Approved CURRICULUM OF ENGLISH For BS ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERAUTE (8 SEMESTERS) MA ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (4 SEMESTERS) DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ABDUL WALI KHAN UNIVERSITY MARDAN SCHEME OF STUDIES BS ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (4 YEARS) IN 8 SEMESTERS Year – I Semester—1 Code Credit Course Title Cumulative Hours Credit Hours Eng301 3 (3-0) Foundations of English-I 3 3 (3-0) Islamic Studies 6 Eng 303 3 (3-0) Primary Readings in Poetry 9 Eng 304 3 (3-0) Introduction to Literature-I 12 Eng 305 3 (3-0) History of English Literature-I 15 Total Cr. hr=15 Semester—II Eng 306 3 (3-0) Foundations of English-II 18 3 (3-0) Pakistan Studies 21 Eng 308 3 (3-0) Primary Readings in Short 24 Story & Essays Eng 309 3 (3-0) Introduction to Literature-II 27 Eng 310 3 (3-0) History of English Literature-I 30 Total Cr. hr = 15 Year—II Semester—III Eng 311 3 (3-0) Communication Skills 33 3 (3-0) Citizenship Education (HR) 36 Eng 313 3 (3-0) Introduction to American 39 Literature Eng 314 3 (3-0) Poetry-I 42 Eng 315 3 (3-0) Introduction to Linguistics 45 Total Cr. hr = 15 Semester—IV Eng 316 3 (3-0) Academic Reading & Writing 48 Eng 317 3 (3-0) South Asian Literature 51 Eng 318 3 (3-0) Poetry-II 54 Eng 319 3 (3-0) Drama-I 57 Eng 320 3 (3-0) Phonetics & Phonology 60 Total Cr. hr = 15 Year—III Semester—V Eng 321 3 (3-0) Drama-II 63 Eng 322 3 (3-0) Grammar, Syntax 66 &Semantics Eng 323 3 (3-0) Literary Criticism-I 69 Eng 324 3 (3-0) Sociolinguistics 72 Eng 325 3 (3-0) Prose-I 75 Total Cr. hr = 15 Semester—VI Eng 326 3 (3-0) Novel-I 78 Eng 327 3 (3-0) Psycholinguistics 81 Eng 328 3 (3-0) Literary Criticism-II 84 Eng 329 3 (3-0) Prose-II 87 Eng 330 3 (3-0) Applied Linguistics 90 Total Cr. hr = 15 Year—IV Semester—VII Eng 331 4 (4-0) ELT 94 Eng 332 4 (4-0) Novel-II 98 Eng 333 4 (4-0) Stylistics 102 Eng 334 4 (4-0) Research Methodology 106 Eng 335 4 (4-0) Assessment in ELT 110 Total Cr. hr = 20 Semester—VIII Eng 336 4 (4-0) ELT Internship 114 Eng 337 4 (4-0) Teaching of English 118 Literature Eng 338 4 (4-0) Syllabus and Teaching 122 Material Designing Eng 339 8 Dissertation 130 Total Cr. hr = 20 Total Cr. hr. in 8 semesters = 130 Detailed Course Outline Of BS English Language and Literature, 4 Years Programme Eng301 Foundations of English – I Cr. hr 3 (3-0) Aims & 1. To develop the ability to communicate effectively Objectives 2. To enable learners to read effectively and independently any text with intermediate level difficulty 3. To enable them to enjoy in a meaningful way the experience of learning English 4. To enable them to use grammar and language structure in context Contents • Use of grammar in Context o Tenses: meaning & use o Use of active and passive voice o Use of articles and prepositions o Different sentence patterns o Combining sentences • Oral Communication Skills (Listening and Speaking) o Express ideas/opinions on topics related to learners‘ lives and experiences o Participate in classroom discussions on contemporary issues • Reading and Writing Skills o Skimming o Scanning o Identifying main idea/topic sentence o Inference and prediction o Recognizing and interpreting cohesive devices o Note taking and note making o Generating ideas using a variety of strategies e.g. brainstorming o Developing paragraph outline (topic sentence and supporting details etc.) o Vocabulary building skills • To develop the ability to use a dictionary Reference 1. Howe, D.H, Kirkpatrick, T.A., & Kirkpatrick, D.L. Works (2004). Oxford English for undergraduates. Karachi: Oxford University Press. 2. Eastwood, J. (2004). English Practice Grammar (New edition with tests and answers). Karachi: Oxford University Press. 3. Murphy, R. (2003). Grammar in use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Islamic Studies Cr. hr 3 (3-0) Aims & This course is aimed: Objectives 1. to provide Basic information about Islamic Studies 2. to enhance understanding of the learners regarding Islamic Civilization 3. to enhance the skill of the learners to understand issues related to faith and religious life. Contents Quranic Verses: Translation and Explanation: Selected from various Sections of Quran Relating to different issues like Salat, Zakat, Ramadan, Tuheed etc. . Ahadis: Translation and Explanation: Selected Ahadis relating to different issues like, Haqooq- ul- Habad, Jehad, Husn-e- Ikhlaq etc Life of the Prophet (PBUH): Various incidents and battles taken from the life of the Holy Prophet. (PBUH) Islamic Culture and Civilization: Islamic Culture and Civilization through History, its development, achievements etc Reference 1) Hameed ullah Muhammad, “Emergence of Islam” , IRI, Islamabad Works 2) Hameed ullah Muhammad, “Muslim Conduct of State” 3) Hameed ullah Muhammad, ‘Introduction to Islam 4) Mulana Muhammad Yousaf Islahi,” 5) Hussain Hamid Hassan, “An Introduction to the Study of Islamic Law” leaf Publication Islamabad, Pakistan. 6) Ahmad Hasan, “Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence” Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad (1993) 7) Mir Waliullah, “Muslim Jrisprudence and the Quranic Law of Crimes” Islamic Book Service (1982) 8) H.S. Bhatia, “Studies in Islamic Law, Religion and Society” Deep & Deep Publications New Delhi (1989) 9) Dr. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, “Introduction to Al Sharia Al Islamia” Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad (2001) ENG 103 Primary Readings in Poetry Cr. hr 3 (3-0) Aims & The course focuses on a genre specific historical development. The poems are expected to inculcate a refined appreciation on the Objectives aesthetic concerns related to poetry and its types. Contents Departure And Arrival, The Hollow Men By T.S. Eliot A Poison Tree, Introduction to ‗Songs Of Experience‘ and Tiger By William Blake Because I Could Not Stop For Death By Emily Dickinson Lights Out By Edward Thomas All The World‘s A Stage By William Shakespeare Patriot Into Traitor By Robert Browning Hawk‘s Monologue By Ted Hughes Woman Work By Maya Angelou The Daffodils, Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802, The Solitary Reaper, The World Is Too Much With Us and We Are Seven By William Wordsworth On His Blindness By John Milton Kubla Khan By S.T. Coleridge Mending Wall, Stopping By Woods on A Snowy Evening By Robert Frost One Art By Elizabeth Bishop La Belle Dame sans Merci, Ode to A Nightingale By John Keats Dover Beach By Mathew Arnold Among School Children, The Leda And the Swan and Byzantium By W.B. Yeats Reference • Abrams, M. H, The Mirror and the Lamp. Works  An Anthology of Verse by Caravan Publishers Lahore • Bowden, Muriel. A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Cantebury Tales, NewYork: Macmillan, 1960 • Bowra, C. M. The Romantic Imagination. • Coghill, Nevil. The Poet Chaucer. Oxford,1948 • Gardner, Helen, Ed. John Donne: Twentieth Century View Series • Spens, Janet. Spenser’s Faerie Queene: An Interpretation, London 1934 • Abbs, P. & Richardson, J. The Forms of Poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1995. • Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing About Literature (7th Edition). New York: Harper and Collins, 1996. • Boulton, Marjorie. The Anatomy of Poetry. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977. • Kennedy, X. J. , Gioia, D. An Introduction to Poetry: (8th Edition). New York: Harper Collins College Publishers, 1994. Eng304 Introduction to Literature—I Cr. hr 3 (3-0) Aims & This course introduces various forms and styles of the genre of poetry, Objectives originally in English or translated. Main purpose of these readings is to highlight varieties in poetry. Readers would find here a combination of elegy, ode, lyric, ballad, free verse, and many other types. Drama is included to familiarize readers with basics i.e. character, plot, setting, dialogue. It would prepare them for a mature understanding of drama as a popular genre in literature. Contents Literary Forms: their origin and development  What is Poetry? Various forms/types of Poems/Verse/Stanza, metre, rhyme, rhythm  What is drama? Various types of drama, Plot, Setting, Character/, Characterization, Story, Dialogue, Spectacle, etc. Practical Criticism 3-4 Poems and a short drama with pedagogical significance may be selected by the teacher for this purpose Some Literary Movements  Classicism  Romanticism, Reference 1. Abbs, P. & Richardson, J. The Forms of Poetry. Works Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1995. 2. Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing About Literature (7th Edition). New York: Harper and Collins, 1996. 3. Boulton, Marjorie. The Anatomy of Poetry. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977. 4. Kennedy, X. J. Gioia, D. An Introduction to Poetry: (8th Edition). New York: Harper Collins College Publishers, 1994. Eng305 History of English Literature—I Cr. hr 3 (3-0) Aims & One of the objectives of this course is to inform the readers about relation between historical and socio- Objectives cultural events and English literature. Although the scope of the course is quite expansive, the readers shall focus on early 16th to late 19th century. In its broader spectrum, the course covers a reference to the multiple factors from economic theories to religious, philosophical and metaphysical debates that overlap in these literary works of diverse nature and time periods under multiple contexts. This course provides opportunity for an interdisciplinary interaction. Contents  The Age Of Chaucer, 14th Century  The Renaissance Period  Elizabethan Age  17th Century (Milton, The Puritan Movement, The Metaphysical and The Cavalier Poets, The Reformation Age)  Restoration Period 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. Reference 1. Long, William J.: English Literature: Its History and Significance for the Works life of English speaking world, enlarged edition, 2006. 2. Evans, Ifor. A Short History of English Literature. London: Penguin, 1976. 3. Ford, Boris.The New Pelican Guide to English Literature. Vol. 1-9. London: Penguin,1990. 4. Compton-Rickett, A. A History of English Literature. Thomas- Nelson & Sales, 1940 (latest edition). nd 5. Gillie, C. Longman. Companion to English Literature (2 Edition). London: Longman, 1977. 6. Dachies, David. A Critical History of English Literature. Vol. 1-4. London: Secker & Warburg (latest edition), 1961. 7. Sanders, Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. Oxford University Press, USA.2002. Semester II Eng306 Foundations of English – II Cr. hr 3 (3-0) Aims & To enhance language skills and develop critical thinking, this course aims: Objectives 1. to develop the ability to communicate effectively 2. to enable learners to read effectively and independently any intermediate level text 3. to enable them to enjoy in a meaningful way the experience of learning English 4. to enable them to use grammar and language structure in context Contents • Use of grammar in context o Phrase, clause and sentence structure o Reported speech