Shah Jalal University of Science & Technology Department of English Four-Year Course, B. A. Honours Syllabus Session: 2008-2009 (Literature & Language Courses) (Total Credits 143)
Shah Jalal University of Science & Technology Department of English Four-Year Course, B. A. Honours Syllabus Session: 2008-2009 (Literature & Language Courses) (Total Credits 143)
Shah Jalal University of Science & Technology Department of English Four-Year Course, B. A. Honours Syllabus Session: 2008-2009 (Literature & Language Courses) (Total Credits 143)
Department of English
Four-Year Course, B. A. Honours Syllabus
Session: 2008-2009 (Literature & Language Courses)
Hours/Week
Course No. Course Title Credits
Theory +
Lab.
Total 13+6 16.0
Hours/Week
Course No. Course Title Credits
Theory +
Lab.
Total 17+2 18.0
Hours/Week
Course No. Course Title Credits
Theory +
Lab.
Total 17+4 19.0
Hours/Week
Course No. Course Title Credits
Hours/Week
Course No. Course Title Credits
Theory + Lab.
Total 19+2 20.0
Hours/Week
Course No. Course Title Credits
Theory + Lab.
Total 16+2 17.0
Total 17+0 18.0
Hours/Week
Course No. Course Title Credits
Theory + Lab.
Total 17+2 19.0
3. Poetry:
4. Non-fiction Prose:
a. Theme; b. Structure; and c. Style.
5. Essay:
Unity, Order, Coherence, Transition, Clarity, Using Examples, Comparison & Contrast, and
7. Fiction: Plot—its Structure, Point of view, Characterization, Setting, Style, Narration, and
Technique.
12. i) Shall I compare thee…, by William Shakespeare; ii) Valediction Foreboding Mourning, by
John Donne; iii) The Lady of Shalott, by Alfred Tennyson; iv) The Solitary Reaper, by William
William Shakespeare
Books Recommended:
1. Ahmed, Sadruddin. Learning English the Easy Way.
2. Martinet & Thomson. A Practical English Grammar.
Books Recommended:
Note: The works prescribed are to be studied with reference to the following a, b, & c:
a.
i. Greek life and civilization; ii. The city state; iii. Position of Athens in Greek history;
iv. Greek religion and mythology; v. Epic and drama; vi. Plato, Aristotle, and literary criticism;
and vii. Classical tradition in Europe.
b.
i. Roman life and civilization; ii. Roman mythology; iii. Epic and drama; iv. Poetry, prose, and
history in Latin; and v. Influence of Latin upon European Literature.
c.
i. Literary theory
Studies in Detail:
1. Brumble, David. H. Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance: A
Dictionary of Allegorical Meanings.
2. Zimmerman, E. J. Dictionary of Classical Mythology.
3. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Clarendor Press.
4. Rose, J. H. A Handbook of Greek Literature.
5. Murray, Gilbert. The Rise of the Greek Epic.
6. Norwood, G. Greek Tragedy.
Book Recommended:
1. Rose, J. H. A Handbook of Latin Literature.
2. MacKail, J. W. Roman Literature.
3. Highet, Gilbert. The Classical Tradition.
4. Michael, Grant. Roman Literature. Pelican.
5. Knight, Jackson. Roman Virgil.
6. Graves, Robert. Greek Myths. Vols: I & II. Penguin.
7. Aristotle, Horace, Longinus. Classical Literary Criticism. Penguin Classics.
8. The Legacy of Greece.
9. The Legacy of Rome.
10. Landmarks in Classical Literature.
11. Williams, Gordon. The Nature of Roman Poetry.
Reading knowledge: The works prescribed are to be studied with reference to the following a, b
& c:
a.
i. Greek life and civilization; ii. The city state; iii. Position of Athens in Greek history;
iv. Greek religion and mythology; v. Epic and drama; vi. Plato, Aristotle, and literary criticism;
and vii. Classical tradition in Europe.
b.
i. Roman life and civilization; ii. Roman mythology; iii. Epic and drama; iv. Poetry, prose, and
history in Latin; and v. Influence of Latin upon European Literature.
c.
Books Recommended:
1. Brumble, David. H. Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance: A
Dictionary of Allegorical Meanings.
2. Zimmerman, E. J. Dictionary of Classical Mythology.
3. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Clarendor Press.
4. Rose, J. H. A Handbook of Greek Literature.
5. Murray, Gilbert. The Rise of the Greek Epic.
6. Norwood, G. Greek Tragedy.
7. Rose, J. H. A Handbook of Latin Literature.
8. MacKail, J. W. Roman Literature.
9. Highet, Gilbert. The Classical Tradition.
10. Michael, Grant. Roman Literature. Pelican.
11. Knight, Jackson. Roman Virgil.
12. Graves, Robert. Greek Myths. Vols: I & II. Penguin.
13. Aristotle, Horce, Longinus. Classical Literary Criticism. Penguin Classics.
14. The Legacy of Greece.
15. The Legacy of Rome.
16. Landmarks in Classical Literature.
1. First Glimpses; 2. The Anglo—Saxon or the Old English Period; 3. The Anglo—Norman
Period; 4. The Age of Chaucer; 5. The Elizabethan Period; 6. The Puritan Age; 7. The
Restoration Period; 8. Eighteenth Century Literature; 9. The Romantic Age; and 10. The
Victorian Age; and 11. The 20th Century Literature (with special references to Science Fiction,
Travel Literature, Colonial Writers, Whodunits, etc.)
a) History and Meaning of Beowulf; b) Poetical Form; c) Dual Character of the Language; d) The
First History of England; e) The Christ; f) Andreas and Elene; and g) The Saxon Chronicle.
1. William Shakespeare: a) Full many a glorious morning I have seen b) That time of year thou
mayst in me behold
2. Sir Philip Sidney: When nature made her, chief work, Stella’s eyes
3. Donne: a) Death be not Proud; b) The Good Morrow; c) A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day; d)
The Cannonization; e) The Funeral; f) Twicknham Garden; and g) The Flea.
4. Herbert: As in Grierson’s Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the Seventeenth Century
5. Vaughan
6. Marvell
Note: Concerned authors should be studied with reference to—Metaphysical Poetry: Definition
and Conceits.
Part—A:
1.Statement of the Problem; 2.Review of Literature; 3.Objectives; 4.Theoretical
Framework/Conceptual framework: a. Borrowed or b. Made on Personal Requirement; and
5.Limitations of the Research.
Part—B:
1.Methodology –Data collection, Data Analysis, Methods
Part—C:
1.Content Analysis: one of the several methods
Part—D:
1.Conclusion—Policy implication, summary, recommendation.
Books Recommended:
M.L.A. Handbook (latest edition)
1. Chaucer:
a. The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; b. The Wife of Bath; and c. Knight’s Tale. Ed.
Coffin, R. C.
2. Spenser. Faerie Queene: Book—I: Cantos: I—IV.
a) Primary and Secondary Epic; b) Romantic Epic; c) Puritanism and Reformation Movements;
and d) English Pastoral Poetry.
Books Recommended:
a. The Origin of the Drama; b. Miracle and Mystery Plays; c. Cycles of Plays;
d. The Stage and the Actors; e. Dramatic Unities; f. Two Schools of Drama;
g. The Theatre and the Stage; h. The Methods of Early Dramatists;
i. History of the Rise of English Drama since its Beginning to the 15th Century;
j. Interludes; k. The Influence of Seneca in Elizabethan Drama; l. The Use of Blank Verse in
Drama; m. The Comedy of Humors; n. Decadent Tragedy; and
o. Tragic Comedy.
Detailed course
Books Recommended:
1. Butt, John. Augustan Age. 2. Stephen, Leslie. English Language and Society in the 18 th
Century. 3. Willey, Basil. The 18th Century Background. 4 .Jack, Ian. Augustan Satire: Intention
and Idiom in English Poetry. 5. Elton, Oliver. A Survey of English Literature (1730—1850). 6.
Gosse, Edmund. History of the 18th Century Literature.
1. Sydney: Apologie for Poetrie; 2. Dryden: Essay of Dramatic Poesy; 3. Johnson: Preface to
Shakespeare; 4. Wordsworth: Preface to Lyrical Ballads; 5. Coleridge: Biographia Literaria; 6.
Arnold: The Study of Poetry; and; 7. Eliot: Tradition and Individual Talent.
Note: The Course is to be studied with reference to the following:
a) An outline of history of criticism from Plato and Aristotle to the present day; b) Classification
of criticism: Linguistic; Theoretical; and Descriptive; c) Criticism and a reflection of
contemporary creative practice; and d) Beginnings of English criticism: Dr. Johnson; Neo—
Classicism in the 18th Century; Criticism during the romantic revival; and Continental influence
on English criticism in the 19th Century; and Trends in the 20th Century criticism.
Books Recommended:
1.Grierson. Crosscurrents in the Literature of the 17th Century. 2.Wedgewood. 17th Century
Literature. 3.Dobree, Bonami. Restoration Comedy. 4.Dobree, Bonami. Restoration Tragedy.
5.Nicoll, A. A History of Restoration Drama. 6 .17th Century Studies Presented to Sir H.
Grierson. Oxford.
1. Swift: Gulliver’s Travels; 2. Addison and Steele: Coverley Papers; 3. Dr. Johnson: Lives of
Poets (Cowley and Milton); and 4. Boswell: Life of Johnson (abridged).
1. Butt, John. Augustan Age. 2. Stephen, Leslie. English Literature and Society in the 18 th
Century. 3.Willey, Basil. The 18th Century Background. 4. Jack, Ian. Augustan Satire. 5. Elton,
Oliver. A Survey of English Literature (1730~1850).
6. Gosse, Edmund. History of 18th Century Literature.
ENG 316 History of Ideas
3 Hours/Week (3+0), 3 Credits
a) Paganism; b) Secularism; c) Monotheism; d) Rise of Christianity; e) Reformation; f)
Puritanism; g) Oxford Movement; h) Platonism; i) Neo-Platonism; j) Rationalism; k)
Empiricism; l) Evolution; m) Pragmatism; n) Positivism; o) Individualism; p) Freudian Concept;
q) Monarchy; r) Feudalism; s) Democracy; t) Utilitarianism; u) Renaissance; v) Colonialism; w)
Capitalism; x) Socialism.
Books Recommended: 1. Chadwick, Owen. The Secularization of the European Mind in the
19th Century. 2. Aquinas, St. Thomas. St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics. 3. Hobbes,
Thomas. Laviathan 4. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Rousseau’s Political Writings.
1. Richardson: Pamela; 2. Henry Fielding: Tom Jones; 3. Lawrence Sterne: Tristram Shandy.
Note: Instructors should highlight the following issues:
a) Social Development; b) An Age of Prose; c) Satire; d) The Classic Age; e) Pope’s "Essay on
Criticism"; f) Character of Swift’s Prose; g) Addison’s Influence; and h) The English Dictionary.
3. Byron: a) Don Juan: Canto: I & II (as in Norton); and b) She Walks in Beauty.
5. Keats: Odes.
Note: The paper should be studied with the reference to the following:
1. Tennyson: a) The Palace of Art; b) Oenone; c) Locksley Hall; d) Ulysses; e) Tithonus; and f)
Selections from In Memoriam as in the editions of Michael Millgate (New Oxford Series).
2. Browning: a) A Grammarian’s Funneral; b) My Last Dutchess; c) Fra Lippo Lippi; d) Andrea
del Sarto; and e) Rabbi Bin Ezra.
3. Browning, Elizabeth B.: The Sonnets from the Portuguese 13, 14, 21, 22, & 43.
4. Arnold: a) Thyrsis; b) Dover Beach; c) Rugby Chapel; and d) The Scholar Gipsy.
5. Hopkins: From the selections edited by G. St: a. The Wreck of Deutschland; and
b. Felix Rendal. c. God’s Grandeur
6. Rosetti, Dante G.: The Blessed Damzel.
Books Recommended: 1. Walker, Hugh. The Literature of the Victorian Era.. 2. Elton, Oliver.
A Survey of English Literature(1830~1880). 3. Brandes, George. Main Currents in the 19th
Century Literature.
Note: Instructors should lay emphasis on the following issues of the Victorian era:
a) Democracy; b) Social Unrest; c) The Ideal of Peace; d) Arts and Science; e) An Age of Prose;
f) Moral Purpose; g) Idealism; and h) The Domestic Novel.
Books Recommended: 1. Cecil, David. Early Victorian Novelists. 2. Brandis, George. Main
Currents in the 19th Century Literature. Vol. IV. 3. Walker, Hugh. The Literature of the Victorian
Era. 4. Elton, Oliver. A Survey of English Literature: 1830~1880. 5. Forster, E. M. Aspects of
Novel. 6. Allen, Walter. The English Novel.
3. Dickinson: Selections from Poems by Emily Dickinson edited by Higginson & Todd.
4. Frost: a) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening; b) The Road Not Taken; c) The Death of
the Hired Man; d) Mending Walls; and e) Design.
5. Pound: a. In a Station of the Metro; b. The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter; and c. The
Canto: I
Studies in Detail: 1. Moss, P. Sydney. The Critic in the Context of His Literary Milieu. 2. Poe: A
Collection of Critical Essays. Ed. Regan, Robert. 3. Kaplan, Justin. Walt Whitman: A Life. 4.
Kaplan, Justin. A Reader’s Guide to Walt Whitman. 5. Kaplan, Justin. New Whitman Handbook.
6. Whaitman’s "Song of Myself": Origin, Growth, Meaning. Ed. Miller, J. 7. Cook, L. Regiland.
The Dimensions of Robert Frost. 8. Smythe, Daniel. Robert Frost Speaks. 9. Mertin, Louis.
Robert Frost: Life and Talks—Walking. 10. Creeley, Robert. A Quick Graph. 11. Jarrel, Randall.
Poetry and the Age. 12. Levertov, Denise. The Poet in the World.
1. O’Neill: The Emperor Jones; 2. Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire; 3. Arthur
Miller: All My Sons; and 4. Edward Albee: Zoo Story.
Books Recommended:
1. Aldridge, John. After the Lost Generation: A Critical Studies of the Writers of Two Wars.
1951.
2. Hoffman, J. Freudianism and the Literary Mind. 1957.
3. Klein, Marcus. Foreigners: The Making of American Literature.
4. Singal, J. Daniel. The War Within: From Victorian to Modernist Thought in the South
1919—1945. 1982.
5. Bigsby, C. W. E. A Critical Introduction to Twentieth Century American Drama. Vol: 1.
1985.
6. O’Neil and His Plays: Four Decades of Criticism. Ed. Cargil, Oscar. 1962.
7. Miller, James. Eugene O’Neil and the American Critic. 1962.
8. Ranald, L. M. The Eugene O’Neil Companion. 1984.
9. Ed. Day, Christine and Woods, Bob. Where I Live: Selected Essays. 1978.
10. Quinn, Arthur. A History of the American Drama from the Civil War to the Present Day.
1. Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn; 2. Hawthorn: The Scarlet Letter; 3. Hemingway: The Old
Man and the Sea; 4. S. Fitzgerald: Great Gatsby; and 5. Melville: Moby Dick. 6. Faulkner: A
Rose for Emily; 7. Steinbek: The Pearl.
Books Recommended:
1. Aldridge, John. After the Lost Generation: A Critical Studies of the Writers of Two Wars.
1951.
2. Hoffman, J. Freudianism and the Literary Mind. 1957.
3. Klein, Marcus. Foreigners: The Making of American Literature.
4. Singal, J. Daniel. The War Within: From Victorian to Modernist Thought in the South
1919—1945. 1982.
5. Bigsby, C. W. E. A Critical Introduction to Twentieth Century American Drama. Vol: 1.
1985.
6. O’Neil and His Plays: Four Decades of Criticism. Ed. Cargil, Oscar. 1962.
7. Where I Live: Selected Essays. Ed. Day, Christine and Woods, Bob. 1978.
1. Shaw, G. B. : Saint Joan; 2. Synge, J. M.: Riders to the Sea; 3. Beckett, S.: Waiting for
Godot;; and 4. Osborn, J. J.: Look Back in Anger. 5. Pinter. H: The Birthday Party
a) The Play of Balance; b) The Play of Dreams; c) Romantic Realism; d) Mystery Stories; e)
Representative Poets; and f) Celtic Revival.
a) The Play of Balance; b) The Play of Dreams; c) Romantic Realism; d) Mystery Stories; e)
Representative Poets; and f) Celtic Revival.
Contents:
a. General Phonetics and Phonology
Recommended Readings
1. Abercombie, David, Elements of General Phonetics
2. Varshney, Dr. R.L, Phonetics and Phonology
3. Phonology Theory and Practice
1. Mardruce, J. C.: One Thousand Nights and One Night. Aleppo version (Selected Pieces); 2.
Khayyam, Omar.: Selected Rubayyats (Fitzerald’s translations); 3. Jibran, Kahlil.: Selected
Poems; 4. Hussain, Taha.: The Stream of Days; and 5. Mahfouz, Naguib.: The Beginning and the
End. 6. Jalaludding Rumi: Selections
ENG.417 VIVA-VOCE,
(0+0) 1 Credit
ENG.421 SHAKESPEARE
4 Hours/ Week (4+0), 4 Credits
Shakespeare:
1. Moliere: Miser; 2. Ibsen: A Doll’s House; 3. Brecht: Mother Courage and Her Children; 4.
Camus, Albert.: The Outsider; 5. Tolstoy, Leo.: Anna Karenina; 6. Kundera, Milan.: The Joke.
More:
1. An Introduction to Literature. Ed. Barnet, Berman, Burto, and Cain. Longman. XI editation. 2.
The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. Jerome Beaty and Paul Hunter. 3. Webster, Mariam.
Encyclopedia of Literature. 4. Introduction to American Studies. Ed. Malcolm Bradbary. 6.
Luedike, L. S. Making America: The Society and Culture of the United States. 7. Mathiessen, F.
O. American Renaissance. 8. Lewis, R. The American Adam. 9. Tayler, M. C. History of
American Literature: 1607~1765. 10. Chase, Richard. The American Novel.
Books Recommended: 1. An Introduction to Literature. Ed. Barnet, Berman, Burto, and Cain.
Longman. XI meditation. 2. The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed.Jerome Beaty and Paul
Hunter. 3. Webster, Miriam. Encyclopedia of Literature.
Course—Plan in Detail:
1. Problems with: (a) Main Verbs; (b) Tense; (c) Modals and Modal-related patterns; (d)
Causatives; (e) Conditionals; (f) Subjunctives; (g) Infinitives; (h) Have + Participle; (i) Auxiliary
Verbs; (j) Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, Nouns and Adjectives, Nouns functioning as Adjectives
and other Parts of Speech; (k) Determiners; (l) Comparatives; (m) Prepositions and prepositional
idioms; (n) Point of View for Syntactical Pattern; (o) Agreement of verbs; (p) Introductory
verbal; Modifiers; (q) Sentences and Clauses; (r) Word Choice – Vocabulary – Antonym,
Synonym, Homonym, Homograph, Homophone; (s) Wh. Questions; (t) Punctuations: Full stop,
comma, colon, semi colon, apostrophe, capital letter, hyphen, quotation marks, titles etc.; (u)
Proofreading;
2. One Reading Comprehension of 20 marks (6 questions carrying 2.5 marks each) 3. One
Paragraph
Recommended Books:
1. Barron's TOEFL: 2. Standard Grammar book of Instructor's choice
Five students to be brought on the dais at a time. Other students of the class will be interrogating
and likewise every student should be brought in turn and questions should be asked from the
fields of literature, science, current politics, international affairs, games and sports, etc. The
Instructor will act as a conductor.
1. IPA Symbols
3. Letter Writing: formal and informal, business letters, letters of opinion, application and CV
writing, fax, e-mail, memo, etc.
(Five short questions will carry 4 marks each; one explanation will carry 5 marks)
1. Wide discussion on how to prepare a Seminar or Research paper (according MLA Handbook)
on either the short story or the poem taught in Eng. 103.
2. Individual and group discussion on the stories (in the form of both lecture and interrogation) in
the class.
3. Viva Voce