B.A. Eng Lit. IV Sem Syllabus

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Tirunelveli, 

 Semester IV

Core VI

Romantic Age

Objective :

1. Understanding texts with special reference to the periods.

2. Interpretation and appreciation of selected texts from the genres of poetry,prose and Drama.

Unit I             

The Age of Wordsworth (1798 – 1832)

The Older Poets

The Younger Poets

General Prose

The Novel

Text : Hudson : History of English Literature

Unit II Poetry

Wordsworth - Ode on Intimations of Immortality

Coleridge - Christabel

Unit III Poetry

Keats - Ode on a Grecian Urn, Eve of St. Agnes

Shelley - Ode to the West Wind

Byron - The Prisoner of Chillon

Unit IV Prose

Charles Lamb: Dream Children Poor Relations

Hazlittt Indian Jugglers

Unit V Fiction

Jane Austen Emma

Allied Paper IV

Literary Critics

Unit I

Plato

Aristotle

Unit II

Philip Sidney

Ben Jonson

Unit III

Dryden

Dr. Johnson

Unit IV

William Wordsworth

S.T. Coleridge

Unit V

Matthew Arnold

T.S. Eliot

Text: An Introduction to English Criticism by B. Prasad

Skill-based Subject Effective communication

General Objective:

The paper aims to fulfill the long felt need to help the undergraduate students, whoshare a common dream of achieving career success to improve their communicativecompetence in English both in speaking and writing, by providing them with down-toearthsensible and stimulating guidance.

Specific Objectives:

The course will enable the students to

1. Carry on conversation in different communication contexts such as face to facecommunication, telephonic communication, viva voce interview etc.,

2. Participate actively in group discussions and exchange ideas or attempt to reach adecision on shared problems.

3. Improve their ability to read fast with better understanding.

4. Express themselves clearly and concisely using tight words in right places as they willbe enabled to add new words to their present vocabulary. (Words, Phrases andidioms)

5. Prepare well-organized curriculum vitae (resume/bio-data) Project report, long essay,and term paper.

6. Prepare effectively formal and informal letters applications, memos, Emails andfaxes.

II. The Structure of the paper

The paper consists of the following five units

Unit I : Listening

Unit II : Speaking

Unit III: Reading

Unit IV: Writing

Unit V: Vocabulary Building

III Methods

All four skills – listening, speaking, reading, writing are developed through a widerangingtasks.

Unit I: Listening

Listening to audio and video tapes of conversations and speeches, announcementsinstructions and making notes.

Unit II: Speaking

Using correct expressions in given situations/contexts.

Role-play, narration of jokes, commentary on (Important) events, festivals andmatches, conducting quizzes, Introducing VIPs and welcoming an audience,proposing vote of thanks, compeering college functions or youth festivals, sportsevents, miming radio/TV announcements making simple advertisements, conductinginterviews, presenting reports, group discussion.

Unit III: Reading

• Providing exercises to test the students’ ability to read and comprehend.

• Tasks or passages to improve the students average reading speed. Extensive readersmaybe included

• Passages of different types – narrative, descriptive and explorative, may be used asclass room materials to train students in different types of reading

Unit IV Writing

• Tasks, assignments, exercises on various current topics may be provided

• Report writing, preparing agenda and writing minutes for meetings effective use of

SMS, applying for job, resume and effective profiling

• Emergency communication through print and Electronic media.

Unit V Vocabulary

Traditional and innovative tasks may be devised

Text: Effective Communication by Dr. R. BabuSivarajaKirubanithi, Dr. A.Nihamathullah, Dr. C. Rajeswari. A Publication of Manonmaniam SundaranarUniversity