UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG FACULTY OF ARTS

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3 UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG FACULTY OF ARTS ORDINANCE FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS WITH HONOURS WITH EFFECT FROM THE SESSION DURATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF STUDY The programme of study for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours shall extend over a period of 4 (Four) academic years and shall be completed by a student in not more than 6 (Six) academic years. 2. SUBJECTS There shall be the following subjects in the Faculty of Arts of this University, I. Bengali; II. English, III. History, IV. Islamic History & Culture, V. Philosophy, VI. Fine Arts, VII, Arabic, VIII. Islamic Studies, IX. Oriental Languages (Pali & Sanskrit), X. Dramatics, and any other subject/s as any be approved by the University Authority from time to time. 3. QUALIFICATION FOR ADMISSION Students passing the Higher Secondary Certificate (H. S. C.) examination from an Education Board of Bangladesh or a recognized equivalent examination from home and abroad may be admitted to the programme of Bachelor of Arts with Honours in any of the above mentioned subjects in this University on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the University Authority from time to time. 4. REGISTRATION I. A Candidate shall attain studentship of the University on admission to a programme as per rules. S/he shall be required to be registered with the University through such processes and on payment of such fees as determined by the University Authority. II. A student shall never take admission in more than one subject other than certificate/ diploma courses. It it is so reported/ found, his/ her studentship and examinations, if appeared/ passed, shall be immediately cancelled. 5. COURSES IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM Each course shall be designed by three/ four letters for the subject/ discipline as decided by the concerned department. A three-digit number for the course of which the first digit shall correspond to the year, for example, BENG.101 for the first course of 1st year in Bengali; Eng. 201, for the first course of the 2nd year in English and so on. Compulsory English course shall be denoted by ENG.001, and French course shall be denoted by FRE MARKS AND CORRESPONDING CREDITS Theoretical/ practical courses/ sessional and viva-voce of 25, 50, 75 and 100 marks are equivalent to 1, 2, 3 and 4 credits respectively.

4 7. NATURE OF COURSES AND DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS I. The B. A. (Hons.) degree programme shall be an integrated one consisting of major and related courses, carrying a total of 3000 marks as distributed below (year-wise): Year Major Courses Related Courses Credits Sessional Viva-voce Credits Total Marks Total Credits First Second Third Fourth Total II. III. The related courses (100 marks for each course) shall be from at least two subjects other than the major subjects as decided by the Academic Committee of the concerned Department of Honours subject. The Committee of Courses and Studies of the Department of related courses, teachers of relevant subjects should be invited to attend the meeting of the Committee of Courses and Studies. Sessional means tutorial, term paper, class test, field works, field tour, study tour, etc. The Academic Committee of the Department shall decide the system of conducting Sessional for each year. Related courses will have to be offered by the teachers of respective departments. 8. ENGLISH/ FRENCH/ OTHER LANGUAGE COURSES Apart from the credit courses mentioned above, one English course of 100 marks for all Departments except English Department and one French/ any other European language course of 100 marks for English Department must be taken by a student in the first year examination. If s/he fails to do that, s/he shall have to appear at the examination with the immediate next batch. Points secured in excess of in this course shall be added in calculating CGPA. Minimum pass marks shall be 25. Students securing marks between 25 and below 65 will be awarded Pass. The F grade will be awarded to the students scoring less than 25 marks. If a student fails to appear even in the second time, Incomplete will be written in her/his transcript as shown in the following table: Numerical Grade Letter Grade 65% and above B+ and above 25% to less than 65% Pass Less than 25% F

5 Not appeared in the examination Incomplete 9. CLASS HOURS (45 MINUTES EACH) Theoretical and practical courses shall be so designed as to be completed in minimum of the following class hours: a. Theoretical course of 25 marks (1 credit) in 15 class hours, 50 marks (2 credits) in 30 class hours, 75 marks (3 credits) in 45 class hours, and 100 marks (4 credits) in 60 class hours. b. Practical course of 25 marks (1 credit) in 8 3 class hours, 50 marks (2 credits) in 15 3 class hours, 75 marks (3 credits) in 20 3 class hours and 100 marks (4 credits) in 30 3 class hours. 10. DURATION OF EXAMINATION Examinations shall be held on academic year (annual) basis. Time allocated for examinations shall be as follows: a. Theoretical courses : 2 hours for 25 marks, 3 hours for 50 marks and 4 hours for marks. b. Practical courses: 4 hours for 25 marks, 6 hours for 50 marks, 9 hours for 75 marks and 12 hours for 100 marks (Not applicable for the Department of Fine Arts). 11. MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION AND EXAMINATION The medium of instruction and answer in the examination scripts shall be English for the Department of English, and Bengali or English or the respective language for all other Departments of the Faculty. Mixing of English, Bengali or other languages in the answer script of any course shall not be acceptable. 12. ELIGIBILITY TO APPEAR AT THE EXAMINATIONS I. In order to be eligible for appearing at the examination, a candidate shall be required to attend on an average not less than 70% of the lectures. The Academic Committee of the Department may recommend cases of attendance (not below 60%) on special ground with documentary evidences. In such marginal cases, the candidate shall have to pay the requisite non-collegiate fees for shortage of attendance at the rate mentioned in the General Rules and Regulations No. 1(viii). II. The course teacher must submit the calls attendance register and report to the Chairman of the Department before processing the examination entry forms. The Department shall verify the eligibility of the candidates and send these to the Provost of the concerned Hall for necessary action. III. The Provost of the Concerned Hall shall make necessary verification of the forms and send them to the Comptroller of Accounts for necessary action.

6 IV. The Controller of Examinations shall issue admit card only to the eligible candidates as per rules and send these to the concerned Department and the Chairman shall distribute the same to the candidates. If the examination entry forms remain incomplete, admit cards shall not be issued. Each student shall mention his/her ID number with session in the entry form, if any. 13. GRADING SYSTEM Letter grades and corresponding grade points shall be awarded as follows: Numerical Grade Letter Grade Grade Point 80% and above A % to less than 80% A % to less than 75% A % to less than 70% B % to less than 65% B % to less than 60% B % to less than 55% C % to less than 50% C % to less than 45% D 2.00 Less than 40% F 0.00 Incomplete/ Absent 14. PASS MARKS Course Marks Pass Marks GPA/ CGPA CALCULATION I. No credits are granted for grade less than D. Calculation of GPA and CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) is shown in Appendix - A. To calculate CGPA,

7 II. III. IV. no grades from any source other than that of the prescribed credits will be considered. In the Academic Transcript/ Grade sheet, only Letter Grade (LG), corresponding Grade Points (GP), Points Secured (PS) and finally GPA, not the numerical marks, shall be shown Points Secured will be added to the total points Secured by candidates who will study Military Science and score 70% or above marks at the time of calculating CGPA. In GPA or CGPA calculation, if either of them come up with fractional part and non-zero value appears in the 3rd and/ or 4th digit(s) after the decimal point, the 2nd digit should be rounded up to next higher digit. Illustration: (i) suppose, a total of 32 credits are offered in a class and a student earns total point secured (TPS) of 113 in that class, then his/her GPA will be 3.54 while the precise value is , (ii) suppose, a total of 26 credits are offered in a class and a student earns total point secured (TPS) of 84 in that class, then his/her GPA will be 3.24 while the precise value is (iii) suppose, a total of 160 credits are offered in a 4-year program and a student earns total point secured (TPS) of 585 in that program, then his/her secured (TPS) of 585 in that program, then his/her CGPA will be 3.66 while the precise value is PROMOTION TO HIGHER CLASS (FROM 1ST YEAR TO 4TH YEAR) A student is required to fulfill the following conditions for promotion to the next higher class: I. A student must earn at least GPA 1.75 without sessional and viva-voce at his/her respective examination of the year, failing which s/he shall be declared to have failed in the respective examination. II. In such case, a student shall be allowed to improve his/her GPA of the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd year by appearing at the examination of the immediate next batch only. III. Promotion to 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year after the respective examination shall be given effect on the basis of the results published by the Controller of Examinations. 17. VIVA-VOCE I. A regular student must appear at the viva-voce of the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year examination. At the end of each examination, the examination Committee shall hold a viva-voce. The viva-voce marks shall not be taken into consideration for the determination of yearly GPA. All marks of 4 viva-voces will be added up to determine LG, GP and PS and to calculate CGPA. II. If a student fails to appear at the viva-voce, the examination committee may recommend him/ her for appearing at the viva-voce of the respective examination and also before the publication of the result of the respective examination. However, the candidate shall have to take permission from the

8 Vice-Chancellor producing necessary documents. In this case, s/he shall have to bear all expenses to conduct the viva-voce as fixed by the University Authority. 18. SESSIONAL I. A regular student must complete his/ her sessional of the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd and 4th year. The sessional marks shall not be taken into consideration for the determination of yearly GPA. All marks of 4 sessionals shall be added up to determine LG, GP, PS and to calculate CGPA. II. If a student fails to appear at his/ her sessional of the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year s/he shall be declared to have failed in the respective examination. 19. IMPROVEMENT OF GRADES I. A regular student earning C, D and F grade in any course in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year examination/ 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th semester examination may improve their grade/s by appearing at the annual/ semestral examination of the same course/s only with the immediate next batch. If such a student fails to improve/ his/her grade/s, the previous grade/s of the same course shall remain valid. II. If a student appears at the Improvement Examination of any course/s as mentioned in the clause i. Above, the word Improved shall be written to the right column of the Transcript corresponding to the improved course/s. III. No improvement shall be allowed in English/ French/ other European language course, Practical, Sessional and Viva-voce. IV. For improvement of his/her grade in a particular course, the student shall apply to the Chairman of the department at least 4 weeks before the start of the next annual examination. V. The Chairman of the Department shall prepare the list/s of candidates for the regular, irregular and improvement categories and send one copy of each to the office of the Controller of Examinations after the last date of filling up the Examination Entry Forms. 20. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS Fore the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours, a student shall require to fulfill the following conditions: I. A student must earn a minimum CGPA 2.25 and s/he must earn GPA 1.75 in 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd and 4th year examination separately, failing which s/he shall be declared failed in the programme. II. A student must earn a minimum GP 2.00 in consolidated sessional, failing which s/he shall be declared failed in the programme. III. A student must earn a minimum GP 2.00 in consolidated viva-voce, failing which s/he shall be declared failed in the programme. IV. A student earning CGPA 4.00 shall be awarded B. A. (Hons.) degree with Distinction and citation so made in the academic transcript.

9 V. A student who shall earn CGPA 2.00 to less than 2.25 after completion of 4-year course shall be awarded B. A. Pass Degree without any class but s/he must earn GPA 1.75 in 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd and 4th year examination, GP 2.00 in consolidated sessional and GP 2.00 in consolidated viva-voce separately. The student with a Pass Degree shall not be eligible for admission into Masters Programme. 21. FAILED STUDENT I. If a student fails to earn required GPA for promotion mentioned in clause 16i. Of the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd year examination, s/he shall be treated as failed student and shall not be promoted to the next higher class. The failed student shall be allowed to appear in the failed course/s with the batch that immediately follows as an irregular candidate, failing which s/he shall be dropped out of the programme. II. If a student fails to appear at the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th examination after depositing examination fees, s/he shall be treated as a failed student. The failed student shall be allowed to appear at the examination with the batch that immediately follows as an irregular candidate, failing which s/he shall be dropped out of the programme. III. If a failed student earns required GPA for promotion as an irregular candidate in the 1st/ 2nd / 3rd year examination, but failed in any course/s, s/he shall not be allowed to appear in the failed course/s to improve GPA under any consideration for the third time. IV. If a student fails to appear at the viva-voce of the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year examination as per clause 17, s/he shall be treated as a failed student. In such a case, s/he shall be allowed to appear at the viva voce with the batch that immediately follows as an irregular candidate with permission of the Academic Committee of the Department, failing which s/he shall be dropped out of the programme. V. If a student fails to appear at the sessional of the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year examination as per clause 18, s/he shall be allowed to appear in sessional with the batch that immediately follows as an irregular candidate with permission of the academic Committee of the Department. Failing which s/he shall be dropped out of the programme. VI. The failed student shall appear at the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year examination as an irregular candidate, generally as per syllabus in force without any re-admission. If any drastic changes in the syllabus are made, the irregular candidate shall appear at the examination in his/ her original syllabus on the recommendation of the Academic Committee of the Department. VII. After completing 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ year examination as irregular candidate, the above categories of students shall have to be admitted provisionally to the next higher class within the date fixed by the Academic Committee of the concerned

10 Department. If the student fails a the respective examination, his/ her provisional admission shall automatically be cancelled. VIII. If a student fails to pass to earn minimum GPA 1.75 in 4th year examination shall be treated as failed. Such a student is allowed to improve his/ her GPA by appearing in 4th year course/s at the examination with the immediate next batch only as an irregular candidate, but it must be within six consecutive academic year from the session of his/ her first admission. Failing which s/he shall be dropped out of the programme. IX. A student failing to earn required GP in consolidated sessional during finalization of 4-year results will have to appear at an ESSAY examination of 100 marks with the immediate next batch only as an irregular candidate. But it must be within six consecutive academic years from session of his/ her admission. Failing which s/he shall be dropped out of the programme. X. A student failing to earn required GP in consolidated viva-voce during finalization of 4-year results will have to appear at a viva voce of 100 marks at the retake as an irregular candidate. But it must be within six consecutive academic years from the session of his/ her first admission, failing which s/he shall be dropped out of the programme. 22. RE-ADMISSION I. If a student fails to appear at the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year examination due to shortage of required percentage of class attendance or any other reason, s/he shall have to get himself/ herself re-admitted as an irregular student with the batch that immediately follows on recommendation of and within the date fixed by the Academic Committee of the Department. S/he must have to fulfill the requisite class attendance for appearing at the examination as an irregular candidate. The student shall be allowed to appear at the respective examination only once with the batch immediately follows as an irregular candidate, failing which s/he will be dropped out of the programme. If a re-admitted student earns required GPA for promotion as an irregular candidate in 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year examination, but failed in any course/s, s/he shall not be allowed to appear in the failed course/s to improve GPA under any consideration. II. III. Re-admission will not be allowed in the first year, if percentage of class attendance of the student is below 30, then his/ her studentship will be treated as cancelled, i.e. s/he will be dropped out of the programme. A student may be allowed re-admission for not more than twice in the entire programme. 23. IMPROVEMENT OF RESULTS

11 A student can also improve his/ her CGPA after the degree is awarded (either Honours or Pass) by appearing only once in 4th year course/s earning C, D and F grade at the examination with immediate next batch but it must be within six consecutive years from the session of his/ her first admission. If a student improves his/ her CGPA, the word Improvement and The Year of improvement examination should be mentioned in his/her academic transcript and certificate. A student willing to cancel his/her improved CGPA and have the previous results valid shall apply in this respect to the Controller of Examinations through the Chairman/ Director of the Department/ Institute and the provost of the concerned hall with necessary fees prescribed by the University Authority from time to time. 24. FORMATION OF THE EXAMINATION COMMITTEE There shall be separate Examination Committee for each of 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year examinations. I. The 1st year Examination Committee shall consist of - one Chairman, two Internal Members on the major subjects and one External Member (from another public University). In addition, one member on each related course and one member on language course shall be in the Examination Committee. The members from the related and language course/s will moderate course/s respectively and not conduct viva-voce. For the Department of Oriental Languages (Pali and Sanskrit), there shall be one examination committee for each year. Each language shall be represented in the committee by two teachers (external or internal). Two examples are given below: Example-1 Example-2 Chairman Pali Chairman Sanskrit Internal Member Pali Internal Member Sanskrit Internal Member Sanskrit Internal Member Pali External Member Sanskrit External Member Pali II. The 2nd year Examination Committee shall consist of - one Chairman, two Internal Members on the major subjects and one External Member (from another public university). In addition, one member on each related course shall be in the Examination Committee. The members from the related courses will moderate question papers only of related courses and not conduct viva-voce.

12 III. The 3rd and 4th year Examination Committee, each shall consist of - one Chairman, two Internal Members and one External Member (from another public university) 25. GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE HONOURS, MASTERS, M. PHIL. AND ANY OTHER DEGREE/ CERTIFICATE/ DIPLOMA EXAMINATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY I. Functions of the Academic Committee/ Chairman/ Director of the Departments/ Institutes/ RCMPS shall be according to General rules and regulations no. 1. II. Functions of the Examination Committee shall be according to General rules and regulations no. 2. III. Functions of the Chairman of the Examination Committee shall be according to General rules and regulations no. 3. IV. Functions of the course teacher/ examiner shall be according to General rules and regulations no. 4. V. Functions of the tabulators for finalization of the results shall be according to General rules and regulations no. 5. VI. Functions of the Controller of the Examinations regarding examinations and publication of results shall be according to General rules and regulations no CONTROLLER OF TUITION FEES The comptroller of Accounts will make arrangement to collect tuition and session fees of respective session from a student who will be promoted to 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year, within two months after publication of result of 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd year examination. If s/he fails to deposit fees within the time, s/he may be given another 30 days to deposit the same with late fine fixed by the University Authority, failing which his/ her name shall be dropped out of the programme. 27. ADMISSION OF THE EXPELLED STUDENT I. If a student adopts unfair means in 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year Examination, and s/he if is penalized with cancellation of result of his/her respective year, then his/her results of the previous year/s, if any, shall remain valid. II. If a student of 1st/ 2nd / 3rd/ 4th year is expelled from the university for any reason as the case may be, s/he shall have to get himself/ herself re-admitted to the subsequent 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year respectively for once only. Generally, the syllabus in force for the examination concerned will be applicable for such an student. If any drastic changes in the syllabus are made, s/he have to appear at the examination with his/her original syllabus on the recommendation of the Academic Committee of the Department.

13 III. The expelled period shall not be counted for calculating maximum available period (6 years) in clause ACADEMIC CALENDAR The Academic Committee of the concerned Departments/ Institutes shall prepare an Academic Calendar showing the beginning of each academic year, date for commencement and suspension of classes, commencement of each examination. Classes of year will be suspended at least 30 days before the commencement of each examination. There should be a gap of at least 30 days from the date of publication of results of a particular year and date of commencement of the examination of next year. 29. REVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE The ordinance may be reviewed by the Academic Council on recommendation of the Faculty through Ordinance Committee. 30. EFFECT OF THE ORDINANCE This ordinance shall be effective from the academic session As per recommendation of 221st Extraordinary meeting of the Academic Council vide resolution no-1 (Kha) held on & approved by 467th meeting of the Syndicate vide resolution no. 6 held on and later on amended and revised as per the Syndicate empowerment). Dated, August 28, 2010 Chittagong University Chittagong.. (Professor Dr. Muhammad Shah Alam) Registrar ((n-charge) University of Chittagong Chittagong, Bangladesh

14 APPENDIX - A COMPUTATION OF GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) AND CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (CGPA) GPA = PS / Cr, where PS means total Points Secured in a year and Cr means total credits offered in a year. Example: GPA calculation of one year: Course No. of credits Marks (%) Letter grade Grade points Points secured GPA C A C B C B C F C B /26 = 2.46 C C C C Total Example: CGPA = TPS of (1st year + 2nd year + 3rd year + 4th year) + PS of 4 Years Sessional + PS of 4 years Viva voce + Excess PS of English/ French/ Other Language Course Total number of credits offered in the whole programme

15 Year Total Points Secured Total No. of Credits CGPA First Second Third Fourth Sessional Viva-voce =2.49 Excess PS of English/ French/ Any other language course Total

16 FACULTY OF ARTS DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH SYLLABUS FOR B. A. (HONOURS) IN ENGLISH SESSION: AND st Year B. A. (Honours) Examination, 2016 and nd Year B. A. (Honours) Examination, 2017 and rd Year B. A. (Honours) Examination, 2018 and th Year B. A. (Honours) Examination, 2019 and 2020 There will be total twenty four major courses and four allied courses in the four-year B. A. (Honours) programme taught at the department of English, University of Chittagong. Students are required to take four major courses (101, 102, 103, 104) and two allied courses (Allied-I, Allied-II) in the 1st year, four major courses (201, 202, 203, 204) and two allied courses (Allied-III, Allied-IV) in the 2nd year, eight major courses (301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308) in the 3rd year, and eight major courses (401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408) in the 4th year. In addition, students are required to complete sessional/ tutorial for 25 marks and viva-voce for 25 marks each year. Nature of Courses and Year Major Courses Allied Courses Credits Sessional/ Tutorial Viva-voce Credits Total Marks Total Marks First Second Third Fourth Total First Year B. A. (Honours) Course - Eng 101: English Language - I This course provides an intense overview of the basic elements of modern English usages. This course includes writing experience with attention to the basic mechanical and structural elements of the writing process. This course is offered to meet the need for a foundation in grammar and sentence structure.

17 Upon successful completion of the course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of the following: 1. Writing complete sentences 2. Joining ideas together 3. Choosing the right Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, or Preposition 4. Revising for Consistency and Parallelism 5. Mastering Mechanics 6. Improving spelling 7. Building vocabulary 8. Basic sentence patterns 9. Transformation of sentences 10. Conditional sentences 11. Linking words and Connectors 12. Relative clauses 13. Use of articles 14. Infinitives and -ing forms Prescribed Texts: John Eastwood: Oxford Practice Grammar Betty Schrampfer Azar: Basic English Grammar Raymond Murphy: English Grammar in Use Daniel Jones: English Pronouncing Dictionary G. Leech: Communicative Grammar of English Leech: Meaning and the English Verb R. Quirk et al. : A Grammar of Contemporary English J. Sinclair: Collins Cobuild Language Dictionary Michael Swan: Practical English Usage Thompson and Martinet: Practical English Grammar Soars, Liz and John: New Headway English Course (Intermediate) OUP Cliff s TOEFL - A Handbook Q. M. Billah, G. S. Chowdhury, and M. Alam: Foundation English for Undergraduates Course - Eng 102: English Language - II This course is designed to improve the basic reading skill. It includes work on fundamental word analysis skills and fundamental comprehension skills. The students will learn how to unlock the meaning of words by utilizing contextual clues, recognize and identify the main idea in paragraphs and reading selections, distinguish between major and minor supporting details etc.

18 Prescribed Texts: 1. A Guide to Reading Skills : Compiled by: Professor Sujit Kumar Dutta, Professor Tapan Jyoti Barua, Professor Chowdhury Mohammad Ali, and Mr. Sukanta Bhattacharjee 1. R. A. Close: The English We Use 2. Donn Byrne: Intermediate Comprehension Passages 3. Clive Taylor: Advancing Language Skills 4. K., Elango: Insights Course - Eng 103: Introduction to Poetry Rhetoric: (Identification and Explanation): (5 3) 15 marks Prosody 10 marks Terms related to poetry: (5 5) 25 marks Reference to the context: (4 5) 20 marks Broad Questions: (3 10) 30 marks Total 100 marks Poems to be studied: a. The Wife of Usher s Well b. William Shakespeare: Sonnet 104 ( To Me Fair Friend You Never Can be Old ) c. John Donne: The Good Morrow d. William Wordsworth: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud e. John Keats: To Autumn f. Lord Alfred Tennyson: Ulysses g. Robert Browning: My Last Duchess h. W. B. Yeats: The Lake Isle of Innisfree i. Robert Frost: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening j. W. H. Auden: In Memory of W. B. Yeats k. Philip Larkin: Church Going l. Ted Hughes: The Jaguar m. Seamus Heaney: Digging

19 n. Adrienne Rich: Aunt Jennifer s Tigers 1. M. H. Abrams: A Glossary of Literary Terms 2. J. A. Cuddon: A Dictionary of Literary Terms, Penguin, G. M. Thakur: The Anatomy of Rhetoric and Prosody 4. Bose and Sterling: Rhetoric and Prosody 5. Aristotle: Poetics (with an introductory essay by S. H. Butcher) (Hill & Wang, 1967) 6. The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Vols. I & II) 7. David Daiches: Critical Approaches to Literature 8. Boris Ford: The Pelican Guide to English Literature (Vols. 1 to 7) 9. Cleanth Brooks & Robert Penn Warren: Understanding Poetry 10. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia (ed.) Literature: An Introduction to Poetry (6th edition) Course - Eng 104: Introduction to Fiction and Drama Fiction Terms related to fiction: (4 5) 20 marks Reference to the context: (2 5) 10 marks Short Question/ Quiz: (2 5) 10 marks Broad Question (Novel and Short Story): (2 10) 20 marks Total 60 marks Drama Terms related to drama: (4 5) 20 Marks Reference to the context: (1 5) 05 Marks Short Question/ Quiz: (1 5) 05 Marks Broad Question (Drama) (1 10) 10 Marks Total 40 Marks

20 Prescribed Texts: George Orwell: Animal Farm George Bernard Shaw: Arms and the Man O Henry: The Gift of the Magi Guy de Maupassant: Necklace W. Somerset Maugham: The Luncheon 1. Cleanth Brooks and H. Heilman: Understanding Drama 2. Patrick Murray: Literary Criticism: A Glossary of Major Terms 3. R. T. Jones: Studying Drama: An Introduction 4. Malcolm Kelsall: Studying Drama: An Introduction 5. Jeremy Hawthorn: Studying the Novel: An Introduction 6. E. M. Forster: Aspects of the Novel 7. Milan Kundera: The Art of the Novel 8. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia (ed.) Literature: An Introduction to Fiction (6th edition) Allied Course-I: History of England-I 1. Short notes: (6 5) 30 marks 2. Short questions / Quiz: (6 5) 30 marks 3. Broad questions: (4 10) 40 marks Total 100 marks (The following items from the set text are to be studied) 1. Anglo-Saxon Settlement. 2. The Military Conquest. 3. The Feudal System. 4. The Manorial System. 5. Monarchy and the Church. 6. Richard I - The Crusades. 7. Magna Carta. 8. The Hundred Year s War. 9. Religion: Wycliffe and the Lollards.

21 10. The Black Death and Social Changes. 11. Richard II. 12. The House of Lancaster. 13. Henry VIII. 14. Mary Tudor. 15. Elizabeth-I. Prescribed Texts: G. R. Warner et al: The New Groundwork of British History (Book One: 55 B. C. - A. D. 1603) L. Mukharjee: A Story of English History Henry Hudson: An Outline History of England A. L. Norton: A People s History of England. B. G. M. Trevelyan: English Social History. Course - Allied II : History of English Literature Objectives This course is designed to introduce the students to different periods of English Literature and to make them acquainted with the characteristic features of the different periods, the notable authors, and their works. They will also gain idea about the literary developments that took place during the different periods. 1. Short notes: (6 5) 30 marks 2. Short questions / Quiz: (6 5) 30 marks 3. Broad questions: (4 10) 40 marks Total 100 marks The periods to be covered: 1. Anglo-Saxon Period ( ) 2. Middle English Period ( ) 3. Renaissance Period ( ) 4. Elizabethan Age 5. Jacobean Age 6. Caroline Age

22 7. Commonwealth Period 8. Neoclassical Period ( ) 9. Restoration Age 10. Augustan Age 11. Age of Sensibility 12. Romantic Period ( ) 13. Victorian Period ( ) 14. Edwardian Period ( ) 15. Georgian Period ( ) 16. Modern Period ( Postmodern Period (1945- Prescribed Texts: McRae and Carter: A History of English Literature Ifor Evans: A Short History of English Literature G. C. Thornley and Gwyneth Roberts: An Outline of English Literature Recommended Books: William J Long: History of English Literature Second Year B. A. (Honours) Course - Eng 201 : English Language - III (Advanced Reading and Writing) A. Reading 50 Marks Prescribed Text E. M. Forster: A Room with a View B. Writing 50 Marks Precis, Paragraph (different types), Essay, Reports and Letters 1. George E. Wilson & Julia M. Burks: Let s Write English 2. Maurice Imhoof and Herman Hudson: From Paragraph to Essay 3. Sue Lorch: Basic Writing: A Practical Approach 4. Mc. Rae et al. : Now Read On

23 5. Jahurul Islam: A Handbook of Paragraph Writing Course - Eng 202 : Greek Classics in Translation 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks Prescribed Texts: 1. Homer: The Iliad 2. Aeschylus: Agamemnon 3. Sophocles: Oedipus Rex 4. Aristotle: Poetics N. B. All the above texts should be read in Penguin editions. 1. H. R. Rose: A Handbook of Greek Literature 2. Gilbert Murray: The Rise of the Greek Epic 3. Robert Graves: Greek Myths I & II 4. Edith Hamilton: Mythology 5. Edith Hamilton: The Greek Way 6. C. M. Bowra: The Greek Experience 7. T. A. Sinclair: A History of Classical Greek Literature 8. J. B. Hainsworth: Homer 9. C. M. Bowra: Traditional and Design in The Iliad 10. K. Lever: The Art of Greek Comedy 11. G. Norwood: Greek Tragedy 12. Gilbert Height: The Classical Tradition 13. Edith Hamilton: The Roman Way 14. John Gassner: Introducing the Drama: An Anthology 15. H. D. F. Kitto: Form and Meaning in Drama 16. Gilbert Murray: Aeschylus, Creator of Tragedy 17. C. M. Bowra: Sophoclean Tragedy 18. Winnington-Ingram: Sophocles: An Introduction 19. P. R. Hargh: A Handbook of Classical Drama

24 Course - Eng 203 : Poetry from Blake to Keats 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks Prescribed Texts: 1. William Blake: Selection from Songs of Innocence and Experience 2. William Wordsworth: Tintern Abbey ; Ode: Intimations of Immortality ; 3. S. T. Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan 4. P. B. Shelley: Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark 5. John Keats: Ode to Psyche, Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn 1. H. N. Brailsford: Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle 2. The Pelican Guide to English Literature, Vol. V: From Blake to Byron 3. F. B. Pinion: A Wordsworth Companion 4. Patricia Hodgart: Preface to Shelley 5. Northrop Frye: A Study of English Romanticism 6. D. G. Gilham: William Blake 7. Twentieth Century Interpretation on Songs of Innocence and of Experience Course - Eng 204 : New Literature in English (Fiction) 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks Prescribed Texts: 1. Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart

25 2. V. S. Naipaul: Miguel Street 3. R. K. Narayan: The Guide 4. Jhumpa Lahiri: The Namesake 1. Bruce King: The New English Literature 2. Meenakshi Mukherjee: The Twice Born-Fiction 3. R. K. Dhawan (ed.): Commonwealth Fiction 4. David Carral: Chinua Achebe 5. G. L. Innings: Chinua Achebe 6. P. C. Sundara: R. K. Narayan 7. Minakshi Mukherjee: Realism and Reality: The Novel and Society in India 8. Holmstrom: The Novels of Narayan 9. Kenneth Ramchand: The West Indian Novel 10. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar: A History of Indian Writing in England Allied Course - III : History of England - II (From the Stuarts to the Modern) 1. Short notes: (6 5) = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz (6 5) = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions (4 10) = 40 marks Total = 100 marks (The following items from the set text are to be studied) 1. James I and his Foreign Policy 2. James I and Domestic Affairs I. Plots against the King II. The King and Parliament 3. Charles I I. Arbitrary Government ( ) II. The Short and the Long Parliament 4. The Civil War

26 5. The Commonwealth I. Domestic Affairs II. Cromwell s Supremacy III. Foreign Policy of the Commonwealth IV. Events Leading to the Restoration 6. The Beginnings of the British Empire 7. Charles II I. Foreign Policy of Charles II 8. Ireland and Scotland under the Stuarts 9. Reign of Queen Anne I. Domestic Affairs under Anne 10. The Hanoverian Dynasty I. Domestic Politics and the first two Georges II. Walpole 11. The Seven Year s War 12. George III 13. Great Britain and India 14. The French Revolution and the Great War I. The French Revolution II. Renewed Isolation of Great Britain: Peace of Amiens 15. The Napoleonic War I. Attack on England II. The Peninsular War and the Fall of Napoleon 16. Pitt s Home Policy after the Outbreak of War 17. George III I. The Industrial Revolution 18. George IV I. The Great Reform Bill 19. Queen Victoria: The First Stage - Peel

27 20. Working Class Movements: Chartism 21. Foreign Affairs: Palmerston 22. Gladstone and Disraeli 23. Disraeli and Tory Democracy 24. Gladstone s Later Ministries 25. Religion, Art, Literature in the Victorian Age 26. World War I 27. European Revolution of the 20th Century 28. The Twentieth Century - Social Changes: Art and Literature 1. A. L. Norton: A People s History of England 2. G. M. Trevelyan: English Social History Allied Course - IV : History of Western Ideas 1. Short notes: (6 5) = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz (6 5) = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions (4 10) = 40 marks Total = 100 marks The Ancient World: Plato and Aristotle Renaissance and the Age of Reason: Descartes and Locke The Age of Revolution: Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel and Marx The Modern World: Nietzsche and Sartre Prescribed Texts: Bertrand Russell: History of Western Philosophy T. Z. Lavine: From Socrates to Sartre: The Philosophic Quest

28 1. The Philosophy Book 2. Samuel Enoch Stumpf: A History of Philosophy: Socrates to Sartre 3. Will Durant: The Story of Philosophy 4. Arthur Smullyan et. al: Introduction to Philosophy, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. 5. B. A. G. Fuller: A History of Philosophy, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. 6. Bryan Magee: The Great Philosophers 7. J. Bronowski: The Western Intellectual Tradition Third Year B. A. (Honours) Course - Eng 301: New Literatures in English (Poetry and Drama) 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks Poetry 1. Derek Walcott: Selected poems from The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry (ed. Ellman et. al) i) As John to Patmos, ii) A Far Cry from Africa, iii) The Gulf, iv) The Glory Trumpeter v) Ruins of a Great House 2. Nissim Ezekiel: Night of the Scorpion, Case Study, Background Casually 3. Kamala Das: Selection 4. Kaiser Huq: Selected poems from Published in the Streets of Dhaka and Pariah and Other Poems Drama Wole Soyinka: The Swamp Dwellers 1. Bruce King: The New English Literature 2. Ulli Beier: Introduction to African Literature 3. R. K. Dhawan (ed.): Commonwealth Fiction 4. David Carral: Chinua Achebe 5. G. L. Innings: Chinua Achebe 6. Minakshee Mukherjee: Realism and Reality: The Novel and Society in India 7. Holmstrom: The Novels of Narayan

29 8. M. Mofizar Rahman: The Images of the Subcontinent: The Contemporary Poetry of Bangladesh,, India and Pakistan, Commonwealth Publications, 1997 Course - Eng 302: Non-fictional Prose in English (Poetry and Drama) 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks Prescribed Texts: 1. Selections from Gandhi s Autobiography ( The Story of My Experiments with Truth ) Part I 2. My Birthplace - N. C. Chowdhury (From the Autobiography of an Unknown Indian ) 3. Cave of Unhappiness - Martin Luther King, Jr. 4. The Unfinished Memoirs : Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 5. Tagore at Oxford - Shahid Suhrawardy Course - Eng 303: American History and Literature - 17th to 19th Centuries 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks Selections: 1. The Puritan Legacy: Jonathan Edwards: Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God

30 2. Awakening and Enlightenment: Michel-Guillaume-Jean De Crevecoeur, Letter III, What is an American? 3. Revolution and Independence: Thomas Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence 4. American Transcendentalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson: Self-Reliance and Henry David Thoreau: Civil Disobedience 1. Marcus Cunliffe: The Literature of the United States 2. Malcolm Bradbury, ed. : Introduction to American Studies 3. Luther S. Luedtke: Making America: The Society and Culture of the United States 4. Moses Scott Taylor: History of American Literature ( ) 5. Stewart Benedict (ed.): The Literary Guide to the U. S. A. 6. Perry Miller: The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century 7. Perry Miller: The New England Mind: From Colony to Province 8. Bercovitch, Sacvan: The Puritan Origin of America Self 9. Bercovitch, Sacvan: The American Jeremiad 10. Walter Allen: Tradition and Dream 11. R. W. B. Lewis: The American Adam 12. H. N. Smith: Virgin Land 13. Leo Marx: The Machine in the Garden 14. F. O. Matthiessen: American Renaissance 15. Milton Konvitz and Stephen Whicher (ed): Emerson: A Collection of Critical Essays 16. Sherman Paul (ed): Thoreau: A Collection of Critical Essays 17. Richard Ruland and Malcolm Bradbury: From Puritanism and Postmodernism: A History of American Literature Course - Eng 304: Poetry from Chaucer to Marvell 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks 1. Geoffrey Chaucer: The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales 2. Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene: Bk I (Cantos I to IV)

31 3. John Donne: Death, The Sun Rising, The Canonization, A Valediction, Forbidding Mourning 4. Andrew Marvell: To His Coy Mistress, The Definition of Love, A Dialogue between the Soul and Body 1. K. S. Banner: Chaucer and the Twentieth Century 2. G. L. Kittredge: Chaucer and his Poetry 3. C. S. Lewis: English Literature in the Sixteenth Century 4. C. S. Lewis: The Allegory of Love 5. H. J. Grierson: Cross Currents in English Literature of the 17th Century 6. E. M. W. Tillyard: Elizabethan World Picture 7. John Bayley: Spenser: Faerie Queene 8. A. Alvarez: The School of Donne 9. A. J. Smith: Donne: Songs and Sonnets 10. John Carey: John Donne: Life, Mind and Art Course - Eng 305: Poetry from Milton to Gray 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks 1. John Milton: Paradise Lost (Books I & II) 2. John Dryden: Mac Flecknoe 3. Alexander Pope: The Rape of the Lock 4. Thomas Gray: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 1. C. S. Lewis: A Preface to Paradise Lost 2. E. M. Tillyard: Milton 3. Hugh Walker: Satire and Satirists 4. C. M. Bowra: From Virgil to Milton 5. G. K. Hunter: Paradise Lost 6. Barnard Schilling: Dryden: A Collection of Critical Essays

32 7. John Butt: Augustan Age 8. Sutherland: Preface to Eighteenth Century Poetry 9. B. S. Hammond: Pope 10. Hutchinson, F. E.: Milton & the English Mind

33 Course - Eng 306: Prose from Bacon to Orwell 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks Prescribed Texts: 1. Francis Bacon: Essays - Of Truth, Of Marriage and Single Life, Of Great Place, Of Friendship, Of Studies 2. John Milton: Areopagitica 3. Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele: Coverly Papers (selections) (a) The Spectator s account of himself (Essay-1) (b) Of the Club (2) (c) Character of Will Wimble (108) (d) Of Ghosts and apparitions (110) (e) Sir Roger at Church (112) (f) His account of his disappointment in love (113) (g) On witchcraft story of Moll White (117) 4. Thomas De Quincey: On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts 5. Cardinal Newman: The Idea of a University (as in Norton) 6. George Orwell: Politics and the English Language 1. The Bible (King James Version) 2. Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vols. I & II 3. Basil Willey: Seventeenth Century Background 4. Basil Willey: Eighteenth Century Background 5. Hugh Waker: Satire and Satirists 6. Leslie Stephen: English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century 7. A. S. Turbeville: English Men and Manner in the Eighteenth Century

34 Course - Eng 307: Drama from Kyd to Congreve 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks Prescribed Texts: 1. Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedy 2. Christopher Marlowe: Dr. Faustus 3. William Shakespeare: Macbeth 4. Ben Jonson: Volpone 5. William Congreve: The Way of the World 1. F. L. Lucas: Seneca and Elizabethan Drama 2. Vaughan: Types of Tragedy 3. J. A. Symonds: Shakespeare s Predecessors in the English Drama 4. J. P. Brockbank: Marlowe: Dr. Faustus 5. Stephen Orgel: The Illusion of Power: Political Theatre in the English Renaissance 6. G. B. Harrison: Introducing Shakespeare 7. Jan Kott: Shakespeare: Our Contemporary 8. John Russell Brown: Shakespeare: Macbeth (Studies in Eng. Lit. Series) 9. Mark Van Doren: Shakespeare 10. John Drakakis (ed.): Shakespearean Tragedy 11. Terry Eagleton: Shakespeare 12. Harold Bloom: Shakespeare 13. Frank Kermode: The Language of Shakespeare 14. Germaine Greer: Shakespeare 15. Norman Rabkin (ed.): Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Duchess of Malfi 16. Jenash A. Barish (ed.): Ben Johnson: A Collection of Critical Essays 17. K. M. Lynch (ed): The Way of the World 18. John MacCall: 18th Century Restoration Plays

35 Course - Eng 308: Introduction to Linguistics 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks 1. Nature of Linguistics 2. Characteristics of Language 3. BAsic concepts in Linguistics: Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics 4. Stylistics 5. Sociolinguistics: Varieties of Language, Dialect, Pidgin, Creole, Register, Status, Situation 6. Psycholinguistics 1. M. Atkisson, et al. : Foundation of General Linguistics 2. D. Abercrombie: Elements of General Phonetics 3. A. Radford. Et al: Linguistics: An Introduction 4. A. Radford. Et al: Transformational Grammar 5. F. Katamba: Morphology 6. J. Lyons: Language and Linguistics: An Introduction 7. J. Lyons: Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics 8. J. Lyons (ed.): Linguistics 9. V Fromkin, et al. : An Introduction to Language 10. S. Levinson: Pragmatics 11. P. Trudgill: Sociolinguistics 12. R. Wardhaugh: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics 13. R. Hudson: Sociolinguistics 14. H. Clark and E. Clark: Psychology and Language 15. D. Foss and D. Hakes: Psycholinguistics 16. A Spencer: Phonology 17. A. Spencer: Morphological Theory

36 Fourth Year B. A. (Honours) Course - Eng 401: Poetry from Tennyson to Rossetti 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks 1. Lord Alfred Tennyson: The Lotos Eaters, Tithonus, In Memoriam (selections) 2. Robert Browning: Andrea del Sarto, A Grammarian s Funeral, Fra Lippo Lippi 3. Matthew Arnold: Dover Beach, Thyrsis. 4. Christian Rossetti: An Apple Gathering, Winter: My Secret, Sleeping at Last (as in Norton) Alan Sinfield: Alfred Tennyson Maisie Ward: Robert Browning & His World: Two Robert Brownings The Pelican Guide to English Literature, Vol. VI. F. B. Pinion: A Tennyson Companion Course - Eng 402: British Fiction from Swift to Hardy 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks 1. Jonathan Swift: Gulliver s Travels 2. Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice 3. Emite Brontë: Wuthering Heights 4. Charles Dickens: Great Expectations 5. Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D'Urbervilles

37 1. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vols. I & II 2. A. E. Dyson (ed.): Tom Jones (Casebook) 3. Judith O Neil (ed.): Critics on Jane Austen 4. John Odmark: Understanding of Jane Austen s Novels 5. John Hardy: Jane Austen s Heroines 6. Walter Allen: The English Novel 7. David Cecil: Early Victorian Novelists 8. Hugh Walker: The Literature of the Victorian Era 9. Walter Allen: Tradition and Modernism 10. James H. Kavanagh: Emily Brontë 11. Merryn Williams: A Preface to Hardy 12. Albert J. Edward (ed.): Hardy: A Collection of Critical Essays 13. Steven O Conner: Charles Dickens Course - Eng 403: American Fiction from Hawthorne to Bellow 1. Reference to the context 6 5 = 30 marks 2. Short Questions/ Quiz 6 5 = 30 marks 3. Broad Questions 4 10 = 40 marks Total = 100 marks 1. Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter 2. Stephen Crane: The Red Badge of Courage 3. Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms 4. Saul Bellow: Seize the Day 5. Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye 1. Randall Stewart: Nathaniel Hawthorne 2. C. C. Walcutt: The Scarlet Letter and His Modern Critics 3. Richard Chase: The American Novel 4. F. R. Leavis: The Great Tradition 5. John R. May: Apocalypse in American Novels