FYBA DSC

FYBA DSC-I (Department Specific Course)

ENG-DSC-111: Introduction to English Literature-I

(w. e. f. 2024-25)

Semester-I

Credits- 4                                                                                                                                                                              Marks: 100

Internal Examination: 40                                                                                                                                      External Examination: 60

Unit- I: Poetry                                                                                                                                                                              Contact Hours- 15

1. A red, red rose—Robert Burns

2. She Walks in Beauty—Lord Byron (George Gordon)

3. Sonnet 116 – William Shakespeare

4. La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad—John Keats

5. Ulysses—Alfred, Lord Tennyson

6. Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night—Dylan Thomas

(Click here for Notes on Unit-I: Poetry)

Unit-II: Short Stories: (From Popular Short Stories)        Contact Hours: 15

1. The Apple—H. G. Wells

2. The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry

3. The World Renowned Nose—V. M. Basheer

4. Gateman’s Gift—R. K. Narayan

Unit-III: Novel: Lord of the Flies - William Golding                                                                                                         Contact Hours: 15

1. Text and context

2. Story, plot and narrative structure

3. Characters and characterization

4. Setting and atmosphere

5. Themes and motifs

6. Point of view and narrative techniques

7. Style and tone

8. Conflict and resolution

9. Symbolism and imagery

Unit-IV: Drama: Pygmalion – G. B. Shaw                 Contact Hours: 15

1. Story and plot

2. Characters and characterization

3. Dialogues

4. Setting and atmosphere

5. Themes and motifs

6. Conflict and resolution (Freytag’s Pyramid)

7. Symbolism and imagery

8. Stage directions

9. Performance

Study Resources:

• Albert, Edward. History of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2000. Print.

• Appelbaum, Stanley. English Romantic Poetry: An Anthology.

• New York: Dover Publications Ink, 1996. Print.

•  Batra, Shakti. William Hazlitt: Selected Essays. New Delhi:

• Surjeet Publications, 2009. Print.

•  Board of Editors. Popular Short Stories. Calcutta: OUP, 1988. PDF.

•  Golding, William. Lord of the Flies.

• https://lexiconic.net/english/LordoftheFlies.pdf 

•  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/ 

•  Hudson, William. An Outline History of English Literature.

• Karnataka: True Sign Publishing House, 2002.

•  Sanders, Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English

• Literature. Oxford University Press. 2000. Print.

•  Shaw, G. B. Pygmalion https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3825/3825-h/3825-h.htm