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UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

MASTER OF ARTS

( Effective from Academic Year 2019-20)

PROGRAMME BROCHURE

M A English Revised Syllabus as approved by Academic Council on XXXX, 2018 and

Executive Council on YYYY, 2018

CONTENTS

Page

I. About the Department

II. Introduction to CBCS

Scope

Definitions

Programme Objectives (POs)

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

III. M A ENGLISH Programme Details

Programme Structure

Eligibility for Admissions

Assessment of Students‘ Performance

and Scheme of Examination

Pass Percentage & Promotion Criteria:

Semester to Semester Progression

Conversion of Marks into Grades

Grade Points

CGPA Calculation

Division of Degree into Classes

Attendance Requirement

Span Period

Guidelines for the Award of Internal Assessment Marks

M A ENGLISH Programme (Semester Wise)

IV. Course Wise Content Details for M A ENGLISH Programme

(ii) ‗Course‘ means a segment of a subject that is part of an Academic Programme

(iii)‗Programme Structure‘ means a list of courses (Core, Elective, Open Elective) that makes up an Academic Programme, specifying the syllabus, Credits, hours of teaching, evaluation and examination schemes, minimum number of credits required for successful completion of the programme etc. prepared in conformity to University Rules, eligibility criteria for admission

(iv) ‗Core Course‘ means a course that a student admitted to a particular programme must successfully complete to receive the degree and which cannot be substituted by any other course

(v) ‗Elective Course‘ means an optional course to be selected by a student out of such courses offered in the same or any other Department/Centre

(vi) ‗Open Elective‘ means an elective course which is available for students of all programmes, including students of same department. Students of other Department will opt these courses subject to fulfilling of eligibility of criteria as laid down by the Department offering the course.

(vii) ‗Credit‘ means the value assigned to a course which indicates the level of instruction; One-hour lecture per week equals 1 Credit, 2 hours practical class per week equals 1 credit. Credit for a practical could be proposed as part of a course or as a separate practical course

(viii) ‗SGPA‘ means Semester Grade Point Average calculated for individual semester.

(ix) ‗CGPA‘ is Cumulative Grade Points Average calculated for all courses completed by the students at any point of time. CGPA is calculated each year for both the semesters clubbed together.

(x) ‗Grand CGPA‘ is calculated in the last year of the course by clubbing together of CGPA of two years, i.e., four semesters.Grand CGPA is being given in Transcript form. To benefit the student a formula for conversation of Grand CGPA into %age marks is given in the Transcript.

III. English Programme Details

Programme Objectives (POs)

POs are what knowledge, skills and attitudes a post-graduate should have at the time of completion of the course. POs are specific to a discipline and are known as Graduate Attributes in some countries. Keeping in view the characteristics of the course POs need to be specific and precise. In the background of listing of POs, a brief write up on courses being covered and their relevance to the academic, social, personal, corporate, political, environment etc. may be discussed. Write up to be up to 500 words.

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

This could be taken from DU‘s Statement of Post Graduate Attributes. Please consider making this programme-specific. If so, it could be based on the distinctive features of the English degree programme.

Programme Structure

The English programme is a two-year course divided into four-semesters. A student is required to complete 83 credits for the completion of course and the award of degree.

Semester Semester Part – I First Year^ Semester I^ Semester II Part – II Second Year Semester III Semester IV Course Credit Scheme

Semest er

Core Courses Elective Course Open Elective Course Total Credits No. of paper s

Credit s (L+T/ P)

Total Credit s

No. of paper s

Credits (L+T/P)

Total Cred its

No. of paper s

Credits (L+T/P)

Total Credit s

I 02 (4+1)

x 2

x 2

10 Nil 20

II 02 (4+1)

x 2

x 2

10 01 4 x 1 4 24

III 02 (4+1)

x 2

x 2

10 Nil 20

IV 02 (4+1)

x 2

10^01 5 x 1 = 5

5^01 4 x 1^ 4 19

Total Credits for the Course

Semester I/II/III/IV (individually for each semester)

Number of core courses Credits in each core course

Course Theory Practical Tutorial Credits

Core course 1 4 1 5

Core course 2 4 1 5

Core course 3 4 1 5

Core Corse 4 4 1 5

Core Corse 5 4 1 5

Core Corse 6 4 1 5

Core Corse 7 4 1 5

Core Corse 8 (^4 1 )

Total credits in core course 40

List of Core Courses

1. LLC I (Medieval) (CORE)
2. LLC II (Early Modern World) (CORE)
3. LLC III (16th^ and 17th^ Century Drama) (CORE)
4. Criticism and Theory I (CORE)
5. LLC IV (Long 18th^ Century) (CORE)
6. LLC V (Long 19th^ Century) (CORE)
7. LLC VI (Long 20th^ century) (CORE)
8. Post-independence Indian Literature (CORE)

List of Elective Courses

9. Classical to Pre-modern Literatures (ELECTIVE)
10. Poetry 1 (ELECTIVE)
11. Aesthetics and Literature (ELECTIVE)
12. Politics, Philosophy and Literature ( ELECTIVE)
13. Introduction to the Study of Language ( ELECTIVE)
14. Poetry 2 ( ELECTIVE)
15. Fiction (ELECTIVE)
16. Literature of the Americas ( ELECTIVE)
17. Postcolonial Literatures and Theory (ELECTIVE)
18. Research Methodology ( ELECTIVE)
19. Criticism and Theory 2 ( ELECTIVE)
20. Gender Studies ( ELECTIVE)
21. Dissertation ( ELECTIVE)
22. Religion and Literature ( ELECTIVE)

List of Open Elective Courses

23. Dalit Studies (OPEN ELECTIVE)
24. Visual Studies (OPEN ELECTIVE)
25. Discursive Prose (OPEN ELECTIVE)
26. Violence and Memory Studies (OPEN ELECTIVE)
27. Disability Studies (OPEN ELECTIVE)

Selection of Elective Courses

1. The particular elective courses to be offered in any one semester will depend on faculty availability and student preference.
2. Only those students who complete Poetry I will be allowed to opt for Poetry II.
3. Only those students who complete the Research Methodology Course will be allowed to opt for the dissertation.
4. Subject to faculty availability no more than eighty students will be allowed to opt for the dissertation.

Teaching The faculty of the Department is primarily responsible for organising lecture work for English. The instructions related to tutorials are provided by the respective registering units under the overall guidance of the Department.

The schedule for the meetings in connection with the dissertation will be announced by the supervisions in question at the commencement of the semester.

Eligibility for Admissions

As per existing departmental and university norms

Assessment of Students’ Performance and Scheme of Examinations

1. English shall be the medium of instruction and examination.
2. Assessment of students‘ performance shall consist of: As per existing guidelines where the department is responsible for assessing a thousand words essay per student per course for 25 marks, with 5 marks per student per course being the responsibility of the concerned colleges Assessment will be based on Learning Outcomes for the course

Pass Percentage & Promotion Criteria

As per existing departmental and university norms

Semester to Semester Progression

As per existing departmental and university norms

Conversion of Marks into Grades

As per existing university norms

Grade Points Grade point table as per University Examination rule

CGPA Calculation As per University Examination rule.

Course Wise Content Details for M A English Programme

MASTER of ARTS (ENGLISH) Semester I Core: Life, Literature and Culture I Medieval Literature Marks 70 Duration 03 hours

Course Objectives

1. To explain how Medieval modes of thought give way to the rise of early modernity.
2. To understand the early developments of modes of representation.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. An understanding of what constitutes Medievalism will have been established.
2. The foundations of representation and genre will also have been established.

Contents Unit I Marie de France, Lais (‗Guigemar‘ and ‗Equitan‘)

Thomas Malory, Morte de Artur’

Book I: "From the Marriage of King Uther unto King Arthur that Reigned After Him and Did Many Battles & Book VII: "Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere.‖

Nigel de Longchamps, A Mirror of Fools

Geoffrey Chaucer, ‗The Wife of Bath‘s Prologue and Tale,‘ ‗The Nun‘s Priest‘s Tale‘.

Unit II ―Wakefield Master‖, The Second Shepherd’s Play

Unit III William Langland, Piers Plowman

Unit IV Letter, Treatises and autobiographies L etters of Abelard and Heloise Andreas Capellanus, De Amore The Book of Margery Kempe

Suggested Readings Derek Brewer, C S Lewis, Unberto Eco

Teaching Plan Week 1: Introduction to Unit I Week 2: Textual Analysis of Marei de France Week 3: Textual Analysis of Malory Week 4: Textual Analysis of A Mirror of Fools Week 5: Introduction to Unit II Week 6: Medieval theatre and prescribed plays Week 7: Introduction to Unit III Week 8: Textual Analysis of Langland Week 9: Introduction to Unit IV Week 10: Textual Analysis of Abelard and Heloise Week 11: Medieval mysticism Week 12: Textual Analysis of De Amore Week 13: Textual Analysis of The Book of Margery Kempe Week 14: Conclusion

MASTER of ARTS (ENGLISH) Semester I Core: Life, Literature and Culture II Early Modern World Marks 70 Duration 03 hours

Course Objectives

1. This course will familiarise students with the Early Modern World, earlier called the Renaissance, through poetry, fiction and philosophy.
2. The individual gained centrality in this age but the optimism in human potential was tempered by scepticism and anxiety due the challenge posed to religious beliefs.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Familiarise students with literary texts and intellectual debates of 16th and 17th century Europe:
2. Discuss religious faith vs scepticism, rise of science, burgeoning imperialism.

Contents Unit I Thomas More: Utopia Erasmus: Adagia (Selections)

Unit II Edmund Spenser: April Eclogue Shepheardes Calender Letter to Raleigh The Faerie Queene Books 3 and 6 Baldassare Castiglione The Book of the Courtier (Selections)

Unit III Michel de Montaigne: Apology for Raymond Sebond (Selections) William Shakespeare: Sonnets 18, 29, 73, 94, 110, 129, 130, 138 Metaphysical Poetry: Selections from John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert

Unit IV Charles I: Eikon Basilike John Milton: Paradise Lost Books 1-4, 9- Gerard Winstanley: ‗The Law of Freedom‘

Suggested Readings Çhristopher Hill, Helen Vendler, Jean Starobinski,Stephen Greenblatt, Louis Adrian Montrose, Edward Saccone

Teaching Plan Week 1: More Week 2: More Week 3: More + Erasmus Week 4: Spenser Week 5: Spenser + Castiglione Week 6: Montaigne + Shakespeare sonnets Week 7: Metaphysical Poets Week 8: Metaphysical Poets Week 9: Metaphysical Poets Week 10: Milton Week 11: Milton Week 12: Winstanley Week 13: Eikon Basilike Week 14: Winstanley

Week 13: Textual Analysis Week 14: Conclusion

MASTER of ARTS (ENGLISH) Semester I Elective: Poetry I Marks 70 Duration 03 hours

Course Objectives

1. To uncover the radical potential of poetry.
2. To lay the foundations of genre based study embedded in historical context.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. A foundational level of fluency with the basics of poetry will have been achieved.
2. A basic understanding of strategies of poetic organisation will have been laid down.

Contents Unit I Lyric Poetry Sappho, Fragment 31 Robert Burns, ‗John Anderson My Jo, ‗A Red Red Rose‘ T. E. Hulme, Embankment Bob Dylan, Visions of Johanna, Like a Rolling Stone Ann Carson, Apostle Town Selections from Ghalib, Mir Taqi Mir, Firaq Gorakhpuri

Unit II Meditative Poetry Henry Vaughan, The Retreat Hopkins, Windhower, The Candle Indoors Friedrich Holderlin, The Course of Life Rabindranath Tagore, Aguner Paroshmoni (The Philospher‘s Stone of Fire) Seamus Heaney, Digging Lal Ded: Poems: ‗I will weep and weep for you, my Soul‘, ‗My Guru gave me but one precept‘, ‗When can I break the bonds of shame?‘, ‗Who can stop the eaves‘ drip during the frost?‘, ‗Thou art the earth, Thou art the sky‘, ‗Hoping to bloom like a cotton flower‘

Unit III Ballad Goethe, Erlkonig From Bishop Percy‘s Reliques, The Ballad of Chevy Chase --The Wife of Usher‘s Well Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner The Ballad of John Henry (Blues Ballad)

UNIT IV Elegy Catullus, Carmen 101 Alphonse De Lamartine, The Lake John Donne, The Autumnal (Elegy IX) Ben Jonson, Elegy on His Son Alfred Tennyson, Break, Break, Break W.B. Auden, In Memory of W. B. Yeats

Selections from Marsiya, Sher Ashob

MASTER of ARTS (ENGLISH) Semester I Elective: Aesthetics and Literature Marks 70 Duration 03 hours

Course Objectives

1. An interdisciplinary understanding of the fields indicated in the title.
2. An understanding of the principles of critical analysis in the shaping of the literature.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. A foundational competence in the basic principles involved in this kind of interdisciplinary study.
2. A basic fluency in the language and principles of critical analysis.

Contents Unit I Foundational Texts I Longinus, On the Sublime Johann Joachim Winckleman, Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting Rabindranath Tagore, from Sadhana Immanuel Kant, from Critique of Judgment Edmund Burke , Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya, The Concept of Rasa Ananda Coomaraswamy, Figures of Speech or Figures of Thought/ The Dance of Shiva Arindam Chakraborty, Refining the Repulsive: Toward an Indian Aesthetics of the Ugly and the Disgusting

Unit II Defining Form Walter Pater, from The Renaissance Arthur Danto, from The Transfiguration of the Commonplace Roger Scruton, Art and Imagination Maurice Merleau Ponty, from The Visible and the Invisible Susan Langer, Feeling and Form Jacques Ranciere, from Aesthetics and Its Discontents

Unit III Aesthetics and the Social Mikhail Bakhtin, "Author and Hero in Aesthetic Activity," Art and Answer ability: Early Philosophical Essays Filippo Marinetti, Futurist Manifesto Terry Eagleton, The Ideology of Aesthetics Elaine Scarry, from On Beauty and Being Just Gopal Guru , Aesthetics of Touch and Skin: An Essay in Contemporary Indian Political Phenomenology Tridip Suhrud, Towards a Gandhian Aesthetics

Unit IV Art Practice Selected Letters of John Keats Lucy Aikin Mukund Lath, Thoughts on Svara and Rasa: Music as Thinking/Thinking as Music Benodbehari Mukhopadhya, The Artist Realizing the Body in Movement: Gestures of Freedom in the Dance Aesthetics of Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray and Kumar Shahani.

Suggested Readings Ernst Gombrich, Ananda Coomarawsamy, Norman Bryson, and Naomi Woolf

Teaching Plan Week 1: Laying of foundational principles Week 2: The sublime and The Beautiful Week 3: Definitions of form Week 4: The 19th and early 20th century in western Europe Week 5:Aesthetics and the social world Week 6:The Middle 20th century in western world Week 7: The Middle 20th century in India Week 8: Aesthetics and politics Week 9: The late 20th century in India Week 10: The theory and practice of art Week 11: The body in performance Week 12: Application to visual possibility Week 13: Movement and freedom in theory Week 14: Conclusion

MASTER of ARTS (ENGLISH) Semester II Core: Life, Literature and Culture III 16th^ and 17th^ Century Drama Marks 70 Duration 03 hours

Course Objectives

1. This course will familiarise students with drama of the 16th and 17th centuries with a focus on the plays of Shakespeare.
2. Both comedy and tragedy will be taught along with a Jacobean play by Jonson.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. The students will learn about the differences between the Renaissance and Jacobean drama as well as the generic differences between the tragedy and the comedy.
2. The main features of Shakespearean drama will also be taught: liberty from the unities, philosophical complexity, realistic characterisation
3. The student will be exposed to the main contemporary critical approaches to Shakespeare: feminist, new historicist, presentist etc.

Contents Unit I A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Unit II Hamlet

Unit III King Lear Montaigne (selections)

Unit IV Ben Jonson: Volpone

Suggested Readings Stephen Greenblatt, Janet Adelman, Coppelia Kahn

Teaching Plan Week 1: Midsummer Night’s Dream Week 2: Midsummer Night’s Dream Week 3: Midsummer Night’s Dream Week 4: Hamlet Week 5: Hamlet Week 6: Hamlet Week 7: Hamlet Week 8: King Lear Week 9: King Lear Week 10: King Lear Week 11: King Lear + Montaigne Week 12: Jonson Week 13: Jonson Week 14: Jonson

MASTER of ARTS (ENGLISH) Semester II Core: Criticism and Theory I Marks 70 Duration 03 hours

Course Objectives

1. To develop students‘ understanding about the principles of Indian as well as Western European philosophy and aesthetic theory..
2. To trace the evolution of these principals from the Classical to the Romantic and Modern periods.

Course Learning Outcomes To build on students‘ understanding about the principals of Indian and Western European philosophy and aesthetic theory.

Contents Unit I Bhartrhari ―On Syntax and Meaning‖ from Vakyapadiya Anandavardhana "Dhwani: Structure of Poetic Meaning‖ from Dhvanyaloka Kuntaka ―Language of Poetry and Metaphor‖ from Vakrokti-Jivita

Unit II Plato The Republic Book X Aristotle The Poetics

Unit III William Wordsworth ―Preface to Lyrical Ballads‖ (1802). S T Coleridge Biographia Literaria , Chapters IV, XIII, and XIV. P B Shelley ―A Defence of Poetry‖ Matthew Arnold ―A Study of Poetry‖

Unit IV I A Richards ―Metaphor" and "The Command of Metaphor‖ Boris Eichenbaum ―The Formal Method‖ Cleanth Brooks ―The Formalist Critics‖ Northrop Frye ―Archetypes of Literature‖

Suggested Readings:

Chaudhery, Satya Dev. Glimpses of Indian Poetics. New Delhi; Sahitya Academy, 2002. Devy, G. N. Ed. Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2002. Wimsatt, William K. And Cleanth Brooks. Literary Criticism: A Short History. New Delhi: Oxford and IBH, 1957. Abrams, Meyer H. The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition. New York: OUP, 1977. Thompson, E. M., Russian Formalism and Anglo-American New Criticism. The Hague: Mouton, 1971.