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  1. 1
    Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकात

    Enquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.

  2. 2
    Semester 5 — subject classesसेमेस्टर 5 — विषयवार कक्षाएँ

    Every theory subject of the term, unit by unit, with notes, numericals and doubt classes.

    History of English LiteratureIndian Writing in English
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    Labs, practicals & project workलैब, प्रैक्टिकल और प्रोजेक्ट

    Experiments / jobs / project work as in the syllabus, with practical file and viva preparation.

    Research Project-I
  4. 4
    Unit tests & mid-termयूनिट टेस्ट और मिड-टर्म

    A test after every unit and a mid-term in the university / board pattern.

  5. 5
    Semester 5 mock testमॉक टेस्ट

    A full mock test of all subjects before the exam, with analysis.

  6. 6
    Semester 5 exam (university / board)सेमेस्टर / वार्षिक परीक्षा

    Previous papers, important questions and full revision.

  7. 7
    Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्ट

    Take the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.

सिलेबस · पाठ्यक्रम

3 subjects · 16 chapters · 73 topics

History of English Literature6 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Old and Middle English Period 4 टॉपिक
  1. Old English literature: Beowulf
  2. Middle English: Chaucer, Langland, Gower
  3. Malory: Morte d'Arthur
  4. Miracle and morality plays
02Unit 2: Renaissance and Elizabethan Age 5 टॉपिक
  1. The Renaissance and its features
  2. Spenser and Sidney
  3. University Wits and Shakespeare
  4. Francis Bacon
  5. Jacobean age and the King James Bible
03Unit 3: Puritan, Restoration and Neo-classical Age 6 टॉपिक
  1. Milton and the Puritan age
  2. Restoration age: Dryden and comedy of manners
  3. Neo-classical age: Pope and Swift
  4. Periodical essay: Addison and Steele
  5. Samuel Johnson
  6. Rise of the novel
04Unit 4: Romantic Age 4 टॉपिक
  1. Features of Romanticism
  2. Lyrical Ballads (1798): Wordsworth and Coleridge
  3. Byron, Shelley and Keats
  4. Romantic prose: Lamb and Hazlitt
05Unit 5: Victorian Age 4 टॉपिक
  1. Victorian age: background and features
  2. Tennyson, Browning and Arnold
  3. Victorian novel: Dickens, Eliot, Hardy
  4. Victorian prose: Carlyle and Ruskin
06Unit 6: Modern Age 5 टॉपिक
  1. Modernism and its features
  2. T.S. Eliot and W.B. Yeats
  3. Joyce and Woolf
  4. War poets
  5. Modern drama: Shaw and Beckett
Indian Writing in English5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Rise of Indian Writing in English 4 टॉपिक
  1. Macaulay's Minute and English education
  2. Early writers: Derozio, Toru Dutt, Michael Madhusudan Dutt
  3. First Indian English novels
  4. Themes and the question of Indian English
02Unit 2: Indian English Poetry 5 टॉपिक
  1. Rabindranath Tagore: Gitanjali
  2. Sarojini Naidu
  3. Nissim Ezekiel
  4. Kamala Das
  5. A.K. Ramanujan and Jayanta Mahapatra
03Unit 3: Indian English Fiction 5 टॉपिक
  1. Mulk Raj Anand: Untouchable
  2. R.K. Narayan: The Guide / Malgudi stories
  3. Raja Rao: Kanthapura
  4. Anita Desai and Arundhati Roy
  5. Salman Rushdie and later novelists
04Unit 4: Indian English Drama 3 टॉपिक
  1. Girish Karnad: Tughlaq, Hayavadana
  2. Mahesh Dattani: Final Solutions
  3. Themes of myth and history in Indian drama
05Unit 5: Indian English Prose 4 टॉपिक
  1. M.K. Gandhi: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru: The Discovery of India
  3. Nirad C. Chaudhuri
  4. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: Wings of Fire
Research Project-I5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Milestone 1: Topic Selection 5 टॉपिक
  1. Choosing an author, text, genre or theme
  2. Narrowing a broad area to a focused topic
  3. Framing research questions and objectives
  4. Discussion with the supervisor
  5. Checking feasibility and availability of sources
02Milestone 2: Reading and Review of Literature 5 टॉपिक
  1. Primary text and secondary sources
  2. Library catalogue, Shodhganga, JSTOR open content, INFLIBNET
  3. Note-making and annotated bibliography
  4. Writing the review of literature
  5. Identifying the research gap
03Milestone 3: Synopsis 5 टॉपिक
  1. Title, introduction and background
  2. Objectives and hypothesis or research questions
  3. Methodology: textual, comparative, historical or theoretical approach
  4. Tentative chapter plan
  5. Tentative bibliography in MLA style
04Milestone 4: Draft Writing 5 टॉपिक
  1. Writing the introductory chapter
  2. Quoting, paraphrasing and summarising correctly
  3. MLA in-text citation and works cited
  4. Avoiding plagiarism and similarity check
  5. Supervisor feedback and revision
05Milestone 5: Report and Viva 4 टॉपिक
  1. Formatting the Semester 5 report (font, margins, declaration, certificate)
  2. Preparing a short presentation
  3. Viva-voce: defending the topic and method
  4. Plan of work for Research Project-II in Semester 6

About this course

आप यह कर पाएँगे

  • Complete History of English Literature syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Indian Writing in English syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Research Project-I syllabus with regular tests

यह किसके लिए है

  • B.A Semester 5 students with English as a major subject (UP State Universities, NEP 2020)
  • Students preparing for TGT / PGT / UGC NET English

आपको क्या चाहिए

  • English papers of Semesters 1-4
Online tests & result Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre. Student login →

सवाल

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 5. 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.

How do I remember so many names and dates?

Age-wise charts of writers, works and dates are given and revised through weekly objective tests.

Which texts are prescribed?

Texts vary by university; the centre teaches the ones in your university's list, with summaries and themes.

What is the length of the Semester 5 project?

Usually a short report of about 20-40 pages or as fixed by the department; it is continued as Research Project-II in Semester 6.

Which syllabus does the centre follow?

The UP NEP 2020 common minimum syllabus for B.A English research project. The centre follows the student's own university syllabus (MGKVP, VBSPU, Lucknow University or any other) where it differs from this outline.

Will the centre write the project for me?

No. Trainers guide topic selection, reading, citation and drafting; the research and writing must be the student's own work.

Which citation style is used?

MLA (9th edition) is the usual style for English literature unless the department asks for another style.

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