First Semester
Module (1)
54 HOURS
A :
Understanding the humanities - the scientific method – how humanities explore
reality – the natural and social sciences – facts and interpretation –study of
natural and subjective world- tastes, values and belief systems
B:
Language ,culture and identity- language in history- language in relation to
caste, class, race and gender- language and colonialism.
C: Narration and representation- what is
narration-narrative modes of thinking- narration in literature, philosophy and
history- reading.
Module
(2)
54 HOURS
The following essays are to be dealt with intensively
in relation with the methodological questions raised above(module 1)
1.Peter Barry : “Theory before ‘theory’ – liberal
humanism”. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural
Theory. New York,Manchester. 1995. 11-38
2.Sudhir Kakar, Katharina Kakar. “The Hierarchical
Man” The Indians: Portrait of a People. Penguin India, 2007.
7-24.
3.G. N. Devy. “ Introduction” in Sharankumar
Limbale’s The Outcaste:Akkarmashi. New
Delhi, OUP. 2008 xii-xxvi
4.V. Geetha. “God made you different, Nature made
us different”. Gender. Calcutta:
Stree, 2002 11-23
5.Fridrun Rinner. “The ArabianNights:
Telling Stories as a means of escape from death” .Narrative. A Seminar. New Delhi: Sahitya
Akademi, 1994 180-185.
Note on Course work
The teaching of the course will involve making the
student enter into a sort of dialogue with some of the issues raised in the
reading material given above.
4. CORE TEXT
METHODOLOGYAND PERSPECTIVES OF HUMANITIES published
by Pearson Longman 2009 (except chapter 4 “Indian Philosophy”)
SOCIAL ROOTS
OF LITERATURE. Edited by Dr.K.M.Krishnan and Tom Thomas; to be published by
DC BOOKS and M. G.UNIVERSITY.
Second Semester
Module: I
18 HOURS
What is literature—what is a
text—major genres in textual studies
CORE TEXT: Mario Klarer. An
Introduction to Literary Studies. Routledge, p. 1-62
Module:
II
36 HOURS
Periods
of English literature—theoretical approaches to literature
CORE TEXT: Mario Klarer. An
Introduction to Literary Studies. Routledge,
p. 63-96.
Module
3
36 Hours
Language
Families
Indo-European
Family of Languages-1. Branches of Indo-European 2. Home of the Indo
Europeans-3. Main characteristics of Indo-European
Germanic
family of Languages
1.
Characteristics of the Germanic family
2. Grimm’s law 3. Verner’s Law
Periods
in the History of English Language:
Old English Period 1. Old English
Dialect 2. Old English
vocabulary 3. Scandinavian Influence 4. Latin influence
Middle
English Period: 1. Norman Conquest 2. French influence 3. The East Midland Dialect
Modern
English Period- Early Modern English: 1. The Great Vowel Shift 2. Renaissance and Reformation 3. The invention of printing 4. Latin influence.
English
Today: 1. The evolution of Standard English 2. English as a global language
3. American English 4. Australian English 5. Indian English
Module
4
18
hrs.
Influences
on
English
1.
Renaissance 2. Reformation 3. Printing Press 3. Authors and Books- The Bible,
Shakespeare, Milton.
Word
Formation
1. Compounding 2. Derivation 3. Abbreviation 4. Onomatopoeic words 5. Syncopation 6. Metanalysis 7. Portmanteau words 8. Acronyms 9. Back-Formations
Semantics
1.
Generalisation 2. Specialisation 3. Association of Ideas 4. Euphemism 5. Popular
Misunderstanding
Books
for General Reading:
1. F
T Wood. An Outline History of English
Language. Macmillan.
2. George
Yule. The Study of Language. Cambridge University Press.
3. David
Crystal. The English Language: A Guided
Tour of the Language. Penguin.
4. David
Crystal. English as a Global Language.
Cambridge University Press.
5. G.L.
Brook. Varieties of English.
Macmillan.
6. John
Peck and Martin Coyle. A Brief History of
the English Language. Palgrave.
7. Pramod
K. Nayar. A Short History of English
Literature. Cambridge
University Press.
8. Andrew
Sanders. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. Oxford University
Press.
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