M.A.

, ENGLISH

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS)

SYLLABUS

ACADEMIC YEAR - 2024-2025

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
PADMAVANI ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
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Contents
i. Introduction
ii. PO and PSO Description
iii. UG–Template
iv. Methods of Evaluation &Methods of Assessment

v. Semester Index.

vi. Subjects–
Core,Elective,Nonmajor,SkillEnhanced,AbilityEnhanced,ExtensionActivity,
Environment, Professional Competency

1) Course Lesson Box

2) Course Objectives
3) Units
4) Learning Outcome
5) Reference and Text Books
6) Web Sources
7) PO&PSO Mapping tables
Programme: M.A. English

Duration: 2 years for PG

Programme PO1: Disciplinary Knowledge: Capable of demonstrating

Outcomes: comprehensive knowledge and understanding of one or more disciplines
that form part of Post graduate programmes of study.

PO2: Critical Thinking: Capability to apply analytic thought to a body

of knowledge; analyze and evaluate evidence, arguments, claims, beliefs
on the basis of empirical evidence; identify relevant assumptions or
implications; formulate coherent arguments; critically evaluate
practices, policies and theories by following scientific approach to
knowledge development.

PO3: Problem Solving: Capacity to extrapolate from what one has

learned and apply their competencies to solve different kinds of non-
familiar problems, rather than replicate curriculum content knowledge;
and apply one’s earning to real-life situations.

PO4: Analytical & Scientific Reasoning: Ability to evaluate the

reliability and relevance of evidence; identify logical flaws and holes in
the arguments of others; analyze and synthesize data from a variety of
sources; draw valid conclusions and support them with evidence and
examples and addressing opposing viewpoints.

PO5: Research related skills:Ability to analyze, interpret and draw

conclusions from quantitative / qualitative data; and critically evaluate
ideas, evidence, and experiences from an open-minded and reasoned
research perspective; develop sense of inquiry and capability for asking
relevant questions / problem arising / synthesizing / articulating / ability
to recognize cause and effect relationships / define problems. Formulate
hypothesis, Test / analyze / Interpret the results and derive conclusions.

PO6: Self-directed & Lifelong Learning: Ability to work

independently, identify and manage a project. Ability to acquire
knowledge and skills, including “learning how to learn”, through self-

placed and self-directed learning aimed at personal development,

meeting economic, social and cultural objectives.

PO7: Participation & Research: Participate as critical and active

citizens in society and at work; and pursue career and research in
English studies and allied disciplines.

PO8: Reading & Projects: Document their reading and interpretive

practices in assignments, translation works, and independent projects.

PO9: Confidence & Effectiveness: Confidently and effectively

articulate their literary and textual experiences.

PO 10: Social Skills & Empathetic Approach: Reorganize a

professional and reflective approach to leadership, responsibility,
personal integrity, empathy, care and respect for others, accountability
and self regulation.
Outcomes:

applied problems in different areas of the specific discipline of study.

PSO2: Understand, formulate, develop arguments logically to address issues

arising in social sciences, business and other context /fields.

PSO3: To prepare the students who will demonstrate respectful engagement with
other’s ideas, behaviors, beliefs and apply diverse frames of references to decisions
and actions. To create effective entrepreneurs by enhancing their critical thinking,
problem solving, decision making and leadership skill that will facilitate startups
and high potential organizations. To encourage practices grounded in research that
comply with employment laws, leading the organization towards growth and
development.

PSO4: Developing a research framework and presenting their independent ideas

effectively.

PSO5: Equipping their employability skills to excel in professions like teaching

and exposing them to various activities to empower them through communication
skills.

PSO6: Enabling a holistic perspective towards the socio-political inequalities and

environmental issues

Credit Distribution for a ll PG Courses

S.No Course Credit

Details
1 Core Course [12 Courses X 4 Credits] 48

2 Elective Course [ 6 Courses X 3 Credits] 18

3 Skill Enhancement Course [3 Courses X 2 Credits] 6

4A Professional Competency Course & Industry 4

4B Module Project Work VIVAVOCE 4

5 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course [ 4 Courses X 2] 8

6 Internship 2

7 Extension Activity 1
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 M.A. English Structure of the Course
Mark
Paper Code Subject Paper Title Hrs Credit s
CORE CIA EA Total
VII-
III SEMESTER

23PVPENC07 Core VII Core –VII Contemporary 6 5 25 75 100

Literary Criticism
Core VIII Core –VIII Canadian 6 5 25 75 100

23PVPENC08 Studies
Core IX Core – IX Literature of 6 5 25 75 100
23PVPENC09 the Marginalized in India
Core X Core– X Film and Media 6 4 25 75 100
23PVPENC10 Studies
Elective V Elective –V Translation 3 3 25 75 100
23PVPENE05 Studies
NME/ Functional English 3 2 25 75 100
23PVPENN02 EDC-II
Internship Internship / Industrial - 2 - - -
Activity
Total 30 26 - - -

IV SEMESTER

Core XI Core – XI Twenty First 6 5 25 75 100

Century Millennial
Literature and
23PVPENC11 Culture
Core XII Core– XII Subaltern 6 5 25 75 100

23PVPENC12 Studies
Elective VI Elective–VI English 4 3 25 75 100
Literature for
NTA,NET, SET&
23PVPENE06 GATE
Project with Research Methodology 10 7 25 75 100
23PVPENPR01 VIVA VOCE & Project Writing
Skill English for Careers 4 2
Enhancement
23PVPENSEC01 Course
23PVPENEX01 Extension Activity 1
Total 30 23
TOTAL CREDITS 92
 CONTEMPORARY LITERARY CRITICISM

Credits

Inst. Hours
Course Course Name Category L T P O Marks
Code
YEAR /
SEM
CIA External Total

II YEAR/ Contemporary Core-VII Y Y - - 5 6 25 75 100

III SEM Literary Criticism
Learning Objective
LO 1 To enable the students to comprehend that criticism is not merely an understanding of
literary text but also a rapidly increasing body of knowledge.
LO 2 To provide knowledge about the different schools in contemporary literary Criticism
LO 3 To focus on interpreting the works of various literary critics
LO 4 Focus on evaluate critically and aesthetically the prescribed texts
LO 5 Understanding the principles of criticism

Details
UNIT I Jacques Derrida- Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of Human Sciences
UNIT II M.H. Abrams -The Deconstructive Angel
UNIT III Susan Sontag -Against Interpretation, Edward Said- Crisis (In Orientalism)
UNIT IV Cleanth Brooks -Irony as Principle of Structure, Sigmund Freud –Creative Writers and
Day Dreaming
UNIT V Roland Barthes – From Work to Text, Terry Eagleton -Capitalism, Modernism and Post
Modernism

Programme
Course Out comes
Outcomes
CO On completion of this course, students will
1 Understand a literary text by applying various critical theories. PO2, PO3
2 Develop the objective analysis of the subject matter PO4
3 Analyze a literary text with reference to socio-political Issues PO5
4 Evaluate critically and aesthetically the prescribed texts. PO6, PO8
5 Evaluate a text at emotional, intellectual and aesthetic levels PO9, PO10

Text Book (Latest Edition)

1 Eagleton, T. (2008). Literary theory: An introduction. U of Minnesota Press.
Reference Books
(Latest editions, and the style as given below must be strictly adhered to)
1 Wood, Nigel, and David Lodge. Modern Criticism and Theory. Taylor and Francis, 2014.
2 Lodge, David. Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: A Reader. Routledge, 2016.

Web Resources
1 https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-britlit1/chapter/literary-criticism/
2 https://www.atlassociety.org/post/deconstructing-derrida-review-of-structure-sign-and-
discourse-in-the-human-sciences
3 https://fs.blog/susan-sontag-against-interpretation/
4 https://www.studocu.com/in/document/madurai-kamaraj-university/ma-englis
h/the-deconstructive-angel/4517560
5 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roland-Gerard-Barthes

Mapping with Programme Outcomes:

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10

CO1 S S S S S S S M S M

CO2 M S S S M S S M M M

CO3 S S S M S S S M S M

CO4 S S S S S S S M M M

CO5 S M S S S S S M M S

Mapping with Programme Specific Outcomes:

CO /PO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5

CO1 3 3 3 3 3
 CO2 3 3 3 3 3

CO3 3 3 3 2 3

CO4 3 3 3 3 3

CO5 3 3 3 3 3

Weight age 15 15 15 14 15

Weighted percentage 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0

of Course
Contribution to Pos

CORE-VIII CANADIAN STUDIES

Credits

Inst. Hours
Course Course Name Category L T P O Marks
Code
YEAR /
SEM
CIA External Total

II YEAR/ Canadian Studies Core-VIII Y Y - - 5 6 25 75 100

III SEM

Learning Objective
LO 1 Expose students to Canadian Social, Cultural, Historical and Aboriginal traditions
LO 2 To provide knowledge about the different trends in Canadian studies
LO 3 To focus on interpreting the prescribed works critically
LO 4 Focus on important dimensions to understanding Canada including multicultural and
immigrant experience.
LO 5 Understanding the folklore and its influence on Canadian Literature

Details
UNIT I Poetry: Selections from C.D. Narasimiah's Anthology of Common wealth Poetry
(P.K. Page, A.M. Klein, M. Atwood and Smith), Selections from Native Literature in
Canada, Ed. By Terry Goldie and others
UNIT II Fiction: Survival- M. Atwood, Truth and Brightwater (1999),- Thomas King, No New
Land- M.G. Vassanji, Toronto- Mc Clelland & Stewart, 1997
UNIT III Drama: The Ecstacy of Rita Joe- George Ryga, Dry Lips- Tom Highway, Selections from
SACLITDRAMA plays from South Asian Canadian, Ed. By Uma Parameshwaran
Bangalore: IBH Prakashana 1996.
UNIT IV Short Story: Sunshine and Other Stories- Stephen Leacock, Selections from Thomas King
Autobiography/Auto ethnography/ Life writings: In Search of April Rain tree- Beatrice
Mosonior (Culleton), “This is my own: Letters to wes and other writings on Japanese
canadians 1941- 1948” - Huriel-Kitagawa, Ed. By Roy Miki (Vancouver: Taron
books, 1985), Polemical Essays: Selection from The Telling It Collective.
UNIT V Criticism: The Canadian Post-Modern- Linda Hutcheon, "Godzilla vs Post-Colonial”-
Thomas King, Selections from Robert Kroetsch, Last Essay from The Bush Garden,
Northrop Frye.

Programme
Course Out comes
Outcomes
CO On completion of this course, students will
1 Understand the historical and political background of Canadian PO1, PO3
Literature
2 Understanding the folklore and its influence in Canadian Literature PO1
3 Analyze a literary text with reference to socio-political Issues PO4
4 Evaluate critically and aesthetically the prescribed texts. PO6, PO8
5 Evaluate a text at emotional, intellectual and aesthetic levels PO9, PO10

Text Book (Latest Edition)

1 Media : Selections from Understanding Media: The extensions of Man Marshall
McLuhan, London: Routledge, 2002.
Reference Books
(Latest editions, and the style as given below must be strictly adhered to)
1 Rioutx Marcel 1978 Quebec in Question James Borke, Trans, Toronto: Lorimer
2 Multiculturalism in Canada ed. Elspeth Cameron (Toronto Canadian Scholar Press 2004)
3. Canadian Culture: An Introductory Reader. Ed. Elspeth Cameron (Toronto: Canadian
Scholar in Press 2004)
3 A short History of Canada, Desmond Morton, Edmonton: Hurtig 1983

Web Resources
1 www.india.gc.ca
2 www.canada.justice.gc.ca
3 www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
4 https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/amit/books/narasimhaiah-1990-anthology-of-
commonwealth.html
5 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Atwood
6 https://canadianliteraryfare.org/bibliography/drama/

Mapping with Programme Outcomes:

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10

CO1 S S S S S S S M S M

CO2 M S S S M S S M M M

CO3 S S S M S S S M S M

CO4 S S S S S S S M M M

CO5 S M S S S S S M M S

Mapping with Programme Specific Outcomes:

CO /PO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5

CO1 3 3 3 3 3

CO2 3 3 3 3 3

CO3 3 3 3 3 3

CO4 3 3 3 3 3

CO5 3 3 3 3 3

Weightage 15 15 15 15 15
 Weighted percentage 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
of Course
Contribution to Pos

CORE IX – LITERATURE OF THE MARGINALIZED IN INDIA

Credits

Inst. Hours
Course Course Name Category L T P O Marks
Code
YEAR /
SEM
CIA External Total

II YEAR/ Literature of The Core-IX Y Y - - 5 6 25 75 100

III SEM Marginalized In
India

Learning Objective
LO 1 Sensitizing students in the history of anti-caste and anti-discrimination Discourses
LO 2 To provide knowledge about the Dalit’ surprising in the literary, social and cultural
spheres.
LO 3 To focus on studies caste, reflecting upon the history of anti-caste struggle in India.
LO 4 Focus on important dimensions to understanding political spheres in India
LO 5 Understanding the disciplines and covers a range of disciplines including history,
sociology, ethnography, anthropology and literature.

Details
UNIT I Studies on Caste (colonial/ postcolonial): Study on Caste by Lakshmi Narasu, “Castes in
India” and “Annihilation of Caste, Genesis and Mechanism of Caste” by Ambedkar)
Homo Hierarchicus by Louis Dumont
UNIT II The Interface between Caste and Gender Gendering Caste: Through a Feminist Lens by
Uma Chakravarti; Caste and Gender by Anupama Rao.
UNIT III History and Theory of Dalit Uprising, Dalits and Democratic Revolution in India by Gail
Omvedt, “Power of Invisibility” by Ravikumar
UNIT IV Case Study: M. Sukhadeo Thorat, Paul Attewell and Firdaus F.Rizvi,
“The Legacy of Social Exclusion: A Correspondence Study of Job Description in India”,
Volume I, Number 01, IIDS and Princeton University, USA.
UNIT V Untouchable Spring by Kalyan Rao, From An Anthology of Dalit Literature, ed by
Zelliot and Mulk Raj Anand special issue on dalit literature in the journal, Indian
Literature,
Short stories- Kisumbukaran by Bama Aarumugam, Imayam Chakra by Jayawant Dalvi

Programme
Course Out comes
Outcomes
CO On completion of this course, students will
1 Understand the historical and political background of Caste PO1
2 Understanding the dimensions of discriminations PO2
3 Analyze a literary text with reference to socio-political Issues PO3,PO4
4 Evaluating the prescribed texts critically. PO6, PO8
5 Exposure to a range of disciplines including history, sociology, PO9
ethnography, anthropology and literature.

Text Book (Latest Edition)

1 Caste and Tribes by Risley
Reference Books
(Latest editions, and the style as given below must be strictly adhered to)
1 Caste and Tribes by Edgar Thurston
2 Castes of Mind by Nicholas B Dirks
3 Nationalism without a Nation in India by G. Aloysius

Web Resources
1 www.ambedkar.org
2 www.saxakali.org
3 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00487/full
4 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2053672
5 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214629620301079

Mapping with Programme Outcomes:

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10
 CO1 S S S S S M S S S M

CO2 M S S M M S M M M S

CO3 S S M M S M S M S M

CO4 S S S S M S S M S M

CO5 S M S S S S M M M S

Mapping with Programme Specific Outcomes:

CO /PO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5

CO1 3 3 3 3 3

CO2 3 3 3 2 3

CO3 3 3 3 3 3

CO4 3 3 3 3 3

CO5 3 3 3 3 3

Weightage 15 15 15 14 15

Weighted percentage 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0

of Course
Contribution to Pos

CORE X – FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES

Credits

Inst. Hours

Course Course Name Category L T P O Marks

Code
YEAR /
SEM
CIA External Total

II YEAR/ Film and Media CORE X Y Y - - 4 6 25 75 100

III SEM Studies
Learning Objective
 LO 1 Finding the popular interest in films with technical and socio-cultural dimensions of film
appreciation.
LO 2 Understanding the bond between the films and literature.
LO 3 Analyzing the literary texts in comparison with the films.
LO 4 Critical appreciation of films in the background of literary theories.
LO 5 Tracing the differentiation in films from different parts of the world.

Details
UNIT I Novel Carroll – Interpreting /Moving Image [OUP] William Rothman 1 - The ‘I’ of the
Camera [OUP], John Hill - Pamela Church - Gibson Oxford Guide to the Film Studies A
Norton Reader - Film Analysis, An Intro-Kristin Thompson - Film History David
Bordnell [Mc Grawhill. Edn]
UNIT II Nathan Abrams - New Wave New Hollywood Reassessment, Recovery & Legacy
Gregory Frame [eds] [Bloomsbury Publication], Janet Wasko-How Hollywood Works
[Sage Publication]
UNIT III Geoffrey - Oxford Hist of World Cinema Nowel – Smith [Editor] [OUP] Shohini
Chaudhiri - Contemporary World Cinema [EUP]
UNIT IV Erik Barnow & Indian Film [OUP] S. Krishnaswamy Yues Thoraval- Indian Cinema
Theodore Baski - Adaptation of Lit. to Tamil Cinema Neelam Sidhar - Bollywood &
Postmodernism Wright [EUP]V
UNIT V Lit. to Tamil Cinema: Linda Costanzo Cahir – Ory & Practical Approaches, Film Studies-
John Hill – Critical Approaches - Film studies [OUP]: Movies for Appreciation- A Few
Good Men-Legal Drama by Aaron Sorkin’s 1989, Confessions of a - Sophin Kinsella
Shopaholic, Elippathayam –Adoor Gopalakrishan: Bridge on River Kwai - Novel to Film

Programme
Course Out comes
Outcomes
CO On completion of this course, students will
1 Film Review and appreciation becomes handy for the Students PO1, PO2
2 Connecting film and literature nuances effectively PO3, PO4
3 Exposure to film techniques and genres PO7
4 Critical appreciation of films PO6, PO8
5 Analysing film forms effectively PO10

Text Book (Latest Edition)

1 Louis Giannetti, 1972, Understanding Movies, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
2 Ed.S. Vasudevan, 2000, Making Meaning in Indian Cinema, OUP, New Delhi.
Reference Books
(Latest editions, and the style as given below must be strictly adhered to)
1 Ed. Bill Nichols,1993, Movies and Methods Vol.I, Edition Seagull Books, Calcutta.
2 Ed. Bill Nichols, 1993, Movies and Methods Vol.II, Edition Seagull Books, Calcutta.
3 Susan Hayward, 2004, Key Concepts in Cinema Studies, Routledge, London.

Web Resources
1 www.academicinfo.net/film.html.
2 https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393420531
3 https://journalism.uoregon.edu/directory/faculty-and-staff/all/jwasko
4 https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/interviews/there-is-a-lot-of-power-in-tamil-cinema-
because-of-its-closeness-to-everyday-life-anand-pandian-author-reel-world/amp_
articleshow/51169927.cms
5 https://guides.library.yale.edu/c.php?g=295800&p=1975065

Mapping with Programme Outcomes:

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10

CO1 S S S S S S S M S M

CO2 M S S S M S S M M M

CO3 S S S M S S S M S M

CO4 S S S S S S S M M M

CO5 S M S S S S S M M S

Mapping with Programme Specific Outcomes:

CO /PO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5

CO1 3 3 3 3 3
 CO2 3 3 3 3 3

CO3 3 3 3 3 3

CO4 3 3 3 3 3

CO5 3 3 3 3 3

Weightage 15 15 15 15 15

Weighted percentage 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

of Course
Contribution to Pos

ELECTIVE-V TRANSLATION STUDIES

Credits

Inst. Hours
Course Course Name Category L T P O Marks
Code
YEAR /
SEM
CIA External Total

II YEAR/ Translation Elective-V Y Y - - 3 3 25 75 100

III SEM Studies
Learning Objective
LO 1 To enable students to get a glimpse of the rich diversity of Indian culture and literature

LO 2 To provide knowledge about the regional languages through representative texts in

English translation

LO 3 To equip the students in the skills as well as the politics of translation.

LO 4 Focus on important dimensions of culture through the prescribed texts

LO 5 Understanding the nuances of translations

Details

UNIT I Poetry: Balamani Amma To My Daughter (The Oxford Anthology of Modern Indian
Poetry eds.Vinay Dharwadkar and A K Ramanujan)

UNIT II Drama: Indira Parthasarathy “The Legend of Nandan“ (New Delhi, OUP, 2003)
Mahasweta Devi “Rudaali
UNIT III Fiction and Prose: Short Fiction from South India Ed. Srilata and Subashree
Krishnaswamy, Oxford University Press, 2007.
UNIT IV Work shops on Translation

UNIT V

Programme
Course Out comes
Outcomes
CO On completion of this course, students will

1 Understand the systematic study of translation PO1, PO3

2 Understanding the dimensions of language and its nuances essential PO2, PO5
for translation
3 Exposure to effective translation PO4

4 Equipped in the skills as well as the politics of translation. PO6, PO8

5 Exposure to literature in the regional languages through PO9

representative texts in English translation

Text Book (Latest Edition)

1 Lalita and Susie Tharu. Introduction to Women Writing in India. Penguin

Reference Books
(Latest editions, and the style as given below must be strictly adhered to)
1 Bassnett, Susan and Harish Trivedi.eds.1999. Post-colonial Translation. London. Routledge

2 Amit Choudhury, 2001, The Picador Book of Modern Indian Lietrature, Macmillan,
London
3 R. Azhagarasan & Ravikumar Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing (OUP)

Web Resources
1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_studies#:~:text=Translation%20studies%20is%
20an%20academic,of%20study%20that%20upport%20translation.
2 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rtrs20/current

3 https://complit.fas.harvard.edu/translation-studies
4 https://www.seagullbooks.org/our-authors/p/indira-parthasarathy/

5 https://www.lit-across-frontiers.org/about-translation-workshops/

Mapping with Programme Outcomes:

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10

CO1 S S S S S S S M S M

CO2 M S S S M S S M M M

CO3 S S S M S S S M S M

CO4 S S S S S S S M M M

CO5 S M S S S S S M M S

Mapping with Programme Specific Outcomes:

CO /PO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5

CO1 3 3 3 3 3

CO2 3 3 3 3 3

CO3 3 3 3 3 3

CO4 3 3 3 3 3

CO5 3 3 3 3 3

Weightage 15 15 15 15 15

Weighted percentage 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

of Course
Contribution to Pos
 NME/EDC II: FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH

Credits

Inst. Hours
Course Course Name Category L T P O Marks
Code
YEAR /
SEM
CIA External Total

II YEAR/ Translation NME/EDC II Y Y - - 2 3 25 75 100

III SEM Studies
Learning Objective
LO 1 To expose the learners towards the organizing and delivery of speech

LO 2 To train the learners in various language skill in Public Speaking

LO 3 Creating awareness about using language according to the situation

LO 4 Helping learners overcome common problems of Indian speakers of English

LO 5 Introducing major features of spoken English

Details

UNIT I Public Speaking: Characteristics of a good speaker, Methods of Speaking, Preparation

and Delivery of Speech

UNIT II Speech for Situations: Speech to inform, Speech to Persuade, Speeches for Special
occasions.

UNIT III Occupational Skills: Email, Resume, Official memo

UNIT IV Interview Skills: Prepare and practice for Interviews, Some General Questions in an
Interview, Profile Writing for a Job, Presentation Skills

UNIT V Interpersonal Skills: Team Development, Relationship and Communication, Negotiation

 Programme
Course Out comes
Outcomes
CO On completion of this course, students will

1 Define communicative skills PO2

2 Utilize the nuances of English language in public speaking PO1, PO2

3 Evaluate language skills in day to day life PO3, PO4

4 Develop different styles of occupational skills PO5, PO6

5 Ability to analyze the usage of English words indifferent contexts PO8

and acquire considerable flair in using broad range of vocabulary
Text Book (Latest Edition)

1 Mohan, Krishna, et al. Developing Communication Skills. Macmillan Publishers India

Ltd., 2009.
2 Mitra, Barun K. Effective Technical Communication: a Guide for Scientists and
Engineers. Oxford University Press, 2006.
Reference Books
(Latest editions, and the style as given below must be strictly adhered to)
1 Sudha,S. Job Fair Keys, Jayalakshmi Publications, 2017.

2 Functional English Grammar: An Introduction for Second Language Teachers (Cambridge

Language Education)
Web Resources
1 Team Development-https://blog.vantagecircle.com/team- development/5.Relationship and
Communication-
https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/a-primer-oncommunication-
2 Negotiation-https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/negotiation-skills-daily/what-is
negotiation/
3 https://in.indeed.com/career-advice/interviewing/interviewing-skills

4 https://careerwise.minnstate.edu/careers/occupational- skills.html
 Mapping with Programme Outcomes:

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10

CO1 S S S S S S S M S M

CO2 M S S S M S S M M M

CO3 S S S M S S S M S M

CO4 S S S S S S S M M M

CO5 S M S S S S S M M S

Mapping with Programme Specific Outcomes:

CO /PO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5

CO1 3 3 3 3 3

CO2 3 3 3 3 3

CO3 3 3 3 2 3

CO4 3 3 3 3 3

CO5 3 3 3 3 3

Weightage 15 15 15 14 15

Weighted percentage 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0

of Course
Contribution to Pos

SEMESTER –IV
 CORE XI-TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY MILLENNIAL
LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Credits

Inst. Hours
Course Course Name Category L T P O Marks
Code
YEAR /
SEM
CIA External Total

II YEAR/ Twenty-First CORE XI Y Y - - 5 6 25 75 100

IV SEM Century Millennial
Literature and
Culture

Learning Objective
LO 1 To sensitize the students to various aspects of new studies in twenty first century
millennial literature.

LO 2 Understanding important ideas, movements and systems of thought that effectively

contributes to the rich diversity of 21st century life of people at the global level.

LO 3 Identify the possibilities for multidisciplinary analysis of literary texts.

LO 4 Analyze literary texts by employing appropriate interdisciplinary theories.

LO 5 Evaluate the viability of interdisciplinary analyses of literary and cultural forms.

Details

UNIT I Blue Studies: The Hungry Tide - Amitav Ghosh , The Life of Pi - Yann Martel

UNIT II Animal Studies: Margo DeMello- “Human Animal Studies” from Animals and Society:
An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies by Margo De Mello pp. 3-18, Mario Ortiz
Robles- “What is it like to be a trope?” from Literature and Animal Studies

UNIT III Medical Humanities: Thomas R. Cole et al. “Introducing Medical Humanities” from
medical Humanities: An Introduction Dan Millman - Way of the Peaceful Warrior
UNIT IV Climate Studies: Introduction to Climate Change and Studies Barbara Kingsolver Flight
behavior
UNIT V Disability Studies: Lennard J. Davis “Introduction: Disability, Power and Culture” From
the Disability Studies Reader. Clarke Barker and Stuart Murray “Introduction: On
Reading Disability in Literature” from The Cambridge Companion to Disability Studies.

Programme
Course Out comes
Outcomes
CO On completion of this course, students will

1 Contemporary issues and its immediate requirement can be easily PO3

analyzed by the students.
2 The social responsibility of the students towards the society can be PO2, PO6
groomed in an effective way.
3 Exposuire to the emerging tends in twenty first century millennial PO4. PO5
literature.
4 Equipped in the interdisciplinary theories. PO6

5 Viability of interdisciplinary analyses of literary and cultural forms. PO10

Text Book (Latest Edition)

1 Bates, Victoria, et al. Medicine, Health and the Arts: Approaches to the Medical
Humanities.1st ed., Routledge, 2015.
Reference Books
(Latest editions, and the style as given below must be strictly adhered to)
1 Bleakley, Alan. Medical Humanities and Medical Education: How the Medical
Humanities Can Shape Better Doctors. Routledge, 2016.
2 DeMello, Margo. Body Studies: An Introduction.1st ed., Routledge,2013
Nocella II J, Antony., Sorenson, John .Socha, Kim.,and Atsuko Matsuoka.
3
Defining Critical Animal Studies: An Intersectional Social Justice Approach for
Liberation. Peter Lang Publishing Inc., 2014.
Web Resources
1 http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/students-for-cas/journal-for-critical-animal-
studies/archives/
2 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25614299.
3 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/student-services/blue-studies- iinternational

4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2746847/

5 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_humanities

Mapping with Programme Outcomes:

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10

CO1 S S S S S S S M S M

CO2 M S S S M S S M M M

CO3 S S S M S S S M S M

CO4 S S S S S S S M M M

CO5 S M S S S S S M M S

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CO /PO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5

CO1 3 3 3 3 3

CO2 3 3 3 3 3

CO3 3 3 3 2 3

CO4 3 3 3 3 3

CO5 3 3 3 3 3

Weightage 15 15 15 14 15
 Weighted 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0
percentage of
Course
Contribution to
Pos

CORE XII-SUBALTERN STUDIES

Credits

Inst. Hours
Course Course Name Category L T P O Marks
Code
YEAR /
SEM
CIA External Total

II YEAR/ Subaltern Studies CORE XII Y Y - - 5 6 25 75 100

IV SEM
Learning Objective
LO 1 To train and prepare students for enhancing their skills to understand the issues Related to
socially excluded and marginalized groups

LO 2 Develop strategies to deal with these issues successfully.

LO 3 Analysis of literary texts in Subaltern lens

LO 4 To examine the defined role of social constructions that affecting the space of the
marginalized
LO 5 Critically analyzing subaltern writing.

Details
POETRY–DETAILED: Imayam- You and I The Rattle and the Cow that Changed Heads
UNIT I
(From Indian Literature– Facets of Dalit Life, Sahitya Akademi); Rokade, L.S.–To Be or
Not to Be Born Jagtap, Bapurao– This country is Broken (From No Entry for the New Son
Translations from Modern Marathi Dalit Poetry, (ed) Arjun Dangle); Sirumalesh,K.V. The
Untouchables (From Indian Poetry Today Volume II published by Indian Council for
Cultural Relations), Claude Mckay - If we Must Die Langston Hughes
- Dinner Guest : Me (From commentaries on Commonwealth Poetry and Drama Published
by Prestige Books, Delhi)
 PROSE – DETAILED: Martin Luther King (Jr) – I Have a Dream, NON-DETAILED:
UNIT II
Gayatri C. Spivak - Can the Subaltern Speak ?,
DRAMA – DETAILED: C.T.Indra (Translation)–Nandan, NON – DETAILED: Vijay
UNIT III
Tendulkar–Kanyadan
FICTION: Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb - I am Malala Bama – Karukku,
UNIT IV
FICTION: Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart Arundati Roy - God of Small Things
UNIT V

Programme
Course Out comes
Outcomes
CO On completion of this course, students will

1 Remember the diverse concepts that address issues of subalterns. PO2

2 Comprehend the meaning and nature of the Subaltern history. PO3, PO6

3 Analyse various subaltern texts PO1,PO2, PO5

4 Determine the sources and structures of social inequalities. PO6

5 Develop strategies to deal with Maginalized issues successfully. PO8, PO9

Text Book (Latest Edition)

1 Guha, R.S. of P.S.R. (1988). Selected subaltern studies. Oxford University Press.

Reference Books
(Latest editions, and the style as given below must be strictly adhered to)
1 Ludden, David, Reading Subaltern Studies: Critical History .Orient Blackswan Pvt
Ltd, 2003.

Web Resources
1 https://home.csulb.edu/~ssayeghc/theory/subalternstudies.htm#:~:text=Subaltern%20Studi es
%20emerged%20around%201982,had%20not%20been%20heard%20previous.
2 https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/postcolonialstudies/2020/02/17/subaltern-studie s/

3 http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2014/Nov/engpdf/82-87.pdf

4 https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dludden/ReadingSS_INTRO.pdf
 Mapping with Programme Outcomes:

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10

CO1 S S S S S S S M S M

CO2 M S S S M S S M M M

CO3 S S S M S S S M S M

CO4 S S S S S S S M M M

CO5 S M S S S S S M M S

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CO /PO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5

CO1 3 3 3 3 3

CO2 3 3 3 3 3

CO3 3 3 3 3 3

CO4 3 3 3 3 3

CO5 3 3 3 3 3

Weightage 15 15 15 15 15

Weighted 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

percentage of
Course
Contribution to Pos

ELECTIVE VI- English Literature for NTA, NET, SET & GATE
 Credits

Inst. Hours
Course Course Name Category L T P O Marks
Code
YEAR /
SEM
CIA External Total

II YEAR/ English Literature Elective VI Y Y - - 3 4 25 75 100

IV SEM for NTA, NET,
SET & GATE

Learning Objective
LO 1 Comprehending the nuances and question pattern to get through NET, SET and
Gate Exams.

LO 2 Evaluating the knowledge of literature.

LO 3 Repeated practice to attend MCQs

LO 4 Profound understanding about the various movements in English Literature

LO 5 Tracing the growth of English literature and literary forms

Details
Teaching and Research Aptitude
UNIT I
History of English Literature: The Elizabethan Age / Chaucer to Shakespeare; The
UNIT II
Jacobean Age; The Restoration Period; The Augustan Age; The Romantic Age; The
Victorian Age; The Twentieth Century (Modernism & amp; Postmodernism)
/Contemporary Period
American and Non-British Literatures: Historical Perspective and Background;
UNIT III
Colonization, Colonizers and the Colonized; Common wealth Literature; Subaltern
Literature; Third World Literature. American Writers: Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, H.D. Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe
Literary Theory and Criticism: Plato, Aristotle, Horace, Longinus, Philip Sidney, John
UNIT IV
Dryden, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx,
Friedrich Nietzsche, Mathew Arnold, T.S. Eliot, Northrop Frye, F.R. Leavis,
I.A.Richards, Jacques Lacan, Carl Gustuv Jung, Simone de Beauvoir.
 Literary Forms: Rhetoric and Prosody, Figures of Speech: Alliteration, Antithesis,
UNIT V
Apostrophe, Assonance, Metaphor, Simile, Paradox, Pun, Synecdoche, Metonymy,
Hyperbole and Oxymoron, Rhymeand Metre, Rhythmic Patterns and Literary Terms.

Programme
Course Out comes
Outcomes
CO On completion of this course, students will

1 Practice in objective exam pattern will ease the students tension PO2, PO3
while taking the real NET and SET exams.
2 Effectively attempting MCQs PO1

3 Profound understanding about the various movements in English PO6

Literature
4 Understanding the nuances of competitive exams PO7

5 Expertise in literature PO6, PO10

Text Book (Latest Edition)

Harpreet Kaur. Oxford NTA –UGC Paper I FOR NET/SET/JRF: Teaching and
1
Research Aptitude. Oxford, 2020
Ronald Carter and John McRae. The Routledge History of English Literature:
2
Britain and Ireland. Routledge

Reference Books
(Latest editions, and the style as given below must be strictly adhered to)
1 Srinivasa Iyengar, Kodaganallur Ramaswami. Indian Writing in English. Sterling Publ.,
2019
Maryemma Graham and Jerry Washington Ward. The Cambridge History of
2
African American Literature. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Henry Beers A. Brief History of English and American Literature. OUTLOOK
3
VERLAG, 2020.
4 Peter Barey. An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory by Peter Barry.

5 M.H. Abrams – A Glossary of Literary Terms.

Web Resources
1 https://ugcnetpaper1.com/books-recommended-nta-ugc-net-english/
2 https://byjusexamprep.com/ugc-net-english-books-i

3 https://journalism.uoregon.edu/directory/faculty-and-staff/all/jwasko

4 https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/interviews/there-is-a-lot-of-power-in-tamil-cinema-
because-of-its-closeness-to-everyday-life-anand-pandian-author- reel-world/amp_
articleshow/ 51169927.cms
5 https://guides.library.yale.edu/c.php?g=295800&p=1975065

Mapping with Programme Outcomes:

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10

CO1 S S S S S S S M S M

CO2 M S S S M S S M M M

CO3 S S S M S S S M S M

CO4 S S S S S S S M M M

CO5 S M S S S S S M M S

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CO /PO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5

CO1 3 3 3 3 3

CO2 3 3 3 3 3

CO3 3 3 3 3 3

CO4 3 3 3 3 3

CO5 3 3 3 3 3

Weightage 15 15 15 15 15
 Weighted percentage 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
of Course
Contribution to Pos

SEC I- ENGLISH FOR CAREERS

Credits

Inst. Hours
Course Course Name Category L T P O Marks
Code
YEAR /
SEM
CIA External Total

II YEAR/ English Literature SEC I Y Y - - 2 4 25 75 100

IV SEM for NTA, NET,
SET & GATE

Learning Objective
LO 1 Give the students an understanding of the scope ofEnglish Language Teaching as a
discipline.
LO 2 Introduce key issues pertaining to Second Language Acquisition.

LO 3 Provide a broad overview of English language learning, teaching and testing.

LO 4 Make the students aware of the specific challenges of teaching English in India.

LO 5 Build job-related vocabulary

Details

UNIT I Effective Writing: Features of Effective Writing, Business correspondence, E-Mail,

Report writing Technical Writing

UNIT II Administrative Process: Agenda preparation, Preparing minutes.

UNIT III Communication: Presenting Data in Verbal modes Presenting Data in, Non- verbal modes.

UNIT IV Effective lecturing: Preparing Lectures on Topics, Preparing Persuasion Talks

UNIT V Telephone Etiquette: Business Talks over Telephone, Discussion on Career Prospects
and Advancements
Course Programme
Out comes
Outcomes

CO On completion of this course, students will

1 Gain knowledge of the various modes of official Correspondence PO2

and presentation
2 Comprehend the right use of English at official works PO1, PO3

3 Apply the acquired styles of occupational skills and Practicing them PO4, PO5

4 Pickup the official behavior and becoming better doers PO6, PO7

5 Market the skill business correspondence and fixing themselves in PO8

better jobs
Text Book (Latest Edition)

1 V.Saraswathi & Maya. K. Mudbhatkal: English for Competitive Examinations, Emerald

Publishers, Chennai 2000
2 English for Careers: Business, Professional, and Technical Paper back by Leila R. Smith
Emeritus
Reference Books
(Latest editions, and the style as given below must be strictly adhered to)

1 Oxford English for Careers Technology1 Student Book Paper back– Student Edition, 28
June 2007 by Eric Glendinning
2 English for Careers: Business, Professional, and Technical

Web Resources
1 https://www.worldcat.org/formats-editions/864901969?referer=di&editionsView=true

2 https://www.academia.edu/34266181/Oxford_English_For_Careers_TECHNO
LOGY_1_Teachers_Resource_book_David_Banamy
3 https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/effective-writing-13815989/

4 https://libraryguides.mdc.edu/c.php?g=988097&p=7290942

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 PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10

CO1 S S S S S S S M S M

CO2 M S S S M S S M M M

CO3 S S S M S S S M S M

CO4 S S S S S S S M M M

CO5 S M S S S S S M M S

Mapping with Programme Specific Outcomes:

CO /PO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5

CO1 3 3 3 3 3

CO2 3 3 3 3 3

CO3 3 3 3 2 3

CO4 3 3 3 3 3

CO5 3 3 3 3 3

Weightage 15 15 15 14 15
Weighted percentage
3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0
of Course Contribution
to
Pos