GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

Department of Collegiate Education

GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE

(AUTONOMOUS)

CHITRADURGA Affiliated to Davanagere University

Department of English

UG Syllabus for the year

2016-17

GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

Department of Collegiate Education

GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE

(AUTONOMOUS)

CHITRADURGA Affiliated to Davanagere University

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

2016-17

Syllabus for the First Year degree Semester I and II Semester

in Language / Optional English with effect from academic

year 2016-17

Government Arts College (Autonomous) Chitradurga

Affiliated to Davanagere University

Syllabus under Graduate Language English Courses

2016-17

I Semester: Bachelor of Arts –B.A

4 Hours /Week Max: 80 Marks

Prose Section

1. K.A. Abbas- The Refugee

2. Martin Luther King - I have A dream

3. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam – My Vision For India

4. A.K Ramanujan - The Art of Memory

5. Sunithi Namjoshi – Dusty Distance

Poetry Section

1. A.K Ramanujan - Returning

2. Nissim Eziekel – Night of the Scorpion

3. Meena Kandaswamy – One Eyed

4. William Wordsworth - The Solitary Reaper

5. W.B.Yeats – Lake Isle Of Innisfree

Work Book: English Language Practice

Unit 1-4

Government Arts College (Autonomous) Chitradurga

Affiliated to Davanagere University

Syllabus Under Graduate Language English Courses

2016-17

II Semester: Bachelor of Arts –B.A

4 Hours /Week Max: 80 Marks

Prose Section

1. Vandana Shiva – Home less in the global Village

2. Saki - The Open window

3. Kumud Pawade –Thoughtful Outburst : On religious rites and

customs in Women’s Lives

4. Amitav Ghosh – A town by the Sea

5. Khuswant Singh- The Portrait of a Lady

Poetry Section

1. William Blake – The Little Lamb

2. Claude Mckay- America

3. Sylvia Plath –Ariel

4. Pablo Neruda –To Night I Can Write

5. Malathi Maitri – Language Change

Work Book: English Language Practice

Unit 5-8

Government Arts College (Autonomous) Chitradurga

Affiliated to Davanagere University

Under Graduate Optional English Syllabus

2016-17

I Semester: Paper -I

Subject: Optional English

6 Hours /Week Max: 80 Marks

Glossary of Literary Terms:

1. Lyric 2. Tragedy

3. Sonnet 4. Simile

5. Ode 6. Metaphor

7. Elegy 8. Comedy

9. Ballad

Poetry Section:

1. William Shakespeare – Let me not to the marriage of true minds

(Sonnet 116 )

2. John Donne – Go and Catch a Falling Star

3. John Milton – On Shakespeare

4. William Wordsworth – The World is too much with Us

5. John Keats - La Belli Dame Sans Merci

6. Nissim Ezekeil- Patriot

7. Meena Kandasamy – Advaitha –the Ultimate Question

8. Sukitharani – The Infant Language

9. Kamala Das – An Introduction

10. Jayant Mahapatara –Freedom

11. Eunice De Souza- Marrriage are made

Short stories:

1. Anjana Appachana – The Incantation

2. Rabindranath Tagore- Homecoming

3. Franz Kafka –A Hunger artist

Essays:

1. Arundhati Roy – The End of Imagination

2. Of Studies – Francis Bacon

Government Arts College (Autonomous) Chitradurga

Affiliated to Davanagere University

Under Graduate Optional English Syllabus

2016-17

II Semester: Paper -II

Subject: Optional English

6 Hours /Week Max: 80 Marks

Glossary of Literary Terms:

1. Dramatic Monologue 2. Point Of View

3. Soliloquy 4. Irony

5. Character 6. Satire

7. Folklore 8. Symbol

9. Plot 10. Imagery

Poetry Section:

1. George Herbert –Discipline

2. W.B.Yeats – A Prayer for My Daughter

3. William Blake – A Poison Tree

4. Francisco Balagtas – To Celia

5. Gabriel Mistral - His Name is Today

6. Gwendolyn Brooks – The Mother

7. Margaret Atwood – This is a photograph of Me

8. Seamus Heaney – From The Frontier of Writing

9. Thomas Hardy – The Man he Killed

10. Niranjan Mohanty -Gandhi

Drama

Eugene O Neill A Long Day’s Journey into Night

Fiction

Joseph Conrad The Heart of Darkness

Government Arts College (Autonomous) Chitradurga

Affiliated to Davanagere University

Syllabus under Graduate Language English Courses

2016-17

I Semester: Bachelor of Commerce and Management –B.Com

Prose Section

1.Oscar Wilde –The Model Millionaire

2. Ambai –The Yellow fish

3.Vandana Shiva – The Chipko Women’s Concept of Freedom

4. Bertrand Russel –The Function of Teacher

5.The Right full Inheritor of the earth -

Poetry Section

1.Robert Frost –Stooping by Woods

2.Langston Hughes –The Negro speaks of River

3.Meena Kandaswamy- Aggression

4.A,K.Ramanujan –Self Portrait

5.W.B.Yeats –Leda and Swan

Work Book: English Language Practice

Unit : 1-4

Government Arts College (Autonomous) Chitradurga

Affiliated to Davanagere University

Syllabus under Graduate Language English Courses

2016-17

II Semester: Bachelor of Commerce and Management –B.Com

4 Hours /Week Max: 80 Marks

Prose Section

1.G.K.chesterton – A Defiance of Nonsense

2.Bertrand Russel –Emotion and Discipline

3.

4.Ismat Chugati – the Weeding Suit

5.George Orwell –Reflection on Gandhi

Poetry Section

1.Silence- Marianne Moore

2. Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer - Ogden Nash

3.Wilfred Owen –Anthem for Doomed Youth

4.Robert Graves –In Broken Images

5.Sukirthrani –Nature’s Fountainhead

Work Book: English Language Practice

Unit 5-8

Government Arts College (Autonomous)

CHITRADURGA Affiliated to Davanagere University

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

2016-17

Evaluation:

A) Internal Assessment : 20 Marks

Sl.

No

Particulars Marks

1 One Internal Assessment Test Conducted

in the given Semester

10 Marks

2 One Assignment based on curriculum to

be assessed by the Teacher Concerned

10 Marks

B) Semester End Examination : 80 Marks

Question Paper Pattern

Government Arts College (Autonomous)

CHITRADURGA Affiliated to Davanagere University

Question Paper Pattern (Effective From 2016-17)

First Year B.A-English Language

Texts -Words Beyond and English Language Practice Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80

Section A: Prose

I. Answer any four of the following in a word ,a phrase or a sentence each :

[Four out of six] 4x1=4

II. Write a brief note on any two of the following :

[Two out of three] 2x3=6

III. Answer any two of the following in about two pages

[Two out of three] 2x8=16

Section B: Poetry IV. Annotate any two of the following :

[Two out of three] 2x4=8

V. Answer any two of the following in about two pages

[Two out of three] 2x8=16

Section C: Language Skills and Grammar

VI .Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions set on it

Answer the following in word, a phrase or a sentence each:

[10 questions to be set] 10x1=10

VII. Rewrite as directed: 4x1=4

[Four questions on vocabulary: Synonym, antonym, noun/verb/adjective /adverb forms

prefix /Suffix]

VIII. A. Fill in the blanks with suitable form of be, have, and do 3x1=3

[3 questions]

B. Fill in the blanks with proper form of the verbs given in brackets 2x1=2

[2 questions on subject –verb agreement]

IX. A. Change the following into negative sentence: 1x1=1

B. Change the following into integrative sentence: 1x1=1

X. Rewrite as directed: 5x1=5

[Five questions on present, past, and future tenses – simple / continuous / perfect / perfect

Continuous. } XI. Complete the following conversation: 4 marks

Government Arts College (Autonomous) CHITRADURGA

Affiliated to Davanagere University

Question Paper Pattern (Effective From 2016-17)

First Year B.Com/B.B.M- English Language

Texts – English for Life Skills and English Language Practice Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80

Section A: Prose

V. Answer any four of the following in a word ,a phrase or a sentence each :

[Four out of six] 4x1=4

VI. Write a brief note on any two of the following :

[Two out of three] 2x3=6

VII. Answer any two of the following in about two pages

[Two out of three] 2x8=16

Section B: Poetry

VIII. Annotate any two of the following :

[Two out of three] 2x4=8

V. Answer any two of the following in about two pages

[Two out of three] 2x8=16

Section C: Language Skills and Grammar

VI .Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions set on it

Answer the following in word, a phrase or a sentence each:

[10 questions to be set] 10x1=10

VII. Rewrite as directed: 4x1=4

[Four questions on vocabulary: Synonym, antonym, noun/verb/adjective /adverb forms

.prefix /Suffix]

VIII. A. Fill in the blanks with suitable form of be, have, and do 3x1=3

[3 questions]

B. Fill in the blanks with proper form of the verbs given in brackets 2x1=2

[2 questions on subject –verb agreement]

IX. A. Change the following into negative sentence: 1x1=1

B. Change the following into integrative sentence: 1x1=1

X. Rewrite as directed: 5x1=5

[Five questions on present, past, and future tenses – simple / continuous / perfect / perfect

Continuous.]

XI. Complete the following conversation: 4 marks

Government Arts College (Autonomous)

CHITRADURGA Affiliated to Davanagere University

Question Paper Pattern (Effective From 2016-17)

First Year B.A- Optional English

Texts –Reading and Response Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80

Section A:

(Literary Terms)

I. Write short notes on any four of the following: 4x5=20

[Four out of six]

Section B:

(Poetry)

II. Annotate any two of the following: 2x5=10

[Two out of three ]

III. Answer any three of the following in about a page and a half each: 3x8-24

[Three out of five]

Section C:

(Short Stories and Essays)

IV. Write Short notes on any two of the following: 2x5=10

[Two out of three ]

V. Answer any two of the following: 2x8=16

[Two out of three ]