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CHANDIGARH-160014 (INDIA)
(Estd. under the Panjab University Act VII of 1947enacted
1947 enacted by the Govt. of India)
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES
SYLLABI
FOR
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Notwithstanding the integrated nature of a course spread over more than one academic
year, the regulations in force at the time a student joins a course shall hold good only for the examinations
held during or at the end of the academic year. Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to debar
the University from amending the regulations subsequently and the amended regulations, if any, shall
apply to all students whether old or new.
GUIDELINES FOR CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT (20%) FOR REGULAR
STUDENTS OF POST-GRADUATE COURSES (Annual System) Except M.Sc. (Mathematics)
(Effective from the First Year Admissions for the Academic Session 2004-2005)
1. The Syndicate has approved the following guidelines, mode of testing and evaluation including
Continuous Internal Assessment of students :
(i) Terminal Evaluation : 80 %
(ii) Continuous Assessment : 20 %
(iii) Continuous Assessment may include written assignment, snap tests, participation in
discussions in the class, term papers, attendance etc.
(iv) In order to incorporate an element of Continuous Internal Assessment of students, the
Colleges/Departments will conduct three tests as quantified below :
(a) Three Tests :
I 25
II 25 2 best tests = 50
III 25
(b) Snap Tests : 15
(c) Participation in class discussions : 10
(d) Term Paper/s : 15
(e) Attendance : 10
Total : 100 reduced to 20
2. Weightage of 2 marks for attendance component out of 20 marks for Continuous Assessment shall be
available only to those students who attend 75% and more of classroom lectures/seminars/
workshops. The breakup of marks for attendance component for theory papers shall be as under :
Attendance Component Mark/s for Theory Papers
(a) 75 % and above upto 85 % : 1
(b) Above 85 % : 2
3. It shall not be compulsory to pass in Continuous Internal Assessment. Thus, whatever marks are
secured by a student out of 20% marks, will be carried forward and added to his/her score out of
80 %, i.e. the remaining marks allocated to the particular subject and, thus, he/she shall have to secure
pass marks both in the University examinations as well as total of Internal Continuous Assessment
and University examinations.
4. Continuous Internal Assessment awards from the affiliated Colleges/Departments must be sent to the
Controller of Examinations, by name, two weeks before the commencement of the particular
examination on the proforma obtainable from the Examination Branch.
SPECIAL NOTE :
Instructions for the Paper-setters and candidates :
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal assessment.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks
secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper
in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
(iii) In the case of Postgraduate Courses in the Faculties of Arts, Science, Languages, Education,
Design & Fine Arts, and Business Management & Commerce (falling under the purview of
Academic Council), where such a provision of Internal Assessment/Continuous Assessment
already exists, the same will continue as before.
(iv) The marks obtained by a candidate in Continuous Internal Assessment in Postgraduate Classes
from the admissions of 2004 will be shown separately in the Detailed-Marks-Card (D.M.C.).
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PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH
All courses in M.A. I will follow a uniform testing pattern. In each paper, only five questions will be set.
These will include :
1. One question of 20 marks in which the candidate will have to attempt three out of six notes of 200
words each. The nature of notes will vary from course to course.
2. Four questions of 15 marks each, with one alternative for each question. Based on a random
clubbing of the units, these will cover all the eight units (authors/tests/sections) prescribed in the
respective courses. Word limit for each answer would be about 600 words.
3. In all papers, marks of internal assessment out of 20 will be added to the marks secured by the
students out of 80 marks. However, for private and reappear candidates, who have not been assessed
earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper, will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of Internal Assessment.
The Paper Setter must put note (3) in the question paper.
Objectives :
(i) To acquaint students with major critical terms/concepts used in the West from the Greeks to the
New Critics.
(ii) To study selected seminal critical texts.
Testing :
(i) There will be a three hour paper of 80 marks consisting of five questions.
(ii) The first question of 20 marks related to concepts/terms would consist of six notes, out of which the
student would attempt three notes comprising 200 words each.
(iii) The remaining four questions of 15 marks each will be set on the prescribed texts with only one
internal choice for each question.
(iv) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured
by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of
internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iv) in the question paper.
(v) The question on short notes will relate to the following critical terms :
Mimetic and Expressive theories of poetry, Sublime, Three Unities, Decorum, Neoclassicism,
Romanticism, Humanism, Enlightenment, Fancy and Imagination, Synaesthesia, Disinterestedness,
Objective Correlative, What is a Classic?, Ambiguity, Irony, Paradox and Tension, New Criticism,
Intentional Fallacy, Affective Fallacy, Point of View.
The four essay type questions will be set on the following eight units :
Units 5 to 8 will be based on the following sections from Guerin et al., ed. A Handbook of Critical
Approaches to Literature :
8. Mythological and Archetypal : 5.I, 5.II A, B & C, 5.III A 2, 5. III, B.I, 5.IV.
Approaches
M. A. ENGLISH PART I SYLLABUS 3
Suggested Readings :
Q. I Write brief notes (about 200 words each) on any three of the following :
(a) Three Unities.
(b) Humanism.
(c) Fancy and Imagination.
(d) Irony in New Criticism.
(e) Objective Correlative.
(f) Longinuss Notion of the Sublime. 20 marks
Critically sum up Eliots essay Tradition and Individual Talent. Do you agree with
him?
OR 15 marks
Testing :
One question on short notes of 200 words each (three out of six topics to be attempted) covering British
Literary History upto 1750. 20 marks
4 essay type questions, with internal choice, covering all the prescribed texts/authors. Candidates will
attempt all questions. Each question will club two texts at random, out of which one will be attempted.
15 4 = 60 marks
For the question on social and Literary History of Britain, candidates are expected to be familiar with the
following terms/concepts :
The Age of Chaucer; the Elizabethan Age; the Elizabethan Theater; Jacobean Age; the Restoration; the
Augustan Age; Renaissance; Reformation; Introduction to King James Version of the Bible, Classicism and
Neo-Classicism; Miracle and Morality plays, Tragedy and Comedy; Metaphysical Poetry; Epic and Mock
Epic; Satire; Wit; the Picaresque; the Rise of the English Novel.
Suggested Readings :
20. G.S. Rousseau : Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Rape of the Lock.
25. M.C. Battestin : The Moral Basis of Fieldings Art : A Study of Joseph
Andrews.
Q. I Write short notes not exceeding 200 words each on any three of the following :
(a) Epic Poetry.
OR 15 marks
King Lear might be described as a tragedy about a man whose passions have
mastered his reason. Discuss.
Q. III Do you agree that The Tempest is lacking in conflict because Prospero controls the
action ? Give reasons for your answer.
OR 15 marks
Q. IV Discuss Paradise Lost Book I as a Protestant Epic, giving suitable illustration from
the text.
OR 15 marks
Would it be correct to say that Donnes love lyrics spring from a rich mind and a
passionate heart? Give a reasoned answer with suitable illustration from the poems
you have read.
Q. V Discuss The Rape of the Lock as a genial satire, giving suitable illustration from
the text.
OR 15 marks
Testing :
One question on short notes of 200 words each (three out of six topics to be attempted) covering British
Literary History from 1750 to 1900 will be set.
20 marks
Four essay type questions, with internal choice, covering all the prescribed texts/authors will be set.
Candidates will attempt all questions. Each question will club two texts at random, out of which one will be
attempted. 15 4 = 60 marks
Social and Literary History of England from 1750 to 1900 covering the following topic :
Art for Arts Sake, the Picaresque Novel, Sentimental Novel, Gothic Novel, Historical Romance, Negative
Capability, Supernaturalism in Romantic Poetry, The French Revolution, Reform Bill of 1832, Industrial
Revolution, Development of Evolutionary Sciences, Victorian Compromise, the Pre-Raphaelites,
Sociological Novel, 19th Century Women Novelists, Romantic Revival, Naturalism, the Victorian Temper,
Dramatic Monologue, the Omniscient Author.
Prescribed Texts :
1. William Blake : The following poems from the Songs of Innocence and
Experience : The Tyger, The Chimney Sweeper, The
Little Black Boy, The Garden of Love, A Little Girl
Lost, The School Boy.
Suggested Readings :
1. The New Pelican Guide to English Literature ed. Boris Ford
4. B.C. Southam ed. : Jane Austen : Sense & Sensibility , Pride and Prejudice and
(Case Book Series) Mansfield Park.
12.
[ J.R. Watson ed. : Browning : Men and Women and Other Poems.
(Case Book Series)
15. Margaret Bottrall ed. : William Blake Songs of Innocence and Experience.
16. Maynard Mack Gen ed. : 20th Century Interpretation of Hard Times.
17. Maynard Mack Gen ed. : 20th Century Interpretations of Keats Odes.
19. Morton D. Paley ed. : 20th Century Interpretations of Songs of Innocence and
Experience.
Q. 1. Write short notes about 200 words on any three of the following :
Q. 2. What are the salient features of Romanticism that you can trace in the poetry of William Blake.
Illustrate your answer with reference to the poem you have studied.
OR
15 marks
Trace the development of thought in the Odes of John Keats with reference to the prescribed
Odes.
Q. 3. My Last Duchess is the finest example of Robert Brownings poetry. Discuss.
OR
15 marks
William Wordsworth is essentially a poet of nature and simplicity. Discuss with reference to the
poems prescribed for study.
Q. 4. In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte is concerned with the depiction of the loneliness of a soul
responding to the experiences of life with intensity. Discuss.
OR
15 marks
Comment and examine the views that Hard Times portrays vividly the society of its times.
OR
15 marks
Critically examine the view that Emma offers an authentic portrayal of the society of its times.
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Testing :
(i) One question on short notes of 200 words each (three out of six topics to be attempted) covering
British Literary History of the twentieth century shall be set.
(ii) Four essay type questions, with internal choice, covering all the prescribed texts/authors will be set.
Candidates will attempt all questions. Each question will club two texts at random, out of which
one will be attempted.
Concepts and terms from Twentieth-Century British Literature covering the following topics :
Lapis Lazuli.
Suggested Readings :
1. Boris Ford ed. : The New Pelican Guide to English Literature, The Present,
Vol. 8.
10. John Lucas : Modern English Poetry from Hardy to Hughes : A Critical
Survey.
Q. 1. Write short notes in about 200 words each on any three of the following :
Irish Literary Revival; Stream of Consciousness; Theatre of the Absurd; Existentialism in Modern
Literature; Pastiche; Free Verse.
20 marks
Q. 2. Give a critical estimate of the use of Symbolism in Yeats poems with reference to the poem
prescribed.
OR
Q. 3. On the basis of the prescribed poems comment on the poetic imagery of Ted Hughes.
OR
Critically examine Waiting For Godot as a Drama of the Absurd. 15 marks
Q. 4. Discuss the structure of A Passage to India with special focus on the three sections of the novel.
OR
15 marks
Discuss the technique of stream of consciousness in context of Virginia Woolfs Mrs. Dalloway.
OR 15 marks
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OUTLINES OF TESTS, SYLLABI AND COURSES OF READINGS FOR M.A. PART-II
ENGLISH FOR THE EXAMINATIONS OF 2011
General Note : 1. There will be four papers. Paper I & Paper II are Compulsory.
2. In Papers III & IV, the candidate will choose one each out of the 3 options given.
1. Question No. 1 is of 20 marks and the candidates will have to attempt three out of six notes of 200
words each. The nature of the notes will vary from course to course.
2. The remaining four questions of 15 marks each, with one alternative for each question, based on a
random clubbing of the units, will cover all the eight units (author/tests/sections) prescribed in the
respective courses. Word limit for each answer would be about 600 words.
3. The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal assessment.
4. For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured
by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of
internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (4) in the question paper.
Objectives :
(i) To acquaint students with Major Contemporary Western Critical approaches/concepts/terms.
(ii) To study selected seminal critical texts.
Testing :
(i) There will be a three hour paper of 80 marks consisting of five questions.
(ii) The first question of 20 marks related to 20th century critical approaches/concepts/terms would
comprise three out of six notes of 200 words each.
(iii) The remaining four questions of 15 marks each will be set on the prescribed texts with one internal
choice for each question.
(iv) For the private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks
secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in
lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iv) in the question paper.
The question on short notes will test the candidates familiarity with the following critical
approaches/concepts/terms :Postmodernism, Poststructralism, New Historicism/Cultural Materialism,
Ideology, Hegemony, Intertextuality, Differnce. Indeterminacy, Trace and Supplement, Subject,
Essentialism, Simulacra, Discourse, Episteme, Hypertext, Text and Work, Diaspora, Canon, Master
Narrative, Orientalism, Sign.
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18 M. A. ENGLISH PART II SYLLABUS
The four essay type questions will be set on the following eight units :
7. Raymond Williams : The chapters Dominant, Residual, and Emergent and Alignment and
Commitment from Marxism and Literature (121-27; 199-205).
8. Aijaz Ahmad : Literary Theory and Third World Literature from In Theory (43-71).
Note : Nos. 1-5 are available in David Lodge, ed. Modern Criticism and Theory
Suggested Readings :
OR
Comment on the nature of Elaine Showalters contribution to the feminist literary theory.
Q. III Explain in detail what Derrida means by the term Deconstruction. How far is the term useful
in literary criticism ?
OR
On what grounds does M.H. Abrams reject deconstruction? Explain in detail the
deconstructionist attitude to meaning.
Critically sum up Aijaz Ahmeds views on the relevance of contemporary theory to Third World
Literature.
Q. V Explain Raymond Williams notions of the Dominant, the Residual and the Emergent. How are
such ideas useful to our analysis of literary texts ?
OR
Explain what Hirsch means by cultural perspectivism and methodological perspectivism. Do you
agree with his views on literary meaning ?
20 M. A. ENGLISH PART II SYLLABUS
8. Mahashweta Devi : Draupadi & Breast Giver, Stories from Breast Stories.
M. A. ENGLISH PART II SYLLABUS 21
Suggested Readings :
1. Indian Writing in English by KRS Iyengar, New Delhi, Sterling, 1999 (pp 1-54 and pp. 435-77).
2. The Perishable Empire : Essays on Indian Writing in English by Meenakshi Mukherjee, New Delhi, Oxford
Univ. Press, 2000, pp. 1-29 and 166-186 and Twice Born Fiction : Themes and Techniques of The Indian
Novel in English by Meenakshi Mukherjee, New Delhi : Heinemann, 1971, pp. 34-64.
3. The Postmodern Indian English Novel (ed. and Introduced by Viney Kripal), Mumbai, Allied, 1996, pp.1-26,
355-367 and 383-399.
4. An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English (ed. by A.K. Mehrotra), New Delhi, Permanent Black,
2003, pp. 1-27, 243-75, 276-94, 318-36, 337-50, 366-76.
5. Poisoned Bread (ed. by Arjun Dangle), Hyderabad, Orient Longman, 1992, pp. 271-289.
6. Women Writing in India : 600 B.C. To The Present Vol. I (ed. by S. Tharu and K. Lalita), New Delhi, Oxford
Univ. Press, 1995, pp 1-37.
7. Modern Indian Poetry in English (by Bruce King), New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 73-90
and 147-61.
Suggested Readings (General) :
1. Sri Aurobindo : Foundations of Indian Culture.
2. G.N. Devy and Fred Dallmayr : Between Tradition and Modernity.
3. G.N. Devy : After Amnesia.
4. Gandhi, M.K. : Hind Swaraj or Indian Home.
5. Hay, Stephen ed. : Sources of Indian Tradition V-II.
6. Iyengar, K.R.S. : Indian Writing in English.
7. King, Bruce : Modern English Poetry in English.
8. Kirpal, Viney ed. : The New Indian Novel in English : A Study of the 1980s.
9. -- : The Postmodern Indian English Novel.
10. Mehrotra, A.K. : An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English.
11. Mukherjee, M. : Twice Born Fiction.
12. -- : The Perishable Empire : Essays on Indian Writing in English.
13. Naik, M.K. : Aspects of Indian Writing in English.
14. Paranjape, M. : Towards a Politics of the Indian English Novel.
15. --, ed. : In Diaspora : Theories, Histories, Texts.
16. Rushdie, Salman : Imaginary Homelands.
17. -- and Elizabeth West : Introduction to The Vintage Book of Indian Writing : 1947-1997.
18. Tabish Khair : Babu Fictions.
19. Tharu, Susie and : Women Writing in India, 600 BC to the Present.
Lalitha, K.
20. Walsh, W. : Indian Literature in English.
22 M. A. ENGLISH PART II SYLLABUS
Q. III Critically consider U.R. Ananthamurthys Samskara as a narrative that foregrounds the conflict
between tradition and modernity.
OR
Critically analyze Mahashweta Devis concern for the subaltern as reflected in her stories
prescribed for you.
Q. V Write an essay on the imagery employed by Ramanujan in the poems prescribed in your course.
OR
Imtiaz Dharkers poetry reflects the condition of Muslim Women in India. Critically analyze
this statement with suitable examples from the texts.
M. A. ENGLISH PART II SYLLABUS 23
Q. I Write short notes (about 200 words each) on any three of the following :
(a) Symbolism in A Dolls House.
(b) Relationship between Antigone and her brothers.
(c) Alienation effect in Mother Courage and Her Children.
(d) Circle Seven of Inferno.
(e) Mambrinos Helmet in Don Quixote.
(f) Symbolism of the train in Anna Karenina.
OR
OR
OR
Comment on Dantes Inferno as a record of a spiritual journey.
OR
Write a critical essay on the narrative devices used by Cervantes in Don Quixote.
M. A. ENGLISH PART II SYLLABUS 25
Prescribed Texts :
Q. I Write short notes (200 words each) on any three of the following :
(a) The Puritan Tradition.
(b) Beat Poetry.
(c) Black Arts Movement.
(d) Native American Literature.
(e) Transcendentalism in American Literature.
(f) The Frontier Spirit.
20 marks
Q. II Examine the role of Pearl in the moral evolution of Arthur Dimmesdale. 15 marks
OR
Discuss the relationship between Old man and Sea in Hemmingways Novel.
OR
How does Adrienne Richs poetry reflect her involvement in radical feminism? 15 marks
OR
Write an essay on the moral note in Eugene O Neills plays with special reference to Desire
Under the Elms.
15 marks
Q. V Would you agree with the view that Emily Dickinsons writing was the poetry of craftsmanship
rather than that of confession? Discuss and illustrate.
15 marks
OR
Testing :
(i) The first question on short notes of 200 words each (three out of six topics to be attempted) will be
set. 20 marks
(ii) The remaining four essay type questions, with internal choice for each question, covering the
prescribed texts/authors will be set. Candidates will attempt all questions. (Each question will club
two texts at random, out of which one will be attempted). 15 4 = 60 marks
(iii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured
by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of
internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iii) in the question paper.
Objectives : To familiarize the students with literatures of the new worldAsian, African, Australian,
Caribbean, Latin American, Canadianwhich have long remained ignored; to foreground issues such as
history, class, race, gender, nation, culture, diasporic consciousness etc., emphasizing the emergent nature
of literary productions from decolonized communities.
For the question on short notes : Candidates are expected to be familiar with the following
concepts/terms : Aboriginal/Indigenous peoples; Alterity; Apartheid; Colonialism/Neo-colonialism;
Colonial Discourse; Creolization; Decolonization/Postcolonialism; Cultural Difference; Hybridity;
Diaspora/Exile; Globalization; Hegemony; Imperialism; Magic Realism; Mimicry; Nation/Nationalism;
Other/Othering; Race/Class/Gender, Eurocentrism, Nativism.
Prescribed Texts :
20 marks
Q. II Critically consider Marquezs One Hundred Years of Solitude as an example of magical realism.
OR
Attempt a deconstructive reading of Atwoods Surfacing. 15 marks
15 marks
M. A. ENGLISH PART II SYLLABUS 31
(i) The first question on short notes of 200 words each (three out of six topics to be attempted) will be
set. 20 marks
(ii) The remaining four questions including one question of analysis will be set. The analysis question
will be based on Units 4, 6 & 7 (Grammar) and/or phonetic transcription and morphological
description. Other questions will club 2 units with internal choice, out of which one has to be
attempted. 15 4 = 60 marks
(iii) For the private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks
secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in
lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iii) in the question paper.
UNIT-1 : Language : Its Nature and functions : (Language as a system of signs, as human, social,
conventional, arbitrary, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations, levels of language
structurephonology, syntax and semantics).
UNIT-2 : A Brief History of Linguistics : The growth of modern linguistics with particular reference
to the main ideas contained in the works of :
(i) Bloomfield (Language)
(ii) Saussure (A Course in General Linguistics).
UNIT-3 : Sociolinguistics : Variation and Change in Language; Dialect, Register, Style, Acceptability
and Appropriateness. The Pedagogic significance of Language variety.
Psycholinguistics : General theories of Language acquisition (i) The Monitor Model
(ii) Acculturation Theory (iii) Inter-language; Behaviourism and Mentalism : Individual
variation in Language Learning Performance, Aptitude, Motivation.
UNIT-4 : The organs of speech (production and classification of speech, sounds, The I.P.A.
classification). The phonetory system. The concept of phoneme, minimal pairs allophonic
variations. Vowels and consonants, cardinal vowels.
UNIT-5 : The Phonetics of English, Transcription of words and connected English speech with
reference to Jones, E.P.D. The description of English vowels and consonants. Some
differences between R.P. and Indian English, Syllable structure in English, Word Stress and
Word Accent, rhythm and intonation in connected speech.
UNIT-6 : Theory of Grammar : The differences between traditional and structural approaches to
grammar. The major tenets of the structural approach, including the study of :
(a) Morphology : The nature and function of the morpheme, morph and allomorph,
morphological analysis of English words.
(b) Syntax : Constituent Structure : Immediate-constituent analysis of sentences. The
theory of transformational generative grammar (with reference to the work of
Chomsky up to Aspects 1965). Transformation rules, transforming Kernel Sentences
into passive, interrogatives, negatives.
32 M. A. ENGLISH PART II SYLLABUS
Suggested Readings :
Q. I Write short notes (150 to 200 words) on any three of the following :
(a) Dark Lady, (b) Supernatural in Shakespeare, (c) Globe Theatre, (d) The Shakespearean
Sonnet, (e) University Wits, (f) The Fool in Shakespeares plays, Shakespeares tragi-comedies.
Q. III The Taming of the Shrew is often taken as an anti-feminist text. Do you agree ? Give adequate
reasons to support your answer.
OR
Critically examining The Winters Tale, show how it is different from other plays of Shakespeare
in its design and execution.
Q. V Where do you find Hamartia in Othello ? Explain how it influences action and character in the
play.
OR
In Richard II, Shakespeare aims at presenting history through a poetic sensibility. Discuss.
M. A. ENGLISH PART II SYLLABUS 37
Testing :
(i) The first question on short notes of about 200 words each (3 topics out of 6 to be attempted) will be
set. 20 marks
(ii) The remaining four essay-type questions, with internal choice for each question, covering the
prescribed texts will be set. Candidates will attempt all questions. Each question will club two texts
at random. 15 4 = 60 marks
(iii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks
secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in
lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (iii) in the question paper.
Prescribed Texts :
1. Joseph Conrad : Lord Jim
2. James Joyce : A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
3. William Golding : The Lord of the Flies.
4. Graham Greene : The Power and the Glory.
5. George Orwell : Animal Farm.
6. John Fowles : The French Lieutenants Woman.
7. Iris Murdoch : The Time of Angels.
8. Muriel Spark : The Drivers Seat.
Suggested Readings :
Q. I Write short notes (of about 200 words each) on any three of the following :
(a) The Psychological Novel.
(b) Unreliable Narrators in the Twentieth-Century Novel.
(c) Novel of Ideas.
(d) Archetypal Symbolism in the Modern Novel.
(e) The Alienated Hero.
(f) Existentialism in the Contemporary Novel.
Q. II Discuss the narrative technique of Lord Jim with special reference to the role of Marlow as
narrator.
OR
How far is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man an autobiographical novel ? Is there any
ironic distancing between Joyce and Stephen ?
OR
OR
Discuss Iris Murdochs art of characterization with particular reference to The Time of Angels.
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