Hello! In this post, I am going to give you a brief idea about the masters course offered by universtiy of Kota, in English literature. Me, Avinash Modi, first semester student will help you to understand the pattern of this exam and make easier to new learner from any background.
Firstly I will discuss about the Course offered, then I will tell you about the paper taught in universtiy campus. As you know that I started my own journey in English Literature, so firstly I will start to post about my syllabus and how much i understood them. Then let’s start.
Course Details of M.A. English Literature
The Master of Arts English is a two-year course divided into four-semesters. A Student is required to complete 96 credits for the completion of course and the award of degree.
| Semester First | Course Codes are 101,102,103,104 | Internal Marks 50 each paper and for main exam is 100 then , Total 150 marks each paper, Thus total 600 marks; first sem has. |
| Semester Second | Course Codes are 201,202,203,204 | Same as First Sem |
| Semester Third | Course Codes are 301,302,303 A or B,304 A or B | Same as First Sem |
| Semester Fourth | Course Codes are 401, 402 A or B, 403 A or B, 404 A or B | Same as First Sem |
Detailed Syllabus of M.A. English First Semester
Paper Code 101: English Language and Communication Skills
There are five units in this paper and I will tell about the content each unit has. The following tables descirbes the whole syllabus.
Candidates will be required to answer five questions in all, one from each unit. However, there will be internal choice as part of Unitization scheme. All questions will carry equal marks
| Unit 1 | Basic Sentence Patterns and Structures Phrase Analysis: Noun Phrase and Verb Phrase Clause Analysis: Noun clause, Adjective clause & Adverbial clause |
| Unit 2 | Correct Forms of Verbs Concepts and Notions: Request, Order, Question, Suggestion, Permission, Wish, Hope, Likelihood, Intention etc. Word formation: Prefix, Suffix, Conversion and Compounding |
| Unit 3 | Word Substitution, Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, Synonyms and Antonyms, Homonyms and Homophone |
| Unit 4 | Resume and C.V. writing Report writing/Letter writing |
| Unit 5 | Logical Fallacies or Comprehension (Advanced Level Unseen) |
Paper Code 102: Chaucer to Milton
Section-A will carry 20 marks with 01 compulsory question comprising 10 short answer type questions taking two questions from each unit. Each question shall be of two marks.
Section-B will carry 80 marks with equally divided into five long answer type questions. Paper setter shall be advised to set two questions from each unit and students are instructed to attempt five questions by selecting one question from each unit. Unit I to V each will have one question on Reference to Context from each Unit.
| Unit 1 | Chaucer: The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Amoretti Sonnet 75 |
| Unit 2 | Hamlet |
| Unit 3 | *Marlowe: Dr. Faustus |
| Unit 4 | *Bacon: Essays: Of Truth, Of Unity in Religion, Of Adversity *Donne: The Canonization, The Ecstasy, Valediction, Batter my Heart |
| Unit 5 | Milton: Paradise Lost-I |
Paper Code 103: Dryden to Thomas Gray
Section-A will carry 20 marks with 01 compulsory question comprising 10 short answer type questions taking two questions from each unit. Each question shall be of two marks.
Section-B will carry 80 marks with equally divided into five long answer type questions. Paper setter shall be advised to set two questions from each unit and students are instructed to attempt five questions by selecting one question from each unit. Unit I to V each will have one question on Reference to Context from each Unit.
| Unit 1 | John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel Pt-I |
| Unit 2 | Jonathan Swift: The Battle of the Books |
| Unit 3 | Alexander Pope: The Rape of the Lock |
| Unit 4 | Oliver Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer |
| Unit 5 | William Collins: Ode to Simplicity, An Ode to Music, Thomas Gray: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, The Progress of Poesy |
Paper Code 104: Chaucer to Milton
Section-A will carry 20 marks with 01 compulsory question comprising 10 short answer type questions taking two questions from each unit. Each question shall be of two marks.
Section-B will carry 80 marks with equally divided into five long answer type questions. Paper setter shall be advised to set two questions from each unit and students are instructed to attempt five questions by selecting one question from each unit. Unit I to V each will have one question on Reference to Context from each Unit.
| Unit 1 | William Wordsworth: The Prelude Book I and II (O.U.P.) |
| Unit 2 | S.T. Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan |
| Unit 3 | P.B. Shelley: When the Lamp is Shattered, Stanzas Written in Dejection Near Naples, Ozymandias, Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice |
| Unit 4 | John Keats: To a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode on Melancholy, *G.G. Lord Byron: There is a Pleasure in the Pathless Woods, She Walks in Beauty |
| Unit 5 | Charles Lamb: Imperfect Sympathies, Dream Children: A Reverie, In Praise of Chimney Sweepers *William Hazlitt: On Familiar Style, On the Fear of Death, |
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