English Honours Syllabus Calcutta University Part-II

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ENGLISH HONOURS- UNDER UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA PART-II
PART - II
PAPER – III (F.M. 100)
DRAMA
GROUP A: Marlowe – Edward II, Shakespeare –A Midsummer Night's Dream 
One question of 16 marks out of two from each of the two plays
Explanation of one passage of 8 marks out of two (one from each play)

GROUP B: Literary terms on drama
Two questions of 5 marks each out of four

16 X 2=
32
8 X 1=
8
5 X 2=
10
TOTAL
50





GROUP C: Sheridan – The Rivals, Shakespeare - Macbeth
One question of 16 marks out of two from each of the two plays
Explanation of one passage of 9 marks out of two from each of the two plays

16 X 2=
32
9 X 2=
18
TOTAL
50




PAPER – IV (F.M. 100)
 NOVEL, ESSAYS AND SHORT STORIES

GROUP A: Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice OR Sir Walter Scott: Kenilworth
One question of 16 marks out of two (two questions will be set from each of the two novels)

GROUP B: Essays: Francis Bacon, Of Studies, Charles Lamb,
The Superannuated Man, and George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant
Recommended Reading: Eight Essayists, ed. A.S. Cairncross & Modern Prose ed. Michael Thorpe
One question of 16 marks out of two
Explanation of one passage of 8 marks out of two

GROUP C: Literary Terms on fiction
Two questions of 5 marks each out of four

16 X 2=
32
8 X 1=
8
5 X 2=
10
TOTAL
50





GROUP D: Stories - James Joyce, Araby, HE Bates, The Ox, and Katherine Mansfield, The Fly
Two questions of 16 marks out of three (one from each story)
Recommended Reading: Modern Prose ed. Michael Thorpe

GROUP E: Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer
One question of 18 marks out of two
Recommended Reading: The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Edition)

16 X 2=
32
18 X 1=
18
TOTAL
50






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