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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science & Technology University Gopalganj

Department of English

B. A. Honours Syllabus

Session: 2013--2014 (Literature & Language Courses)

145 Credits

Semester Wise Course Distribution

First Year Semester I

Course No. Course Title Hours/Week

Theory + Lab.

Credits

ENG100 English Language Skills 2+0 2.0

ENG101 English Language Skills (LAB) 0+2 1.0

ENG102 Introduction to Poetry (Rhetoric &

Prosody)

3+0 3.0

ENG110 Introduction to Prose 3+0 3.0

ENG109 Assignment and Viva Voce 0+2 2.0

MGT104 Introduction to Business 3+0 3.0

CSE104 Computer Fundamentals 3+0 3.0

CSE105 Computer Fundamentals Maintenance 0+2 1.0

Total 14+6 18.0

First Year Semester II


Theory + Lab.

Credits

ENG150 Advanced Reading & Writing 3+0 3.0

ENG152 Introduction to Novel 3+0 3.0

ENG160 Introduction to Drama 3+0 3.0

ENG159 Viva Voce 0+2 1.0

MAT154 Fundamentals of Mathematics 2+0 2.0

PSC154 Bangladesh Studies 3+0 3.0

MGT154 Principles of Management 3+0 3.0

Total 17+2 18.0

Second Year Semester I


Theory + Lab.

Credits

ENG200 Elizabethan & Jacobean Drama 4+0 4.0

ENG202 Romantic Poetry 3+0 3.0

ENG209 Presentation and Viva Voce 0+2 2.0

SOC204 Introduction to Sociology 3+0 3.0

BAN204 Bangla Literature 3+0 3.0

PSC204 Politics and Administration in Bangladesh 3+0 3.0

Total 16+2 18.0

Second Year Semester II


Theory + Lab.

Credits

ENG250 Socio-Political History of England 3+0 3.0

ENG252 Shakespeare-I 3+0 3.0

ENG260 Victorian Poetry 3+0 3.0

ENG262 Introduction to Linguistics 3+0 3.0

ENG259 Viva Voce 0+2 1.0

PHI254 Introduction to Philosophy 3+0 3.0

PSY254 Introduction to Psychology 3+0 3.0

Total 18+2

19.0

Third Year Semester I


Theory + Lab.

Credits

ENG300 18th Century Literature 3+0 3.0

ENG302 19th Century Novel 3+0 3.0

ENG310 American Literature-I 3+0 3.0

ENG312 Poetry from Chaucer to Milton 3+0 3.0

ENG320 Phonetics and Phonology 3+0 3.0

ENG309 Assignment, Presentation and Viva voce 0+3 3.0

Total 15+3 18.0

Third Year Semester II


Theory + Lab.

Credits

ENG350 Introduction to Socio & Psycholinguistics 3+0 3.0

ENG352 Classics in Translation 3+0 3.0

ENG360 American Literature-II 3+0 3.0

ENG362 Continental Literature 3+0 3.0

ENG370 Literary Theory-I 3+0 3.0


Total 15+3 18.0

Fourth Year Semester I


Theory + Lab.

Credits

ENG400 20th Century Novel 3+0 3.0

ENG402 Translation Studies 3+0 3.0

ENG410 Literary Theory-II 3+0 3.0

ENG412 South-Asian Literature in English 3+0 3.0

ENG420 Business & Professional English 3+0 3.0


Total 15+3 18.0

Fourth Year Semester II


Theory + Lab.

Credits

ENG450 English for Media Communication 3+0 3.0

ENG452 20th Century Poetry 3+0 3.0

ENG460 Modern British Drama 3+0 3.0

ENG462 Introduction to English Language Teaching 3+0 3.0

ENG470 Research Methodology and Writing

Research Project

3+0 3.0

ENG459 Assignment, Presentation and Viva Voce 0+3 3.0

Total 15+3 18.0

Detailed Syllabus of Major Courses

ENG100 English Language Skills 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]

3 Hours/weeks (3+0), 3 Credits

Grammar:

Tenses, review and sequence of tenses, use of articles, prepositions, subject-verb agreement,

phrases, clauses and sentences, conditionals, word classes.

Transformation of sentences: Active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech, reported

speech.

Pronunciation: Sounds of English and IPA .

Vocabulary Building:

Word-formation rules; affixes; idiomatic expressions; level of appropriateness; colloquial and

informal words and expressions; standard and formal words and expressions.

Listening and note taking:

Listening to recorded texts and class lectures and learning to take useful notes based on the

listening.

Developing spoken skills: Formal and informal oral communication, situational dialogues, presentation

skills, extempore speech, talking about families, friends, persons, places and other local and global issues.

Recommended Reading:

Ahmed, Sadruddin, Learning English the Easy Way

Martinet & Thomson, A Practical English Grammar

Hornby, A.S., The Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Current English

Taylor, Clive., Advancing Language Skills

Close, R.A., The English We Use

ENG102 Introduction to Poetry( Rhetoric & Prosody) 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Shakespeare, William: Sonnet l8: “Shall I compare Thee to a Summer’s Day”

:Sonnet 130: “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun”

Donne, John : “The Sun Rising”

Sonnet l4: “Batter My Heart, Three-personed God”

Herrick, Robert : “Delight in Disorder”, “Upon Julia’s Clothes”

Marvell , Andrew : “To His Coy Mistress”, “Definition of Love”

Gray, Thomas : “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”

Keats, John : “Ode to Autumn”

Arnold , Matthew : “Dover Beach”

Thomas, Dylan : “Fern Hill”

Hughes, Ted : “Pike” and “Jaguar”

Rich, Adrienne : “Living in Sin”, “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers”

Heaney, Seamus : “Digging”


Boulton, Marjorie : Anatomy of Poetry

Abrams, M. H. : A Glossary of Literary Terms

Long, William J. : History of English Literature

Vendler, Helen : The Art of Shakespearean Sonnets

Carey, John : John Donne: Life, Mind and Art

Martin, L.C. : Robert Herrick: Poems

Hunt, John Dixon : Andrew Marvel: His Life and Works

Southam, B.C. : A Student’s Guide to the Selected Poems of T. S. Eliot

Rahman, Mofizur : An ABC of English Literature

ENG110 Introduction to Prose 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Bacon, Francis : “Of Studies”

Narayan, R. K. :The Financial Expert

Mansfield, Katherine: “Bliss”

Lawrence, D.H. : “Why the Novel Matters”

Orwell,George : “Shooting an Elephant”

O’Connor, Frank : “My Oedipus Complex”


Boulton, Marjorie : Anatomy of Prose

Brooks &Warren : Understanding Prose: Understanding Fiction

Allen, Walter : The English Novel

Abrams, M. H. : A Glossary of Literary Terms

Vickers, Brian : Francis Bacon and Renaissance Prose

Mackie, Erin (ed. by): The Commerce of Everyday Life

Ehrenpreis, lrvin : Swift: the Man, his works and the Age

Voorhees, R. J. : The Paradox of George Orwell

ENG109 Assignment + Viva Voce


ENG150 Advanced Reading & Writing 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Developing writing skills:

Sentences: Sentence variety; generating sentences; sentence clarity and correctness; linking

sentences to form paragraphs.

Paragraphs: Paragraph structure; topic sentence; developing paragraphs with specific details and

examples; paragraph unity and coherence.

Essays: Essay structure; thesis sentence; writing good introductions and conclusions; strategies for

development.

Letter writing: Informal and formal letters, report writing, writing papers and assignments.

Developing reading skills:

Guessing and meaning; understanding sentence meaning, surveying text stucture skimming,

scanning, predicting, inferencing, analyzing and interpreting reading and summarizing.


Greenberg, Karen L. & Wiener, Harvey: The Advancing writer: Book-3, Harper Collins 1994

Heffernon, James A.W. &. Lincoln, John E. :Writing: A College Handbook

Weiner, Bazerman: Writing Skills Handbook, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin l998

Imphoof, Maurice & Hudson, Herman: From Paragraph to Essay, Longman 1975

Glover, G. : Build Up Your English, Aldine House. London (reprinted) 1975

Roberts, Paul: Cambridge First Certificate Reading (New Edition)

Dixson, Robert J. : Complete Course in English

Dixson, Robert J.: Everyday Dialogues in English

Liz & Soars, John : New Headway English Course

Constant, Clare & Bennett, Andrew : Developing Reading & Writing Skills

Barnwell, Thomas & McCraney, Leah : An Introduction to Critical Reading

ENG152Introduction to Novel 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Daniel Defoe : Robinson Crusoe

Henry Fielding : Joseph Andrews

Jane Austen : Emma

Charles Dickens : A Tale of Two Cities


Grissing, George : Charles Dickens: A Critical Study

Richetti, John : Defoe’s Narratives

Earle, Peter : The World of Defoe

Pinion, F. B. : A Jane Austen’s Companion

McKillop, A. D. : The Early Masters of English Fiction

ENG160 Introduction to Drama 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Sophocles : Oedipus the King

William Shakespeare : The Merchant of Venice

G. B. Shaw : Arms and the Man


Nocoll, Allardyee : British Drama

Bradbrook, M. : Themes & Conventions of English Tragedy

The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy

Kitto, H. D. F. : Form and Meaning in Drama—Greek Tragedy

Haugh, A. E. : Tragic Drama of the Greeks

George, Shaw : Bernard Shaw’s plays—Norton Critical Edition

ENG159 Viva Voce

2 Hours/weeks (0+2), 1 Credit

ENG200 Elizabethan & Jacobean Drama 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Marlowe :Doctor Faustus

Kyd :The Spanish Tragedy

Ben Jonson : Volpone

Webster : The Duchess of Malfi

Shakespeare :Macbeth

Note: Teachers should take the following matters into consideration:

a. The Origin of the Drama; b. Miracle and Mystery Plays; c. Cycles of Plays;

d. The Stage and the Actors; e. Dramatic Unities; f. Two Schools of Drama;

g. The Theatre and the Stage; h. The Methods of Early Dramatists;

i. History of the Rise of English Drama since its Beginning to the 15th Century;

j. Interludes; k. The Influence of Seneca in Elizabethan Drama; l. The Use of Blank Verse in Drama; m.

The Comedy of Humors; n. Decadent Tragedy; and

o. Tragic Comedy.


Boas, S. An Introduction to Stewart Drama.

Boas, S. D. An Introduction to Tudor Drama.

Bradbrook, M. C. The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy.

Bradbrook, M. C. Themes and Conventions in Elizabethan Tragedy.

Lucas, F. L. Seneca and Elizabethan Drama.

Schelling F. E. Elizabethan Drama.

Vaughn. Types of Tragedy.

Symonds, J. A. Shakespeare’s Predecessors in English Drama.

ENG202 Romantic Poetry 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Wordsworth: a) Tintern Abbey; b) Ode: Intimations of Immortality

Coleridge: a) Dejection on Ode; b) Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Byron: a) Don Juan: Canto: I & II (as in Norton); and b) She Walks in Beauty.

Shelley: a) Adonais; b) Ode to the West Wind.

Keats: Ode on Grecian Urn, Ode to Nightingale, Ode to Melancholy .

Note: The paper should be studied with the reference to the following:

a) Meaning of Romanticism; b) Origin of Romantic Movements in Germany and France; c) Precursors of

Romanticism in England; d) The French Revolutionary and English Poets; e) Wordsworth’s Theory of

Poetic Diction; f) Supernaturalism in English Poetry; g) Idealism in Shelley and Byron; and h) Hellenism in

Keats.

Recommended Reading :

Hough, Graham. Romantic Poets.

Brailsford, H. N. Shelley, Godwin and their Circle.

Elton, Oliver. Survey of English Literature: 1780—1830.

Bowra, C. M. Romantic Imagination.

Prez, Mario. The Romantic Agony.

Lucas, F. L. The Decline and Fall of Romantic Ideal.

Willey, Basil. Nineteenth Century Studies.

Grierson, G. C. The Background of English Literature: Classical and Romantic.

ENG209 Presentation + Viva Voce


ENG250 Socio-Political History of England 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


The Phoenicians’ Trade with the Britons—BC 200~BC 79;

Roman Invasion by Julius Caesar’s Legionnaires—BC 79~449 AD (?);

The Landing of Hengist and Horsa in Britain—449~1066 (Anglo Saxon Period);

The Norman Invasion—1066~1400 (Anglo Norman Period);

The Revival of Learning—1400~1558 (The Renaissance);

The Age of Elizabeth I—1550~1620;

The Puritan Age—1620~1660;

Period of the Restoration—1660~1700;

The Eighteenth Century—1700~1800;

The Union of the Great Britain and Ireland to Crimean War—1800~1854; and

The Victorian Age—1850~1900.


Mahajan, V. D. : History of England.

History of England—See Seminar Books.

William, Long, J. : English Literature.

Trevelyan, G M : A Shortened History of England. Penguin Books.

Trevelyan , G M: English Social History. Penguin Books.

John Thorn, Roger Lockyer, David Smith. A History of England. ATTBS Publishers and

Distributors.

Robert M Adams. The Land & Literature of England: A Historical Account. W. W. Norton.

Johri, Dr. A N : A Social History of England.

Kemp Melone & Albert C Baugh. Literary History of England. Routledge.

ENG252 Shakespeare-I 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


As You Like It

Othello

Measure for Measure


Ford, Boris (Edited): Pelican Guide to English Literature—Vol III

Boas, R. S. : An Introduction to Stuart Drama

Bradley, A. C. : Shakespearean Tragedy

Charlton, H. B. : Shakespearean Tragedy

ENG260 Victorian Poetry 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]

3Hours/Weeks (3+0), 3 Credits

Tennyson: a) “Lotus Eater”; b) “Ulysses”; c) “Tithonus”

Browning: a) “A Grammarian’s Funneral”; b) “My Last Dutchess”; c) “ The Last Ride Together”

Browning, Elizabeth B.: The Sonnets from the Portuguese 14, 22 & 43

Arnold: a) “Thyrsis”; b) “ The Scholar Gipsy”

Rosetti, Dante G.: “ The Blessed Damzel”.

Note: Prescribed pieces should be studied with reference to the following:

a. Meaning of Victorianism; b. Victorian Compromise; c. Rise of science & industry in the 19th Century; d.

Pre-Raphaelitic Movement; e. Dramatic Monologue;

f. The Debate of Science & Religion; and g. Expansion of British Imperialism.


Hugh ,Walker : The Literature of the Victorian Era..

Oliver, Elton : A Survey of English Literature(1830~1880).

George, Brandes : Main Currents in the 19th Century Literature.

ENG262 Introduction to Linguistics 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Nature of Linguistics

Definition and Characteristics of Language

Basic areas of Linguistics: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics

Stylistics

Sociolinguistics: variety of language, dialect, pidgin, creole ,register, status situation

Psycholinguistics

Discourse and speech acts


Lyons, John : Linguistics: An Introduction

Yule, George : The Study of Language

Hudson, R.H. : Sociolinguistics

ENG259 Viva Voce

2 Hours/weeks (0+2), 1 Credit

ENG300 18th Century Literature 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Swift :Gulliver’s Travels

Dryden : Absalom and Achetophel

Burke :‘Speech on the East India Bill’

Sheridan :The Rivals

Pope : The Rape of the Lock

Addison & Steele : Coverly Papers (Selections)


Alam Fakrul, Imperial Entanglements and Literature in English

Stephen Leslie, English Literature and Society in the 18 th Century

James E Tobin, 18th Century Literature and its Cultural Background

J.L. Clofford(ed), 18th Century English Literature: Modern Essays in Criticism

Robert Halsband, The Rape of the Lock and its Illustrations

Laura Brown, Alexander Pope(1984 Basil Blackwell)

Maynard Mack, Alexander Pope(1985 New Haven)

Robert Hudson, Edwin Arnold, Daniel Defoe: A Critical Study

Butt, John. Augustan Age

Gosse, Edmund. History of 18th Century Literature

ENG30219th Century Novel 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Austen, Jane : Pride and Prejudice

Bronte, Emily :Wuthering Heights

Hardy, Thomas : Tess of the Durbervilles

Dickens, Charles : Great Expectations

Note: Instructors should lay emphasis on the following issues of the Victorian era:

a) Democracy; b) Social Unrest; c) The Ideal of Peace; d) Arts and Science; e) An Age of Prose; f) Moral

Purpose; g) Idealism; and h) The Domestic Novel.


Cecil, David. Early Victorian Novelists.

Brandis, George. Main Currents in the 19th Century Literature. Vol. IV.

Walker, Hugh. The Literature of the Victorian Era.

Elton, Oliver. A Survey of English Literature: 1830~1880.

Forster, E. M. Aspects of Novel.

Allen, Walter. The English Novel.

ENG310 American Literature-I 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Emerson :The American Scholar, Self- Reliance

Hawthorne :The Scarlet Letter

H. Melville :Moby Dick

Thoreau :Civil Disobedience

Walt Whitman :Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, When Lilacs Last. . .

Emily Dickinson : Selections


Bewley, M : The Complex

Chase, R., ed : Melville

Dutton, G. : Walt Whitman

Forester, N. : Image of America

Grant, D.,ed : The Scarlet Letter

Hayford, H. and H. Parker : Moby Dick

Jeffarson, N. ed : Selected Poems and prose of Walt Whitman

Kaul, A.N. : Hawthorne

Pearce, R. H. : Walt Whitman

Sewall, R. B. : Emily Dickinson

ENG312 Poetry from Chaucer to Milton 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Chaucer: a) The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; b) Nun’s Priests’ tale

Spenser. Faerie Queene: Book—I: cantos: I-IV

Milton. Paradise Lost: Book-I

Note: Attention should be given to the following:

a) Primary and Secondary Epic; b) Romantic Epic; c) Puritanism and Reformation Movements; and d)

English Pastoral Poetry.


Bennet, H. S. Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century.

Ker, W. P. Mediaeval English Literature.

Chambers, E K. English Literature at the Close of the Middle Ages.

Ker, W. P. The Dark Ages.

Kittredge, G. L. Chaucer and His Poetry.

Roat, R. K. The Poetry of Chaucer.

Legouis, Emile. Geoffrey Chaucer.

The Age of Chaucer. Ed. Ford, Borris. Pelican.

Lewis, C. S. The Allegory of Love.

Rose & McLaughlin. Mediaeval Reader.

Bowden, Muriel. A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.

Power. Eileen. Mediaeval People. Pelican.

The Romance of the Rose. Translated by Robbins, Harry. W. Dutton Paperback.

Lewis, C. S. History of the 17th Century Literature.

Thomson, J. A. Classical Background of English Literature.

Tillyard, E. M. W. Elizabethan world Picture.

Grierson. Cross—currents in the English Literature of the 17th Century.

Lewis, C. S. A Preface to Paradise Lost.

Tillyard. Milton.

ENG320 Phonetics and Phonology 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Phonetics: Articulatory, acoustic and auditory phonetics; contrastive study of English and Bangla speech

sounds; cardinal vowels; English short vowels, long vowels and diphthongs; English plosives, fricatives,

affricates and nasals.

Phonology: Defining phone, allophone and phoneme, Supra segmental phonology, voice quality and voice

dynamics.

Phonemic transcription: Stress, nature of stress; factors of stress, prominence; weak and strong forms,

Intonation system in English; Functions of intonation; structures of tone unit; high and low heads; pitch

possibilities in the simple tone unit; semantics of intonation; transcription of utterances, assigning stress

marks and showing intonation.


English Phonetics and Phonology by Peter Roach, Cambridge University Press

An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English by A. C. Gimson E. Arnold, 1989

Elements of General Phonetics by David Abererombie Edinburgh, 1967

ENG309 Assignment + Presentation+ Viva Voce


ENG350 Introduction to Socio and Psycholinguistics 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Sociolinguistics:

Introduction: Key terms and approaches- relationship between language and society- sociolinguistics and

the sociology of language.

Language, Dialect and Varieties: regional dialects-social dialects- styles and register

-standard language and developing a standard variety.

Pidgins and Creoles: Definition-linguistics characteristics- from Pidgin to Creole and beyond.

Choosing a Code: Diglossia and bilingualism- definition and relationship- code switching and code mixing-

borrowing

National Language and Language Planning: National and official languages-planning a national language-

the linguist’s role in language planning.

Language and Identity: Language and social inequalities-attitude towards language and speech-language

and gender.

Studies in Language Dynamics: Language change-language maintenance and language shift-multilingual

and multicultural societies-proto Indo-European languages.

Psycholinguistics:

Introduction: Definition-different branches of psycholinguistics-relationship between Psycholinguistics and

Psychology of language.

Language Acquisition in the early years: Communication with language- what young children talk about-

how young children use their utterances- how adults talk to young children.

Stages in Language Acquisition: The babbling stage-Holophrastic stage-the two-word stage.

First sounds in the child’s language: Perception of speech sounds- production of speech sounds.

Later growth in the child’s language: Learning, complexity and processing-elaboration of language

structure-elaboration of language function.

Acquisition of meaning: Early word meanings-context and strategies- semantic components.

Theories-of first Language: Acquisition: Behaviourist Theory-Innatist Theory-Cognitive Theory,

Maturation Theory.


Hudson, R. A. : Sociolinguistics

Trudgil : Sociolinguistics: An Introduction

Fishman, L. A : Sociolinguistics: A Brief Introduction

Clark, H. H. & Clark, E. V.: Psychology and Language

Barry McLaughlin: Theories of Second Language Learning

Slobin : Psycholinguistics

ENG352 Classics in Translation 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Homer : The Iliad (Selected Books)

Virgil : The Aeneid

Aeschylus : Agamemnon

Euripides : Alcestis

Sophocles : Electra


McNamee, Maurice B : Homer and Epic Hero

Chadwick, H. M. : The Heroic Age

Merchant, Paul : The Epic

Kitto, H. D. F. : For and Meaning in Drama—Greek Tragedy

Segal, Eric : Oxford Reading in Greek Tragedy

ENG 360 American Literature-II 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Arthur Miller : Death of A Salesman

E. Hemingway : The Sun Also Rises

Robert Frost : Selected Poems

Eugene O’Neill : Desire under the Elms

Saul Bellow : Seize the Day

Allen Ginsberg : Selected Poems


Boris, Ford : The New Pelican Guide to English Literature: American Literature

Weeks, R. P : Hemingway

Jeremy, H : Studying the Novel: An Introduction

Waldhorn, A : A Reader’s Guide to Ernest Hemingway

Brower, Robert : Poetry of Robert Frost

ENG362 Continental Literature 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Moliere : Miser

Ibsen :A Doll’s House;

Brecht : Mother Courage and Her Children;

Camus, Albert : The Outsider;

Tolstoy, Leo : Anna Karenina;

Note: Instructors should lay emphasis on the following issues:

a) Psychology; b) Philosophy; c) Transcendentalism; d) Literary Regionalism; and e) Racial and other

Minorities.

More:

1. An Introduction to Literature. Ed. Barnet, Berman, Burto, and Cain. Longman. XI editation. 2. The

Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. Jerome Beaty and Paul Hunter. 3. Webster, Mariam. Encyclopedia

of Literature. 4. Introduction to American Studies. Ed. Malcolm Bradbary. 6. Luedike, L. S. Making

America: The Society and Culture of the United States. 7. Mathiessen, F. O. American Renaissance. 8.

Lewis, R. The American Adam. 9. Tayler, M. C. History of American Literature: 1607~1765. 10. Chase,

Richard. The American Novel.


An Introduction to Literature. Ed. Barnet, Berman, Burto, and Cain. Longman. XI meditation.

The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed.Jerome Beaty and Paul Hunter.

Webster, Miriam. Encyclopedia of Literature.

ENG370 Literary Criticism 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Sydney : Apologie for Poetrie

Dryden : Essay of Dramatic Poesy

Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare

Wordsworth : Preface to Lyrical Ballads

Coleridge : Biographia Literaria

Note: The Course is to be studied with reference to the following:

a) An outline of history of criticism from Plato and Aristotle to the present day; b) Classification of

criticism: Linguistic; Theoretical; and Descriptive; c) Criticism and a reflection of contemporary creative

practice; and d) Beginnings of English criticism: Dr. Johnson; Neo—Classicism in the 18th Century;

Criticism during the romantic revival; and Continental influence on English criticism in the 19 th Century;

and Trends in the 20th Century criticism.


Wimsal & Brooks. Literary Criticism: A Short History

Richards, I. A. Principles of Literary Criticism

Rene, Wellek : The Rise of English Literary History

Austen, Warren. & Rene, Wellek :Theory of Literature

Polts, T. D. Poetics: Aristotle.

Wetson, George. The Literary Critics. Pelican

ENG359 Assignment +Presentation + Viva Voce


ENG400 20th Century Novel 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


D. H. Lawrence : Sons and Lovers

James Joyce : A Portrait of the Artist as Young Man

Virginia Woolf : Mrs. Dalloway

Joseph Conrad : Heart of Darkness

E.M.Forster : A Passage to India


K. R. Leavis : D. H. Lawrence: Novelist

Albert J. Guerard: Conrad: The Novelist

E.M.Forster :Aspects of Novel

ENG402 Translation Studies 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


A . Theory

i)Translation : Scope and Significance

ii) Translation , Language and Culture

iii) Translation and Literature

iv) History of Literary Translation

v) Literary Translation Theories

B. a) Evaluation of Translated Texts :

i) Selections from Of Women , Outcastes ,Peasants and Rebels –A Selection of Bengali Short Stories by

Kalpana Bardhan

ii) Selections from Jibananda Das : Selected Poems , by Fakrul Alam

iii)munir choudhury , mukhara ramani basikaran

b) Assignment on Translation :

Translation assignments will be from English into Bangla and from Bangla into English.

Source Text :

Susan Bassnett :Translation Studies

Andre Lefevere :Translation , Rewriting and the Manipulation of Literary Fame

Sujit Mukherjee :Translation as Discovery

Gayatri Spivak : “Politics of Translation ‘’

Schulte , Rainer and John Biguenet eds.:Theories of Translation


Arrowsmith, William and Roger Shattuck ,eds: The Craft and Context of Translation .Austin : U

Texts Pr ,1961.

Baker , Mona :The Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies. London Routledge,1998

Bassnett McGuire , Susan and A.Lefevere , eds. Benjamin , Walter :Translation ,History and

Culture . London:Pinter Publication.1990. “Die Aufgabe des Ubersetzers “. In Illuminations 50-

62. Frandfurt am Mam : Shikamp , 1977 englishtranslation : “The Task of the Translatior. “ In

Illuminations 69-82. Tr. Harry Zohn,New York :Schocken Books, 1969

Brower, Reuben A. ed.: On translation. Harvard Studies in comparative literature73.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard U Pr. 1959

Robinson, Douglas :Translation and Empire. Post-colonial Theories Explained.

Translation Theories Explained4. Manchester, UK: st. Jerome Press, 1997.

ENG410 Literary Theory 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Eliot : Tradition and the Individual Talent

Arnold : The Study of Poetry

Eagleton : The Rise of English

Woolf : A Room of One’s Own

Said : Introduction to Orientalism

Spivak :‘3 women’s texts and a critique of imperialism’


Wimsatt & Brooks: Literary Criticism—A Short History

I. A. Richards : Principles of Literary Criticism

Rene Welleck : History of Literary Criticism

George Watson : The Literary Critics (Pelican Edition)

ENG412 South Asian Literature in English 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Tagore, Rabindranath.: Gitanjali (Selected pieces)

Islam, Kazi. Nazrul (Selected Poems)

Rokeya, Begum.: Sultana’s Dream

Ghosh, Amitava.: The Shadow Lines

Mukerjee, Bharathi: Jasmine

Recommended Reading: To be decided by the Course Instructor

ENG420 Business and Professional English 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Business letters, Business reports, Job Applications, Resume/CV writing, writing memorandums, notice for

meeting and minutes of meeting, office circular, office order, joining letter, appointment letter, transfer

order, press release, job advertisements, tenders, quotations, project proposal.


L.Sue Baugh, Maridell Fryar, David Thomas, How to Write First Class Business Correspondence

S. Taylor, Model Business Letters and Other Business Documents

Harold Evans, Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers

R. Brown and S. Hood, Writing Matters

M.R. Sethi, Better Applications for Better Jobs

Kay White, Draft Your Own Business Letters

Florian Columns, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems

Leo Jones and Richard Alexander, New International Business English

Lesikar, V. and Pettit D.: Report Writing for Business

J. John Lincoln and Janet Atwill, Writing: A College Handbook



ENG450 English for Media Communication 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]

3Hours/Week (3+0), 3 Credits

Section A : Theory

This section will introduce some basic theories of media and communication. It will specially focus on the

students’ understanding of the policies and politics in the use of English language in media communication

in Bangladesh.

This section will cover :

Theories of communication

Nature, purpose and special features of media communication

Language as communication

Politics of media communication and communication ethics

English in media in Bangladesh: ‘an imported world ‘

Section B: Practice

This section will be an application of the theoretical knowledge students acquire in ‘real -life’ situations. It

will familiarize students with and train them in media writings such as

News reports with catching captions /headings

Subtitling

Translating reports

Writing special features for the press or electronic media

Issuing press releases

Editing

Focus will also be ( if possible ) on :

Press briefing (oral and written ) conferences and preparing reports on the briefings

Interviewing

Conducting surveys and preparing reports for the media

News casting with emphasis on pronunciation , stress , intonation , confidence and naturalness


C J Bolt and D U Seyler eds. 1981 . Language Power . New York : Random House .

Nancy Bonvillain . 1997 . Language , Culture and Communication . New Jersey : Prentice Hall

Paul Cobley. 1996 . The Communication Theory Reader. London :Routledgo .

Simon During ed. 1993 . The Cultural Studies Reader .

E M Griffin . 2000. Communication Theory . New York : Mc Graw Hill.

Werner J Severin . 1988. Communication Theories. New York:Longman.

( In addition to this list the instructor/s will select material like newspapers, electronic data

/images , reports , editing / subtitling tools and necessary documents to be used in the practice

classes )

ENG452 20th Century Poetry 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


W. B. Yeats : “ Prayer for My Daughter”, “ Byzantium”, “Sailing to Byzantium”,

“Wild Swan at the Coole” “The Second Coming”, “Easter 1916”

T. S. Eliot : “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, and “The Waste Land”

W. H. Auden : Selections

Dylan Thomas : Selections

Philip Larkin : Selections

Ted Hughes : Selections


Drake Nicholas : Penguin Critical Studies—The Poetry of W. B. Yeats

Coote Stephen : Penguin Critical Studies—The Waste Land

Jain Manju : A Critical Reading of the Selected Poems of T. S. Eliot

Hendon Paul : The Poetry of W. H. Auden—A Reader’s Guide to Essential Criticism

Andrew Motion : Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life

ENG460 Modern British Drama 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


G. B. Shaw : Man and Superman

J.M. Synge : Riders to the Sea

Harold Pinter : The Birthday Party

Samuel Becket : Waiting for Godot


Nicolle Allardyce: The Theory of Drama

Boas, F. S. : An Introduction to Drama

Wilde Oscar : The Major Works—Oxford World Classics

Shaw George : Bernard Shaw’s Plays—Norton Critical Edition

Coles Notes : Man and Superman

ENG462 Introduction to English Language Teaching 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Theories of Language Learning

Linguistics, sociology and psychology in language teaching

Approaches to and Methods of Language Teaching:

Grammar- translation method, structural approach, audiolingual method,the direct method, the

natural approach, total physical response, the silent way, suggestopaedia, counseling learning

Communicative language teaching

Inductive and deductive approaches to the teaching of grammar, teaching the macroskills: reading,

writing,speaking and listening

appropriate methodology: politics of ELT

Designing language tasks and planning language lessons: theory and practice

Course(syllabus) design:theory andpractice

Materials design, evaluation and adaptation:theory and practice

Testing and evaluation

Text Books:

Freeman, Diane Larsen :Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching, Oxford

University Press, 1986

Richards, J. C. and T. C. Rodgers : Approaches and Methods of Language Teaching


Harmer,J :Teaching and Learning Grammar

Harmer, J :The Practice of English Language Teaching

D. A. Wilkins : National Syllabus

W. Littlewood : Communicative Language Teaching

J. Munby : Communicative Syllabus Design

H. G. Woddowson: Teaching Language as Communication

White, R : Curriculum Design

Holliday,A :Appropriate Methodology in Social Context

ENG470 Research Methodology and Writing Research Project 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


What is Research?

Steps in research: selecting a topic, defining the research question/research problem, doing primary

literature survey, finalizing focus, extensive literature survey, deciding about methods of data collection,

analysis of data, presenting results.

Important concepts in ELT research: reliability, validity, triangulation etc.

Types of research: Qualitatitive and quantitative research, inductive, deductive research, experimental and

empirical research

Methods of data collection: questionnaire survey, interviews, document analysis, diary studies,

ethnigraphy, case study, observation etc.

Designing tools for investigation

Administering the study

Process of data collection and data analysis, tabulating data, planning an analysis in keeping with the

objectives, frequency counts, central tendency and some other types of data analysis

Presenting results

Referencing style: APA, MLA, Chicago and Harvard styles of referencing

Students will also be required to :Write a research proposal & Do a minor research project


David Nunan : Research methods in Language Learning

Best John W. : Research in Education



Detailed Syllabus of Non-Major Courses

MGT104 Introduction to Business 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


The course outlines the philosophy, objectives, activities and responsibility of business enterprises and

familiarizes with business enterprises, business terminology and business environment, included in the

course are forms and procedure of business organization, procedure for business start up, sources of

finance, agencies involved in business start up, major business decisions, associations in business world,

major business functions and careers in business. Functional areas of business, such as marketing,

production, finance, accounting, personnel etc. are discussed; includes a project work on how to set up a

business.


Straub and Attner: Introduction to Business

Koontz and Fulmer: A Practical Introduction to Business

F.T. Haner et at.: An Introduction to Business

CSE104 Computer Fundamentals 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]

3Hours/Weeks (3+0), 3 Credits Computer Basics: Introduction to Studying Computers, History and development of Computers,

Generation of Computers, Types of Computers.

Computer Hardware and Peripherals: Basic Units of Computer Hardware, Keyboard, Mouse, Internal

structure of CPU, Functions of RAM, ROM and Cache memory, Basic functional mechanism of HDD and

CD-ROM, Different types of Monitors, Impact and Non-impact Printers, Scanner, Plotter, Typical

Computer specifications.

Software: Classifications, System software, Operating system concepts and importance, components and

basic functions of DOS, Windows operating system, Application software’s and Utility programs,

Computer Virus.

Data Processing: Concepts of Data, Information, and Database, Traditional File Processing, and DBMS.

Computer Networks: Computer networks and its goals, Basic concepts on LAN, MAN, WAN and

Internet systems, Internet services, Functions of Modem in Internet.


Peter Norton : Introduction to Computer, McGraw-hill Publishers

J. Stanley Warford:Computer Systems, Jones & Bartlett Publishers

P. Norton : Inside the PC, Sam Publishers

L. Rosch : Hardware Bible, Braddy Publishing, Indianapolis

Subramanian : Introduction to Computers, Mcgraw-hill Inc.

V. K. Jain : Switching Theory and Digital Electronics, Khanna Publishers

MAT154 Fundamentals of Mathematics 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


Sets : Elementary idea of set , set notation , set of natural numbers , rational number , irrational number s,

real numbers along with their geometrical representation , idea of open and close interval, sub sets, power

set of a set, basic set operations and related theorems on set Venn diagrams.

Real Number system: Idea of absolute value real of real number, axioms of real number system and their

applications in solving algebraic equations.

Arithmetic: Factorizations, LCM, HCF, Unitary method, percentage, profit and loss measurement.

Equation and inequality: Elementary idea of law of inequality, solution of relations and inequality.

Variable and Function: Variable of a set, functions of a variable, polynomial, graph of single polynomial

functions, exponential log arithmetic, trigonometric functions and their graphs, domain and range of a

function, sum, difference, product, quotient, compositions and inverse of functions.


Seymour Lipschutz: Set Theory

R. David Gustafson and Peter D. Frisk: Functions and Graphs.

PSC154 Bangladesh Studies 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]

3Hours/Weeks (3+0), 3 Credits History of Society, Culture, Geo-politics & Economics-Development of nationalism during pre

independence of Bangladesh-Language Movement of 1952, Constitutional Movement of 1962, Six point

Formula and Mass Movement of 1968-69, Election of 1970-Emergence of Bangladesh—Political Process

of Bangladesh, constitutional experimentations in Bangladesh, power and functions of the organs of

government—Administration of Bangladesh, planning commission and Bangladesh Public Service, local

government—Political economy of Bangladesh, Bangladesh agriculture, industry and other sectors—social

security in Bangladesh.


MGT154 Principles of Management 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]

3Hours/Weeks (3+0), 3 Credits Introduction: Meaning and importance of Management, evolution of management thought, scientific

management and modern management, managerial excellence and success, manager and entrepreneur,

managerial decision making, environmental impact on management, corporate social responsibility,

managerial levels and skills, theory X and Theory Y.

Advantage and disadvantages of planning, time frame of planning, why plans go wrong. Organizing:

Definition, importance, formal and informal organizations, functions, benefits of informal to formal

organizations, disadvantages of informal organizations, conflict, functional and dysfunctional conflict, and

reasons of conflict, inter personal conflict. Actuating: Definition, recruiting, recruiting alternatives,

selections, selection model, motivation, need hierarchy theory.

Controlling: Definition, control process, types of control.


Terry and Franklin: Principles of Management

Koontz and Weihrich: Management

3.R.W. Griffin: Management

SOC204 Introduction to Sociology 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]

3Hours/Weeks (3+0), 3 Credits What is Sociology? Nature and scope of sociology: Origin and development of sociology as a separate

discipline. Doing Sociology: Scientific method and techniques for sociological investigation. Primary

Concepts: Society, community, association, institution, culture; components of culture, norms, values,

folkways, mores, cultural unity, and diversity. Social Institutions: Family, religion, functionalist, and

conflict perspectives of institutions. Population and Environment: Population growth, ecological balance

ecosystem, threats to global environment. The Environment: A sociological issue. Social change and its

factors, theories of social change.


Alex Inkels: What is Sociology?

Pascal Gisbert: Introduction to Sociology

T.B. Bottomore: Sociology:A Guide to problems and literature

J.E. Goldthrope: An Introduction to Sociology

G.T. Miller: Living in the Environment

BAN204 Bangla Literature 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


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PSC204 Politics and Administration in Bangladesh 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]

3Hours/Weeks (3+0), 3 Credits a) Fundamental concepts: State, power, sovereignty, law, liberty government, institution, nationalism

constitution democracy, dictatorship unitary and federal government

b) Bangladesh: Society and politics

c) Background of Bangladesh: Nationalism, war of liberation, nature of leadership

d) Political process of Bangladesh: Democratic practices and constitutional experimentation in Bangladesh

military rule and civilization process, power and function of the organs of government (executive,

legislature and judiciary)

e) Constitutional framework of Bangladesh public administration

f) Central personnel agencies:

i) Ministry of establishment (MOE)

ii) Bangladesh public service commission

g) Structure and functions of Bangladesh secretariat and attached departments

h) Bureaucracy in Bangladesh: Characteristics and functions

i) Local government in Bangladesh


Rymond G Gettle: Political Science, Boston: inn and Co., 1910

J.W Garner: Introduction to Political Science, NY: America Book Com., 1910

White, L. D. : Introduction to the Study of Public Administration, New York: The Free Press,1926

Jahan, Rounaq: Bangladesh Politics Problems & Issues

Halim, Abdul: Constitution, Constitutional Law and Politics Bangladesh Perspective

Rodee Anderson & Chritto(ed), : Introduction to Political Science

Constitution of People’s Republic of Bangladesh

PHI254 Introduction to Philosophy 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]

3Hours/Weeks (3+0), 3 Credits General introduction, explanation of three main mental processes, what is philosophy, history of

philosophy, methods of philosophy, different branches of philosophy, cosmological problems, problems of

philosophy of mind, epistemological problems, axiological problems, idea of God, problem of Evil,

contemporary philosophy, Literature: a brief survey, language used and idea borne by common sense, the

type and object of literary knowledge, relation of philosophy with literature


PSY254 Introduction to Psychology 100 Marks [70% Exam, 20% Quizzes/Class Tests, 10% Attendance]


1. Introduction: Definition, nature, subject-matter, scope, development, branches, Research

methods.

2. Biological Bases of behavior.

3. Sensation & Perception.

4. Learning.

5. Memory and Forgetting.

6. Cognition: Thinking, deciding and Communicating.

7. Motivation and Emotion.

8. Intelligence.

9. Personality.

10. Attitude.

Ref . Books:

1. Robot A Baron, Psychology 5th ed.

2. Clifford T. Morgan & Rich and A kais Psychology .