UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG FACULTY OF ARTS DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH SYLLABUS FOR B. A.

(HONOURS) IN ENGLISH SESSION : 2009-2010 and 2010-2011

1st Year B. A. (Honours) Examination 2010 and 2011 2nd Year B. A. (Honours) Examination 2011 and 2012 3st Year B. A. (Honours) Examination 2012 and 2013 4st Year B. A. (Honours) Examination 2013 and 2014 There will be total twenty four major courses and four allied courses in the four year B. A. (Honours) programme taught at the department of English, University of Chittagong. Students are required to take four major courses (101, 102, 103, 104) and two allied courses (Allied-I, Allied- II) in the 1st year, four major courses (201, 202, 203, 204) and two allied courses (Allied- III, Allied- IV) in the 2nd year, eight major courses (301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308) in the 3rd year and eight major courses (401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408) in the 4th year. In addition, students are required to complete sessional/ tutorial for 25 marks and viva-voce for 25 marks each year.

Nature of Courses and Distribution of Marks

Year Major Courses First 400 Second 400 Third 800 Fourth 800 Total 2400 Allied Courses 200 200 400 Credits 24 24 32 32 112 Sessional/ Tutorial 25 25 25 25 100 VivaVoce 25 25 25 25 100 Credits 01 + 01 01 + 01 01 + 01 01 + 01 04 + 04 Total Marks 650 650 850 850 3000 Total Credits 26 26 34 34 120

First Year B. A. (Honours) Course- Eng 101 : Language- I 100 Marks (Reading and Structure) This course focuses on comprehension of modern prose pieces with reference to their content, vocabulary, structures and style.

Distribution of Marks
A. Reading comprehension: 60 marks B. Structures: 40 '' Total: 100 marks Prescribed Texts 1. Eastwood, Oxford Practice Grammar 2. Soars, Liz and John: New Headway English Course (Intermediate), OUP. 3. A Guide for Reading Skills Compiled by Professor Dr. Sujit Kumar Dutta Professor Tapan Jyoti Barua Professor Chowdhury Mohammad Ali Mr. Shukanta Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professo, Department of English, University of Chittagong.

4. Billah, Q. M., G. S. Chowdhury, and M. Alam: Foundation English for Undergraduates. Recommended Readings: 1. Close, R. A. : The English We Use 2. Glover, A. J. : Build Up Your English (ELBS). 3. Hornby, A. S. : Guide to Patterns and Usage in English (2nd Edition) 4. Hornby, A. S. : Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English 5. Imhoof, Maurice and Hudson, Herman : From Paragraph to Essay 6. Jones, Daniel : English Pronouncing Dictionary 7. Leech, G. : Communicative Grammar of English 8. Leech, G : Meaning and the English Verb 9. McRae, John : Chapters & Verse 10. Murphe, Raymond : English Grammar in Use 11. Quirk, R. etal. : A Grammar of Contemporary English 12. Sinclair, J. : Collins Cobuild Language Dictionary 13. Swan, Michael : Practical English Usage 14. Tomhposn and Martinet : Practical English Grammar 15. Walker, Richard : Language for Literature 16. Prepare for IELTS 17. Taylor, Clive : Advancing Language Skills Course- Eng 102: Introduction to Poetry and Prosody Distribution of Marks Study of Poetry: Rhetoric and Prosody: Reference to the context: (05 x 4) Total: 60 marks 20 '' 20 '' 100 marks 100 Marks

1. Study of Poetry: Forms and Elements of Poetry Poems to be studied: a. The Wife of Usher's Well b. Shakespear: Sonnet 104 (''To Me Fair Friend You Never Can be Old) c. Donne Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star d. Gray: Elegy Written in Country Churchyard e. Wordsworth: It Is a Beauteous Evening. f. Keats: To Autumn g. Tennyson: Ulysses h. Browning: My Last Duchess i. W.B. Yeats: The Lake Isle Of Innisfree j. Eliot: Macavity: The Mystery Cat k. Philip Larkin: Church Going l. Seamus Heaney: Digging Recommended Reading: 1. M.H. Abrams: A Glossary of Literary Terms 2. J.A. Cuddon: A Dictionary of Literary Terms, Penguin, 1984

3. G.M. Thakur: The Anatomy of Rhetoric and Prosody 4. Bose and Sterling: Rhetoric and Prosody 5. Aristotole: Poetics (with an introductory essay by S. H. Butcher)(Hill & wang, 1967) 6. The Norton Anthology of English Leterature (Vols. I & II) 7. David Daiches: Critical Approaches to Literature 8. Boris Ford: The Pelican Guide to English Literature, (Vols. 1 to 7) 9. Cleanth Brooks & Robert Penn Warren: Understanding Poetry Kennedy, X.J. And Gioia, Dana (ed.) Literature: An Introduction to Poetry (6th edition) Course- Eng 103: Introduction to Fiction and Drama 100 Marks Distribution of Marks Study of Fiction: 40 marks Study of Drama: 40 '' References to the context: (05 x 4) 20 '' Total: 100 marks Study of Fiction: Elements of Fiction Prescribed Texts George Orwell: Animal Farm Jackson, Shirley. ''The Lottery Lawrence, D. H. ''The Rocking-House Winner Steinbeck, John ''The Chrysanthemums Edgar Allan Poe: ''The Tell-Tale Heart Study of Drama: Forms and Elements of Drama Prescribed Texts: George Bernerd Saw: Arms and the Man Lady Gregory: The Workhouse Ward Recommended Reading: 1. Cleanth Brooks and H. Heilman: Understanding Drama 2. Patrick Murray: Literary Criticism: A Glossary of Major Terms 3. R. T. Jones: Studying Drama: An Introduction 4. Malcolm Kelsall: Studying Drama: An Introduction 5. Jeremy Hawthorn: Studying the Novel: An Introduction 6. E.M. Forster: Aspects of the Novel 7. Kennedy, X.J. And Gioia, Dana (ed.) Literature: An Introduction to Fiction (6th edition) 8. Kennedy, X.J. And Gioia, Dana (ed.) Literature: An Introduction to Drama (6th edition) Course- Eng 104: History of English Literature- I (From the Anglo-Saxon to the 17th Century) Distribution of Marks A. 6 short notes (05 x 6) 30 marks B. 4 short questions (10 x 4) 40 '' C. 2 broad questions (15 x 2) 30 '' Total: 100 marks 100 Marks

Prescribed Texts: Mcrae and Carter: Ifor Evans:

A History of English Literature A Short History of English Literature

Recommended Reading: 1. Legouis and Cazamian: History of English Literature 2. Legois, Emile: A Short History of English Literature 3. Long, William J.: English Literature 4. Sanders, Andrew: The Short History of English Literature 5. Cambridge History of English Literature 6. Oxford History of English Literature Allied Course- I: History of Western Ideas-I (From Plato to Berkeley) Distribution of Marks A. 6 short notes (05 x 6) 30 marks B. 4 short questions (10 x 4) 40 '' C. 2 broad questions (15 x 2) 30 '' Total: 100 marks i) Plato ii) Aristotle iii) Machiavelli iv) Descartes v) Locke vi) Hobbes vii) Hume viii) Berkeley Prescribed Texts: T. Z. Lavine: Samuel Enoch Stumpf: 100 Marks

From Socrates to Sartre : The Philosophic Quest A History of Philosophy : Socrates to Sartre

Recommended Reading: 1. Durrant, Will : The Story of Philosophy. 2. Arthur Smullyan et.al.: Introduction to Philosophy, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd 3. B. A. G. Fullar : A History of Philosophy, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. 4. Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy. 5. Bryan Magee : The Great Philosophers. Allied Course- II: History of England-I (From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors) Distribution of Marks A. 6 short notes (05 x 6) B. 4 short questions (10 x 4) C. 2 broad questions (15 x 2) Total: 30 marks 40 '' 30 '' 100 marks 100 Marks

Prescribed Texts: G. R. Warner et al:

The New Groundwork of British History (Book One: 55 B.C. A.D. 1603) (The following items from the set text are to studied) 1. Anglo-Saxon Settlement 2. The Military Conquest. 3. The Feudal System. 4. The Manorial System. 5. Monarchy and the Church. 6. Richard I The Crusades. 7. Magna Carta. 8. The Hundred Years' War. 9. Religion: Wyeliff and the Lollards 10. The Black Death and Social Changes. 11. Richard II. 12. The House of Lancaster. 13. Henry III. 14. Mary Tudor. 15. Elizabeth-I Recommended Reading 1. Norton, A.L.: A People's History of England. 2. Trevelyan, G.M.: English Social History.

S. M. Saifullah Shaquille