Elective · 01/ENG/DSE/454T · 2026–27 intake
Literature And Films
Semester VIII · 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.
Examination Scheme Maximum Marks: 120 Time: 03 Hours Part-1 (10 X 2 =20) Total ten questions. Answer to these questions shall be limited to 30 words each. Part -2 : (5 X 20 =100) Candidate shall answer one out of two questions from each unit. Answer to these questions shall be limited to 500 words.
Overview and detailed course header give 80+20=100, but the detailed exam scheme prints maximum 120 and Part B 100. Department confirmation is required.
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 IThe Language of Films (Film Studies: The Basics, Chapter II)
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‘The Language of Films’, Chapter II from Amy Villarejo’s Film Studies: The Basics
Source syllabus · page 147Unit IIThe Limits of the Novels and the Limits of the Films (Novels into Film, Chapter I) / Understanding Third Cinema
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- The Limits of the Novels and the Limits of the Films (Novels into Film, Chapter I)Coming soon
- Understanding Third CinemaComing soon
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‘The Limits of the Novels and the Limits of the Films’ Chapter I from George Bluestone’s Novels into Film, Understanding Third Cinema.
Source syllabus · page 147Unit IIIDevdas / Two States
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Film Appreciation and Criticism of the following: Devdas (Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali) Two States (Director: Abhishek Varman)
Source syllabus · page 147Unit IVWater / Fitoor
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Water (Director: Deepa Mehta) Fitoor (Director: Abhishek Kapoor)
Source syllabus · page 147Unit VPinjar / Omkara
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Pinjar (Director: Chandraprakash Dwivedi) Omkara (Director: Vishal Bhardwaj)
Source syllabus · page 147Recommended readings in the source
- Baldwin, Elaine et al, editor. Introducing Cultural Studies. Prentice Hall, 1999.
- Brandy, Leo, editor. Film Theory and Criticism. Introductory Readings. OUP, 1974.
- Corrigan, Timothy. Film & Literature: An Introduction and Reader. Routledge, 2012.
- Eagleton, Terry. Idea of Culture. Bassil Blackwell, 2000.
- Mishra, Shubha and Urmila Dabir, editors.Word and Image: Articulation on Literature and Films. Datta Sons, 2013.
- Rajyadhyaksha, Ashish and Paul Williamson. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema.OUP, 1998.
- Ray, Satyajit. Our Films their Films. Orient Blackswan, 1974.
- Stam, Robert and Alessandra Raengo. Literature and Films: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2005.
- Vasudevan, R. Making Meaning in Indian Cinema. OUP, 2000.
- Villerajo, Amy. Film Studies: The Basics. Routledge, 2007.