b.a 1st year syllabus english
CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY, MEERUT
PATTERN OF PAPER SETTING
Unite one is of 10 marks. There will be 5 questions of two marks each and the student shall answer all the questions unless otherwise specified in the paper.
Unite two is of 10 marks. There will be three questions/explanations of 5 marks each and the student shall answer only two questions/explanations/explanations.
Unite three is of 30 marks. There will be five questions of 10 marks each and the students shall answer three questions.
The students are advised to consult.
A Glossary of literary therms by M.H. Abrams.
CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY, MEERUT
Syllabus
B.A.
First year
Short stories
Unite one:
very short questions
R.K Narayan (India) A Horse and two goats
Ruskin Bond (India) The Tunnel
Unite two:
Short questions (Only questions)
James Henry (American) Paste
“O” Henry (American) Telemachus friend
W. Somerset Maugham (English) An Official Position
Unite three: Long questions
Katherine Mansfield (New Zealand) The woman at the Store
Ernest Hemingway (American) Hill like White Elephant
Elizabeth Bowen (Irish) The Demon Lover
Patrick White (Australian) Five Twenty
Morley Calaghan (Canadian) The Runway
CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY, MEERUT
Syllabus
B.A.
First year
English grammar and phonetics
Unite one:
(Objective questions. Each question carries one mark. There will be 7 questions in each category. Out of which the student will attempt 5 questions. In each category) 10 Marks.
1- Fill in blanks related to correct use of Articles, Noun and Pronoun
2- Correction of sentences related to subject verb agreement.
Unite two
(Objective questions. Each question carries one mark. There will be 7 questions in each category. The students will attempt only 5 questions in each category)
3- Transformation of direct narration into indirect narration and transformation of Active sentences into passive sentences
4- Correction of sentences related to conjunction and preposition
Unite three: (Essay type long questions. There will be 5 questions. Student will select any three.
Phonetics-
Air stream mechanism, organs of speech, respiratory system, phonatory system, articulatory system
Classification of speech sounds- vowels and consonants
Accented and unaccented syllables
Recommended Books- A course in Phonetics and spoken English J.sethi & P.V Dhamija
CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY, MEERUT
Syllabus
B.A.
Second year
Paper three
British Poetry
Unite One
Very Short Questions
Forms of Poetry
- The Lyrics
- The Sonnet
- The Ode
- The Ballad
- The Dramatic Monologue
- The Epic
- The Elegy
Unite two
Short Questions (Explanations)
- William Wordsworth – Three Years She Grew, We are seven
- P.B Shelley- To a Skylark, Oymanadias
- John Keats- Ode to a Nightingale to sleep
Unite three
- Thomas Gray- Elegy Written in country Churchyard
- Mathew Arnold- Rugby Chapel
- Lord Alfred Tennyson- Ulysses The lotus Eaters
- Robert Browning- The last Ride together Rabbi Ben Lira
CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY, MEERUT
Syllabus
B.A.
Second year
Paper four
Indian Writing in English Prose and Poetry
Unite one
Short Questions
- Heroic couplet
- Blank verse
- Spenserian Stanza
- Subjective/Objective prose
- Travelogue
- Autobiography, memoir
- Biography
Unite two
Short Questions
- Sri Aurobindo: Rishi Bankim Chandra, Bal Ganga Dhar Tilak, From Early cultural Writing Vol, 1 Podicherry Sri Aurobindo Ashram
- Mahatma Gandhi: What is Civilization, Education from Hind swraj
Unite Three
Long Question
- A.K Ramanujan – A River Anxiety
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