Functional English—Paper IX (FE9) (For Regular Students Only)

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SEMESTER 5 Functional English—Paper IX (FE9) (For Regular Students Only)

Saurashtra University

Faculty of Arts

English

Syllabus (Effective from June 2019 onwards)

Subject English Semester 05

Course Title INTRODUCTION TO

CREATIVE WRITING

Course Credit 03

Category Core (Optional) Course

No.

16

Course Code Core (Optional)

Semester End

Exam

2:30 Hours 50 Marks

Category Teaching

Hours

Credit Internal

Marks

External

Marks

Practical/

Viva

Marks

Total

Marks

Core

(Optional

45 03 30 50 20 100

Internal assessment: Assignment / Presentation / Written test

Course objectives:

 To make the students aware about media and media study

 To hone students’ language skills for media

 To equip the students with skills necessary for various media

Course content:

Unit I Introduction to Media

1. Introduction to Media and Media Studies

2. Types of media

3. Influence of Media on society, Media Activism

4. Use of the English language in Media

5. Media Terms

(Reporter, editor, editorial, photojournalism, manuscript, typescript,

press release, press conference, royalty, copyright, paparazzi, supplement, columnist,

freelance, publicity, page3, yellow journalism, PTI, PIB, Broadcast, Telecast,

Communication Satellite, TRP, Disc jockey, Footage, Vox pop interviews, Sound bite,

Telegenic, Soap, Zapper, Premiere, Preview, Debut, Block-buster )

Unit II Print Media

1. A brief history of Print Media

2. A brief History of Print Media in India

3. Format of a News Report - head line, date line, sub line, lead, main body

4. Characteristics of News- clarity, precision, objectivity, prominence, proximity

Credibility

5. Types of News- political, commercial, sports, social, cultural, local, Regional,

International

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Unit III Electronic Media

1. A brief history of electronic media in India

2. FM Revolution

3. Popular forms of electronic media: News bulletin, Documentary, Radio feature,

Drama, Talks, Music programmes

4. Web-based Media, Internet and social networking

Unit IV Advertising

1. Introduction to Advertising

2. Advertising Design (layout)

3. Types of Appeals

Unit V Project / Field work

1. Essays on Major Current Affairs

2. Analyzing Advertisements

3. Editorials and Caricatures

4. Interviews

Note: topics to be prescribed by all the colleges which have prescribed the functional

English syllabus.

Reference Books:

1. Study of Mass Media and Communication S. Ganesh (Radhe Publication)

2. Encyclopedia of Mass Communication Vol. 1-3 S.K. Pandey, (Commonwealth

Publication)

3. Journalism Jaya Palan

4. Dealing Effectively with Media John Wade (Viva Publication)

5. Journalism Writing Ajay Joshi (Sonali Publication)

6. Art of Broadcasting S.P Jain

7. Key Words in Media Bill Mascull (Cambridge University Press)

8. News Writing and Reporting for Today’s Media Itule Bruce

9. An Introduction to Journalism Carole Fleming

10. Mass Communication in India Keval Kumar

Web Resources:

Web links

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_radio

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio

3. http://inventors.about.com/od/rstartinventions/a/radio.htm

4. http://didyouknow.org/history/radiohist

5. http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Engineering/Electronics/histor

y/radiohistory.htm

Paper Style

1. Objective questions (Current Affairs) 10marks

2. Long Questions 10 marks

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3. Long Questions 10 marks

4. Short notes 10 marks

5. Advertisement 10 marks

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Semester 6 Name of the Course: Foundation Course in English-6 (FCE-6)

Saurashtra University

Faculty of Arts

English

Syllabus (Effective from June 2019 onwards)

Subject English Semester 06

Course Title Foundation Course in English Course Credit 03

Category Foundation Course Course

No.

06

Course Code Foundation Course

Semester End

Exam

2:30 Hours 70 Marks

Program Semester Course

Category

Credit Internal

Marks

External

Marks

Practical/

Viva

Marks

Total

Marks

B. A. 01 Foundation 03 30 70 -- 100

Internal assessment: Assignment / Presentation / Written test

Learning Objectives:

 The students will be able to master themselves in grammar

 They will be able to understand the Indian culture and civilization through the

selected texts.

Course content:

Text: Galaxy of English Essayists – Macmillan India Limited

1. The Fight, 2. English Snobbery, 3. Bores, 4. Lectures, 5. A Fellow

Traveller

40 Marks

Comprehension & Composition

Letter Writing (Personal letters and letters to municipal authorities 10 Marks

Reshaping the Story 10 Marks

Translation (Gujarati to English & English to Gujarati) 10 Marks

Semester end examination

Ques. Details Options Marks

1 (A) Answer in one line (Text)

(B) Short notes (Text)

5/7

2/3

05

15

2 Short answer question (Text) 5/7 20

3 Letter writing 1/2 10

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4 (A) Reshaping the story

(B) Translation (Guj. to Eng. & Eng. to Guj.)

1/1

2/2

10

10

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Semester: 6 Name of the Course: Core Course in English 17 (CCE 17)

Saurashtra University

Faculty of Arts

English

Syllabus (Effective from June 2019 onwards)

Subject English Semester 06

Course Title Modern Masters Course Credit 03

Category Core Course Course

No.

17

Course Code Core

Semester End

Exam

2:30 Hours 70 Marks

Category Teaching

Hours

Credit Internal

Marks

External

Marks

Practical/

Viva

Marks

Total

Marks

Core

Course

45 03 30 70 NA 100

Internal assessment: Assignment / Presentation / Written test

Learning Objectives:

To enable the students to appreciate the great works of modern time

To enkindle an interest in the modern literature

To enable the students to understand the historicity of the works and the texts and

understand them with historical perspective

Course content:

Unit 1: Text: Selected Poems by W. H. Auden. New York: Oxford University Press. 1984.

Poems to Study:

1. The Shield of Achilles

2. Sir, No Man's Enemy, Forgiving All

3. A Thanksgiving

4. The Unknown Citizen

5. In Memory of W.B. Yeats

6. Orpheus

7. Who's Who

8. Prospero to Ariel

9. Prologue at Sixty

10. Muse Des Beaux Arts

Unit 2: Text: Murder in the Cathedral - by T.S. Eliot. London: Faber & Faber. 1988.

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Semester end examination:

Q. 1 Long Answer Question (Unit 1) (1/2) 14 x 1 14 Marks

Q. 2 Long Answer Question (Unit 1) (1/2) 14 x 1 14 Marks

Q. 3 Long Answer Question ((Unit 2) (1/2) 14 x 1 14Marks

Q. 4 Long Answer Question (Unit 2) (1/2) 14 x 1 14 Marks

Q. 5 (A) Short Notes Question (Unit 1)(1/2) 07 x 1 07 Marks

Q. 5 (B) Short Notes Question (Unit 2)(1/2) 07 x 1 07 Marks

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Semester: 6 Name of the Course: Core Course in English 18 (CCE 18)

Saurashtra University

Faculty of Arts

English

Syllabus (Effective from June 2019 onwards)

Subject English Semester 06

Course Title Literary Criticism – 3 Course Credit 03

Category Core Course Course

No.

18

Course Code Core

Semester End

Exam

2:30 Hours 70 Marks

Category Teaching

Hours

Credit Internal

Marks

External

Marks

Practical/

Viva

Marks

Total

Marks

Core

Course

45 03 30 70 NA 100

Internal assessment: Assignment / Presentation / Written test

Learning Objectives:

 To strengthen students’ critical acumen

 To develop students’ ability to critically appreciate literature

 To make students understand various critics and critical concepts

 To make students understand various theories relevant to literature

 To make students understand various movements in English literature

 To make students understand the gradual growth of ideas

Course content: (The Following Terms (from the Dictionary) to Teach and Ask in

the Examination.)

1. Romanticism,

2. Classicism,

3. Realism,

4. Surrealism,

5. Feminism,

6. Modernism,

7. Structuralism,

8. Imagism,

9. Symbolism,

10. Expressionism,

11. Marxism,

12. Postmodernism

13. Aestheticism,

14. Colonialism,

15. Orientalism

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Textbook: A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (FIFTH EDITION)

By J. A. Cuddon; Revised by M. A. R. Habib

Publishers: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication. 2013

Semester end examination:

Q. 1 Long Answer Question (Unit 1) (1/2) 14 x 1 14 Marks

Q. 2 Long Answer Question (Unit 1) (1/2) 14 x 1 14 Marks

Q. 3 Long Answer Question ((Unit1) (1/2) 14 x 1 14Marks

Q. 4 Long Answer Question (Unit 1) (1/2) 14 x 1 14 Marks

Q. 5 (A) Short Notes Question (Unit 1) (1/2) 07 x 1 07 Marks

Q. 5 (B) Short Notes Question (Unit 1) (1/2) 07 x 1 07 Marks

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