CSS PMS English Literature
Total Marks 150 ENGLISH LITERATURE, PERIOD-I, 1780-1832 Sectt, Wordsworth Lamb, Keats, Shelley, Byron and Jane Austen. Note: Special attention should be paid to the authors name and a candidate will be expected to be familiar with some of their works. A candidate will also be expected to have studied the literary history of this…
English Literature Period I Scott, Wordsworth, Lamb, Keats, Shelly, Byrone and Jane Austen. Note: – Special attention should be paid to the authors named and a candidate will be expected to be familiar with some of their works. A candidate will also be expected to have studied the literary history of this period…
English Literature Period II 1832-1901 Carlyle, Dickens, Thackery, Tennyson, Browning, Mathew Arnold and Thomas Hardy. Note: – Special attention should be paid to the authors named and a candidate will be expected to be familiar with some of their works. A candidate will also be expected to have studied the literary history of this…
English Literature Total Marks – 200 Paper II Marks – 100 The paper will require first hand knowledge of the text prescribed as well as general awareness of the authors’ major works and will be designed to test the candidates’ critical ability 1 Shakespeare Hamlet 2 Swift Gulliver’s Travels 3 Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice…
English Literature Total Marks – 200 Paper I Marks – 100 Detailed study of a literary age (19th Century) The paper will cover the study of English literature from 1798 to 1900 with special reference to the works of W. Blake, Wordsworth, Shelly, Keats, Byron, Charles Lamb, Dickens, Tennyson, Robert Browning, Hardy, George Eliot, J.S. Mill,…
PAPER – I Total Marks: 100 Drama and Poetry Description: The readings in this paper focus on selected creative works (Drama and Poetry) written or translated into English language. These readings are wide in scope, offering debate over the contemporary cross-genre and cross-disciplinary interpretations. In general, the candidates are expected to: Display some background historical…
PAPER- II Total Marks: 100 Fiction and Non-Fiction Description: The readings in this paper focus on selected creative works (Fiction [Novel and Short Story] and Non-fiction[Prose(Essays) and Literary Criticism) written or translated into English Language. These readings offer debate over the contemporary cross-genre and cross-disciplinary interpretations. In general, the candidates are expected to: Display some…
English Literature (100 Marks) The paper is divided into six components along with the marks allocation for each component. I. Essays: (10 Marks) Bertrand Russell (The Conquest of Happiness) George Orwell (Politics and the English Language; The Prevention of Literature) Ralph Waldo Emerson (The Transcendentalist; Self-reliance) II. Short Stories: (10 Marks) Somerset Maugham (The Lotus-eater)…
Note: The texts are mentioned in brackets in front of each author’s name. However, for the component on “Literary Theory and Criticism” and for understanding poetry and drama, particularly 20th century poetry and Drama, following readings are suggested: S.No. Title Author 1. The basics Literary Theory. (Second edition). Routledge. Bertens, H. (2008). 2. Literary…
