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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

General Guidelines for I FEP, IJPEng, II JPEng, III PSEng, and III FEP students who are taking my courses

Teaching Methods

The classes will have lectures and student presentations. The lectures may draw upon visual material namely painting, films, advertisements, print media and literary works. Lectures will explore the theme of the course at the intersection of various disciplines. Supplementary reading will be announced from time to time.

CIA II/III

Will depend on the way discussion will shape up by the first week of the semester.

Guidelines for Submission in case of written assignments:

· The written assignment should be based on your field research. The typed assignment should adhere to the following specifications: A4 size paper, 12 font size, 11/2 line space, font: Times New Roman, Book Antiqua, or Garamond

· Assignment details - your name, reg. no, class, semester, assignment code, name of the University, name of the teacher in-charge and date of submission- should be mentioned on the top right-hand side of the first page. Do not use a cover page.

· You are free to take the assignment beyond the expected criteria. Such efforts will be appreciated.

· Those who are going to be out of town can submit the assignment online.

· No late submission is entertained.

· Plagiarism will not be tolerated and may result in rejection of assignment .

· Remember to give reference at the end of your assignment of the books, articles, websites, and films that you have referred to. The following pattern may be followed: Author’s name with the last name first, a period, name of the book italicised, a period, Place of Publication, colon, name of publication, year of publication, page no

o E.g.: Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, My Experiments with Truth, New Delhi: Penguin, 1998.

o In case of a website give the complete URL of the site referred to along with the above details

o If you are directly lifting some lines quote them. If you are using some idea write it in your words but acknowledge it

For further information on bibliography writing please refer to MLA Handbook – Sixth Edition.

Note:

Ø Attendance is compulsory for all the sessions.

Ø Please be punctual. If you are late, you will not be allowed to attend the class. However, should there be any serious issue, do discuss with me or bring to my notice through the counsellors.

Ø I expect you to come to class having read the required texts. Failing to which you may not be allowed to attend the classes.

Ø Please feel free to clarify your doubts, ask questions or give feedback in the class, or through email. While emailing please mention your name, class and batch.

Ø If you are absent for any of the classes please get the help of your classmates to get updated, before you approach me for help.

Ø If you wish to make classroom presentation on any topic or idea within the framework of the syllabus, you will be given encouragement and guidance.

Ø Please visit my blog for notices and announcements regularly.

Ø As far as possible avoid calling me on my mobile phone.

Ø If you wish give feedback or leave any message for me, you may do so in the brown hard cover book on my table.

Ø All the best. Let us grow together.

VI Semester FEP and PSEng (Nov 2008 – Mar 2009) Course Plan

Course: British Literature: World Literatures
Total No of Hours (approx) : 26
Framework: Understanding Modernity

Topics

Hrs

Dates

Introduction

2

Nov

400 Blows

2

Nov

A Doll’s House

9

Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb

Medea

3

Nov/Dec/Jan

Fire

2

Dec/Jan

Feminism as modernity

2

Jan

The Outsider

2

Jan

Albert Camus

2

Mar

Alexander Solzenitsyn

2

Mar

Feedback

1

Mar


II Semester FEP (Nov 2008 – Mar 2009) Course Plan

Course: British Literature: Late Victorian to the Present
Total No of Hours (approx) : 29
Framework : Industrialisation, Patriarchal State and Discontents

Topics

No of Hours

Dates/Remarks

Introduction to the course

2

George Orwell: Animal Farm

5

Nov

Virginia Woolf: A Room of One’ Own

6

Dec

Charles Dickens: Hard Times

8

Jan

Modernity and Modernism

2

Feb

Bernard Shaw Arms and the Man

5

Feb, Mar

Feedback

1

Mar


II Semester JPEng (Nov 2008 – Mar 2009) Course plan

Total No of Hours (approx) : 42
Course: British Literature: Late Victorian to the Present
Framework: Industrialisation, Patriarchal State and Discontents

Topics

No of Hours

Dates/Remarks

Introduction to the course

3

Nov

Ulysses

3

Nov

My Last Duchess

3

Nov

Dover Beach

2

Dec

God’s Grandeur

2

Dec

Modernity and Modernism

3

Dec

The Second Coming

2

Jan

Psychoanalysis

2

Jan

The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock

6

Jan

The Unknown Citizen

2

Feb

The Thought Fox

3

Feb/Mar

Look Back in Anger

11

Mar

Feedback

1

Mar