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FIFTH SEMESTER

Course Code

Title of   the Course

11251

AMERICAN AND COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE

Learning objectives.

1. To make the students study and appreciate select works from American and Commonwealth literature.

2. To introduce the students to the literary works of the major American writers.

3. To enable them to understand the American life and culture against the background of American history.

4. To provide the learners to know about a knowledge of different aspects of American Commonwealth literature.

BLOCK I: POETRY

Unit – I

Walt Whitman

: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry

Robert Frost

: Mending wall

Unit – II

Wallace Stevens

: The Emperor of ice-Cream

Marianne Moore

: Poetry

Unit – III

Sylvia Plath

: Mirror

Unit – IV

A.J.M. Smith

: Like an Old Proud King in a Parable

Judith Wright

: The Harp and the King

Unit – V

Derek Walcott

: A Far Cry from Africa

Chinua Achebe

: Refugee Mother and Child

Unit – VI

Jean Arasanayagam

: In the month of July

BLOCK II: PROSE (ESSAY)

Unit – VII

Ralph Waldo   Emerson

: The American Scholar

Irving Babbitt

: The Critic and American life

BLOCK III: FICTION

Unit – VIII

Katherine Mansfield

: Bliss

Unit – IX

Ernest Hemingway

: The Old Man and the Sea

Unit – X

Patrick White

: Voss

Unit – XI

Margaret Atwood

: The Blind   Assassin

BLOCK IV: ENRICHING VOCABULARY

Unit – XII O.Neill : The Emperor Jones

Unit – XIII Wole Soyinka : The Lion and the Jewell

Unit – XIV Sharon Pollock : Blood Relations

References:

1. American Literature. Volume 2, Ed. William E.Cair.Newyork: Penguin Academics 2004.

2. William J Fisher Ed.: American Literature of the Nineteenth Century.

3. William J Fisher Ed.: American Literature: 1890-1965.

4. Spiller: Literary History of the United States.

5. Edward H Davidson: Poe: A Critical Study.

6. Richard Chase: Emily Dickinson.

7. J. M. Cox: Robert Frost: A Collection of Critical Essays.

8. Rushdie, Salman. "Commonwealth Literature Does not exist." Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism. 1981-1991. by Salman Rushdie. London: Granta, 1991. 63-70.

9. Tiffin, Helen. "Commonwealth Literature: Comparison and Judgment." The History and Historiography of Commonwealth Literature. Ed. Dieter Riemenschneider. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 1983. 19-35.

10. Symons Report. Learning from Each Other: Commonwealth Studies for the 21st Century. London: Report of the Commission on Commonwealth Studies, Commonwealth Secretariat.

FIFTH SEMESTER

Course Code

Title of   the Course

11252

ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS

Learning objective:

1. To make the students learn modern English grammar and prepare for competitive examinations.

BLOCK I: BASICS OF ENGLISH

Unit – I Basics of English : Sentence, Clause, Phrase Word, and

Morpheme

BLOCK II: GRAMMAR

Unit – II

Tenses

: Importance - Uses- Kinds of tenses

Unit – III

Voices

: Passive voice - Active voice,

Interpersonal Passive voice

Unit – IV

Degrees of Comparison

: Four Types

Unit – V The transformation of Sentence

BLOCK III: WRITING SKILLS

Unit – VI

Punctuation

: Meaning –Importance - Marks of

Punctuation use of Punctuation - Use of

Capital letters

Unit – VII

Précis writing

: Note making

Unit – VIII Paragraph writing - Essay writing

Unit – IX Comprehension - Letter writing - Report writing

BLOCK IV: ENRICHING VOCABULARY

Unit – X Words often confused

Unit – XI Abbreviations - Use of appropriate tense forms - Use of one word substitution

Unit – XII Spelling - Use of Correct Spelling - Synonyms and antonyms

Unit – XIII Match words with their meanings-Spotting common errors in English grammar, appropriate use of prepositions

Unit – XIV Conversion of diagrams into Literal language - Word formation - Idioms and

Phrases - Intelligence test

References:

1. Krishnaswamy, N. Modern English: A Book of Grammar, Usage and Composition. India Laxmi Publishers, 2000.

2. Prasad, Hari M, and Uma R. Shina. Objective English for Competitive Examination.

New Delhi: TataMcGraw-Hill Education Pvt. Ltd., 2005.

3. Pillai, Radhakrishna. G. English Grammar and Composition. Emerald Publishers, 2002.

4. Bhatnagar, R. P. English for Competitive Examination. New Delhi: Laxmi Publishers India, 2009.

FIFTH SEMESTER

Course Code

Title of   the Course

11253

INTRODUCTION TO   MASS COMMUNICATION

Learning objective:

1. To make the students acquaint with the principles of mass communication.

BLOCK I: INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION

Unit – I Mass communication – Definition, Needs and Significance

Unit – II Types – Theories

Unit – III Nature and Function

Unit – IV Mass Media –Definition – Functions and Modes

BLOCK II: JOURNALISM

Unit – V Types and Features

Unit – VI Journalism – Journalist Functions Unit – VII News paper Departments – functions Unit – VIII News Agencies

BLOCK III: MASS MEDIA

Unit – IX Broadcasting Journalism - Television and its Programmes

Unit – X Radio and its Programmes – Films

Unit – XI Mass Media – Uses and Misuses in Modern Society

Unit – XII Mass Media - Government control and Regulatory measures

BLOCK IV: MASS COMMUNICAION

Unit – XIII Mass Communication –Training – Needs

Unit – XIV Future of Mass Communication

References:

1. The Professional Journalism: John Hohenberg (Oxford and IBH).

2. Basic Journalism: Rangasamy Parthasarathy (MacMillan).

3. Professional Journalism: M.V.Kamath.

4. Mass Communication and Journalism in India: D.S.Mehta (Allied Publishers).

5. Theory and Practice of Journalism in India: B.N.Ahuja, (Surjeet Publications).

6. News Editing: Bruce, Wesley, (Oxford and IBH).

7. Professional Journalism: Patanjali Sethi: (Orient Longman).

8. Mass Communication in India: Keval J Kumar.

9. Radio and TV Journalism, K M Srivatsava.

FIFTH SEMESTER

Course Code

Title of   the Course

11254

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

Learning objectives:

1. To make the students study and appreciate select works from History of English literature.

2. To provide the learners to know about a knowledge of different aspects of English literature.

BLOCK I: PERIODS OF SHAKESPEARE, MILTON AND BRYDE

Unit – I

The Age of Shakespeare

– Verse, Drama

Unit – II

The Age of Shakespeare

– Prose

Unit – III

The Age of Milton

– Milton

Unit – IV

The Age of Dryden

- Verse, Drama and Prose

BLOCK II: PERIODS OF POPE AND JOHNSON

Unit – V

The Age of Pope

- Verse, Drama and Prose

Unit – VI

The Age of Johnson

-General Prose

Unit – VII

The Age of Johnson

-Novel

BLOCK III: PERIODS OF WORDSWORTH, TENNYSON AND HARDY

Unit –VIII

The Age of Wordsworth

- General   Prose and the Novel

Unit – IX

The Age of Wordsworth

-The older Poets, the Younger Poets

Unit –X

The Age of Tennyson

-Verse, General Prose

Unit – XI

The Age of   Tennyson

-Novel

BLOCK IV: MODERN AGE

Unit – XII

The Age of Hardy

Unit –XIII

Unit –XIV

The Present Age

Modern Age

References:

1. An Outline History of English Literature, by William Henry Hudson, B.I Publications Pvt. ltd.

2. History of English Literature, by Edward Albert, OUP, New Delhi.

3. A History of English Literature Ed. by Board of Editors, Harrows Publications, Chennai.