Your roadmap · आपका रोडमैप
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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Part 1 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 1Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 1: Rise and Elements of the NovelUnit 2: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century NovelUnit 3: Modern Novel
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Part 2 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 2Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 4: The Short StoryUnit 5: Types of Fiction
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Unit tests & assignmentsयूनिट टेस्टRegular tests in the university / board pattern.
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Semester 4 exam (university / board)विश्वविद्यालय / बोर्ड परीक्षाPrevious papers and full revision before the exam.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Syllabus · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 24 topics
01Unit 1: Rise and Elements of the Novel
5 topics+
- Rise of the novel in the eighteenth century
- Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Sterne
- Elements of fiction
- Flat and round characters (E.M. Forster)
- Point of view and narrative technique
02Unit 2: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Novel
4 topics+
- Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice
- Charles Dickens: Great Expectations / Oliver Twist
- The Brontes and George Eliot
- Thomas Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge / Tess
03Unit 3: Modern Novel
5 topics+
- Features of the modern novel
- Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness
- Virginia Woolf and James Joyce: stream of consciousness
- D.H. Lawrence
- George Orwell and William Golding
04Unit 4: The Short Story
5 topics+
- Elements of the short story
- O. Henry
- Saki (H.H. Munro)
- Katherine Mansfield
- Somerset Maugham and Rudyard Kipling
05Unit 5: Types of Fiction
5 topics+
- Picaresque novel
- Epistolary novel
- Gothic novel
- Historical novel: Walter Scott
- Bildungsroman
About this course
You will be able to
- Trace the rise of the English novel from Defoe, Richardson and Fielding
- Explain the elements of fiction: plot, character, point of view and setting
- Analyse prescribed novels of Austen, Dickens and Hardy
- Explain features of the modern novel including stream of consciousness
- Analyse prescribed short stories and their techniques
- Identify types of novel: picaresque, epistolary, gothic, historical and bildungsroman
Who it is for
- B.A Semester 4 students with English as a major subject (UP State Universities, NEP 2020)
- Students preparing for TGT / PGT / UGC NET English
What you need
- English papers of Semesters 1-3
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
Questions
Which syllabus does this course follow?
It follows the UP State Universities NEP 2020 common minimum syllabus (MGKVP, VBSPU, Lucknow University and others) for B.A English, Semester 4. Where your own university's syllabus differs, the centre follows your university syllabus.
How will I be tested?
Unit-wise MCQ tests, short and long answer practice in university exam pattern, and a final mock paper.
Do I have to read the whole novel?
Reading the text is best; the centre gives chapter summaries, character sketches and important passages to make it manageable.
