Abasyn University Islamabad Campus

BS English(Lanaguage & Literature)

Program Educational Objectives

Program Learning Outcomes

Curriculum

Faculty

Bachelor of Science in English(Language & LIterature)

BS English is a rigorous 4-year degree program that aims at developing learners’ ability to critically read and analyze linguistics and literary texts in their historical, socio-political, cultural, and philosophical contexts. The study of literature blended with the study of English language helps to improve the linguistic and pedagogical competence of the students. The degree can lead to a wide range of careers. In immediate and practical terms, the students become equipped for an enormous range of careers and postgraduate opportunities. The BS English graduates can pursue careers in translation, teaching and academics, professional writing, arts and media, journalism, administration, public relations, leisure and tourism management, international relations, and marketing.

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

The BS English aims to prepare the graduates who are expected to:

Be able to use English language and communication skills acquired in pursuance of a successful career in research, teaching, print media, television and other related areas.
Keep abreast with current developments and issues in English language and Communication studies; pursue further education in English, Linguistics and Communication and/or carry out independent research in their area(s) of specialization.
Contribute positively to society through responsible, professional, and ethical practice in pursuance of their career and research.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

The students, at the time of graduation, will have the ability to:

Understand, analyze and interpret literary texts through close and critical reading.
Place literature in relation to its historical, cultural, intellectual, theoretical, aesthetic, social and political contexts.
Locate, evaluate and use relevant scholarship, literary criticism and cultural commentary, both in print and online.
Engage in public discourse through careful listening, respectful questioning and thoughtful speaking in both formal and informal settings.
Recognize literature as a vehicle for both individual and cultural expression that can engage the imagination, elicit feeling, express value and enable inquiry.
Identify the characteristics of different forms of literature including the major genres and hybrid forms.
Construct clear, grammatical sentences and produce well-organized texts that exhibit an attention to audience, genre, and purpose and that follow the conventions of logical argumentation.
Understand and articulate general issues concerning nature & function of language. These include the basic mechanisms common to all languages: The domains of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.
Analyze the structure and function of language as used in natural discourse.
Understand and evaluate current research methodologies and how they are applied to problems in literature and linguistics.
Function effectively in a team by assuming different roles and demonstrating effective leadership qualities and project management skills to accomplish a common goal towards a significant project.
Assess professional, ethical, legal, security and social issues and responsibilities.
Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with a range of audiences.
Engage in continuing professional development and life-long learning.

Semester Plan

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Pre Req
ENG101	English Structure Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course aims to help students in reading and writing academic texts. It helps students in achieving proficiency in language use, develop skills in listening comprehension and improve reading efficiency. The major topics are skimming and scanning, fact and opinion, vocabulary development, parts of speech, phrase, clause and sentence structure, tenses, modals, reported speech and paragraph writing. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Understand a complex English language text. Identify basic grammar errors in a given text. Compose a grammatically correct paragraph.	3+0	None
ENG102	Introduction to Literature Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course introduces literature as cultural and historical phenomena. It provides an overview of history of various periods of English literature from Renaissance to present. It also inculcates different theoretical approaches to literature for literary critique and evaluation. The main topics are the study of literature (how to read literature), the study of poetry (John Keats; La Belle Dame Sans Merci, P. B. Shelley; Ode to West Wind) , overview of drama and major English essayists (Bertrand Russel, Francis Bacon, Jonathan Swift). On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate understanding of the genres of fiction, poetry, and drama by writers from various cultures and historical eras. Identify and describe distinct characteristics of literary texts. Analyze literary works for their structure and meaning.	3+0	None
ENG103	Introduction to Linguistics Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course provides a comprehensive overview of language origin, evolution of language as human faculty and traces the history of language in order to provide an idea of how languages developed. It traces the history of English language in order to provide an idea how languages developed. The salient topics are, language origin, speech vs writing, language families, historical linguistics and development of modern linguistics. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate understanding of the origin of language and the characteristics of human language which distinguish it with other communication systems. Critically appraise the field of linguistics and its main sub-fields. Demonstrate understanding of the language phenomenon such as words formation, syntactic structure and meaning along with acquisition, production and comprehension of language. Apply linguistic devices in the real-world context for the analysis of meaning in language.	3+0	None
SS118	Pakistan Studies Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course provides an appreciation and understanding of the cultural, historical and socio-political heritage of Pakistan; along with the main strands of Pakistan’s foreign policy. The course also seeks to create awareness about the issues arising in the modern age and the posing challenges to Pakistan. Important topics include historical perspective; ideology of Pakistan, people and land, political and constitutional phases in Pakistan and Contemporary Pakistan; economic institutions and issues, society and social structure, foreign policy of Pakistan and futuristic outlook of Pakistan. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of Pakistani culture, civil rights and constitution. Demonstrate an understanding of importance of Projects in Pakistan and their economic impacts.	2+0	None
XXxxx	General Course-I	3+0	None
XXxxx	General Course-II	3+0	None

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Pre Req
ENG104	English Communication Skills Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course offers methods, techniques and drills that are useful in optimizing communication and presentation skills of the learners. It enables them to face divergent groups of audience with poise and confidence. The presentation skills part focuses on preparing students for long-life skill of preparing and giving presentations. The major topics are presentation skills, communicating effectively, job interviews and communication skills and communication in a team. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Make use of intermediate-to-advanced level English. Take part in group discussions by attentive listening, questioning to clarify ideas, eliciting responses, or disagreeing in a constructive way. Develop rhetorical knowledge and critical thinking.	3+0	ENG101
ENG105	History of English Literature-I Course Description and CLOs Course Description The course covers two fundamental schemes regarding the study of literature; forms and movements. The course aims to intellectually groom the students for a broad understanding of the major literary movements from Old English to the Romantic period. The main topics are British and American idealism (Greek), literary movements and events from 5th century, romanticism and Victorianism. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate understanding of the influence of historical and socio-cultural events upon the production of literature. Interpret the context, conditions and literary movements from Old English to Romantic period. Demonstrate understanding of the development of literature through different ages. Relate the literary texts with the socio-political conditions of respective ages.	3+0	None
ENG106	Phonetics in English & Phonology Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course explores speech sounds as physical entities (Phonetics) and linguistic units (Phonology). The course aims to familiarize students with the production, transcription and description of English sounds in articulatory terms. The important topics of the course include, basic definitions in phonetics, speech organs, phonemes and phonemic transcription, rules of voicing and the features of connected speech. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate understanding of sound patterns in English language. Develop knowledge of segmental and suprasegmental speech. Interpret phonemic transcription of English words. Identify problems with English pronunciation.	3+1	ENG101
SS108	Islamic Studies Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course aims to provide basic information about Islamic history and law. The major topics covered in this course are introduction to Quranic studies, history of Quran, seerat of Holy Prophet, history of sunnah, introduction to Islamic law and jurisprudence, Islamic culture & civilization, Islam & science, Islamic economic & political system, Islamic history and Islamic social system. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of fundamentals of Quran and Hadith and their relation with our day to day lives. Demonstrate an understanding of Islamic ethics, laws, culture and contemporary issues.	2+0	None
XXxxx	General Course-III	3+0	None
XXxxx	General Course-IV	3+0	None

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Pre Req
ENG201	Technical Report Writing Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course aims to enhance proficiency in conveying and exchanging technical information in various technical and corporate situations. The major topics of the course are technical writing, summary writing, memo writing, formal and informal report writing, job application and C.V. writing, agenda points and minute taking. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Identify the basics of technical writing and its guidelines. Demonstrate the ability to research topics and present them using various mediums, including written reports, group presentations, and multimedia projects. Compose technical documents such as memos, proposals, cover letter, brochures, job application letter and business letter in a professional manner.	3+0	ENG104
ENG202	History of English Literature-II Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course enables the learners to understand how historical and socio-cultural events influence literature written in English and how the literature of a particular nation and age mold the thinking of the writers. the learners will focus on literary periods/movements from 19th century to 21st century. The major topics that course covers are realism, modernism, colonialism, post-colonialism, feminism, post-feminism and the 21st century literary movements. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate understanding of the literary characteristics of different ages from Victorian to Post-modern era. Evaluate literary movements along with historical, political and social context that affects works of literature. Critically analyze the literary texts according to the social, political and historical contexts by considering the literary characteristics and literary movements of different ages.	3+0	ENG105
ENG203	Introduction to Morphology & Syntax Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course introduces the students to basic word and sentence structure of English language. It enables students to identify the grammatical constituents and the agreement constraints that further improves their academic writing. The major topics are inflectional morphology, derivational morphology, morpho-semantics, structure of phrase and clause, grammatical functions, constituents, tree diagrams and transformational generative grammar. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate understanding of the theory, processing and structures of morphology and syntax. Describe how phonology plays a role in morphology. Explain how morphology plays a role in syntax. Demonstrate understanding of morpho-syntactic typological distinctions between languages.	3+0	None
CS100	Introduction to Computers	3+0	None
XXxxx	General Course-V	3+0	None
XXxxx	General Course-VI	3+0	None

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Pre Req
ENG204	Advanced Academic Reading & Writing Course Description and CLOs Course Description The course aims at inculcating proficiency in academic writing through research. It enables students to develop a well-argued and well-documented academic paper with a clear thesis statement, critical thinking, argumentation and synthesis of information. The salient topics are reading and critical thinking, academic vocabulary, writing academic texts, argumentative and descriptive form of writing, editing and proofreading. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Interpret literal meaning of text. Utilize diction to a particular audience and purpose in academic writing. Make use of standard English grammar and effective sentence skills.	3+0	ENG104
ENG206	Semantics & Pragmatics Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course introduces students to the basic concepts of semantics and pragmatics. It helps them to conceptualize the relationship between words and their meanings. It further helps the students in understanding the factors that govern choice of language in social interaction and the effects of these choices. The course includes the topics, theories of semantics and pragmatics, sense relations and lexical relations, syntactic semantics, speech act theory, conversational implicature, the cooperative principle, politeness and deixis. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate an awareness of key components of semantic and pragmatic theory. Relate elements of semantic and pragmatic theory to key empirical phenomena. Analyze novel phenomena in natural language meaning. Formulate generalizations over relevant datasets.	3+0	None
ENG207	Poetry-I Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course focuses on the study of poetry from Geoffrey Chaucer to Alexander Pope. It helps students in further their inquiry in the genre of poetry in a critical manner. The course covers the selected poems of Geoffrey Chaucer (Prologue to Canterbury Tales), John Donne (The Sun Rising, The Good Morrow), John Milton (Paradise Lost) and Alexander Pope (Rape of the Lock). On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate a working knowledge of poetry as a literary genre. Identify and describe distinct literary characteristics of poetic forms. Analyze poetic works for their structure and meaning, using correct terminology.	3+0	None
ENG208	Prose Course Description and CLOs Course Description The focus of the course is to make readers understand some important literary expressions in prose works other than short story and novel. The course covers the selected essays of Frances Bacon (Of Studies, Of Revenge), Jonathan Swift (A Modest Proposal), Charles Lamb (Essays of Elia) and Bertrand Russel (On Denoting). On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate understanding of some important literary expressions in prose works other than short story and novel. Identify and describe distinct characteristics of literary prosaic texts. Analyze literary prosaic works for their structure and meaning.	3+0	None
SS221	Human Rights & Citizenship Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course is intended to promote human values, in particular religious tolerance for others, Promote HR, in particular those of the minorities and ethnic groups. The major topics are introduction to human rights, evolution of the concept of human rights, four fundamentals in human rights: freedom, equality, justice, and human dignity, universal declaration of human rights, three key principles in human rights: inalienability, indivisibility and universality, universality of human rights (Debate/ discussion), human rights in South Asia: issues, rights of women, and rights of Children (debate/ discussion on child labor. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Identify the concept and sub concepts of human rights by Understanding the historical development and evolution of the concept of human rights. Develop a broader perspective of human rights by Identifying different forms of human rights violation at national and international level. Understand human rights laws formulated at international and national level for the protection of human rights. Develop critical thinking on human rights perspective by understanding the condition of human rights in South Asian countries.	3+0	None
XXxxx	General Course-VII	3+0	None

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Pre Req
ENG302	Literary Criticism Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course develops an ability of analyzing and appreciating the literary tradition through all the centuries. The students would be able to grasp arguments in classical, romantic and modern schools of literary criticism. The major topics are the Greek critics, renaissance to eighteenth century critics, the romantic critics, the Victorian critics and modern critics. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Construct thorough understanding of the texts analytically and critically. Interpret and apply literary theory in the future. To demonstrate ability to apply various theories to works of literature through written work.	3+0	None
ENG303	Novel-I Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course aims to introduce the students to the origin and development of relatively late-emerging genre of novel. It helps students in developing an all-round understanding of this genre. The main novels are Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Henry Fielding’s Joseph Andrews, Charles Dickens’ Hard Times, George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss, Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate understanding of the novel as a literary genre. Identify and describe distinct literary characteristics of the novel. Analyze novels for their structure and meaning, using correct terminology.	3+0	None
ENG304	Drama-I Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course aims to explore the nature, functions and themes of classical Greek, Roman and Elizabethan drama in their theatrical, historical and social contexts. Through a critical scrutiny of the recommended plays students will be made to appreciate the variety and imaginative exuberance of drama written in the age that popularized cultural profundity, humanist tendencies, philosophical excavations and artistic excellence. The main dramas are Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, Aristophanes’ The Birds, Shakespeare’s King Lear/Hamlet/Macbeth, Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great, Wester’s The Duchess of Malfi. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate a working knowledge of plays from classical period. Identify and describe distinct literary characteristics of the drama, emphasizing changing approaches to theater as well as the social, cultural, and philosophical implications in representative plays. Analyze plays for their structure and meaning, using correct terminology.	3+0	None
ENG306	English Language Teaching Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course introduces students to different methods adopted throughout the tradition of language teaching. It focuses on different linguistic and psychological approaches that back language teaching. The major topics are: grammar translation method, the direct method, the audio-lingual method, the natural approach, the eclectic approach, error analysis, product-oriented syllabuses, process-oriented syllabuses. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Construct the contemporary knowledge, practical skills and attitudes required for English teachers. Develop a model of classroom interaction and effective teaching. Demonstrate understanding of theory and practice of ELT and relate it with the problems of ELT being faced in Pakistan.	3+0	None
ENG307	Visionary Discourse Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course provides the concept of having a harmonizing vision for the future through study of discourse and to trace the common stylistic and thematic ground in the discourses taught. The course further aims to discover the coherence that makes for an effective discourse. The major topics of the course are the truce of Hudaibiya, causes & consequences leading to battle of Khyber, Allama M. Iqbal: Khutba Allahbad & his last five letters to the Quaid, Quaid-e-Azam M. Ali Jinnah’s speeches; transfer of power, Pakistan constitutional assembly, Eid-ul-Adha speech, Radio Pakistan Lahore, Quetta municipality address and opening of State Bank, Abraham Lincoln: The gattysberg address, chief Seattle’s speech of 1854, protocols of the Jewish Elders of Zion, Nelson Mandela’s release speech. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Interpret the concept of having a harmonizing vision for the future. Analyze the subjects that great men have considered of value. Discover the coherence that makes for an effective discourse (speech/letter/essay). Identify the common stylistic and thematic ground in the discourses taught. var	3+0	None
ENG310	Psycholinguistics Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course intends to familiarize students with different variables that interact with learning of language. It enables the learners to develop the theoretical background of learning and teaching. The major topics are the psychology of language, the structure and function of language, processes in the use of language, theories of language acquisition/learning (behaviorism, cognitivism, interactionism), memory, interlanguage, error analysis and language and thought (language universals and linguistic relativity). On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate their understanding of the foundations of language acquisition. Solve language related problems with the assistance of major theories in the area of psycholinguistics. Support experimental predictions of language acquisition through competing theories of language processing.	3+0	None

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Pre Req
ENG308	Drama-II Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course introduces the students with dramaturgical traditions in the history of Western drama and performance and how did modernist experiment with the constituent elements of plot, characterization, language, setting, movement, or theme and in which ways they challenged these traditions. The salient topic of this course are Ibsen, Henrik A Doll’s House, (1879), Shaw, G. B. Arms and the Man (1894) / Man and Superman (1905), Beckett, Samuel Waiting for Godot, (1953), Brecht, Bertolt Life of Galileo (1943), Harold Pinter The Caretaker (1960), Anton Chekov Cherry Orchard (1904). On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Compare the themes present in the dramas of different writers. Analyze plays for their structure and meaning, using correct terminology. Evaluate dramas on the bases of literary characteristics of their age.	3+0	None
ENG309	Poetry-II Course Description and CLOs Course Description The aim of the course is to develop in the readers an awareness of the second wave of the romantics and to enable them to distinguish between the poets of the age keeping in mind the similarities that group them together. The course helps students in analyzing and evaluating the aesthetic impact of individual poems. The important poets in the course are William Blake: The Sick Rose, London, A Poison Tree, The Tygre, William Wordsworth: The World is Too Much with us, Ode to Intimation of Immortality, We Are Seven, The Last of The Flock, S.T. Coleridge: Dejection: An Ode, Frost at Midnight, Christabel, Kubla Khan, John Keats: La Belle Dame Sans Mercy, A Thing of Beauty, Ode on Melancholy, Ode to Nightingale, Ode on the Grecian Urn, Robert Browning: Porphyria’s Lover, My Last Duchess. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate Understanding of the individual poems and poets in their historical, social, economic, cultural, and political contexts. Identify the significance of the historical period on the poems by analyzing the effects of the major events on poetry. Assess poetry according to the trades and literary features of romanticism.	3+0	None
ENG312	Stylistics Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course aims at focusing on the appreciation and understanding of the functional interpretation and construction of texts. the important topics of this course are the overview of stylistics, historical evolution of stylistics, the nature of stylistics, the goals of stylistics, the concept of style and stylistics, stylistics and its approaches, types of stylistics, levels of linguistic analysis: the lexico-semantic level, the syntactic level, foregrounding, stylistic analysis: practical application. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Understand the principles and methods of the discipline of stylistics and apply these principles and methods on unseen texts. Compare the linguistic differences between literary and non-literary texts. Evaluate the ways in which different aspects of linguistic structure shape and contribute to readers' interpretations of texts.	3+0	None
ENG401	American Literature Course Description and CLOs Course Description The focus of the course is to provide students with in-depth knowledge of American Literature. The course focuses on Historical and political literary themes and enables students to have knowledge of diverse literary movements such as realism, naturalism, transcendentalism, romanticism and modernism. The major literary texts are essays and short stories: Thomas Paine ‘Excerpts from Common Sense,’ Thomas Jefferson ‘Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence,’ Ralph Waldo Emerson ‘Excerpts from Nature Self-Reliance, Walt Whitman ‘Excerpts from Preface to Leaves of Grass,’ Nathaniel Hawthorne ‘My kinsman, Young Goodman Brown,’ Herman Melville ‘Bartleby, the Scrivener,’ Edgar Allan Poe ‘The Fall of the House of Usher.’ Poets: Emily Dickinson, Ezra pound, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Edward Estlin, Hart Crane. Novels: Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Great Gatsby, A Farewell to Arms, The sound and the Fury. Dramatists: Eugene O’ Neill, Arthur Miller. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of diverse origins of literature and distinguish the genres of Literature. Discover the relationship between various literary movements and the literature of the period. Develop close reading skills as a means of literary analysis. Interpret literature as it relates to its historical, cultural, and/or political context using critical perspective.	3+0	None
ENG405	World Literature Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course aims at giving exposure to students about the themes and form of World Literature. The global perspective will not only contribute to broader experience for students, but also enables students to grasp literary texts translated into English. The major topics are Basho (Japanese): Selections of Haiku (at least 5), Albert Camus (French and Algerian): The Outsider, Dostoevsky (Russian): Crime and Punishment, Faiz Ahmed Faiz (Pakistani): Dawn of Freedom: Aug 1947. Translated by Agha Shahid Ali, and Iqbal, M (Indo-Pakistani): Selections from Javaid Nama: The Spirit of Rumi Appears. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate understanding of literary characteristics of different genres of world literature. Compare some of the great works of the East and the West and Identify elements of universal literary merits. Interpret distinct literary texts through different critical analysis and literary analysis techniques.	3+0	None
SS401	Research Methodology in Literature and Linguistics Course Description and CLOs Course Description This advanced course carries out research investigations using information repositories and effectively reports the results of research activities. The major topics of the course are introduction to the concepts of research-definitions, quantitative and qualitative approaches, process, forming hypotheses, originality, critical analysis, information gathering, literature surveys, information gathering: surveys and questionnaires, plagiarism, what is plagiarism, and how to avoid it, and bibliography. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Understand the research methods for literature and linguistics and evaluate the applicability and relevance of different research methods in the research. Design the research questions and apply the research methods for solving different problems. Develop understanding about the contents of research proposal and ethics of conducting the research.	3+0	None

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Pre Req
ENG402	Translation Theory and Literary Studies Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course provides an overview of the history of translation theory and the development of theoretical thinking about translation. It helps students with critical reading of theoretical texts and to formulate their own theoretical approach to translation. The important topics are introduction of translation, a brief overview of the history with special focus on the 20th and 21st centuries, the problem of equivalence at word level and beyond, kinds of translation: word-for-word, sense-for-sense, translation and cultural issues, translating idioms and metaphors, translation, genre and register, foreignization and domestication, functional theories of translation, polysystem theories of translation, postcolonial theories of translation, translation and neologism: confronting the novel, translation and literature, translation in the era of information technology, translation, ideology and politics, translation and interpretation, translation and globalization and research issues in translation. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Interpret different theoretical texts and their translations. Formulate their own theoretical approach to translation and the task and role of translator. Develop the ability to think critically about translation and interpretation.	3+0	None
ENG403	Novel-II Course Description and CLOs Course Description This advance course introduces the learners to the Modern English Novel so that they can read it in its historical context of development. Important texts of the course are Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness, D.H. Lawrence: Women in Love, J. Joyce: The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, Virginia Woolf: To the Light House, William Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury, E.M. Forster: A Passage to India. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Explain distinct literary characteristics of the modern novel. Analyze novels for identifying their structure and meaning. Interpret modern novels by relating it with the age and theories.	3+0	None
ENG407	Literary Theory Course Description and CLOs Course Description The course familiarizes students to literary theory and its applications, offers a framework for understanding the historical evolution of literary studies, and introduces students to a range of approaches to the study of texts. The important topics of the course include: defining literary theory and literature, the purpose of literary theory, tracing the evolution of literary theory, Russian formalism and new criticism, reader-oriented criticism, structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, feminism, Marxism, cultural poetics or new historicism, post colonialism and ecocriticism. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Relate the texts with culture, time, place and traditions. Apply literary theories on different Genres of literature to get new meaning and ideas. Discuss the effect of theories on the literature written in different periods of English literature.	3+0	None
ENGxxx	Specialization Elective-I	3+0	None
ENGxxx	Specialization Elective-II	3+0	None

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Pre Req
ENG404	Critical Discourse Analysis Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course intends to explain the theory of discourse analysis and to demonstrate its practical relevance to language learning and teaching. The major topics are introduction to discourse, types of discourse, a short history of discourse analysis, major contributors, grammatical analysis of Discourse, pragmatic analysis of discourse, analysis of conversation as discourse, critical discourse analysis, discourse and ideology, systemic functional linguistics, Fairclough and critical discourse analysis, Van Dijk and critical discourse analysis, language and power, doing discourse analysis. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Develop the understanding of different theories and concepts of discourse analysis. Evaluate written materials in the field of discourse analysis by applying the concepts and theories of discourse analysis. Compare different phenomenon of discourse analysis and identify its practical relevance to language learning and teaching.	3+0	None
ENG406	Postmodern Literature Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course introduces students to the basic concepts and themes of postmodernism and contemporary literature. Students read some of the major literature of postmodernism, along with significant essays in theories of the postmodernism. Salient topics of the course are Gabriel Garcia Marquez – One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, No one Writes to the Colonel, The General in his Labyrinth, Mohsin Hamid- Reluctant Fundamentalist, Moth Smoke, Toni Morrison- The Bluest Eye, Sula, Thomas Pynchon- Gravity’s Rainbow, Slow Learner (Short Stories Collection), Samuel Beckett- Watt, Jorge Luis Borges- The Aleph (short story), Graham Swift- Waterland, Margaret Atwood- The Handmaid’s Tale, Italo Calvino- If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Understand the relationship between selected 20th-century literary texts and the political, social, historical and cultural contexts of their production. Analyze and interpret the post-modernist literary texts using various critical techniques. Develop a good ability to participate, orally and in writing, in a discussion of literary works in fluent English.	3+0	None
ENG408	Sociolinguistics Course Description and CLOs Course Description This course provides general introduction to sociolinguistics. It examines language use in society with the particular focus on the connections between language and different aspects of society. The salient topics of the course are scope and ramifications of sociolinguistics, theories of sociolinguistics, language in culture and culture in language, societal multilingualism, linguistic inequality in social paradigms, language planning and societal issues, language conflicts and politics in South Asia and global language practices. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Demonstrate understanding of the basic principles, concepts and methods in the field of Sociolinguistics. Analyze variables that can affect language use and language attitudes in a social context. Describe the principles and concepts of sociolinguistics by providing examples from different languages.	3+0	None
ENGxxx	Specialization Elective-III	3+0	None
ENGxxx	Specialization Elective-IV	3+0	None