MPSC Main - English Syllabus
Updated on: Mar 20, 2013
Paper I
| Standard : Degree | Total Marks : 200 |
| Nature of Paper : Conventional Type | Duration : 3 Hours |
| Note : | 1) | Answers to this paper must be written in English only |
| 2) | This paper will test the candidate's ability to comprehend, to analyse, to interpret, to criticise and to appraise subject matter related to the topics/sub- topics mentioned below. | |
| 3) | Texts for detailed study are listed below. The paper will require a first-hand and critical reading of the texts. The paper will also test candidates knowledge related to the theoretical and critical Background as will as appreciation of the texts. |
| Section -A (Marks : 50 ) | ||||||
| DRAMA | ||||||
| 1) | .01 | Dramatic Theory : The Renaissance, Elizabethan Drama, Neo-classicism, Restoration Drama, Drama ofIdeas. | ||||
| .02 | Texts : The candidates are expected to have a critical understanding ofthe following texts in the light of literary theory in general as well as theissues mentioned in Topic no. 1.01of the paper in particular.
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| Section - B(Marks : 50) | ||||||
| POETRY | ||||||
| 2) | .01 | Poetic Theory : Metaphysical Poetry, The Epic and the Mock-epic, The RomanticMovement, Victorian Poetry | ||||
| .02 | Texts : The candidates are expected to have a criticalunderstanding of the following texts in the light of literary theory ingeneral as well as the issues mentioned in Topic no. 2.01 of the paper in particular. | |||||
| a) | John Donne: | Canonization, Death be not proud,Loves War, Good Morrow | ||||
| b) | Andrew Marvell: | To his Coy Mistress, Eyes and Tears,Bermudas, The Garden | ||||
| c) | John Milton : | Paradise Lost, Book I and II. | ||||
| d) | William Wordsworth : | She dwelt among untrodden ways,Tintern Abbey, She was a Phantom of Delight, Ode on the Intimations ofImmortality. | ||||
| e) | John Keats : | The Eve of Saint Agnes, La Belle DameSans Merci, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to a Nightingale. | ||||
| f) | Robert Browning: | My Last Duchess, A GrammariansFuneral, Andrea Del Sarto, The Patriot. | ||||
| g) | Alfred Tennyson : | The Lotus Eaters, Ulysses, Crossingthe Bar, The Lady of Shalott. | ||||
| Section - C (Marks : 50 ) | ||||||
| NOVEL | ||||||
| 3) | .01 | Theory of the Novel : The Rise of the middle class, The Rise of theReading Public, The Rise of the Novel, The Novel and the Romance, TheVictorian Novel. | ||||
| .02 | Texts : The candidates are expected to have a critical understanding ofthe following texts in the light of literary theory in general as well as theissues mentioned in Topic no. 3.01of the paper in particular. | |||||
| a) | Henry Fielding : Tom Jones. | |||||
| b) | Jane Austen : Sense and Sensibility. | |||||
| c) | Charles Dickens : David Copperfield. | |||||
| d) | Herman Melville : Moby Dick. | |||||
| Section - D (Marks : 50 ) | ||||||
| The Beginnings of English Studies in India | ||||||
| 4) | .01) | The impact of Colonialism on India - the culture contact and the problem of acculturation. | ||||
| .02) | The Anglicist v/s Orientalist debate.Macaulays minute of 1835 on Indian Education. Introduction of EnglishLanguage and Literature in India | |||||
| .03) | Rise of Nationalism in the EnglishEducated Indian middle class. | |||||
| .04) | Imperialism and Orientalism. | |||||
| This expects apost-colonial prospective, which is available in the following referencebooks : | ||||||
| .01) | Gauri Vishwanathan : Masks of Conquest | |||||
| .02 | Rajeshwari SundarRajan : The Lie of the Land | |||||
| .03 | Edward Said : Orientalism. | |||||
| .04 | Leela Gandhi : The Post Colonical Theory . | |||||
| .05 | Bernard Kohn : Colonialism and its forms of knowledge | |||||
| .06 | Partha Chatterjee : The Nationalism andits fragments: Colonial and Post colonial histories. | |||||
| Standard : Degree | Total Marks : 200 |
| Nature of Paper : Conventional Type | Duration : 3 Hours |
| Note : | 1) | Answers to this paper must be written in English only |
| 2) | This paper will test the candidate's ability to comprehend, to analyse, to interpret, to criticise and to appraise subject matter related to the topics/sub- topics mentioned below. | |
| 3) | Texts for detailed study are listed below. The paper will require a firsthand critical reading of the texts. The paper will also test candidates knowledge related to the theoretical and critical background as well as appreciation of the texts. |
| Section - A (Marks : 50 ) | |||
| DRAMA | |||
| 1. | .01) | Dramatic Theory : Poetic Drama, Absurd Drama, Drama and Social Realism, Modern Indian Drama | |
| .02) | Texts : The candidates are expected to have a critical understanding of the following texts in the light of literary theory in general as well as the issues mentioned in Topic no. 1.01 of the paper in particular. | ||
| a) | T.S. Eliot : Murder in the Cahedral | ||
| b) | Arthur Miller : Death of a Salesman | ||
| c) | Harold Pinter : The Birthday Party | ||
| d) | Girish Karnad : The Fire and the Rain | ||
| Section - B (Marks : 50) | |||
| POETRY | |||
| 2) | .01) | Poetic Theory : Modernism in Poetry, Experimental trends in Modern Poetry, Myth in Modern Poetry, Symbolism in Modern Poetry, Confessional Poetry. | |
| .02) | Texts : The candidates are expected to have a critical understanding of the following texts in the light of literary theory in general as well as the issues mentioned in Topic no. 2.01 of the paper in particular. | ||
| a) | William Butler Yeats : | Byzantium', Leda and the Swan', Among School Childern', A Prayer for My Daughter' | |
| b) | T.S.Eliot | The Waste Land'. | |
| c) | Ted Hughes : | Crow's Song of Himself', Crow on the Beach', Crow and the Birds', Crow's Nerve Fails'. | |
| d) | Sylvia Plath : | Morning Song', Spinster', The Courage of Shutting Up', Three Women'. | |
| e) | Nissim Ezekiel : | The Egoist's Prayer', Background Casually', Night of the Scorpion', Goodbye Party to Miss Pushpa T.S.' | |
| f) | Kamala Das : | An Introduction', The Sunshine Cat', My Grandmother's House', A Hot Noon in Malbar'. | |
| Section - C (Marks : 50 ) | |||
| NOVEL | |||
| 3) | .01) | Theory of the Novel : The stream of consciousness Novel, Colonization and Post-Colonism. Symbolism and the Novel. Novel and Social Commitment, Feminist concerns in the Indian English Novel. | |
| .02) | Texts : The candidates are expected to have a critical understanding of the following texts in the light of literary theory in general as well as the issues mentioned in Topic no. 3.01 of the paper in particular. | ||
| a) | Joseph Conrad : The Heart of Darkness. | ||
| b) | Ernest Hemingway : The Old Man and the Sea. | ||
| c) | Mulkraj Anand : Untouchable. | ||
| d) | William Golding : Lord of the Flies. | ||
| e) | Shashi Deshpande : That Long Silence. | ||
| Section - D (Marks : 50 ) | |||
| The Status of English in Independent India | |||
| 4) | .01) | The Language policy of the Government of India - English as Associate Official Language. | |
| .02) | Position of English in the Three-Language Formula - English as a Second/Foreign Language in Independent India. | ||
| .03) | Uses of English in India today; As a Link Language, Library Language and Language of Business and Commerce. | ||
| .04) | English in Mass Communication - Indianisation of English Grammar and Phonology - Chutnification' of English in Indian Writing in English. | ||
| References Books : | |||
| a) | V.K.Gokak - English in India. | ||
| b) | Braj Kachru - Indianisation of English | ||
| c) | Braj Kachru - The Other tongue | ||
| d) | Bansal and Harrison - Spoken English for India | ||
| e) | N. Krishnaswamy and Archana S. Burde, The Politics of Indian's English : Linguistic Colonialism and the Expanding English Empire. | ||