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
- The Trumpet ClubComing soon
- Meditations in Westminster AbbeyComing soon
- A City Night-PieceComing soon
- Seeing People OffComing soon
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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 68Unit IIThe Model Millionaire / A Cup of Tea and more
4 entries
- The Model MillionaireComing soon
- A Cup of TeaComing soon
- KarmaComing soon
- Upper Division LoveComing soon
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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 68Unit IIIPride and Prejudice
1 entry
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Novel: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Source syllabus · page 68Unit IVDevelopment of the essay / Personal essay and more
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- Development of the essayComing soon
- Personal essayComing soon
- Impersonal essayComing soon
- Periodical essayComing soon
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Development of Essay, Personal Essay, Impersonal Essay, Periodical Essay,
Source syllabus · page 68Unit VElements of the short story / Novel of manners and more
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- Elements of the short storyComing soon
- Novel of mannersComing soon
- PlotComing soon
- CharacterComing soon
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Elements of Short Story, Novel of Manners, Plot, Character
Source syllabus · page 68Recommended 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.