Syllabus prescribed for Entrance Test in English (2012-2013)
Unit I
Novel I:
1)
Animal Farm
2) A Tale of Two Cities
Unit II
Novel II:
1)
Jane Eyre
2) Through the Looking Glass
Unit III
Novel III
1)
The Old Man and the Sea
2)
A Passage to India
3) The Painter of Signs
Unit IV
Poetry I:
Prescribed Poems from
Integrated General English Course-I, II and III
Unit V
Poetry II:
Prescribed Poems for English
Literature-TDC Part I
Unit VI
Poetry III:
Prescribed Poems for English
Literature-TDC Part II
Unit VII
Drama I:
1)
Arms and the Man
2) Othello
Unit VIII
Drama II:
1)
A Good Woman of Schezwan
2) Julius Ceasar
Unit IX
Drama III:
1)
Death of a Salesman
2) Midsummer Night’s Dream
Unit X
Essay I:
1)
“Spoken English”
2)
“Playing the English Gentleman”
3)
“The Power of Prayer”
4)
“The Elixir of Life”
5)
“The Ethics of Power”
6) “Humanities and Science”
(As prescribed in General
English Textbooks)
Unit XI
Essays II:
1)
“Freedom of Democracy”
2)
“The Environment”
3)
“My Duty to My Neighbour”
4)
“The Ladies have Feelings, So…….Shall We”
5)
“On The Abolition of the English Department”
6) “The Politics of Failure”
(As prescribed in General
English Textbooks)
Unit XII
Biographies:
As prescribed in TDC Part I
General English
Unit XIII
Short Stories:
As prescribed in TDC Part I
& II General English
Unit XIV
History of English Literature
and Literary Terms and Concepts:
As prescribed in the
undergraduate syllabus
Unit XV
Vocabulary:
Homonyms; Idioms and
Phrases; Phonemic Spelling; Stress and Intonation
