NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Syllabus Department of English Detailed Syllabus of Third Year Four-Year B.A. (Honours) Course Effective from the Session : 2009–2010 National University Subject: English Third Year Course Code Course Title Marks Credits 1172 16th & 17th Century Drama 100 4 1173 16th & 17th Century Poetry 100 4 1174 17th and 18th Century Non-Fictional Prose 100 4 1175 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Fiction 100 4 1176 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Poetry and Drama 100 4 1177 Victorian Poetry 100 4 1178 Introduction to Linguistics 100 4 1179 Professional English 100 4 1180 Approaches and Methods of Language Teaching 100 4 Total = 900 36 Course Code 1172 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 Course Title: 16th & 17th Century Drama C. Marlowe ---The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus W.Shakespeare —Macbeth, As You Like It Ben Jonson —Volpone John Webster - The Duchess of Malfi Course Code 1173 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 Course Title: 16th & 17th Century Poetry Edmund Spencer—The Faerie Queen Bk 1 Canto 1 John Donne—The Sun Rising, A Valediction Forbidding Mourning, Twicknam Garden, The Canonization, Go and Catch a Falling Star, Batter My Heart, Death Be Not Proud Andrew Marvell—To His Coy Mistress, The Definition of Love, George Herbert—Easter Wings, The Collar John Milton—Paradise Lost Bk 1 Course Code 1174 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 Course Title: 17th and 18th Century Non-Fictional Prose F.Bacon---Of Love, Of Marriage and Single Life, Of Truth, Of Plantation John Milton---Areopagitica Addison and Steele---Selections from The Spectators (as in The Norton Anthology of English Literature) Samuel Johnson – Life of Cowley Edmund Burke--- Speech on East India Bill Course Code 1175 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 Course Title: Restoration and Eighteenth Century Fiction Aphra Ben--Oroonoko Daniel Defoe—Robinson Crusoe Henry Fielding—Joseph Andrews Jonathan Swift—Gulliver’s Travels Samuel Johnson-- Rasselas Course Code 1176 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 Course Title: Restoration and Eighteenth Century Poetry and Drama John.Dryden—Mac Flecknoe William Congreve—The Way of the World Alexander Pope—The Rape of the Lock Thomas Gray—Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Elegy Written on a Country Churchyard Oliver Goldsmith—She Stoops to Conquer Course Code 1177 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 Course Title: Victorian Poetry A.Tennyson—Locksley Hall, Ulysses, The Lotos Eaters, R.Browning—A Grammarian’s Funeral, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Lippo Lippi Mathew Arnold—Thyrsis, Dover Beach, The Scholar Gypsy Christiana Rossetti—Goblin Market, An Apple Gathering Gerald Manley Hopkins—The Windhover, Felix Randal, Spring and Fall, Pied Beauty. Course Code 1178 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 Course Title: Introduction to Linguistics The course introduces students to fundamentals of Linguistics. It covers: a) Definition and characteristics of language, b) Basic concepts in Linguistics: Langue and Parole, Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic perspectives of language, Competence and performance c) Consonant and vowel sounds in English, Basic Rules of elision and assimilation, Stress and intonation d) Morphology: Free and Bound Morphemes, Word formation rules e) Syntax: Sentence Construction Rules, Deep and Surface Structure f) Psycholinguistics: Child language development; theories of second language acquisition g) Sociolinguistics: Language varieties, Language and society, Language and culture; Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Recommended Reading: Text Books: Fromkin V. and R. Rodman. 1995. An Introduction to Language. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Roach, Peter. 2000. English Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge University Press. John Lyons. 1981. Language and Linguistics An Introduction. Cambridge: C.U.P. O’Grady, William et al. 1987 Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction Hudson, R.H. 1996. Sociolinguistics. Cambridge University Press Reference Books: R.H. Robins. 1964. General Linguistics An Introductory Survey. New York: Longman David Crystal. 1985. Linguistics. Penguin Books. Bolinger. D. Aspects of Language. Ferdinand De Saussure. 1959. Course in General Linguistics. New York: Philosophical Library. (Chapters 1,2,3 and 4) Noam Chomsky. 1957. Syntactic Structures. S. Gravenhage: Mouton and Co. Noam Chomsky. 1965. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Mouton and C. M.A.K. Halliday. 1978. Explorations into the Functions of Language. Course Code 1179 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 Course Title: Professional English This course will enable students to explore the nature of writing in domains of professional communication. It will introduce students to a range a professional text types, namely informational, persuasive and argumentative discourse commonly found in professional and business contexts. It will include: Business letters, Official notice, Notes and memos,Office order, Office circular Press Release, Project Proposal, Tenders/Quotations, E-mail messages, Project Reports The course will also include an oral component and cover such areas as conducting and participating in meeting, interviewing and taking job interviews, presenting and participating in seminars, symposiums, workshops and the like. Recommended Reading: Text Books: Ashley, A. Oxford Handbook of Commercial Correspondence. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Raman, Menaskhi and Sangeeta Sharma. 2004. Technical Communication. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Lennon, John M. 1982. Technical Writing. Little Brown and Company. Reference Books: Barnes, Henry A.1982. The Language of Bureaucracy. In Boltz, Carol J and Seyler, D.U(eds.) Language and Power. New York: Random House. Gibson, Walker. 1982. Sweet Talk: The Rhetoric of Advertising. In Boltz, Carol J and Seyler, D.U(eds.) 1982. Language and Power. New York: Random House. Jeely, John . 2002. The Oxford Guide to Writing and Speaking. OUP. Pal, Rajendra and J. S. Korla Halls. 2002. Essentials of Business Communication. New Delhi: Sultan Chand and Sons. Stephens, Mary. 2000. Practise Advanced Writing. Longman. Viva Voce (25) Tutorial (25) Course Code 1180 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 Course Title: Approaches and Methods of Language Teaching The aim of this course is to familiarize students with developments in the theories and practices of language teaching and learning so that those who will join as teachers of English can teach English language effectively with theoretical insights, taking the potentials and constraints of a context into consideration. The course will introduce students to theory of language, theory of language learning, classroom practices, teachers’ roles and learners’ roles, strengths and weaknesses of Audio-lingual Method, The Natural Approach, Direct Method, Communicative Approach, Task-based teaching and learning, Appropriate Methodology, Post-method pedagogy, and The politics of English language teaching. The course will also cover approaches to and practical aspects of teaching vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, reading, writing, speaking, listening and use of literature in language teaching. Text Book: Richards, J. and T. Rodgers 1986. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. CUP. Littlewood william. 1981. Communicative Language Teaching. Harmer, J. 1983 The Practice of English Language Teaching. Longman Holliday, A. 1994. Appropriate Methodology in Social Context. CUP Freceman -Larsen, 1996. Techniques of Language Teaching Lyndsay, Paul. 2000. Teaching English Worldwide: A New Practical Guide to Teaching English. California: Alta Book Center Publishers Penny Ur. 2003. A Course in Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press. Reference Books Brumfit, C.J. and Carter, R. 1986. Literature and Language Teaching. OUP. Harmer, J. 1997. How to Teach English. Longman. Widdowson, H.G. 1978. Teaching Language as Communication. CUP. Robinson, P. 1988. Academic Writing: Process and Product, ELT Doc. 129. The British Council Nuttal, C. 1982. Teaching Reading Skills in a foreign Language. Heinmann. Tricia Hedge.1990. Writing. ELBS White, R. and Arndt, V. 1991. Process Writing. London: Longman.
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