can any one provide notes and syllabus of MA English?
 

Assalam o Allaikoum WRWB,,
i am from peshawar and i want to do masters in English privately. Can you or any other fellow provide me syllabus and notes of MA English for both previous and final, I will be really very obliged.
Thanks in advance,
looking forward for help from all of u.
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redmax..+ any member from Pesh having MA English Degree
 

Really Thanx redmax..although u have a degree of Sindh but thanks for giving your time.
well I am totally unaware about this subject. I haven't any information about subjects of English, I got syllabus of Pesh Uni.
(1) Now I want notes and then relevant books for each subject.
(2) I want to be guided for important material for each subject (as I am appearing as a private candidate so i would have to be selective as languages take much time to study).
I will be really thankful for ur guidance.
May Allah Bless Us All.
Regards

@Zainab Durrani
 

Assalam o Allaikoum WRWB...
really thanks dear sister Zainab, atleast someone shown interest, i was getting despair,thanks, dear sister i really have no idea about this subject, i just know the names of the previous and final subjects and that is due to having syllabus. [B]Now what i need is:
(1) some authentic notes or name of some most related books of the previous subject.
(2) most expected and most important topics to prepare for every subjects.
[/B]Zainab as i want to appear as a private candidate from Peshawar Uni so i want to be selective.
now [B]1 question[/B] from u is that would it be possible for me to prepare the previous course in the rest time period as i have nothing to read or study till now.
[B]2nd question[/B] is that when u would be able to provide me notes as i want to start study as soon as possible. Kindly tell me that time which is suitable for u. I will be there Insha Allah to discuss with you, I have added u at yahoo.
Thanks again,
May Allah Bless Us All,
Regards

yar buy books of nkm. As i dnt hav slybus so cnt talk abt topic bt as i knw chaucer is essential fr m.a eng frm any uni. So i cn tel you the authentic topic.
1. Chaucer's realism.
2. Characterization
3. Humour,satire and irony.
4 chaucer era.
5. Theme n manner of delineation of all characterz. Prepare these five topic n ur chaucer is ready to handle in exam. Do let me knw othr poets i vl tel u al topic. I have witnesd ppl dnt help bt here r many gud felow though nt al.

thanxl tehreem
 

Assalam o Allaikoum WRWB,,
thanx Tehreem for help, can u please tell me some important poets which i should prepare for poetry subject, and can u tell me some important topics from histroy subject as i think there would not be any major difference in syllabus regarding this subject.
and will the reference of nkm books enough to ask from a market, there is no any name of writer or books title to ask for.
Thanks again,
Regards

NEW KITAB MAHAL. Is the name of publisher thy have their own panel.n mostly material is taken frm net n cmpild in buk.buy it coz its helping book with imp qs as wel easily available in punjab hope there as wel. Its easy as far as language is cncernd.

u have nt mentiond da names of the poet tat r in ur sylbus.if u had then i cud tel u da imp topic of each.bt as a general view poetry tat most uni chose is of classic n romantic. Classic poet that are import are. Chaucer. Milton,pope,supenser,donne
i have told u da imp topic of chaucer. So milton is an other imp name.
1. Milton poet geniuos.
2. Milton use of blank verse
3. Theme of paradise lost (hope paradise lost 1 ,2n 9 wud b prescribd in peshawar uni)
4. Satan characer. 5.
Who is the hero of paradise/ satan versus adam
6.who is the responsible of Man's fall adam or eve.
Prepare dse 6 topics wel n u vl b through milton easily.

English Syllabus of previous
 

[B]Paper1: Eng History[/B]

(1) The middle ages(1066-1500)
a)the mediaeval period(1600-1300)
b) The age of Chaucer(14 th century)

(2) The Renaissance(1485-1660)
a) The Tudor Litrature(1485-1558)
b) The Elizbethan age(1558-1603)
C) The staurt (Jacobean) Litrature(1603-1660)

(3) The Restoration & the 18th Century (1660-1789)
a) The Augustan Age:The rise of classicism(1660-1750)
b) The Demise of Classicism (c 1750_1789)

(4) The 19th Century Litrature(1789-1901)
a) The Romantics(1789-1830)
b) The Victorians( 1830_1901)

(5) The 20th Century Litrature(1901- to the present)
a) Early 20th Century towards Modernism (1901-1930)
b) Mid Twentieth Century (1930-1980)



[B]Paper 2: Intro to Litrature[/B]

(1) Introduction to Novel/Fiction
a) Narrative Devices
b) Elements of Novel(plot,setting, point of view, irony, characterisation etc)
c) Types of Novel
d) Other relevant topics

(2) Intro to Poetry
a) Poetry and Versification(rhyme & rhythem)
b) Poetic Devices( language, simile, metaphor, imagery, symbolism, ambiguity, etc)
c) Elements of Poetry ( theme, setting, point of view, theory of daviation, parallelism etc)
d) Sub generes of Poetry( epic, ballad, ade, sonnet, etc)

(3)Intro to Drama
a) The dramatic Technique
b) Elements of drama(plot, charachterisation, paradox,dramatic and verbal irony, dialogue, monologue/soliloquy, pattern, etc)
c) Types of Drama( tragedy, comedy etc)
d) Stagecraft

(4) Literary forms and critical terms
(5) Pracical Criticisam



[B]Paper 3: Eng A, Ppoetry -1(Chaucer to Restoration)[/B]

(1) Middle Eng Poetry(14th Century)
(a) Chaucer (b 1343/44-1400)
The Prologue ti the contebrary tales,
Pardoner's tale of the three revellers

(2) Elizbethan Poetry(1558-1603)
a) Edmund spesensor (c. 1552-1599)
the faerie queen (book I cantos 1-3)
Shapered's Calemder(eciogue 4)sonnet (75&79)
b) Sir phillipe sidney(1554-1586)
astrophet & stella(1 & 31)
c) William Shakespare(1564-1616)
sonnets (18, 65, 97, 106 &116)

(3)17th Century Poetry (1603-1660)
a) JOhn Milton (1608-1674)
paradise lost (book-I) 'lycidas'
b) The Metaphysical Poets:
1)John Donne(1572-1631)
"The Good MOrrow", "The Sun Rising"
"St Luce'c Day, " The extasie"
"A Valediction : "Forbidding Mourning"
Song: "Go and catch the falling Star"
Sonnets" This may plays last scene"
" What if this night"
2) George Herber(1593-1633)
Easter Wings" The collar"
3) Henery Vaughan(1621-1695) The retreat
4) Andrew Marvell(1621-1678)
"To his coy Mistress" "The definition of Love"


(4)Restoration & 18th Century Poetry(1660-1789)
a) John Dryden(1631-1700)
Alexander's Feast; Absalom and Achitophel
b) Alexander Pope(1688-1744)
The rape of the lock
Essay on Man(Epistle 2-11, 1-30)
Essay On criticism(11, 68-91: 215,252, 357-382)


Thanks @ dear Tehreem, i have posted the syllabus of three subjects of previous, i will post Prose and Language&Linguistic tomorrow Insha Allah, your guidance is really very helpful for me, i have noted down your points, I will prepare the same Insha Allah,thanks again for giving me time, now i am waiting for more guidance and hope that u will give me your time next time as well,
@Dear Zainab,
as our syllabus is same, so i will wait for your guidance also, i have also added u @ yahoo, hope we will proceed Insha Allah, i am waiting for some important notes form your side,u can post here or send me email, will be obliged,
May Allah Bless Us All
Thanks
Regards

nayab
 

i have done masters in eng from punjab university lahore,
for poetry study nkm book,s
1} chaucer
2) john donne
3) alexander pope
4) thomas wyatte
5) henary haward earl of surrey,

these five poets are to much for ur poetry paper

each poet has 3 or 4 important questions that means u have to cover 20 questions for ur poetry paper, for further questions add me my id is there

Eng Syllabus
 

[B]Paper 4: Eng A Prose(Renaissance to 20th Century)
[/B]
(1) Renaissance Prose(1485-1660)
a) Francis Bacon(1561-1626) Essays(6,21,32,48,50)
"of simulation and Dissimulation"
"of Delay"
"of Discourse"
"of Followers and Friends"
" of studies"
b) John Milton(1608-74: Areopagitica

(2) Restoration &18th Century Prose(1660-1789)
a) Jonathan Swift(1667-1745): Gulliver Travels

(3) Romantic Prose(1789-1830)
a) William Hazlitt(1778-1830): The spirit of the age:
"Coleridge", "Bayron", "Wordsworth", "Scott"
b) Charles Lamb(1775-1834): Essays of Elia:
"Oxford in vacation"
"old china"
"poor relations"
"chinmney sweepers"
"Dream Childres: A reverie",
"The superannuated Man"

(4)Victorian Prose(1830-1901)
a) Mathew Arnold(1822-1888)
Essays in Criticism:"JOhn Keats", Words Worth"

(5) Modern Prose(20th Century)
a) Lytton Starchey(1822-1932)
Eminent Victorian: "Dr.Arnold"
b) Bertrand Russell(1872-1790)

Unpopular Essays:
"The future of Mankind"
"The functions of a teacher"
"Ideas that have helped Mankind"
"Ideas that have harmed Mankind"

Sceptical Essays:
"Eastern and Western Ideas of happiness"
"The harm that good man do"
"The need for political scepticism"
"Freedom versus Authority in education"



[B]Paper5: Language & Linguistics[/B]

(1) the Nature of Human Language
What is Language?
Theory of Language
The Complexity of languistics
Categories and system

(2)Grammatical Aspects of language
Morphology,
syntax & grammar,
semantics,
phonetics & phonology,

(3) Social Aspects of Language
sociolanguistics,
language change,
Language planning
The origin of writing

(4) Biological Aspects of Language
Psycholanguistics,
Universal Grammar,
Mentalism, Rationalism, Innateness,
Language and the brain,
Language Acquisition/Learning

i have posted the rest of the two subjects, now hope u will help me through this syllabus, will waiting eagerly,
I hope that this syllabus will help others also,
Thanks,
May Allah Bless Us All
Regards