English
English
English
KOLHAN UNIVERSITY
CHAIBASA, JHARKHAND
UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT
OF
ENGLISH & CULTURAL STUDIES
Page 1 of 5
PROVISIONAL SYLLABUS OF SEMESTER I UNDER FYUGP AS PER REVISED GUIDELINES OF NEP
FOR ACADEMIC SESSION 2022-26
SEC-I
I
(Skill Digital Education 3 75 30 ----- ------
Enhancement
Course-I)
MDC-I
(Multi English Language & 3 75 30 ----- ------
Disciplinary
Literature
Course-I)
Page 2 of 5
PROVISIONAL SYLLABUS OF SEMESTER I UNDER FYUGP AS PER REVISED GUIDELINES OF NEP
FOR ACADEMIC SESSION 2022-26
Semester 1
MJ 1:
INDIAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE 4 Credits
• Explain the eco-socio-political-cultural context of the age that produced Indian classical literature from its
early beginning till 1100AD
• appreciate the pluralistic and inclusive nature of Indian classical literature and its attributes
• historically situate the classical literature and diverse literary cultures from India,mainly from Sanskrit, but
also Tamil, Prakrit and Pali by focusing on major texts in the principal genres
• trace the evolution of literary culture(s) in India in its/their contexts, issues of genres, themes and critical
cultures
• understand, analyze and appreciate various texts with comparative perspectives
Course Content
UNIT 1: The Ramayana selections- Book II, Canto- I to X page no 301 – 348. [Trans. by RTH Griffith]
UNIT 2: The Mahabharta. C. Rajagopalachari. (Chapter 22 to 27)
UNIT 3: Bharatamuni: Natyashastra (Chapter1 on the Origin of Drama)
UNIT 4: Kalidasa: Abhijnana Shakuntalam, tr. Chandra Rajan, in Kalidasa: The Loom of Time (New Delhi:
Penguin, 1989).
Course Contents
Unit I. Communication: Definition; process of communication; different forms of communication;
features of successful professional communication; purpose of professional communication; importance
of communication; barriers to communication.
Unit II. Listening: listening vs hearing; poor listener vs effective listener; advantages of good listening;
process of listening; types of listening; intensive listening vs extensive listening; barriers to effective
listening; techniques for effective listening
Unit III. Reading Skills: need for developing efficient reading skills; benefits of effective reading; speed of
reading; efficient reader vs inefficient reader; basic steps to effective reading; types of reading common
obstacles to reading; methods of reading; tips for effective reading
Unit IV. Applied Grammar: Subject-Verb agreement, correct use oftenses, articles, prepositions,
punctuation marks, and degrees of comparison; exercise based on building advanced vocabulary.
Source Book: Communication Skills by Sanjay Kumar and Pushp Lata. Published by Oxford University
Press
For written examination there will be two group of questions. Group A is compulsory which will contain
two questions. Question No 1 will be very short answer type consisting of Five questions of one marks
Page 4 of 5
PROVISIONAL SYLLABUS OF SEMESTER I UNDER FYUGP AS PER REVISED GUIDELINES OF NEP
FOR ACADEMIC SESSION 2022-26
each. Question no 2 will be short answer type of Five marks. Group B will contain descriptive type two
questions of Ten marks each, out of which any one to be answered.
Five marks will be awarded on the attendance/ overall class performance in the semester.
Suggested Readings
Liz Hamp-Lyons and Ben Heasley, Study writing: A Course in Writing Skills for Academic Purposes (Cambridge: CUP,
2006).
Renu Gupta, A Course in Academic Writing (New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2010).
IlonaLeki, Academic Writing: Exploring Processes and Strategies (New York: CUP, 2ndedn, 1998).
Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (New York:
Norton, 2009).
Eastwood, John. (2005) Oxford Practice Grammar. Oxford, OUP
Wallace, Michael. (2004). Study Skills. Cambridge, CU
Page 5 of 5