BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY,

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI - 620 024

PART-II ENGLISH

FOR ALL U.G. PROGRAMMES

COURSE STRUCTURE UNDER CBCS-LOCF

( Applicable to the candidates admitted from the academic year 2022-2023 onwards)

PART-II ENGLISH
 BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI - 620 024

B.A./B.Sc./B.Com./B.B.A./B.C.A. - PART- II - ENGLISH

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM –LEARNING OUTCOMES BASED

CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK (CBCS - LOCF)

(Applicable to the candidates admitted from the academic year 2022-2023 onwards)

Ins. Exam. Maximum Marks

Sem. Part Types of the Courses Title of the Paper Credits
Hrs. Hours Int. Ext. Total

Prose for Effective

I English Course - 1 6 3 3 25 75 100
Communication

Poetry for Effective

II English Course – 1I 6 3 3 25 75 100
Communication

II English Course – 1II

One-act plays for Effective
III 6 3 3 25 75 100
Communication

English Course – 1V
Short Stories for Effective
IV Communication 6 3 3 25 75 100
First Year PART-II ENGLISH COURSE-I Semester-I
PROSE FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Code: (Theory) Credit:3

OBJECTIVES :

 Appreciate literary works from the works of notable writers.

 Familiarize learners with various rhetoric devices
 Help learners to read and comprehend literary texts to communicate effectively.
 Train learners to improve their comprehension and composition skills.
 Motivate students to develop intellectual flexibility, creativity, and cultural literacy to
enhance effective communicative skills.
 Encourage Creative writing in English.

UNIT – I:

Francis Bacon : Of Parents and Children

G.K. Chesterton : The Worship of the Wealthy

UNIT – II:

O. Henry : After Twenty Years

E.V. Lucas : Third Thoughts

UNIT – III:

Nathaniel Branden : Our Urgent Need for Self-Esteem

Jesse Owens : My Greatest Olympic Prize

UNIT – IV:

Abraham Lincoln : The Gettysburg Address

R.K. Narayan : A Snake in the Grass

UNIT – V GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION :

Parts of Speech Noun, Pronoun – Adjective - Articles, Determiners,

Word formation – the use of Prefixes - the Use of suffixes
Punctuations – Spelling and Capitalization
Sentence – Types, Phrases and Clauses

UNIT – VI CURRENT CONTOURS : (for Continuous Internal Assessment only):

Encourage by collecting similar literary texts and presenting them orally - Learn new
vocabulary and making own sentences by using them - Apply the basic grammatical rules
learnt from the prescribed lessons – Associate the lesson with events in the learners’ lives
and improving their speaking and writing abilities - Become aware of moral values through
the stories from the prescribed Prose Pieces - Understand the nuances involved in acquiring
 the skills related to listening, team building, problem solving, assertiveness, emotional
intelligence etc. – Enrich Communicative Skills through Group Discussion.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. Bacon, Francis. Bacon’s Essays. Macmillan and Company. 1889. Chesterton, G.K.
All Things Considered. Methuen & Co. London. 1908.
2. Henry. O. The Four Million. Doubleday, Page & Company. New York. 1906 Lincoln,
Abraham. Gettysburg Address. Penguin, 2009.
3. Narayan. R.K. A Snake in the Grass. Alpha Edition, 2020.
4. Krishnasamy N. Modern English: A Book of Grammar Usage & Composition. Laxmi
Publication- 2009
5. Eastwood, John. Oxford Guide to English Grammar. OUP, 2003
6. Green, David. Contemporary English Grammar – Structure and Composition. Trinity
Press, Laxmi Publication, 2015.

E-BOOKS/E-MATERIALS:

1. https://www.rd.com/article/jesse-owens-my-greatest-olympic-
prize/ https://nathanielbranden.com/our-urgent-need-for-
selfesteem/ https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/131/the-four-
million/2413/after-twenty-years/

COURSE OUTCOMES :

After completion of the course the students will be able to realize the following outcomes:–

 Read, understand and appreciate the literary works..

 Make clear about the basic structures of grammar through the texts.
 Realize, evaluate and synthesize information from a variety of writers.
 Appreciate the ethical points of view in the texts.
 Understand the process of communicating and interpreting human experiences through
literary representation.
 Enhance LSRW skills.
 Write analytically in different formats like essays, reviews, research papers etc.

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First Year PART-II ENGLISH COURSE-II Semester-II
POETRY FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Code: (Theory) Credit:3

OBJECTIVES:

 To enable the students to appreciate the poem

 To train the emotions, feelings and imagination of the student
 To familiarize students with the basic grammar

UNIT- I:

William Shakespeare : All the World’s a Stage

Robert Frost : Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

UNIT- II:

Rabindranath Tagore : Where the Mind is Without Fear

P. B. Shelley : Ode to the West Wind

UNIT – III:

Ralph Waldo Emerson : Brahma

Robert Browning : Incident of the French Camp
UNIT – IV:

W. B. Yeats : The Lake Isle of Innisfree

T. S. Eliot : Journey of the Magi

UNIT-V GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION :

Word Classes – Verb, Tense, Adverbs, Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement) Active and Passive
Voice, Preposition, Conjunction and Interjection

UNIT -VI CURRENT CONTOURS (for Continuous Internal Assessment only):

Appreciate the salient features of different types of poems – enhance understanding of poems –
motivate to write poems creatively.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. Fifteen Poets. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1941.

2. Khan. M.Q. and Kumar Das, Bijoy, ed., Treasury of Poems: An Anthology of Poems in
English. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011.
3. Sharma, R.S and Misra, L, ed., Anthology of English Poems: From Shakespeare to
Keats. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2001.
4. Krishnasamy N. Modern English: A Book of Grammar Usage & Composition. Laxmi
Publication. 2009.
5. Eastwood, John. Oxford Guide to English Grammar. OUP, 2003
 6. Green, David. Contemporary English Grammar – Structure and Composition. Trinity
Press, Laxmi Publication, 2015.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

After completion of the course the students will be able to realize the following outcomes:

 Appreciate the essential elements of poetry.

 Recognize poetry from a variety of cultures, languages and historic periods.
 Identify the tone and theme, sound devices metre, rhythm, rhyme scheme.
 Analyse the underlying meanings of the poem by using the elements of poetry.
 Relate the poem to real life.
 Apply different verb forms efficiently in day-to-day communication.

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First Year PART-II ENGLISH COURSE-III Semester-III
ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION
Code: (Theory) Credit:3

OBJECTIVES:

 To familiarize learners with the major one-act playwrights and their works.
 To enable learners to understand the elements of one-act plays.
 To expose learners to the sociological and psychological dimensions of characterization.

UNIT – I:

Anton Chekhov : The Bear

UNIT – II:

Kalaingar M. Karunanidhi : Socrates

UNIT– III:

Norman McKinnel : The Bishop’s Candlesticks

UNIT – IV:

Arthur Hopkins : Moonshine

UNIT – V GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION:

Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences, Direct and Indirect Speech, Note Making, Dialogue
Writing, Email Writing and Paragraph Writing.

UNIT VI CURRENT CONTOURS: (for Continuous Internal Assessment only):

Understand the significance and salient features of Dramas and One Act play – understand and
appreciate themes and characters – enact one-act plays on stage based on socio political cultural
contours – enact plays on important scenes from Shakespeare’s plays.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. Karunanidhi. M. “Socrates.” Tale of the Anklet and One-Act Plays. Macmillan, 2009.
Reddy, T. B. Nine Modern Plays. OUP, 2015.
2. Sujatha K. editor. On the Stage: One-Act Plays. Orient Black Swan, 2011.
Lewis, Roland. Contemporary One-Act Plays. www.gutenberg.org
3. Krishnasamy N. Modern English: A Book of Grammar Usage & Composition. Laxmi
Publication. 2009.
4. Eastwood, John. Oxford Guide to English Grammar. OUP, 2003
5. Green, David. Contemporary English Grammar – Structure and Composition. Trinity
Press, Laxmi Publication, 2015.
COURSE OUTCOMES:

After completion of the course the students will be able to realize the following outcomes:

 Appreciate the structure and organization of one-act plays.

 Identify and discuss the theoretical elements of the plays.
 Understand dramatic techniques used in the plays to explore socio-cultural ideas and
issues.
 Develop an appreciation and respect for the characterization in the plays.
 Analyse critically the theme, plot and cultural aspects prevalent in the play.

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First Year PART-II ENGLISH COURSE-IV Semester-IV
SHORT STORIES FOR EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION

Code: (Theory) Credit:3

OBJECTIVES:

 To familiarize learners with the salient features of short stories.

 To help learners appreciate the different themes, strategies and techniques in short stories.
 To enhance the reading skills and observation capacity for understanding universal truths.

UNIT – I:

Mulk Raj Anand : The Lost Child

Khushwant Singh : The Mark of Vishnu

UNIT – II:

Oscar Wilde : The Model Millionaire

Stephen Leacock : With the Photographer

UNIT – III:

Leo Tolstoy : Two Old Men

Somerset Maugham : The Luncheon

UNIT – IV:

Guy de Maupassant : The Diamond Necklace

Ernest Hemingway : A Day’s Wait

UNIT –V COMPOSITION:

Letter Writing, Report

Writing Précis Writing,
Essay Writing

UNIT- VI CURRENT CONTOURS (for Continuous Internal Assessment only):

Understand the nuances of short stories – Appreciate themes and characters – cull out the
message from the short sties – develop the ability to write short stories in the current social
affairs.
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. Joseph A., and Balasubramanian M, eds. Memorable Tales. PoGo Publishing

House, 2013.
2. Kannan, Lakshmi. India Gate and Other Stories. Disha Books, 1993.
3. Sasikumar J., editor. Spectrum-An Anthology of Short Stories. Orient BlackSwan,
2012.
4. Krishnasamy N. Modern English: A Book of Grammar Usage & Composition. Laxmi
Publication. 2009.
5. Eastwood, John. Oxford Guide to English Grammar. OUP, 2003
6. Green, David. Contemporary English Grammar – Structure and Composition. Trinity
Press, Laxmi Publication, 2015.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

After completion of the course the students will be able to realize the following outcomes:

 Analyze a variety of short fiction at college level.

 Consider author bibliography and socio-historic context of each short story.
 Identify and apply techniques of literary analysis and criticism.
 Discuss short story content, structure and characterization in depth.
 Examine the various cultural and moral values associated with short stories.

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