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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

BS ENGLISH SPRING 2025 COURSES

2nd
Code Title Credits Category
Pakistan Studies 02 General Education
Civics and Community Engagement 02 General Education
ENG-112 Expository Writing. 03 General Education
ENG-102 Introduction to Language Studies 03 Major Discipline
ENG-103 Phonetics and Phonology 03 Major Discipline
*Introduction to Environmental Sciences/ 03 General Education (NS)
Geography/ Everyday Science
Total Credits 16
4th
Code Title Credits Category
General Education
Introduction to IT and Computational Skills 3(2+1)
(ICT)
ENG-214 **Academic Reading and Writing Skills 03 Major Discipline
--- / Pakistan Studies 02 Pakistan Studies
ENG-206 History of English Literature II 03 Major Discipline
ENG-231 Primary Readings in Short Story and Essay 03 Major Discipline
ENG-207 Introduction to Morphology 03 Major Discipline
ENG-229 Literary Stylistics 03 Major Discipline
Total Credits 18/17
6th
Code Title Credits Category
ENG-372 Literary Theory and Criticism 3(3+0) Subject Specific
ENG-361 Classical and Renaissance Drama 3(3+0) Subject Specific
ENG-443 The Romantic Experience 3(3+0) Subject Specific
ENG-352 Modern Novel 3(3+0) Subject Specific
ENG-332 South Asian Literature 3(3+0) Subject Specific
ENG-324 Grammar and Syntax 3(3+0) Subject Specific
Total Credits 18
8th
Code Title Credits Category
ENG-421 Discourse Analysis 3(3+0) SUBJECT SPECEFIC
ENG-422 Language Teaching Methodologies 3(3+0) SUBJECT SPECEFIC
ENG-423 Literary Stylistics 3(3+0) SUBJECT SPECEFIC
ENG-424 Pakistani Literature in English 3(3+0) SUBJECT SPECEFIC
ENG-425 Research Project 3(3+0) SUBJECT SPECEFIC
Total Credits 15
* any one course to be opted
** Pakistan Studies in lieu of Acad. Reading and Writing (GPGC Swabi)
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2nd Semester [5th BoS, Fall 2023]

2nd
Code Title Credits Category
Pakistan Studies 02 General Education
Civics and Community Engagement 02 General Education
ENG-112 Expository Writing. 03 General Education
ENG-102 Introduction to Language Studies 03 Major Discipline
ENG-103 Phonetics and Phonology 03 Major Discipline
Introduction to Environmental Sciences** 03(2+1) General Education (NS)**
Total
16
Credits
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Expository Writing. Credit Hours: 3(3-0)

Course Description: The course focuses on the basic strategies of composition and writing
skills. Good writing skills not only help students obtain good grades but also optimize their
chances to excel in professional life. The course includes modes of collecting information and
arranging it in an appropriate manner such as chronological order, cause and effect, compare
and contrast, general to specific etc. It enables the students to write, edit, rewrite, redraft and
proofread their own documents for writing effective compositions. Because of the use of a
significant amount of written communication on daily basis, sharp writing skills have always
been valued highly in academic as well as professional spheres.
Course Contents:
Writing Process: Invention, Generating Ideas (collecting information in various forms such as
mind maps, tables, lists, charts etc), Identifying Audience, Purpose, and Message.
Ordering Information: Chronology for a narrative, Stages of a process, From general to
specific and vice versa, From most important to least important, Advantages and disadvantages,
Comparison and contrast, Problem solution pattern.
Drafting: Free Writing, Revising, Editing.
Paraphrasing: Cohesion and Coherence, Cohesive Devices, Paragraph unity, Summary and
Precis Writing.
Creative Writing, Essay Writing: developing a thesis, organizing an essay, writing an
effective introduction and conclusion, different types of essays, and use of various rhetorical
modes including exposition, argumentation and analysis.
Recommended Readings:

1. Goatly, A. (2000). Critical Reading and Writing: An Introductory Course. London:

Taylor & Francis
2. Hacker, D. (1992). A Writer’s Reference. 2nd ed. Boston.
3. St. Martin’s Hamp-Lyons, L. & Heasley, B. (1987). Study Writing: A Course In
Written English For Academic And Professional Purposes. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
4. Howe, D. H, Kirkpatrick, T. A., & Kirkpatrick, D. L. (2004). Oxford English for
Undergraduates. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
5. Kirszner, L.G & Mandell, S.R. (1989). Patterns For College Writing: 4th Edition.
USA: St. Martin’s Press, Inc.
6. Smazler, W. R. (1996). Write to be Read: Reading, Reflection and Writing. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
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Introduction to Linguistics:
Course Credits: 03(3-0) Course Description:
It is important to understand the nature and working of human language. How do we define
language? What makes human language unique? What are different systems of language? How
is speech different from writing? How do different writing systems develop? Linguistics—the
scientific study of language as a system of human communication—answers these and related
questions. This course presents core concepts in linguistics; complexity of linguistic
phenomenon; and its various dimensions. It also introduces phonology, morphology, syntax,
and semantics. It also studies the development of various writing systems to understand the
evolution of spoken to written language. By the end of this course, students will develop a
general understanding of the basic systems of language and will be able to appreciate the
relationship among them. It will also enable them to differentiate speech from writing as modes
of linguistic expressions.

Course Contents:
✓ Basic terms And Concepts in Linguistics (language, design features, nature and
functions of language, diachronic/synchronic linguistics, Prescriptive/ Descriptive
Linguistics, paradigmatic/syntagmatic relations)
✓ Elements of Language (Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics)
✓ Scope of Linguistics (an introduction to major branches of linguistics)
✓ Schools of Linguistics (generativism, structuralism, and mentalism

Recommended Reading:
1. Aitchison, Jean. Linguistics: Teach Yourself. London: Hodder Headline, 2003.
2. Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication. Akmajian, Adrian,
Richard A. Demers, Ann K. Farmer, & Robert M. Harnish. Eds. 4 th Edition. Massachusetts:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology press, 2001.
3. Yule, George. The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006
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Phonetics and Phonology

Course Credits: 3(3-0) Course Description:
This course explores speech sounds as physical entities (phonetics) and linguistic units
(phonology). In viewing sounds as physical elements, the focus is on the articulatory
description. In this part of the course, the goal is to learn to produce, transcribe, and describe
in articulatory terms many of the sounds known to occur in human languages. In the next part
of the course, the focus is on sounds as members of a particular linguistic system.
Course Contents:
Basic definitions: Phonetics, Articulatory, Auditory & Acoustic Phonetics, Phonology,
Phoneme, Vowels, Consonants, Diphthongs, Triphthongs, Voicing, Aspiration, Minimal pairs
Organs of Speech
Phonemes: Consonants(place and manner of articulation), Vowels (vowel
trapezium/quadrilateral), Monophthongs, Diphthongs, Triphthongs
Rules: Rules of Voicing, Rules of /r/, Rules of /ŋ/
The practice of phonemic transcription
Definitions: Homophones, Homographs, Homonyms, Homophenes Fluency Devices:
Assimilation, Elision, Weak forms/Strong forms, linking Sound Values. Stress and Intonation
Contrastive Phonology: Teaching of pronunciation, Contrastive study of American and
British pronunciation, IPA symbols

Recommended Readings:

1. Collins, B. and Mees, I. (2003) Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource

Book for Students. London & NY: Routledge (Taylor & Francis) .
2. Clark, J and Yallop, C. (1995). An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology. 2nd
edition. Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell.
3. Davenport, Mike & S. J. Hannahs. (2010). Introducing Phonetics &
Phonology, 3rd edition. Hodder Education
4. Roach, Peter. (2009). English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course. 4th
Edition. Cambridge.
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4th Semester [5th BoS, Fall 2023]

4th
Code Title Credits Category
Introduction to IT and Computational Skills 3(2+1) General Education (ICT)
ENG-214 Academic Reading and Writing Skills 03 Major Discipline
ENG-206 History of English Literature II 03 Major Discipline
ENG-231 Primary Readings in Short Story and Essay 03 Major Discipline
ENG-207 Introduction to Morphology 03 Major Discipline
ENG-229 Literary Stylistics 03 Major Discipline
Total
18
Credits
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History of English Literature-II Course Credits: 3(3-0)

Course Description:
This course spans a historical era of enormous range and significance: from the French
Revolution in 1789 to the mid-twentieth century; from Romanticism to Modernism and after.
This is a vast literary-historical panorama, and yet there are many discernible, essential and
vital continuities between the writers and texts in this course. These major writers and
especially challenging texts have been amongst the most influential of all in setting the agenda
for modern literary practice in English language, as well as for modern conceptions and theories
of literature. The course delves into the details and impact of historical events and explores
literature from Neo-Classical Age to the present day. On this course, students will explore how
social, cultural and literary changes have changed not only the world that we live in today but
also the literature that is produced today.
The course will familiarise students with various literary trends and movements and will also
enable them to understand the complex and fast-evolving sensibilities of the different ages in
general and the Modern Age in particular.
Course Contents:
The Neo-Classical Age. The Birth of Novel. Romantic Age.
Victorian Age
20th Century: The Beginnings (1901-1919) Post – WWI to WWII(1920-1955)
The Post Modern and the Contemporary.
Teachers are expected to introduce the social, political and other relevant background facts of
each period which would be helpful in understanding the historical perspective.

Recommended Readings:
1. Compton-Rickett, A. A History of English Literature. Thomas-Nelson & Sales,
1940 (latest edition).
2. Dachies, David. A Critical History of English Literature. Vol. 1-4. London:
Secker & Warburg
3. Evans, Ifor. A Short History of English Literature. London: Penguin, 1976.
4. Ford, Boris.The New Pelican Guide to English Literature. Vol. 1-9.London:
Penguin,1990.
5. Gillie, C. Longman. Companion to English Literature (2nd Edition). London:
Longman, 1977.
6. Long, WilliamJ.:English Literature: Its History and Significance for the life of
English Speaking world, enlarged edition, 2006.
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Primary Readings in Short Story and Essay

Course Credits: 3(3+0)
Course Description:
This course is a fertile field for students to broaden their vision with respect to English literature
in general and short fiction in particular, written in different cultures. It focuses on students’
critical engagement with different texts that represent a variety of cultures. The short stories in
this course have been selected from a wide range of cultures to highlight the similarities and
differences in the writings of different short story writers and how different writers reflect the
social and cultural events through their writing with a variety of themes in different styles. The
authors included in this course belong to different parts of the world so the works included are
quite diverse not only in their form and language but also in themes. The issues and themes
reflected or implied in these stories are illusory love, conformity, poverty, the power of words,
the transformation of identities, the feudal structure of rural Punjab, racism in the backdrop of
the Civil War, political imprisonment, and feminism, to mention a few.
The course prepares students for the development and evaluation of original content for short
fiction and other narrative platforms. The selection of the primary texts will take into
consideration that they are united by their engagement with the struggle for the expression of
human identity. Consequently, the selection of the short fiction will keep two things in the
foreground: representation of diverse regions and narrative structure.
Course Contents:
Short Stories:

Bessie Head, “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses” O’ Henry, “the gift of Maggi”.
Naguib Mahfooz, “The Answer is No” Zainab Ghulam Abbass: “Overcoat” Anton Chekhov,
“The Bet”
Leo Tolstoy,”The Three Questions” Franz Kafka, “A Hunger Artist”
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” Kate Chopin, “The Story
of An Hour”

Essays:
G. K. Chesterton, “A Piece of Chalk” Virginia Woolf, “The Death Of The Moth”
Suzanne Britt, “Neat People vs. Sloppy People”
E.M. Forster, “My Wood”
Recommended Readings:
1. Rene Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature. London: Penguin, 1982.
2. Robin Mayhead, Understanding Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1979.
3. Terry Eagleton, Literary Theory: An Introduction. England: Blackwell Publishers,
1996
4. William Henry Hudson, An Introduction to the Study of Literature. London:
Morrison and Gibb, 1963.
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Introduction to Morphology
Course Credits: 3(3+0) Course Description:
This course provides the students with a general introduction to English morphology and
syntax. The course introduces the students to the internal structure of words and sentences,
presenting them with the theory and practice of the structural grammar of the English language.
By the end of this course, students will be able to do a detailed analysis of English morphemes
as well as sentences
Course Contents:
What is Morphology? Introduction to morphology (with examples from Pakistani languages)
of free morphemes: roots and stems o bound morphemes: affixes: prefixes, suffixes, infixes,
interfixes, circumfixes o morphological productivity: productivity of affixes, prefixes,
suffixes, infixes. Basics of Phonetic Transcription of Words, Inflectional Morphology o
Pluralization, Degree Marking, Verb Forms.
Derivational Morphology of Formation of Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs o Minor
processes of derivation: blending, clipping, backformation, acronym, Reduplication o
derivation by compounding: endocentric, exocentric and copulative compounds o derivation
by modification of base.
Morphology of Pakistani Languages of word forms in Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto and other
Pakistani languages.
Morphemic analysis, Morphological productivity Phrases and its types: Clauses
Agreement & case
Recommended Readings:
1. Aronoff, M., & Feudman, K. (2010). What is Morphology? (Second edition). John
Wiley and Sons.
2. Booij, G. (2007). The Grammar of Words: An Introduction to Morphology. OUP.
3. Culicover, W.P., & Jackendoff, R. (2005). Simpler Syntax. Oxford: OUP.
4. Flabb, N. (2007). Sentence Structure. (Second edition). Taylor &
5. Francis.
6. Kampson, R., Meyer-Viol, W., & Gabbay, D. (2001). Dynamic syntax: the Flow
of Language Understanding. Blackwell Publishing.
7. Katamba, F. (2004). Morphology: Morphology and its Relation to Semantics and
the Lexicon. Routledge.
8. Medina, G.P. (Ed.), (2011). Morphosyntactic Alternations in English: Functional
and Cognitive Perspectives. Equinox Publishing.
9. Metthews, H. P. (1991). Morphology. (Second edition) Cambridge University
Press.
10. Radford, A. (1997). A Minimalist Introduction.
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Advance Academic Reading and Writing Course Credits: 3(3-0)

Course Description:
This course aims at inculcating proficiency in academic writing through research. It guides
students to develop a well-argued and well-documented academic paper with a clear thesis
statement, critical thinking, argumentation and synthesis of information. This course also
teaches students how to use different systems of citations and bibliography. It allows students
to become independent and efficient readers armed with appropriate skills and strategies for
reading and comprehending texts at the undergraduate level.
Course Contents:
Reading and Critical Thinking
1. Read academic texts effectively by:
Using appropriate strategies for extracting information and salient points according to a given
purpose, Identifying the main points supporting details, and conclusions in a text of
intermediate level, Identifying the writer’s intent such as cause and effect, reasons,
comparison and contrast,
and exemplification, Interpreting charts and diagrams, Making appropriate notes using
strategies such as mind maps, tables, lists, graphs, Reading and carrying out instructions for
tasks, assignments and examination questions
2. Enhance academic vocabulary using skills learnt in the Compulsory English I course
3. Acquire efficient dictionary skills such as locating guide words, entry words, choosing
appropriate definitions, and identifying pronunciation through pronunciation keys, identifying
part of speech, identifying syllable division and stress patterns
4. Writing Academic Texts:
A. Plan their writing: identify audience, purpose and message (content)
B. Collect information in various forms such as mind maps, tables, charts, lists
C. Order information such as Chronology for a narrative, Stages of a process, From general
to specific and vice versa, From most important to least important, Advantages and
disadvantages, Comparison and contrast, and Problem-solution pattern.
5. Write argumentative and descriptive forms of writing using different methods of
developing ideas like listing, comparison, and contrast, cause and effect, for and against, Write
good topic and supporting sentences and effective conclusions, and Use appropriate cohesive
devices such as reference words and signal markers
6. Redraft checking content, structure and language.
7. Edit and proofread
8. Grammar in Context ▪ Phrase, clause and sentence structure ▪ Combining sentences ▪
Reported
Speech
Critical Reading
Advanced reading skills and strategies building on Foundations of English I & II courses in
semesters I and II of a range of text types e.g. description, argumentation, comparison, contrast
and comprehension.
Advanced Academic Writing
• Advanced writing skills and strategies building on English I & II in semesters I and
II respectively
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• Writing summaries of articles

• report writing
• Cohesion and coherence in writing
• Presenting an argument in assignments/term papers and examination answers
• Free writing and Rough drafts.
• Revisions.
• Peer reviews.
• Writing descriptive, narrative, discursive, and Analytical Essays.
• Resumes and Letters.
• Researh Report. Relevant style sheet.

Recommended Readings:

1. Axelrod, R. B and Cooper, C. R. 2002. Reading Critical Writing Well: A Reader

and Guide.
2. Barnet, S. and Bedau, H. 2004. Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing: A Brief
Guide to Writing. 6th Ed.
3. Behrens & Rosen. 2007. Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum.
4. Gardner, P. S. 2005. New Directions: Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking.

5. George, D. and Trimbur, J. 2006. Reading Culture: Context for Critical Reading
and Writing. 6th Ed.
6. Goatly, A. 2000. Critical Reading and Writing: An Introductory Course. London:
Taylor & Francis.
7. Grellet, F., Writing for Advanced Learners of English. CUP.
8. Jordan, K. M. and Plakans, L. 2003. Reading and Writing for Academic Success.
9. Jordon, R. R. 1999. Academic Writing Course. CUP.
Smith, L. C. 2003. Issues for Today: An Effective Reading Skills Text.
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Literary Stylistics
Credit Hours: 3(3-0) Course Description:
This is an interdisciplinary course which deals with some of the ways in which texts,
particularly literary texts, can be examined from a linguistic perspective. Text is the focus of
this course. It will be seen how a text may be handled to examine the specific language that
reflects the determinant elements of the communication: the speaker/ writer; the recipient
(listener/ reader), the occasion which led to producing the text. This course aims to assist
students in exploring (primarily literary) texts. The course also covers the topics related to the
ways and means writers opt for in the process of producing the text and expressing it in the
way they deem to best serve their purpose

Course Contents:
1. Introduction : What is stylistics?, Historical Evolution of Stylistics,The Nature of
Stylistics, The Goals of Stylistics
2. The concept of style and stylistics:
3. Types of Stylistics I : Features of Linguistic Stylistics , Lexical Repetition ,Semantico-
Syntactic Level , Semantic/Grammatical Level, Phonological Level, Graphological Level
4. Foregrounding : Meaning of Foregrounding, Types of Foregrounding
5. Sylistic analysis: Practical Application, Sample stylistic analysis of poem, Sample
stylistic analysis of short story, Sample stylistic analysis of novel, Sample stylistic analysis of
authentic texts: Magazine , Newspaper, Song , Speech, Brochure
Recommended Readings:
1. Chapman, R. (1973). Linguistics and Literature: An Introduction to Literary
Stylistics, Rowman and Littlefield, London.
2. Leech, Geoffrey & Mick Short (1981). Style In Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction
To English Fictional Prose. London/New York: Longman Group Ltd.
3. Semino, Elena & Jonathan Culpeper (1995). Stylistics. In Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola
Östman & Jan Blommaert (Eds.), Handbook of pragmatics (pp. 513-520).
Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Co.
4. Short, Mick. (1996). Exploring the Language of Poems, Plays and Prose.
Longman.
5. Wales, Katie (1989). A Dictionary Of Stylistics. London/New York: Longman.
6. Widdowson, H. G. (1975). Stylistics And The Teaching Of Literature. London:
Longman
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6th Semester [4th BoS, Fall 2022]

6th
Code Title Credits Category
ENG-372 Literary Theory and Criticism 3(3+0) Subject Specific
ENG-361 Classical and Renaissance Drama 3(3+0) Subject Specific
ENG-443 The Romantic Experience 3(3+0) Subject Specific
ENG-352 Modern Novel 3(3+0) Subject Specific
ENG-332 South Asian Literature 3(3+0) Subject Specific
ENG-324 Grammar and Syntax 3(3+0) Subject Specific
Total Credits 18
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Literary Theory and Criticism:

Course Credits: 3(3+0)
Course Description: Literary texts remain integrally woven within the socio-political
substratum; therefore, literary theory and its philosophical sub-text is used as the primary tool
to decode the meanings both within texts and without them. Since literary theory contextualizes
both meanings as well as the practices of decoding these meanings, it operates as a viable tool
in enabling students to independently comprehend literary texts. Keeping this in mind, this
course has been designed to introduce the students to key literary theories, their major concepts
and basic jargon. This is so that they are initiated into the process of understanding the usage
of these elements in their assignments and discourses. It also generates critical thinking that
integrates the readers, texts and contexts in all their interactive paradigms.
Course Contents:
• 20th century criticism. Eliot “Tradition and Individual Talent”.
• Forster. Aspects of Novel.
• Defining Literary Criticism, Theory and Literature. Definition of a text. Difference
between literary criticism and literary theory. The purpose of literary theory. Extraction of
multiple, but cogent meanings, from a single text.
• Modernism/Post Modernism. Psychoanalysis. Feminism. Postcolonialism.
Ecocriticism.
Suggested Readings
1. Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths & Helen Tiffin, Eds. The Postcolonial Studies Reader
NY: Routledge. 1995.
2. ---. Key Concepts in Postcolonial Studies. NY: Routledge, 1998.
3. Beauvoir, Simone de. The Second Sex. 1949. Trans. Constance Borde & Sheila
Malovany-Chevallier. NY: Random House, 2009.
4. Bloom, Harold et al. Deconstruction and Criticism. (1979) NY: The Continuum
Publishing Company, 2004.Bhabha, Homi K. The Location of Culture. London & New York:
Routledge, 1994. Pdf.
5. Brannigan, John. New Historicism and Cultural Materialism. NY: 1998
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Classical and Renaissance Drama:

Course Credits: 3(3+0)
Course Description:
The purpose of this course is to explore the nature, function, and themes of Classical Greek and
Elizabethan drama in their theatrical, historical and social contexts. Through a detailed study
of the texts by the selected dramatists such as Sophocles, Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Johnson
the course traces the development of the key features of tragedy and comedy. Ancient opinions
on drama, in particular, the views of Plato and Aristotle and their influence on classical drama
will also be investigated. A comprehensive and critical background to mythology, drama and
society is given in the beginning of the course to prepare students to undertake close reading
and analyses of the selected texts. Through critical scrutiny of the recommended plays, students
will be made to appreciate the variety and imaginative exuberance of drama written in the age
that popularized cultural profundity, humanist tendencies, philosophical excavations and
artistic excellence.
Course Contents:
•Sophocles: Oedipus Rex
•Aristophanes : The Frog
•Christopher Marlowe: Dr. Faustus
• Shakespeare: Hamlet
• Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew.

Recommended Readings:
1. Justina Gregory, (2005). A Companion to Greek Tragedy, Blackwell.
2. H. D. F. (2005) Kitto, Greek Tragedy, London and New York: Routledge.
3. Shawn O’ Bryhim. (2002). Greek and Roman Comedy: Translations and
Interpretations of Four Representative Plays, University of Texas Press.
4. Constance B. Kuriyama. (2002) Christopher Marlowe: A Renaissance Life. Ithaca:
Cornell University Press.
5. Patrick Cheney. (2004) The Cambridge Companion to Christopher Marlowe,
Cambridge: CUP.
6. Barber, C. L. (1959) Shakespeare’s Festive Comedy. Princeton.
7. Bloom, Harold. S (1999) Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. London: Fourth
Ed
8. Bradley, A. C. (1929) Shakespearean Tragedy (22nd Ed.). London.
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The Romantic Experience.

Course Credits : 3 (3+0)
Course Description:
This course provides students with an opportunity to extend and deepen their knowledge of the
literature of the Romantic period by guiding them through a number of central topics and
themes: revolution, the ballad, terror and the sublime, gothic, the ode, history, and sensibility
of Romantic Period. Students will read a wide variety of texts from different genres in the
Romantic period, including poetry, fiction, and essays. The course does not attempt to construct
a single narrative for the Romantic period but instead introduces students to a network of
relationships between key themes, writers, and critical approaches.
Course Contents:
William Blake: “The Sick Rose”, “A Poison Tree”.
William Wordsworth: “Ode to intimations of Immortality”, “We are Seven”.
Samuel T. Coleridge: “Kubla Khan”, “Dejection an Ode”.
Percy B. Shelley: “Ode to West Wind”, “Ode to Skylark”.
John Keats: “Ode on Grecian Urn”, “Ode to Nightingale”.
Charles Lamb: “Poor Relations”. “Dream Children”
William Hazlit: “Spirit of the Age” essay on S.T. Coleridge.
Suggested Readings :
1. Aidan Day, Romanticism (1995)
2. Anne Mellor, Romanticism and Gender (1993)
3. Cynthia Chase, ed., Romanticism (1993)
4. Harold Bloom, The Visionary Company: A Reading of English Romantic Poetry (1961)
5. Iain McCalman, An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age (1999).
6. Margaret Homans, Women Writers and Poetic Identity (1980)
7. Marilyn Butler, Romantics, Rebels and Reactionaries (1982)
8. Paula Feldman and Theresa Kelley, ed., Romantic Women Writers (1995)
9. Stephen Copley and John Whale, eds. Beyond Romanticism: New Approaches to Texts
and Contexts 1780-1832 (1992)
10. Stuart Curran, Poetic Form and British Romanticism (1986)
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Modern Novel.
Course Credits: 3(3+0)
Course Description:
With a background knowledge of the types of fiction, the diversity in the art of characterization,
i.e. round, flat, and stock characters etc. and all the associated details students have learnt in
the course of the classical novel, this course focuses on the novels the of 20th century. Through
this course on Modern fiction, the students are able to grasp different techniques used and
art/literary movements used in novel writing. For instance, questioning modes of imperialism
in the Heart of Darkness (1902), the stream-of-consciousness technique used in Woolf and
Joyce’s works and, similarly, questions about cultures and humanity at large raised in the
novels of Forster and Golding respectively. The basic questions raised against imperialism in
the works of Conrad will aid the students to study the postcolonial novel in the later semesters.
Students will appreciate the fact novel is the leading genre of modern literature that caters to
the literary needs of modern readers. The diversity of themes explored in the novels of this
course will excite the students to think critically and make them realize the importance of this
genre of literature which, as is apparent from its nomenclature, has the capacity to incorporate
any level of ingenuity of thought in its narrative.

Course Contents:
Joseph Conrad, The Heart of Darkness (1899-1902)
E.M. Forster, A Passage to India (1924)
Virginia Woolf, To the Light House (1927)
D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers (1954)

Recommended Readings:

1. Ian, Walter The English Novel 1954.

2. Bowering, Peter. Aldous Huxley: A Study of the Major Novels. London, 1969.
3. Beer, J. B. The Achievement of Forster. London, 1962.
4. Caramagno, Thomas C. The Flight of the Mind: Virginia Woolf's Art and Manic-
Depressive Illness. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1992 1992.
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5. Cavaliero, Glen. A Reading of E. M. Forster. London, 1979.
6. Church, Richard The Growth of the English Novel. 1951.
7. Das, G. K. and Beer, John (ed.) E. M. Forster: A Human Exploration. London, 1979.
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South Asian Literature:

Credit Hours: 3(3-0)
Course Description:
How does literature engage the lives of a billion people within Global South? This course
introduces students to literature from the geographic area known as South Asia. The area spans
ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversities, and includes several nation-states. South Asian
literature reflects these diversities and refers to particular social, cultural, and historical
contexts. While no one course can offer an exhaustive survey of South Asia, our readings will
engage in significant topics (among them: Dalit writing and caste; the environment; gender,
sexuality, and queer movements; nationalism; the Partition). The core objectives of this course
are to foster the ability to read critically and write coherently. Throughout, students will be
encouraged to consolidate their understanding of the richly textured terrain in which South
Asian writing and cultures are embedded.
Drama

• Tariq Ali: Iranian Nights

• Vijay Tendulkar: Silence! The Court is in Session
B. Fiction.

• Kamila Shamsi: Burnt Shadows.

• Nadeem Aslam: Blind Man’s Garden
C. Poetry

• Agha Shahid Ali “ The Country Without a Post office”.

• Kamala Das: “The Maggots”, “The Stone Age”.

Suggested Readings:

1. Shobna Nijhawan(2010) Nationalism in the vernacular: Hindi, Urdu, and the

literature of Indian freedom, (poetry & drama).
2. Rosalind O'Hanlon , A comparison between women and men: Tarabai Shinde and the
critique of gender relations in colonial India
3. Singh, B. P. (1998). The State, The Arts and Beyond. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
4. Mirza, ShafqatTanveer. (1992). Resistance Themes in Punjabi Literature. Lahore:
Sang-e-meel.
5. William Hanaway. Studies in Pakistani Popular Culture. Lahore: LokVirsa
Publishing House.
6. G. N. Devy. (2002). Indian Literary Criticism Theory and Interpretation. Hydrabad:
Orient Longman.
7. RanjitGuha. (1984). Subaltern studies Writings on South Asian History and Society.
Delhi: Oxford University Press.
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Grammar and Syntax.

Credit Hours: 3(3-0)
Course Description:
Syntax is concerned with sentence structure - how words are combined to form phrases, how
phrases are combined to form larger phrases, clauses and sentences, and how clauses are
combined to form complex sentences. The ability to identify constituents and agreement
constraints helps students to improve and correct their academic writing. The course is practical
in focus and aims to teach students essential skills for the linguistic description and analysis of
a language. The course also includes basic syntactic theories.
Course Contents:
1. Syntax: What is the study of Syntax about?
2. Structure of Phrases: Noun Phrase; Verb Phrase; Adjective Phrase; Adverb Phrase;
Preposition Phrase
3. Clause and Sentence: Main and Subordinate Clauses
4. Grammatical Functions: Subject, Object, Direct and Indirect Object, Complements,
Modifiers
5. Constituents: What is a Constituent? Some syntactic tests for constituent recognition.
6. Heads, Complements, Specifiers, and Tree Structures

Recommended Books:
Miller, Jim. (2002). An Introduction to English Syntax. Edinburg University Press.
Prasad, Tarni. (2012). A course in Linguistics. New Delhi: PHI Publications.
Sells, Peter & Kim, Jong-Bok. (2007). English Syntax: An Introduction.
Tallerman, M. (2015). Understanding syntax (4th ed). Routledge, London.
Wekker, H., & Haegeman, L. M. (1985). A modern course in English syntax. Croom Helm.
Valin, Jr., Robert. (2001). Introduction to Syntax. Cambridge University Press.
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8th Semester [3rd BoS, Fall 2021]

8th
Code Title Credits Category
ENG-421 Discourse Analysis 3(3+0) SUBJECT SPECEFIC
ENG-422 Language Teaching Methodologies 3(3+0) SUBJECT SPECEFIC
ENG-423 Literary Stylistics 3(3+0) SUBJECT SPECEFIC
ENG-424 Pakistani Literature in English 3(3+0) SUBJECT SPECEFIC
ENG-425 Research Project 3(3+0) SUBJECT SPECEFIC
Total 15
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DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
COURSE CODE: ENG -421
COURSE CREDITS: 3(3-0)
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course aims to explain the theory of discourse analysis and to demonstrate its practical
relevance to language learning and teaching.

COOURSE CONTENTS:
What is discourse? Conversational principles
• Discourse and the sentence • Cooperative Principle
• Grammar within and beyond the • Politeness Principle
sentence • Speech Act Theory
• Language in and out of context • Constatives and performatives
• Spoken vs. written discourse • Pragmatics, discourse analysis and
language teaching
Formal & contextual links
• Parallelism Views on Discourse Structure
• Referring expressions • Discourse as product
• Repetition and lexical chains • Discourse as process
• Substitution • Discourse as a Dialogue
• Ellipsis • Information structure in discourse
• Conjunction

RECOMMENDED READINGS:

1. Brown, G. and Yule, G. (1983). Discourse Analysis. Cambridge: CUP

2. Cook, G. (1989). Discourse. Oxford: OUP.
3. Coulthard, M. (1985). An Introduction to Discourse Analysis. (Second edition).
London: Longman
4. Edmondson, Willis. (1981). Spoken Discourse: A Model for Analysis. London:
Longman.
5. Gee, J. P. (2005). An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method.
London: Routledge.
6. Grice, H P. (1975). Logic and Conversation. In P. Cole & J. L. Morgan. (Eds.), Syntax
and Semantics 3: Speech Acts. London: Academic Press.
7. Johnstone, B. (2002). Discourse Analysis. Oxford: Blackwell
8. Leech, G. & Thomas, J. (1988). Pragmatics: The State of the Art. Lancaster Papers in
Linguistics. University of Lancaster.
9. Leech, G. (1983). Principles of Pragmatics. London: Longman.
10. Levinson, S. (1983). Pragmatics. Cambridge: CUP.
11. Richards, J. & Schimidt, R. (1983). Language and Communication. London:
Longman.
12. Schiffrin, D. (2001). Approaches to Discourse. Oxford: Blackwell.
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LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES:

COURSE CREDITS: 3(3-0)
COURSE CODE: ENG -422
COURSE OBJECTIVES;
This introductory course on English Language Teaching (ELT) combines the principles of ELT with
practice to enable students to see and perpetuate a model of classroom interaction and effective
teaching. The aim is to enable students to understand the theory and practice of ELT with an
opportunity to examine and understand the problems of ELT in Pakistan
COURSE CONTENTS:
Methods of Language Teaching
• Approach, Method and Technique
• Selected ELT Methods: Grammar-Translation, Direct, Audio- lingual
• Communicative Language Teaching
• ELT models for Pakistan
Theory and Practice of Teaching Oral Skills
• Nature of Oral Communication
• Theory and techniques of teaching listening and speaking
• Lesson Planning for Teaching Oral Skills
Theory and Practice of Teaching Reading Skills
• Nature of Reading
• Theories of Reading Interactive and Schema
• Designing activities for reading skills
• Lesson Planning for teaching reading
Theory and Practice of Teaching Writing Skills
• Nature of Writing
• Theories of Writing – Product and Process
• Lesson Planning for teaching writing
• Techniques for giving feedback and correcting written work

RECOMMENDED READINGS:
1. Alderson, J. C., & Urquhart, H. A. (Eds.) (1984).Reading in a Foreign Language. London:
Longman.
2.Brookes, A. & Grundy, P. (1990). Writing for Study Purposes. Cambridge: CUP.
3.Brown, G. & Yule, G. (1983). Teaching the Spoken Language. Cambridge: CUP.
4.Brumfit, J. C. (1985). Language and Literature Teaching: From Practice to Principle.
Pergamon Press
5.Bygate, M. (2004). Speaking. (Second edition). Oxford; OUP.
6.Byrne, D. (1986). Teaching Oral English. London: Longman.
7.Byrne, D. (1988). Teaching Writing Skills. London: Longman.
8.Carter, R. & R. McCarthy. (1997). Exploring Spoken English. Cambridge: CUP.
9. Collie, J. & Slater, S.(1987). Literature in the Language Classroom: A Resource Book of
Ideas and Activities. Cambridge: C UP.
10. Davies, F. (1995). . Introducing Reading. Harmonsworth: Penguin.
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LITERARY STYLISTICS:
COURSE CODE: ENG-423
COURSE CREDITS: 3(3-0)
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course introduces the modern concepts of style in both literary and nonliterary
discourses. The course also includes a comparison in the context of literary genre leading to
identification of different syntactical, phonological and semantic levels in a literary text.
Raising the initial question, what is stylistics, the course trains the students to explore
branches of stylistics and the levels of analyses. It then, through reading of diverse literary
texts, helps students trace the application of figurative language, foregrounding techniques,
parallelism, norm and deviation, point of view, speech and thought presentations, pragmatic
analysis of speech acts and such other related complexities used by the literary authors. In
spirit, the aim of the course is to study features of situational distinctive varieties of literary
language by discovering and describing the reasons for particular choices made by individual
authors in their use of language.
COURSE CONTENTS:
1. Introduction : What is stylistics?, Historical Evolution of Stylistics,The Nature of
Stylistics, The Goals of Stylistics
2. The concept of style and stylistics:
3. Types of Stylistics I : Features of Linguistic Stylistics , Lexical Repetition ,Semantico-
Syntactic Level , Semantic/Grammatical Level, Phonological Level, Graphological Level
4. Foregrounding : Meaning of Foregrounding, Types of Foregrounding
5. Sylistic analysis: Practical Application, Sample stylistic analysis of poem, Sample
stylistic analysis of short story, Sample stylistic analysis of novel, Sample stylistic analysis of
authentic texts: Magazine , Newspaper, Song , Speech, Brochure

RECOMMENDED READINGS:
1. Chapman, R. (1975).Linguistics and Literature.
2. 2.Carter, R. (1982). Language and Literature: An Introductory Reader in
3. Stylistics.
4. 3.Crystal, D and Davy, D. (1969). Investigating English Style.
5. 4.Fowler, R. (1996). Linguistic Criticism.
6. 5.Halliday, M. A. K. (1990). Spoken and Written Language.
7. 6.Leech, Geoffrey and Short, Michael. (1986). Style in Fiction.
8. 7.Leech, Geoffrey. (2002). A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry.
9. 8.Thomas, Jenny. (1995). Meaning in Interaction. London: Longman.
10. 9.Widdowson, H. G. (1992). Practical Stylistics: An Approach to Poetr
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PAKISTANI LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

COURSE CODE: ENG-424
COURSE CREDITS: 03(3-0)
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
English language is now a major world language. South Asia has a strong tradition of writing in
English and owing to its colonial hi story a great deal of its writing originally in its indigenous
languages is translated into English. It is appropriate to study and respond to this literary heritage.
After studying the course the students will be introduced to literature from the region. They will be
able to appreciate the Pakistani literary experience and the impact of cultural exchange towards its
enrichment.
COURSE CONTENTS:
Works originally written in English
i.Mohsin Hamid The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Novel)
ii.Kamila Shamsie: Hassan and the Sky (Short Story)
iii.Zulfiqar Ghose: Orwell and I (Essay)
iv.Intizar Hussain: The problem of Pakistani Identity and Writers (Essay)
v.Daud Kamal: An Ode to Death (Poem)
vi.Taufiq Raffat: Reflections (Poem)

RECOMMENDED READINGS
1. .Afzal-Khan, Fawzia. (1993) Cultural Imperialism and the Indo-English: Genre &ideology in
R. K. Narayan, Anita Desai, Kamla Das &Mark Andaya. Pennsylvania State University Press. 45
2. 2.Bose, Sujata& Jalal Ayesha. (2004) Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political,
economy. Oxford U P (2nd Ed).
3. 3.Hashmi, Alamgir. (1994)Kamal Daud’s Entry in Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Literatures in
English. Vol 1. Ed Benson E. & Connolly, L W. London: Routledge.
4. 4.Jameson, Fredric. (1986) Third-World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capital in
Social text15.
5. 5.Khawaja Waqas A. Morning in the Wilderness: Reading in Pakistani Literature. Sang-e-
Meel Publications, Lahore.
6. 6.Rahman, Tariq A. (1991) History of Pakistani Literature in English. Vanguard Press (Pvt)
Ltd, Lahore.
7. 7.Said Edward W. (1993) Culture and Imperialism, Vintage London.
8. 8.Underhill, Evelyn. (2007).The Essentials of Mysticism. Oxford: Oxford One world.

9. 9.Ernst, Carl W. (1997). The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Delhi: India

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RESEARCH PROJECT
COURSE CODE: ENG 425
COURSE CREDITS: 3
COURSE OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS:
Students will be required to undertake a small scale investigation on a topic
of individual interest in their area of specialization. The aim of this component
is to encourage the students to:
• develop the ability to collect, analyze and interpret data;
• apply theories and methods practiced worldwide in Literary Research
• Present the research in a coherent and well-organized manner in 10-15 thousand words.
Each student will be provided individual supervision and guidance in the proposed research that he or
she undertakes to conduct
EVALUATION:
The Research Thesis will be assessed by two examiners (one of them will be the supervisor and the
second will be an external examiner preferably from another university). The thesis will be considered
equivalent to a 3 credit hour course