Major · 01/ENG/MJR/152T · 2026–27 intake

Prose And Fiction

Semester II · 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) Two lines or quotes for explanation from prescribed essays and stories. Remaining 08 questions (2 from each unit) are to be set from Unit 2, 3, 4 and 5. Answer to each question shall be limited up to 50 words. Part- B: (5x20=100 Marks) Unit 1: The Candidates shall attempt one out of two references from essays and one out of two from stories. 02 questions should be set from 2,3,4 and 5 each and the student should answer one out of two questions from each unit in not more than 500 words each.

Unit IThe Trumpet Club / Meditations in Westminster Abbey and more

4 entries

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Sir Richard Steele: The Trumpet Club Joseph Addison: Meditations in Westminster Abbey Oliver Goldsmith: A City Night-Piece Sir Max Beerbohm: Seeing People Off

Source syllabus · page 68

Unit IIThe Model Millionaire / A Cup of Tea and more

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Oscar Wilde: The Model Millionaire Katherine Mansfield: A Cup of Tea Khushwant Singh: Karma Manohar Malgonkar: Upper Division Love

Source syllabus · page 68

Unit IIIPride and Prejudice

1 entry

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Novel: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Source syllabus · page 68

Unit IVDevelopment of the essay / Personal essay and more

4 entries

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Development of Essay, Personal Essay, Impersonal Essay, Periodical Essay,

Source syllabus · page 68

Unit VElements of the short story / Novel of manners and more

4 entries

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Elements of Short Story, Novel of Manners, Plot, Character

Source syllabus · page 68

Recommended readings in the source

  • A Concise Companion to Literary Forms. Emerald, 2013.
  • Boulton, Marjorie. Anatomy of Prose. London and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1972.
  • Hudson. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd., 2007.
  • Scholes, Robert. Elements of Fiction. London: Oxford University Press, Third Canadian Edition, 1994.