Minor · 01/ENG/MNR/101T · 2026–27 intake
Social History And Trends In Literature
Semester I · 6 credits · 5 units
Examination scheme & source discrepancies
The source lists 3 hours, 120 end-semester marks and 30 sessional marks.
Some marking instructions are internally inconsistent. Confirm the current pattern with your department; the practice questions here do not claim to reproduce it.
Paper Setting & Marking Scheme Time: 03 Hours MM= 120 Part- A (10x2=20 Marks) 02 short answer questions should be set from each unit. Student has to answer all questions in not more than 50 words each. Part- B: (5x20=100 Marks) 02 questions should be set from each unit. Student should answer 01 from each unit in not more than 500 words each.
Not present in the owner-supplied 2026–27 PDF (jnvu_ba.pdf), which covers English Major papers only; this paper is retained from the G.D. Memorial College full syllabus copy.
Unit IRenaissance and Reformation
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Unit-1: The Renaissance, The Reformation. .
Source syllabus · page 59Unit IIReason and Neo-Classicism
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Unit 2 : The Age of Reason, The Neo-Classical Age
Source syllabus · page 59Unit IIIRevolution and Romanticism
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Unit 3 : The French Revolution, The Romantic Movement.
Source syllabus · page 59Unit IVIndustry and the working class
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Unit 4 : The Industrial Revolution, The 19th Century Working Class Movement.
Source syllabus · page 59Unit VVictorian thought and literature
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Unit 5 : Social Thought, Literature in the Victorian Age.
Source syllabus · page 59Recommended readings in the source
- Hudson, W.H.: An Outline History of English Literature (Atlantic Pub.& Dist., 1999)
- Ford, Boris : The Pelican Guide to English Literature, Vol. II, IV, V and VI Penguin Books Ltd, 1955.
- Priestley, J.B.: Literature and Western Man (Hienemann)