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Elective · 01/ENG/DSE/403T · 2026–27 intake

English Language And Critical Appreciation

Semester VII · 4 credits · 5 units

Examination scheme & source discrepancies

The source lists 3 hours, 80 end-semester marks and 20 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.

See source PDF for the printed marking instructions.

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 ILanguage and discourse / Language and representation and more

8 entries

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Language, Communication and Representation: Language and Discourse; Language and Representation; Language and Culture; Language and Ideology; Language and Ethnicity; Language and Gender, Language and Class; Language and Caste

Source syllabus · page 127

Unit IILiterary appreciation of a poem / Literary appreciation of a prose piece

2 entries

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Literary Appreciation of a poem Literary Appreciation of a prose piece

Source syllabus · page 127

Unit IIILiterary appreciation of a film

1 entry

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Literary Appreciation of a film

Source syllabus · page 127

Unit IVFactual report writing / Analytical report writing and more

4 entries

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Report Writing: Factual and Analytical Essay Writing & Expansion of Themes

Source syllabus · page 128

Unit VResume writing / Oral presentations of literary works and more

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Resume Writing, Oral and Power point presentations of literary pieces/ Writings/ literary works, Speech Writing and Delivery

Source syllabus · page 128

Recommended readings in the source

  • Alexander, L.G. Appreciation of Poetry & Prose. Longman,1963.
  • Allen,S. Living English Structure. Pearson India; 2009.
  • Bansal, R. K. and J. B. Harrison, Spoken English for India: A Manual of Speech and Phonetics. Orient Longman Ltd, 1988.
  • Hornby, A. S. Practical English Grammar Vols. I & II (E.L.B.S.). Oxford University Press, 1997.
  • Lee, W. R. English at Home. Oxford University Press, 1966.
  • Wren and Martin. High School English Grammar. Blackie ELT Books, 1973.
  • Quirk, Randolph, and Sidney Greenbaum. University Grammar of English. Longman Publication, 1965.
  • Roach, P, and Hartman, Setter. Daniel Jones' English Pronouncing Dictionary. CUP, 2006.
  • Stobaugh, James P. Handbook for Literary Analysis Book I: How to Evaluate Prose Fiction, Drama, and Poetry.Harvard Square Editions, 2013.