Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University Courses

B.A. (English)

Course Details:-

Part-1

Semester-I

A) Short Stories –

1.  Poor Man’s Wishful Dreams : Sane Guruji

2.  M.K. Gandhi : Bhupen Mahapatra

B) Prose –

1.  Towards a Green Revolution : M.S.Swaminathan

2.  Examinations : R.K.Narayan

C) Poems –

1.  Pride : Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

2.  Dover Beach : Mathew Arnold

3.  The Solitary Reaper : William ordsworth

D) Communication Skills –

1.  Note‐Making and Note‐Taking

2.  Letter Writing

E)  Grammar

Semester-II

A) Short Stories –

1.  Defining Love : Gouri B. Nair

2.  The Only American from our Village : Arun Joshi

B) Prose –

1.  Indifference – Robert Lynd

2.  Introduction to I.T. – P. Shailaja

C) Poems –

1.  Who Are You? – Sundara Ramaswamy

2.  Prayer Before Birth – Louis Macniece

3.  Father Returning Home – Dilip Chitre

D) Communication Skills –

1.  Applications

2.  Information Transfer

3.  Messages through E‐mail

E)  Vocabulary Exercises

Part-2

Semester – III

Short Stories

1)  “How I Taught My Grandmother to Read” by Sudha Murthy.

2) “Cost of Living” by Mamta Anand.

Poetry

1) “Ode on Solitude” by Alexander Pope.

2)  “The Tables Turned” by William Wordsworth.

3) “Home, Sweet Home” by John Howard  Payne.

Prose

1)  “Changing Corporate Mindset” by A.K.Guptan and Haiyan Wand.

2) “The Meaning of Life” by J.B.S. Haldane.

Communication Skills

1) Use of the Internet (Objective type questions and examples of e-mail)

2) Comprehension (Unseen passage)

Vocabulary Exercises

1) Change from one part of speech to another.

2) Antonyms, Synonyms and Homonyms.

Semester – IV

Short Stories

1) “The Social Syndrome” by Manohar Bandopadhyay.

2)  “The Meeting Pool” by Ruskin Bond.

Poetry

1) “Bharat Amar” by Dwijendra Lal Roy.

2) “Migrations” by Keki Daruwala.

3) “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou

Prose

1) “The Canker of Untruth” by M.K.Gandhi.

2) “Peace with the Planet” by R.K.Pachauri Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech.

Communication Skills

1) Preparing a speech or a news items.

2) Developing an idea – the topics will be of current interest.

Note:- The word limit will be about 100-150 words.

Vocabulary Exercises

1. One word substitutes

2. Use of Phrases

Note:-

• Prescribed Compulsory English Textbook “English for Arts II” by North Maharashtra University and printed by Nirali Prakashan.