Macbeth

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 → Word-limit of the answers → 16 7 12 8 14 4 9 5 18 10 15 35 20

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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, Scandinavian & French Influence One question of 12 marks out of two Group B: Word Notes Four word-notes of 2 marks each out of eight...