BA 2nd Year English Syllabus, Subjects, Electives, Books

BA 2nd Year subjects are American Literature, The History of English Language, The History of English Literature, The Social History of England, Skills for Employment.

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BA Elective subjects in the 2nd year are 2 papers of English for Communication. Top authors followed in BA 2nd Year subjects are Edward Albert, Dr. K.Revathi & K.S.Purushothaman, OMP.Juneja & Aarati Mujundar, Ed.C.Subbian etc.

BA 2nd Year English Syllabus

The 2nd year of BA English consists of the third and fourth semesters. Each semester is four to six months. The syllabus of BA English 2nd year is listed below.

BA 2nd Year English Subjects

In the third semester of BA 2nd year, there are seven subjects. These subjects are Other Languages (Other than English), English, Poetry, Shakespeare, The History of English Literature (1851-1950) - II, Skills for Employment - I, and English for Communication - I.

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In the fourth semester of BA 2nd year, there are seven subjects. These subjects are Other Languages, English, American Literature - I, The History of English Language, The Social History of England, Skills for Employment - II, and English for Communication - II.

BA English Third Semester Subjects

• Poetry: A Requiem by William Shakespeare, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning by John Donne, From “Lycidas” and From “Paradise Lost” by John Milton, Lucy Gray by William Wordsworth, On a Grecian Urn by John Keats, In Memoriam Poem LIV Ulysses by Lord Tennyson, My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, Sweeny among the Nightingales by T.S. Eliot, and The Windhover by G.M. Hopkins.
• Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, and Funeral Oration of Brutus and Antony in “Julius Caesar”.
• The History of English Literature (1851-1950) - II: Poetry by Tennyson, Browning, and Mathew Arnold, Prose by Thomas Carlyle, and John Ruskin, Novel by Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, Poetry by G.M.Hopkins, W.B.Yeats, and T.S. Eliot, Drama by George Bernard Shaw and Galsworthy, and Novel by E.M.Forester, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf.
• Skill for Employment - I: This subject comprises Group Discussions, Job Interviews, Oral Presentation Skills, Interacting with Superiors, and Listening to Reports and Customer Complaints.
• English for Communication - I: This subject comprises E.Mail Communication, Non-Verbal Communication, Effective Listening, Making Presentations, Interview Techniques, Group Discussion, and Preparing an Effective CV.

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BA English Fourth Semester Subjects

• American Literature - I: Brahma by Poetry Emerson, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, There’s Been a Death in the opposite house by Emily Dickinson, Birches by Robert Frost, The Philosophy of Composition by Edgar Allea Poe, Glass Menagerie by Tennissee Williams, and Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
• The History of English Language: General Characteristics of English: The Indo-European Family of Languages, The Influence of Shakespeare and Milton on the English Language, The Growth of English Vocabulary, change of Meaning, The Evolution of Standard English, and French Loan Words in English.
• The Social History of England: The topics covered are Tudor England (1485 to 1603), The Renaissance, The Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, Puritanism, Restoration England (1660 to 1688): Social Life, The Age of Queen Anne (1702 to 1714), The Industrial Revolution and the Agrarian Revolution, The effects of the French Revolution on British Life, The Victorian Age (1837 to 1901), The Reform Bills, The Dawn of Twentieth Century, Life Between the Two World wars (1919 to 1939), etc.
• Skills for Employment - II: The topics covered in this subject are Preparing a CV or a Resume, Preparing the minutes of a meeting, Presenting Data in Verbal and Non-verbal modes, Reading and Replying to E-Mails, and The Correct Attitude of Employment.
• English for Communication - II: The topics covered are An Introduction to Communication, Notices, Agendas and Minutes, Business Correspondence, Speeches, Meetings, Vocabulary Development, Editing Skills, and Reference Skills.

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BA English 2nd Year Elective Subjects

The list of elective subjects in the 2nd Year of BA English is listed below.

• English for Communication - I
• English for Communication - II

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