English Language and Literature

PART-I

A. History of English language :

1. Indo-European Family of language
2. Teutonic Verbal system, Teitonic Accent
3. The First Sound Shifting of Grimm’s Law
4. Old English (Dialects of Old English, Characteristics of Old English, Old English Vocabulary)
5. Middle English (Dialects of Modern English, Characteristics of Middle English, Middle English Vocabulary

B. The Definitions of Poetry : its characteristics, purpose forms of poetry…lyric, Sonnet, ode, balled, free verse blank verse, rhymed verse poetic terms… alliteration resonance, rhyme scheme, meter… its types.

C. Comprehension ( A passage containing approximately 1000 words to be set)

D. Grammar :

1. Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Article, Preposition, Subject-Verb Agreement, narration, Voice, Transformation, clause.
2. Single word substitution
3. Correction of errors
4. Pairs of words
5. Idioms and Phrases

PART-II

E. History of English Literature ( British, American, Colonial and Post- Colonial writing) from the 14th Century up to the 21st century: Poetry, Drama, Prose, Novel, Criticism, Biography, Autobiography, Short Stories ( General introduction of eminent poets, dramatists, novelists, prose writes, shot-story writers, autobiographers, biographers, popular writers).

F. Fiction and Drama ( Critical Study and Explanation):

1. Kanthapura -Raja Rao
2. A passage to India – R.M. Foster
3. Macbeth- William Shakespeare
4. Arms and the Man – G.B. Shaw

G. Poetry ( Critical study and Explanation) :

1. The Quality of Marcy – William Shakespeare
2. The little Black Boy – William Blake
3. The Solitary Reaper – William Wordsworth
4. Mutability – P.B. Shelley
5. I Think continually of those who were truly Great
6. Heaven of Freedom – Rabindranath Tagore
7. A Soul’s Prayer – Sarojini Naidu

H. Prose ( Critical Study and Explanation):

1. On habits – A.G. Gardiner
2. India Again – E.M. foster
3. Playing the English Gentleman -Mahatma Gandhi
4. Of Studies – Francis Bacon
5. Mr. Know All – Somerset Maugham
6. The Homecoming – Rabindranath Tagore
7. The Cherry Tree – Ruskin Bond

I. Essay : On socio-economic or current topic.

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