Books Suggested for UGC NET English Literature

BOOKS SUGGESTED/RECOMMENDED FOR UGC NET ENGLISH LITERATURE PAPER II & III

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

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                                  BOOKS RECOMMENDED
History of English Literature ------------- W.J. Long
History of English Literature ------------- R.D. Trivedi
An Outline History of English Literature--W.H.Hudson
History of English Literature -------------- Edward Albert
History of English Literature ---------------T.Singh
Literary Terms ---------------------------- M.H. Abrams
Literary Terms ----------------------------- Cuddon
An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory---- Peter Barry
Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory------- P.K.Nayar
An Introduction to English Criticism-----------B.Prasad
English Literary Objective Questions-------Amita Rowley Thaman
A Textbook for Objective Questions in English Literature -------- Manoj Kumar

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SYLLABUS FOR UGC NET ENGLISH

CODE No. : 30

PAPER-II

1.            Chaucer to Shakespeare

2.            Jacobean to Restoration Periods

3.            Augustan Age : 18^th Century Literature

4.            Romantic Period

5.            Victorian Period

6.            Modern Period

7.            Contemporary Period

8.            American and other non-British Literatures

9.            Literary Theory and Criticism

10.          Rhetoric and Prosody

PAPER-III (A)

(CORE GROUP)

1.            British Literature from Chaucer to the present day

2.            Criticism and Literary Theory

Unit-I : Literary Comprehension (with internal choice of poetry stanza and prose passage : 

                            four    comprehension questions will be asked carrying 4 marks each).

Unit-II : Up to the Renaissance

Unit-III : Jacobean to Restoration Periods

Unit-IV : Augustan Age : 18^th Century Literature

Unit-V : Romantic Period

Unit-VI : Victorian and Pre-Raphaelites

Unit-VII : Modern British Literature

Unit-VIII : Contemporary British Literature

Unit-IX : Literary Theory and Criticism up to T.S. Eliot

Unit-X : Contemporary Theory

PAPER-III (B)

(ELECTIVE / OPTIONAL)

Elective-I : History of English Language, English Language Teaching

Elective-II : European Literature from Classical Age to the 20^th Century

Elective-III : Indian writing in English and Indian Literature in English translation

Elective-IV : American and other non-British English Literatures

Elective-V : Literary Theory and Criticism.

  

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