Semester 3

Semester 3

The following syllabus is for Semester 3 (Bachelor of Arts - English honours , session 2017-20) under Ranchi University according to new pattern of the syllabus  - CBCS (Choice Based Credit System. The RU failed to conduct examination of the relevant semester which was to be held in the month March.

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CORE 'V' - AMERICAN LITERATURE

1. History of the American Literature : 19th and 20th Century Poetry, Novel

2. 'Scarlet Letter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

3. (a) 'The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allen Poe

    (b) 'The Crack-Up by F.Scott Fitzgerald

4. (a) 'Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost

    (b) 'O Captain, My Captain' from Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman.

    (c) 'A psalm of life' by H.W. Longfellow.

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CORE 'VI' - ELEMENTARY PHONETICS AND SPOKEN ENGLISH

1. Phonetics, Phonology & Difference between Phonetics and Phonology.
2. Letters and speech sounds of English language, Reasons of wide gap between English Orthography and spoken English. The need for IPA Symbols for English language. References of English Pronunciation, General Dictionaries, English Pronouncing Dictionaries and their advantages. The British R.P.: Classification of Vowels , Dipthongs and Consonants, Differences between Vowel and Consonant sounds.
3. The syllable. Word stress. Acquisition of spoken English by Non-native speakers of English.
4. Stress, rhythm and intonation in connected speech in simple sentences, falling and rising tones and their uses in various contexts. Transcription of words and its relevance in English. Broad phonetic transcription of English words.

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CORE 'VII' BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA

1. History of the 17th and 18th centuries Poetry and Drama. The Age of Milton , Augustan Age , The Restoration age

2. 'Paradise Lost: Book 1' by John Milton

3. 'The way of the world' by William Congreve

4. 'The rape of the lock' by Alexander Pope

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SEC'1' (SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE)
ELEMENTARY OF COMPUTER APPLICATION SOFTWARE

1. Basic Computer concept
2. Input and output devices 
3. Computer memory and processors 
4. Numbers systems and logic gates
5. Computer software
6. Internet and its uses
7. Operating systems - Windows
8. Microsoft Office 2007 and latest versions
9. Word processing
10. Microsoft excel
11. Microsoft powerpoint