Part II - Literary Appreciation, 2nd Year 3rd Semester syllabus only for B.A English, UG Degree, University of Madras 2021

 

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

PART II - Literary Appreciation Second Year | Third Semester|

 

	Only for BA English
	Text – WORD ART: An Approach to Literary Appreciation
	By Emerald Publishers | ₹190/-
Unit - I: Introduction		10 Hours
Unit - II Reading And Appreciating Poetry		15 Hours (including all worksheets to be done in class in the textbook)
Unit - III Reading / Appreciating Prose		15 Hours (including all worksheets to be done in class in the textbook)
Unit - IV Reading/ Appreciating Drama		15 Hours (including all worksheets to be done in class in the textbook)
Unit - V Reading And Appreciating Fiction		15 Hours (including all worksheets to be done in class in the textbook)
Formative Assessment		05 Hours (Unit-end assessment tasks)

 II UG SEMESTER 3 | PART II – LITERARY APPRECIATION

B.A English 

Literary Appreciation

 

Text – WORD ART: An Approach to Literary Appreciation
By Emerald Publishers | ₹190/-
	UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION [10 Hours]
	UNIT No.	Main Topics	Sub Topics
	1.1	Studying Literature
	1.2	Value of Humanities in the
		Present Times
	1.3	Brief Survey of Literatures
		in English
	1.4	Genres and Forms	1.4.1 Poetic Forms
			1.4.2 Prose Forms
			1.4.3 Dramatic Forms
			1.4.4 Narrative Forms
	1.5	Glossary of important terms
		in Genres and Forms
	1.6	Unit –end Assessment and
		Assignment

  

UNIT 2: READING AND APPRECIATING POETRY [15 Hours]
Unit No.	Main Topic	Sub topics
2.1	Understanding Poetic Devices	Syllable, Metre, Rhyme, Stanza, Verse, Imagery, Symbols, Figures of Speech.
2.2	Text-1 William Wordsworth The World is Too Much With Us	Sonnet
2.3	Text-2 W.H.Auden Funeral Blues	Elegy
2.4	Critical Analysis of Text I	Critical Appreciation based of Form and Devices Critical Appreciation based on themes and Structure
2.5	Critical Analysis of Text 2	Critical Appreciation based of Form and Devices Critical Appreciation based on themes and Structure
2.6	Glossary of Poetic Terms
2.7	Unit end Assessment/ Assignment

UNIT 3 : READING AND APPRECIATING PROSE [15 Hours]
Unit No.	Main Topic	Sub Topics
3.1	Understanding Non- Fiction Writing	Writing Styles, Devices Themes and Structure of Essays
3.2	My Lost Dollar Stephen Leacock
3.3	Kindly Adjust to our English Shashi Tharoor
3.4	Critical Appreciation of Text 1	Critical Appreciation based of Form and Devices Critical Appreciation based on themes and Structure
3.5	Critical Appreciation of Text 2	Critical Appreciation based of Form and Devices Critical Appreciation based on themes and Structure
3.6	Glossary of Prose Terms
3.7	Unit end Assessment & Assignment

UNIT 4: READING AND APPRECIATING DRAMA [15 Hours]
Unit No.	Main Topic	Sub Topics
4.1	Understanding Dramatic Devices	Elements of Drama, Dramatic Conventions
4.2	G.B. Shaw’s Arms& The Man	Excerpts from ACT I
4.3	Critical Appreciation of Text 1	Critical Appreciation based of Form and Devices Critical Appreciation based on themes and Structure
4.4	Neil Simon’s The Defenseless Creature	One-Act Play
4.5	Critical Appreciation of Text 2	Critical Appreciation based of Form and Devices Critical Appreciation based on themes and Structure
4.6	Glossary of Dramatic Terms
4.7	Unit-end Assessment & Assignment

UNIT 5: READING AND APPRECIATING FICTION [15 Hours]
Unit No.	Main Topics	Sub Topics
5.1	Understanding Fiction Devices	Narrative Types, Narrative Elements and Techniques
5.2	Anton Chekhov’s “The Bet”	Short story
5.3	Excerpts from Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist	Novella
5.4	Short Story	Critical Appreciation based of Form and Devices Critical Appreciation based on themes and Structure
5.5	Novella	Critical Appreciation based of Form and Devices Critical Appreciation based on themes and Structure
5.6	Glossary of Fiction terms
5.7	Unit end Assessment & Assignment

II UG – SEMESTER 3 | Part II –LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE- I

Internals – 50 Marks                                                 Externals- 50 Marks

 

II UG – SEMESTER 3| Part II –LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE- I INTERNALS (50 marks)
	i. Attendance	- 5 marks
	ii. Continuous Assessment Tests	-10 marks
	iii. Summative Internal Assessment *	- 35 marks

ii.   Continuous Assessment Tests                                   -10 marks

Ø  Continuous Assessment Tests to be given as per University Specifications.

         iii.   Summative Internal Assessment*                            -35 marks

(To be conducted by the respective institutions at the end of the semester according to the Question Paper Pattern and Model Question Paper given)

II BA ENGLISH SEMESTER III

Part II – Literary Appreciation

Summative Internal Assessment -Question Paper Pattern (35 Marks)

QUESTION PAPER PATTERN INTERNAL EXAMINATION – 35 Marks

I.  PART A (5 Marks) Speaking Skills: (5 Marks)

Oral Review of any literary text that students have read

II.  PART B (20 Marks)

[Frame Text-based questions similar to/from Each Unit-end Formative Assessment Tasks]

1.  Unit 1 (4 marks)

2.  Unit 2 (4 marks)

3.  Unit 3 (4 marks)

4.  Unit 4 (4 marks)

5.  Unit 5 (4 marks)

 

III.  PART C (10 Marks)

1.   Critical appreciation of a textual passage –Prose/ Poetry (5 marks)

2.   Critical appreciation of a textual passage – Drama/ Fiction (5 marks)

II BA ENGLISH SEMESTER III

Part II – Literary Appreciation

 QUESTION PAPER PATTERN 

EXTERNAL- UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION

Time: 3 Hours                                                                                         Maximum Marks: 50

Note: Answer any FIVE questions. Each question carries 10 marks.

1.   a) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow ( 5 marks)

[Passage from Unit 1.4 Genres and Forms]

b)  Questions based on any of the following 1.5                                      (5 marks)

[Glossary of important terms in Genres and Forms]

2.   a)  Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow       (5 marks)

[Lines from the two texts in Unit 2-

Poems -Questions to be on Form, Devices, Theme and Structure]

b)  Questions based on any of the following in Unit 2.1&2.6                 (5 marks) [Understanding Poetic Devices - Syllable, Metre, Rhyme, Stanza, Verse, Imagery, Symbols, Figures of Speech

Glossary of Poetic Terms.]

3.   a) Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow          (5 marks)

[Lines from the two texts in Unit 3 - Prose-Questions to be on Form, Devices, Theme and Structure]

b)  Questions based on any of the following in Unit 3.1 & 3.6                  (5 marks)

[Understanding Non-Fiction Writing - Writing Styles, Devices Themes and Structure of Essays

Glossary of Prose Terms]

4.   a) Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow            (5 marks)

[Lines from the texts in Unit 4 Drama--Questions to be on Form, Devices, Theme and Structure]

b)  Questions based on any of the following in Unit 4.1 & 4.6                   (5 marks)

[Understanding Dramatic Devices - Elements of Drama, Dramatic Conventions Glossary of Dramatic Terms]

5.   a) Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow                  (5 marks)

[Lines from the Literary texts in Unit 5 Fiction -Questions to be on Form, Devices, Theme and Structure]

b)    Questions based on any of the following in Unit 5.1 &5.6                         (5 marks)

[Understanding Fiction Devices - Narrative Style and Techniques Glossary of Fiction Terms]

6.   Critically appreciate in 300 words  any of the following texts                  (10 marks)

[Choose any 1 of the 2 Critical Appreciation of unknown passages]

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