Brief Introduction: 

This survey course of fiction and non-fictional prose of the long eighteenth century aims to offer a representative selection of fiction and non-fictional prose practised during the period. The course proposes to be representative in two different ways. First, it proposes to introduce some of the major formal developments of prose that occurred during the long eighteenth century. Second, the course also proposes to introduce some of the major ideas in circulation in the period and the thinkers who introduced them. Therefore, the course can be partly considered a survey in both the literary as well as intellectual history of England during the long eighteenth century.

For details on text and structure read the complete description in the following document.

• Course description including texts [Link]

• Detailed Course Description [Link]

• Plan and progress of the course: Check this Google Doc [Link] to learn about the plan and progress of this course. The topics listed are for the purpose of referencing only. They are not a list of topics from which mid-semester and end-semester questions will be set.  

• Academic calendar of University of Kalyani published on 4 Oct '23 [Link]

Check the Academic calendar linked above for the guidelines from the University authority

• First Internal assessment 

  • • Date and time: 4 January, Thursday, from 11:30 to 12:20 and 12:30 to 13:20. The assessment will be given in the following two groups. 

    • Students with roll numbers 75 to 134 report at the classroom at 11:30 to take their test. The test will be of of 45 minutes duration.

    • Students with roll numbers 1 to 74 report at the classroom at 12:20 to take their test. The test will be of of 45 minutes duration.

    • Syllabus: The test will be on Unit II: Sub-unit I 

    • Format: Students will be required to explain and comment on the excerpts from the texts in this sub-unit

    • Marks: 20: Four excerpts to be explained and commented; each carrying 5 marks 

• Second Internal assessment

  • • Date and time: 22 February, Thursday, from 11:00 to 12:00 

    • Syllabus: The test will be on Unit II: Sub-unit II

    • Format: Students will be required to explain and comment on the excerpts from the texts in this sub-unit

    • Marks: 20: Four excerpts to be explained and commented; each carrying 5 marks 

    • Seating Arrangement: Roll nos. 1 - 80 should report at the first-floor classroom and the remaining students should report at the smart classroom.

    • Leave your belongings outside the room while entering rather than waiting inside the hall and then getting up once you are instructed to do so. This will save your time for test.

    • Bring your own pen, scale or other writing devices as you may need, as well as your own water bottle or watch. Sharing these items is not an acceptable excuse to talk in the exam hall.

    • If you decide to use the text during the assessment, you should bring your own printed copy, no sharing of the text will be permitted during the assessment.

    • Adoption of any form of unfair means will disqualify you from the examination.

Best of luck!

• It was notified that the class will meet for a discussion of the internal assessment papers on 7 May 2024 at 11 AM. Afterwards, the classes were cancelled on that day due to extreme heatwave. While it is possible to schedule another day of meeting, a snapshot of the summary  of the score of the class is pasted below. It is randomised and don't try to interpret individual scores from the chart. 

* For any inquiry or clarification email me at dhrubas[at]klyuniv.ac.in. If you are uncertain about how to email your teacher, follow this Wikihow. Inappropriate emails will not be responded to. Also make sure that you have read this website before emailing your query. [Pronouns: he/his/him; though the course tries to be as gender-neutral as possible]

* It is acceptable to use any AI guided writing tools (like ChatGPT) to compose your email, as long as you yourself is able to write the a similar kind of email. Use the technology without putting yourself blindly on autopilot. Like in real life the responsibility of your actions (read 'writing' in this context) cannot be delegated to 'someone' else.

** Remind.com will be used as a one-way communication from the teacher to students for reminding the basics of the course. Students may use it voluntarily and use of the app is completely optional. If a student does not have reliable access to internet and a smart phone, then she should contact the teacher as soon as possible for an alternative mode. 

To join the Official Channel of this Course at Remind.com click on this statement 

• You must enter both your FIRST name and SURNAME as it appears in university register while registering with Remind. Joining requests from abbreviations/ blank names/ nicknames etc will be denied entry into the Remind channel. 

• If your previous requests have been turned down, make sure the above issue is corrected before contacting the teacher with the problem. 

• Remind.com is used as a one-way communication channel in this course. Students under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should try to use the course channel as a social media to communicate with each other or should post reactions/ emojis etc. 

• This is NOT a social media platform. If anyone is found to behave contrary to this prohibition, they will be removed from the course channel and will not be allowed to join the class channel again.