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SYLLABUS
M.A. Honours in English
&
M.A. Honours with Research
in English
(w.e.f. 2017 -18)
MAHons in English with research Sem I Syllabus Mumbai University by munotes
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M.A. Part I
Semester I
Paper No. Name of the Paper
Paper I
Post-Independence Indian Literature in
English - I
Paper III Literary Theory and Criticism - I
Paper V Gender in Literature - I
Paper VII Theory and Methodology of
Comparative Literature - I
Paper IX Study of Modern English Language -I
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University of Mumbai
Syllabus for M.A. Honours and M.A. Honours with Research in English
Part – I - Semester: I
Course: Core Paper
Course Title: Post-Independence Indian Literature in English - I
Paper: I
(Choice Based Credit System with effect from the Academic Year 2017 -18)
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1. Syllabus as per Choice Based Credit System
i) Name of the Program : M.A. Honours and M.A.
Honours with Research in
English
ii) Course Code : PAENGHR101
iii) Course Title : Post-Independence Indian
Literature in English - I
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References : Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester -06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04
ix) No. of Tutorials per week : 01
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes , if any : No
4. Eligibility , if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structu re
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No
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M.A. Honours and M.A. Honours with Research in English
Part – I - Semester: I
Title of the Course: Post-Independence Indian Literature in English - I
Objectives
➢ To enable students to comprehend the sociopolitical backdrop to post -independence
Indian Literature and read English Fiction, written by Indians located mainly in India
as opposed to NRIs or Diasporics , against the backdrop of political, cas te, gender and
religious issues
➢ To understand the linguistic policies and emergence of English as a link language in
India, a global language of communication and the rise of the Indian Novel in English
➢ To understand the postmodernist and postcolonial linguistic and formal innovations in
the Indian Novel in English
Semester -I – Paper -I
Title: Post-Independence Indian Literature in English – I (6 Credits)
UNIT 1: Background
• The Socio -Political and Linguistic Scenario : The influence on Literature of
Nehruvian Socialism; Caste Reforms; Gender Reforms; linguistic policies in India;
The Politics of Language in Independent India; English as a Link Language in India;
English as a global language;
• Postmodernist and Postcolonial Literary Innovations : Impact on Indi an Literature
in English of magic realism; postcolonial re -possessions/re -writings of history, Indian,
folk and non -Western literary modes, e.g. the Sheherezadic and the Indian
classical/folk narrative style; debates on cosmopolitanism and nativism; Cultur al
hybridiy and Multiculturalism ; Linguistic innovations.
UNIT 2:
Anita Desai, Fasting Feasting
UNIT 3 :
Arundhati Roy , The God of Small Things
UNIT 4:
Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold
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Texts for Internal Asse ssment and Classroom Discussion:
1. Mulk Raj Anand , Across the Black Waters
2. R.K. Narayan, The World of Nagaraj
3. Shashi Deshpande, In the Country of Deceit
4. Khushwan t Singh, The Train to Pakistan
5. Nayantara Sahgal, Lesser Breeds
6. Geeta Hariharan, Fugitive Histories
7. Amit Chaudhary , The Imm ortals
8. Cyrus Mistry, Corpse Bearer
9. Shashi Tharoor , The Great Indian Novel
10. Anita Nair, Ladies Coupe
11. Kiran Nagarkar, God’s Little Soldier
12. Upamanyu Chatterjee, The Last Burden
Evaluation Pattern:
1. Internal Assessment (40 marks)
Sr.No . Particulars Marks
1. One Written Assignment/Research Paper on the text
prescribed by the teacher for Internal Assessment
(minimum 2000 words)
Classroom Attendance and Participation
Presentation (10 minutes with or without Power Point)
Viva Voce 20 Marks
10 Marks
05 Marks
05 Marks
Total - 40 Marks
2. Semester End Examination: (60 Marks):
Evaluation: Semester End Examination - 60 Marks - Hours: 02
The Semester End E xamination for 60 marks will have 4 questions ( with internal choice) of 15 marks
each:
Q.1. Essay (any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 1)
Q.2. Essay ( any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 2)
Q.3. Essay (any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 3)
Q.4. Essay (any 1 out of 2) (on Unit 4)
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Recommended Reading :
1. M.K. Naik, A History of Indian English Literature , Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 1982
2. M.K. Naik, Aspects of Indian Writing in English , Macmillan, Delhi 1979
3. William Walsh, Indo-Anglian Literature 1800 -1970: A Survey , Orient Longman,
Madras, 1976
4. Viney Kirpal, The New Indian Novel in English , Allied Publishers, Delhi, 1990
5. Viney Kirpal (ed.), The Postmodern Indian English Novel , Allied Publishers, 1996
6. Jasbir Jain and Amina Amin (eds.), Margins of Erasure: Purdah in the
Subcontinental Novel in English , Sterling, Delhi, 1995
7. Malash ri Lal, The Law of the Threshold, Women Writers in Indian English , Indian
Institute of Advanced Study, 1995
8. Meenakshi Mukherjee, Realism and Reality: The Novel and Society in India , Oxford
University Press, Delhi, 1985
9. Viney Kirpal, The Third World Novel of Expatriation , Sterling, Delhi, 1989
10. Tabish Khair , Alienation in Contemporary Indian English Novels, Oxford
University Press, India, 2005
11. Krishnaswamy and Archana S. Burde, The Politics of Indian’s English: Linguistic
Colonialism and the Expanding English Empire , Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1998
12. Rajeshwari Sunder Rajan (ed.), The Lie of the Land: English Literary Studies in
India , Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1983
Please Note: As per UGC norms each paper has been assigned on e hour of tutorial per
week and this is reflected in the time table of the Department.
Syllabus Prepared by: Dr. Nilufer Bharucha - Convener
Dr. Rajesh Karankal - Member
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University of Mumbai
Syllabus for M.A. Honours and M.A. Honours with Research in English
Part – I - Semester: I
Course: Core Paper
Course Title: Literary Theory and Criticism - I
Paper: III
(Choice Based Credit System with effect from the Academic Year 2017 -18)
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1. Syllabus as per Choice Based Credit System
i) Name of the Program : M.A. Honours and M.A.
Honours with Research in
English
ii) Course Code : PAENGHR102
iii) Course Title : Literary Theory and Criticism - I
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References : Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester -06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04
ix) No. of Tutorials per week : 01
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes , if any : No
4. Eligibility , if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structu re
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No
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M.A. Honours and M.A. Honours with Research in English
Part – I - Semester: I
Title of the Course: Literary Theory and Criticism - I
Objectives
➢ To enable students to map developments in literary theory since the mid -twentieth
century.
➢ To understand the primacy accorded to language and to critically engage with
poststructuralist and deconstructive theories against the background of Saussurean
linguistics
➢ To interrogate the philosophy, politics and aesthetics of feminist, postmodern,
postcolonial and ethnicity studies
➢ To understand meaning -making processes in literary texts, and the specificity of
discourses in given genres
➢ To explore new concept ions of historicity and textual/interpretive locations.
➢ To enable the students to read literary and cultural texts through multiple
perspectives
Semester -I – Paper -III
Title: Literary Theory and Criticism – I (6 Credits)
UNIT 1:
Raymond Williams, “Hegemony; Traditions, Institutions and Formations; Dominant,
Residual and Emergent”. From Marxism and Literature
UNIT 2:
Derrida, “Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of Human Sciences”
UNIT 3 :
Wolfgang Iser , “The Reading Process: A Phenomenological Approach”
UNIT 4:
Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, “What is Minor Literature?”
Texts for Internal Asse ssment and Classroom Discussion:
1. Walter Benjamin, “The Task of the Translator”
2. Roland Barthes, “The Death of the Author”
3. Louis Althusser, “Ideology and the Ideological State Apparatus”
4. Elaine Showalter, “Feminist Criticism in the Wilderness”
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5. Terry Eagleton, Marxism and Literary Criticism , Chapter 1
6. Linda Hutcheon, “Historiographic Metafi ction: Parody and the Intertextuality of History”
7. Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Decolonising the Mind:
8. Edward Said, “Secular Criticism”
9. J. Hillis Miller, “The Critic as Host”
10. Stanley Fish, “Interpreting the Variorum”
11. Barbara Christian, “On the H ighs and Lows of Black Feminist Criticism”
Evaluation Pattern:
3. Internal Assessment (40 marks)
Sr.No. Particulars Marks
1. One Written Assignment/Research Paper on the text
prescribed by the teacher for Internal Assessment
(minimum 2000 words)
Classroom Attendance and Participation
Presentation (10 minutes with or without Power Point)
Viva Voce 20 Marks
10 Marks
05 Marks
05 Marks
Total - 40 Marks
4. Semester End Examination: (60 Marks):
Evaluation: Semester End Examination - 60 Marks - Hours: 02
The Semester End E xamination for 60 marks will have 4 questions ( with internal choice) of 15 marks
each:
Q.1. Essay (any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 1)
Q.2. Essay ( any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 2)
Q.3. Essay (any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 3)
Q.4. Essay (any 1 out of 2) (on Unit 4)
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Recommended Reading :
1. Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Bangalore, Prism Books, 1993.
2. Achebe, Chinua. “Home and Exile” ……..
3. Bertens, Hans. Literary Theory: The Basics. New Delhi: Foundation Books, 2003.
4. Eagleton, Terry. The Illusions of Postmodernism. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1996.
5. Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1996.
6. Eagleton, Terry and Drew Milne. (ed) Marxist Literary Theory. Oxford: Blackwell,
1996.
7. Frye, Northrop. The Anatomy Of Criticism.
8. Genette, Gerard. “Structuralism and Literary Criticism”.
9. Jefferson, A. D. Robey (ed.) Modern Literary Theory: A Comparative Introduction ,
London: Batsford, 1982.
10. Lentricchia, F. and Thomas McLa ughlin (eds.) Critical Terms for Literary Study .
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
11. Lodge, David. (ed.) Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader. Longman: New York,
1988.
12. Lodge, David. Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: A Reader . London: Longman,
1972.
13. Norris, Christopher. Deconstruction: Theory and Practice. London: Methuen, 1992.
14. Rice, Philip and Patricia Waugh. Modern Literary Theory: A Reader. London:
Edward Arnold, 1989.
15.Tompkins, Jane P. Reader Response Criticism: From Formalism to
Poststructuralism .
Please Note: As per UGC norms each paper has been assigned one hour of tutorial per
week and this is reflected in the time table of the Department.
Syllabus Prepared by: Dr. Coomi Vevaina - Convener
Dr. Shoba Ghosh - Member
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University of Mumbai
Syllabus for M.A. Honours and M.A. Honours with Research in English
Part – I - Semester: I
Course: Core Paper
Course Title: Gender in Literature -I
Paper: V
(Choice Based Credit System with effect from the Academic Year 2017 -18)
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1. Syllabus as per Choice Based Credit System
i) Name of the Program : M.A. Honours and M.A.
Honours with Research in
English
ii) Course Code : PAENGHR103
iii) Course Title : Gender in Literature -I
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References : Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester -06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04
ix) No. of Tutorials per week : 01
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes, if any : No
4. Eligibility, if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structure
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No
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M.A. Honours and M.A. Honours with Research in English
Part – I - Semester: I
Title of the Course: Gender in Literature -I
Objectives
➢ To enable students to ‘de -naturalise’ gender
➢ To critically read the gender politics in canonical literature
➢ To arrive at an understanding of the interplay of gender, writing and genre
➢ To explore the subversive strategies in texts that interrogate hetero -normative
patriarchies
➢ To understand the need for new literary frameworks to accommodate the diversity in
contemporary literary production
Semester -I – Paper -V
Title: Gender in Literature -I (6 Credits)
UNIT 1: Background
Schools of Feminist Thought - Liberal, Radical, Marxist, Socialist, Psychoanalytical,
Postmodern, Ecofeminist, ‘Third Wave’ Feminisms
Feminist Literary Theory
• Re-reading and Revisioning the canon
• Gynocritics
• French Feminist Theorists/Critics
• Alternative, non -canonical lite rary paradigms
UNIT 2:
William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra
UNIT 3 :
Rekhti Poetry; Selections from Bhakti women poets
UNIT 4:
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun
Texts for Internal Asse ssment and Classroom Discussion:
1. John Webster, The Duchess Of Malfi
2. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
3. Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
4. Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
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5. Selections from the poems of Emily Dickinson
6. Kate Chopin, The Awakening
7. Virginia Woolf, Orlando
8. Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes are Watching God
9. James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
10. Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
11. Naguib Mahfouz, Palace Walk
12. Alice Walker, The Color Purple
Evaluation Pattern:
5. Internal Assessment (40 marks)
Sr.No. Particulars Marks
1. One Written Assignment/Research Paper on the text
prescribed by the teacher for Internal Assessment
(minimum 2000 words)
Classroom Attendance and Participation
Presentation (10 minutes with or without Power Point)
Viva Voce 20 Marks
10 Marks
05 Marks
05 M arks
Total - 40 Marks
6. Semester End Examination: (60 Marks):
Evaluation: Semester End Examination - 60 Marks - Hours: 02
The Semester End E xamination for 60 marks will have 4 questions ( with internal choice) of 15 marks
each:
Q.1. Essay (any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 1)
Q.2. Essay ( any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 2)
Q.3. Essay (any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 3)
Q.4. Essay (any 1 out of 2) (on Unit 4)
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Recommended Reading :
1. Auerbach, Nina. Communities of Women: An Idea in Fiction. Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard University Press, 1978.
2. Barrett, Michele. Women and Writing . London: Women’s Press, 1979.
3. de Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex. New York: Vintage, 1974.
4. Fetterley, Judith. The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to Am erican Fiction.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978.
5. Gilbert, Sandra and Susan Gubar. The Madwoman in the Gothic: The Woman Writer
and the Nineteenth Century Literary Imagination . New Haven: Yale University Press.
1979.
6. Jacobus, Mary. Readi ng Women: Essays in Feminist Criticism . London: Methuen,
1986.
7. Loomba, Ania. Race, Gender and Renaissance Drama . New Delhi: Oxford India
Paperbacks. 1992.
8. Millett, Kate. Sexual Politics. New York: Doubleday. 1970.
9. Moers, Ellen. Literary Women: The Great Writers. New York: Doubleday. 1976.
10. Rich, Adrienne. On Lies, Secrets and Silence: Selected Prose 1966 -1979. New
York and London : Norton, 1979.
11. Sangari, Kumkum and Sudesh Vaid. Recasting Women: Essays in Colonial History .
Delhi: Kali for Women, 1989.
12. Sangari, Kumkum. The Politics of the Possible: Essays on Gender, History,
Narratives , Colonial India . New Delhi: Tulika, 1999.
13. Sedgewick, Eve. Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire .
Columbia: Columbia University Press. 1992.
14. Tharu, Susie and K. Lalitha. Ed. Women Writing in India Vols. I & II . New Delhi:
Oxford University Press, 1995.
15. Walker, Alice. In Search of our Mother’s Gardens: Womanist Prose . San Diego:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
Please N ote: As per UGC norms each paper has been assigned one hour of
tutorial per week and this is reflected in the time table of the Department.
Syllabus Prepared by: Dr. Shoba Ghosh - Convener
Dr. Coomi Vevaina - Member
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University of Mumbai
Syllabus for M.A. Honours and M.A. Honours with Research in English
Part – I - Semester: I
Course: Core Paper
Course Title: Theory and Methodol ogy of Comparative Literature -I
Paper: VII
(Choice Based Credit System with effect from the Academic Year 2017 -18)
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1. Syllabus as per Choice Based Credit System
i) Name of the Program : M.A. Honours and M.A.
Honours with Research in
English
ii) Course Code : PAENGHR104
iii) Course Title : Theory and Methodol ogy of
Comparative Literature -I
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References : Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester -06
vii) No. of l ectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04
ix) No. of Tutorials per week : 01
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes, if any : No
4. Eligibility, if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structure
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No
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M.A. Honours and M.A. Honours with Research in English
Part – I - Semester: I
Title of the Course: Theory and Methodol ogy of Comparative Literature -I
Objectives
➢ To trace the history of Comparative Literature as a discipline and as a critical
perspective
➢ To understand the need for the comparative study of literature
➢ To get acquainted with the various schools of comparat ive literature
Semester -I – Paper -VII
Title: Theory and Methodol ogy of Comparative Literature -I (6 Credits)
UNIT 1: Background
(A) Name, Definition and Function of Comparative Literature. The Need for and significance
of Comparative Studies.
(Readings: Rene Wellek, “The Name and Nature of Comparative Literature”; Henry Remak,
“Comparative Literature: Its Definition and Function”; Avadhesh K. Singh’s “The Future of
Comparative Literary Studies”)
(B) Schools of Comparative Literature - The Fren ch School; The American School
(Reading: M. Ramezani, Comparative Literature: Method and Perspective )
UNIT 2:
Henrik Ibsen – A Doll’s House
Vijay Tendulkar – Silence, the Court is in Session
UNIT 3 :
Joseph Conrad – Heart of Darkness
Chinua Achebe – Things Fall Apart
UNIT 4:
Langston Hughes (Selected poems)
Arjun Dangle (ed.), Poisoned Bread (Selected poems)
Texts for Internal Asse ssment and Classroom Discussion:
1. Maxim Gorky – Mother
Bertolt Brecht – Mother Courage and Her Children
2. T. S. Eliot – Murder in the Cathedral
Alfred, Lord Tennyson – Becket
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3. Baby Kamble – The Prisons We Broke
Maya Angelou – I know Why the Caged Bird Sings
4. William Shakespeare – Hamlet
Tom Stoppard – Rosencrantz and Guidenstern are Dead
5. R. K. Narayan – Guide (The Film and The Novel)
6. Amrita Pritam – Pinjar (The Film and The Novel)
7. Charlotte Bronte – Jane Eyre
Charles Dickens – David Copperfield
8. Vikram Seth – Golden Gate (selected sonnets)
Siegfried Sassoon – selected so nnets
9. Badal Sircar – Evam Indrajit
J D Salinger – Catcher in the Rye
10. Charlotte Gilman Perkins – “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Susanna Kaysen – Girl, Interrupted
11. Thomas Mann – Transposed Heads
Girish Karnad – Hayavadana
12. Louisa M. Alcott – Little Women
Buchi Emecheta – Joys of Motherhood
Evaluation Pattern:
7. Internal Assessment (40 marks)
Sr.No. Particulars Marks
1. One Written Assignment/Research Paper on the text
prescribed by the teacher for Internal Assessment
(minimum 2000 words)
Classroom Attendance and Participation
Presentation (10 minutes with or without Power Point)
Viva Voce 20 Marks
10 Marks
05 Marks
05 Marks
Total - 40 Marks
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8. Semester End Examination: (60 Marks):
Evaluation: Semester End Examination - 60 Marks - Hours: 02
The Semester End E xamination for 60 marks will have 4 questions ( with internal choice) of 15 marks
each:
Q.1. Essay (any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 1)
Q.2. Essay ( any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 2)
Q.3. Essay (any 1 out of 2 ) (on Unit 3)
Q.4. Essay (any 1 out of 2) (on Unit 4)
Recommended Reading :
1. Amiya Dev, The Idea of Comparative Literature in India , Calcutta: Papyrus, 1984.
2. Bassnett, Susan, Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction , Oxford:
Blackwell, 1993.
3. K. A. Koshi (ed.), Towards Comparative Literature , Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim
University Publication, 1987.
4. Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Counterpoints: Essays in Comparative Literature , Calcutta:
Prajna, 1984.
5. Naresh Guha (ed), Contributions to Comparative Literature: Germany and India ,
Calcut ta: Jadhavpur University Publication, 1973.
6. Rene Wellek, Comparative Literature: Proceedings of the Second Congress of the
ICLA, Chapel Hill: North Carolina University Press, 1959.
7. Ulrich Weisstein, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory: Survey and
Introduction , Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1973.
Please Note: As per UGC norms each paper has been assigned one hour of tutorial per
week and this is reflected in the time table of the Department.
Syllabus Prepared by: Dr. Rambhau Badode - Convener
Dr. Bhagyashree Varma - Member
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University of Mumbai
Syllabus for M.A. Honours and M.A. Honours with Research in English
Part – I - Semester: I
Course: Core Paper
Course Title: Study of Modern English Language - I
Paper: IX
(Choice Based Credit System with effect from the Academic Year 2017 -18)
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1. Syllabus as per Choice Based Credit System
i) Name of the Program : M.A. Honours and M.A.
Honours with Research in
English
ii) Course Code : PAENGHR105
iii) Course Title : Study of Modern English
Language -I
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References : Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester -06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04
ix) No. of Tutorials per week : 01
2. Scheme of Examination : 4 Questions of 15 marks each
3. Special notes, if any : No
4. Eligibility, if any : No
5. Fee Structure : As per University Structure
6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No
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M.A. Honours and M.A. Honours with Research in English
Part – I - Semester: I
Title of the Course: Study of Modern English Language -I
Objectives
➢ To familiarize students with key concepts in English language study
➢ To acquaint students with the levels of linguistic analysis
➢ To enable students to analyze language at the Ph onological, lexical, syntactic,
semantic and discourse level
Semester -I – Paper - IX
Title: Study of Modern English Language - I (6 Credits)
UNIT 1: Orientation
A. Characteristic features of language
B. Functions of human language
C. Linguistics as a scientific study of language
D. Synchronic and Diachronic study of language
E. Levels of linguistic analysis
UNIT 2: Sounds and Sound System of English
A. Principle of complementary and contrastive distribution in the classification of
speech sounds
B. The structur e of syllable and syllabification
C. Supra -segmental properties: stress, rhythm and intonation
D. Phonological variation in British, American and General Indian English
UNIT 3 : Word Formation and Meaning in English
A. Morpheme and allomorph, Morpheme types
B. Morpho logical Processes
C. Semantics and meaning, Types of Meaning
D. Synonymy, Antonymy, Hyponymy, Prototypes
E. Lexical relations: Homonymy, Homophony, Polysemy, Metonymy
F. Lexical and Structural ambiguity
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UNIT 4 : Syntax and Discourse
A. Prescriptive Grammar and Descriptive Grammar
B. Words, phrases and clauses: Form and Function
C. Basic sentence Structure : Form and Function
D. The Concept of Discourse: Cohesion, Coherence and Deixis
Evaluation Pattern:
9. Internal Assessment (40 marks)
Sr.No. Particulars Marks
1. One Written Assignment/Research Paper on a topic given
by the teacher for Internal Assessment (minimum 2000
words)
Classroom Attendance and Participation
Presentation (10 minutes with or without Power Point)
Viva Voce 20 Marks
10 Marks
05 Marks
05 Marks
Total - 40 Marks
10. Semester End Examination: (60 Marks):
Evaluation: Semester End Examination - 60 Marks - Hours: 02
The Semester End Examination for 60 marks will have 4 questions (with internal choice) of
15 marks each:
Q.1. Application based Question (5/7) (on Unit 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Q.2. Short Notes (in 150 words) (3/5) (on Unit 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Q.3. Essay (in 500 words) (1/2) (on Unit 1 and 2)
Q.4. Essay (in 500 words) (1/2) (on Unit 3 & 4)
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Recommended Reading:
1. Aitchison, Jean. Linguistics . Teach Yourself Series. Hodder and Stoughton, 1983.
2. Aitchison, Jean. The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics . New
York: Routledge, 2007.
3. Baker, C.L English Syntax . The MIT Press, 1995.
4. Balasubramanian, T. A Textbook of English Phoneti cs for Indian Students . Macmillan,
1981.
5. Bansal, R. K. and J. B. Harrison. Spoken English for India . Orient Longman, 1972.
6. Berk, Lynn. M. English Syntax . Oxford University Press, 1999.
7. Brown, Gillian, and George Yule. Discourse Analysis . Cambridge Univer sity Press,
1983.
8. Carstairs -McCarthy, Andrew. An Introduction to English Morphology . Edinburgh
University Press, 2002.
9. Crystal, David. Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics . Blackwell, 1980 rpt. 1995.
10. Crystal, David. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Languag e. Cambridge University
Press, 1987.
11. Freeborn, D. Style: Text Analysis and Linguistic Criticism . London: Macmillan, 1996.
12. Halliday, M.A.K. and R. Hasan. Cohesion in English . Longman, 1976.
13. Huddleston, Rodney and Geoffrey K. Pullum. A Student's Introductio n to English
Grammar . Cambridge University Press, 2005.
14. Jones, Daniel. An Outline of English Phonetics . Cambridge University Press, 1972.
15. Leech, G., M. Deuchar and R. Hoogenraad. English Grammar for Today . Macmillan,
1982.
16. Lyons, J. Semantics , Vols. 1 & 2. Cambridge University Press, 1977.
17. Lyons, J. Language, Meaning and Context . Cambridge University Press, 1981.
18. Meyer, Charles. English Corpus Linguistics: An Introduction . Cambridge University
Press, 2002.
19. Quirk, R and S. Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English . Longman, 1973.
20. Trask, Robert Lawrence. Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics . Psychology
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Syllabus Prepared by: Dr. Sachin Labade - Convener
Dr. Shivaji Sargar - Member