English
North Bengal University
C.B.C.S. U.G. Truncated Syllabus 2021
Subject : English
Semester : 2nd
North Bengal University
C.B.C.S. U.G. Truncated Syllabus 2021
Subject : English
Semester : 4th
North Bengal University
C.B.C.S. U.G. Truncated Syllabus 2021
Subject : English
Semester : 6th
SEMESTER 2
B.A. HONOURS COURSE IN ENGLISH
CORE COURSE (CC)
PAPER : 3 (CC-3)
Indian Classical Literature & Indian Writing in English
UNIT: I
1. Kalidasa: AbhijnanaShakuntalam, tr. Chandra Rajan, in Kalidasa: The Loom of Time (New Delhi: Penguin,1989)
Abhijnana Shakuntalam of Kalidasa -- Ed. M. R. Kale
Kalidasa : An Overview -- eGyankosh, I.G.N.O.U. [http://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/64649]
Abhijnana Sahkuntala: textual analysis -- eGyankosh, I.G.N.O.U. [ http://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/64650]
character analysis and critical perspective -- eGyankosh, I.G.N.O.U. [http://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/64651]
Module 05 : Kalidasa : Abhignana Shakuntalam -- ePG Pathshala [Choose Paper : P-09 & Module : M-05]
** Online Books by Kalidasa = Library, University of Pennsylvania
2. Sudraka: Mrcchakatika, tr. M. M. Ramachandra Kale (New Delhi: Motilal Banarasidas,1962)
Sudraka and his play Mrichchhkatika: an introduction -- eGyankosh, I.G.N.O.U.
Mrichchhkatika: plot structure and analysis -- eGyankosh, I.G.N.O.U.
Thematic concerns in Sudraka's Mrichchhkatika -- eGyankosh, I.G.N.O.U.
Mrichchhakatika: facets of characterisation -- eGyankosh, I.G.N.O.U.
Module 06 : Sudraka : Mrichhakatika -- ePG Pathshala
Sudraka: Mrcchakatika, Tr. by M. M. Ramachandra Kale -- Internet Archive
** Rare Book ** Harvard Oriental Series, Vol. 9 - A Little Clay Cart - Arthur William Ryder
UNIT : II
1. R.K. Narayan: Swami and Friends
R. K. Narayan’s Novel Swami and Friends -- Prof. Kumar Madar, Aayushi International Interdisciplinary Research Journal (AIIRJ), VOL- VII, ISSUE- II, FEBRUARY 2020
Lesson: R.K. Narayan Swami & Friends -- Vandita Gautam, Moti Lal Nehru College, University of Delhi
COLONIAL PERSPECTIVE IN R.K. NARAYAN’S SWAMI AND FRIENDS -- Dr. C. ARUN , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES (IJELR), Vol. 3. Issue.4.,2016 (Oct.-Dec. )
2. Anita Desai: In Custody
Anita Desai’s In Custody : A War -- Anjali Sharma, The Criterion: An International Journal in English
Anita Desai’s ‘in custody’: Unlocking the web of time and space -- Bhasha Shukla Sharma, Journal of English and literature Vol. 2(7), pp. 166-173, September 2011
Self-alienation in Anita Desai's In Custody -- S. Vanitha & G. Saranya, International Journal of Research, Volume VIII, Issue II, February/2019
Lesson: Desai, Anita : In Custody -- Study Material, Gita Lakhanpal, Sri Guru nanak Dev Khalsa College
In Custody and Beyond: A Conversation with Anita Desai -- Vanessa Guignery, Alexis Tadié, In Études anglaises Volume 62, Issue 3, 2009
UNIT : III
1. Kamala Das: An Introduction, My Grandmother’s House
Kamala Das -- eGyankosh, IGNOU [http://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/64631]
2. Nissim Ezekiel: The Night of the Scorpion; Enterprise
Nissim Ezekiel -- eGyankosh, IGNOU [http://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/64629]
UNIT : IV
1. Mulk Raj Anand: ‘Two Lady Rams’
2. Shashi Deshpande: ‘The Intrusion’
Women Characters in Shashi Despande's The Intrusion -- Dr. Punam Pandey , BIJRHAS, Vol.1 No.1 October 2016
YouTube Video : Contemporary Women Writers -- e-Content: Social Science
Human Predicament and Emotional Suffocation in Shashi Deshpande’s Short Story “The Intrusion” -- K. Rajalakshmi TherichSelvam
CORE COURSE (CC)
PAPER : 4 (CC - 4)
British Literature: Old English Period to 14th Century
Unit I :
1. Heroic Poetry
2. Christian Poetry
3. Alliterative Poems
4. Beginning of Prose
5. Beginning of Drama
Unit II :
Beowulf (First 3000+ lines)
Unit III :
Geoffrey Chaucer: Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath’s Tale (Prologue)
B.A. PROGRAMME COURSE IN ENGLISH
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC COURSE (D.S.C.)
PAPER : 2 (D.S.C - 2)
Modern Indian Literature
Short Stories:
1. Premchand: ‘The Holy Panchayat’
2. R.K. Narayan: ‘The M.C.C’
3. Saddat Hasan Manto: ‘Toba Tek Singh’
4. IsmatChugtai: ‘Lihaaf’
SEMESTER 4
SEMESTER 6
GENERIC ELECTIVE (G.E.)
SESMESTER II GE
PAPER 2
Selections from European Literature
Unit I:
1. William Shakespeare: Sonnet nos. 18,64,65,73
2. William Wordsworth: Lucy Poems
3. W.H. Auden: The Unknown Citizen
Unit II:
1. V. Woolf: The Duchess and the Jeweller
2. George Orwell: Shooting an Elephant
Unit III:
William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Twelfth Night