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Syllabus of Shivaji University BA English -II
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Subject:Introduction to Language and Literature in English
Objective:
The objective of this paper is to provide an introduction to language – nature, characteristics, phonetics and phonology, morphology etc. – and the modes of reading a literary text in terms of its understanding and basic concept underlying the literary form prescribed.
1. The nature and characteristics of language. Human and animal communication.
2. Phonetics and Phonology: The description of vowel sounds and consonant sounds, phonemes and allophones.
3. Morphology – the structure of words, processes of word formation: affixation, compounding and conversion – morphemes and allomorphs.
4. Literary form: Novel.
(Ch. 1 & 5 from English Literature: An Introduction for foreign readers by R. J. Rees, Macmillan Press to be studied)
5. Reading Novel
Text Prescribed: U. R. Anantha Murthy: Samskara : A Rite for a Dead Man.
Trans. by A. K. Ramanujan, O.U.P., New Delhi.
References:
1. Verma, S. K. & N. Krishnaswamy, Modern Linguistics: An Introduction, O.U.P., New Delhi.
2. Quirk and Greenbaum, A University Grammar of English, E.L.B.S.
3. O’conor, J. D. Better English Pronunciation, E.L.B.S.
4. Velayudhan, S. and Mohanan, K. P., An Introduction to the Phonetics and Structure of English, Somaiya Publications Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.
5. Mukherjee Meenakshi, Realism and Reality: The Novel and Society in India, O.U.P., New Delhi.
Pattern of Question Paper
Q.1. A. A broad question on syllabus topic 1 - 10 Marks
B. Short answer type question (2/3) on topic 1 - 10 Marks
Q.2. A. Short answer type question (2/3) on topic 2 - 10 Marks
B. Describe 5 sounds in given words (1/2) with three term labels - 10 Marks
Q.3. A. Short answer type question (2/3) on topic 3 - 10 Marks
B. Morphological Analysis of words (5/8) - 10 Marks
Q.4. A. A long answer type question on topic 4 - 15 Marks
OR
Short notes on topic 4 (3/5).
Q.5. A. A long answer type question on topic 5: On aspects of Samskara - 15 Marks
B. Short notes (2/3) on aspects of Samskara - 10 Marks
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