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ENGLISH INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH UNIT I POETRY Sarojini Naidu Queens Rival Toru Dutt The Lotus Kamala

ala Das My Grandmothers House Nissim Ezekiel A very Indian poem in Indian English UNIT II PROSE Gopala Krishna Gokhale Students and their duties UNIT III DRAMA Rabindranath Tagore The post office UNIT IV FICTION R.K.Narayan Swami and Friends UNIT V SHORT STORY K.A.Abbas The Sparrows Books for Reference: 1. Iyengar, K.R. Srinivasa. Indian Writing in English New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1985 2. Gupta, Balaram Ed. Links Chennai: Macmillan India Ltd, 1977.

SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND UNIT I Renaissance and Reformation UNIT II Feudalism and Dissolution of the Monasteries UNIT III The East India Company Age of Queen Anne UNIT IV The Agrarian and Industrial Revolution The French Revolution and its Effects UNIT V The Effects of World War Book for Reference: 1. Xavier, A.G. Introduction to the Social History of England. Chennai: Viswanathan S. Publishers and Printers Ltd, 2009.

BASIC GRAMMAR, SPOKEN ENGLISH AND WRITING SKILLS UNIT I Spelling Rules Word Formation, Pronunciation and Accent UNIT II Sentence Pattern - SV / SVO / SVC SV IO DO / SVC OC Active Voice / Passive Voice Tenses, Qualifiers and Verbs Uses of Articles and Prepositions UNIT III Paragraph Writing on topics like: a. Water Scarcity b. Pollution c. Unemployment Letter Writing - Formal and Informal UNIT IV Correct the spelling mistakes and errors in sentences UNIT V Making the students read aloud from the text book or from any newspaper Group Discussion Book for Reference 1. Halliday, M.A.K. An Introduction to Functional Grammar. Great Britain: Hodder Educational Publishers, 2004.

POETRY UNIT I Shakespeare - Sonnet XVIII Shall I compare thee Donne - Valediction Forbidding Mourning UNIT II John Milton ~ Paradise Lost (Book I) UNIT III Dryden - Alexanders Feast Blake - The Tyger UNIT IV William Wordsworth - The Solitary Reaper I John Keats - Ode to autumn P.B. Shelley - Ode to the Skylark UNIT V Tennyson - The Lady of Shallot Robert Browning - My Last Duchess Book For Reference 1. Quiller-Couch Ed. Oxford Book of English Verse. Oxford: Clarendon, 1919

LITERARY FORMS UNIT I Epic Ancient Epic Characteristics, Similes with Reference to Paradise Lost. UNIT II Ballad Origin & Development of Ballad Features of Ballad Famous Ballad UNIT III Origin of Drama - Miracles, Morality, Interlude, Chorus One Act Play Characteristics of one Act- Play UNIT IV Essay - Aphoristic Essay - Bacon Personal Essay - Charles Lamb Dissertation upon a roast pig Periodical Essay - Sir Roger at the Church. UNIT V Short Story - Difference between short story and novel.

Book for Reference: 1. Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms Cambridge, M.A. U.S.A: Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1993

2. Nair, Ramachandran. Literary Forms, Chennai: Emerald Publishing, 2009.

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

UNIT - I University Wits Spenser Shakespeare Elizabethan Sonneteers Wyatt and Surrey and Sidney UNIT II Milton Metaphysical Poets UNIT III Dryden Pope Dr. Johnson Periodical Essayists Addison and Steele Anti-Sentimental Comedy Sheridan, Goldsmith 18th Century Novel Fielding, Richardson UNIT IV Romantic Movement Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley and Byron Charles Lamb, De Quincey and Hazlitt Jane Austen & Walter Scott UNIT V Tennyson, Browning, Matthew Arnold. Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy T.S. Eliot, Yeats, Hopkins War Poets Books for Reference 1. Hudson, W.H. An Introduction to the History of English Literature Ludhiana: Kalyani Publishers, 1988.

PROSE UNIT I The Spectator Richard Steele Sir Roger at home Addison UNIT II The Londoner Charles Lamb UNIT III On lying in bed - G.K. Chesterton UNIT IV Science and Society Albert Einstein Mastery over Physical Nature - Bertrand Russell UNIT V Some Memories A - C.V. Raman Book for Reference: Cairncross, A.S. Ed. Eight Essayists. Chennai: Macmillan, 1961.

CHILDRENS LITERATURE UNIT I Childrens Literature : Definition and Perspectives. UNIT ll Aesops Fables The maid and the pail of milk The mouse and the frog The lark and her young ones UNIT III The Panehathantra Mouse maid made mouse How the Rabbit Fooled the Elephant The Ass in the Tiger Skin UNIT IV Mem Fox Wilfrid Gordon Mc Donald Partridge. Hazel Edwards Fake ID J .K. Rowling - Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone UNIT V Asha Nehemiah Grannys Sari Deepa Agarwal- The Walking Tree Books for Reference: 1. Hunt, Peter. Ed. Understanding Childrens Literature. London and New York: Routledge, 1999. 2. Srinivasan, Prema. Children's Fiction in English in India, Trends and Motifs Chennai: TR Publications, 1998.

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE UNIT I lndoEuropean Family of Languages UNIT II Middle English ; Influences of French and Latin Languages UNIT III Growth of Vocabulary UNIT IV Makers of English UNIT V Standard English, Received Pronunciation Books for Reference: 1. Wood, F.T. An Outline History of the English Language. London: Methuen, 1941

LINGUISTICS UNIT I What is Linguistics? UNIT II Socio Linguistics, Psycho Linguistics, Discourse Analysis UNIT III Semantics Word Meaning, Different Levels of Meanings UNIT IV Style - Simple Communication - Dialect, ldiolect, Register UNIT V Phonology : - Speech Mechanism; Classification of Speech Sounds

Books for Reference: 1. Balasubramaniam, T. A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students. New Delhi: Macmillan India Ltd., 2000. 2. Darbyshire, A. E. A Description of English. New Delhi:Arnold- Heinemann, 1972

ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION UNIT I Vocabulary UNIT - II Idioms and Phrases UNIT III Essay Writing UNIT IV Letter Writing UNIT V Dialogue Writing Book for Reference: 1. Bhatnagar, R. B. English For Competitive Examinations. New Delhi: Macmillan India Limited. 1989.

PERSONALITY ENHANCEMENT UNIT I Shiv Khera Goal Setting UNIT II Norman Vincent Peale Building Self Conhdence UNIT III Scharada Bail - Womens Empowerment and Aruna Roy UNIT IV S Radhakrishnan - The Need for Religion UNIT V E.M. Forster - Tolerance Books for Reference: 1. S Radhakrishnan, . The Need For Religion. Religion and Culture.. New Delhi: Orient Paperbacks, 1968. 2. Khera, Shiv. You Can Win. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Pvt Ltd. 2004. 3. Raju, A.K. Touchstone: Synergy of Values Madras University Publications, 2003 4. Scharada Bail. Icons of Social Change New Delhi: Puffin Books, 2004.

AMERICAN LITERATURE UNIT I POETRY The Raven - Edgar Alan Poe Mending Wall - Robert Frost Bankers are just like anybody else, except richer - Ogden Nash Daddy - Sylvia Plath UNIT II PROSE I have a Dream - Martin Luther King Gettysburgs Speech Abraham Lincoln UNIT III DRAMA All my sons Arthur Miller UNIT IV SHORT FICTION The Fall of the house of Usher - Edgar Alan Poe UNIT V FICTION I know why the caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelo. Book for Reference: 1. Baym, Nina and Wayne Franklin. Norton Anthology of American Literature. New York: W.W. Norton and Co. 2007

SHAKESPEARE UNIT I As You Like It UNIT II Macbeth UNIT III Tempest UNIT IV Romeo and Juliet UNIT V Shakespearean Theatre Women in Shakespeares Plays Villains in Shakespeares Plays Fools and Clowns Shakespearean Tragedy Shakespearean Comedy Books for Reference: Craig, W. J. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. London: OUP, 1914.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING UNIT I Second language acquisition UNIT II An Introduction to approaches Methods and Techniques of Teaching English UNIT III Recent Trends in ELT UNIT IV Teaching the four skills UNIT V Tests and Examination

Book for Reference Bose, M.N.K. English Language Teaching. Chennai: New Century Book House, 2005

POETRY II UNIT I Robert Bridges - Nightingales Robert Browning - Andrea Del Sarto UNIT II Hopkins - Gods Grandeur Yeats - A Prayer for My Daughter UNIT III Walter de la Mare - The Listeners D.H. Lawrence - Snake UNIT IV T.S. Eliot - Journey of the Magi Ted Hughes - Jaguar UNIT V Reading Theory Recognizing Kinds of Poetry Discovering Themes in Poetry Books for Reference: 1. Kirszner, Laurie G.K. and Stephen R. Mandell. Portable Literature Reading, Reacting, Writing. USA: Thomas Wadsworth, 2009

BUSINESS ENGLISH UNIT I Letters, faxes and memos. Basic skills and techniques for business correspondence. UNIT II On the Phone Basic skills and techniques for using the telephone in business. UNIT III Summaries, notes, reports Basic skills and techniques for writing reports, making notes, summarizing and taking notes of conversations in business. UNIT IV Marketing Marketing a product, market research, promotion and advertising UNIT V Jobs and careers Applying for jobs and seeking promotion, participating in interviews

Book for Reference: 1. Jones, Leo and Richard Alexander. New International Business English, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

FICTION UNIT I Jane Austen - Emma UNIT II Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist UNIT III H.G. Wells - Time Machine Sherlock Holmes, (i) The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (ii) The Adventure of the Speckled Band UNIT IV George Orwell - Animal Farm UNIT V Plot Characterization Setting Book For Reference: 1. Hudson, W.H. An Introduction to the History of English Literature Ludhiana: Kalyani Publishers, 1988.

DRAMA UNIT I G.B, Shaw - St. Joan UNIT II J.M. Synge - Riders to the Sea UNIT III Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot UNIT IV John Osborne - Look Back in Anger UNIT V The Irish Theatre The Theatre between Wars Drama in the l950s Theatre of the Absurd

Book for Reference: 1. Ward, A.C. Twentieth Century English Literature 1901- 1960. London: Methuen 1964.

POST-COLONIAL WRITING UNIT I POETRY Africa - Abisoch Nicol - The Continent that lies within us Australia - AD. Hope - Australia New Zealand - Jessie Mackay - The Noosing of thc Sun Cod Canada - The Canadian Authors Meet. UNIT II PROSE Edward Said - Introduction Orientalism Chinua Achebc - Novelist as Teacher UNIT III DRAMA Africa - Wole Soyinka - The Swamp Dwellers UNIT IV FICTION Africa - Chinua Achebc - Things Fall Apart UNIT V Helen Tiffin, Bill Ashcroft et-al - The Empire Writes Back - Introduction

Books For Reference 1. Ashcroft, Bill. Gareth Griffith and Helen Tiffin. The Empire Writes Back. London: Routledge, 2003. 2. Ashcroft, Bill. Gareth Griffith and Helen Tiffin. The Postcolonial Studies Reader. London: Routledge, 1995.

JOURNALISM UNIT I Principles of Journalism Editorial Staff and Their Functions UNIT II Kinds of Reporting Different kinds of Lead and Journalistic Vocabulary UNIT III Copyright Laws, Press Registration Act in Democracy UNIT IV Photo Journalism and Journalism through Radio and Television UNIT V Relevance of Journalism in Modern Times Neighbourhood Journalism Book for Reference: Eaman, Ross. The A to Z of Journalism. Toronto: Scarecrow Press, 2009.

SKILLS FOR WORKPLACE UNIT I Enhancing Speaking Skills UNIT II Telephone Skills Interview Skills UNIT Ill Presentation Skills UNIT IV Writing a resume E-mail etiquette UNIT V Group Discussion Team Work and Decision making Skills Reference: Modules devised by Sutherland Global Services, Chennai, 600096.

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