NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Second
Year Syllabus
Department of English
Syllabus for Four Year B.A. Honours Course
Subject: English
Session: 2013-2014
SECOND YEAR
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Paper Code |
Paper Title |
Marks |
Credits |
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221101 |
Introduction to Drama |
100 |
4 |
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221103 |
Romantic Poetry |
100 |
4 |
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221105 |
Advanced Reading and Writing |
100 |
4 |
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221107 |
History of English Literature |
100 |
4 |
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222009 |
Sociology
of Bangladesh Or Bangladesh
Society and Culture |
100 |
4 |
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222115 |
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221909 |
Political
Organization and The Political System of UK and USA |
100 |
4 |
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Total
= |
600 |
24 |
Detailed Syllabus
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Paper Code : 221101 |
Marks : 100 |
Credits : 4 |
Class Hours :
60 |
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Paper Title : |
Introduction
to Drama |
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Sophocles Oedipus Rex
W.
Shakespeare As You Like It
G.
B. Shaw Arms and the Man
J.
M. Synge Riders to the Sea
W.
Soyinka The Lion and the Jewel
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Paper Code : 221103 |
Marks : 100 |
Credits : 4 |
Class Hours :
60 |
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Paper Title : |
Romantic
Poetry |
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W.
Blake
Selections from Songs of Innocence
and
Experience
“Introduction”,
“Lamb”, “Chimney Sweeper”, “The Nurse’s Song”, “Holy Thursday” (Innocence)
“Introduction”,
“Tyger”, “Chimney Sweeper”, “The Nurse’s Song”, “Holy Thursday”, “London”
(Experience)
W.
Wordsworth
“Tintern Abbey”, “Immortality Ode”, “It is a beauteous
Evening,calm and
free” , “London 1802”, “She Dwelt Among
the Untrodden Ways”
S.T.
Coleridge
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, “Kubla Khan”,
George
Gordon Byron Don Juan, Canto –I
P.
B.
Shelly
“To a Skylark”, “Adonais”
John
Keats
“Ode on Melancholy”, “Ode on a Grecian
Urn”, “Ode to
a Nightingale”, “On
His First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”
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Paper Code : 221105 |
Marks : 100 |
Credits : 4 |
Class Hours :
60 |
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Paper Title : |
Advanced
Reading and Writing |
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This Paper aims at training students in the higher
order sub-skills of reading and writing. In the reading part, the focus will be
on close and critical reading. Students will be required to develop an
awareness of the devices an author employs for producing an intended effect and
the effects they really produce.
Reading
will cover:
a) Understanding rhetorical devices
used,
b) Finding explicit and implicit
relationship between sentences, parts and elements of texts,
c) Distinguishing between facts and
opinions
d) Indentifying author’s position,
attitude, and tone (negative, positive, neutral, sympathetic, satirical, angry,
sarcastic, contemptuous, critical etc.)
e) Interpreting and evaluating ideas critically.
f) Commenting on style
Materials used for reading in this Paper will cover
journalistic writing and literary texts of different genre.
Writing
will focus on:
a) Writing with a sense of audience,
b) Establishing the topic focus,
c) Writer’s voice,
d) Taking a position (negative,
positive or neutral),
e) Using appropriate style according
to purpose and audience,
f) Writing academic essays and
assignments using MLA and APA Style of Documentation.
Recommended
Reading:
M.J. Murphy. Understanding
Unseen ( selections)
Roger Gower and M Pearson. Reading Literature. Longman.
Simon Greenall and Michael Swan. 1986. Effective Reading. Cambridge University Press.
T. U. Sachs. Now Read On. OUP
References:
Neil Mccaw. How to Read Texts: A Student Guide to Critical
Approaches and Skills
John Mc Cray, Roy. Reading between the Lines-Students’
book.
Walter, Catherine. 1982 Authentic Reading. CUP
Barr. P. Clegg, J. and Wallace, C. 1981. Advanced Reading Skills. Longman.
Cleanth
Brooks. 1960. Understanding Poetry. Holt Rinehart and Winston Inc.
For Writing:
Heath Guide to Writing 1990. Heath
Publications
Anderson,
Duston and Poole.1992 Thesis and Assignment Writing. Wiley
H.
Ramsey Fowels. 1983. The Little Brown Handbook. The Little
Brown Company.
Reference:
John
Longman. 2001 College Writing Skills
(International edition) Mcgraw-Hill.
Josep
Gibaldi and Walters S Achtert. MLA Handbook
for Writers of Reasearch Papers. New
Delhi: Affiliated East West Press.
Karen
L Greenberg.1994. Advancing
Writer, Book 2. Harper
Collins.
Mary
Stephens. Practise Advanced Writing. Longman.
R.R.
Jordon.1995 Academic Writing. OUP
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Paper Code : 221107 |
Marks : 100 |
Credits : 4 |
Class Hours :
60 |
|
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Paper Title : |
History
of English Literature |
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1.
Early and Middle English Period
2.
Age of Chaucer
3.
Reformation Period
4.
Renaissance: Elizabethan, Jacobean and Puritan Age
5.
Restoration Period
6.
Neoclassical Age
7.
Romantic Age
8.
Victorian Age
9.
Modern Age
References:
George
Sampson Cambridge History of English Literature
Robert Barnard
A Short History of English
Literature
William
J. Long A Short History of English
Literature
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Paper Code |
222009 |
Marks : 100 |
Credits : 4 |
Class Hours : 60 |
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Paper Title : |
Sociology of |
Exam Duration : 4 Hours |
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- The
Sociological Background of Bangladesh Society : The Ecological
Background Context-The Nature of Village Society-Religion, Culture &
Ethnicity--The British Colonialism and its impact--Pakistan era: the
internal colonialism--emergence of Bangladesh : Language Movement--Historic
speech of Sheikh Mujib on 7th March 1971--Liberaton
War.
- Population
and Ethnicity: Population composition : age-sex-marital
status-literacy--labor force-Population change :
fertility-mortality-migration and population control--Ethic groups in
Bangladesh.
- Marriage, Family and
Socialization : Changing pattern of marriage and divorce-Changing
patterns of family and kinship –Cultural change and nature of
socialization.
- Economy
of Bangladesh : Real economy: farm and non-farm activities-problems of
agrarian transformation-Urban Economy : industrial growth-working
class-underclass-Informal economy. Problems of industrialization-Migration
: Rural-urban migration. International migration: remittance economy.
5. Social
Inequality and Poverty : Nature of social inequality in Bangladesh--Income
inequality, gender inequality, ethic inequality, status inequality--Growth and
nature of middle class--Poverty tends.
- Politics: Nature of the
state, bureaucracy and political parties in Bangladesh-Political
culture-governance problems in Bangladesh-Local governments in
- Rural Society and
Urbanization: Agrarian structure: Land tenure and class
structure-Community and power structure: samaj- salish- patron- client
relationship.
- Crime and Deviance: Pattern
and forms of crime in Bangladesh-Penology and correctional methods in
Bangladesh-Policy, Civil Society and prevention of crime in
- Culture: Pattern of religious beliefs and
rituals in Bangladesh-Social groups and language-Pattern of cultural
change: modernization-Problems of cultural identity: role of language,
religion and ethics-Globalization of culture: cultural dependency-local
culture.
- Education:
Structure of education: Primary-Secondary-Higher Education and social
structure: differential access to education-class and social
mobility-socialization and social control-Changing pattern of education:
Institutional expansion-changes in curriculum-enrollmentdropout-Education
policy: problems and prospects.
Books Recommended :
1. Nazmul
Karim, Dynamics of
2. A.
M. Chowdhury and Fakrul Alam (eds.), Bangladesh at the Threshold of the
Twenty-first Century, Dhaka : Asiatic Society, 2002
3. Anwarullah
Chowdhury, Agrarian Social Relations and Rural Development in
4. Kamal
Siddiqui, Jagatpur, Dhaka : UPL, 2000
5. Ashabur
Rahman, Bangladesher Krishi Kathamo, UPL, 1986
6. Akbar
Ali Khan, Discovery of
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Paper Code |
222115 |
Marks: 100 |
Credits : 4 |
Class Hours : 60 |
|
Paper Title : |
|
Exam Duration : 4 Hours |
||
1. Social
and cultural background of
2. Social
institution, organization, Family, Marriage, Kinship, etc.
3. Agrarian
social structure, Land tenure system and land reforms, Agrarian relations and
modes of production in
4. Rural
power-structure, Formal and informal power-structure, Changing power-structure
and leadership in contemporary
5. Social
rank and social stratification, Social class, Status groups, Caste and class,
New urban class, Civil society, Intelligentsia, etc.
6. Ethnicity
and Tribal society in
7. Bangladesh
society and culture in transition, Current trend, Impact of urbanization,
industrialization on contemporary Bangladesh society and culture.
8. Rural
development programmes in Bangladesh, Role of NGO and government organization
for social development.
9.
Women and cultural change,: Attempts of
women empowerment from local level to national level, Emerging new roles,
Participation in public affairs, Special programme of women development,
Enterprising urban women, Women rights and awareness building by GO and NGOs.
Special programmes for mother and child health education.
10. The
religion of the majority, Islamic norms and values, views and practices in
societal level, Islamic education vs secular education, Islam and political
mobilization, Modernising factors inherent in and Islamic culture.
Books Recommended:
1.
Ahmed,
Karmruddin : Social History of Bangladesh
2.
Ester
Boserup : Women's Role in Economic Development
3.
Gunsen,
Eric : Rural Bangladesh Society
4.
Irene
Tinker : Women and World Development
5.
Islam,
Md. Nural : Role of Agriculture in Socio-economic Development
6.
Islam,
Md. Nural : Social Mobility and Elite Formation in Rural
Society of Bangladesh
7.
Karim,
Nazmul : Dynamics of Bangladesh Society
8.
Margaret
Mead : Male and Female: A Study of the sexes in Changing
world
9.
R.K.
Mukherjee : The Dynamics of Rural Society
10. Salma Sobhan
: Legal Status of Women in Bangladesh
11. Sen, Rangalal : Political
Elite in Bangladesh
12. UNESCO
: Women in
13. Westergard :
Rural Society. State & Class in Bangladesh
14. Women for Women : Situation of
Women in Bangladesh
15. Women for Women : Women for
Women in Bangladesh
16. Hunter, W.W. : The
Indian Musalmans
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Paper Code |
221909 |
Marks : 100 |
Credits : 4 |
Class Hours : 60 |
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Paper Title : |
Political Organisation
and the Political System of |
Exam Duration : 4 Hours |
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1.
Constitution
: Meaning and significance,
Classification, Methods of Establishing Constitution, Requisites of a good
Constitution.
2.
Forms of
Government : The Concept of
Traditional and Modern Forms, Democracy, Dictatorship, Parliamentary,
Presidential, Unitary and Federal.
3.
Theory of
Separation of Power : Meaning,
Significance and Working.
4.
Organs of
Government : Legislature,
Executive, Judiciary and Electorate.
5.
Political
Behaviour : Political Parties,
Pressure Groups and Public Opinion.
6.
British
Political System : Nature,
Features and Sources of the Constitution, Conventions, Monarchy, Parliament,
The Prime Minister and the Cabinet, Party System.
7.
American
Political System : Nature and
Features of the Constitution, The System of Checks and Balances, The President
and Congress, Judiciary and Political Parties.
Books Recommended :
W. F. Willoughby :
The Government of Modern State
C.F. Strong : Modern Constitution
R.M. Mac Iver : The Web of
Government
K.C.Wheare : Modern Constitution ; Federal
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