BA in English (FYUGP) Detailed Syllabus of First Semester

Title of the Course        :     British Poetry and Drama: 14^th to 17^thCentury Course Code  :           C-1

Nature of the Course       :           Major

Total Credits      :            04

Distribution of Marks:          60(EndSem)+40(In-Sem)

Course Objectives:

• toa cquaint learners with British poetry and drama from Chaucer to Shakespeare
• to familiarize learners with the historical context of the period – Chaucer, Pre-Elizabethan, and Elizabethan
• • todiscussWilliamShakespeare’sprescribedplaysandsonnetsinadetailedmannerMarlowe’s play encapsulates the spirit of the Renaissance
  • Understand the spirit of the Renaissance era encapsulated through Christopher Marlowe’s play

  UNITS	CONTENTS	L	T	P	Total Hours
  		10	02	-	12
  	LITERARY AND SOCIAL HISTORY (14-17 CENTURY CE)
  I (10 Marks)	·       Age of Chaucer ·       Renaissance     and     the     Pre-Elizabethan Period ·       Renaissance Humanism ·       The Stage, Court and City ·       Religiousand Political Thought ·       Shakespeare and his contemporaries ·       Metaphysical poetry
  II (15 Marks)	POETRY Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale William Shakespeare, Sonnet 30, 116 John Donne, ‘The Sunne Rising’, ‘Death be Not Proud’	12	02	-	14
  III (15 Marks)	ELIZABETHAN/RENAISSANCEDRAMA ChristopherMarlowe, Doctor Faustus	14	02	-	16

  
  

  IV (20 Marks)	SHAKESPEAREANDRAMA WilliamShakespeare,Macbeth TwelfthNight	16	02	-	18
  	Total	52	08	-	60

  Where,                  L:Lectures                  T:Tutorials                 P:Practicals

• Suggested Readings:

  AndrewSanders. AShort Oxford History o fEnglishLiterature,OUP,2004.

  Pico Della Mirandola, excerpts from the Oration on the Dignity of Man, in The Portable Renaissance Reader, ed. James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin (New York: Penguin Books, 1953) pp. 476 – 9.

  John Calvin, ‘Predestination and Free Will’, in The Portable Renaissance Reader, ed. James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin (New York: Penguin Books, 1953) pp. 704 – 11.

  Baldassare Castiglione, ‘Longing for Beauty’ and ‘Invocation of Love’, in Book 4 of The Courtier, ‘Love and Beauty’, tr. George Bull (Harmondsworth: Penguin, rpt. 1983) pp. 324 – 8, 330 – 5.

  Philip Sidney, An Apology for Poetry, ed. Forrest G. Robinson (Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1970) pp. 13 – 18.

  Title of the Course                :           British Poetry and Drama: 14th to 17th Century Course Code          : Minor 1

  Nature of the Course                                            :                                            Minor Total Credits                                            :                                                                                        04

  DistributionofMarks             :           60(EndSem)+40(In-Sem)

  CourseObjectives:

  • toacquaintlearnerswithBritishpoetry anddramafromChaucertoShakespeare
  • to familiarize learners with the historical context of the period – Chaucer, Pre-Elizabethan, and Elizabethan

   

  • todiscussWilliamShakespeare’sprescribedplaysandsonnetsinadetailedmannerMarlowe’s play encapsulates the spirit of the Renaissance
  • Understand the spirit of the Renaissance era encapsulated through Christopher Marlowe’s play

  UNITS	CONTENTS	L	T	P	Total Hours
  		08	02	-	10
  	LITERARY AND SOCIAL HISTORY (14-17 CENTURY CE)
  I (10 Marks)	·       Ageof Chaucer ·       Renaissance     and     the     Pre-Elizabethan Period ·       RenaissanceHumanism ·       TheStage,CourtandCity ·       ReligiousandPoliticalThought ·       Shakespeareandhiscontemporaries ·       Metaphysicalpoetry
  II (15 Marks)	POETRY Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale William Shakespeare, Sonnet 30, 116 John Donne, ‘The Sunne Rising’, ‘Death be Not Proud’	16	02	-	18
  III (15 Marks)	ELIZABETHAN/RENAISSANCEDRAMA ChristopherMarlowe,DoctorFaustus	12	02	-	14

   

  IV (20 Marks)	SHAKESPEAREANDRAMA WilliamShakespeare,Macbeth TwelfthNight	16	02	-	18
  	Total	52	08	-	60

   

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  Title of the Course                                      :          Soft Skills

• Course Code                                      :                SEC-1

  Nature of the Course     :       Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) Total Credits    :                                        03

  Distribution of Marks:          60 (End Sem)+ 40 (In-Sem) Course Objectives:

  • tomotivatelearnerstodevelopapositiveattitude,leadershipskills,emotional

  intelligenceandotherpersonalattributescrucialforsuccessinbusinessorcareer.

  • To enable learners to inculcate various interpersonal skills, including proper communication skills so that they would have the confidence to participate in group discussions, appear for interviews, engage in public speaking etc.

  UNITS	CONTENTS	L	T	P	Total Hours
  I (15 Marks)	SOFTSKILLSINCOMMUNICATION Softskillsincommunication Soft skills and intercultural communication Models of communication	08	02	-	10
  II (15 Marks)	TYPESOFSOFTSKILLS ▪     verbaland written communication skills: active listening, interactive speaking, reading different types of texts, writing for formal and businesscontexts	08	02	-	10

   

  	▪     Cross-Cultural etiquette: cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, cultural flexibility, cross-cultural communication
  III (15 Marks)	SOFT SKILLS AND CAREER PREPARATION ▪     Using the Microsoft Office: word, excel, power point; working online and offline; telephoneand face to-face etiquette in professional communication	10	02		12
  IV (15 Marks)	SOFT SKILLS IN GETTING JOBS, AND ON THE JOB WritingaCV Writingjob applications GD Skills Interview skills EmotionalIntelligence Time and stressmanagement Teamwork Networking Presentationskills Making meetings work: preparing, executing, following up Negotiation skills Crisismanagement	11	02	-	13
  	Total	37	08	-	45