Major · 01/ENG/MJR/252T · 2026–27 intake
Fiction
Semester IV · 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 short answer questions from each unit. Answer to each question shall be limited up to 50 words. Part- B: (5x20=100 Marks) Unit 1: Short notes on any 02 out of 04 for 10 marks each in not more than 250 words each. Unit 2: Short notes on any 02 out of 04 for 10 marks each in not more than 250 words each. Unit 3, 4 & 5: Answer one out of two questions from each unit in not more than 500 words each.
Unit IPlot / Characterization and more
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- PlotComing soon
- CharacterizationComing soon
- Narrative technique and structureComing soon
- Elements of the novelComing soon
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Literary Terms: Plot, Characterization, Narrative Technique & Structure, Elements of novel.
Source syllabus · page 88Unit IIPicaresque novel / Historical novel and more
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- Picaresque novelComing soon
- Historical novelComing soon
- Gothic novelComing soon
- Epistolary novelComing soon
- Regional novelComing soon
- Domestic novelComing soon
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Types of Novels: Picaresque Novel, Historical Novel, Gothic Novel, Epistolary Novel, Regional Novel, Domestic novel.
Source syllabus · page 88Unit IIIUntouchable
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Mulk Raj Anand: Untouchable
Source syllabus · page 88Unit IVHard Times
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Charles Dickens: Hard Times
Source syllabus · page 88Unit VThe Bluest Eye
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Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye
Source syllabus · page 88Recommended readings in the source
- Forster, E.M. Aspects of the Novel, Penguin, London, 2005.
- Bloom, H. Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Chelsea House, 1999.
- Naik, M.K. History of Indian English Literature