UGC:NET/SLET ENGLISH LITERATURE SULLABUS

UGC NET /SLET
SUBJECT CODE: 30 SUB: English Literature
Syllabus and Study Materials
NOTE:
There will be two question papers, Paper - II and Paper - III (Parts - A & B).
Paper - II will cover 50 Objective Type Questions (Multiple Choice, Matching type,
True / False, Assertion-Reasoning type) carrying 100 marks.
Paper - III will have two parts - Part A & B:
Part III (A) will have 10 Short Essay type questions (300 words) carrying 16 marks each. In it there will be one question with internal choice from each unit (i.e. 10 questions from 10 units: Total marks will be 160).
Paper - III (B) will be compulsory and there will be one question from each of the Electives. The candidate will attempt only one question (one Elective only in 800 words) carrying 40 marks.
Total marks of Paper - III will be 200.
UGC NET English Literature Part - II
1. Chaucer to Shakespeare
2. Jacobean to REstoration Periods
3. Augustan Age: 18th 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: 4 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: 18th Century Literature
Unit V: Romantic
Unit VI: Victorian and Pre-Raphelites
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: Eutopean Literature from the Classical Age to the 20th 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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