SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY

(Established under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai - 119.

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

M.A ENGLISH
SYLLABI

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 SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

PG COURSE: ENGLISH

SUB
S.No COURSE TITLE L T P C
CODE SEMESTER
1. SHS5001 Principles and Practices of English Language 3 1 0 4
Teaching
2. SHS5002 American Literature 3 1 0 4
Semester I
3. SHS5003 Indian Writing in English 3 1 0 4
4. SHS5004 New Literatures in English 3 1 0 4
5. SHS5005 British Literature-I (Chaucer to Milton) 3 1 0 4
6. SHS5006 Language and Linguistics 3 1 0 4
7. SHS5007 British Literature-II ( Dryden- Romantic) 3 1 0 4
8. SHS5008 Semester II Post Colonial Literature 3 1 0 4
9. SHS5009 Literary Theory and Criticism 3 1 0 4
10. SHS5010 Indian Literature in Translation 3 1 0 4
11. SHS5011 British Literature-III (Victorian Age- Modern 3 1 0 4
Period)
12. SHS5012 Womens Writing 3 1 0 4
Semester III
13. SHS5013 World Literature in Translation 3 1 0 4
14. Elective- I 3 1 0 4
15. SHS5014 Twentieth Century English Literature 3 1 0 4
16. Semester IV Elective- II 3 1 0 4

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 LIST OF ELECTIVES

S.NO SUB. CODE SEMESTER COURSE TITLE L T P C

1. SHS5015 English for Media 3 1 0 4
2. SHS5016 Semester- III Technical Writing 3 1 0 4
3. SHS5017 Computer Assisted Language Learning 3 1 0 4
4. SHS5018 Introductory Course on Critical Thinking 3 1 0 4
5. SHS5019 Creative Writing 3 1 0 4
6. SHS5020 Semester- IV Soft Skills 3 1 0 4
7. SHS5021 Internship 0 0 20 10

8. SHS5022 Project 0 0 20 10

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 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF L T P CREDIT
SHS5001
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING 3 1 0 4

Objectives: To introduce the students to basic principles, theories and practices in ELT so as to enable the
them to identify changes that took place over a period of time in the area
To enable the students to appraise ELT tasks through practical guidelines and hands on experience in developing
activities for teaching LSRW skills
UNIT I: English in India 9 Hrs
Problems of ELT in India, A Historical Review of ELT- A History of ELT from 1880s to early eighties,
Landmarks in the History of ELT, Michael West the Reading Method (1926), The MELT campaign ( 1952), The
Role of English in India Today, the Future of English in India, Language Learning and Teaching, Major Theories
of Language Acquisition, Behaviourism , (Environmentalist Theory), Cognitive Theory , Humanism, Factors
that Contribute to the Success and Failure of Language Learning
UNIT II Language Acquisition 9 Hrs
Theoretical Perspectives-First Language Acquisition, Stages of L1 Acquisition, Second Language Learning -
Implications of L 1 Acquisition to L2 Learning, Factors Affecting Second Language Learning, Major Theories
of Second Language Acquisition -The Acculturation Model
( Schumann . 1978), Accommodation Theory ( Giles and Byrne, 1982), Discourse Theory ( Hatch, 1976), The
Monitor Model ( Krashen, 1985), The Variable Competence model ( Ellis , 1984) The Universal Hypothesis (
Wode, 1980), The Neurofunctional Theory ( Lamendella, 1977)
UNIT III: Approaches to Teaching Language 9 Hrs
Basic Concepts - Curriculum vs. Syllabus , Principles of curriculum planning, Syllabus types
ELT syllabuses A Review , Guidelines for Syllabus evaluation , Approaches and Methods in ELT , The
Grammar Translation Method, The Direct Method, The Oral Approach, Audio-lingualism, The Structural
Approach, The Communicative Approach, The Humanistic Approaches, Total Physical Response , The Silent
way, Communicative Language Teaching,
The Task Based Language Teaching , Recent Trends in Second language Teaching, The Teacher and the
Learner , Teachers attitudes to teaching, The Learner -Back ground, needs motivation for learning English
Language, Blooms Taxonomy of Learning Domains
UNI IV: Developing English Language Skills -LSRW , Grammar & Vocabulary 9 Hrs
Developing Listening skills, Types of listening, Barriers to listening, Teaching methods - Casual and Focused
listening, Story based method, Task based teaching, Problems of Teaching Oral Communication, Contexts of
Speaking, A natural process of developing Spoken skills through exposure and use specific methods and
techniques , Developing Reading skills, Purpose of Reading, Kinds of Reading- Loud and Silent Reading,
Classroom approaches to teaching Reading, Problems in Teaching Writing- The shortest UNIT of writing - The
paragraph, Types of writing, The functions of writing, The audience or the reader of written texts, Three
Definitions of Grammar, Methodology of Grammar Teaching, Teaching Vocabulary, Types of Vocabulary,
Some Techniques for Teaching Vocabulary, Selecting vocabulary & presenting
UNIT V: Research in ELT 9 Hrs
Basic Concepts of language testing , Action Research, Case study, Survey, Presenting papers- Writing an
Abstract , Setting Goals, Continuing Professional Development Stages

References:
1. Saraswathi . V. English Language Teaching Principles and Practices. Orient Longman. Hyd. 2006.
2. Harmer .J. The Practice of English Language Teaching. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education. 2007
3. Richards & Rodgets, TS Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press. 2001
4. Ur.P..A Course In Language Teaching- Practice and Theory, Cambridge: CUP. 1991
1. Ur. P .Grammar Practice Activities, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1988.
2. Lewis, M. The Lexical Approach. London: Language Teaching Publications
3. Krashen , S. 1982.Principles and Practice Second Language Acquisition. Oxford. Pergamon
4. Munby, J.1978. Communicative Syllabus Design. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press
5. Prabhu, NS. Second Language Pedagogy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1987
6. Ur.P . Vocabulary Activities. Cambridge, CUP. 2012

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SHS5002 AMERICAN LITERATURE
3 1 0 4

Objective: To introduce the students to the socio-political, religious and cultural aspects of America
through literary texts.

UNIT I: Poetry 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. Edgar Allan Poe : Raven
2. Emily Dickenson : Success is Counted Sweetest
3. Robert Frost : Birches
Non-detail:
1. Sylvia Plath : Daddy
2. Wallace Stevens : Sunday Morning
3. Walt Whitman : Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
4. Ezra Pound : Grace Before Song
UNIT II: Prose 9 Hrs
Detail : 1. Edgar Allen Poe : The Philosophy of Composition
2. Ralph Waldo Emerson : Self-Reliance
Non-detail: 1. David Thoreau : Where I Lived and What I Lived for
2. Martin Luther King : I have a dream

UNIT III: Drama 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. Tennessee Williams : The Glass Menagerie
Non-detail: 1. Edward Albee : Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2. Arthur Miller : Death of a Salesman
UNIT IV: Fiction 9 Hrs
1. Ernest Hemingway : The Old Man and the Sea
2. Ralph Ellison : Invisible Man
3. Joyce Carol Oates : The Gravediggers Daughter
UNIT V: Short Fiction: 9 Hrs
1. Henry James : The Jolly Corner
2. William Faulkner : Go Down Moses
3. Issac Asimov : The Bicentennial Man
References:
1. Beach, Christopher. The Cambridge Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Poetry. New
York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
2. Fredman, Stephen, ed. A Concise Companion to Twentieth-century American Poetry. City:
Blackwell Publishing, 2005. 2002.
3. Gurudev, Sujata. American Literature: Studies on Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville and
Whitman. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishing, 2006.
4. Lee, Rachel.C. The Americans of Asian American Literature-Gendered Fictions of Nation and
Tansnation. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1999.
5. Reames, Kelly Lynch. Women and Race in Contemporary U.S Writing: From Faulkner to
Morrison. City: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

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SHS5003 INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
3 1 0 4

Objective: To introduce learners to the various phases of evolution in Indian Writing in English and to
acquaint learners to the pluralistic dimensions of this literature

UNIT I: History of Indian English Literature 9 Hrs

Pre-independence to Contemporary Writings
Postcolonial Postmodernist Diasporic Indian Women Writings
UNIT II: Poetry 9 Hrs
Detail: 1. Tagore : Songs from Gitanjali (XXXV)
2. Kamala Das : My grandmothers house
3. Nissim Ezekiel : Enterprise
4. A.k Ramanujam : A River

Non-detail: 1.Toru Dutt : Our Casuarina Tree

2. Meena Kandaswamy : One-eyed
3. R.Parthasarathy : Home Coming
4. Gieve Patel : On Killing a Tree
5. Jayant Mahapatra : A Missing Person
UNIT III: Drama 9 Hrs
1. Girish Karnad : Tughlaq
2. Vijay Tendulkar : Silence! The Court is in Session
3. Mahesh Dattani : Dance like a Man

UNIT IV: Fiction 9 Hrs

1. Raja Rao : Kanthapura
2. Aravind Adigal : The White Tiger
3. Chetan Bhagat : Five point some one

UNIT V: Short Fiction: 9 Hrs

1. R. K. Narayan : An Astrologers Day
2. Salman Rushdie : Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies
3. Jhumpa Lahiri : Interpreter of Maladies

References:

1. K.R.S. Iyengar, Indian Writing in English, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd,Bombay, 2012.
2 .M.K. Naik, A History of Indian English Literature, Sahitya Academy, Delhi, 2007.
3. M.K. Naik, Aspects of Indian Writing in English. Macmillan, New Delhi 1979.
4. B.R.Agarwal. Major Trends in the Post-Independence Indian English Fiction. Atlantic Publishers, New
Delhi, 2012.
5. Sangita Padhi. Indian Poetry in English: A critical study. Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi, 2009.
6. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. Concise History of Indian Literature in English. Palgrave Macmillan UK,
2008
7. Kaustav Chakraborty. Indian Drama in English. PHI Learning Pvt, Ltd. Delhi 2014.

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SHS5004 NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
3 1 0 4

Objective: To introduce the students to the body of literary writings that stands evergreen in the regions
of Kenya, Africa, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Pakistan.
UNIT I: Poetry 9 Hrs
Detail: 1. Taufiq Rafat : Kitchen, Time to Love, Reflection
2. Sipho Sepamla : To Whom It May Concern
3. Stephen Collis : Mine
Non-detail: 1. Jessie Mackey : Noozing of the Sun God.
2. Leopold Senghors : The Black Woman, & I Am Alone
3. Jeremy Cronins : A Person is a Person Because of other People

UNIT II: Prose 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. Margaret Atwood : Communion: Nobody to Nobody

Non-detail: 1. Malala Yousafzai : The Day my World Changed
2. Hanif Kureishi : The Word and the Bomb

UNIT III: Drama 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. Fugard : Sizwe Bansi is Dead
2. Kateb Yacin : Intelligence Powder
Non-detail: 1. Wole Soyinka : Madmen and Specialists

UNIT IV: Fiction 9 Hrs

1. Bapsi Sidhwa. : Ice Candy man, Cracking India.
2. Ahamed Ali : Twilight in Delhi
3. Nadine Gordimer : The House Gun (1998)
4. Jospeh Conrad : Heart of Darkness
5. J M Coetzee : Disgrace
UNIT V: Short Stories 9 Hrs
1. Mariama Ba : So Long a Letter
2. Ashley Markar : Egyptian Stories
3. Alice Munro : Dear Life
4. Joseph Boyden : Three Day Road
5. Stephen Leacock : Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
References:
1. An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry, edited by C.D. Narasimhaiah, Macmillan, Chennai.
2. Readings in Commonwealth Literature, edited by William Walsh, OUP, London.
3. Australian Literature: An Anthology of Writing from the Land Down Under Kindle Edition
by Phyllis F. Edelson
4. The Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature (Cambridge Companions to
Literature) Paperback Import, 21 Aug 2000 by Elizabeth Webby
5. Canadian Literature: An Overview Hardcover 2007 by K Balachandran
6. A History of Pakistani Literature in English 1947-1988 Paperback 2 Nov 2015 by Tariq Rahman

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 BRITISH LITERATURE - I
L T P CREDIT
SHS5005 (CHAUCER TO MILTON)
3 1 0 4

Objective: To reveal the early English literature with special reference to evolution from Middle English
to the Elizabethan attitude
UNIT I: Poetry (Chaucer- Shakespeare) 9 Hrs
Detail: 1.Geoffrey Chaucer : Prologue to Canterbury Tales
2. William Shakespeare : Sonnet XVIII, XIV
3. Edmund Spenser : Sonnet XIX
Non-detail: 1. Sir Thomas Wyatt : Of Change in Mind
2. Henry Howard : The Means to Attain Happy Life
UNIT II: Poetry (Milton) 9 Hrs
Detail: 1.John Milton : Paradise Lost Book IX -Lines 404-1189
2. Ben Johnson : Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
Non-detail 1. Philip Sydney : Arcadia
2. John Donne : Valediction Forbidding Mourning
3. George Herbert : The Pulley, Affliction
UNIT III: Shakespearean Plays 9 Hrs
Detail: 1. King Lear
2. The Midsummer Nights Dream
Non-detail: 1. Measure for Measure
2. Henry IV Part I
3. Macbeth
UNIT IV: Prose
Detail: 1. Francis Bacon : (i) Of Great Place (ii) Of Truth
2. Michel de Montaigne : On the affection of fathers for their children

Non-detail: 1. Sir Thomas Malory : Morte DArthur

2. John Bunyan : Pilgrims Progress
UNIT V: Elizabethan Plays 9 Hrs
Detail: 1. Marlowe : Edward II
Non - Detail: 1. Kyd : The Spanish Tragedy
2. Ben Jonson : The Alchemist
3. Webster : The Duchess of Malfi

References:
1. Ian Ousby.( Ed.) The Cambridge guide to literature in English. Revised Edition. Cambridge; New York:
Cambridge University Press, 1993.
2. Abrams, M H. and et al. The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Major Authors. 9th edition. New York and
London: W. W. Norton, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-393-9196463.
3. Cavanagh, John. British theatre: a bibliography, 1901 to 1985.Mottisfont, Romsey, Hampshire: Motley, 1989.
4. H D Sharma. History of English Literature: Chaucer to 1800, Alfa Publications, New Delhi (2008)
5. Laurie Magnus, How to Read English Literature: Chaucer to Milton, Roytledge, U.K. (1906)
6. David L. Edwards, Poets and God: Chaucer, Shakespeare, Herbert, Milton, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake,
Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd (1 March 2005)
7. Stanton J Linden, Darke Hierogliphicks: Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Restoration

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 L T P CREDIT
SHS5006 LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
3 1 0 4

Objectives:
Understanding the origins, structure and development of language and its application to other
areas of humanistic and scientific knowledge.
Understanding the general characteristic of the structure of language, its phonological sound
system, word structure, and phrase and sentence patterns.

UNIT I: History of English Language 9 Hrs

Origin and development of English language
Growth of vocabulary
Change of Meaning

UNIT II: The Psychology of Language Theories Skinner to Chomsky 9 Hrs

B.F. Skinner : Operant conditioning
Pavlov : Classical conditioning
Piagets : Cognitive Theory of language learning
Thorndike. : Stimulus and response theory
Noam Chomsky : Theory of language acquisition
Sociolinguistics : Dialect, idiolect, code switching and code mixing, Register

UNIT III: Applied Linguistics 9 Hrs

Scope and Definition of Applied Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and English Language
Teaching: Issues, Problems and Practice
Psycholinguistics: Definition and Scope of Psycholinguistics.
Sociolinguistics, Bilingualism and multilingualism, computational linguistics, internet linguistics,
forensic linguistics, anthropological linguistics,
Child Language Acquisition, Factors related to SLA, Implications for Teaching/ Learning L2

UNIT IV: Phonology and Phonemics 9 Hrs

Phoneme, Allophone, Free Variants Organs of speech, classification of sounds Vowels,
Diphthongs and consonants in English Cardinal Vowel Diagram IPA Symbols, Broad
Transcription, Morphology, Word stress, Intonation

UNIT V: Grammar and Syntax 9 Hrs

Parts of speech, Form and Function, Basic sentence patterns.
Phrases, Clauses, Basic Patterns and Sentence Typologies
I.C. Analysis: features, merits and limitations Phrase structure
Grammar: features, merits and limitations, T G Grammar

References:
1. George Yule, The study of language. Cambridge university press, New York,2010
2. Fredrick T.Wood, Outline history of English language, Macmillan, India
3. Thorndike, E. L. 1929. "Human Learning" New York, NY Johnson Reprint Corporation.
4. Edward L. Thorndike. (1999) [1913], Education Psychology: briefer course, New York: utledge.
5. Piaget, J. (1971). "Biology and Knowledge" University of Chicago Press.
6. Chomsky, N. 1965."Aspects of the Theory of Syntax" The M.I.T. Press.
7. Chomsky, N "Language and Responsibility", Pantheon, 1977.

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SHS5007 BRITISH LITERATURE-II
DRYDEN - THE ROMANTIC AGE 3 1 0 4

Objectives:
To make the learners aware of the social, cultural and psychological implications of the literary
masterpieces of the Neo-classical and the Romantic ages of British Literature.

UNIT I: Poetry 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. John Dryden : Mac Flecknoe
2. Alexander Pope : The Rape of the Lock

Non-detail: 1. Andrew Marvell : To His Coy Mistress

2. Thomas Gray : Ode on the spring
3. Pope : An Essay on Man: Epistle II

UNIT II: Prose 9 Hrs

Detail 1. Samuel Johnsons : Preface to Plays of William Shakespeare
2. Joseph Addison : The Spectators Account of Himself
Non-detail 1. Richard Steele : Recollections of Childhood
2. Swift : The Battle of Books

UNIT III: Drama 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. Oliver Goldsmith : She Stoops to Conquer
Non-detail: 1. William Congreve : The Way of The World
2. Sheridan : The Rivals
UNIT IV: Fiction I 9 Hrs
1. Daniel Defoe : Robinson Crusoe
2. Jonathan Swift : Gulliver's Travels
3. Henry Fielding : The History of Tom Jones

UNIT V: Fiction II 9 Hrs

1. Samel Richardson : Pamela
2. Cervantes : Don Quixote
3. Laurence Sterne : Tristram Shandy

References:

1. Wayne C. Booth, 1961, The Rhetoric of Fiction, Chicago University Press, London.
2. F.R. Leavis, 1973, The Great Tradition, Chatto & Windus, London.
3. Ian Watt, 1974, Rise of the English Novel, Chatto & Windus, London.
4. Frederick R Karl, 1977, Readers Guide to the Development of the English Novel till the
18th Century, The Camelot Press Ltd. Southampton.
5. Ian Milligan, 1983, The Novel in English: An Introduction, Macmillan, Hong Kong.

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 POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE L T P CREDIT
SHS5008
3 1 0 4

Objective: To introduce the students to the body of literary writings that respond to the intellectual
discourses of European colonization in Asia, Africa, Middle East, and the Pacific Countries.
UNIT 1: Poetry 9 Hrs
Detail: 1.Rudyard Kipling : If
2. Nissim Ezekiel : Farewell Party to Miss Pushpa.T
3. Dereck Walcott : Ruins of a Great House

Non-detail: 1. David Rubadiri : A Negro Laborer in Liverpool

2. A.D Hope : Australia
3. Allen Curnow : House and Land
UNIT II: Prose 9 Hrs
Detail: 1. Chinua Achebe : The Novelist as a Teacher
Non-detail: 1. Arunthathi Roy : The End of Imagination
2. Nehru : Discovery of India

UNIT III: Drama 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. Wolf Soyinka : The Lion and the Jewel
Non-detail: 1. Derek Walcott : Dream on Monkey Mountain
2. Henrik Ibsen : A Dolls House
UNIT IV: Fiction 9 Hrs
1. Jamaica Kincaid : Annie John
2. V.S Naipaul : A House for Mr. Biswas
3. Jean Rhys : Wide Sargasso Sea
UNIT V: Short Fiction 9 Hrs
1. Nadime Gordimer : Six Feet of the Country
2. Bharati Mukherjee : The Middleman and Other Stories

References:
1. Richards, Shitley Chew and David, ed. A Concise Companion to Postcolonial Literature. West
Sussex: Blackwell, 2013.
2. Patke, Rajeev. S. Postcolonial Poetry in English. Oxford University Press, 2010.
3. Mullaney, Julie.Postcolonial Literatures in Context. City: Contiuum Internaional Publishing
Group, 2010.
4. Nayar, Pramod.K. Postcolonial Literature. Delhi: Pearson, 2008.
5. Bassi, Annalisa Oboe and Shaul, ed. Experiences of Freedom in Postcolonial Literatures and
Cultures. New York: Routledge, 2007.
6. C.L, Innes. The Cambridge Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures in English. City: Cambridge
University Press, 2007.

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SHS5009 LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
3 1 0 4

Objectives:
1. To acquaint the student with the works of significant critics from Romantics to the present era
2. To encourage students to undertake further reading in critical movements and critical theory.
3. To enable the students to apply principles of criticism to literary texts.
UNIT I: Classical- Nineteenth Century 9 Hrs
1. Aristotle : Poetics
2. Dryden : Essay on Dramatic Poesy
3. William Wordsworth : Preface to Lyrical Ballads
4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge : Biographia Literaria (Chap. I to IV)
UNIT II: Twentieth Century Literary 9 Hrs
1. Matthew Arnold : The Study of Poetry
2. T.S. Eliot : Tradition and the Individual Talent
3. Northrop Frye : The Function of criticism at present time
4. I. A. Richards : Principles of Literary Criticism
UNIT III: Structuralism, Post Structuralism and Deconstruction 9 Hrs
1. Roland Barthes : The Death of the Author
2. Jean Baudrillard : Simulacra and Simulations
3. Jacques Derrida : Structure, Sign and Free play
UNIT IV: Marxism, Feminism and Ideology 9 Hrs
1. Fredric Jameson : The Politics of Theory: Ideological Positions in the
Postmodernism Debate
2. Gayatri Spivak : Feminism and Critical Theory
UNIT V: Postcolonialism, Diaspora and Eco-Criticism 9 Hrs
1. Edward Said : The Empire Writes Back
2. Stuart Hall : Cultural Identity and Diaspora
3. Cheryll Glotfelty : Literary Studies in an age of Environmental Crisis
References:
1. Braziel, Jana Evans and Anita Mannur (Ed.) Theorizing Diaspora. London: Blackwell, 2003.
2. Enright, D.J. and Chickera, Ernst de. (Ed.) English Critical Texts. Delhi: OUP, 1962.
3. Glotfelty, Cheryll and Harold Fromm (Ed.) The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology.
Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1996.
4. Lodge, David and Nigel Wood (Ed.) Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader (Second edition). New
Delhi: Pearson, 1988.
5. Raghavan V. and Nagendra (Ed.) An Introduction to Indian Poetics. Madras: Mac Millan, 1970.

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SHS5010 INDIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
3 1 0 4

Objectives:
To explore the translated works of classical Indian writers and to connect the present Indian
literary scenario in socio-cultural, historical and linguistic perspective
To present a research scope for future projects in translation by showing brief acquaintance with
the problems and issues of literary translation. To create a personal perspective on the diversity of
translated writings in different regional cultures and experience the unifying traits in them
through the concepts as naturism, nationalism, globalization and human values etc.
UNIT I: Introduction to Translation 9 Hrs
Translation Types Principles of Translation History of Translation Theory and Theorists
Precautions & Problems Faced in Translating Literary and Scientific Matter Untranslatability
Guidelines to Effective Translation
UNIT II: Poetry in Translation 9 Hrs
Detail: 1. Valluvars Thirukural (Select Thirukural from G. U. Popes Trans.)
(i) Virtue : The Possession of Love
(ii) Wealth : The Greatness of a King
(iii) Love : The Praise of her Beauty
2. Kabir : One Hundred Poems of Kabir
(Trans. by Rabindranath Tagore) Poem nos.1,2,12,36,39,42,45,66,69,91.
Non Detail: 1. Sangam Poems
(i) Auvaiyar : Purananuru 93 (Trans. by George L Hart)
(ii) Ponmutiyar : Purananuru 312 (Trans. by A.K.Ramanujan)
2. Ilango Adigal : Vazhakurai Kaathai
(Silapathikaram trans.by R. Parthasarathy)
UNIT III: Drama 9 Hrs
Detail: 1. Girish Karnad : Hayavadana
Non Detail: 1. Mohan Rakesh : Half-way House. (Trans. Bindhu Bitra)
2. Kalidasa : Shakunthala. (Trans. Arthur W Ryder)
UNIT IV: Fiction 9 Hrs
1. Kalki : Ponniyin Selvan-The First Floods - Book- I (Trans. by
Indra Neelamegam)
2. Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai : Chemmeen (Trans. by Anita Nair)
3. Premcand : The Gift of the Cow (Trans. by Gordon C. Roadarmel)

UNIT V: Short Stories 9 Hrs

1. Bama : Harum-Scarum Saar and Other Stories. (Trans. Ravi Shanker)
2. Gulzar : Raavi Paar and Other Stories
References:
1. Baker , M . In Other Words -- A Casebook on Translation, New York- London: Routeledge 1997.
2. Gentzer, Edwin, Contemporary Translation Theories, London, Routeledge 1993.
3. Malone, Joseph.L, The Science of Linguistics in the Art of Translation: Some Tools From Linguistics
for the Analysis and Practice of Translation, NY: State University of New York Press 1988
4. Newmark, Peter, A textbook of Translation London Now York Prenticehall 1988.
5. K.R.S. Iyengar, Indian Writing in English, Bombay, 1962.
6. Shantha Ramakrishna, ed, Translation and Multilingualism: Post-Colonial Context.
7. A.P.Pandey, Flames and Fire In Kabirs Poetry, Bhasker Publishers ,Kanpur,2008

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SHS5011 BRITISH LITERATURE-III
ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN PERIOD 3 1 0 4

Objectives:
To make the learners aware of the social, a cultural and psychological implication of the modern age
literary works.

UNIT I: Poetry 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. Wordsworth : Tintern Abbey
2. S.T Coleridge : The Rhyme of Ancient Mariner
3. P. B. Shelley : La Belle Dame Sans Merci
4. Robert Browning : Andrea del Sarto
Non-detail:
1. Alfred Tennyson : In Memorium (Cantos 1 to 3)
2. Robert Southey : The Slave Trade - Sonnet IV
3. Elizabeth Barrett Browning : How do I love thee? Let me Count the Ways
4. Byron : When we two parted
UNIT II: Prose 9 Hrs
Detail: 1.Charles Lamb : Dissertation on a Roasted Pig
2. William Hazlitt : On Depth and Superficiality
Non-detail: 1. Thomas Carlyle : Horoscope (Past and Present)
2. Matthew Arnold : Sweetness and Light (Culture and Anarchy)

UNIT III: Drama 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. Shelley : Prometheus Unbound
Non Detail: 1. Oscar Wilde : The importance of being Earnest

UNIT IV: Fiction 9 Hrs

1. Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice
2. Charlotte Bronte : Jane Eyre
3. Thomas Hardy : The Mayor of Casterbridge
UNIT V: Short Fiction 9 Hrs
1. Charles Dickens : The Signal Man
2. Anthony Trollope : Miss Ophelia Gledd
3. Wilkie Collins : The Hidden Cash
4. Elizabeth Gaskell : The Poor Clare
References:
1. D. Perkins, A History of Modern Poetry: From the 1890s to the High Modernist Mode
(Cambridge, Mass, 1976)
2. Allen, Walter. The English Novel: A Short Critical History. New York: Dutton, 1954.
3. Bates, H. E. The Modern Short Story, A Critical Survey. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1941.
4. G. K. Chesterton. The Victorian Age in Literature. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame.
5. Brantlinge, Patrick. Victorian Literature and Post Colonial Studies. Edinburg University Press,
2009.
6. Smith, David Nichol. Some Observations on 18th Century poetry. University of Toronto, 1960.

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SHS5012 WOMENS WRITING
3 1 0 4

Objectives:
To enhance student's critical and analytical reading and writing skills through women's literary
works.
To broaden the student's perception and to investigate in terms of gender, race, class ethnicity,
age and sexual identity represented in women's writings.
To understand how women writers articulate female experience in their works
To develop competence in women's writings on the whole
UNIT I: Criticism 9 Hrs
1. Juliet Mitchell : Feminity, Narrative and Psychoanalysis
2. Elaine Showalter : Feminist Criticism in wilderness
3. Virgina Woolf : A Room of one's own
4. Simone de Beauvoir : The Second Sex (Introduction)
UNIT II: Poetry 9 Hrs
Detail: 1. Emily Dickinson : (i) I cannot live with you (ii) Im wife (iii) Ive finished that
2. Sylvia Plath : Lady Lazarus
Non-detail:
1. Eunice De Souza : (i) Advice to Women (ii) Bequest
2. Imtiaz Dharker : Pardah
3. Sarojini Naidu : The Queens Rival
UNIT III: Fiction 9 Hrs
1. Monica Ali : Brick Lane
2. Ruth Ozeki : My year of Meats
3. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni : The Mistress of Spices
4. Louise Erdrich : Tracks
UNIT IV: Drama 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. Mahaswetha Devi : Draupadi

Non-detail:
1. Alice Childress : Wedding Band: A Love-Hate Story in Black and White
2. Ama Ata Aidoo : The Dilemma of a ghost
UNIT V: Short Story 9 Hrs

1. Charlotte Perkins Gilman : The Yellow Wallpaper

2. Katherine Mansfield : Bliss
3. Mahashweta Devi : Draupadi, (trans. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak):
4. Nadine Gormider : The Ultimate Safari
References:
1. Ramabai Ranade A Testimony of our Inexhaustible Treasures, in Pandita Ramabai Through Her Own Words:
Selected Works, tr. Meera Kosambi (New Delhi: OUP, 2000) pp. 295324.
2. Rassundari Debi Excerpts from Amar Jiban in Susie Tharu and K. Lalita, eds., Womens Writing in India, vol. 1
(New Delhi: OUP, 1989) pp. 1912.
3. Kumkum Sangari and Sudesh Vaid, eds., Introduction, in Recasting Women: Essays in Colonial History (New
Delhi: Kali for Women, 1989) pp. 125.
4. Chandra Talapade Mohanty, Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses, in
Contemporary Postcolonial Theory: A Reader, ed. Padmini Mongia (New York: Arnold, 1996) pp. 17297.
5. Feminism and Women's Writing by Nimavat, B.S. Nimavat, Dushyant
6. Reading Early Modern Women's Writing by Salzman, Paul
7. Writing Double : Women's Literary Partnerships by London, Bette Lynn

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SHS5013 WORLD LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
3 1 0 4

Objective: To understand the distinctive features of the major ancient literary genres as illustrated in
various texts.
UNIT I: Concepts in Translation Studies 9 Hrs
1. Nature and scope of translation. Concept of translation in the West and in the Indian tradition.
2. Issues in translation: autonomy, linguistic, textual and cultural equivalence, transcreation, inter-
cultural transference, translation as metatext.
3. Translation theories.
4. The Cultural Turn in Translation Studies.
5. Translation and Multilingualism.

UNIT II: Poetry 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. Dante : The Divine Comedy - Paradiso Canto XXI
Non-detail:
1. Aeschylus : The Battle of Salamis
2. 3. A.S. Pushkin : (i) The Wagon of Life, (ii) The Water Nymph, (iii) An Elegy

UNIT III: Drama 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. Nggwa Thiong'o : Ngaahika Ndeenda (I Will Marry When I Want)
Non-detail:
1. Sophocles : Oedipus Rex.
2. Maurice Maeterlinck : The Seven Princesses

UNIT IV: Fiction 9 Hrs

1. Herman Hesse : Siddhartha
2. Dostoevsky : Crime and punishment
3. U.R. Ananthamurthy : Samskara
4. Thomas Kyro : The Beggar and the Hare

UNIT V: Autobiography 9 Hrs

1. Bama : Karukku
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau : Confessions

REFERENCES:
1. Bassnett, Susan. 2002. Translation Studies. London: Routledge.
2. Bassnett, Susan and Andre Lefevere. 1998. Constructing Cultures: Essays on Literary
Translation. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
3. Barnstone, W. 1993. The Poetics of Translation: History, Theory, Practice. Yale: Yale University
Press.
4. Tagore, Rabindranath, (1912), Gitanjali, Macmillan & Co, India
5. Venuti, Lawrence ed. 2000. The Translation Studies Reader, London: Routledge
6. D. A. Russell and Michael Winterbottom. Classical Literary Criticism, University of Oxford,
2015.

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 TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERATURE L T P CREDIT
SHS5014
3 1 0 4

Objective: To acquaint students with major trends in English during the 20th century and enable students
to read and appreciate poems. To cultivate among students a sense of understanding in order to make
them better human beings by the exposure to 20th century literature.

UNIT I: Poetry 9 Hrs

Detail: 1. T.S. Eliot : The Waste Land
2. W.B Yeats : Sailing to Byzantium
3. G.M. Hopkins : Pied Beauty

Non-detail: 1. Dylan Thomas : The Hunchback in the park

2. W.H. Auden : Song
3. Philip Larkin : Church Going
4. Wilfred Owen : Strange Meeting
UNIT II: Prose 9 Hrs
Detail: 1. E.M. Forster : What I believe
Non-detail: 1. H.G. Wells : A Modern Utopia
2. Arnold Tony bee : Indias Contribution to world
3. G.K. Chesterton : What I found in my pocket

UNIT III: Drama

Detail: 1. G.B.Shaw : Pygmalion 9 Hrs
2. T.S.Eliot : Murder in the cathedral
Non-detail: 1. John Osborne : Look Back in Anger
2. Harold Pinter : The Birthday Party
UNIT IV: Fiction 9 Hrs
1. Arthur Conan Doyle : Hound of the Baskervilles
2. George Orwell : Animal Farm
3. Kingsley Amis : Lucky Jim
4. William Golding : Lord of the Flies
UNIT V: Short Stories 9 Hrs
1. Arthur C Clarke :The Sentinel
2. Patrick O'Brian : A Passage of the Frontier
3. John Wyndham : Random Quest

REFERENCES
1. Dr.Usha Jain. Twentieth Century English Literature. Vayu publications.2007.
2. Bijay Kumar Das. Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Paperback .Atlantic publications. 2014.
3. C.N. Ramachandran.Five Centuries of Poetry. Macmillan publications. 2008.
4. English Poetry: A Kaleidoscope .Edited By A Board Of Editors. 2005.
5. M.G.Nayar. ed. A Galaxy of English Essayists From Bacon to Beerbohm. Macmillan publications. 2014.
6. David Lodge. Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Macmillan publications. 2006.

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 ENGLISH FOR MEDIA L T P CREDIT
SHS5015
3 1 0 4

Objective: Preparing students for various careers in language like technical writing, writing for mass
media, advertising, creating awareness about language change from one media to the other and
encouraging students to observe, compare and analyze the language activities of media through exposure.

UNIT 1: Writing for media 9 Hrs

Elements of News- head line, Comparison of news appearing in different news papers with special
reference to language -Comparison of news items appearing in print and electronic media -Writing for
Newspaper and TV -Letters to editors - use of effective, precise and catchy language- Technical writing
as a career.

UNIT 2: Role of Mass media 9 Hrs

Mass Media Ethics: individual's right to privacy, role of press/media councils, functioning of editorial
department, content of newspapers, Sub-editor: need for editing, proof-reading, editing - TV writing style:
words as visuals, writing in 'aural' style, content of news, News presentation: structure of a news bulletin,
qualities of news anchor

UNIT 3: Digital Media 9 Hrs

Searching the Internet Choice of words- -World Wide Web Definitions and descriptions of media
tools- - Videos and visual narration -Helper Applications- Softwares-E-book E-magazine E-journal
E-newspaper Internet World Wide Web-Writing for Digital Media; Web Writing Blogging - Caption
Writing.

UNIT 4: English through Social Networks 9 Hrs

The media- Clarity in Writing Readability- Different kinds of writing -Writing for Interactive Media
Posting Online forums Web images-Writing Titles Web Quests - Blogs -Wikis -On line Groups
Texting in Twitter- Facebook - Skype- Linked in - Whats app Google+ Forums -- Error correction-
online.

UNIT 5: English through Technology 9 Hrs

Writing for the screen -Professional Development - On-line - Posting -Advertisements- Writing Projects-
Email writing -completing an online application-online discussion.

TEXT BOOK:
1. Prescribed Text: The Internet and the Language Classroom A Practical Guide for Teachers II Edition Gavin
Dudency , Cambridge University Press, 2007.
References:
1. James Glen (2006)Writing for the Mass Media, Pearson Education.
2. James A (2003)News Writing & Reporting Neal & Surjeeth Publications.
3. Tony Feldman (1996) An Introduction to Digital (Blueprint Series).
4. Dianna Boother (2008) E-Writing Macmillan Publications.
5. Denis 10 (2007) Mass Communication Theory Mcquail Vistaar Publications.
6. Eric Gormly (2005)Writing and Producing News Surjeet Publications.
7. J.V Pavlik (2008) Media in the Digital Age
8. http://www.ed.gov/technology/netp-

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SHS5016 TECHNICAL WRITING
3 1 0 4 100

Objective:
To introduce basic writing skills to students: clarity of communication, concise presentation of ideas,
illustrating ideas etc. It will also introduce various styles of formal writing to enable students to prepare
for careers other than teaching English. Some basic elements of technical writing and writing for the web
will be introduced.

UNIT I: Introduction to writing 9 Hrs

Different types of writing - narrative, descriptive, expository and argumentative,
Critical, appreciative and evaluative writing,
Editing Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation.

UNIT II: Organization of writing 9 Hrs

Guided writing, expansion, use of connectives, sequencing, writing a paragraph free writing,
mind mapping.
Paraphrasing, summarizing, writing an abstract
Writing letters, resume and email ( e-mail etiquette)

UNIT III: Academic Writing 9 Hrs

proposals, SOPs ( statement of purpose)
structure of a report, report writing
Writing an essay; (descriptive, argumentative and scientific)

UNIT IV: Professional Writing 9 Hrs

Inter office memos, professional reports( business, survey, minutes of a meeting)
Editing, writing a review, creative writing (Ad writing, slogan writing and writing headlines).
Technical writing; product and process writing, writing a user manual

UNIT V: Writing a research paper 9 Hrs

Choosing between indicative and informative abstracts
Characteristic features and structure of introductions,
Explaining the situation, describing problems/limitations, describing the response
Explaining methods and processes
Deciding the type of visual aid, explaining figures and tables
Summarizing results, adjusting the strength of interpretations using hedging

References:
1. Darlene Smith-Worthington & Sue Jefferson, Technical Writing for Success, Cengage Learning Inc., 2008.
2. Rubens, Philips (Gen. Editor) Science & Technical Writing, Routledge, London 2001.
3. Joshua Aidoo, Dr Joshua Aidoo , Joshua Aidoo, Effective Technical Writing and Publication Techniques: A
Guide for Technical Writers, Engineers and Technical Communicators, Troubador Publishing, 2009
4. Richard. T. A, A Guide to Technical Writing, Nabu Press, 2011
5. Samuel Chandler Earle, The Theory and Practice of Technical Writing, Bibliobazaar, Llc., 2008
6. Gary Blake , Robert W. Bly, The Elements of Technical Writing, Longman Pub Group, 1993

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SHS5017 COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVE: To promote learner autonomy and to support various learning styles and strategies.

UNIT: 1 An Overview (9 Hrs)

Development of information Technology (IT) - Definition of CALL- CALL Theory, Frameworks, and
Conceptualizations- CALL and computational linguistics - History of CALL Phases of CALL - Approaches to
CALL - CALL methodology - Uses of CALL in English Language Teaching.

UNIT: 2 Electronic Literacies (9 Hrs)

Computer Communication - Software design and pedagogy - Types of CALL- - Effective online teaching-
Using Multimedia and Internet - Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) -Web- enhanced
Language Learning (WELL) Network-based Language Learning (NBLL) - Mobile Assisted Language
Learning (MALL)

UNIT: 3 Call Design (9 Hrs)

CALL programs and applications - CALL and language skills - Listening, speaking and pronunciation -
Reading and writing - Grammar, vocabulary and data-driven learning - Learner training and autonomy-
Teacher education Role changes for teachers and students - Evaluation and feedback

UNIT: 4 Call Research (9 Hrs)

Complexities of theory in CALL - Technologies used in call - Internet based CALL - Trends-issues- Problems
and criticisms of CALL instruction- Conventional teaching and CALL teaching: Comparison Research -
Professional development - Limitations

UNIT: 5 Current Practices and Future Directions (9 Hrs)

Theory and Practice in CALL in Future- CALL softwares- Research on CALL Practical Applications using
digital lab- Inbuilt Learning activities - Professional associations - Future of CALL- Self directed learning

References:
1. Beatty, Ken Teaching and Researching Computer-Assisted Language Learning (2nd edition). London: Pearson.
(2010).
2. Blake, Robert Brave New Digital Classroom (2nd Edition). Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.
(2012).
3. Chapelle, Carol A. and Jamieson, Joan Tips for Teaching with CALL (includes CD-ROM). White Plains, NY:
Pearson Education. (2008).
4. Ducate, Lara & Arnold, Nike (eds.) Present and Future Perspectives of CALL: From Theory and Research to
New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching (2nd ed.). San Marcos, TX: CALICO. (2011).
5. Egbert, Joy CALL Essentials: Principles and Practice in CALL Classrooms. Alexandria, VA: TESOL. (2005).
6. Egbert, Joy & Hanson-Smith, Elizabeth (eds.) CALL Environments: Research, Practice, and Critical
Issues (second edition). Alexandria: TESOL. (2007).
7. Fotos, Sandra & Browne, Charles (eds.) New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (2004).
8. Levy, Mike & Stockwell, Glenn CALL Dimensions: Options and Issues in Computer-Assisted Language
Learning. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (2006). .
9. Hubbard, P. An invitation to CALL: Foundations of computer-assisted language learning (UNIT 1). (2011).

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SHS5018 THINKING 4 0 0 4

Objectives:
Demonstrate skills in elementary inductive and deductive reasoning.
Identify and understand basic formal and informal fallacies of language and thought.
Identify the components of arguments and demonstrate the ability to create complex argument
structures in verbal and written forms
Evaluate and organise the thinking process by making use of rubrics for self reflection, decision
making for becoming a critical thinker
UNIT I: Critical Thinking- Introduction (9 Hrs)
Critical Thinking: What It Is and What It Is Not: By Vincent Barry & Steven D. Schafersman.
Definitions/ Notes on Critical Thinking Benjamin Bloom's, Diane Halpern's, Richard Paul and Linda Elder.
John Dewey on Reflective Thinking. Watson Glassers Thinking Approach. Robert Ennis on Critical Thinking.
Critico- creative Thinking. Dispositions and Values of Critical Thinker
UNIT II: The Language of Reasoning (9 Hrs)
Basic Competencies in Critical Thinking and Reasoning. Elements of Thought. Intellectual Traits. Indentifying
reasons and conclusions. The therefore test. Expressing Arguments questions to Consider. Identifying
Arguments- Structure of Reasoning. Criteria for Evaluating Reasoning using Intellectual Standards
UNIT III: Critical Reading (9 Hrs)
Reasoning Types, Hypotheticals and Complexities. Arguments vs Explanations, Understanding reasoning:
assumptions, context and thinking map. Clarifying and interpreting expressions and ideas, Sources of
clarification. Ethics in Professional Communication, Applying theory to practice- analysis of papers and
speeches of scientists and literary experts and famous speeches. Applying Eight Elements of Thought for
reasoning while reading
UNIT IV: Critical Questioning (9 Hrs)
Analyses of Scientific Writing and Literary Writings. Acceptability of Reasoning, Acceptable Reasons- Check
lists& thinking maps. Difference between Credibility and Truth. Judging the Credibility- skilful judging .
Evaluating inferences- Checklists & Reflective questions. Applying elements of thought, intellectual standards
for Questioning for Evaluating Arguments, Causal Explanations. Identifying Weaknesses in Arguments and
Thinking. Common Flaws in Thinking
UNIT V- Critical Thinking for Decision Making (9 Hrs)
Writing on Line-Principles. Deciding on Authenticity of Web sites-Thinking map for Decision Making-
Procedures in decision making and taking the right decision. Stages in Critical Thinking Action plans
personal and for career purposes.

References:

1. Anderson, Marilyn. Critical Thinking, Academic Writing and Presentation Skills: MG University Edition:
New York, Pearson Education. 2010
2. Fisher, A. The Logic of Real Arguments: Cambridge. CUP. 2010
3. Lewis, Christ. Critical Thinking: 50 Best Strategies to Think Smart and Clear, Get Logical Thinking, and
Improve Your Decision Making Skills. New York. amazon.com. 2010.online
4. Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading.
New Delhi, Touchstone Books
5. M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley. Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking. Amazon
2006
6. Paul , and Linda Elder. Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life.
2013
7. Sen ,Madhucchanda. An Introduction to Critical Thinking: Mumbai. Pearson India, 2011. Print

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SHS5019 CREATIVE WRITING
4 0 0 4

Objectives:
To promote the importance of creativity in writing and to train students in specified genres of
creative writing
To provide understanding, professional knowledge and skill sets in the art of writing;
To develop the creative ability of the learners to take up careers as professional or freelance
writers.
UNIT 1: Understanding Creativity (9 Hrs)
Various Kinds of Writing Journaling Tools and TechniquesSketching the plot, conflict, climax,
resolution dialogue writing Expository Writing Setting an atmosphere taboos in writing
UNIT 2: Narrative Fiction (9 Hrs)
Personal Narrative Confessional Writing Descriptive place essay Travel Writing Being a
Foreigner Abroad Translation Show dont tell Types of conflict
UNIT 3: Poetry Writing (9 Hrs)
Word Choice Diction- Imagery Figurative Language Forms of poetry Meter Rhyme Scheme
Simile metaphor- hyperbole- alliteration- personification, symbolism, prosody etc.
UNIT 4: Short Story Writing (9 Hrs)
Beginning a short story - Building your characters Point of view setting and mood character profile
Narration of a Story Writing effectively Photo Narrative
UNIT 5: Creative Nonfiction (9 Hrs)
Review Writing Dialogues and Feature writing writing movie reviews writing Painting reviews
writing restaurant reviews: Critical analysis, Interpretation and discussion

References:
1. Bailey, Tom. A Short Story Writers Companion. Oxford UP, 2001.
2. Bugeja, Michael. The Art and Craft of Poetry. Writers Digest, 2001.
3. Boulter, Amanda. Writing Fiction: Creative and Critical Approaches. Palgrave, 2007.
4. Casterton, Julia. Creative Writing: A Practical Guide, 3rd Edition. Palgrave, 2005.
5. Hyde, Lewis. The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World. Vintage, 2007.
6. Isabelle Siegler. Creative Writing. New York: Barnes and Novel, 1968.
7. Julian Birkett. Word Power: A guide to Creating Writing. London: A & C Block, 1983.
8. Morley, David. The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing. Cambridge UP, 2007.
9. Victor Jones. Creative Writing. Kent Holder and Stoughton, 1974.

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SHS5020 SOFT SKILLS
3 0 0 3

Objectives: To develop the business and professional communication effectively and to hone both
speaking and listening skills, to apply different types of presentation skills, to enhance interpersonal
communication skills and develop self-confidence.

UNIT: 1: Communication Skills (9 Hrs)

Verbal Communication Self Motivation - Positive Mental Attitude- Non-Verbal Communication - Body
Language -Writing - Storytelling -Visual Communication -Humor - Quick-wittedness - Listening -
Presentation Skills - Public Speaking - Interviewing.

UNIT: 2 Presentation Skills & Leadership (9 Hrs)

Team Building -Strategic Planning -Mentoring -Delegation Dispute solution -Giving Feedback -
Managing Difficult Conversations- Decision Making -Performance Management -Supervising -
Telephone Etiquettes-Managing Remote Teams and Virtual Teams-Crisis Management- Public Speaking.

UNIT: 3 Influencing Interpersonal Skills (9 Hrs)

Facilitation - Selling - Inspiring - Persuasion - Negotiation - Motivating Collaborating - Networking
Skills - Interpersonal Relationships - Dealing with Difficult People -Conflict Resolution - Personal
Branding - Office Politics.

UNIT: 4 Personal Skills (9 Hrs)

Innovation Skills - Emotional Intelligence -Self Awareness -Emotion Management -Stress Management -
Tolerance of Change and Uncertainty -Taking Criticism -Self Confidence -Adaptability & Resilience -
Assertiveness -Competitiveness SelfAssessment Work/LifeBalance -Friendliness -Enthusiasm -
Empathy .

UNIT: 5 Professional Skills & Creativity (9 Hrs)

Problem Solving -Critical Thinking -Innovation -Troubleshooting Organizational Planning -Scheduling -
Time management-Technology Savvy - Trend Awareness- Research -Business Etiquettes- Intercultural
Competence -Train the Trainer Process Improvement -Knowledge Management

References:
1. Anderson, P.V. (2007) Technical Communication, Thomson Wadsworth, Sixth
edition, New Delhi, John Seely, The Oxford Guide to Writing and Speaking, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi, 2004.
2. Koneru Aruna, (1998) Professional Communication McGraw Hill Pub., New Delhi
3. Bovee, Courtland, L., John V. Thill and Barbara E. Schatzman. (2004) Business Communication Today:
Seventh Edition. Delhi: Pearson Education,
4. Lesikar, Raymond V and Marie E. Flatley ( 2002) Basic Business Communication: Skills for Empowering
the Internet Generation: Ninth Edition. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd.,
5. Pease, Allan and Barbara Pease. (2005) The Definitive Book of Body Language. New Delhi: Manjul
Publishing House,.
6. Lesikar, Raymond V and John D. Pettit. (1998) Report Writing for Business. Boston: McGraw-Hill,.
7. Ruesh, Jurgen and Weldon Kees (1966). Nonverbal Communication: Notes on Visual Perception of
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SHS5021 INTERNSHIP
0 0 20 10

Students have to undergo internship for a period of two months (300 Hours of Work
Experience), students will be attached to the publishing house, video houses, schools, soft skills
and personality trainers, technical writers, BPOs on an Internship basis, with the objective to
expose them to actual situations and day to day functioning of the industry. The interns will be
exposed to the particular area of specialization already chosen. The faculty of the department in
coordination will closely monitor progress of the interns with the guides in the media industry. A
report and a viva voce will be complete the process of evaluation.

Project reviews will be conducted during the internship project on regular intervals which would
consist of.

Weekly Report
Presentation
Final Report
Submission of the presentation and final Report Presentation with the Aids and with
works of the students.
Viva through the presentation and subject knowledge.

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SHS5022 PROJECT
0 0 20 10

The objective of the Project is to demonstrate the students competence in the chosen area of
specialization, with a view to gaining a placement in the Industry. Criteria for selecting the topic
will be based on area of specialization already chosen by the student. Emphasis will be given to
producing work of professional quality. This will help the student enter the chosen field with an
evaluate portfolio.

While the Project intends to demonstrate students professional competence in applying the
literary theory learnt during their course, the Comprehensives intends to review the intellectual
comprehension and interiorisation of the theory with particular reference to the area of
specialization and suitability for the industry. A Panel of External experts and faculty will assess
the students ability to synergetically utilize the repertoire of knowledge of Literature
Communication in professional media context

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