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SEMESTER I
S# Course Code
01 ENG-311
02 ENG-321
03 ENG-331
04 ENG-341
05 ENG-351
06 ENG-361

Course Title
History of English literature I
Introduction to Linguistics I
Poetry I
Prose I
Introduction to Literature I
Communication Skills

SEMESTER II
S# Course Code
01 ENG-312
02 ENG-322
03 ENG-332
04 ENG-352
05 ENG-342
06 ENG-343

Course Title
History of English literature II
Introduction to Linguistics II
Poetry II
Introduction to Literature II
Prose II
Novel I

Credits Hours
3-0-3
3-0-3
3-0-3
3-0-3
3-0-3
3-0-3

Course Title
Poetry III
Novel II
Drama I
Literary Criticism I
Teaching of English as
Foreign Language (TEFL) I
Research Methodology

Credits Hours
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3-0-3
3-0-3
3-0-3
3-0-3

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SEMESTER III
S# Course Code
01 ENG-431
02 ENG-441
03 ENG-471
04 ENG-481
05 ENG-421
06

ENG-423

SEMESTER IV
S# Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours
3-0-3
3-0-3
3-0-3
3-0-3
3-0-3
3-0-3

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3-0-3

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02
03

ENG-472
ENG-482
ENG-422

04

ENG-491

Drama II
Literary Criticism II
Teaching of English as
Foreign Language (TEFL) II
Dissertation and Viva Voce

05

ENG-451

Introduction to Discourse Analysis

3-0-3

24

06
08

ENG-419
ENG-461

Phonology
Pakistani Literature in English

3-0-3
3-0-3

25
26

07

ENG-452

Stylistics

3-0-3

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ENG-311 History of English Literature I
th
Old English (5 Century to 1066),
Middle English,
The Renaissance,
Restoration

Suggested Readings:
1. Alexander, M. (2000). A History of English Literature. New York: Palgrave.
2. Cazamian, L & Vergnas R L. (1970) A History of English Literature, J M Dent & Sons.
3. Evans, Ifor (1963) Short History of English Literature, Penguin Books.

ENG-321 Introduction to Linguistics I

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The origins of language

The development of writing
The properties of language
The sounds of language
The sound patterns of language
Words and word-formation processes
Morphology
Syntax

Suggested Reading:
1. Yule, George. (1996). Study of Language. UK. Cambridge.

ENG-331 Poetry I

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Geoffrey Chaucer:
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales,
Edmund Spenser:
The Faerie Queene Book I Canto I,
Shakespeare Sonnets:
Shall I Compare thee To a Summers Day,
Let Me Not To The Marriage of True Minds,
How like a winter hath my absence been,
My mistresses eyes are nothing like the sun,
John Milton:
Paradise Lost Book I,
John Donne:
Go and catch the falling star;
Extasie,
A valediction: of weeping
Alexander Pope:
Rape of the Lock Canto I

Suggested Readings:
1. Brewer, Derek. An Introduction to Chaucer, Longman, London.
2. Rob ,Pope. How to Study Chaucer, Palgrave, Malaysia.
3. Bennet, H S. Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century, Oxford.
4. Nevil, Coghill. The Poet Chaucer, Oxford.
5. Spens, Janet. Spenser's Faerie Queene: An Interpretation, London.
6. John Donne: The Poems, Joe Nutt, Palgrave, Hampshire, England.
7. Lewis, C S. A Preface to Paradise Lost.
8. Adams, R M. Milton and the Modern Critics.
9. Tillotson, G. On the Poetry of Pope.
10. Leavis, F R. Pope in the Revaluation.

ENG-341 Prose I

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Francis Bacon:
Of Studies;
Of Friends and Followers;
Of Simulation and Dissimulation;
Of Adversity,
John Milton:
Areopagitica,
Jonathan Swift:
Gulliver's Travels,
Charles Lamb:
Essays of Elia (Poor Relations, Superannuated Man)

Suggested Reading:
1. Gosses, E. Eighteenth Century Literature.
2. Perry, T.S. English Literature in the Eighteenth Century.
3. Symons, A. Romantic Movement in English Poetry.
4. Chesterton, G. K. The Literature in Victorian Era.

ENG-351 Introduction to Literature I

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Genres of literature; Poetry:

Major Types (Objective Poetry: Epic, Mock-Epic, Ballad, idyll, Subjective poetry: Lyric, Ode,
Elegy, Sonnet)
Versification (Foot, Line, Rhyme, Stanza, Pause),
Poetic Devices e.g. (Simile, Metaphor, Imagery, Symbolism, Alliteration, Pathetic
Fallacy),Practical Criticism
Prose:
Biography, Autobiography,
Essays: Personal Essays, Objective Essays, Factual Essays, Fictional Essays, Critical Essays
etc,
Practical Criticism

Suggested Readings:
1. Cuddon, J A .Dictionary of Literary Terms & Literary Theory. England: Penguin Books.
2. Lewis, C S. An Experiment in Criticism. Cambridge .CUP.
3. Peck, John & Coyle, Martin. Literary Terms & Criticism. Malaysia: Palgrave.
4. Klarer, Mario. An Introduction to Literary Studies. London & New York .Routledge.
5. Atkin, Studying Literature.Walsh & Watkins. London: Harvesters.
6. Peck John & Coyle Martin Practical Criticism: How to Write a Critical Appreciation China:
Palgrave.
7. How to Study a Poet, John Peck, China Palgrave.
8. Curtis, Tony. How to Study Modern Poetry. China: Palgrave.
9. Boulton, M. The Anatomy of Poetry. London: Rouledge.
10. Mullick, B R. Literary Criticism and Its Principles in History.
11. Kershner, R B. The Twentieth Century Novel.Boston: Bedford Books.
12. Collins, S. Approaching Literature. London :Hodder & Stoughton.

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ENG-361 Communication Skills
Importance and Benefits of Effective Communication
Concepts and Problems of Communication
Intercultural Communication
Process of Communication,
Principles of successful communication
Communication Skills:
Strategies for Reading Skills
Strategies for Writing Skills
Strategies for Listening Skills
Strategies for Speaking Skills
The role of communication skills in the:
Motivation,
Leadership,
Management and Administration,
Decision making,
Nonverbal Communication
Job-search Communication
Resumes
Cover Letters
Interviews
Suggested Reading:
1. Bernard, Philip. Counseling and Writing Skills.
2. Courtland, L.. and THill, John V. Communication Skills today.
3. Raymond and Corsine, J. and Alan, Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Communication.
4. Huddleston, Rochney. Grammar Skills.
5. Feinstein, George W. Programmed College Vocabulary.
6. Feinstein, George W. Programmed writing Skills.
7. Feinstein George W., Programmed Spelling and Vocabulary.
8. Millon Nandy, Mastering Modern English.
9. Dowening, Angela. and Locke, Philip. A university Course in English Grammar.
10. Huddleston, Introduction to the Grammar of English.

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ENG-312 History of English Literature II

Neoclassicist,
Romanticism,
The Victorian Period,
Modern Literature

Suggested Readings:
1. Alexander, M. (2000). A History of English Literature. New York: Palgrave.
2. Cazamian, L & Vergnas R L. (1970) A History of English Literature, J M Dent & Sons.
3. Evans, Ifor (1963) Short History of English Literature, Penguin Books

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ENG-322 An Introduction to Linguistics II
Semantics
Pragmatics
Discourse analysis
First language acquisition,
Second language acquisition/learning,
Sign language, Language history and change,
Language varieties,
Language, society and culture.

Suggested Reading
1. Yule, George. (1996). Study of Language. UK. Cambridge

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ENG-332 Poetry II
William Blake:
Tyger;
Laughing Song,
William Wordsworth:
The Prelude Book I, Tintern Abbey,
ST Coleridge:
Kubla Khan,
The Rime of Ancient Mariner,
Lord Byron:
She Walks in Beauty,
Stanzas for Music or any other,
John Keats:
Ode to a Nightingale,
Ode on Grecian Urn,
Ode to Autumn,
PB Shelley:
Ode to the West Wind,
Ode to a Skylark,

Suggested Readings:
1. Bottrall, Margaret. William Blake: Songs of Innocence & Experience, McMillan, China.
2. Symons, A. Romantic Movement in English Poetry
3. Hough, G. The Romantic Poets

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ENG-352 Introduction to Literature II

Drama:
Forms (Tragedy, Comedy, Historical Drama, Masque),
Elements (Plot, Theme, Characterization),
Techniques (Dialogues, Dramatic Monologue),
Novel:
Major Types (Picaresque, Psychological, Pastoral, Novel of Manners, Gothic Novel,Detective,)
Elements (Plot, Characterization, Settings/Scene)
Techniques (Symbolism, Stream of Consciousness)
Fiction:
Fantasy/Science Fiction, Short Story
Post-colonial Literature of Indian Sub-Continent

Suggested Readings:
1. Cuddon, J. A .Dictionary of Literary Terms & Literary Theory. England: Penguin Books.
2. Lewis, C.S. An Experiment in Criticism , CUP, Cambridge.
2. Peck, John. & Coyle, Martin. Literary Terms & Criticism. Malaysia: Palgrave.
3. Mario, Klarer. An Introduction to Literary Studies, , London & New York: Routledge.
4. Atkin,Studying Literature, Walsh & Watkins, London: Harvesters.
5. Peck, John. & Coyle, Martin. Practical Criticism: How to Write a Critical Appreciation,. China:
Palgrave,
6. Peck, John. How to Study a Poet, , China :Palgrave.
7. Curtis, Tony. How to Study Modern Poetry, , China :Palgrave.
8. Boulton, M. The Anatomy of Poetry, London :Rouledge.
9. Mullick, B R. Literary Criticism and Its Principles in History.
10. Kershner, R. B. The Twentieth Century Novel.Boston: Bedford Books.
11. Collins, S. Approaching Literature.London:Hodder & Stoughton.

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ENG-342 Prose II

Mathew Arnold:
Study of Poetry or Function of Criticism,
Lytton Strachey:
Eminent Victorians (Anyone Essay),
Thomas Carlyle:
Heroes and Heroe Worship, French Revolution (Anyone Essay),
Bertrand Russell:
The Future of Mankind or The Functions of Teacher or Eminent Men I have Known (Any Two
Essays)

Suggested Readings:
1. Graham, R.D. The Masters of Victorian Literature.
2. Batho and dobree. The Victorians and after.

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ENG-343 Novel I (1700-1900)
Henry Fielding:
Joseph Andrews
or
Tom Jones,
Jane Austen:
Emma or Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice,
Charles Dickens:
Great Expectations or
David Copperfield,
Emily Bronte:
Wuthering Heights

or

Suggested Reading:
1. Gosses, E. Eighteenth Century Literature.
2. Perry, T.S. English Literature in the Eighteenth Century.
3. Chesterton, G.K .The Victorian Age in Literature.
4. Walker, Hugh. The Literature in Victorian Era.

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ENG-431 Poetry III
Alfred Tennyson:
The Princess,
Idylls of the King,
Robert Browning:
Andrea Del Sarto,
Rabbi Ben Ezra,
WB Yeats:
Sailing to Byzantium, Byzantium,
Among School Children,
The Second Coming
T S Eliot:
The Wasteland,
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Suggested Readings:
1. Steadman, E.C. Victorian Poets.
2. Willey, B. Nineteenth Cenutry Studies.
3. Routh, R.V. Towards the Twentieth Century.
4. Leavis, F.R. The Trend of Modern Poetry.
5. Pinto, V.S. Crisis in Modern Poetry.

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ENG-441 Novel II (1900 to date)

Thomas Hardy:
Tess of the D'Urbervilles, or
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Joseph Conrad:
Heart of Darkness,
EM Forster:
Howards End, or
A Room with the View
Virginia Woolf:
To the Lighthouse, or
Mrs. Dalloway
D.H Lawrence:
The Rainbow. or
Sons and Lover

Suggested Reading:
1. Batho and Dobree. The Victorians and After.
2. R S. Towards the Twentieth Century.
3. Ward, A.C. Twentieth Century Literature.
4. Williams, H. Modern English Writers.

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ENG-471 Drama I
Christopher Marlow:
Dr. Faustus, or
Timberlaine
William Shakespeare:
A Midsummer Night's Dream, or
Much Ado About Nothing
Hamlet, or
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopetra. Or
Romeo and Juliet

Suggested Readings:
1. Ford, B. The Age of Shakespeare
2. Sainsbury, G. The Elizabethan Literature
3. Boas, F S. Christopher Marlowe: A Biographical & Critical Study. Oxford
4. Levin, Henry. The Overreacher: A Study of Christopher Marlowe. Cambridge/USA Ben Jonson,
G G Smith

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ENG-481 Literary Criticism I

Aristotle:
The Poetics,
Longinus:
On the Sublime,
Philip Sidney:
An Apology for Poetrie,
John Dryden:
Essay on Dramatick Poesie or Preface to the Fables
Dr. Johnson :
Preface to Shakespeare

Suggested Readings:
1. Pinto, V.D.S. The English Renaissance.
2. Sainsbury, G. Elizabethan Literature.
3. Wedgwood, C.V. Seventeenth Century English Literature.

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ENG-421 TEFL I

Sociology of Language Learning,

Psychology of Language Learning,
Teaching Methodologies,
Teaching of Grammar,
Teaching of Vocabulary,
Teaching of Pronunciation,
Teaching of Language Skills.

Suggested Readings:
1. Doff, Adrian. Teaching English: A Training Course for Teachers.CUP.
2. Finnochioro, M. English as a Second/Foreign Language: From Theory to Practice. New
Jersey: Prenti.
3. Cook, Vivian, Arnold. Second Language Learning & Language Teaching. London /OUF York
4. Johnson, K ,Language Teaching and Skills Learning,Oxford: Blackwell,
5. Thompson, M S H, & Wyatt H G Teaching of English
6. Baker, D. Arnold, Edward, Language Testing; A Critical Survey & Practical Guide. London.
7. Hubbard-Jones-Thomson A Training Course for TEFL.
8. Arends, Richards. I Learning to Teach. Singapore: McGraw Hill.
9. Stern, H H. Fundamental Concepts in English Language Teaching. Oxford: OUP.
10. Brumfit, C.J. Problems & Principals in English Teaching. Oxford: Pergamon.

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ENG-423 Research Methodology

Introduction of Research,
Defining Research,
Component of Research,Questions / Hypotheses.Design
Interpretation,
Choosing the Topic,
Narrowing a Topic,
Researching the Topic / Literature Review,
Taking Down Notes,
Creating Note Cards,
Writing the Report.

Methodology,Results

Suggested Reading:
1. Farooq, R.A. Understanding Research in Education
2. Sinha, MP. Research Methods in English. Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, 2004.

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ENG-472 Drama II
Ben Johnson:
Volpone, or
Alchemist

R B Sheridan:
The Rivals or
She Stoops to Conquer

George Bernard Shaw:

Man and Superman, or
Arms and the Man
T S Eliot:
Murder in the Cathedral.

Suggested Readings:
1. Dobree, B. Restoration Comedy.
2. Jump, John. Marlowe: Doctor Faustus. Great Britain: Palgrave. McMillan.
3. Loftis, John. Sheridan & the Drama of Georgian England.
4. Ellis-Fermor, Una. The Jacobean Drama.

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ENG-482 Literary Criticism II

,
William Wordsworth:
Preface to Lyrical Ballads,
S T Coleridge:
Biographia Literaria (Chapter 14, 22),
Walter Pater
Essay on Style
T S Eliot:
Traditions and the Individual Talent,
The Metaphysical Poets

Suggested Reading:
1. Mccutcheon, M. Eighteenth century Literature.
2. Ward, A.C. Twentieth Century Literature.

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ENG-422 TEFL II (Teaching of English as Foreign Language)

Syllabus Design and Material Development,

Error Analysis, Lesson Planning,
Audio Visual Aids in the Teaching of English,
Testing and Evaluation,
Micro Teaching (Critique Session and Group Project),
Class Room Management and Planning.

Suggested Readings:
1. D, Bryne. Teaching Oral English.
2. Howatt, APR. A History of English Language Teaching. Oxford: OUP.
3. Rivers, W M. & Temperley M S A Practical Guide to the Teaching of English. OUP.
4. Gronlund, N E. New Measurement & Evaluation in Teaching. London: McMillan.
5. Heaton, J B. Writing English Language Tests,
6. Harris, D P. Testing English as a Second Language. New York: McGraw Hill.
7. Stevick, E W. Teaching & Learning Language. Cambridge: CUP
8. Richards & Rodgers. Approaches & Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP.

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ENG-491 Dissertation and Viva Voce
Dissertation and Viva Voce will carry 6 Credit Hours as part of Masters degree.

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ENG-451 INTRODUCTION TO DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

Text, Discourse
Locutionary Act, Illocutionary Act, Perlocutionary Act
Cohesion and Coherence
Grices Maxims of conversation
Conversational Analysis
Sinclairs Categories of Discourse
Analyzing Literary Discourse
Discourse Analysis and Language Teaching

Recommended Books:
1. Levinson, S.C. (1983) Pragmatics, Cambridge, Cup
2. Coulthard, M. (1985) An Introduction to Discourse Analysis
3. Syab, P. and Jindad, D.V. (1998) An introduction to Linguistics: Language, Grammar and Semantics,
New Delhi, Prentice Hall of India
4. Widdowson, H.G.(1978) Teaching Language as Communication.OUP

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ENG-419 PHONOLOGY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

The Phoneme
The Syllable
The Speech Sounds- Vowels, Consonants
Segments of Speech , Stop, Fricatives, Ejective , Implosives , clicks, Nasals, Approximations,
Vowels
Suprasegments of Speech , Stress, Length, Syllable juncture, Pitch, Intonation, Voice Quality,
Rhythm
Acoustic Characteristics of Speech?
Principles and methods of Phonetic Transcription
Connected Speech , assimilation, Elision

Recommended Books:
1.
2.
3.
4
5

Guss mann, E. (2002). Phonology. Analysis and Theory, Cambridge, CUP

Ball, M.J & Rahilly, J. (1999). Phonetics. The Science of Speech, New York, OUP
Roach, P. (2001) Phonetics, Oxford, OUP
Sethi, J & Dhamija, P.V. (2004) A Course in Phonetics and Spoken English, New Delhi, Prentice
Hall of India
Clark, J, Yallop, C and Fletcher, J. (2007), An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology, (3 rd Ed),
Oxford, Blackwell Publishing.

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ENG-461 PAKISTANI LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
a. Short Stories
i. Ali, Ahmed
ii. Rahman, Tariq

The Prison House Or Our Lane

The Snail

b. Novels
i. Ghose, Zulfikar
ii. Sidhwa, Bapsi

The Murder of Aziz Khan

Ice Candy Man

c. Poetry
i. Rafat, Taufiq
ii. Koreshi, Maki

First Voice, Kitchens, The Time to love , Mr Nachiketa

Kittens, Gracious Lady, Marriage

BOOKS RECOMMENDED
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Anderson, David
Rahman, Tariq
Jamil, Maya
____________
Hussain, Sajjad
Hasan, Riaz

Contemporary Pakistani Literature

History of Pakistan Literature in English
A Study of Literary Influences
Indians and Pakistani Writers of English Fiction
The Literature of Pakistan
English Poetry in Pakistan

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ENG-452 STYLISTICS
Course Outline
Section-I (Introduction)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

What is Style?
(Traditional, Modern, and Linguistics concept of style)
What is Stylistics?
Branches of Stylistics
Foregrounding
Parallelism
Norm & Deviation
Figurative Language

Section-II (Levels of Analysis-I)

8. Phonological Level

Sound Devices used in Poetry (Repetition, Assonance, Consonance,

Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Rhyme etc
Metre in Poetry
Style, Rhythm in Prose

9. Syntactical Level
Nouns ,Verbs
Adjectives, Adverbs etc
Phrases, The Clause
Clause Complexing
Mood & Modality
Theme and Rheme
Transitivity and Meaning
1.
Level of Discourse
Cohesion
Textuality
Clause relations
Patterns of discourse organization
2. Pragmatic Analysis of Literature
Speech Acts
Deixies
Impicatures
Section III
3. Speech & Thought Presentation
4. Language, Ideology & Point of View
Literature as Discourse
5. Feminist Stylistics
6. Postcolonial Stylistics
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7. Critical Discourse Analysis
Practicum
Analysis of Poetry
Analysis of Fiction
Reading List
Carter, R.Ed, (1982) Language and Literature: An introductory Reader, London: Routledge
Freeborn, O. (19966) Styles London: Macmillan
Leech & Short (1981) Styles in Fiction, Longman
Leech, G. N (1969) A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry, Longman
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