in English
M.Phil.
COURSE PROFILE AND CONTENT
COURSE PROFILE SEM
COURSE
COURSE TITLE
CODE
SUMMATIVE
TOTAL
6
120
80
200
6
120
80
200
12
120
80
200
Methodology Advanced Literary
MEN 1602
Theory
MEN 2602
II
FORMATIVE
Research
MEN1601 I
HRS/WK
Dissertation
EVALUATION PATTERN
FORMATIVE SEM
COURSE
COURSE
CODE
TITLE
Test
MEN
Research
1601
Methodology
MEN 1602 II
Seminar
No
Max
No Max
TOTAL
No Max I
FORMATIVE
Assignment
SUMMATIVE TOTAL
2
80
1
20
1
20
120
80
2
80
1
20
1
20
120
80
120
80
80
Advanced Literary Theory
MEN
*Dissertation
2602
& Viva-voce
* DISSERTATION
SUMMATIVE (80) (Guide &
FORMATIVE (120) (Guide)
External)
Choice of subject & Review of
20
Final Report
40
Organization & Interpretation
60
Viva-Voce
40
Project Presentation
40
Total
120
Total
80
Literature
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MEN1601 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY SEMESTER I
OBJECTIVES:
6Hrs. / Wk.
GENERAL: •
To familiarize the students with the methods of doing research.
•
To provide them with a comprehensive picture of how research papers are written.
SPECIFIC: •
To enable students learn the Mechanics of Thesis writing.
•
To enable the students carry out research independently.
UNIT I: Research and Writing
18hrs.
1. Selecting a Topic 2. Sources of Materials 3. Compiling a Working Bibliography 4. Taking Notes 5. Outlining 6. Writing Drafts 7. Plagiarism UNIT II: Mechanics of Writing
18hrs.
1. Spelling 2. Punctuation 3. Italics / Under lining ( titles of works ) 4. Names of Persons and Use of Numbers 5. Quotations 6. Capitalization
UNIT III: 1. The Format of the Research Paper 2. Abbreviation UNITIV: Documentation: Preparing the List of Works cited 1. Format of the List of works cited 2. Arrangement of Entries 3. Citing Books and Other Non Periodical Publications 4. Citing Articles and Other Publications in Periods 5. Citing Miscellaneous Print and Non Print: Sources 6. Citing Electronic Publications
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18hrs.
UNIT V: Documentation: Citing Sources in the Text
18hrs.
PRESCRIBED TEXT BOOK: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. VI ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Baxter, Lorraine, Christina Hughes and Malcom Tight. How to Research. New Delhi: Viva Books Pvt. Ltd., 1999. 2. Berry, Ralph. The Research Project: How to Write it. London: Routledge, 1995. 3. Paul, Oliver. Writing your Thesis. New Delhi: Vistas publication, 2004. 4. Phillips, Estelle M. and D.S. Pugh. How to Get a Ph.D. New Delhi: UBS Publishers 1998. 5. Sripathi, Muthu Krishna. A Concise Handbook on Research Methodology. Madurai: Malar Printers, 1987.
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MEN1602 - ADVANCED LITERARY THEORY SEMESTER I
OBJECTIVES:
6Hrs. / Wk.
GENERAL: •
To acquaint the students with the major literary theories of the Twentieth Century.
SPECIFIC: •
To expand the students’ critical horizon.
•
To sharpen the students’ critical and interpretative skills.
COURSE CONTENT: UNIT I: STRUCTURALISM Ferdinand de Saussure
15hrs. -
‘Nature of the Linguistic sign’.
-
‘Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the
DECONSTRUCTION Jacques Derrida Human Sciences’.
UNIT II: FEMINISM Elaine Showalter
15hrs. -
‘Towards A Feminist Poetics’.
-
‘Criticism and Ideology’.
MARXISM Terry Eagleton UNIT III: PSYCHOANALYTIC CRITICISM Jacques Lacan
-
15hrs.
‘Mirror Stage as Formative of the function of the ‘I’ as revealed in Psychoanalytic Expressions’.
POST MODERNISM Jean Lyotard
-
The Post Modern Condition: A Report on
Chapter 1
Knowledge.
UNIT IV: HERMENEUTICS E.D. Hirsch
15hrs. -
‘Three Dimensions of Hermeneutics’.
READER – RESPONSE THEORY Wolfgang Iser
-
‘The Reading Process: A Phenomenological
Approach’. UNIT V: NEW HISTORICISM Stephen Greenblatt
15hrs. -
‘New Historicism’.
-
‘Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of
POST COLONIALISM Homi Bhabha Colonial Discourse’. 4
UNIT VI: ECO CRITICISM Robert Kern
15hrs. -
‘Eco Criticism: What is it Good for?’
-
‘Multicultural Conditions’ (Introduction)
MULTI CULTURALISM David Theo Goldberg
Required Reading: (Self Study) The following topics from the book: Keith Green and Jill LeBehan - Critical Theory and Practice: A Course Book, •
Literature and History
•
Psychoanalysis and Criticism,
•
Feminism, Literature and Criticism,
•
Reading, Writing and Reception,
•
Cultural Identity, Literature & Criticism.
The prescribed essays under I - VI Units are taken from the following books. 1. Goldberg, David Theo. ed. Multiculturalism – A Critical Readers.UK: Blackwell, 1994. 2. Lodge, David. Modern Criticism and Theory. England: Longman 1988. 3. Michale, P.T. Branch and Scott Slovia. Ed. The ISLE Reader: Eco Criticism 1993 – 2003. 4. Rice, Philip and Patricia Waugh. Modern Literary Theory: A Reader. London: Edward Arnold, 1989.
REFERENCE BOOKS: 1. Atkins, G. Douglas and Laura Morrow. Contemporary Literary Theory. Armherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1989. 2. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. Manchester, University Press, 1995. 3. Culler, J. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. 4. Davis, Colin: After Post Structuralism: Reading, Stories and Theory. London: Routledge, 2004. 5. Green, Keith and Jill Le Behan. - Critical Theory and Practice: A Course Book. London: Rontledge, 1996. 6. Habib, MAR. The History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present. Oxford: Blackwell Publications, 2005. 7. Joyce, Steward. S. and Eva Burkett. Introductory Readings in Literary Criticism. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989. 8. Kauffman, Linda (Ed.). Gender and Theory: Dialogues on Feminist Criticism. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989. 9. Looba, Aniah. Colonialism / Post Colonialism London: Routledge: 1998. 5
10. Newton, K.M. Twentieth-Century Literary Theory: A Reader. London: Macmillan, 1988. 11. Norris, Christopher. Deconstruction: Theory and Practice, New Accents, Methuen, 1982. 12. Selden, Raman. A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. London: The Harvester Press, 1985. 13. Seldon: R. The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism. Vol.8. From Formalism to Post Structuralism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. 14. Sethuraman, V.S., ed. Contemporary Criticism. New Delhi: Macmillan, 1989.
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MEN2601 - NEW LITERATURE SEMESTER II OBJECTIVES
6Hrs. / W.k
GENERAL: •
To provide the students with a broad outline of the works of writers around the world.
•
To promote a holistic understanding and appreciation of the literatures of the world.
SPECIFIC: •
To enable the students make an in-depth study of the literary works of writers from different countries applying different critical approaches.
•
To enable the students analyse, interpret and compare the literatures of different cultures.
UNIT I POETRY:
18 Hrs
1. Derek Walcot
-
Ruins of a Great House
2. John Updike
-
Telephone Poles
3. Ted Hughes
-
Hawk Roosting
4. Kahlil Gibran
-
On Self Knowledge (From ‘The Prophet’)
5. A.D. Hope
-
Moschus Moschiferus - A Song for St.Cecilia’s Day
6. Edwin Thamboo
-
Gods can die
Kishwar Naheed
-
I am not that woman
7.
UNIT II PROSE: 1. Chinua Achebe
16 Hrs. -
The Nature of the Individual and his Fulfillment
2. Katherine Ann Porter: -
St. Augustine and Bull fighting
DRAMA:
18 Hrs. Sharon Pollock
-
Walsh
FICTION:
30Hrs.
1. Margaret Atwood
-
The Edible Woman
2. Amitav Ghosh
-
The Shadow Lines
3. Nadine Gordimer
-
The Late Bourgeois World
SHORT FICTION:
8 Hrs.
1. James Baldwin
-
Exodus
2. Alice Munro
-
Something I’ve been meaning to tell you (From Progress of Love)
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REFERENCE BOOKS: 1. Ashcroft, Bill, Griffiths, Gareth and Tiffin, Helen, eds. The Post-Colonial Studies Reader. London and New York: Routledge, 1995. 2. Atwood, Margaret. Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature. Toronto: Anansi, 1972. 3. Boehmer, Elleke, Colonial and Postcolonial Literature: Migrant Metaphors. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 4. Howells, Coral Ann. Private and Fictional Words: Canadian Women Novelist of the 1970s and 1980s. London: Methuen, 1987. 5. King, Bruce, The New English Literatures. London: Macmillan, 1980. 6. King, Bruce. Modern Indian Poetry in English. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1987. 7. Kramer, Leonie, ed., The Oxford History of Australian Literature. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1981. 8. Ramchand, Kenneth. The West Indian Novel and Its Background. London: Faber, 1970. 9. Rutherford, Anna. ed., From Commonwealth to Post-Colonial, Aarhus: Routledge, 1978. 10. Soyinka, Wole. Myth, Literature and the African World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. 11. Stead, C.K. In the Glass Case: Essays on New Zealand Literature. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1981. 12. Toye, William. ed. The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1983. 13. Williams, Patrick and Chrisman, Laura. eds. Colonial Discourse and PostColonial Theory. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993.
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