courseofc ult
ureopensupt oac cepttheever yday
as pec tsofli
feasi tsmat er i
alpraxi
s,i
tgoest hroughas eriesofi ntell
ectualbout swi t
ht hevot ari
esofreli
gi
on, sci
ence
andi deol ogy.T hepaperc ons i
stsoffi
veuni ts.Theend- s emes terpapers hallcons i
stoffiveques ti
ons,onef romeac h
unitwi thinternal choic
e.T hepaperc arri
esat otalof80mar ks .

Uni
tI Nat
ure-
Nur
tur
eDebat
e

1. JohnLoc AnEssayConc
ke, er
ningHumanUnderst
andi
ng,
BookI(
T.TeggandSon, 1
836)
1-
48.
2. Lei
bni
z,NewEssaysonHumanUnderst
andi
ng,BookI(
Cambri
dgeUP,1996)69-
108.

Uni
tI
I Cul
tur
eandCi
vi
li
zat
ion

1
. JohnSt
orey
,“T
he‘
cul
tur
e’and‘
ci
vi
li
zat
ion’
tradi
ti
on”
,Cul
tur
eTheor
yandPopul
arCul
tur
e18-
28.
 2. Mat
thewAr
nol
d,“
Chapt
er1
”,Cul
tur
eandAnar
chy
,JaneGar
net
t(ed.
),(
Oxf
ordUni
ver
sit
yPr
ess
,2006)32-
53.

Uni
tI
II Cul
tur
eandRel
i
gion

1. T
.S.El
i
ot,
“Rel
igi
onandLi
terat
ure”
,T.S.El
i
ot:Sel
ect
edEssay
s(FaberandFaber,1
932)rpt
.1972,388-
401
.
2. T
.S.El
i
ot,
“The‘T
hree’
SensesofCult
ure”Not
, esTowar
dstheDefi
nit
ionofCul
tur
e,(HMH,2014)
,19-
32.

Uni
tI
V Cul
tur
eandSc
ienc
e

1. C.P.Snow, TwoCul
tures,
StefanColl
i
ni(ed.
),(
Cambri
dgeUni
ver
sit
yPress,201
2).
2. F.R.Leavis
, “
TwoCult
ures?TheSigni
fi
canceofC.
P.Snow”
,TwoCult
ures?TheSigni
f
icanc
eofC.
P.Snow,
(Cambr i
dgeUniver
sit
yPress,201
3)53-76.

Uni
tV Cul
tur
eandEver
ydayLi
f
e

1. RaymondWil
l
iams, “
Cult
ureisOrdi
nary”
,Resour
cesofHope:Cul
tur
e,Democr
acy,Soci
al
ism,
(Ver
so,
1989)
,3-1
8.
2. JohnStor
ey,
“ Cul
tural
i
sm”,Cul
tureTheoryandPopul
arCul
ture,
(Wi
ley
,2003)
,38-
51.

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tedReadi ngs
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c hohn, Cultur e:ACr iti
c alReviewofConc ept sandDef i
nit
ions(Cambridge&
Mas sachus ett s:TheMus eum, 1952) .
 Andr ewMi lner ,Re- i
magi ningCul t
ur al St udi es:ThePr omi seofCul turalMater i
al
ism,(London:SagePubl i
cat
ions,
2002) .
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gion, CultureandSoc i
ety :AGl obal Appr oac h, (
Sage, 2014).
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NewYor k:Rout l
edge, 1
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anLonghur s t,Gr egSmi th, etal .Int roduc i
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ntroduc t
ion, (Wi l
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ons,
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tical Introduc ti
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, 2008) .
 T obyMi ll
er ,ACompani ont oCul tural St udi es, (Wi l
eyBl ackwel l
,2001 )
.

*
***

I
ntr
oduc
ti
ont
oLi
ter
aryGenr
es–I

Des pi
tedisti
nct
ionofidiom,expr
es si
onands t
y l
e,wri
tersovertheyearshaveoper atedt hroughagamutofs ett
led
convent i
ons,modesandgenr es
.T hepaperwill
int
roduces t
udentstos omeofthemaj orgenr esthatgainedclassi
c al
proporti
onsmai nl
yduringtheancientperi
od.Evenast hesegenresac qui
redcanonicalvalueintheanc i
entti
mes ,thei
r
currencyinsubsequenthist
oryhasnotdiminished.Theefforti
stoprovideabr i
efoverviewofeac hs el
ectedgenr ein
termsofi t
shist
ori
calevoluti
onandi t
sbasiccharact
eris
tic
s.Eachuni
tcons i
stsofcri
ti
calessay (
s)andc or
responding
l
i
ter
aryt
ext
(s)s
othatt
hes
tudent
sar
eabl
etor
elat
etheor
ywi
thpr
act
ic
e.

Uni
tI Whati
saGenr
e?

1
. Alas
tai
rFowl
er,“Conc
eptsofGenr
e”,Ki
ndsofLi
ter
atur
e:AnI
ntr
oduc
ti
ont
otheTheor
yofGenr
esandModes
(Oxf
ord:Cl
arendonPres
s,1
982)37-
53.

Uni
tII Epic
1. PeterToohey,“
Epic
:TheGenre,I
tsChar
acter
ist
ic
s”,ReadingEpic
:AnInt
roduc
ti
ont
oAnc
ientNar
rat
ives
(London&NewYor k:Rout
ledge,1
992)1
-1
9.
2. JohnMi l
t Par
on, adi
seLost,BookI(
NewDelhi
:Ox f
ordUnivers
ityPres
s,2005)
.

Uni
tI
IIT
ragedy

1. Ari
stot
le,Chapt
erVI
-XVI,Poet
ic
s, t
rans
.S.H.Butcher(
London:Mac
mil
l
anandCo.,1
895)
.
2. Sophoc l
es,“
TheOedipusRex”,TheThreeThebanPlay
s(Pengui
nCl
assi
cs,
1984)
.

Uni
tI
V Comedy

1. Ari
stotl
e,“T
ractat
usCoisl
ini
anus”AnAr
, i
stotel
i
anTheoryofComedy,tr
ansanded.byLaneCooper(NewYor
k:
Harcourt
,BraceandCompany ,
1
922)224-226.[avail
abl
eonli
neat
htt
ps :
//i
a802609.us
.arc
hive.or
g/27/i
tems /
ari
stot
eli
ant
heo030524mbp/ar
ist
otel
i
ant
heo030524mbp.pdf
]
2. Ari
stophanes,“Fr
ogs”F
,rogsandOt herPlays(Pengui
nClassi
cs,
2007)
.

Uni
tV F able
1. M. O.Grenby,“F
ables”
,Chi
l
dren’sLi
terat
ure(Edi
nburg:EdinburgUni
versi
tyPress,2008)1
0-31.
2. VisnuShar ma,“BookI
V:LossofGains”ThePanc
, hat
antra,tr
ans.Chandr
aRaj an(NewDelhi:Pengui
nBooks ,
1993)351-392.
3. Aes op,“T
heGoodT hi
ngsandtheBadT hings”
,“TheManSel l
ingaHolyStat
ue” ,
“TheEagl
eandt heFox
”,“The
Eagleandt heSc ar
abBeetl
e”,and“TheEagle,t
heJac kdawandt heShepherd”,TheCompleteF abl
es(Pengui
n
Classic
s,1998)1
-5.

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ondar
yReadi
ngs

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neCal l
enKi ng, Anc ientEpi c(Wil
eyBl ackwell,2009) .
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esF oley,ACompani ont oAnc i
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shing, 2006) .
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ord&NewYor k:OUP, 2009) .
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co-phil
osophical Essayont heF ormsofGr eatEpicLiter
ature,
trans .byAnnaBos t
ock( London, TheMI TPress,1971).
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ffor dLeec h,Tragedy( London&NewYor k:Rout l
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entF able:AnI ntroduc ti
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ndi anapol i
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typr ess,2002) .
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edge, 2014).
 *
***

Br
it
ishLi
ter
atur
e–I

Theobj ec t
iveoft hepaperi stopr ovideanover viewoft hel i
teratureoft heEngl ishRenai ssanc e,Ref or mationand
Restor ationtimes .T heRenai ssanc e,fourt
eent htos i
xteent hc entury,wasavi brantper i
odofEur opeanhi story,which
begani nItal
yandmar kedar evivalofc l
as si
callear ningandwass eenasapol iti
cal
,s ci
entifi
c,s oc i
al,economi c,
phil
os ophi c
al,intell
ec tualandc ultural‘rebir
th’af tert heMi ddl eAges . Humani sm( studiahumani tat i
s)shapedt he
sci
enc es ,li
ter
at ure,r eli
gi
on,ar t,politi
csandc ul
tureoft heper iod.T hec our s
ewi l
lconc entrateonEngl i
shRenai ssance
1500-1660dur i
ngwhi cht hes tudent swi l
lbei ntroduc edt ot hes piri
tofopt i
mism,unl i
mitedpot ent i
al,s t
oicEngl i
sh
charac terandunder lyingc omplexiti
esofanaget hatpr oduc eds omeoft hegr eates twor ksofli
ter aturet hewor l
dhas
known.T hegoalwi llbet otracet hekeypol i
t i
cal
,culturalandar t
isti
ct r
ans f
ormat ionswhi l
epay ingc l
os eat tenti
ont o
conti
nui ti
eswi thmedi eval tr
aditi
on.Att heendoft hec our set hes tudent swil
l notonl ybewel lver sedwi ththei conic
writ
er sandr epres ent ati
vet ex t
soft het imebutwi llal sobec ri
ticall
yawar eoft hei mpor t
anti ntellectuals hif
tthat
occurredi nthehumant houghtdur i
ngt heRenai s sanc e.Renai ss anceover lapswi thmos tofRef ormat i
onoft he
Wes ternChur ch.Pr ot estantRef ormat i
onwast hef oundat i
onofPr ot estanti
smwhi chc ontrarytot hec ommonpr acti
ce
ofthet imeemphas i
z eds alvati
ont hroughi ndividualf aith.Thepaperal sof ocusesont hepol i
ti
cal,s ocialandc ul
tural
i
mpac toft heRef or mat i
oni nEngl andandt hel i
teratureoft het imei naddi t
iont oc overi
ngt heEngl i
shRes torati
on
Peri
od( 1660-1700) .T heobj ecti
veagai nistof amil
iari
zet hes tudent swi tht hemaj ort rends ,i
deas, genr es ,poeticforms
andpr os eoft hes eper i
ods .Thes tudentsatt heendoft hec oursewoul dhaveex ploredaver yt urbul entc hapterin
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shhi stor
y .

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tI

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on,2012)42-
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tI
I

1
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tI
II

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Uni
tI
V

1
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y,201
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Uni
tV

1
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y Absal
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hit
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ti
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brar
y,201
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Br
it
ishLi
ter
atur
e–I
I

Theendoft heei ghteent hc entur yandear l

yninet eenthc enturys awamoment ouss hi
ftinphi l
osophical,arti
sti
cand
l
iter
ar ymovementi nEur ope-Romant i
cism.Itflour i
shedunt i
lthemi d-
nineteent hc entury.Romant i
cismc elebrated
i
magi nat i
onandi nt uit
ioni nt heendur ings earchf orindi vi
dualr ightsandl iberty.Itmar ksas hiftfr
om obj ecti
vismt o
subjec t
ivis
m,f r
om r eas ont opowerofi magi nati
onandemot i
ver espons e.T heobj ecti
veoft hepaperi st ointroduce
student stot hes et enet sofRomant i
cismingener alandt oEngl i
shRomant ici
smi npar ti
cular.Dur ingthec our s
et heywil
l
bei ntroduc edt omaj orEngl is
hpoet sandpr osewr i
tersoft heper i
od.T hrought her eading,t hes tudentswi llbe
f
ami l
iari
z edwi t
htheEngl i
shRomant i
ci maginat i
on,itss tres sonNat ur e,poeticins pi
rati
on,f r
eedom,i ndi vi
duali
sm and
spont aneity;andt her olelanguagepl ay sinit.Got hicfi
ctionisal soex plor
edi nthepaper .Att heendoft hecours ethe
student swi l
lbef amili
arwi t hmaj ort hemes ,ideasandc onc eptsofRomant i
cism andEngl ishLi terature.Theywi l
lbe
cognizantoft hehi storical
,c ul
tural,pol i
ti
calandaes thet i
cmi l
ieuoft hetime.St udent swi l
ls tudyRomant i
ci
s m asa
reacti
onagai nstthephi l
os ophicalrationali
sm andneoc lass i
ci
sm oft heEnl i
ghtenment .Att heendoft hec ourse,they
wouldhavei n-dept hknowl edgeofamovementt hatnotonl ycapt uredt hei magi nati
onofpeopl ewitht hei
rideasof
l
ibertyandf reedombutal s
of uell
edt heavant -gardemovement swel lintothet went i
ethc entury .

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tI

1
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tI
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1
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dswor
t Pr
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tI
II

1. Wil
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tI
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tV

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***

LanguageandLi
ngui
sti
cs–I
Thec ours
eai mstointr
oducestudyoflanguage,itsor i
gin,nature,st
ructur
eandfunc
tioninhumans oci
ety
.T hi
s
i
nvolvest hedevelopmentofanawar enessofphi l
os ophic
al,his
toric
al,c
omparat
ive,
s tr
uctur
al,s
oc i
alandps yc
hologi
cal
perspecti
vesonl anguageasitevol
vesasas ystemr el
atedt othehumanneedf orcommuni cati
onaswel lasit
s
cogniti
veas pect
sandi t
ssoci
alfunc
ti
ons .Thecours eisaimedatt r
acingthemai
ndirecti
onsthatthes t
udyoflanguage
hastakent hroughthereadi
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hef ieldofli
nguistic
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tI
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tV I
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cs:T yofSphot
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tor
s,Li
ngui
sti
cs:AnI
ntr
oduc
ti
on(
Ori
entBl
ackSwan.201
5)

 Sy
al ndalAnI
andJi ntr
oduc
ti
ont
oLi
ngui
sti
cs(
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ic
eHal
lofI
ndi
a,201
6)

 Bi
malKri
shnaMati
lal
,TheWor
dandt
heWor
ld:I
ndi
a'
sCont
ri
but
iont
otheSt
udyofLanguage(
Oxf
ord
Uni
vers
ityPr
ess
,1990).

 Nar
ayanRJoshi
,“
SphotaDoct
ri
nei
nSanskri
tSemanti
csDemysti
fi
ed”
,Annal
sofBhandar
karOr
ient
alResear
ch
I
nst
it
ute,
ed.MGDeshpande&GUThit
e,Vol
.LXXXVI
I
,2007,1
83-
197.

 Har
oldGCoward,
“PartT
wo:T heSphotaTheoryofLanguageasRevel
ati
on”
,Sphot
aTheor
yofLanguage:A
Phi
l
osophi
cal
Anal
ysi
s(Moti
l
alBanar
sidas
s,1997)69-
137

*
***
*
Ac
ademi
cWrit
ing–I

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onsofac ademi cwr i
ti
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ss ot hattheyc anbui ldupont hebullet-
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it
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1
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2. F
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Uni
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I LanguageandSt
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1
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2. St
ruc
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3. Convent
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4. Way
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indi
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5. Deal
i
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ds(
Academi
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Uni
tI
II Summar
izi
ngandPar
aphr
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ng

1
. Ski
mmi
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ext

2. Sc
anni
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ors
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6. Ref
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Uni
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V Di
scour
seLevel
-Coher
enc
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ion

1
. I
ntr
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ti
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if
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ngef
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3. Mi
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ures

4. Ex
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isest
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low,
Sequenc
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c.

Uni
tV Wr
it
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iel
dRepor
tsandT
ermPaper
s

1
. F
unc
ti
on

2. Pl
anni
ng:maki
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ndMap

3. Devel
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4. I
ntegr
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6. Abs
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Sugges
tedReadi
ngs
:

Not
e:T
hebooksbySt
ell
aCot
trel
landRenuGupt
acanbeus
edast
ext
booksi
nthec
las
sroom.
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trel
l
,St
ela2003.T
l heSt
udySki
l
lsHandbook.Chi
na:Pal
graveMac
mil
l
an

 Mur
phy
,Ray 992.El
mond.1 ement
aryEngl
i
shGr
ammar(
2ndedi
ti
on)
.Cambr
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ver
sit
yPr
ess
.

 Mur
phy
,Ray 994.I
mond.1 nter
medi
ateEngl
i
shGr
ammar(
2ndedi
ti
on)
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ver
sit
yPr
ess
.

 Hewi
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,Mar
ti 999.Advanc
n.1 edEngl
i
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.Cambr
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ver
sit
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 Gupt
a, 0.ACour
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nAc
ademi
cWr
it
ing.Or
ientBl
acks
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NewDel
hi
.

 McCart
hy,Mic
haelandFel
i
ci
tyO'Del
l.2009.Ac
ademi
cVocabul
aryi
nUse:50Uni
tsofAcademi
cVoc
abul
ary
Ref
erenceandPract
ic
e;Sel
f-
studyandClassr
oomUse.Cambri
dgeUni
versi
tyPr
ess.

 Hos
hima,
Ali
c Ann.20073rdEd.I
eandHogue, ntr
oduc
ti
ont
oAc
ademi
cWr
it
ing.Pear
sonLongman:NewYor
k.

 Hay
ot,
Eri
c 4.T
.201 heEl
ement
sofAc
ademi
cSt
yl
e:Wr
it
ingf
ort
heHumani
ti
es.Col
umbi
aUni
v.Pr
ess
:NewYor
k.

 Mur
ray
,Rowena&Moor
e,Sar
ah.2006.
TheHandbookofAc
ademi
cWr
it
ing.OpenUni
ver
sit
yPr
ess
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GrawHi
l
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 Zemac
h,EDor
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sek,
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aA.2006Ac
ademi
cWr
it
ing:F
romPar
agr
apht
oEs
say
.Mac
mil
l
an.

Semes
terI
I

Compul
sor
yPaper
s:

Li
ter
aryMovement
s–I
I

Manydi s ti
nctli
terar ymovement smar kthej ourneyofwr it
ingf r
omanc i
entt imest ot hever yc ontempor ar y.Thepaper
i
dent i
fiess omeoft hemaj orli
t erarymovement st hatformt hees senti
alframeofr eferenceforac ri
ticalengagement
withthevas tcor pusofl it
er ature.Movement ss uc hasc l
ass i
ci
sm, romant i
c i
s morr eali
smc ons ti
tutet hepr i
merofc rit
ic
al
vocabul ar yandt herefor eabas i
cunder standingoft hesemovement sisnec es saryf oranuanc edunder s tandingof
varieti
esofl i
ter aryarticul
at i
on.Eac hmovementhasi tsowns pec i
fi
cs etofaes thet i
c,cul
turalandet hicalval uesand
preferenc es .Thewr i
ter sandwr i
ti
ngst hatfallwithinamovement ,despitet heirhet erogeneityandpar ti
cul ari
ti
es, do
conver gei nt ermsoff os teri
ngani dent i
f
iableli
ter arytasteandt rend.T hought hes emovement sdooc c uri n
l
iter
at uresoft hewor l
d, andac ros slanguages ,y etthefocusoft hiscoursei spr i
mar i
l
yonEur opeanl i
terat ure,with
spec i
al accentont heBr it
ish.T hec oursei sdividedi ntofi
veuni ts.Eac huni tcons istsofgener al
introduc tor yes say son
thes pec if
icmovementands omepr i
mar yt extst hatbelongt ot hemovement .T heemphas i
soft hepaperi sont he
hist
or i
cal andc oncept ual under standingofvar i
ousl it
erarymovement s.Thes t udent sar eex pectedt os tudyt he
pres c
ribedt extsc l
os ely.Thes tudent sar ealsoex pectedt os t
udybooksandar t i
cl
esment i
onedi nt hes ugges t
ed
readingst oenhanc etheirunder standi ngoft hepr i
mar ytex t
s,butt herewi llbenoques ti
onont hes ugges ted
readings .Thepapers hallcons is
toff ivec ompul s oryquestions–oneeac hf romauni t
.Eachques ti
ons hal lhowever
havei nt ernalc hoice.Thepapers hallcarryat ot alof80mar ks.

Uni
tI Real
i
sm

1. I
anWatt
,“Reali
smandtheNovel
Form”TheRi
, seoftheNovel
,(Uni
ver
sit
yofCali
for
niaPr
ess,
2001
)11
-36.
2. Geor
geEli
ot,Chapt
er1
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ume3,
(Wi
ll
i
amBlackwoodandSons,1859)223-
244.

Uni
tI
I Moder
nis
m

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olmBradburyandJamesMc Far
lane“I
ntr
oduc
ti
on”toModerni
sm:AGuidet
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ter
atur
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976),1
-35.
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e”,
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on.or
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cl
es/
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few-
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-an-
i
magis
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tI
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stor
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er at ure–I I

Theobj ect i
veoft hec ourseist ofamil
iari
zes tudent swithvariousappr oachest olit
er at ur
e,andt hepar ti
cular
worldviewst hesear ebas edon.T hes tudentss houldabl etorelatel i
terarytextst ot heirl
ivesi ntermsoft heirown
ti
mesandl ocati
on.T henumberofappr oac hess ugges tthattherei snoonepr i
vil
egedwayt ounder standat ext
, and
thatat ex tcany i
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plemeani ngsifitisacces sedthroughdi fferentwor l
dviews .Eac happr oac hhasac l
aimtot otal
meaningt il
li
tiscount eredbyanot herequal l
ycompel l
ingappr oac h.Eac happr oachhasi t
sownwel l
-arguedt heor eti
cal
base, as etoft estedt ool
sandas ustai
nedmet hodol ogyt ohelpt hes tudentt onavi gat ethr ought het extwi t
ha
degreeofpr eci
sion.Theseappr oachesputt oget hergiver i
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ledasc r
iti
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sm.T hepaper
shallc
ons istoff i
veques t
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onss hal lbedes i
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theyfoc usmor eont hec andidate’sunder standingoft heissuesi nvolvedi nlit
erarys tudies ,andnotj us thi
s /her
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tyf ormemor i
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onsofapr acti
calnat ur
ei nwhi chthec andidat ehas
toapplyhi s /
heranal yti
calskil
lstoli
terarytexts.Eac hques t
ions hallhavei nternalchoic e,andi stobeans weredi n500-
600wor ds .Thepapers hallcarr
yat otalof80mar ks .

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tI

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Uni
tI
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2. Charl
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*
***

Opt
ional
Paper
s(Semes
terI
I
)

Cul
tur
alSt
udi
es–I
I

Therearec ultureswi thi

nc ultur
e.Theobj ec
tiveoft hepaperistoex plor et hesevar i
ouslayersofc ulturest hatbegi nto
emergeduet ointerventionofnewt echnologi esinthel i
vesofpeople.F romac anonicalunderstandi ngofc ul
ture,the
papermovesont ounf ol
dt hearri
val ofpopul arc ul
ture,andwit
hinitvar i
ousot hers ubcult
urest hatpl ayfull
ysubver t
thedomi nanc eoft hec l
ass i
c al
cul
ture.T hepaperal sopr ovi
desac ri
ti
c alper specti
veonot hers hadesofc ul
tures uch
as‘massc ulture’or‘celebritycul
ture’thatint henameofent er
tai
nment ,pleasur
eorl eisureoftens tupef ymas s esinto
amodeofunc r
it
ic
al consumer i
sm.T hepaperi ntroduc esthest
udent st os omeoft hekeyt heor i
stsoft hepr oj
ec tof
Cult
uralSt udiess uc hasSt uartHal
l,JohnF iske, Ador noandHaber mas .Theuni tscontaines saysbot hoft heoret i
cal
andil
lus
tr ativenat ur e.

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tI Popul
arCul
tur
e

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tHall
,“
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ingt
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e’
sHi
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i
stTheor
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Samuel
(Rout
ledgeRevi
val
:1981
)227-
241.
2. JohnF i
ske“
Medonna”,Readi
ngthePopul
ar(
London&NewYor k:Routl
edge,1
989)95-1
14.
Uni
tI
I Subc
ult
ure

 Di
ckHebdige,“
TheF unc
t i
onofSubcul
tur
e”TheCul
, tural
Studi
esReader,ed.Si
monDur ing(London&NewYork:
Routl
edge,1
993)2ndEdi
tion1
999,441-
450.
 PaulWil
l
is
,“T
heMot orBikeandMotorBikeCul
ture”
,PopularCul
tur
e:PastandPresent,AReader,edi
tedby
Bernar
dWaites,TonyBennettandGrahamMar t
in(London&NewYor k:Routl
edge,1982)284-293.

Uni
tI
II Publ
i
cSpher
e

1. Al
anMcKee,“
Int
roduct
i oT
on”t hePubl
icSpher
e:AnI
ntr
oduct
ion(Cambri
dgeUnivers
ityPress,2005)4-
14.
2.JürgenHabermas,“
FromCultureDebati
ngtoCul
tur
eConsumingSoci
ety”
,TowardsTransfor
mat i
onofPubli
c
Spher
e,(
JohnWi
l
eyandSons
,201
5)1
59-
174.

Uni
tI
V Mas
sCul
tur
e

1. Al
anSwingewood,“
TheTheor
yofMassSociet
y”,TheMythofMassCul
ture(London:Macmil
l
an,1977)1
-23.
2. TheodorWAdorno,
“Fr
eeTime”TheCul
, tur
eIndustry(
London&NewYor k:Rout
ledge,1
991ed.)1
87-1
97.

Uni
tV Cel
ebr
it
yCul
tur
e

1. MichaelRyan,“
Audience,Perf
ormanceandCelebri
ty”
, Cult
ural
Studi
es:APrac
ti
calI
ntroduct
ion(Wil
eyBl
ackwel
l
,
2010)150-1
60.
2. El
li
sCas hmore,“Cul
ti
vati
ng/Tastes:Whatpartsdi
dt hemedi aandconsumersoc
ietyplayi
nt ur
ningusi
nto
cel
ebrity
-doter
s?”Celebr
ity
/Cultur
e(Rout
ledge,2006) ,
1-1
6.

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tedReadi
ngs

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ex anderDhoes t,
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***
 I
ntr
oduc
ti
ont
oLi
ter
aryGenr
es–I
I

Des pit
edi sti
nct
ionofidiom, expressi
onands tyl
e, wri
tersoverthey earshaveoper atedt hroughagamutofs et
tl
ed
convent ions,modesandgenr es.Thepaperwi ll
introduces t
udentst osomeoft hemaj orgenr esthatemer gedand
ossifi
eddur ingandaf ter18thc
ent ur
yinEur opeandel sewhere.Evenast hesegenr esalmos toverwhelmedt hel
it
erar
y
spac e,pos i
ngac hal
lenget otheent renchedc l
as si
calmodes ,t
heirpresenceinc ur
rentli
teraryhi
s t
oryisnoless
i
mpor t
ant .Theeff
ortistopr ovideabr iefoverviewofeac hsel
ectedgenr eintermsofi t
shi st
ori
calevolut
ionandit
s
bas i
cc haracter
ist
ic
s.Eac hunitcons i
stsofc r
it
ic
al essay(s)andcorrespondingli
terarytext(
s)s othatthestudent
sare
ablet orelatetheorywi t
hpr acti
ce.
UnitI Moc kEpic

1. Ri
tc
hieRoberts
on,“El
ement
sofMoc
k-Epi
c”Moc
, k-
Epi
cPoet
ry:F
romPopet
oHeine (
Oxf
ord:OUP,2009)35-
70.
2. Al
exanderPope,“
TheRapeoft
heLock”TheRapeoft
, heLockandOt
herMaj
orWri
ti
ngs(Pengui
nClassi
cs,
201
1)
.

Uni
tI
I Novel

s
t
1. Geor
geLukacsTheTheor
, yofNovel
(Cambri
dgeandMas s
achus
ett
s:MI
TPr
ess
,1971
,1 Edi
ti
on)56-
84.
2. Dani
elDef Robi
oe, nsonCr
usoe(
Pengui
nClas
sic
s,2003)
.

Uni
tI
II Es
say

1. GDoughlasAtki
ns ,“I
n-Betweeness:TheBur denofEs say”
, Tr
aci
ngtheEssay
:FromExperi
encetoTruth(At
hens
&London:TheUni versit
yofGeor gi
aPr ess ,
2005)1 45-1
62.
2. Johns
on, Samuel.“TheRambl er 
No.184.”1751 .
 Quoti
di
ana. Ed.Patr
ic
kMadden.12Mar2007.05Jul 201
8
<ht
tp:
//essays
.quot i
di
ana. or
g/j
ohns on/rambl er_no_1
84/>
3. Addi
son,Joseph.“Ont hees sayform.”1711.
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di
ana. 
Ed.Patri
ckMadden.18Jan2007.05Jul2018
<ht
tp:
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.quot i
di
ana. or
g/addison/es say_form/>
4. Lamb,Charl
es.“Thegent eelstyl
einwr i
ti
ng. ”1833.Quot
  i
diana. 
Ed.Patr
ic
kMadden.25Feb2007.05Jul 2018
<ht
tp:
//essays
.quot i
di
ana. or
g/l
amb/ gent eel_styl
e_i
n_wri
ting/

Uni
tI
V Got
hic

1. Davi
dPunt
erandGlenni
sByron,“Gothi
cintheEi
ghteent
hCentury”
,TheGot
hic(
Blac
kwel
lPubl
i
shi
ng,
2004)7-
1
2.
2. MaryWol
l
stonec
raf
tShel
ley
,Frankenstei
n(Pengui
nClassi
cs,
1985)
.

Uni
tV T
ragi
comedy

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r,“
Moderni
smandTragi
comedy”
,Tr
agicomedyandContempor
aryCul
tur
e(London:Mac
mil
l
an,
1991
)1-
10.
 Samuel
Becket
t,Wai
ti
ngf
orGodot(NewYork:GrovePr
ess,
1954).

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cLiterat
ure(Edinbur gh:Edinbur gUni
versit
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,Poet r
yandPossi bi
li
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,“TheEs s
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ogicImagi
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on:F ourEssay s(Texas:Universi
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rankHumphr
eyRi
sti Engl
ne, i
shTr
agi
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:It
sOr
igi
nandHi
stor
y(T
heCol
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aUni
ver
sit
yPr
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***
*
Br
it
ishLi
ter
atur
e–I
I
I

TheVi ctorianPer i
od( 1
832-1901)coversthelongands uccessfulr eignofQueenVi c
tor i
a.Itwasaper i
odofc olonial
expans i
on,s tr
engt heni
ngoft heBr i
ti
shEmpi r
e,indus t
rialrevol ut
ion,ands c i
entif
icandt echnologicalprogress.T he
objecti
veoft hepaperi st oex pl
orethemajorwr i
tersandt ext
soft het i
meandf ocusont heideological,
poli
tical
,social
andc ulturalimpac tonVi ctori
anc ul
tureasac ons equenc eofi ndus trial
i
zati
on,ur banizati
on,c l
assc onfl
ict
,Dar wi
nand
rel
i
giousc ris
is,issueofgender ,empireandi mper i
alex pans i
onandmuc hmor e.T hepaperwi llalsoanal yzet he
Vic
torianGot hicnovelandi tsimpactandc onti
nuedpopul ari
ty.St udent swillexploret hec r
eationof‘ other’inGot hic
wri
tingandt hemons tr
os i
tyas soci
atedwit
hi t
.T hepaperwi l
lf urther morefamili
arizet hes t
udent swi t
ht hegenr eof
sci
enc ef i
cti
on.Att heendoft hecoursethes t
udent swillbec onver santwiththemaj orwr i
ters,representativewor ks
andwi ll
beabl et oengagec ri
tic
all
yont hei
ssuesr egardingempi re, race,c
lass,gender ,i
mpac tofscience,‘t
hewoman
ques t
ion’andot hers i
gnif
i
cantevent softheperiod.

Uni
tI
1. Rober tBrowning,
“Grammar i
an’sFuneral”&“TheLas tRideT ogether
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hePoemsofRobertBr
owni
ng
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h,1994).
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edLor dTennyson,“DefenseofLucknow”,
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TheHi
gherPant heism”
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abl
eonli
ne<www. bar
tleby.
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oundat i
on.
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he-
higher-pantheism>]
3. Chr i
sti
naRossetti
,“Bet
terResurrect
ion”&“AmorMundi”Compl
, etePoems(Pengui
n,2001
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Uni
tI
I

1
. Char
lesDi
ckens
,Har
dTi
mes(
Pengui
nCl
ass
ics
,2003)
.

Uni
tI
II

1. MathewAr nold,‘
Barbar
ians
,Phil
is
tinesandPopul
ace’(
Chapt
er3)Cul
, t
ureandAnarchy(Ox
fordUPWor l
d’
s
Cl
assi
cs,2009) .
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sLast”,Unt
ot hi
sLastandOtherWri
ti
ngsofJohnRuski
n,ed.Cl
iveWil
mer(Pengui
n
Books,
1985)155-228.
Uni
tI
V

1
. HGWel
l
s,TheTi
meMac
hine(
NewYor
k:Si
gnetCl
ass
ics
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Uni
tV

1
. Br
amSt
oker
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acul
a(Wor
dswor
thCl
ass
ics
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ondar
yReadi
ngs
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anDr ama( Cambr idgeUP, 1991 )
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or i
anNovel (Cambr i
dgeUP, 2012)
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torian Soc i
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c t
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iz ati
onandt heGr eatExhi
biti
on:T heVictori
anNewWor l
dOr der(Palgr
aveMac mil
l
an,2009).
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, TheVi ctori
anNovel (Chel
seaHous e,2004) .
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i
pDavi s,WhyVi c t
orianLiteratureSt i
ll
Mat t
ers( Bl
ackwell,2008).
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anLi teratureandt heVi ct
orianSt ate:Char act
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al
 Soci
ety(
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Gandhi
,Unt
othi
sLast:AParaphr
ase(
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i
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i
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e,Ahmedabad)

*
***

Br
it
ishLi
ter
atur
e–I
V

Aner aofconf l
ic
tandunc ertai
nty,thet wenti
et hcent urymar kedabr eakf r
om t hethepr ecedi ngVi c
tor
ianper i
od.T he
old wasr ejected,‘ Make i tNew’announc ed Ez ra Pound and ‘ new i ti ndeed was ’.Itwasan age ofl i
terary
experimentati
on,whi chbr okeawayf rom establ i
shedr ules,t radit
ionsandc onvent i
ons .Thef oc uswast os ear c
hf or
newway sofl ooki
ngatman,uni verse,andman’ srol eini t
.Aper i
odofs hif
ti
ngper s pec t
ives ,classst
r uggl
e,gender
equali
ty,devas tat
ingwar s,andc oll
aps eoft raditi
onalnot ionsofc ult
ureandaes t
het i
cs .Moder ni
stavant -gardes
chall
engedandof tens hoc kedt hepeopl ewi tht heirideas ,s ty
lesandt echniques.T heobj ec t
iveoft hepaperi st o
studyandunder standt heway si nwhi chpoli
tical
,his tori
c al
,ec onomi c,s c
ientifi
c,i
ntell
ectual,envi ronment al
,socialand
cult
uraleventshaves hapedt hear tandl i
teratur eoft het i
me.T hes t
udent swi l
lbei ntroduc edt ot heinnovat i
ve
l
it
erarytechniques,intel
lectual
trendsandc hangei nt hemesoft hist urbulentper i
od.Att heendoft hecour setheywi l
l
bef amil
i
arwi thther epresentati
vet ex t
s,l
it
er aryt ermi nology ,andt hes ocio-poli
ti
calandc ulturaleventst hats haped
twentiet
hcent uryl
iterat
ure.

Uni
tI

1. T.S.Eli
ot,“TheBur i
aloft heDead”Cant oI,TheWast eLand;“ LoveSongofAl fr
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roc ,T
k” he
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on,2004).
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”&“Sail
ingtoByzant
ium”Yeats:Poetr
yandPr ose
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ic
al Edit
ions,2001).
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dofAc hi
l
les”,“
September1 ,1939”&“Mus éedesBeauxArts”
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ected
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national,
1991
).
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Mos qui
toes”&“ Snakes”
,Compl etePoemsofD. H.Lawr
ence(London:Wordsworth,1
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Uni
tI
I

1
. Samuel
Bec
ket
t,Wai
ti
ngf
orGodot(
Pear
son,
201
2).

Uni
tI
II

2. JamesJoy
c Por
e, trai
tofAnAr
ti
stasaYoungMan(
Vint
ageCl
ass
ics
,201
2).

Uni
tI
V

 Al
dousHux
ley
,Br
aveNewWor
ld(
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ageCl
ass
ics
,2004)
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Uni
tV

1. GeorgeOr wel
l,“
Not
esonNati
onal
i
sm”,“
ThePr
event
ionofLit
erat
ure”&“Ref
lec
ti
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”Geor
, geOr
wel
l
:
Essays(Pengui
nUK,2000)
,al
soavai
l
abl
eatwww.or
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foundati
on.
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aWool f
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ngs

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anEduc
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caBer man,Moder ni
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stenti
alandI tsExit
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olmBr adbury
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nPuchner,StageF ri
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*
***

LanguageandLi
ngui
sti
cs–I
I

Theaimofthispaperistodevel
opanunder st
andingofhowl anguagec anbedes cri
bedatthelevel
sofphonol
ogy,
synt
ax,semanti
csandpr agmati
cs.TheEngli
shlanguageistobes tudi
edasar eferencepoi
nt,whil
ecompari
sonand
consi
derati
onofstr
ucturesinot
herl
anguageswi ll
als
ober el
evant.Animportantobjecti
veist
hedevelopmentofa
pract
ic
alandanalyt
ic
al appr
oachtothestudyoflanguages,whil
eextendingt
hes copeofli
ngui
stic
stocommunicat
ion
betweenlanguages,asintheact
ivi
tyoft
ransl
ation.

Uni
tI Phonet
ic
sandPhonol
ogy

 Fr
omkin,Rodman&Hy ames
,“Phonet
ic
s:T
heSoundofLanguage”
,AnI
ntr
oduc
ti
ont
oLanguage(
Wads
wor
th
201
0,9thed.
)189-
215.

 F
romki
n,Rodman&Hy ames,“
Phonology
:TheSoundPat
ter
nsofLanguage”
,AnI
ntr
oduc
ti
ont
oLanguage
t
h
(
Wadsworth201
0,9 ed.)224-263.

Uni
tI
I Mor
phol
ogyandGr
ammar

 Adr
ainAkmaj
i
anetal
,“Morphology”(
Chapt
er2)
,Li
ngui
sti
cs–AnI
ntr
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ti
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tI
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tI
V

1. MichelFouc
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tV

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bleDefi
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*
***

Pos
tcol
oni
alLi
ter
atur
es–I

Thisintroduc toryc our sewi l

lex ami nes omekeyc onc ept sanddebat esinpos tc
olonialwr it
ing, theor yandc ri
ti
cism.I t
beginswi t
ht heBr i
tishRaj andi tsac company i
ngl i
terat ure,leadingt oanunder st
andi ngofs omec oncept ual c
at egor i
es
ofpos t
colonial s
t udies —i
tsas sumpt i
ons ,
cont ex t
s,pitfall
s.InUni tsIandI I
,thec ours ewi l
lex ploret heor i
ginsand
meani ngoft hehi storyofc oloniali
s mandpos tcol
oni al
ismt ounder st
andt heef fectofi mper i
alismont hec olonized
wor l
d.InUni tsIII
,I
VandV, f
oc uswi l
lshi f
ttos elf-
repr esent ationandr esist
anc e,topos tcolonial activi
smandt ot heor i
es
oflanguageandnat ionalis
mi nt hef or merlycolonizeds oc i
et i
es.T heemphas i
sinthiss emes terwi llbeont extsr ather
thans i
mplyont heor ies.Liter arytex tswi l
lbepr i
mar yt ot hedi scus s
ionss ot hatalltheor etical i
ns i
ghtswillbes eenas
emer gingf romt hes es i
gnifi
c antt ex t
s .Wes halltr
yandpl acet heor yandt ex tsinadi alogues ot hattheor ywi l
lac tasan
accompany ingmet hodf orunder standi ngthewr it
ingoft het exts.Eac hunithasal istofr efer enc ebookss tudent sare
advis edt oc onsul t
.
Thec our sehasf i
veuni ts.Eac huni tiss odes ignedt hati tc ontainsonec ri
ti
cal i
ntroduc toryes sayont hehi storyor
poli
ti
c sofc olonialism/ postcolonialismal ongwi thac orres pondingnovel ,pl
ayorpr os ees say.T hepaperwi ll
havef ive
compul s or
yques t i
ons–onef r
omeac huni t,andeac hques ti
ons hallhavei nternal c
hoi ce.Itisr ecommended( though
notnec essar y)thatques ti
onsbebas edont hei ntegr ationbet weent heor yandt hec orres pondi ngt extineac huni ti
n
ordert oenc ouraget heor y-bas edpr epar ati
onoft het ex t.Thepaperc ar
ri
es80mar ks.
Uni
tI T
heBr
it
ishRaj

1. EdwardSai
d,I
ntr
oduct
i oOr
ont i
ental
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sm.London:Rout
ledge,1
978:1-
28.
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l
iamShakes
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rankKermode( Ar
den).LondonandNewYor
k:Met
huen,
1984.

Uni
tI
I LanguageandDi
scour
se

1. Al
ast
airPennycook,
“Engl
i
shandt heCult
uralCons t
ruc
tsofColoni
al
ism.”Engl
i
shandt
heDi
scour
sesof
Col
oni
ali
sm.LondonandNewYor k:Rout
ledge,1998:1
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2. Dani
elDef Robi
oe, nsonCrusoe.Harmondsworth:PenguinCl
assi
cs,2003.

Uni
tI
II Res
ist
anc
e:Li
ngui
sti
c,Cul
tur
al,
Ideol
ogi
cal

1. Fr
antzFanon,
“ThePit
fal
l
sofNati
onalConsc
ious
ness.T
” heWret
chedoft
heEar
th.Har
monds
wor
th:
Pengui
n,1
967:11
9-65.
2. Chi
nuaAchebe:Thi
ngsFall
Apar
t.Oxf
ord:Hei
nemann,1
958.

Uni
tI
V NewNat
ionsandNat
ional
i
sms

1. Gandhi
,M.K.Hi
ndSwar aj[
Indi
anHomeRul e](1
908;1968)
,i
nNar
ayan,
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),TheSel
ect
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ksof
MahatmaGandhi
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aRao:Kant
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tV Rewr
it
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ng( Theor y)–I

Thecours
ei nt
endst oex pl
oret heemer gi
ngrel
ations
hipbetweenNewMedi aandwr i
ti
ng.Newmedi aisanumbr ell
a
t
erm used forvar i
ouski ndsofel ectr
oniccommunicationsthatarec oncei
vabl
e due toinnovati
oninc omputer
t
echnol
ogy .The‘ ol
d’medi alargel
yc onsi
sted ofnewspaper s,magazi
nes,books,tel
evis
ionand others uc
hnon-
i
nter
acti
vemedi a;thenewmedi ai
ncl
udeswebs it
es,onl
inevideo/audi
os t
reams,email
,onl
i
nes oci
alpl
atf
orms,onl
ine
c
ommuni t
ies,onli
nef or
ums ,blogs,webadver tis
ements ,onl
ine-
educat
ionandmuc hmor e.T hestudentswil
lgain
perspec ti
veont hec ult
uralusesandpr acti
cesofwrit
ingsincethedevelopmentoflit
eracy2700y earsagot hr ougha
readinganddi scussi
onofc onceptualessaysandnewmedi atext
s.I
nthec our
set heemphas i
sist hehistory,theory
andpol it
icsofnewmedi a.Thecourseisdivi
dedintofi
veuni t
s.Eachuni
tconsi
stsofgener ali
ntr
oduc toryessay sont he
hist
oricalandc onceptualunderst
andingofvar i
ousas pec
tsofnewmedi awr i
ti
ng.Thes tudentsareex pectedt os tudy
thepr escri
bedt extscl
os el
y.Thestudentsarealsoex pec
tedt ostudybooksandar ti
cl
esment ionedi nthes ugges ted
readingst oenhanc et hei
runder st
andingoft hepr i
maryt exts
,buttherewi l
lbenoques ti
onont hes ugges ted
readings .Thepapers hall
consis
toff i
vec ompulsor
yques ti
ons–oneeac hfr
om auni t
.Eac hques ti
ons hallhowever
havei nternalc
hoi c
e.Thepapers hallc
arryat ot
alof80mar ks.

Uni
t–I

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ect
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1. LevManovic
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Whatisnewmedi
a”TheLanguageofNewMedi
, a 43-65.
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anKel
l
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sti
csofnewmedia:some
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ini
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,NewMedi
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ti
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Uni
t–I
I
I

1
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geP.Landow.“Hypertex
tandCri
ti
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,Hypert
ext3.0:Cr
it
ic
alTheor
yandNewMedi
ainanEr
aof
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t-
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V

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arnhamandBurl
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t-V

1
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ThePol
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*

I
ndi
anLi
ter
atur
e(i
nEngl
i
sh)–I

I
ndianLiteratureinEngl ishhasc apturedt heat tentionofr eader sbot hhomeandabr oadasi ttransfor
mst hear tof
oralIndi
annar rativeandi ndigenousex perienc einanadopt edl anguage,gi vi ngi tanew di mens ion.Thepr esent
courseai msatpr es entingas weepofI ndianwr i
ti
ngi nEngl ish,repres entat
ivei nmul tipl
egenr esandvoi c es.Indian
writ
erst ookt oEngl ishasac onsequenc eoft hei nt r
oductionofEngl ishast hemedi um ofinstructi
onbyt heBr it
ish.
From raisi
ngques ti
onsagai nstthec olonialent erpris
e,toenc apsul
at i
ngdi si
ll
us i
onmentofpos t-I
ndependenc eIndia,
andr eceivingadef ini
ti
vef il
l
ipint he1 980s,i thasnegot iat edac onvol utedt errain.Andf rom being‘ t
wicebor n’to
fl
ower i
ngi ntoapl ayfulsel
f-consciouswr i
ti
ng,i tindeedhasbeenal ongj our ney .Thec ourseai msatac quai nti
ng
studentswi ththedi vers erangeofI ndianwr it
ingi nEnglish.F urther,thel i
stoft ex t
swi l
lcal
lforat horoughc ont extual
discussi
onast hegenr ehasgr appledwi thc ont entiousiss
uesofaut hent i
ci
ty,l
anguage, nat
ion,i
dent i
tyandidi om.T he
paperhas5uni ts.T het est
ingpat ternwilli
nc l
udeoneques ti
onwi thinternalchoic efromeac hunit.Allquest
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lbe
compulsor y.

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tingsf r omPunj ab–I
Giveni t
sgeopol it
icalloc at i
on,Punj abhasal way sbeenvul ner abletoinvas i
onsanddi vers einfluences .Asar es pons e
tobur geoni ngi l
l
si nt hes oc i
alfabr i
c,Punj abwi tnes s edt hef lower i
ngofSi khf aithandSuf i-Bhakt imovement sfrom
fi
ft
eent hc enturyonwar ds .Thesemovement sledt ot hec reat i
onofavas tli
teraryres ource, cons oli
datedi nthef l
owi ng
corpusofSuf iwr i
ti
ngsandt heGr ant hSahi b,whi chwasegal i
t ar
iantot heex tentt hatitincludedwr i
ti
ngsf rom ac ross
fai
ths .Theper format i
veas pectoft hes et extsi salivei nPunj abevent oday, bothint her eli
giousands ec ul
ars pher es.
Thec our seex ami nesevol uti
oni nt henar rati
vet hr oughwr i
tingsf r
om Punj ab,bet ween1 5th and1 9th centuriesand
attempt st oincl
udet hedi sti
nctl
y" Punj abi"wor ksi ndi ff
er entgenr ess preadac ros saper iodofabout500y ear s.From
thec orpusofGur bani ,t oSuf ana kaav,t
i o bhakt il i
terat ure,t hepaperenc ompas sesavas ts weep.Apar tfrom
acquai ntingt hes tudent swi thr epr esent ationalt ex ts,anat temptwoul dbemadet os i
tuat et hepaperi nt hel arger
socio-ec onomi cmat ri
xofmedi eval Punj ab.Apower ful sync retics t
rai
nt hattouc hesahi ghpoi ntwi thQi ssaKaavhas
beent hec haracteristi
ct ouchs t
oneofPunj abiet hos .T hel anguagesr epresent edar emedi evalPunj abiandPer si
an,
thegenr esr angef r
ompoet rytohy mnsf romGr ant hSahi bt oepi stl
eont hebat tlefieldwithZaf arnamat oQi ssaKaav.
Thec our sef ocusesont ouc hi
ngal it
tleofal ls ignif
icantwr i
tingsofPunj ab.Anat tempthasbeenmadet oi ncl
ude
multiple per spec t
ives t hatemer ged dur i
ng t he af or es aid his t
ori
calper iod and whi c h wi l
lenabl es tudent st o
compr ehendhowl iterarygr oundwasbei ngs etupt hr ought hes ewr it
ings.I
nt heend- Semes terex aminat i
on, ther ewil
l
bef i
vees say -
typeques tionsof1 6mar kseac h( tobeans wer edi nabout500–600wor dseac h).Oneques t
ionwi th
i
nter nalc hoicewi l
lbes etf romeac hoft hef oll
owi ngf i
vepr esc ri
bedt exts/uni
ts :

Uni
tI Wr
it
ingsoft
heGur
us

1
. Gur
uNanakDev.“ Hymnsfr
omSiddhaGos ht
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03),
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tI
I Bhakt
i-
poet
s

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. Kabi
r,“Garabvasmeinkulnahij
aat
i”(
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13)
,“ AvalAl
l
ahNoorUpayaKudratdesabbande”(215)“Hi
rdai
Kapatmukhgy ani
”(21
3)
2. RaviDas,“
Begumpuras heharkanaam”(230),“Nagarj
aanamerij
aatbi
khyatchamar
a”(232)
&“ TohiMohi
MohiTohi
”(230)

(T
hes our
ce-t
extforthet
wopoet sandtheirpoemsintransl
ati
onisSelecti
onsf
romt
heSac r
edWr i
ti
ngsoft
heSikhs,
tr
ansl
atedbyTr i
l
ochanSingh,
BhaiJodhSingh,KapurSingh,BawaHar ki
shenSi
ngh&KhushwantSi
ngh,I
ntr
oduc
tionby
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nHouseGeorgeAllenUnwinLtd,London,1960)
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tI
II Suf
i
s

1.Shei
khF arid:“ Taptaplohl
ohhathmaroranlki
abhavai
n”( ,Shl
220) oks:
Fari
dajeti akal l
atif
Fari
dajotai nmaar anmukian
Fari
dajalabt anehki a
Fari
dajangal jangal
Fari
dagalianc hi
kadddurghar
Bhij
osij
okambl i
all
ahvasaumeh
Fari
dabur edabhal akar
Fari
damai j
ani adukhdukhmuj hko(220-
222)

(T
hes ource-t
extforSheikhF
ari
d’
spoemsi nt
ransl
ati
onisSelecti
onsfromt
heSac r
edWri
ti
ngsoftheSikhs,
transl
ated
byTri
l
oc hanSingh,BhaiJodhSi
ngh,KapurSi
ngh,BawaHar ki
shenSingh&KhushwantSi
ngh,
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roduc
ti
onbyS.
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nHouseGeorgeAll
enUnwinLtd,London,1960)

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leShah,“Bul
l
ahKiJaanaMainKaun”(184)“I
kNukta”(37)&“KarKat
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l
heShahSuf
iLy
ric
s,
Shackl
e,Chri
stopher
,ed.&tr
ans
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s,London:MurtyCl
assi
calLi
brar
yofI
ndi
a,201
5

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tI
V Hi
stor
iogr
aphy

1
. Janamsakhi“
Int
roducti
on”(1
-6),“
TheSacr
edT hr
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Ch1 )
,“T
her
eisNoHindu,
NoMus s
alman”(Ch20)
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s:AgelessStor
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ans.byHari
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tV Qi
ssa

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sShah,
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ti
on12(69-
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ntr
oduc
ti
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I
I

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li
ntr
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-)moder nl i
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arys pace.Asnew medi umsopenup,l i
teratur
er e-def
inesitselft
hroughvar iet
yofs elf-
ref
lexi
ve
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i
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cchar acterist
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tsofc r
it
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)andc orrespondingli
terar
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thatthes tudent sareabl etor elatet heorywi t
hpr acti
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typeques ti
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wil
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owi ngfivepr escri
bedt exts/
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tI Par
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,AWayofBei ngF ree.( London:Phoeni xHous e,1998) .Print.
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edge, 2000).Pri
nt.
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ington:As hgat e, 2010) .Pri
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*

I
ndi
anLi
ter
aryCr
it
ic
ismandT
heor
y–I

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spapers hallfocuss i
ngularl
yonI ndianpoet i
c s–i tsvar i
ouss choolsandt heoriessoast oprovideanalternative
perspecti
veofl iterar
yt heoryfrom ani ndigenousper ch.Thec orpusofI ndianPoet i
csisveryri
chandmul t
ival
ent;t he
papers hall
howeverdeal withbas i
cc onceptsandwoul dt hereforebei ntroductoryinnatureands c
ope.From ess ays
onwhatc onsti
tut es‘
li
terari
ness ’
ont heIndianc ontext,thec ourseof f
ersac r
it
ic
al unders
tandi
ngofmaj orconceptsof
Sanskri
taes theticslker
i asa,dhvaniandvakr okti
.T hereisoneuni tonanc ientTami l
poeti
cstoo.Theprescri
bedt ex t
s
areavai l
ableinEngl i
sht r
anslati
onand t hereisno dear thofs econdar ymat eri
alalso.Thes t
udentswoul d be
encouragedt ot akeac r
iti
calvi
ewofanc i
ent‘poet i
cs’anditsr el
evanc einthepos t
coloni
alcont
exts
.

Testi
ng:Thepapers hal
lconsi
s toffi
vequesti
onsof1 6mar kseac h,onef r
om eac huni
t.Thequesti
onss hallbe
designedinsuchawayt hattheyfocusmoreont hecandidate’
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naturein
whichthecandidat
emaybeas kedtoapplyhi
s/heranalyt
ic
al ski
ll
stoli
terar
ytexts.Eachquest
ionshal
lhaveinternal
choice,
andistobeans weredin500-600words.Thepapers hall
carryatotal
of80mar ks.

Uni
tI
1. RabindranathT
agore,“WhatisArt
?”,ant
hologi
zedinG.N.Devy’
sedi
tedbookIndi
anLi
teraryCri
ti
ci
sm
(Hy
der abad,Or
ientLongman,2002)137-
152.
2. Kri
shnaRay an,
“WhatisLi
terari
ness?
”anthologi
zedinG.N.Devy’
sedi
tedbookIndi
anLi
teraryCri
ti
ci
sm
(Hy
der abad,Or
ientLongman,2002)177-
183.
Uni
tI
I
 Rasa-
Siddhantawithspeci
alr
efer
encetoBharat
muni,
“OnNaty
aandRas a:Aest
heti
cofDramati
cExper
ience”
fr
omtheNat yashastr
a,ant
hologi
zedi
nG.N.Devy’
sedi
tedbookIndi
anLi
terar
yCri
ti
ci
sm (
Hyderabad,Or
ient
Longman,2002)3-14.

Uni
tI
II
 Dhavni–Siddhantawiths
peci
alr
efer
encetoAnandvar
dhana,“
Dhavni:St
ructur
eofMeani
ng”fr
om
Dhavanyal
oka,anthol
ogi
zedi
nG.N.Devy’
sediedbookI
t ndi
anLit
erar
yCrit
ic
ism (Hy
der
abad,
OrientLongman,
2002)31
-40.

Uni
tI
V
 Vakr
okti-
Siddhant
awiths
peci
alref
erenc
etoKunt
ak,“LanguageofPoetr
yandMetaphor”f
rom Vakr
okti
Ji
vi
ta,
ant
hologi
zedinG.N.Devy
’sedi
tedbookIndi
anLi
ter
aryCri
ti
ci
sm (
Hyderabad,
Ori
entLongman,2002)46-
60.

Uni
tV
 A.K.
Ramanuj
an,
“OnAncientT
amilPoet
ic
s”anthol
ogi
zedi
nG.
N.Devy
’sedi
tedbookI
ndi
anLi
ter
aryCr
it
ic
ism
(Hyder
abad,
Ori
entLongman,2002)346-374.

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tedReadi
ngs

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Li
ter
atur
eandEc
ology
—I

Li
teraryi magination has al way s been pr opell
ed by t he vi stas ofphy s
icalenvi r
onment .However ,wi tht he
envir
onment alex i
genc iesimpi nginguponusi nt hepr esent ,ther elati
ons hip/correspondenc ebet weenl i
ter atureand
envir
onmentgai nss pecials i
gni f
ic
anc e.T hi
spaperi nt
roduc ess tudent st ohow nat ureorenvi ronmenthasbeen
conceivedinvar iousgenr es( s uchasf i
ct
ion,poet ryandc reativenon- f
icti
on,et c.)byc r
eativewr i
tersfrom di ffer
ent
partsoft hewor l
di nt hec ontempor ar yperiod.T hepaperwi llac quaints tudent stovar i
oust heoreti
caldebat esand
posit
ioningsvis-à-vi
st he i nt
er disc
ipl
inari
tyofl i
terature,ec ologyand envi r
onment al
i
sm whi chinclude not ionsof
nature/envir
onment /pr akriti
,ec o-c
ri
tic
ism,pos tcolonialec ocrit
ici
s m,ec o-femi ni
sm,s ens eofpl ace,deepec ology ,Gaia,
envir
onment alhumani ti
es ,nat ure-c
ulture,biopoli
tic
s,Ant hropoc ene,ec o-poet ry,eco-fic
ti
on,t oxi
cdiscours e,et c.The
eff
ortist oprovidet hes tudent sanunder standingoft hei ncreas i
ngdi ssonanc ei nt her el
ati
onshipofhumanbei ngs
wit
ht heirenvi
ronmentaswel last oex plor
et hepos sibil
i
tiesofs ens i
tiz
ingt hemt owar dsmendi ngi
t.

Uni
tI Cont
ext
s
 1. Cheryl
lGl
otfel
ty,“
Intr
oducti
on:Lit
erarySt
udiesinanAgeofEnvi ronmentalCri
si
s”from Ec
ocri
ti
ci
sm Reader
:
LandmarksinLi
teraryEcol
ogyedt.byChery
llGl
otf
elt
y&HaroldFr
omm( Uni.ofGeorgi
aPress,1
996.)
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xxv.
2. Lawrence Buel
l,“The World,the Textand the Ecocri
ti
c”fom T
r he Futur
e ofEnvironmentalCri
ti
ci
sm:
Envi
ronmentalCri
ti
ci
smandLi ter
aryImagi
nati
on(Oxfor
d:Bl
ackwel
lPubli
shi
ng,2005),
29-61
.

Uni
tI
I Poet
ry

1. SeamusHeaneypoems ,“Diggi
ng”,“Bogland”,and“ Gi
ft
sofRain”[
SeamusHeaney ,NewandSel ec
tedPoems,
London:Faber&F aber,2013].
2. PabloNerudapoems ,
“TheHei ghtsofMac chuPi c
chu”(partVI
—Thenupt heladder…)from Cant
oGeneraland
“Poetr
y”and“ T
heNi ghtinIslaNegra”from Memor i
aldeIsl
aNegra[PabloNeruda:Select
edPoems,edit
edby
Nathani
elTarn(London:VintageBooks ,2012)].
3. WendellBerrypoems ,“TheBr okenGr ound”and“ Window Poems( part1
,8,12)”[TheSel ec
tedPoemsof
WendellBerr
y(Berkl
ey:Count erpoi
nt,1
998) ]
.

Uni
tI
II Shor
t-
fi
ct
ion

1. I
taloCalvi
no,“Mushroomsi nt
heCi t
y ”fom Mar
r covaldoorTheSeasonsintheCity,t
rans.byWil
l
iam Weaver
(London:Vint
ageBooks ,2001
),pages1-4.
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ng,“Li
ons
, Leaves,
Ros es…”from Stor
ies(London:Vi
ntageI
nter
nati
onal
,1980).
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”f om T
r heLivesofAnimal
s(Pr
inc
eton:Pri
ncetonUni
versi
tyPres
s,
1999).

Uni
tI
V F
ict
ion

1
. Mar
gar
etAt Or
wood, y
xandCr
ake(
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hor
,2004)
.

Uni
tV Pr
ose/Non-
fi
ct
ion

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doLeopold,“Januar
y”,
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il
”and“TheLandEt
hic
”f om T
r heSandCountr
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eand
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ver
sit
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doGal eano,DaysofNi
ghtofLoveandWart rans.byJudi
thBr
ist
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hlyRevi
ewPres
s,
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ngs

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iam Cr onon,“ TheT r
oubl ewi thWi l
der nes sorGet ti
ngBac kt otheWr ongNat ure”,from Unc ommonGr ound:
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li
ams ,TheCount ryandt heCi ty( Oxford:Ox fordUni versi
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li
ams ,“I
deasofNat ure”from Cul tureandMat er i
alism (
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nAmer ica:F i
veCent uri
esofThePil
l
ageofaCont inenttrans.byCedri
c
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rage(NewYor k:Mont hl
yRevi ewPr ess,NewYor k).
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disPlaces”from T hePr actic
eoft heWi l
d:Essay
sbyGar ySny
der( SanF r
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o:Nor
th
PointPress,1
990), pages25- 29.

Amer i
canLi terat
ureI
(Poet ryandDr ama:1 900t ot hePres ent)
The c ourse ex plorest he i
mmens e vi
talit
yofAmer ic
an Li terat
ur e overt he c our
se oft he 20th centurythrough
transformativewor ksofac cl
aimedwr it
er swhohaves hapedt hec ontoursanddevel opmentsoft heAmer i
canli
terary
traditi
on.Itoffersc r
it
icali
nsi
ghtsi ntothehi stori
calandc ul
tur ali
nfl
uenc es,
lit
erarymovement sandmaj orli
terar
yfigures
ofahi ghlyfec undc entury.Thet extsthathavebeens elec t
edf ordet ai
leds tudyar erepresentativeofady nami c
l
iterarytradit
iont hatemer gesf rommul tipleperspec t
ivess uc hasthos eofr ace,gender,et
hni c
it
y,socio-economicclass
andhi stori
calper i
od.
Tes ti
ngPat tern:T heques ti
onpaperwi llcont ai
nfiveques tionswi t
hi nter
nal choice,c
orres
pondi ngtot hefi
veuni tsof
thec ourse.Alltheques t
ionswoul dc arr
yequal mar ks
.T hec andidateswoul dber equiredtoans werallfi
veques ti
ons .I
n
addi t
ion t o s pecif
i
ct ext-
bas ed ques t
ions,t he paper wi ll also foc us on var i
ous l it
erary and c ultural
movement s
/ concept s
/ t
rends/termsr el
at edt oAmer i
canliteraryhistory.

Uni
tI

Langst
onHughes:“TheWear
yBlues”
,“Di
vingi
ntot
heWreck”
,“ADream Defer
red”
,“LetAmeri
cabeAmer
ic
aAgai
n”,
“TheNegroSpeaksofRiver
s”,“
I,T
oo,SingAmeri
ca”
,“T
ransc
endentalEt
ude”[TheColl
ect
edPoemsofLangst
on
Hughes(Vi
ntageCl
assi
cs)
]

Uni
tI
I

All
enGins
berg:“
Howl”
,“Kaddi
sh”
,“Super
marketi
nCali
f
orni
a”,“
Amer
ic
a”
[Col
lec
tedPoems1947-
1997(Har
perPerenni
alModer
nClassi
cs)
]

Uni
tI
II

Adri
enneRic
h:“Pl
anetar
ium”
,“Car
togr
aphi
esofSi
l
enc
e”,
“St
eppi
ngBac
kwar
d”
[Col
l
ectedPoems:1950–201
2(W.W.Nort
on&Company)
]

Uni
tI
V

SamShepar
d,Bur
iedChi
l
d(KnopfDoubl
edayPubl
i
shi
ngGr
oup,
Revi
sed2ndEdi
ti
on)

Uni
tV

Augus
tWi
l
son:T
hePi
anoLesson(
Pengui
nUSA;Repr
intedi
ti
on,
1990)

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tedReadi
ngs

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ver
sit
y
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anGol di
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ess,
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en,Crit
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alEssay
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ti
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*

Wor
ldLi
ter
atur
e–I

Farf r
om beinganaggr egationofl i
teraturespr oduc edbyEur opeannat ions,t
heideaofwor ldli
terat
urehasac quir
ed
widerc osmopoli
tanex pansi
venes s.Aswr i
ti
ngsf r
om ‘other’cul
turess uchasLat inAmeric
a,Af r
ic
a,Indi
a,Chi na,and
Arabnat i
onsmaket heirheadwaybyvi rtueoft heircul
turalspeci
fi
cex perienc
eandaes t
hetic
s,Wor l
dLiteratureasa
categoryhasbec omemor einc l
usi
ve.T hispaperwoul dhel pthes t
udent sunderstandtheconc eptofwor l
dli
ter at
ure.
I
tisdes ignedaroundc l
assi
cal andc anoni calanci
entandmedi evalandmoder ntextsandass uc hoff
ersoppor tuni
ties
tor e-mapone’slit
eraryhori
z onsatagl obals c
ale.Itencouragesac ompar ati
stperspec
ti
ve,andwoul dinculcatean
awar enes soft
hebes tinworldlit
erature. 

Uni
tI T
heor
y

 JohannWolf
gang(von)Goethe,“
OnWor l
dLi
ter
ature”(1 ,Wor
827) l
dLiter
ature-AReader(
Routl
edge,201
3)9-
16.
 Mil
anKunder
a,“Di
eWeltl
i
ter
atur”(
2005)
,Worl
dLi
teratur
e:AReader(Rout
ledge,201
3),
289-
301
.

Uni
tI
I  
Play

 Kal
i
das Abhi
a, jnanaSakuntal
am 
(TheRec
ogni
ti
onofShakuntal
a)edandt
rans
.bySomadevaVas
udeva(
New
Yor
k:T
heClaySanskr
itLi
brar
y&NewYorkUni
vers
ityPr
ess,2006).

Uni
tI
IIT
ales
/Fabl
es

 “TheTaleofOxandDonkey”,“
TheT al
eoftheHusbandandthePar r
ot”
,&“TheT
aleofHunc
hback”,TheArabi
an
Night
s,transHusai
nHaddawy(Nort
on,1990)
 “HowtheMoonBec ameBeaut
if
ul”
,“TheAnimal
s’Peac
eParty
”&“ TheWidowandHerSon”,Chi
neseF abl
esand
FolkStori
es,t
rans.
,Mar
yHayesDavi s&Chow-Leung(NewYork,
Cinci
natt
i&Chi
cago:Amer
icanBookCompany ,
1
908)

Uni
tI
V Poet
ry

 Ri
gVed,“ Creati
on”and“Speec .T
h” heRigVeda:AnAnt hol
ogy
:OneHundr
edandEi
ghtHy
mns.(
Pengui
n
Books,
1981
).
 DanteAli
gheri
,Cant
oIV-
VII
,nf
erno(
Pengui
nCl
assi
c,201
3).

Uni
tV Novel

a. Cer
vant
esDonQui
, xot
e(Pengui
nCl
ass
ics
,201
1)
.
Sugges
tedReadi
ngs

 Alex anderBeec r
of t,AnEc ologyofWor ldLi ter atur e:F romAnt i
quityt ot hePr esentDay( Ver so,201 5)
.
 BedeSc ot t
, OnLi ghtnessi nWor l
dLi teratur e( Pal graveMac mil
l
anUS, 2013) .
 BrendaDeenSc hi l
dgen, GangZhou, SanderL.Gi lman, Ot herRenai ssanc es:ANewAppr oac htoWor l
d
Literat ur e[F i
rs tEdi t
ion]( Pal gr aveMac mill
an, 2006) .
 Chr i
s topherPr ender gas t,Benedi ctAnder son, Emi l
yApt er ,Stanl eyCor ngol d, Nichol asDew, SimonGol dhi
ll
,
StephenHeat h,St efanHoes el-Uhlig, PeterMads en, Fr anc oMor etti
,F ranc es caOr sini,Timot hyJ.Rei ss,Bruc
e
Cluni esRos s,ElisaSamps onVer aT udel a,JohnSt urr oc k, Debat i
ngWor ldLi ter ature, 2004.
 Davi dPi naul t,Stor y-Tell
ingTec hni quesi nt heAr abianNi ght( Bri
ll
, 1
992) .
 DianeRay or ,Sappho' sLy re:Ar chai cLy ri
candWomenPoet sofAnc ientGr eec e( Univer s i
tyofCal i
for
niaPress,
1991 ).
 Gay atri Chakr avor tySpi vak, Deat hofaDi scipline( Col umbi aUni ver si
tyPr es s ,2003)
 JohnPi zer ,TheI deaofWor ldLi ter ature:Hi st or yandPedagogi c alPr actice( LSUPr es s,2006) .
 Longx i Zhang, FromCompar isont oWor l
dLi ter at ure( St at eUniver si
tyofNewYor kPr ess, 2015).
 MadsRos endahl Thoms en, Mappi ngWor ldLi ter atur e:I nt ernational Canoni z at i
onandTr ansnat i
onal
Literat ur es( Blooms bur yAc ademi c,2009) .
 Manuel Dur an, FayRRogg, F i
ght i
ngWi ndmi l
ls:Enc ount er swi thDonQui xote( YaleUni ver sityPr ess).
 Mar ti
nSey mour -Smi th,Gui det oModer nWor l
dLi ter at ure( Mac mill
anEduc at ionUK, 1985) .
 Mic hael Caes ar ,
Dant e:T heCr i
tical Heritage( Rout l
edge, 1995, pp288, 383, 41 2, 631).
 PandayShobhana, ACr i
tical Appr aisalofKal idasa' sAbhi jnanasakunt alami nt heLi ghtoft heRasaTheor y
(Univer sityofDur ban- Wes tvi l
le, 1996) .
 PhengCheah, WhatI saWor ld?OnPost coloni al Li t
er at ur easWor l
dLi terat ure( DukeUni ver si
tyPr essBooks,
201 6) .
 Rober tI rwinandT aurisPar ke, TheAr abianNi ght s:ACompani on( Paper bac ks ,2004) .
 Rober tS.Hal l
er( trans .&ed. )Li t
er aryCr i
ti
c i
smofDant eAl i
ghieri (
Linc oln:Uni ver s i
tyofNebr as kaPr ess,1
973).
 Rober toGonz alezEc hevar r i
a, Cer vant es' DonQui x ot e:ACasebook( Ox for dUni ver sityPr ess2005) .
 Romi l
aT hapar ,Sakunt ala:Tex ts,Readi ngs, Hi stor i
es( Col umbi aUni ver si
tyPr es s, 2010)
 Ros s ell
aCi oc ca,Neel amSr ivas tava( eds .
), I
ndi anLi ter atur eandt heWor l
d:Mul t
il
ingual ism, Translati
on,andt he
Publ icSpher e( Pal graveMac mi ll
anUK, 2017) .
 Sar eeMakdi s iandF eli
cityNus sbaum, TheAr abi anNi ght si nHistor i
cal Cont ex t:Bet weenEastandWest( Oxford
Univer s ityPr es s, 2008) .
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Languagei nKal idasa’ sNat aka( OrientBl ac ks wan, 201 1).
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dLi t erature( Rout l
edge, 201 1
).
 ThomasWi l
li
amRhy sDavi ds ,Buddhi stBirth- stor ies( Jat akaTal es) :TheComment arialIntroduc tion,
Buddhaghos a, 1999.
 Ulri
c hMar zolph( ed. ),TheAr abi anNi ghtsReader( Way neSt ateUni ver si
tyPr es s,2006) .

*
***
*

M.A.II
SemesterI
V

Compul
sor
yPaper

Criti
calTheory–I I
Post-1
980,thegapbet weenl i
terar
ytheor yandcultur
al t
heor yhasnar roweddown.Li ter
arytheoryisnol onger
contai
nedt oourthi
nkingaboutt hepr oducti
onorr ecepti
onofl i
terarywor ksal one;rat
herithasbroughtabout
changesintheway sinwhi c
hwec onceptual
izel
argerdi sc
ours esofhis tory
,c ol
onial
is
m, genderandi deology.The
ambitoftheoryhasfurtherwidenedduet oas tr
identinnerques ti
oning.T hi
spaper ,
tobes eeninconj unct
ionwith
Lit
eraryTheory–I,mapst hes ubsequentdevelopmentandnewi nterrogationsinthefiel
d.Thecoll
at i
onoft ext
siswi
th
theint
entofex posi
ngs tudentstolaterdevelopment sinthef i
el
dofl i
ter ar
yt heory.
Thepaperf oc
us esones sayst
hat
dealwiththeoret
ic
alunder st
andingofhi s
tory,i
deology,genderandc oloni
alism.
Uni
tI

HaydenWhit
e:“
Hist
ori
cal
Tex tasLi
ter
aryAr
ti
fac
t”Tr
, opi
csofDi
scour
se:Essay
sinCul
tur
alCr
it
ic
ism (
TheJohnHopki
ns
Uni
versi
tyPr
ess,
1986)
,81
-100.

Uni
tI
I

RaymondWil
l
i
ams ,
“Fr
omRef
lec
tiontoMediat
ion”(
95-
100)
,“Domi
nant
,Res
idual
andEmer
gent
”(1
21-
127)
,Mar
xismand
Li
ter
atur
e(Oxf
ordandNewYork:OUP,
1977)

Uni
tI
II

Judi
thButl
er,“
Perf
ormat
iveActsandGenderCons
tit
uti
on:AnEs
sayi
nPhenomenol
ogyandF
emi
ni
stT
heor
y”Theat
, re
Jour
nal,
Vol.40,No.4(
Dec.,
1988),
519-
531
.

Uni
tI
V

HomiBhabha,“
OfMimicr
yandMan:TheAmbival
enc
eofColoni
alDi
scour
se”,
Oct
ober,Vol
.28,Di
sci
pl
eshi
p:ASpec
ialI
ssueonPsy
choanal
ysi
s(Spr
ing,
1984),
125-
133

Uni
tV

Ai
jazAhmad,“Li
ter
aryTheoryandThi
rdWor
ldLi
ter
atur
e”I
,nTheor
y:Cl
asses,
Nat
ions,
Lit
erat
ures(
London&NewYor
k:
Verso,
1992)2000rpt.43-
71&327-
330.

Sec
ondar
yReadi
ngs

 Fr
anc
isBar
ker
,Pet
erHul
me,
andMar
gar
etI
ver
s Col
on, oni
alDi
scour
se/Post
col
oni
alTheor
y(Manc
hes
ter
:
Manc
hes
terUni
ver
sit
yPr
ess
,1996)
 Jonat
hanCul
l
erLi
, t
erar
yTheory
:AVeryShor
tInt
roduc
ti
on(
Ox f
ord:OUP,1997)
 Li
saDisc
handMaryHawkeswort
h,TheOx
for
dHandbookofFemini
stTheory(Oxf
ord:Ox
for
dUni
ver
sit
yPr
ess
,
201
8)
 RobertDor
an,TheEthi
csofTheory:Phi
l
osophy ,Hi
stor
y,Li
terat
ure.(BloomsburyPubl
i
shing,2016)
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aGandhi,Post
col
onialTheor
y:ACri
ti
calI
ntroducti
on(Al
len&Unwi n,1998)
 Geoff
reyH.Hart
man,Cri
tic
ismintheWil
derness:TheStudyofLiteratureToday(Yal
e:YaleUniver
sit
yPr
ess
,
2007)
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l
hooks
,Femi
ni
smi
sforEver
ybody
:Passi
onat
ePol
i
ti
cs(
London&NewYor
k:Rout
ledge,
201
4)
 bel
lhooks
,Femi
ni
stTheor
y:F
romMar
gint
oCent
er(
LondonandNewYor
k:Rout
ledge,
201
4)
 Rei
naLewi
s,F
emi
ni
stPost
col
oni
alTheor
y:AReader(
London&NewYor
k:Rout
ledge,
201
3)
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niMongi
a,Cont
empor
aryPost
col
oni
alTheor
y:AReader
.Ox
for
d:OUP,
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ermei
ster
,Hay
denWhi
te:Hi
stor
yasNar
rat
ive:AConst
ruc
ti
veAppr
oac
htoHi
stor
iogr
aphy(
GRI
NVer
lag,
2008)
 HaydenWhi
t Tr
e, opi
csofDi
scour
se:Essay
sinCul
tur
alCr
it
ic
ism (
JohnHopki
nsUni
ver
sit
yPr
ess
,1985)

 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
*
***
*

Opt
ional
Papers(Chooseanyt
hree)
(Semest
erIV)

Cul
tur
alSt
udi
es–I
V

Cul
tur
al Studi
esasaninterdi
sci
pl
inaryenter
pri
sedrawsi
tst
heor
eti
cal
impet
uslar
gelyf
rom t
hepr ac
ti
cesofFr
ankfur
t
andBirmingham ofCul
turalSt
udies.Indi
ancul
tur
ehoweverhasit
sowns pec
if
ic
it
iesanddist
inc
tconfi
gur
ati
ons.It
s
approachestocul
turetooar ever ydiff
erentandt hereforehavet hei
rownc ompel l
i
ngindi
genousframewor ks.Right
fr
omVedant atobhakt i
period,andt henfromGandhi smt oAmbedkar ism,thereisavas tarr
ayofcult
uralapproaches ,
whichdemandc ri
ti
calatt
ention.Variouscult
uralr
egionswi thinI
ndiatoohavet heirownaes t
heti
cpoetic
sandet hical
vi
ewpoi nt
s.Thepaperfocusesont hes t
udyofs omeoft hekeyI ndi
anc ul
turalconcept
s/approachessuchasbhakt i
,
swarajandbhasha.Thepr es c
ri
bedt extsincl
udeseminal textsl
ikeGandhi’sHindSwar ajandAmbedkar sAnni
’ hil
ation
ofCaste.Oneunithasbeendevot edtoMumbai -
bas edI ndi
anf i
l
mc ult
uret ounder s
tandthedy namicsofpopul ar
entert
ainmenti
nthenat i
vec ontex
t.

Uni
tI Yoga
1
. Pat
anj
al
i,
“ :Samadhi
BookI Pada”
,YogaSut
ra,
trans
.Shy
amRanganat
han(
Pengui
nCl
ass
ic,
2008)

Uni
tII Bhakti
1. A.
K.Ramanujan,
“Vari
eti
esofBhakt
i”
,TheCol
l
ect
edEssaysofA.
K.Ramanujan(
OUP,1
999)324-
331
.
2. Ar
undhathiSubramani
um,“I
ntr
oduct
i oABookofBhakt
on”t i
Poetry
:Eati
ngGod(Pengui
nAnanda,201
4)i
x-
xx
vii
i

Uni
tI
II Swar
aj

1
. Gandhi
,Hi
ndSwar
aj,
ed.Ant
honyJPar
el,
(Cambr
idgeUni
ver
sit
yPr
ess
,1997)

Uni
tI
V Cas
te

1. B.
R.Ambedkar ,
“ Annihi
l
ati
onofCas te”TheDoc
, torandt heSaint.EdArundhati
Roy ,
(HeymarketBooks,201
7)
2. ManifestoofDalitPanthersavai
lable
atshodhganga.infl
ibnet.
ac.
in/
bit
stream/10603/14528/
15/ 1
5_appendic
ies.pdf
3. Arj
unDangl ed.T
e, heCorpseintheWel l
:Trans
lati
onsfromModer nMar athi
Dal
itAutobi
ogr
aphies(Dis
ha
Books :1
992)13-
51 .

Uni
tV Bol
l
ywood

 RaviVasudevan,“TheCont emporar
yF i
l
mI ndus
try
-I
:TheMeaningsof'
Bol
l
ywood”
,TheMelodramat
icPubl
i
c
(PermanentBl
ack,2010)334-361
.
 Vij
ayMishra,
“MelodramaticStagi
ng”,Bol
ly
woodCi nema:Templ
esofDesi
re(
Routl
edge,
2012)35-
60.

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tedReadi
ngs

 Tejaswi
niGanti,Boll
ywood:AGui debookt oPopul arHindiCinema( Routl
edge, 2004)
.
 AjayGehlawat,Twent y-
F i
rstCenturyBol
l
y wood, (
Routledge, 2015)
.
 AnthonyG.Par el(ed.)
,Gandhi :‘
HindSwar aj
’andOt herWr i
tings,(
Cambr i
dgeUni ver
sit
yPr
ess,1
997).
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ces:Mirabai,
Sur das,andKabi ri
nTheirTimeandOurs,
(Oxf
ordUP,
2005).
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l
isPrentiss
, TheEmbodi mentofBhakt i
,(Ox f
ordUni ver
sit
yPres s
,2000).
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u,Debat i
ngGandhi :AReader(Ox f
ordUni versit
yPress,2010).

 Akeel
Bil
grami
,“
Gandhi
,t
hePhi
l
osopher
.”Ec
onomi
candPol
i
ti
cal
Weekl
y(Sept
ember27,
2003)
,pp41
59-
4165.

 GopalGur
uandSundarSar ,T
ukkai heCr
ackedMi
rr
or:AnI
ndi
anDebat
eonEx
per
ienc
eandTheor
y(OUP,
201
2).

 Ashi
sNandy,TheSec
retPol
i
ti
csofOurDesi
res:I
nnoc
enc
e,Cul
pabi
l
it
y,andI
ndi
anPopul
arCi
nema(
Zed,
London,
1999)
.

 Raj
i
nderKumarDudr Bol
ah, l
ywood:Soc
iol
ogyGoest
otheMovi
es(
Sage,
2006)
.

 Amar
ty TheAr
aSen, gument
ati
veI
ndi
an(
Pengui
n,2005)
.
  Suni
lKhi
l
nani
,TheI
deaofI
ndi
a(Pengui
n,1
997)
.

 RanaNay
ar,
Pus
hpi
nderSy
al,
Aks
hay
aKumar(
eds
.)Cul
, tur
alSt
udi
esi
nIndi
a(Rout
ledge,
201
7).

 A.
L.Bas
ham,
(ed)
,ACul
tur
alHi
stor
yofI
ndi
a(OUP,
1975)

 Ziauddi
nSardarandJeromeRavet
z,Cy
ber
fut
ures:
Cul
tur
eandPol
i
ti
csont
heI
nfor
mat
ionSuper
highway
(Plut
oPres
s,London,
1966)
.

 Kavi t
aPanj abi(Eds.)
,PoeticsandPolit
icsofSufismandBhakt ii
nSouthAsi
a:Love,LossandLi
beration
(OrientBlackswan201 1
 Shakunt alaBanaji,Reading‘Bol
ly
wood’ :TheYoungAudi enceandHindiFi
l
ms,(Pal
graveMac mi
l
lan,
2006) .
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a, sAmongEl ephants:AnUnt ouchableF amil
yandMakingofModer nIndi
a,(
Mac mi
l
lan,201
7).
 TejaswiniGant i
,Boll
ywood:AGui debookt oPopul arHindiCinema,(
Routl
edge,2004).
 U.R.Anant hamur t
hy Hi
, ndutvaorHindSwar aj
,(HarperColli
nsIndi
a,201
6).

Pos
tcol
oni
alLi
ter
atur
es–I
I

Sc ope:I nt hissemes ter,student swi l

lmoveont oex ami ningmor econt empor aryes saysandt ex t
s ,rangingf r
om
i
s suesofhi story-
wr it
ingt ohy bridit
y,fromdec olonizati
ont or apidlyglobalizingt hird-wor l
dec onomi es, andfinal
lyt
o
blacknes s,t err
orandmi grat i
on.I twillconsiderhowpos tcoloniali
s mhasc hangedi tsagendas ,havingmi gratedtothe
UnitedSt at esbyt rans c
endi ngnat ional boundar ies.
Aims :Thisc ourseat t
empt stomovebey ondani ntroduc torys tudyofc olonial i
sm/ pos tc
oloniali
smt of ocusont he
enor mousmi nefi
eldPos tcolonial Studieshasbec ome.I twi l
lprobewhet hert hedi sc
ipli
nemai ntainsl i
nkswi ththe
l
iteratureofdi ssentandr es istanc eex aminedi nSemes terI.T hi
sc ours ewi llendeavourt obot hanal ysethemeani ngs
andi mpl i
cat i
onsofpos t
coloni ali
s mt odayaswel lascriti
quet hedi sc
ipli
neandi nter r
ogat ei t
swi de- rangings cope.Each
unithasal istofr eferencebookss tudent sar eadvi sedt os tudy.
Met hodofT esti
ng:T hec our sehasf iveuni t
s.Eac huni tiss odes i
gnedt hati tc ontainsonec ri
ticali
nt roduc t
oryessayon
thehi s
toryorpol it
icsofc oloni al
ism/ postcoloniali
sm alongwi thac or r
es pondi ngnovel ,play,c oll
ec ti
onofpoemsor
pros ees s ay .Thepaperwi llhavef i
vec ompul soryques tions– onef rom eac huni t
,andeac hques ti
ons hal
lhave
i
nt ernalchoi ce.I
ti srecommended( thoughnotnec essary)t hatques ti
onsbebas edont heintegr at i
onbet weent heory
andt hec orrespondi ngt ex tineac huni tinordert oenc our aget heor y-bas edpr epar ati
onoft het ex t.Thepaperc arr
ies
80mar ks.
Ther es hallbeonec ontex t-
bas edques ti
onof20mar ksinwhi cht hec andi dat es hal
l havet oat temptf ouroutofs i
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shor tnotes , t
obeans wer edi n200wor dseac h.T henot esar elikel
yt oc overar angeof
terms /conc epts/trends /movement ss pec i
fi
ct othec our se, andmaybeaut horort ex t-
bas ed.

Uni
tI Hy
bri
di
tyandDi
aspor
a

1. Rober
tJ.C.Young,
“ Hy
bri
di
tyandDiaspora”
,Col
oni
alDesi
re:Hy
bri
di
tyi
nTheor
y,Cul
tur
eandRac
e.London
andNewYork:Rout
ledge,1
995:1
-28.
2. JeanRhy:Wi
s deSargassoSea.London:Pengui
n,1
968.

Uni
tI
I Gender
,Subal
ter
nit
yandMar
ginal
i
ty

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obal
i
zat
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nt heEyeoftheHurri
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NewMedi
aWr
it
ing (
Prac
ti
ce)–I
I

Thec our seintendst oex ploret heemer gi

ngr elati
ons hipbet weenNewMedi aandwr i
ting.Newmedi ai sanumbr ell
a
term us ed forvar i
ouski ndsofel ectr
onicc ommuni cationst hatar ec onceivable due t oinnovat i
oni nc omputer
technol ogy .The‘ ol
d’medi al argelyc ons i
sted ofnews paper s,magaz ines ,books ,televis
ionand ot hers uchnon-
i
nter ac t
ivemedi a;thenewmedi aincl
udeswebs i
tes,onlinevi deo/ audi os tr
eams ,emai l
,onli
nes ocialplatf
orms ,onli
ne
communi t
ies,onl i
nef orums ,blogs ,webadver ti
sement s ,onlineeduc ationandmuc hmor e.Thes t
udent swi l
lgain
pers pec ti
veont hec ult
uralus esandpr acti
cesofwr i
tings i
ncet hedevel opmentofl i
teracy2700y earsagot hrougha
readi nganddi scus s
ionofc onc eptualessay sandnewmedi atex t
s.Int hec oursetheemphas i
sisont hegenr esofnew
medi al i
terature/wr iti
ng.Thec ours eisdividedi ntofiveuni t
s.Eac huni tc ons i
stsofes saysonvar iousas pec t
soft he
writ
ingpr acti
cesi nnewmedi a.Thes tudentsar eex pec t
edt os tudyt hepr es cr
ibedtex t
sc l
os el
y.Thes tudentsar ealso
expec t
edt os tudybooksandar ti
c l
esment i
onedi nt hes ugges tedr eadi ngst oenhanc etheirunder standingoft he
pri
mar yt exts,butt herewi l
lbenoques ti
onont hes ugges tedr eadi ngs .T hepapers hallconsi
stoff ivec ompul s
ory
ques tions–oneeac hfromauni t.Eachques ti
ons hallhoweverhavei nt ernal c
hoice.Thepapers hallcarryat otalof80
mar ks .

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tI
 1
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tI
I

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onfi
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rat
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ainanEr
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I
ndi
anLi
ter
atur
e(i
nTr
ans
lat
ion)–I
I

Oneoft hemos tfascinati

ngas pectsofIndianl i
feisitsbewi l
der i
ngar r
ayofl anguagesands ub- cultures.Thisdiversity
hasbeen f l
ower i
ng s i
nce mil
lennia and hasl ed t o pr ofusi
on ofwr i
ti
ng i n mul ti
pl
el anguages .From epi csl i
ke
Mahabhar at
a,Ramay ana,Bhagavad- Gita,Panc hatantrat oc ontempor arypr os e,f i
ct
ion,poet ryanddr ama,I ndian
l
anguagesof f
eramagni fi
centcanvasoft hemul ti-
li
ngual ,
mul t
i-cul
turalandmul ti
-dimens i
onal bodyofI ndianLit
er ature.
However ,
mos treader sareli
mitedtoex per i
encingl i
teratureonl yfromt heirr espec t
iver egions .I
nt hepr esentc ourse,
anattemptismadet obr i
dgethegapbyof feri
nganar rayoflinguisti
call
ydi verset extsint rans l
ati
on.Ar epresent ati
ve
sel
ecti
onoft extsfrom multi
plegenr es,translatedf rom Indianl anguagesi sc uratedf ort hePos tgraduat estudent s.
Thr
ought heex tratex t
ualandc r
it
ic
alreadi ngs,t hec ours eaimst opr ovideac ontextf ort hec ont entiousissuesof
i
denti
tyandaut hent i
cit
y,asarepr esentedi nt r
ans l
atedt exts
.T hiscour s
ei sanoppor tunityf ors tudentst oac quirea
deeperunderstandingoft hevar i
edinfl
uenc esont het errainofI ndi
anwr i
ti
ngi nat angibleway .T hepaperc ons i
stsof
5unit
s.Therewillbeoneques t
ionfromeac hsec ti
onwi thinternal choic
e.

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t1 F
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t3 Shor
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/Shor
tFi
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ion

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*

Wr
it
ingsf
romPunj
ab–I
I

Twent iethcent uryPunj abc ontri

but edi tsf ai
rs hareofs t
rugglei nt heI ndianI ndependenc emovement ,whi chfori ts
peopl e,culminat edi nt hec ataclysmi ceventofPar t
it
ion.Wi th1 4mi l
li
ondi splacedandami l
l
iondead,s car c
elyany
hous eholdr emai nedunt ouchedbyt hehumant r
agedy .Apar tfrom this,c i
vilstri
feint he1 980sr i
ppedapar tthes ocial
fabr icofas oc i
et yt hathads yncreticroot s.Wi t
ht heseevent s,thei deaofc ommuni tywasdec idedlydi srupted.T he
per iod hasaddi t i
onal l
ybeen mar ked wi ths t
rugglesf ora mor es tridentDal iti dent i
tyand women’ sliberati
on.
I
mpor tantl
y,theex perienceoft hec ommuni tyhasal sof oundec hoesi nt hebur geoni ngdi aspor i
cs pac e.T husasa
regi on,havi ngunder gonemul tipledi vi
s i
ons ,therear emanyPunj abs- -onei ns i
det henat ion,andt heot herbey ond
thebor der,andy etanot heriti
ni tsever -
ex pandingdias pora.Allthishasf oundwayi ntot heliterarywr i
tingsoft hiser a.
Ar epr esentationall istoft extsi sdr awnupt oac quaintstudent swi tht hes et rendsaswel lasgenr es.T her eisan
attemptt os howc aset hec ontinuings yncreticethosofPunj abbyi ncl
udingl anguagess uchasUr duandHi ndus t
ani i
n
addi tiont oPunj abi andt hemul ti
plei dentit
iest hathavegoneont os hapePunj abiyat .Addi t
ionally,t
hec our ses eekst o
ex ploret hes hi
ftingc ont oursofl i
teraryt rendsofPunj abi nt hemoder nper iod.T hec hosent ex t
sc ontendwi tht he
i
nt er secti
onofc las s,c aste,genderandt hemul ti
plepas tsandgeogr aphiesofPunj ab.Ther ewi l
lbef i
vees say-ty
pe
ques ti
onsof1 6mar kseac h(tobeans wer edi nabout500wor dseac h).Oneques tionwi thi nternalchoic ewi l
lbes et
fromeac hoft hef oll
owi ngf i
vepr escribedt ex t
s/units
:

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tI

 Sa’datHas sanMant o,“TobaT ekSi

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 _________.Tex tandSub- Tex t(Del hi;ArnoldHei nemann, 1989) .
 _________.Sahi tya;ATheor y( Del hi;ArnoldHei nemann, 1991).
 Paranjape, Makar and, Ed. Nat
, i
vi sm;Essay sinCr i
ti
c i
sm (Del hi;Sahi
tyaAkademi ,1
998).
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shna, Day a, IndianPhi l
osophy :ACount er-Per spec tive( Delhi;OUP,1991)
.
 Kri
shnamoor thy ,K,Essay si nSanskr i
tCr i
ti
c i
sm ( Dhar war, KarnatakUniv.1964).
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, Histor yofSanskr i
tPoet ics(Delhi ,Mot i
l
al Banar as iDas,1
971,4thed.).
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l
,Raks handa, LinkingPr ogr ess, LovingChange( OUP, 2014)

*
***
*

Li
ter
atur
eandEc
ology
—II

Lit
eraryi maginat ion has al way s been pr opell
ed by t he vi stas ofphy si
calenvi r
onment.However ,wi tht he
environment alexigenc i
esi mpi
nginguponusi nthepr esent ,ther elati
ons hi
p/corres
pondenc ebetweenl i
teratureand
environmentgai nss pec i
als i
gnif
i
canc e.T hi
spaperi ntr
oduc ess tudent stohow nat ureorenvi ronmenthasbeen
conceivedinvar iousgenr es(suchasf i
ct
ion,poetryandc reativenon- f
i
cti
on,et c.
)byc r
eativewri
tersfrom I
ndiai nthe
contempor aryper iod.T hepaperwi llacquaintstudent stovar i
oust heoreti
caldebatesandpos i
ti
oningsvis-à-visthe
i
nterdisci
pli
nari
tyofl it
er ature,ecol
ogyandenvi r
onment ali
smwhi chi ncl
udenot i
onsofnat ur
e/envi
ronment/prakr i
ti
,eco
-cr
it
ici
sm, postcol
oni alec ocri
ti
ci
sm, eco-feminism,senseofpl ace, deepec ol
ogy ,Gaia,
environmentalhumaniti
es, natur
e-
cul
ture,biopoli
ti
cs ,Ant hr opocene,ec o-poet r
y,eco-f
ic
ti
on,t oxicdiscour se,etc.Theef f
ortistoprovidethes t
udent san
under st
andingoft hei nc r
eas i
ngdi s
s onanc eintherelati
ons hipofhumanbei ngswiththeirenvir
onmentaswel lasto
explorethepos s
ibiliti
esofs ensi
ti
zingt hemt owardsmendi ngit.

Uni
tI Poet
ry

1. Kedar nat
hSingh, “
TheCar penterandt heBird”,“T
heHistoryofNes ts”&“ Cranesint heDr ought”
,Benarasand
OtherPoems, ed.K.Satchidanandan(Delhi:Sahit
yaAkademi ,2015)
2. O.N.V.Kuruppoems ,“I
nt heWoods ”[I
ndianLiteratur
e,Vol.44,No.5( 1
99)(Sep- Oct,2000)]and“ ARequiemt o
Mot herEart
h”[ TheOxfordIndianAnthologyofModer nMal ayalam Lit
eratureVol .1,edt.byP.P.Raveendr an
andG. S.Jayasree(NewDel hi:OUP,2017)]
.
3. MamangDaipoems ,“TheVoi ceoft heMount ai
n”,“T
heSor row ofWomen” ,and“ AnObs cur
ePlace”[ The
OxfordAnthologyofWr i
ti
ngsf romNorth-EastIndi
a:PoetryandEssay sedt.byT il
ottomaMi sra(NewDelhi:OUP,
2011
) ]
.

Uni
tI
I Shor
tfi
ct
ion

1. A.K.Ramanujan,
“AFloweri
ngTree”fom AF
r lower
ingTreeandOt
herOr alTal
esfromIndi
a(NewDelhi
:Pengui
n
Books,201
4),
pages53-62.
2. ManojDas,“T
heSubmer gedVall
ey”fom Sel
r ec
tedFi
cti
on(NewDelhi
,PenguinBooks,
2001),
pages87-
95.
3. MahaswetaDevi,“T
heHunt ”f
rom Imagi
naryMapst r
ans.byGayatr
iCharavortySpi
vak(London:Routl
edge,
1994)
.

Uni
tI
II Pl
ay

1
. Rabi
ndr
anat
hT e–Mukt
agor a-dhar
afom T
r hreePl
ayst
rans
.byMar
jor
ieSy
kes(
LondonOUP,
1950)
,pages1
-
 81
.

Uni
tI
V F
ict
ion

1
. I
ndr
aSi Ani
nha, mal
’
sPeopl
e(London:Si
mon&Sc
hus
ter
,2007)

Uni
tV Non-
fi
ct
ion

1. Ami
tavGhosh,Countdown,pages1-
35(Del
hi
:Ravi
Dayal
Publ
i
sher
,1999).
2. Sat
nam,“Ent
eri
ngt heJungl ,Jangal
e” nama:Tr
avel
sinaMaoi
stGuerri
l
laZonet
rans
.byVi
shavBhar
ati(
New
Del
hi
:Pengui
nIndi
a,2010)
,pages1-
16.

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r ronmentand
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Amer
icanLi
ter
ature--I
I
(
Mul
ti
cul
tur
alAmeri
canFic
ti
on:1980tothePr
esent
)

Thisc ourseex ploresthebr eadthanddi versit

yofr ecentandc ontempor ary
Amer i
canF i
cti
on.T hegenr eint hisperi
od,
reveal sar i
chhet erogenei tythrought heemer genc eofawi des pec t
rum ofwr itersfrom di vergentet hni
cgr oups
pos sess i
nguni queanddi s
t i
ncti
vetraditi
onsands tr
andsoft hought .Thec r
it
icall
yac cl
aimednovel soft hes ewrit
ers
ser veasl i
ter ary-c
ult
urallandmar ksinAmer ic
anhi s
toryandof ferinteres t
inginsightsintothedy nami csofrac e,et
hnicit
y,
soc i
o-economi cc l
ass,sex ualit
yandgender .T hetex tsthathavebeens el
ectedf ordet ail
eds tudyar edr awnf r
om
diver set radi t
ions rangi ng from Af ri
can Amer i
can,Jewi sh Amer i
c an,Mex ican Amer i
c an and Nat i
ve Amer i
can
bac kgrounds .T
heques t
ionpaperwi ll
containfi
veques ti
onswithinternal choic
e, correspondi ngtot hef i
vec omponent s
oft hec ourse.Al ltheques t
ionswillc
arryequal marks.T heques ti
onswoul dtestt hec andidat e’
sc ompr ehens i
onoft he
formalandaes theti
cas pec tsofs peci
fi
ctex t
saswel lasagr as pofl i
terarymovement s/t rends/ conceptsandt erms
relatedt ot hehi stori
calandc ult
uralaspectsthatdi s
t i
ngui
sht het extwi thi
nAmer icanli
ter aryhistory.Thec andidates
wil
l berequi redt oat t
emptoneques ti
oneac hf r
omal lthefi
veuni ts.
Uni
tI
.Toni
Mor
ri
s GodHel
on, ptheChi
l
d(Vi
ntage,
201
5).

Uni
tI
I.Saul
Bel
l Ravel
ow, stei
n(Pengui
n,
2001
).

Uni
tI
IISandr
aCi
sner
osTheHouseonMangoSt
, reet(
Vint
age,
1
991
).

Uni
tI
VLoui
seEr
dri
c TheRoundHouse(
he, Har
perPer
enni
al
,201
2).

Uni
tVRonaldT
akaki
,ADi
f
fer
entMi
rr
or:AHi
stor
yofMul
ti
cul
tur
alAmer
ic
a(Sel
ect
ions
)(Revi
sededi
ti
on,
Lit
tl
eBr
ownand
Co.
,2008)
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tedReadi
ngs

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ison:Cr iti
calandTheor eticalApproac hes( JohnHopki nsUniversi
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al Responset oSaul Bellow(Gr eenwoodPr ess1 995) .
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neB.Pay ant TheI
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enc einNor t
hAmer ic
a:Car vingOutaNi che
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*
***
*

Wor
ldLi
ter
atur
einT
rans
lat
ion–I
I

Thi
scours
ewouldhelpthes t
udent
sunder
standthec onc
eptofwor
ldli
ter
atur
e.I
tisdes
ignedaroundmoder
n
c
anonical
tex
tsandoffersanopport
uni
tyt
owi denone’sl
it
erar
yhor
izons,
encour
ageac omparati
veper
spec
ti
ve,
and
i
ncul
cat
eanawar enessofthebesti
nworl
dli
terat
ure. 

Uni
tI T
heor
y

1. Selec
tedc hapter
sfrom Worl
dLi
terat
urei
nTheorybyDavidDamrosch,2014(
“Worl
dLit
eratur
einTheor
yand
Pract
ice,
”“Conversati
onswit
hEcker
mannonWeltl
i
ter
atur1
827”and“WhatisWorl
dLit
erat
ure”)
.
2. Franc
oMor ett
i,“
Conject
uresonWor l
dLi
ter
atur
e”,Debat
ingWorldLiter
atur
e,Chr
ist
opherPendergas
t,ed.
(Vers
o, 2004,pp148-
163)
.

Uni
tI
I Non-
Fi
ct
ion

1
. M.
K.Gandhi
,TheSt
oryofMyEx
per
iment
swi
thTr
uth(
Mapl
ePr
ess
,201
1)
.

Uni
tI
II 
Play

1
. Ber
tol
tBr
echt
,Mot
herCour
ageandherChi
l
dren.(
Blooms
bur
yAc
ademi
c,2009)
.
Uni
tI
V Novel

1
. Gabr
iel
Gar
ci
aMar
quez
,OneHundr
edYear
sofSol
i
tude(
Har
per
,2003)
.

Uni
tV Poet
ry

1. Pabl oNer uda:‘ASongofDes pair,

’‘Enigmas ’‘
Brown&Agi leChi
l ThePoet
d’[ ryofPabloNeruda( F
ar r
ar,Straus
andGi r
oux ,2005)].Als
oavai l
ableonl ne.
2. Oc tavi
oPaz :‘AT reeWi thi
n,’‘NoMor eCl ic
hes’‘TombofAmi rKhusru’[Coll
ect
edPoemsofOc t
aviaPaz ,(New
Directi
ons ;Bil
i
ngual ed.editi
on, 1991)].Alsoavail
ableonli
ne.
3. Jos ephBr ods ky:‘El
egy ,
’Ody sseust oT el
emac hus,
’‘Fol
kTune’[Col
l
ectedPoemsi nEngli
sh( F
arrar,Strausand
Giroux,2002) ].Al
s oavailabl
eonl ine.
4. CPCavaf y :“
Wai t
ingfort heBar barians ,
”“It
haka,”“TheCity
”,C.
[ P.Cavafy:theColl
ectedPoems( OxfordWor ld'
s
Clas s
ics,2007) .
5. Anna Akhmat ova: “ He Di d Love, ”“ You wi ll hear Thunder,
”“ Lot
’s Wife”,[Avail
able onl i
ne at
<https://www. poemhunt er.
com/ poem/ he-did-
l
ove>,
<https://www. poet s
.org/poet sorg/poem/ l
ots-
wife>,and
<https://www. poemhunt er.
com/ poem/ you-wil
l
-hear-t
hunder/
comment s/>]

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ngs

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ex anderBeec roft,AnEc ologyofWor l
dLi ter ature:F romAnt iquitytot hePr esentDay( Ver so,2015).
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dLi terature( PalgraveMac mil
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yApt er,Stanl eyCor ngold, NicholasDew, SimonGol dhi l
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StephenHeat h, StefanHoes el-Uhli
g,Pet erMads en,Franc oMor etti
,Francesc aOr si
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mot hyJ.Rei ss ,Bruce
CluniesRos s,Eli
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ngWor l
dLi teratur e,2004.
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dgeCompani ont oGabr ielGar cí
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l
et te,Mat hiasNi l
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oSaur i(eds .
),Literat ureandt heGl obal Cont empor ary(Pal
gr ave
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seHi storyofWor ldLi terature( Rout l
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MadsRos endahl Thoms en,Wor l
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