Can you provide me the syllabus of M.A. (Master in Arts) English Program offered by Faculty of Languages of Panjab University, Chandigarh?

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The syllabus of M.A. (Master in Arts) English Program offered by Faculty of Languages of Panjab University, Chandigarh is as follows:


M.A. English

SEMESTER-I

PAPER-I: LITERARY CRITICISM - I

Note: There shall be one context-based question of 20 marks in which the candidate shall have to attempt three out of six short notes, to be answered in 200 words each. The short notes will be based on the following literary terms:

Mimetic and Expressive theory of Art, Catharsis, Hamartia, Three Unities, Ars Poetica, Sublime, Apologie for Poetry, Decorum, Humanism, Objective Correlative, Dissociation of Sensibility, Fancy and Imagination, Synaesthesia, Disinterestedness, Impersonal Theory of Poetry.

In addition, there will be four essay-type questions of 15 marks each (to be answered in about 600 words each). One question with internal choice will be set from each of the following four prescribed texts/units:


Unit 1. Aristotle : Poetics (Chapters i-xvi)

Unit 2. William Wordsworth : Preface to the Lyrical Ballads (1800)

Unit 3. Matthew Arnold : The Study of Poetry

Unit 4. T.S. Eliot : Tradition and the Individual Talent



The essays of Wordsworth, Arnold, and Eliot are available in English Critical Texts edited by Enright and Chickera.


Suggested Reading:
1. David Daiches: Critical Approaches to Literature, 2nd ed., Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2001.
2. F. L. Lucas: Tragedy in Relation to Aristotle’s Poetics, New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1970.
3. Humphrey House: Aristotles Poetics, Ludhiana: Kalyani Publishers, 1970.
4. M. H. Abrams: A Glossary of Literary Terms, Singapore: Harcourt Asia Pvt. Ltd., 2000.
5. Rene Wellek: A History of Modern Criticism: 1750-1950, Vols. I-IV, London: Jonathan Cape, 1958.
6. M.A.R. Habib: A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present, Oxford: Blackwell, 2005.
7. Boris Ford (ed.): The Pelican Guide to Literary Criticism: From Dryden to Johnson,Vol 4, London: Pelican, 1980.
8. The Pelican Guide to Literary Criticism: From Blake to Byron, Vol 5, London: Pelican, 1980.
9. Harry Blamires: A History of Literary Criticism, Delhi: Macmillan, 2001.
10. Patricia Waugh: Literary Theory & Criticism: An Oxford Guide, Delhi: OUP, 2006.
11. M.S. Nagarajan: English Literary Criticism & Theory: An Introductory History, Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2006.



Syllabus M.A. English Faculty of Languages of Panjab University, Chandigarh