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The students will: CO31. Develop an insight into literary elements and identify the use of figures of speech in poetry and prose CO 32. Acquire an understanding of the key elements of research-based writing, viz. reading, evaluating sources, and developing an argument CO 33. Acquire the understanding of research design and methodology to produce a coherent and logically-argued written report by looking at the original texts through the lens of the secondary sources CO 34 Implement the linguistic skills and research acumen acquired to produce well knitted written work CO35 Acquire an understanding of research design with the help of MLA |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Reading assignments, Demonstration
Learning activities for the students: Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Quizzes |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation |
Précis Writing Report Writing (Academic AND Journalistic)
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Literary Appreciation (Poetry)
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Literary Appreciation (Prose)
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Research Methodology: Introduction to Literary Research
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Why document Sources? Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty Organize: Creating your Documentation:
(from MLA Handbook 8th Edition pp. 3-10, 19, 20- 58)
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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 and Kegan Paul, 1982.
Chakravarty, Suhas. News Reporting and Editing. Kanishka Publishers, 2006.
Thakkar, Praveen K. Appreciating English Poetry. Orient Longman Limited, 1999.
Randolph Quirk and Sidney Greenbaum .A University Grammar of English. Pearson ,2018.
E-resources:
English Language and Literature by Dr. Liza Das & Dr. Krishna Barua,Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,IIT Guwahati. http://nptel.ac.in
Journals:
IJES
Journal of English Linguistics