MA English syllabus 2010 on: February 02, 2010, 10:20:15 AM PROPSED SYLLABUS FOR M.A.

A. ENGLISH LITERATURE EFFECTIVE FROM. 1ST ANNUAL 2010 & ONWARDS

Part-I Paper-I Poetry

Paper-II Drama Paper-III Academic Discourse Paper-IV Criticism Paper-V History of English Literature Paper-VI Stylistics / TESOL

Part-II Paper-VII Prose Paper-VIII American Literature / South Asian Literature Paper-IX Post-Colonial Studies Paper-X Novel Paper-XI Linguistics Paper-XII S & Psycholinguistics Paper-I, Poetry This course aims at introducing the students to the development of English poetry in different eras. It starts from Chaucer and ends at Sylvia Plath. The representative poets from each age are taken to highlight various trends in English poetry from 14th to 20th century. Classical Poetry Chaucer Milton Donne The Prologue to Canterbury Tales Paradise Lost, Book-1 Good Morrow

The Sun Rising Batter My Heart When Thou Hath Done Victorian Poetry Wordsworth Prelude Book-1 Keats Ode to a Nightingale Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode to Autumn Browning My last Duchess Bishop orders his tomb as St. Praxeds Church Modern T.S. Eliot The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Wasteland Sylvia Plath Daddy Widow Paper-II, Drama This paper will introduce students to the origins and development of the classical Greek drama followed by the emergence of Mystery, Miracle and Morality plays during the English Renaissance. Thus an over view of the development of the genre (and sub-genres i.e. tragedy, comedy) over the centuries will be given followed by an in-depth textual analysis of the plays by the major dramatists. Classical Sophocles Renaissance Marlowe Shakespeare

Oedipus Rex

Dr. Faustus Hamlet Twelfth Night A Dolls House Major Barbara Waiting for Godot

Modern Ibsen Shaw Beckett

Paper-III, ACADEMIC DISCOURSE Objective: This course aims at improving the Basic English language skills of the learners. The course is strictly skill based and teachers are advised to use any material which they find appropriate in enhancing simple and complex use of English. 1. Grammar and Mechanics

Coordinate) -Complex)

2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Reading Skills Skimming Scanning SQ3R Locating main ideas Critical Reading

The Process: Reviewing 3. Writing Skills 1. Brainstorming and outlining 2. Traits of good writing

3. Paragraph writing 4. Essay writing

Reading List: Boudin, E.M. (1984). Readers Chouice.Ann Arbour, University of Michigan Press Eastwood, J. (2005). Oxford Practice Grammar Karachi: Oxford University Press Jay, T. and Ros, J. (2005). Effective Presentation. New Delhi: Pearson Press Taib, N. et. al (2003). Basic English Workbook. Malaysia: McGraw Hill Taib, N. et. al. (2003). Basic English, Malaysia: McGraw Hill Moyer, R. (1980). Business English Basic: A Programmed Approach. New York: John Wiley and Sons. Azar, Betty Schrampher. (1996) Basic English Grammar (2nd Edition). New York: Longman Azar, Betty Schrampher. (2000) Understanding and Using English Grammar (3rd Edition). New York: Longman Howe, D. H. et.al. (2004) English for Undergraduates (3rd Impression). Karachi: Oxford University Press

Paper-IV, Criticism The purpose of this course is to bring our syllabi on a par with international standards. After familiarizing the students with the tenets of classical literary criticism, it introduces them to the literary approaches of the modern critics i.e. Eliot, Frye followed by the beginnings of postmodern critical theories, rooted in the works of Woolf and introduced later in detail in Eaglet on. The recent and current trends of post-structuralism will be introduced so as to enable the students to apply these theories to textual analysis. To achieve this objective, a compulsory question of practical criticism will be set on an unseen passage, in the final examination. Note: The Exam will include Practice of analysis/application of theoretical concepts Section-I (Classical) Aristotle Poetics Longinus On the Sublime Section-II (Modern) T.S. Eliot The Tradition and the Individual Talent Frye Anatomy of Criticism (Special emphasis on chapters on myth criticism & Modes) Section-III Modern / Postmodern Movements Formalism Structuralism Post- Structuralism Psychoanalytical Criticism Marxism Deconstruction

Feminism Primary Texts Terry Eagletons Modern Literary Theory Virginia Woolfs A Room of Ones Own Reading List Philip Rice and Partrica Waugh (eds) 1989/2001 Modern Literary Theory. Arnold Michael Levenson (ed) 1999. The Cambridge Companion to Modernism, CUP Terry Eagelton 1983 Literary Theory: An Introduction, Basil Blackwell Rich Rylance and Judy Simons (eds) 2001 Literature in Context, Palgrave Todd E. Davis and Kenneth Womack (eds) 2002 Formalist Criticism and Reader Response Theory, Palagrave Sara Mills, 1995 feminist Stylistics, Routledgte. Helence Keyssar (ed) 1996 Feminist Theatre and Theory, New Case Boods, MacMillan Jonathen Culler 1975 Sturcturalist Poetics. Routledge & Kegan Paul Paul Hamilton 1996 Historicism, the New Critical Idiom, Routledge.1 Paper-V History of English Literature The objective of this course is to give the students a complete historical background of English literature. It will also help them to analyze trends in English Literatures in different eras. It is also based on the critical analysis of all the genres of literature in every age. Section-I 1) Medieval Age 2) Renaissance Age 3) Puritan Age 4) The Restoration Age 5) Augustan Age Section-II 1. Romantic Age 2. Victorian Age Section-III 1- The Modern Age 2- The Postmodern Age Suggested Readings: Fowler, Alas Tair, A History of English Literature, US, Harvard University Press, 1987 Richetti, Jhon (Editor), Cambridge History of English Literature (A Dotcom history) UK, Cambridge University, Press, 2006

 Fulk Robert and Cain M Christopher (2002) USA Blackwell Publishing, A history of old English Literature Pech, John and Coyle, Martin, A brief history of English literature, New York, Palgrave Publishers Litd, 2002 Longaker, Mark and Bolles, C Adwin, Contemporary English literature, New York Appleton Century Crofts. In, 1953 Schofield, William Heusy. English Literature from Norman Conquest to Chaucer. New York, Mac Millan Company 1931 Hichs, Granville. Figures of Transition, New York, the MacMillan Company 1939 Ward, A.W. and Waller, A.R. The Cambridge History English and American Literature Cambridge. Cambridge University, Press, 1907 O Neill, Michael. Literature of the Romantic Period. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998 Rogers, Pat (edit) the Oxford History of English Literature. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001 Cornin, Richard. Romantic Victorians. USA, Palgraue 2002 Lowen Stein, David and Mueller, Janel. The Cambridge History of Early Modern English literature. Cambridge University, Press 2002 Daiches, Dawid. The Present Age in British Literature. Bloomington, Indiana University, Press, 1958 Carter, Roland and McRae John. The Routledge History of Literature in English London. Routledge, 2001 Woods, Tim. Whos Who of 20th Century. Novelists, New York, Rutledge, 2001 Wood Coch, George. Introduction to 20th century Fiction, London, Macmillan Press, 1983 Sambrooh, James. The Eighteenth Century. Singapore, Longman Publishers, 1988 Sampson, George. The Concise History of English Literature. Cambridge, Cambridge University, Press, 1975 Evans, IFFOR. A Short History of English Literature. England Penguin Books, 1976

 Leguis, Emile. A Short History of English Literature. Oxford, Oxford University, Press, 1978 Paper-VI, Stylistics Course Objectives: This course introduces the students to the modern concept of style as distinguished from the traditional one. The course will provide practice to the students in analyzing the literary discourses from a purely linguistic perspective. Course Outline Section-1(Introduction) 1. What is Style? (Traditional, modern, and linguistic concept of style) 2. What is Stylistics? 3. Branches of Stylistics 4. Foregrounding 5. Parallelism 6. Norm & Deviation 7. Figurative Language Section-II (Levels of Analysis-I): 8. Phonological Level -Sound Devices used in Poetry (Repetition, Assonance, Consonance, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Rhyme etc.) -Metre in poetry -Style, Rhythm in Prose 9. Syntactical Level - Nouns, Verbs - Adjectives, Adverbs etc. - Phrases, The Clause - Clause Complexing - Mood & Modality - Theme and Rheme - Transitivity and Meaning 10. Level of Discourse Cohesion Textuality Clause relations Patterns of discourse organization 11. Pragmatic Analysis of Literature Speech Acts Deixies Impicatures

Section-III

12. Speech & Thought Presentation 13. Language, Ideology & Point of View Literature as Discourse 14. Feminist Stylistics 15. Postcolonial Stylistics 16. Critical Discourse Analysis Practicum - Analysis of Poetry - Analysis of Fiction Reading List Carter, R. Ed, (1982) Language and Literature: An introductory Reader, London: Routledge Freeborn, O. (1996) Style London: Macmillan Leech & Short (1981) Style in Fiction. Longman. Leech, G. N (1969) A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry. Longman Mills, S. (1995) Feminist Stylistics Wales, K. (1989) A Dictionary of Stylistics Longman. Widdowson, H. G. (1975) Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature. Longman Paper-VI, TESOL

This paper aims at introducing theories of language and their application in the teaching of English in Pakistan. The first section introduces theories of language learning and, the following sections focus on their applications in the teaching of English as second/foreign language and literature. Section-I Theories urism

Methods and Approaches

Oral and Situational Language Teaching

Section-II Teaching Language Skills

Section-III Teaching of Literature

Testing and Evaluation

-skills Vocabulary tests Grammar tests Pronunciation tests

Practicum in Language Teaching

Reading List Gower, R., Phillips, D., and Walters, S. (2005) Teaching Practice: A Guide for Teachers in Training. Macmillan ELT. Harmer, J. (2001) The Practice of English Language Teaching (3rd ed.). Harlow, UK: Pearson Education. Hughes, A. (1989) Testing for Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Larsen-Freeman, D. (2000) Techniques and Principles in Language Learning (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Nunan, D. (1988) Syllabus Design. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Richards, J. C. and T. S. Rodgers (2001) Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching: A Description and Analysis (2nd ed). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Rivers, W. M. (1981) Teaching Foreign-Language Skills (2nd ed). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Showalter, E. (2003) Teaching Literature. Oxford: Blackwell. Paper-VII, Prose The objectives of this course are to familiarize the students with a wide range of functional and non-functional styles in English prose. Through an in-depth analysis of Bacons text in terms of his use of wit, figures of speech, imagery and aphorisms, the course begins with the Renaissance prose and moves on to an analysis of the layers of wit, irony, humour, sarcasm, sardonic, tone leading to bitter and pungent satire in Swifts Gullivers Travels. Huxleys and Russells prose styles are analyzed in relation to the contemporary thought and philosophy; comparisons and contrasts in various prose writers styles are also highlighted. Two chapters from the works of Chomsky and Said are being introduced to acquaint the students with the contemporary prose writers. The question paper will give equal weightage to each section and a question will also be set on textual analysis. Renaissance Prose Bacon Of Truth Of Death Of Marriage and Single Life Of Revenge Swift Modern Russell

Gullivers Travels

Huxley

Ruskin

In Praise of Idleness Western Civilization Useless Knowledge On Youthful Cynicism Modern Homogeneity Education and Discipline Education of an Amphibian Knowledge and Understanding Liberty, Quality, Machinery The Crown of Wild olive

Postmodern Chomsky On Language (Part-I) Orientalism (Chapter 1 & II) Edward Said Culture & Imperialism (Chapter-I)

Paper-VIII, American Literature

The purpose of this course is to acquaint the students with the aspects of American Literature which has a different cultural and geographical background. Selections from Poetry, Drama and Novel are made by including the representative writers of 19th and 20th century. It will also enable the students to make a comparative study of British and American Literature. History of American Literature Poetry Walt Whitman Extracts from Song of Myself Sections: 1-2-3-6-20-21-32-48-52 Robert Frost Selected Poems - The Pasture - The Tuft of Flowers - Mending Walls - After Apple Picking - An Old Mans Winter Night - Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - The Bear - Desert Places Drama Eugene ONeill Mourning Becomes Electra Novel Hawthorn Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald Suggested Readings: 12345Robert Frost Cenetary essays American classics revisited Hawthorne 20th century views Myth and Modern American, Drama American in Novel

Scarlet Letter A Farewell to Arms The Great Gatsby

Articles in Journals 1. 2. 3. 4. Her Scarlet Letter as a Psychological novel Pakistan Journal of American Studies Literature volumes Co-relation of mysticism and Science in Whitman Song of My self Robert Frost: A Poet of Practical Problems

Paper-VIII, South Asian Literatures

Novels: Kushwant Singhs Train to Pakistan Amitav Goshs The Shadow Lines Kiran Desais Inheritance of Loss Bharatia Mikherjes Jasmine Sidhwas Bride Kamila Shamsies Burnt Shadows Monica Alis In the Kitchen Short Stories: (2 selected stories from each writer) 1. Jhumpa Lahiri Inerpreter of Maladies 2. Moin-ud-Din Daniyal In Other Room & Other Wonders Poetry: Selections form the works of: 1. Kamala Das (Selection from: Selected poems/A Doll for the Child Prostitute) 2. Taufiq Rafat (Selection from: A Dragonfly in the Sun) 3. Daud Kamal (Selection from: A Dragonfly in the Sun) 4. Nissim Ezekiels Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S & The Professor 5. Imtiaz Dharkers After Creation 6. Moniza Alvis Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan Drama: 1. Mahesh Dattani Final Solutions 2. Tariq Ali The Fox and the Leopard Paper-IX, Postcolonial Studies Section I: Theorizing Postcolonialism: Inspite of the expansion, together with the eventual ascent, of postcolonial studies to a paradigmatic status on contemporary intellectual scene in recent years, many of the fundamental questions about the field still remain unanswered or controversial. There have been theoretical debates, over the parameters, definition (s), methodologies or epistemological grounds, speaking positions, the locality, etc. of the postcolonial. In light of the suggested readings below, the focus of this section would be on situating postcolonial studies or, more specifically, postcolonial theory, in a series of critical debates dealing with the definition/s, limitations of the term, along with the key notions and debates related to the field of Postcolonialism. Fanons Wretched of the Earht.

 Saids Culture & Imperialism (chapter 1-3) Ashcroft, William D. Gareth Griffith, and Helen Tiffin, eds. The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures. London: Routledge, 1989 Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies. London: Routledge, 1998 Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorys Can the Subaltern Speak Homi Bhabas Of Mimicy and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse. October 28 (1984) 125-33 Lomba, Anias Colonialism/Postcolonialism Lazarus, Neil, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary Studies. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2004 Moore-Gilbert, Bart. Postcolonial Theory: Contexts, Practices, Polities. London: Verso, 1997 Ahmad, Hena Zafar. Postnational Feminism in Third World Womens Literature. Boston: University of Massachusetts P, 1998 Ahmad, Aijaz. In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, London: Verso, 1992 Section II: Postcolonial Fictions Reading the Imperial Canon Conrads Heart of Darkness Perceiving & mapping the colonial contact + independence: Achebes Things Fall Apart Naipuls The House for Mr. Biswas Section III: Rewriting the canon or counter discourse: Coetzees Waiting for Barbarians Jean Rhys Wide Sargasso Sea Linguistics creativity: Roys The God of Small Things Immigration and Race Politics Kureshis The Black Album Neocolonialism Mohsin Hamids Reluctant Fundamentalist Paper-X, Novel

This course is designed to include major novelists of the Classical, Victorian and Modern Age. Tracing the origin and development of the genre in the eighteenth century, the major novelists of English literature are covered under three ages; each with its own distinct style, thus exposing the students to a range of texts and styles beginning with the Picaresque novel of Fielding and moving on to Woolfs technique of the Stream of Consciousness. A compulsory question will be set based on the textual analysis of the prescribed novels. Classical and Romantic Fielding Joseph Andrews Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Victorian George Eliot Thomas Hardy Modern E.M. Forster Virginia Woolf Paper-XI, Linguistics Course Objectives This course provides a general introduction to linguistics. After a brief history of the gield and a general introduction into the area of language systems and theories, the core components of linguistics will be introducedphonolog, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse, and pragmatics. Theoretical and applied issues will be discussed through the analysis of fragments of language in class, Students will be able to

The Mill on the Floss Return of the Native

A Passage to India To the Lighthouse

certain sub-fields of linguistics -fields in everyday life Section-I Historical Perspective Theoretical and General Linguistics Linguistics VS Traditional Grammar Branches of Linguistics Sociolinguistics

Animal Vs. Human Communication Section-II Levels of Linguistic Analysis Morphology Syntax Semantics

Discourse Pragmatics Section-III Phonetics and Phonology of English Organs of Speech Classification of consonants according to the place and manner of articulation Description and classification of English vowels, Diphthong & Triphthongs Syllable and Stress Intonation Features of Connected Speech Phonetic Transcription Suggested Reading List & Reference Books Aitcheson, Jean (2004) Teach Yourself Linguistics, Teach Yourself Crystal, D (1997) Encyclopedia of Language, Cambridge University Press Crystal, D (1997) Linguistics Cambridge University Press OConnor JD (1973) Phonology of English, Harmondsworth Reach, P. (200) English Phonetics and Phonology (3rd Edn) Cambridge. Cambridge University Press Ladefoged, P. (2001) A Course in Phonetics (4th Edn) Orlando: Horcourt College Publishers Paper-XII, Sociolinguistics & Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics: Sociolinguistics-definitions, origins, approaches Dimensions of Variation in Language Multilingualism Language Identity, Power and Politics Language Culture and View of the World Social Literacy Non-native varieties of English Endangered Languages of the World Language Planning Methods for studying Sociolinguistics

Psycholinguistics: Introduction to Psycholinguistics Basic language abilities of speakers Watsons word association theory Stats word class association theory Skimmerss sentence frame theory Fries sentence frame theory Chomskys grammar

Schema theory Frame theory Script theory Chomskys rationalism Language and thought Spair-Whorf hypothesis Child Language acquisition Second language acquisition and teaching