English Literature: PPSC Exam Syllabus
Updated on: Mar 5, 2013
Section A
Section B
Section C
Renaissance, Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Metaphysical Poetry, Neo-classicism, Augustan Satire, Romantic Movement, Rise of the Novel, Victorianism, Modernism, Stream of Consciousness Novel, Absurd Drama, Marxist, Psycho-Analytic and Feminist approaches to literature.
Section D
Short Notes : Two unseen passages for critical appreciation(Candidate to attempt one).
| Short Notes : Two questions sets of short answer of questions on prescribed texts ( 4 out of 6) 150 words each. |
| William Shakespeare - | King Lear, As you like it |
| John Donne - | Canonization, The Good Morrow, Relique, Death Be Not Proud, Valediction Forbidding Mourning. |
| Alexander Pope - | The Rape of the Lock |
| William Wordsworth - | Ode on Intimations of Immortality, Tintern Abbey, The Prelude Book-I |
| W.B. Yeats - | Second Coming, Sailing to Byzantiam, Prayer for My Daughter, Among School Children. |
| Robert Frost - | The Road not taken, Mending wall, After Apple Picking Birches. |
| Nissim Ezekiel - | Night of the Scorpian, Enterprise, Background, Casually, Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher. |
Section B
| Short Notes : Two questions sets of short answer of questions on prescribed texts ( 4 out of 6) 150 words each. |
| Charles Dickens - | Hard Times |
| Thomas Hardy - | Tess |
| Henry James - | Portrait of a Lady |
| Raja Rao - | Kanthapura |
| D.H. Lawrence - | Sons and Lovers |
| Bernard Shaw - | Pygmalion |
| Arthur Miller - | Death of a Salesman |
Section C
| Short Notes : Two Essay-type questions on Movements/Authors/Trends/Texts/Approaches (4 to 5 pages). |
Renaissance, Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Metaphysical Poetry, Neo-classicism, Augustan Satire, Romantic Movement, Rise of the Novel, Victorianism, Modernism, Stream of Consciousness Novel, Absurd Drama, Marxist, Psycho-Analytic and Feminist approaches to literature.
Section D
Short Notes : Two unseen passages for critical appreciation(Candidate to attempt one).