National University|Syllabus of B. A. Honours Part II| Department of English

National University

Syllabus of B. A. Honours Part II| Department of English

Course Title	Code	Marks	Credits
Introduction to Drama	1162	100	4
Romantic Poetry	1163	100	4
Advanced Readingand Writing	1164	100	4
Bangladesh Society and Culture	7192	100	4
Political Organisation and The Political System of UK and USA	7211	100	4
Viva-Voce		100	4
Total =		600	24

Year wise courses and marks distribution.
Second Year
INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA| COURSE CODE: 1162
Aristotle– Selections from Poetics (1—14, 24, 26, Penguin)
Sophocles—Oedipus Rex
W. Shakespeare– A Midsummer Night’s Dream
G. B. Shaw—Arms and the Man
J.M. Synge—Riders to the Sea

Course Code: 1163	Marks: 100	Credits: 4	Class Hours: 60
Course Title:	Romantic Poetry	Exam Duration: 4 Hours

 William Blake— Selections from Songs of Innocence and Experience
Introduction, Chimney Sweeper, The Nurse’s Song, Holy Thursday, Divine Image, The Lamb (Innocence)
Introduction, Human Abstract, The Chimney Sweeper, Nurse’s Song, Tyger, Earth’s Answer,London(Experience)
W. Wordsworth—Tintern Abbey. Immortality Ode, Michael,
S.T. Coleridge—The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan
George Gordon, Lord Byron—Don Juan Canto I
Percy Bysshe Shelley—”Ode to the West Wind”, “To a Skylark”
John Keats—”Ode on Melancholy”, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, “Ode to a Nightingale”, “On His First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”

Course Code: 1164	Marks: 100	Credits: 4	Class Hours: 60
Course Title:	Advanced Reading and Writing	Exam Duration: 4 Hours

This course aims at training students in the higher order sub-skills of reading and writing. In the reading part, the focus will be on close and critical reading. Students will be required to develop an awareness of the devices an author employs for producing an intended effect and the effects they really produce

Reading will cover:
a) Understanding rhetorical devices used
a) Finding explicit and implicit relationship between sentences, parts and elements of texts,
b) Distinguishing between facts and opinions
c) Identifying author’s position, attitude, and tone, (negative, positive, neutral, sympathetic, satirical, angry, sarcastic, contemptuous, critical etc.)
d) Interpreting and critically evaluating ideas.
e) Commenting on style
Materials used for reading in this course will cover journalistic writing and literary texts of different genres:
Writing will focus on
a) Writing with a sense of audience
b) Establishing the topic focus
c) Writer’s voice
d) Taking a position (negative, positive, or neutral)
e) Using appropriate style according to purpose and audience
f) Writing academic essays and assignments using MLA and APA Style of Documentation
Recommended Reading
M.J. Murphy. Understanding Unseen. (selections)
Roger Gower and M Pearson. Reading Literature. Longman.
Simon Greenall and Michael Swan. 1986. Effective Reading.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversity Press.
T. U. Sachs. Now Read On. OUP
References:
Neil Mccaw. How to Read Texts: A Student Guide to Critical Approaches and Skills
John McCray, Roy. Reading between the lines-Students’ book..
Walter, Catherine. 1982. Authentic Reading. CUP
Barr. P. Clegg, J. and Wallace, C. 1981. Advanced Reading Skills. Longman
Cleanth Brooks. 1960. Understanding Poetry. Holt Rinehart and Winston Inc.
For Writing:
Heath Guide to Writing. 1990. Heath Publications
Anderson, Duston and Poole. 1992. Thesis and Assignment Writing. Wiley
H. Ramsey Fowles. 1983. The Little Brown Handbook. The Little Brown Company.
References:
John Langhan. 2001.College Writing Skills ( International edition). Mcgraw-Hill.
Joseph Gibaldi and Walters S Achtert. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.New Delhi: Affliated East West Press.
Karen L Greenberg. 1994. Advancing Writer, Book 2. Harper Collins.
Mary Stephens. Practise Advanced Writing. Longman.
R. R. Jordon. 1995. Academic Writing. OUP

Course Code: 7192	Marks: 100	Credits: 4	Class Hours: 60
Course Title:	Bangladesh Society and Culture		Exam Duration: 4 Hours

1. Social and cultural background ofBangladeshsociety: People, Language, Ethnicity and Patterns of rural and urban community.
2. Social institution, organization, Family, Marriage, Kinship, etc.
3. Agrarian social structure, Land tenure system and land reforms, Agrarian relations and modes of production inBangladesh. New method of farming, Rural electricity and communication network and their impact on social structure.
4. Rural power-structure, Formal and informal power-structure, Changing power-structure and leadership in contemporaryBangladesh.
5. Social rank and social stratification, Social class, Status groups, Caste and class, New urban class, Civil society, Intelligentsia, etc.
6. Ethnicity and Tribal society inBangladesh, Changes in Tribal societies, Major factors of change missing action exposure to media, politicisation and expansion of education.
7.Bangladeshsociety and culture in transition, Current trend, Impact of urbanization, industrialization on contemporaryBangladeshsociety and culture.
8. Rural development programmes inBangladesh, Role of NGO and government organization for social development.
9. Women and cultural change,: Attempts of women empowerment from local level to national level, Emerging new roles, Participation in public affairs, Special programme of women development, Enterprising urban women, Women rights and awareness building by GO and NGOs. Special programmes for mother and child health education.
10. The religion of the majority, Islamic norms and values, views and practices in societal level, Islamic education vs secular education, Islam and political mobilization, Modernising factors inherent in and Islamic culture.
Books Recommended:
1. Ahmed, Karmruddin : Social History of Bangladesh
2. Ester Boserup : Women’s Role in Economic Development
3. Gunsen, Eric : Rural Bangladesh Society
4. Irene Tinker : Women and World Development
5. Islam, Md.Nural : Role of Agriculture in Socio-economic Development
6. Islam, Md.Nural : Social Mobility and Elite Formation in Rural Society of Bangladesh
7. Karim, Nazmul : Dynamics of Bangladesh Society
8. Margaret Mead : Male and Female: A Study of the sexes in Changing world
9. R.K. Mukherjee : The Dynamics of Rural Society
10. Salma Sobhan : Legal Status of Women in Bangladesh
11. Sen, Rangalal : Political Elite in Bangladesh
12. UNESCO : Women in South Asia.
13. Westergard : Rural Society. State & Class in Bangladesh
14. Women for Women : Situation of Women in Bangladesh
15. Women for Women : Women for Women in Bangladesh
16. Hunter, W.W. : The Indian Musalmans
১৭. বদরউদ্দীন উমর : চিরস্থায়ী বন্দোবস্ত বাংলাদেশের কৃষক
১৮. অনুপম সেন : বাংলাদেশ: রাষ্ট্র ও সমাজ
১৯. আবুল মনসুর আহমেদ : বাংলাদেশের কালচার
২০. আবদুল মওদুদ : মধ্যবিত্ত সমাজের ক্রমবিকাশ

Course Code:  7211	Marks: 100	Credits: 4	Class Hours: 60
Course Title:	Political Organisation and the Political System of UK and USA	Exam Duration: 4 Hours

Constitution: Meaning and significance, Classification, Methods of Establishing Constitution, Requisites of a good Constitution.
Forms of Government: The Concept of Traditional and Modern Forms, Democracy, Dictatorship, Parliamentary, Presidential, Unitary and Federal.
Theory of Separation of Power: Meaning, Significance and Working.
Organs of Government: Legislature, Executive, Judiciary and Electorate.
Political Behaviour: Political Parties, Pressure Groups and Public Opinion.
British Political System: Nature, Features and Sources of the Constitution, Conventions, Monarchy, Parliament, The Prime Minister and the Cabinet, Party System.
American Political System: Nature and Features of the Constitution, The System of Checks and Balances, The President and Congress, Judiciary and Political Parties.
Books Recommended:
1. K.C. Wheare : Modern Constitution
2. K. C. Wheare : Federal Government
3. W.F. Willoughby : The Government of Modern State
4. C.F. Strong : Modern Constitution
5. R.M. Mac Iver : The Web of Government
৬. ড. মোঃ মকসুদুর রহমান : রাষ্ট্রীয় সংগঠনের রূপরেখা
৭. ড. ওদুদ ভূঁইয়া : রাষ্ট্রবিজ্ঞান
৮. বিপুল রঞ্জন নাথ : রাষ্ট্রীয় সংগঠন
৯. নির্মল কান্তি ঘোষ : আধুনিক রাষ্ট্রবিজ্ঞানের ভূমিকা

Course Code

Course Title: Viva-voce

Marks: 100

Credits: 4

Viva-voce on courses studied in the first and second years.