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Revised Syllabus for

Syllabus for FYBA Literature Paper I and Paper II

(to be implemented from 2011-2012 onwards)

Objectives of the Course

1) To introduce the learners of literature to the various genres and literary terms

2) To sensitize them to themes and styles of literature

3) To inculcate reading skills and the reading habit in them

4) To enhance their vocabulary, style and language skills by introducing them to literary works

5) To nourish their creative faculty and to develop sensitivity to nature and fellow human beings

Semester One: Introduction to Literature – Paper I (Short Stories and Novel) 3Credits

Lectures: 45

Unit 1: Terms: Short Story, Novel, Plot, Character, Setting, Narrative, Point of View, Bildungsroman, Picaresque, Epistolary, Stream of Consciousness, Novel of Social Reality, Psychological Novel and Historical Novel. (15 Lectures)

Unit 2: Novel: Jack London’s Call of the Wild or R. K. Narayan’s Man-Eater of Malgudi

(15 Lectures)

Unit 3: Short Stories (15 Lectures)

Dorothy Parker – “A Telephone Call”

Oscar Wilde – “Happy Prince”

Washington Irving – “Rip Van Winkle”

Somerset Maugham – “Luncheon”

O’Henry – “The Gift of the Magi”

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez – “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children”

Evaluation

A) Internal Assessment – 40% 40 Marks

|Sr.No. |Particulars |Marks |

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|1 |Two periodical class tests to be conducted in the given semester |20 Marks |

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