1st Semester English Honours Syllabus 2023- Kalyani University

If you are looking for the Latest 1st Semester Syllabus for English Honours of Kalyani University, you’re in the right website. Let’s have a look!

Core Course (CC)

• CC T1- INDIAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE
• CC T2- EUROPEAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE

Generic Elective (GE)

• GE T1- ACADEMIC WRITING AND COMPOSITION

Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC)

• AECC T1- ENGLISH COMMUNICATIONS

---

Detailed Course (CC)

CC T1 (INDIAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE) –

1. Vyasa. “The Dicing” and “The Sequel to Dicing”. Book V. “The Book of
   Effort” in The Mahabharata. Tr. And ed. J.A.B. van Buitenen. Chicago:
   Brill, 1975
2. IlangoAdigal. “The Book of Banci”, in Cilappatikaram. The Tale of an Anklet. Bk.3.Tr. R. Parthasarathy. New Delhi: Penguin, 2004
3. Kalidasa. AbhijnanaShakuntalam. Tr. Chandra Rajan, in Kalidasa: The Loom of Time. New Delhi: Penguin, 1989
4. “The Book of the Assembly Hall”, “The Temptation of Karna”, Book V. “The Book of Effort” in The Mahabharata. Tr. And ed. J.A.B. van Buitenen. Chicago: Brill, 1975.
5. Sudraka. Mrcchakatika. Tr. M.M.Ramachandra Kale. New Delhi: MotilalBanarsidas, 1962.

CC T2 (EUROPEAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE) –

1. Plautus. Pot of Gold. Tr. E.F. Watling. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1965.
2. Ovid. Selections from Metamorphoses. Book III: Bacchus: lines 512 -733 (“Now Pentheus, son of Echion…” to “…worshipping at the holy
   altars”). The prescribed portion covers the subtitles “The Story of
   Acoetes”, “The Fate of the Lydian Sailors”and“The Death of Pentheus.
   Book IV: Pyramus and Thisbe: lines 55 – 164. (“Pyramus and Thisbe
   lived next door to each other…” to “…rest together in a single urn.”).
   Book VI: “The story of Tereus, Procne and Philomela”. Ll. 413 – 674.
   (“All the neighboring princes came to Thebes”…”This bird is called the
   hoopoe, and it looks as if it were accoutered for battle.”) “Philomela”
   (Bk. VI). Tr. Mary M. Innes. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975.
3. Horace. “Epistle I”. Bk. I. The Satires of Horace and Persius. Tr. Niall Rudd. Penguin, 2005.
4. Homer. Books I and II. The Iliad. Tr. E. V. Rieu. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985.
5. Sophocles. “Oedipus the King”. Tr. Robert Fagles in Sophocles: The Three Theban Plays. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984.

Detailed Course (GE)

GE T1 (ACADEMIC WRITING AND COMPOSITION) – {Any Four}

1. Introduction to the Writing Process
2. Introduction to the Conventions of Academic Writing
3. Writing in one‟s own words: Summarizing and Paraphrasing
4. Critical Thinking: Syntheses, Analyses, and Evaluation
5. Structuring an Argument: Introduction, Interjection, and Conclusion
6. Citing Resources; Editing, Book and Media Review

*TEXTBOOK: Introduction to Undergraduate English: Book II. Cambridge University Press, 2018 is the only prescribed textbook for this course.

Detailed Course (AECC)

AECC T1 ( ENGLISH COMMUNICATIONS) –

1. Introduction: Theory of Communication, Types and modes of Communication
2. Language of Communication: Verbal and Non-verbal (Barriers and Strategies), Spoken and Written (Intra-personal, Inter-personal and Group), Personal, Social and Business (communication)
3. Speaking Skills: Monologue (Dialogue), Group Discussion (Interview), Effective Communication/ Mis Communication (Public Speech)
4. Reading and Understanding: Close Reading Comprehension [Translation(from Indian language to English and vice-versa]), Summary Paraphrasing (Literary/Knowledge), Analysis and Interpretation (Texts)
5. Writing Skills: Documenting (Making notes), Report Writing (Letter writing)

*TEXTBOOK: Introduction to Undergraduate English: Book II. Cambridge University Press, 2018 is the only prescribed textbook for this course also.

Also Check :

KU English Hons. Syllabus – (Semester Wise)

---