Modern English Usage and Research Methodology

Paper Code: 
ENG 221
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The course will enable the students to:

  • To explain how to develop the skills of literary appreciation of poetry and prose to the students.
  • To introduce them to the terminology, tools and techniques associated with literary research
  • To demonstrate the various writing skills required for different purposes along with the tactics of how to make a text coherent, cohesive, engaging and expressive.

 

Course Outcomes -

The students will:

  • Develop an insight into literary elements and identify the use of figures of speech in poetry and prose
  • Acquire an understanding of the key elements of research-based writing, viz. reading, evaluating sources, and developing an argument
  •  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
  • Implement  the linguistic skills and research acumen acquired to produce well knitted written work

 

10.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

Précis Writing

Report Writing (Academic AND Journalistic) 

 
 

 

13.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

Literary Appreciation (Poetry)

 
 

 

13.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

Literary Appreciation (Prose)

 
 

 

11.00
Unit IV: 
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: 
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: 

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: 

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.

 

Academic Year: 
2021-2022