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English Literature
Syllabus & Course Outline (FPSC 2026)
100Marks
36Code
Official Syllabus Content
The syllabus for English Literature is designed to test the candidate's comprehensive understanding of the subject.
Section 1I. Essays (10 Marks)
Bertrand Russell, George Orwell, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Section 2II. Short Stories (10 Marks)
Somerset Maugham, G.K.Chesterton, O’Henry
Section 3III. Poetry (20 marks)
Wordsworth, Keats, Tennyson, Yeats, Eliot, Larkin, Wallace Stevens/Walt Whitman
Section 4IV. Drama (20 marks)
Shakespeare, Congreve, Shaw, Pinter, Beckett, O’Neill
Section 5V. Novels (20 marks)
Thomas Hardy, D.H. Lawrence, George Orwell, James Joyce, Iris Murdoch, Hawthorne/Faulkner
Section 6VI. Literacy Theory & Criticism (20 Marks)
- •Structuralism
- •Marxism
- •Deconstructionism
- •Psychoanalytic criticism
- •Feminist criticism
- •Postcolonial Criticism
Suggested Readings
1.
The basics Literary Theory. (Second edition). Bertens, H. (2008).
2.
Literary Theory: An Introduction. Eagleton, E. (2008).
3.
A New Handbook of Literary Terms. Mikics, W. (2007).
4.
A Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry. Roberts, N. (2003).
5.
A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. Selden, R.
6.
Twentieth Century British Drama. Smart, J. (2001).
7.
Modern Critical Views & Interpretations Harold Bloom
8.
A Companion to 20th Century Drama Krasner David. 2005.