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BANGALORE UNIVERSITY
Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore-560056

FACULTY OF ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
SYLLABUS
UG ENGLISH

FOR THE YEAR 2018-19

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Course Book

The Course Book for III and IV Semester Arts, Science Commerce and Management Courses
will have a variety of Poetry, Essay, Play, Short Story, Travelogue, Ted Talk, Interview, sketch,
and Novella.
List of lessons for III Semester B.A. and other courses coming under the Faculty of Arts.

Poetry:
1. Keeping Quiet - Pablo Neruda
2. Sonnet 104 - William Shakespeare
Essay:
1. Lying in Bed - G. K. Chesterton
2. Treading the Green Path - Romulus Earl Whitaker
Play:
1. Day of Atonement - Margaret Wood
Short Story:
1. Three Hermits - Leo Tolstoy
Travelogue:
1. Idle Hours in the USA - R. K. Laxman
Extended Reading:
1. Arriving at Auschwitz, October 4, 1944 - From the Diary of Helga Weiss

Grammar and Composition:

1. Collocation
2. Précis Writing
3. Dialogue Writing
4. Speech Writing
i. Welcome Speech
ii. Introducing the Chief Guest
OR
iii. Vote of Thanks
5. Paronyms and Homophones
6. Essay writing
7. Oral Communication skills
Non-Testing Optional Component:
Public Speaking
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List of lessons for IV Semester B.A. and other courses coming under the Faculty of Arts.
Poetry:
1. Lines Written in Early Spring - William Wordsworth
2. Weaver Bird - Kofi Awoonor

Ted Talk:
Adichie’s World Humanitarian Day Speech
Interview:
Interview of Sandhya Suri, A Naval Officer
Novella:
Talkative Man - R. K Narayan
Extended Reading:
Companions - Raja Rao
Tataghata -K.K .S. Das

Grammar and Composition.

1. Letter Writing: Basic letter drafting skills, Complaint Letters, Requisition/Appeal letters
(Not for testing)
i. Cover letter, CV/Resume
2. Interview Skills.
3. Presentation Skills.
4. Report Writing.
5. Soft Skills.
Non-Testing Optional Component:

Social Media: Introduction to Social Media, LinkedIn, Quora, Twitter, Blog.

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List of lessons for III Semester B.Com /B.B.A and other courses coming under the Faculty
of Commerce and Management

Play: The Bishop’s Candlesticks – Norman Mckinnel

Poetry:
i. The Cuckoo – William Wordsworth
ii. Vachanas (translated) by A.K. Ramanujan& others

Prose:
i. Learning from first-generation school-goers –Dr. R Balasubramanian
ii. Professional Guides to cultivating humanity - Hema Raghavan
Short Stories:
i. The Liar – Mulkraj Anand
ii.Soul Searching Stories/Shrikant Parsoon

Grammar and Composition.

1. Letters of complaint and replies

2. Curriculum vitae and Cover letter
3. Sales letters.
Extended Reading:
Obsession with artificial intelligence Shrikant Murthy.

List of lessons for IV Semester B.Com /B.B.A and other courses coming under the Faculty
of Commerce and Management

Novella: Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach

Poetry:
i. Phoenix of Beauty – Saumitra Chakravarty
ii.How soon hath time – John Milton

Prose :
i. Nationalism- an interview with Bertrand Russell
ii. Give us a role model – Abdul Kalam

Short story:
i. How Kachha got the secret – Thangam Krishnan
ii. The Hoop – Feodor Sologub(Tr.)
Extended Reading:
The Scorching Sun – Sara Abubakar (Tr.)
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Grammar and Composition:

Writing Skills:
i. Presentation Skills
ii. Report Writing
iii. Facing job interviews
iv. Interviewing personalities.

List of lessons for III Semester B.Sc and other courses coming under the Faculty of
Science
Poetry
1. As a Son, My Daughter- Sampurna Chatterjee
2. Death, Be not proud- John Donne
3. The Escape—Narain Shyam
One Act Play
1. The Proposal- Anton Chekov
Short Story
1. Tightrope – Kanu Acharya
2. Mirror of Innocence- Perumal Murugan
3. The Roman Image- R K Narayan
Essay
1. My Daughters – Chinua Achebe
2. Extended Reading: From Bumps to Handwriting –Martin Gardiner
Grammar and Composition:
Remedial Grammar—jumbled words in a sentence, forms of words, sentences using words and
phrases.
Listening Skills—listening for information (Note taking)
Speaking Skills—Presentation Skills
Reading Skills—Reading for information (Note making)
Writing Skills—
1. Report Writing
2. Information transfer
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List of lessons for IV Semester B.Sc and other courses coming under the Faculty of Science

Poetry

1. Measurements –Nabakanta Barua

2. (O how I love your streets…) - Faiz Ahmed Fiaz
3. Home coming Son - Tsegaye Gabre- Medhin
Novella – Animal Farm- George Orwell

Speech

1. Dr. Ambedkar’s Speech at Mahad

Interview:

Travelogue/ Adventure:

The Ramapuram Tiger—Kenneth Anderson/ Idle Lovers—one chapter/ Why We Travel- Pico
Iyer

Extended reading: Biographical Sketch: Devika Rani / Annapurna Devi / Sir M.

Vishveshwariah /

Grammar and Composition.

a. Focus on Employment related Communication (Job Skills) and Academic

Writing

b. Listening Skills and Speaking Skills

c. Interview—screening, domain skills, HR interview

d. Group Discussion (GD)

e. Reading Skills—Reading Job Advertisements

f. Writing Skills—Resume and Cover Letter, an introduction to Academic Writing

g. Reporting verb forms

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Question Paper Pattern

B.A./BSc/BCom
III and IV Semester
Time : 3Hrs Marks :70
SECTION-A
(Course Book - 40 marks)

(Questions to be set on both prose and poetry )

I. Answer in two or three sentences (5 questions out of 8) 5X2=10
II. Answer in about 80 to 100 words /a page each (4 questions out of 7) 4X5=20
II. Answer in about 200 to 250 words / 2 pages (1 out of 3 ) 1X10=10
SECTION- B

(Grammar and Composition- 30 marks)

III Semester B.A. and other courses coming under the Faculty of Arts.

8. Collocation 2 Marks
9. Precis Writing 5 Marks
10. Dialogue Writing 5 Marks
11. Speech Writing
iv. Welcome Speech 2 Marks
v. Introducing the Chief Guest 2 Marks
OR
vi. Vote of Thanks
12. Paronyms and Homophones 4 Marks
13. Essay writing 5 Marks
14. Oral Communication skills 5 Marks
SECTION- B

(Grammar and Composition.- 30 marks)

IV Semester B.A. and other courses coming under the Faculty of Arts.

6. Letter Writing: Basic letter drafting skills, Complaint Letters, Requisition/Appeal letters
(Not for testing)
ii. Cover letter, CV/Resume 5+5 = 10 Marks

7. Interview Skills. 5 Marks

8. Presentation Skills. 5 Marks
9. Report Writing. 5 Marks
10. Soft Skills. 5 Marks
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SECTION- B

(Grammar and Composition- 30 marks)

III Semester B.Com/B.B.A. and other courses coming under the Faculty of Commerce and
Management

Answer any 3 of the following 3 x 10 = 30

IV. Provide the details of a transaction asking
the examinees to write a letter of complaint 10

V Furnish the details of a transaction asking

the examinees to write a letter of reply 10

VI. Provide the details of an advertisement

or a job and ask the examinees to write a cover
letter for that, along with the curriculum vitae. 10

VII. Mention a product asking the examinees to write

a sales letter introducing/advertising it/or on any
issue related to sales. 10

SECTION- B

(Grammar and Composition - 30 marks)

IV Semester B.Com/B.B.A. and other courses coming under the Faculty of Commerce and
Management

IV. Give a topic/an issue on which the examinee has to 10

make a presentation with slides

V. Write a status/or any other report in a given context. 10

VI.A theoretical question on facing job interviews 10

OR

Give the bio-data of an imaginary person and they should prepare

questions and answers to interview the person.
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SECTION- B

(Grammar and Communication Component - 30 marks)

III Semester B.Sc /B,C.A and other courses coming under the Faculty of Science

1. Rearranging words in a sentence / jumbled sentence 2

2. Framing sentences using the given word / phrases 2
3. Fill in the blanks ( use the correct form of the word) 2
4. Presentation skills 5
5. Note making 4
6. Report writing 10
7. Information transfer 5

SECTION- B

(Grammar and Communication Component - 30 marks)

IV Semester B.Sc /B,C.A and other courses coming under the Faculty of Science

1. Resume and Cover Letter 10

2. Interview (dialogue based and theoretical) 10
3. GD ( GD based essay question) /GD related questions (5+5) or 10