English Literature

Syllabus (Session 2025-26 onward) BA I Year: English Literature (Minor I) Course Title: World Literature (Paper 1) Course Type: Minor 1 Credit Value: 4 CCE: 30 Marks; Written Examination: 70 Max Marks- 100; Min. Passing Marks- 35 Content of the Course Unit I Indian Poetry (i) Swami Vivekanand: To The Awakened India (ii) Sri Aurobindo: Krishna Keywords: Spirituality, Indian Philosophy, Mysticism, Symbolism, Enlightenment, Patriotism Activities: Recitation of the Devotional poems, Recitation of the Patriotic poems Unit II Indian Drama (i) Badal Sircar: Evam Indrajit (ii) Mahesh Dattani: Tara Keywords: Social Issues, Gender Identity, Theatre of Absurd, Realism, Political Satire, Tradition vs Modernity, Theatre Aesthetics, Existentialism Activities: Staging a Select Scene from the drama focusing on contemporary issues, Dialogue delivery with intonation Practice Unit III British Poetry (i) William Wordsworth: Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower (ii) S. T. Coleridge: Kubla K...

Lala Hardayal is a renowned freedom fighter and a great scholar of India. He dedicated his whole life to the sacred cause of the motherland. It is he who is one of the founder members of Gadar party. Lala Hardayal was so revolutionary that he left his career of civil services to serve the nation. He was a great patriot who joined Indian freedom movement to oppose British rule in India. He visited several countries to spread the patriotic feelings among the Indians residing in foreign countries. Lalaji was inspired by many legendary Indian revolutionary figures. Among them Shyamji Krishna Varma, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Bhikhaji Cama and some others were his ideals. He was an ardent follower of Arya Samaj. Lalaji was influenced by Mazzini, Marx and Mikhail Bakunin in his writing. Lala Hardayal was born in a Punjabi family on October 14, 1884 in Delhi. Bholi Rani was his mother. The name of his father was Gauri Dayal Mathur. Mr. Mathur was an employee in the District Court. Lal...

  Syllabus (Session 2025-26 onward) BA I Year: English Literature (Major III) Course Title: Study of Poetry (Paper III) Course Type: Major- III Credit Value: 6 CCE: 30 Marks; Written Examination: 70 Max Marks- 100 Min. Passing Marks- 35 Content of the Course: UNIT- I (A) Elements of Poetry (i) Rasa (ii) Alankara (B) Forms of Poetry (i) Sonnet (ii) Lyric (iii) Ode (iv) Elegy (v) Ballad (vi) Epic Keywords:  Indian Poetics, Aesthetic Experience, Emotions, Subjective Poetry, Prosody, Rhyme scheme Activity:  Recitation and thematic analysis of famous sonnets or odes/ quiz on forms of poetry. UNIT II Indian Classical Poetry (i) Rig Veda Samhita, translated by H. H. Wilson (Hymn 1-10, Agni, Vayu, Ashwin, IndraIndri) (ii) Bhagwad Gita, Chapter III Karma Yog, translated by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Pages 130-149 Keywords:  Ancient Bhartiya Wisdom, Hymn, Vedas, Literary and cultural heritage of Bharat, Karma Yog Activities: a. Group Discussion on -The Bhagavad Gita as a beac...

  Syllabus (Session 2025-26 onward) BA I Year: English Literature (Major II) Course Title: Study of Drama (Paper II) Course Type: Major- II Credit Value: 6 CCE: 30 Marks; Written Examination: 70 Max Marks- 100 Min. Passing Marks- 35 Content of the Course: UNIT- I Introduction to Drama (i) Introduction to Sanskrit Drama (ii) Types of Drama: Tragedy, Comedy, Historical Play, One Act Play Keywords:  Natyashastra, Rasa Theory, Bharatmuni, Bhava, Natyadharmi and Lokadharmi, Abhinaya, Dramatic Structure, Aristotelian tragedy, Chronicle plays. Activity:  Group Discussion on Sanskrit Drama & Rasa Theory / Comparative Chart of Drama Types. UNIT II Indian Classical Drama (i) Mahakavi Kalidas: Abhigyan Shakuntalam, Act IV (ii) Shudrak: Mrichha Katikum (The Clay Cart) Act I Keywords:  Curse of Durvasa, Separation (Viraha), Śṛṅgāra (Romantic Rasa), Karuna (Pathos Rasa), Tranquility (Santa Rasa), Nāyaka / Nayika, Vṛtti (Stylistic Mode), Court and Folk Theatre, Anagnorisi...

(Syllabus- Session 2025-26 onward) BA I Year: English Literature (Major I) Course Title: Literature and Language Studies (Paper I) Course Type: Major- I Credit Value: 6 CCE: 30 Marks; Written Examination: 70 Max Marks- 100 Min. Passing Marks- 35 Content of the Course: UNIT- I (A) Fundamentals of Indian Poetics: Alamkar, Riti, Dhvani, Vakrokti, Auchitya, Mahakavya (From Dr. Kapil Kapoor’s Literary Theory, Indian Conceptual Framework, p. 15-40). (B) Introduction to Panini as a Pioneer Grammarian Keywords: Appropriateness, Indian Grammatical System, Figures of Speech Activities: Rasa Analysis of a Poem, Identify and explain the dominant Rasa (emotion) present in the selected poem, Discuss how Alamkar (figures of speech), Dhvani (suggestion), and Vakrokti (indirect expression) contribute to the poem’s impact. UNIT- II Indian Poetry (Bhakti Movement) (i) Characteristics of Bhakti Poetry (ii) Mirabai- I am Mad With Love (iii) Songs of Kabir (Song 1-5) translated by R. N. Tagore Keywords: ...