ENGLISH (M.A.) (Fall 2015) / (Spring 2016) / (Fall 2016)
Syllabus for M. A. (Prel. and Final) in English
“Master of Arts (Preliminary) in English” Program
“M. A. (Preliminary) in English” Program is a 1-year Program spread over 2 semesters. This program is meant for those university graduates (Such as B. A. pass graduates or graduates with concentration on any discipline other than English) who did not concentrate on English so far but now wish to be specialized in English and acquire a degree with specialization in English. Successful completion of M. A. (Prel.) in English Program will enable a student to join M. A. (Final) in English Program.
Proficiency in English has turned out to be indispensable for entry into almost every walk of life in the modern world. Irrespective of what may be the professional field, English nowadays is required by everyone. We therefore in Bangladesh need English everywhere in all courses of study. To meet this enormous demand Sylhet International University is launching this M. A. (Prel.) in English Program. This program will ensure solid ground for students in English Literature as well as English Language including ELT.
Program Structure
M.A. (Preliminary) in English Program consists of two semesters. Each semester is of six months (April to September and October to March) in which there will be at least 15 weeks of course work and the rest of the time will include tests and examinations.
The Program consists of 36 credit hours in all as detailed below.
M.A. (Preliminary) First semester (15 Credits)
The department of English will offer any five from the following courses each having 03 credit hours.
Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
ENG 501 | Language: Grammar, Reading, Writing and Comprehension | 03 |
ENG 503 | Introduction to English Literature-I | 03 |
ENG 505 | Introduction to English Literature-II | 03 |
ENG 507 | Introduction to Linguistics | 03 |
ENG 509 | Critical Application, Rhetoric and Prosody | 03 |
ENG 511 | English Language Teaching (ELT) | 03 |
ENG 513 | World Classics | 03 |
M.A. (Preliminary) Second Semester (15 Credits)
The department of English will offer any five from the following courses each having 03 credit hours.
Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
ENG 515 | Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century English Literature | 03 |
ENG 517 | Restoration and 18th Century English Literature | 03 |
ENG 519 | The Romantic Poets | 03 |
ENG 521 | English Literary Criticism | 03 |
ENG 523 | Victorian Literature | 03 |
ENG 525 | 20th Century English Literature | 03 |
ENG 527 | Anglo Saxon and Medieval English Literature | 03 |
* The department will offer courses in such a way that the student can be educated in both Literature and Language.
* In addition to 30 credit hours noted above there will be 06 more credits as noted below.
Course Code | Course Title | Credit hours |
ENG 530 | A term paper to be presented before a board | 03 |
ENG 532 | A comprehensive Viva Voce | 03 |
Course Description
Part – I
Course Code: ENG 501
Course Title : Language: Grammar, Reading, Writing and Comprehension
- Grammar:
- Clauses and sentences structures
- Syntax
- Sequence of tenses
- Phrases and Idioms/ Phrasal verbs
- Tense
- Voice
- Narration
- Prepositions
- Transformation of sentences
- Corrections
- Reading:
Students will be required to answer questions from given passages. The questions are as follows:
- Comprehension questions
- Completing sentences
- Changing words
- Multiple choice
- Matching sentences
- True/false
- Précis/summary
- Writing:
- Paragraph
- Composition
- Business Letters/ Job Application
- Report Writing/ Memoranda
Book Recommended:
- A. Ashley: A Handbook of Commercial Correspondence, OUP
- M. Monipatty: The Craft of Business Letter Writing, Tata McGraw Hill
- K. Mohan and M. Banerjee : Developing Communication Skills, Macmillan
- M. Osborn and S. Osborn : Public Speaking, AITBS Publishers
- M.A. Rizvi : Effective Technical Communication, Tata McGraw-Hill
Course Code: ENG 503
Course Title : Introduction to English Literature-I
Poetry:
Shakespeare: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”,
“My Mistress’s Eyes are nothing Like the Sun”
Donne : “The sun rising”, “Canonization”,
P.B. Shelley : “The Ode to the West Wind”
John Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn”, “To Autumn”
Tennyson: “Ulysses”, “The Lotos-Eaters”,
Robert Browning: “My Last Duchess”, “Fra Lippo Lippi”
- S. Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
Emily Dickenson: “I like to see it lap the miles”,
“Because I could not stop for Death”
Books Recommended :
- Brooks and R.P. Warren : Understanding Poetry
- Shapiro and Beum : A Prosody Handbook
- Boulton : Anatomy of Poetry
- M.H. Abrams : A Glossary of Literary Terms
- X.J. Kennedy : An Introduction to Poetry, Fiction and Drama.
- Deb, P.K. :An Approach to the study of English Literature
Course Code: ENG 505
Course Title : Introduction to English Literature II
George Orwell :“Shooting an Elephant
- K. Narayan : The Financial Expert
Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice
William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- B. Shaw : Arms and the Man
Books Recommended:
- M. Forster : Aspects of the Novel
- B. Millett : Reading Fiction
- Boulton : Anatomy of Fiction; Anatomy of Prose
- J. Kennedy : An Introduction to Poetry, Fiction and Drama.
- Boulton : Anatomy of Drama
- T. Jones : Studying Drama, An Introduction
- S.I. Choudhury : Kabya Totto (Bangla Translation of Poetics)
Course Code: ENG 507
Course Title : Introduction to Linguistics
Language: Definition and Characteristics; Origin of language, society and culture: History of English language and the study of English language changes; Different Branches of linguistics; Phonetics, Morphology, Syntax and Semantics; Relationship between linguistics and Literature; Role of Linguistics in Language Teaching; Second language Acquisition/ learning; Recent development in Linguistics, Phonetics, phonology and IPA symbols.
Books Recommended:
- Victoria Framkin: An Introduction to Language
- John Lyon: Language and Linguistics
- Dr Varshney: A Introductory Text Book of Linguistics and Phonetics
- J Richard & J Plot: Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics
- R L Trash: A Student Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
Course Code: ENG 509
Course Title : Critical Appreciation, Rhetoric and Prosody
Summary and Interpretation: Narrative Prediction; Language, dialogue and setting; Sound patterns and interpretation; Literary and non- literary language; Word patterns; stylistic analysis; Analyzing poetry and prose for sound, sense, imagery, structure, rhetoric and prosody.
Books Recommended:
- M H Abrahams: A Glossary of Literary Terms
- Bose and Sterling: Elements of Rhetoric and Prosody
- M Boulton: Anatomy of Poetry & Anatomy of Prose
- J A Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
- Gopal Mallik Thakur: The Anatomy of Rhetoric and Prosody
- Rodger Fowler: A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms
- Martin Stephen: English Literature: A student Guide
Course Code: ENG 511
Course Title : English Language Teaching (ELT)
History of ELT : Grammar-Translation Method, Direct Method, Audio-lingual Method, Revolution and Contemporary Methods, The Communicative approach and the Natural approach.
Teaching and testing the four skills : Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
Testing : General principles of testing; purposes, kinds and designing language testing.
Syllabus Design : Purpose, types, construction. Syllabus and curriculum. Needs analysis, Learner centred approach and designing syllabuses for students at different levels.
Error analysis: The concept of error, description and explanation of error, significance of error analysis and limitation of error analysis.
Books Recommended:
- Hughes 1989 : Testing for Language Teachers. CUP
- Tomlinson (ed.). 1998 : Materials Development in Language teaching. CUP
- C. Richards and T. S. Rodgers. 1986 : Approaches and methods in Language Teaching. CUP
- Ur. 1996 : A Course in Language Teaching. CUP
- V. White. 1988 : The ELT Curriculum. Oxford: Blackwell
- 1991 : Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom. OUP
- Harmer. 1983 : The Practices of English Language Teaching Longman.
- Roy, Himadri Sekhar & Mahmud, Rashed. Syllabus, Curriculum and Material Design.
Course Code: ENG 513
Course Title : World Classics
Aristotle : Poetics
- Dostoevsky : Crime and Punishment
Sophocles : King Oedipus
Ernest Hemingway : The old man and The Sea
Garcia Marquez’s : One Hundred Years of Solitude
Rabindranath Tagore : The Home and the World
Lorca : Selections
Neruda : Selections
Books Recommended:
- Barnet, Burman, Burto, and Cain. Longman (ed.). XI edition : An Introduction to Literature.
- Jerome Beaty and Paul Hunter (ed.) : The Norton Introduction to Literature.
- Webster, Miriam : Encyclopedia of Literature
- . Malcolm Bradbary (ed.) : Introduction to American Studies,
- Luedike, L. S : Making America : The Society and Culture of the United States.
- Mathiessen, F. O : American Renaissance
- Lewis , R : The American Adam.
- Tayler, M. C : History of American Literature : 1607 – 1765
- Chase, Richard : The American Novel .
Part – II
Course Code: ENG 515
Course Title : Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century English Literature
Spenser : The Faerie Queen, BK.1
Bacon : Essays: “Of Friends”, “Of Truth”
Thomas Kyd : The Spanish Tragedy
Marlowe : Doctor Faustus
Shakespeare : Macbeth
Marvell : “To His Coy Mistress”, “Definition of Love”
Milton : Paradise Lost, Books IX and X
Books Recommended:
- Alvarez: The School of Donne
- J. Smith: Donne: Songs and Sonnets
- Willey: Seventeenth Century Background
- M. Tillyard: Milton
- R. Wilson: Seventeenth Century English Prose
- K. Hunter: Paradise Lost
- J. Grierson: Cross Currents in English Literature of the 17th Century
- Bayley, Spenser: Fairie Queen
- The Pelican Guide to English Literature Vol.3
- C. Bradeley: Shakespearian Tragedy
- L. Lucas: Seneca and Elizabethan Tragedy
- B. Harrison: Introducing Shakespeare
- Salinger: Shakespeare and the Traditions of Comedy
- C. Bradbook: Themes and Conventions of Elizabethan Tragedy
- N. Rabkin (ed.): Twentieth Century Interpretations of the Duchess of Malfi
Course Code: ENG 517
Course Title : Restoration and 18th Century English Literature
Dryden : MacFlecknoe
Defoe : Robinson Crusoe
Swift : Gulliver’s Travels
Pope : The Rape of the Lock
Congreve : The Way of the World
Sheridan : The Rivals
Course Code: ENG 519
Course Title : The Romantic Poets
Blake : Songs of Innocence and Experience
Wordsworth : Prelude 1; “Tintern Abbey”, “Immortality ode”, Lucy Poems.
Coleridge : The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, “Kubla Khan”, “Dejection: An Ode”.
Byron : Don Juan І & Π
Shelley : Adonais; “Ode to Skylark”, “The Cloud”
Keats : “Ode to a Nightingale”, “Ode to Psyche”, “Ode on a Melancholy”
Books Recommended:
- B. Pinion : A Wordsworth Companion
- C. Bowra : The Romantic Imagination
- H. Abrams (ed) : English Romantic Poets
- Frye : A Study of English Romanticism
- Elton : A Survey of English Literature: 1780-1830
- Hodgart : Preface to Shelley
Course Code: ENG 521
Course Title : English Literary Criticism
Dryden : “Preface to the Fables”
Johnson : “ Preface to Shakespeare”
Wordswoth : “Preface to the Lyrical Ballads”
Coleridge : Biographia Literaria
(Chapters xii,xiv,xv,xvii)
Eliot : “Tradition and The Individual Talent”
Arnold : “The study of poetry”
Said : Introduction to Orientalism
Books Recommended:
- Wimsal & Brooks : Literary Criticism: A Short History.
- Richards, A: Principles of Literary Criticism
- Wellek, Rene : The Rise of English Literary History.
- Warren, Austen. & Wellek, Rene : Theory of Literature.
- Polts, T.D : Poetics: Aristotle.
Course Code: ENG 523
Course Title : Victorian Literature
Tennyson : In Memoriam (selection), “ Tithonus’, “Locksley Hall”
Arnold : “Thyrsis”, “The scholar –Gipsy”; ‘ Rugby Chapel”, “Dover Beach”
Browning : “Porphyria’s Lover”, “Andrea del sarto”, “ A Grammarian’s Funeral”,
“Rabbi Ben Ezra”.
Charles Dickens : Great Expectation
Thomas Hardy : Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Charlotte Bronte : Jane Eyre
Books Recommended:
- Cecil, David : Early Victorian Novelists.
- Brandis, George : Main Currents in the 19th Century Literature Vol.:4
- Walker, Hugh : The Literature of the Victorian Era
- Elton, Oliver : A Survey of English Literature: 1830-1880
- Forster, E. M : Aspects of Novel
- Allen, Walter : The English Novel.
Course Code: ENG 525
Course Title : 20th Century English Literature
- Beckett : Waiting for Godot
E.M. Foster : A Passage to India
Joseph Conrad : Lord Jim
T.S. Eliot : The Waste Land
W.B.Yeats : Selection
W.H. Auden : Lullaby, The Shield of Achilles, Musee des Beaux Arts.
Seamus Heaney : Selections
William Golding : Lord of the Flies
Course Code: ENG 527
Course Title : Anglo-Saxon and Medieval English Literature
- Beowulf
- The Seafarer
- The Wanderer
- Malory: The Tale of the Death of King Arthur. ED. Vinaver; and
- Chaucer: Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
Books Recommended:
- Long, W. J : English Literature
- Gordon, R.K : Anglo-Saxon Poetry. Everyman’s Library.
- Penguin Classics: Beowulf.
- Penguin Classics: The Earliest English Poems.
- Penguin Classics: Medieval English Verse.
- Renwick & Orton : The Beginnings of English Literature.
- Wardel : Chapters on Old English Literature.
- Penguin Classics: The History of English Church: Bede
- Anderson, G. K : The Literature of the Anglo-Saxons.
M.A. in English Literature and Language Program
“Master of Arts in English Literature and Language” Program is a 1-year Program divided into two Semesters. It is a graduate program intended for students who have already successfully completed a B.A. Honours program in English or who have successfully done an M.A. (Preliminary) program in English. The degree objective of this graduate program is “M.A. in English Literature and Language.” The detailed eligibility conditions for admission will be determined by the university.
This program is designed to serve several purposes. Primarily this program is for those who took up English as their field of concentration at the under-graduate level and wish to go ahead with their specialization a step forward. This program, as its title indicates, specializes the student both for English literature and English language. Instead of being compartmentalized in either literature or language, students get more room to pursue both literature and language for further studies and remain capable of fulfilling wider requirements in the job market. Further this graduate program grooms up the students for efficiently pursuing programs for Ph.D. Apart from specialization in English and employment as teachers and researchers, the program ensures preparation of the student for executive jobs through competitive examinations.
The program requires the student to complete 36 credit hours over two semesters as detailed in the following Program Structure. Each semester is of six months (April to September and October to March) in which there will be at least 15 weeks of course work and the rest of the time will include tests and examinations.
Program Structure
M.A. Final first semester (15 Credits)
Course Code | Course Title | Credit hours | Type of Course |
ENG 601 | Shakespeare | 03 | Lit. (Compulsory) |
ENG 603 | Literary Theory | 03 | Lit. (Compulsory) |
ENG 605 | Modernism | 03 | Lit. |
ENG 607 | Modern European Fiction and Drama | 03 | Lit. |
ENG 609 | Second Language Acquisition | 03 | Language |
ENG 611 | Sociolinguistics | 03 | Language |
ENG 613 | Psycholinguistics | 03 | Language |
* The department of English will announce prior to each semester the courses that will be offered so that there may be 3 courses from literature including the two compulsory courses and 2 courses from language.
M.A. Final Second semester (15 Credits)
Course Code | Course Title | Credit hours | Type of Course |
ENG 615 | History of English Language | 03 | Language (Compulsory) |
ENG 617 | Teacher Education and Research Methodology | 03 | Language (Compulsory) |
ENG 619 | Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics | 03 | Language |
ENG 621 | Syllabus and Material Design | 03 | Language |
ENG 623 | American Literature
(From Bradford to Mark Twain) |
03 | Literature |
ENG 625 | American Literature
(From James to Morrison) |
03 | Literature |
ENG 627 | Post-colonial Literature | 03 | Literature |
ENG 629 | 20th Century Women’s Prose and Feminist literacy criticism | 03 | Literature |
* The department of English will announce prior to each semester the courses that will be offered so that there may be 3 courses from Language including the two compulsory courses and 2 courses from Literature.
Thesis and Viva Voce
In addition to course work of 30 credits done in the two semesters, there will be thesis and viva voce as detailed below.
Course Code | Course Title | Credit hours |
ENG 600 | Thesis | 03 |
ENG 602 | Viva Voce | 03 |
* The student will begin preparation for a thesis under a guide teacher from the beginning of the second semester and present the thesis to a board at the end of the second semester for evaluation.
* The viva voce will be comprehensive requiring preparedness of the student on all the courses studied.
Course Description
Course Code: ENG 601
Course Title : Shakespeare
Literary Texts:
The Merchant of Venice
Measure for Measure
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
Hamlet
Othello
King Lear
Julius Caesa
Recommended Criticism:
- A.C. Bradley, Shakespearean Tragedy
- S.T. Coleridge, Lectures on Shakespeare
- E.M.W. Tillyard, the Elizabethan world picture, Introduction
- Wilson Knight, The wheel of fire
- Harold Bloom, Shakespeare, The invention of human
- Frank Kermode, Shakespeare’s Language
- John Drakasis , Alternative Shakespeare Vol-1
Course Code: ENG 603
Course Title : Literary Theory
Formalism
New criticism
Feminism
Marxism
Psychoanalysis
Post-colonialism
Structuralism
Deconstruction
Post Modernism
Books recommended
- Peter Berry : “Beginning Theory’
- Terry Eagleton : “Literary Theory”
- Ryan: “Literary Theory: A practical Introduction”
- M.H. Abrams : “A Glossary of literary terms”
- Rivik, and Ryan’s : Literary Theory
- The Norton Anthology of Theory
Course Code: ENG 605
Course Title : Modernism
Movements: Symbolism, Aestheticism, Imagism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Dada and Surrealism
Texts:
Poetry: Yeats, Eliot, Pound
Novel: Conrad, Joyce, Lawrence
Drama: O’Neil, Synge
(Selections to be provided later)
Books recommended
- Pelican guide to English Literature Vol-7
- Malcom Bradbury, Modernism
- E. Wilson, Axel’s Castle.
Course Code: ENG 607
Course Title : Modern European Fiction and drama
Novel:
J.P. Sartre – Nausea
Albert Camus – The Outsider
Franz Kafka – The Trial
Drama:
Ibsen – A Doll’s House
Ionesco – Bald Soprano
Brecht -Mother Courage and Her Children
Recommended Books :
Martin Essling : The Theatre of Absurd
Course Code: ENG 609
Course Title: Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
- Definition of SLA. SLA vs FLA, Acquisition vs Learning, Competence vs Performance, Accuracy vs Fluency in SLA.
- Language Learning principles, conditions and variables: the learner processes, levels of Proficiency, role of input and formal materials.
- Theories of SLA: The Acculturation Model; the Monitor Model; the Accommodation Theory; Inter-language Model.
- Language Learner in the classroom:
- Individual Learning differences; Attitude, Aptitude, Memory, Motivation, Age, Personality, Cognitive and Transfer of Training.
- Learner Strategies: Social strategies, Cognitive strategies and Communicative strategies.
- Classroom Interaction: Mode of teaching __ group work, pair work, whole class, teacher talk and class management especially dealing with large classes.
Books recommended
- Rod(1985) , Understanding Second language acquisition ; Oxford university Press
- Mitchell r. and Myles F.(2006). Second language learning theories: London: Hodder Arnold
- Ortega, L 9 2008 second language acquisition, London:
- Cook, v. (2001) second language learning and language teaching , London; Hodder
Course Code: ENG 611
Course Title: Sociolinguistics
Introduction: Definition, key terms and approaches, relationship between language and society, Sociolinguistics and the sociology of language.
Language, dialect and varieties: Regional dialects, social dialects, styles, register, bilingual, multilingual, standard language and developing a standard variety.
Pidgins and Creoles: definition, linguistic characteristics, from Pidgins to Creoles different case studies.
Choosing a Code: Diglossia and bilingualism, definition and relationship — code switching and code mixing— borrow.
National language and language planning: National and official languages— factors and planning a language and the linguist’s role in language planning.
Language and Identity: language and social inequalities, attitude towards language, death and living language, language and gender.
Studies in language dynamics: language change, language maintenance and language shift, multilingual and multicultural societies, proto-Indo-European language.
Books recommended
- RT Bell(1985). Sociolinguistics: goals, approaches and problems: Batsford Limited
- Wardwaugh,R.(1986). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Oxford Press
- Miriam,M.(2006). Introducing Sociolinguistics: New York
Course Code: ENG 613
Course Title: Psycholinguistics
Introduction: definition, different branches of Psycholinguistics, relationship between Psycholinguistics and psychology of language.
Language Acquisition in the early years: Communicating with language—what young children talk about— how young children use their utterances and how adults talk to young children.
Stages in language Acquisition: The babbling stage, holophrastic stage and the Two-word stage.
First sounds in the child’s language: Perception of speech sounds and production of speech sounds.
Later growth in the child’s language: activities of human brain, learning, complexity and processing, elaboration of language structure and language function.
Acquisition of meaning: Early word meanings, context, strategies and semantic components.
Theories of First language acquisition: Behaviorist theory, Innatist theory, Cognitive theory and Maturation theory.
Books recommended
1.Aitchison,J.(2007). The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics: Routledge
- Thomas, S(1998). Psycholinguistics: Oxford Press
3.Danny,D.S. and Natalia, S. (2006). An Introduction to Psycholinguistics; London; Longman
Course Code: ENG 615
Course Title: History of the English Language:
History of the English Language from the ancient to the medieval time:
- old English b) foreign influence on Old English
- c) The Norman Conquest and the subjection of English (1066-1200)
- d) The re-establishment of English (1200-1500)
- Middle English
History of the English Language from the Renaissance to the Twentieth and American English
Books recommended
- Baugh, C.A.(1951). A History of the English Language; London: Routledge and Kegan Paul
Course Code: ENG 617
Course Title: Teacher Education and Research Methodology
Teacher Education
Theories and Principles of Teacher Education
Approaches to teacher training
In-service and pre-service
Lesson plan and evaluation: Classroom observation
Criterion for lesson observation (use of checklists, objective vs subjective observation)
Peer observation
Counseling and Feedback
Modes of teaching and learning
Lecture, seminar, Workplace, Self- access
Micro teaching/ practicum
Assessment of teachers
Research Methodology
Research– the concept; asking appropriate questions-systematic way, internal validity, external validity
Approaches to research Methods—quantitative, qualitative, action etc.The problems, variables, definition, variable scales and function of variables
Educational Research: Principles Appropriate steps; Methodology; technique
Research Report Format; Probability and hypothesis testing
Research Proposal: Selection of topic; research aims; methodology; data collection and analysis
Documentation: Referring to books and journals; questions; footnotes; bibliography
Research paper: Writing a research paper (2,000-3,000) on any aspect of the courses that students have studied
Books recommended
Wallace, M.J. (1992). Training Foreign Language Teachers. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Richards, J.C and Nunan, D. Second language teacher Education: : Cambridge University Press
Course Code: ENG 619
Course Title: Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics
Discourse Analysis: The objective and aim, structure of text and discourse, written and spoken language
Approaches to discourse analysis: Rules and procedures, discourse analysis and language processing
Role of context in interpretation: Topic and Representation of discourse content, the nature of reference in text and discourse. Discourse Analysis and language teaching. Cohesion and Coherence
Speech acts: the types and the co-operative principle
Conversation analysis: Exchange structure
Language and literature: Study of Register and style, linguistic analysis Texts (prose, poetry and drama).
Books recommended
- Yule, G (1996). Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Brown, G. and Yule, G. (1983). Discourse Analysis, Cambridge: Cambridge University
- Halliday, M.A.K and Hasan,R.(1976). Cohesion in English, London: longman.
- Levinson, S.(1983). Pragmatics, Cambridge. Cambridge University
Course Code: ENG 621
Course Title: Syllabus and Material Design
Syllabus Design:
Syllabus and Curriculum Types, purposes
Need Analysis
Factors and constraints in syllabus
Models of Syllabus Design
Designing syllabus for students of different levels
Syllabus Evaluation
Syllabus Design: A learner centered approach
Material Design:
Principles of Effective Materials design development
Evaluation of Materials at different levels.
Books recommended
- Brumfit,C.(ed.).(1984). General English Syllabus Design. ELT Documents
- Munby, j. (1986). Communicative Syllabus Design: Cambridge University Press
- Nunan David, (1987). Syllabus Design: Oxford University
- Roy, Himadri Sekhar & Mahmud, Rashed. Syllabus, Curriculum and Material Design.
Course Code: ENG 623
Course Title : American: Literature (From Bradford to Mark Twain)
William Bradford – From of Plymouth Plantation
Edgar Alan poe – Selections
Nathanial Howthorne – The Scarlet Letter
Herman Melville – Moby Dick
Walt Whitman – Song of Myself ( selections)
Mark Twain – Adventure of Huckleberry Fin
Ann Bradstreet – Selections
Benjamin Franklin – Autobiography
Books recommended
- Paul Lauter – Anthology of American Literature
- Perry Miller – The Puritans
- Sacvan Bercovitch – The Puritan Origins of American Self
Course Code: ENG 625
Course Title : American literature (From James to Morrison)
Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
O’Neil – A Long Day’s Journey into the Night
Miller – Death of a Salesman
Frost – Selections
Saul bellow – Seize The Day
Hemingway – The Sun Also Rises
Toni Morrison – Beloved
William Carlos Williams – Selections
Adrienne Rich – Selections
Allan Ginsburg – Selections
References:
- Leslie fielder – Love and Death in the American Novel
- Malcolm Cowley – A Second Flowering
- Daniel Hoffman – Harvard Guide to Contrary American Writing
Course no : ENG 627
Course Title : Post Colonialism
Nirod C. Chowdhury – The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
R.K Narayan – The Man-eater of Malgudi
Amitabh ghosh – The Shadow lines
Arundhoti Roy – The God of Small Things
- S. Naipaul – The Enigma of Arrival
Chinua Achibe – Man of the People
Wole Soyinka – The Road
Darek Walcott – Selections
Nissim Ezekiel – Selection
Recommended Readings:
- Edward Said, “Orientalism Reconsidered”
- Chinua Achebe, “The African Writer and the English Language”
- Stuart Hall “Cultural Identity and Diaspora”
- Spivak, “Can the Subaltern Speak”
- Homi Bhaba, “Remembering Fanon”
- Leela Gandhi “Post colonial Theory- A Critical Introduction”
Course no : ENG 629
Course Title : 20th Century Women’s Prose and Feminist Literary Criticism
Texts:
Early 20th century
Kale Chopin – The Awakening
Rokeya Shakhawat – Sultana’s Dream
Virginia Woolf – A Room of One’s Own
Late 20th Century
Sylvia Plath – The Bell Jar
Doris Lessing – The Golden Notebook
Anita Desai – Fire on The Mountain
Recommended readings:
- Ellen Moers “Literary Women”
- Tery lovell Consuming Fiction
- Niaz Zaman and Ferdaus Azim, “Iinfininte Variety: Women in Society and in Literature”
- Elaine showalter, A Literature of Their Own”