Modern English Usage and Research Methodology

Paper Code: 
ENG 221
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

  • The course will enable the students to:

    • Familiarize themselves with the nuances of language-use and the mechanics of research methodology
    • Attempt literary appreciation of poetry and prose
    • Get introduced to the concept of literary research and with the terminology, tools and techniques associated with research activity
    • Get sensitized to the significance of systematic planning and execution of research activity and sensitize them to the requirements of cohesion and coherence
10.00
Unit I: 

Précis Writing

                         

Report Writing (Academic & Journalistic)

13.00
Unit II: 

Literary Appreciation (Poetry)

13.00
Unit III: 

Literary Appreciation (Prose)

11.00
Unit IV: 

Research Methodology: Introduction to Literary Research                  

  • What is Research?
  • Why Write It Up?
  • Why a Formal Paper?
  • From Questions to a Problem
    (from The Craft of Research pp. 10-14, 49-63)
13.00
Unit V: 
  • Documentation and Academic Writing

      Why document Sources?                                    

      Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty                 

      Organize: Creating your Documentation:            

  • The List of Works Cited                              
  • In-Text Citations                                         

 

(from MLA Handbook 8th Edition  pp. 3-10, 19, 20- 58)

 

Source Books: 

Booth, Wayne C. et.al. The Craft of Research (Fourth Edition). The Univ. of Chicago Press, 2016.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 8th Edition. 2016.

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Alexander, L.G. Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students.  Orient Longman, 1975.

Boulton, Marjorie. The Anatomy of Poetry.  Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982.

Chakravarty, Suhas. News Reporting and Editing.  Kanishka Publishers, 2006.

Thakkar, Praveen K. Appreciating English Poetry. Orient Longman, 1999.

 

Academic Year: 
2019-2020