english honours syllabus under CU

UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
SYLLABI
FOR
THREE-YEAR B.A. HONOURS & GENERAL
COURSES OF STUDIES

ENGLISH
2010

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W.E.F. 2010-2011
SYLLABI FOR THREE-YEAR B.A( HONOURS & GENERAL) COURSES OF STUDIES IN
ENGLISH,2010

HONOURS
Word-limit for the answers for the honours papers
Full marks of the questions →

16

7

12

8

14

4

9

5

18

10

15

35

20

Word-limit of the answers →

600

250

450

300

500

150

350

200

700

400

550

1000

800

Note: No word limit prescribed for the word-notes
PART I
PAPER – I (F.M.. 100)
HISTORY OF LITERATURE: 60 MARKS
Group A: OE period to 1750
Section 1: Old English and Middle English Periods
Section 2: Elizabethan and Jacobean Periods
Section 3: Civil War, Restoration and Augustan Periods
One question of 16 marks out of three (one from each section)
Two questions of 7 marks each out of six (two from each section)
16x1 = 16
7x2 = 14
Total 30
Three questions will have to be answered (one question of 16 marks and two questions of 7 marks each) taking only one from each section. Examinees are not allowed to answer twice from the same section.
Group B: 1750 to 2000
Section 1: Pre-Romantics and Romantics
Section 2: Victorian
Section 3: Modern and Post-Modern
One question of 16 marks out of three (one from each section)
Two questions of 7 marks each out of six (two from each section)
16x1 = 16
7x2 = 14
Total 30
Three questions will have to be answered (one question of 16 marks and two questions of 7 marks each) taking only one from each section. Examinees are not allowed to answer twice from the same section.
Recommended Reading:
Andrew Sanders: The Short Oxford History of English Literature
G.M. Trevelyan: English Social History
Michael Alexander: A History of English Literature

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Edward Albert: History of English Literature
Bibhash Choudhury: English Social and Cultural History

PHILOLOGY: 40 MARKS
Group A: Latin, Greek,