Syllabus: ENGLISH, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Four Year B.A Honours Course (3rd Year)

Syllabus: ENGLISH, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Four Year B.A Honours Course (2nd Year)

National University 

Subject: English Syllabus for Four Year B. A Honours Course Effective from the Session: 2009-2010Year wise courses and marks distribution. 

Aristotle-- Selections from  Poetics  ( 1-14, 24, 26, Penguin)
Sophocles—Oedipus Rex
W. Shakespeare-- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
G. B. Shaw---Arms and the Man
J.M. Synge---Riders to the Sea

Course Code 1163    Marks: 100 Credits: 4            Class Hours: 60 Course Title:  Romantic Poetry  Exam Duration: 4 Hours 
W.Blake— Selections from Songs of Innocence and Experience
Introduction, Chimney Sweeper, The Nurse’s Song, Holy Thursday, Divine Image, The Lamb (Innocence)
 Introduction, Human Abstract, The Chimney Sweeper, Nurse’s Song, Tyger, Earth’s Answer, London
(Experience)
W. Wordsworth—Tintern Abbey. Immortality Ode, Michael,  S.T. Coleridge—The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner, Kubla Khan
George Gordon, Lord Byron—Don Juan  Canto 1
Percy Bysshe.Shelley—Ode to the West Wind,  To a Skylark
John. Keats—Ode on Melancholy, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to a Nightingale, On His First Looking into
Chapman’s Homer

Course Code 1164    Marks: 100 Credits: 4            Class Hours: 60 Course Title:  Advanced Reading and Writing  Exam Duration: 4 Hours 

This  course  aims  at  training  students  in  the  higher  order  sub-skills  of  reading  and writing.  In  the reading part,  the  focus will be on close and critical  reading. Students will be  required  to develop an awareness  of  the  devices  an  author  employs  for  producing  an  intended  effect  and the  effects  they really produce
Reading will cover:
a) Understanding rhetorical devices used
a) Finding explicit and implicit relationship between sentences, parts and elements of texts,
b) Distinguishing between facts and opinions
c)  Identifying author's position, attitude, and  tone,  (negative, positive, neutral,  sympathetic,  satirical,
angry, sarcastic, contemptuous, critical etc.)
d) Interpreting and critically evaluating ideas.
e)  Commenting on style
Materials used for reading  in  this course will cover  journalistic writing and  literary  texts of different
genres:
Writing will focus on
a)  Writing with a sense of audience
b)   Establishing the topic focus
c)  Writer’s voice
d)  Taking a position (negative, positive, or neutral)
e)  Using appropriate style according to purpose and audience
f)  Writing academic essays and assignments using MLA and APA Style of Documentation
1164

Course Code 7203    Marks: 100  Credits: 4  Class Hours: 60 Course Title:  Sociology of Bangladesh  Exam Duration: 4 Hours 

1.  The Sociology Background of Bangladesh Society: The Ecological Background Context-The
Nature  of  Village  Society-Religion,  Culture  &  Ethnicity-The  British  Colonialism  and  its
impact-Pakistan era: the internal colonialism-emergence of Bangladesh: Language Movement-
Historic speech of Sheikh Mujib on 7th March 1971-Liberaton War.

2.  Population  and  Ethnicity:  Population  composition:  age-sex-marital  status-literacy-labor
force-Population  change:  fertility-mortality-migration  and  population  control-Ethic  groups  in
Bangladesh.

3.  Marriage,  Family  and  Socialization: Changing  pattern  of marriage  and  divorce-Changing
patterns of family and kinship –Cultural change and nature of socialization.

4.  Economy of Bangladesh: Real economy:  farm and non-farm activities-problems of agrarian
transformation-Urban  Economy:  industrial  growth-working  class-underclass-Informal
economy.  Problems  of  industrialization-Migration:  Rural-urban  migration.  International
migration: remittance economy.

5.  Social  Inequality  and  Poverty: Nature  of  social  inequality  in Bangladesh-Income  inequality,
gender  inequality,  ethic  inequality,  status  inequality-Growth  and  nature  of  middle  class-
Poverty tends.

6.  Politics: Nature of the state, bureaucracy and political parties in Bangladesh-Political culture-
governance problems in Bangladesh-Local governments in Bangladesh.
7.  Rural  Society  and  Urbanization:  Agrarian  structure:  Land  tenure  and  class  structure-
Community and power structure: samaj- salish- patron- client relationship.
8.  Crime  and Deviance: Pattern  and  forms  of  crime  in Bangladesh-Penology  and  correctional
methods in Bangladesh-Policy, Civil Society and prevention of crime in Bangladesh.
9.  Culture:  Pattern  of  religious  beliefs  and  rituals  in Bangladesh-Social  groups  and  language-
Pattern  of  cultural  change:  modernization-Problems  of  cultural  identity:  role  of  language,
religion and ethics-Globalization of culture: cultural dependency-local culture.
10. Education: Structure of education: Primary-Secondary-Higher Education and social structure:
differential  access  to  education-class  and  social  mobility-socialization  and  social  control-
Changing  pattern  of  education:  Institutional  expansion-changes  in  curriculum-enrollment-
dropout-Education policy: problems and prospects.

Books Recommended:  
1.  Nazmul Karim, Dynamics of Bangladesh Society 
2.  A. M. Chowdhury and Fakrul Alam (eds.), Bangladesh at the Threshold of the Twenty-first 
Century, Dhaka: Asiatic Society, 2002 
3.  Anwarullah Chowdhury, Agrarian Social Relations and Rural Development in Bangladesh, 
New Delhi, Oxford/IBH 
4.  Kamal Siddiqui, Jagatpur, Dhaka:UPL, 2000 
5.  Ashabur Rahman, Bangladesher Krishi Kathamo, UPL, 1986 
6.  Akbar Ali Khan, Discovery of Bangladesh, Dhaka, UPL, 1996. 

Course Code7211    Marks: 100  Credits: 4  Class Hours: 60 Course Title:  Bangladesh Society and Culture  Exam Duration: 4 Hours 

1.  Social  and  cultural background of Bangladesh  society: People, Language, Ethnicity  and Patterns of  rural and urban community.

2.  Social institution, organization, Family, Marriage, Kinship, etc.

3.  Agrarian social structure, Land tenure system and land reforms, Agrarian relations and modes of production in Bangladesh. New method of farming, Rural electricity and communication network and their impact on social structure.

4.  Rural power-structure, Formal  and  informal power-structure, Changing power-structure and  leadership  in contemporary Bangladesh.

5.  Social  rank  and  social  stratification, Social  class, Status  groups, Caste  and  class, New  urban  class, Civil society, Intelligentsia, etc.

6.  Ethnicity and Tribal  society  in Bangladesh, Changes  in Tribal  societies, Major  factors of change missing action exposure to media, politicisation and expansion of education.

7.  Bangladesh  society  and  culture  in  transition,  Current  trend,  Impact  of  urbanization,  industrialization  on contemporary Bangladesh society and culture.

8.  Rural  development  programmes  in  Bangladesh,  Role  of  NGO  and  government  organization  for  social development.

9.  Women  and  cultural  change,:  Attempts  of  women  empowerment  from  local  level  to national  level, Emerging  new  roles,  Participation  in  public  affairs,  Special  programme  of  women  development, Enterprising urban women, Women rights and awareness building by GO and NGOs. Special programmes for mother and child health education.

10. The  religion  of  the  majority,  Islamic  norms  and  values,  views  and  practices  in  societal  level,  Islamic education  vs  secular  education,  Islam  and  political  mobilization,  Modernising  factors  inherent  in  and Islamic culture.


Books Recommended: 
1.  Ahmed, Karmruddin  :  Social History of Bangladesh 
2.  Ester Boserup  :  Women's Role in Economic Development 
3.  Gunsen, Eric  :  Rural Bangladesh Society 
4.  Irene Tinker  :  Women and World Development 
5.  Islam, Md. Nural  :  Role of Agriculture in Socio-economic Development 
6.  Islam, Md. Nural  :  Social Mobility and Elite Formation in Rural Society of Ba
7.  Karim, Nazmul  :  Dynamics of Bangladesh Society 
8.  Margaret Mead  :  Male and Female: A Study of the sexes in Changing world
9.  R.K. Mukherjee   :  The Dynamics of Rural Society 
10. Salma Sobhan  :  Legal Status of Women in Bangladesh 
11. Sen, Rangalal  :  Political Elite in Bangladesh 
12. UNESCO  :  Women in South Asia. 
13. Westergard  :  Rural Society. State & Class in Bangladesh 
14. Women for Women  :  Situation of Women in Bangladesh 
15. Women for Women  :  Women for Women in Bangladesh 
16. Hunter, W.W.  :  The Indian Musalmans 

Course Code: 7192    Marks: 100  Credits: 4           Class Hours: 60 Hours
Course Title:  Political Organisation and the Political System of UK and USA  Exam Duration: 4 

Constitution: Meaning and significance, Classification, Methods of Establishing Constitution, Requisites of a good Constitution. Forms  of  Government:  The  Concept  of  Traditional  and  Modern  Forms,  Democracy,  Dictatorship, Parliamentary, Presidential, Unitary and Federal.
Theory of Separation of Power: Meaning, Significance and Working.  Organs of Government: Legislature, Executive, Judiciary and Electorate. Political Behaviour: Political Parties, Pressure Groups and Public Opinion. British  Political  System:  Nature,  Features  and  Sources  of  the  Constitution,  Conventions,  Monarchy, Parliament, The Prime Minister and the Cabinet, Party System. American Political System: Nature and Features of the Constitution, The System of Checks and Balances, The President and Congress, Judiciary and Political Parties.
Books Recommended:
1. K.C. Wheare  : Modern Constitution 
2. K. C. Wheare : Federal Government 
3. W.F. Willoughby : The Government of Modern State 
4. C.F. Strong  : Modern Constitution 
5. R.M. Mac Iver : The Web of Government 

Syllabus: ENGLISH, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Four Year B.A Honours Course (First Year)

Effective from the
Session : 2009–2010
National University
Subject: English
Syllabus for Four Year B. A Honours Course
Effective from the Session: 2009-2010

Course Code:1152,
 Course Title: English Reading Skills
 Marks 100,
4 Credits,
 60 Lectures
The course seeks to develop students’ reading skills and covers the following sub-skills;
a). Guessing word meanings by using knowledge of word form (class), word function, word structure
and formation and most importantly, contextual clues.
b) Understanding ornamental expressions
c) Tackling sentence meaning,
d) Surveying text organization,
e) Reading for specific information (skimming),
f) Reading for general comprehension/gist (scanning),
g) Summarizing,
h) Predicting,
i) Interpreting.
j) Recognizing, author’s position, tone and attitude
The reading texts will be chosen from different types of writing like descriptive, narrative, expository,argumentative, journalistic, and academic texts e.g. History, philosophy etc.
Williams, E. 1984. Reading in the Language Classroom. Mcmillan.

Wallace. 1992. Reading. OUP
Barr. P. Clegg, J. and Wallace, C. 1981. Advanced Reading Skills. Longman
Walter, Catherine. 1982. Authentic Reading. CUP
Greenwood, J. 1988. Class Readers. OUP
Course Code:1153, Course Title: English Writing Skills Marks 100, 4 Credits, 60
Lectures
This course will focus on helping students develop their writing skills in English with focus on
writing correct sentences, using proper punctuation marks, writing with good organization (coherence
and cohesion), writing good topic sentences and concluding sentences in paragraphs, writing good
introduction, body and conclusion. Students will be required to write: a) Paragraphs using a variety
of techniques such as examples, listing, cause and effect, comparison,
contrast, comparison-contrast among others.
b) Descriptive, narrative, expository and argumentative essays
c) Reports
d) Formal and informal letters
e) Amplifications
f) Stories
Recommended Reading
Alice Oslima, Anna. Introduction to Academic Writing
Beverly Ingran and Carol King From Writing to Composition.
M. Knight. English Essays for GCE O level
Patricia Wilcox . Developing Writing
John Langhan. 2001. College Writing Skills ( International edition). Mcgraw-Hill
R. R. Jordon. 1995. Academic Writing. OUPH. Ramsey Fowles. 1983. The Little Brown Handbook. The Little Brown Company. (Text)
References:
.John Langhan. 2001. College Writing Skills ( International edition). Mcgraw-Hill.
Joseph Gibaldi and Walters S Achtert. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New Delhi:
Affiliated East West Press.
Karen L Greenberg. 1994. Advancing Writer, Book 2. Harper Collins.
Mary Stephens. Practise Advanced Writing. Longman.R. R. Jordon. 1995. Academic Writing. OUP
Course Code:1154, Course Title: Introduction to Poetry Marks 100, 4 Credits, 60 Lectures
Poetry:
W. Shakespeare—Shall I Compare Thee?
John Donne—Good Morrow
Robert Herrick-- - Daylight in Disorder
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W.Wordsworth—I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud
P.B.Shelley—Ozymandias
J.Keats—To Autumn
Elizabeth B.Browning—How Do I Love Thee?
Emily Dickinson—Because I Could not Stop for Death
W.B. Yeats—No Second Troy
R.Frost—Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
D.H. Lawrence—Snake
Dylan Thomas—Fern Hill
Ted Hughes—Pike
Adrienne Rich—Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
Kaiser Huq— Ode on a Lungi
Literary Terms:
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Metonymy, Symbol, Irony, Climax, Anticlimax,
Hyperbole,Paradox, Onomatopoeia, Bathos, Allusions, Conceit, Pun, Imagery and all other literary
terms
Prosody:
Accent, Foot/Measure, Blank Verse, Rhyme, Tercet, Scanning of Verse and others.
Course Code:1155, Course Title: Introduction to Prose: Fiction and Non-Fiction
Marks 100, 4
Credits, 60 Lectures
Non-Fiction:
Francis Bacon—Of Studies
A.Lincon—Gettysburg Address
R.Tagore—Letter to Lord Chelmford Rejecting Knighthood
G.Orwell—Shooting an Elephant
N.C.Choudhury—River & Rain (from The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian)
Martin Luther King—I Have a Dream
Fiction:
S.Maugham-- The Ant and the Grasshopper
James Joyce—Araby
K.Mansfield-- The Garden Party
Anita Desai—Games at Twilight
Edgar Allan Poe—The Tell-Tale Heart
E.Hemingway—Cat in the Rain
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Course Code :6203 Course Title: Introducing Sociology Marks 100, 4 Credits, 60
Lectures
1. Definition, Nature & Scope of Sociology, relationship with other social sciences.
Development of Sociology: Contributions of Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Emile
Durkheim, Max Weber
2. Culture, Beliefs & Values: Norms, sanctions, symbols, language, subculture,
counterculture, hegemony & resistance
3. Globalization, Culture and Society: Globalization and its different dimensions, Cultural
globalization, global culture and social change
4. Urbanization and Social Formation: Definition of urbanization and urbanism, Process of
urbanization in developing societies and social formation, over urbanization, growth of slum
& poverty in mega cities
5. Gender and Society: Discourse of WID, WAD and GAD, Why gender is important in the
discourse of development, Gender inequality & women’s subjugation in developing societies.
6. Environmental Problems, Natural Disasters and Social Crisis: Climate change and its
impact on society, Natural disaster, social crisis and vulnerabilities, Climate change,
deforestation and mal-development.
7. Social Inequality: Dimensions of social inequality: Class, gender, age, minority group
(religious and indigenous), economic vulnerability, Social inequalities in developed &
developing countries.
8. Types of societies: Marxist view on classifying societies on the basis of type of control over
economic resources and Lenski’s view on classifying societies by their main means of
subsistence.
9. Deviance & Social Control: Definition of deviance, theories of deviance. Crime & justice
system, agencies of social control
10. Health, Illness and Society: Nature & scope of the problem, Urbanizations, acute, chronic &
life style diseases, Social, environmental & behavioural factors affecting health,
Communicable & behavioural diseases: STD, HIV/AIDS, TB, Hep-B etc
Reference
Giddens Sociology
Tony Bilton et al Introductory Sociology
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Course Code: 6212, Course Title: Introduction to Social Work Marks 100, 4 Credits, 60
Lectures
1. Social Work: Meaning, Characteristics, Scope and Importance Relationship of Social Work
with other Sciences- Sociology, Economics, Psychology and Political Science.
2. Evolution: Evolution of Social Work in UK, USA, India and Bangladesh.
3. Social Reformers and their Movements in Pre-partition India and Bangladesh: Raja
Rammohan Ray, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, A.K Fazlul Haque, Sir Syad Ahmed, Begum
Rokeya.
4. Social Legislations Related to Social Security, Women Welfare, Child Welfare.
5. Profession and Social Work: Meaning and Characteristics of Profession, Social Work as
profession, Philosophical, Religions and Ethical Basis of Social Work.
6. Industrial Revolution: Meaning, Impact on Society, Industrialization, Urbanization, Welfare
State.
7. Social Problems and Social Services in Bangladesh.
8. Methods of Social Work: Basic and Auxiliary Methods and their Basic Issues such as
Meaning, Elements, Principles and Area of Use. Importance of Social Work Methods in
Bangladesh.
Books Recommended:
1. Barker, Robert L. :Social Work Dictionary, 3rd ed. NASW, New York, 1995.
2. Coulshed, Veronica Social Work Practice: An Introduction 2nd ed. London. Macmillan, 1991.
3. Friedlander, Walter A. : Introduction to Social Welfare. Prentice Hall, 2nd ed. New
Delhi-1967.
4. Khalid, M. : Welfare State, Karachi, Royal Book, 1968
5. Morales, A. And Shaefor, B. Social Work – A Profession of many faces, 4th ed. Allyan and
Bacan, Boston, 1986.
Course Code: 6192, Course Title: Introduction to Political Theory Marks 100, 4 Credits,
60 Lectures
Political Science : Meaning, Nature, Scope, Methods, Relations to other Social Sciences, Importance
to Study Political Science.
State : Definition, Elements, State and Government, State and Individual, State and Society, Theories
of the origin of the state.
Fundamental concepts : Sovereignty, Law, Liberty, Equality, Rights and Duties, Nation,
Nationalism, Internationalism.
Concepts of Political Sociology : Political culture, elite theory, Max Weber and Bureaucracy
Political Thinkers : Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke
and Rousseau.
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Books Recommended :
1. R.G. Gettell : Political Science
2. J. W. Garner : Political Science and Government
3. R. M. MacIver : The Modern State
4. G.H. Sabine : A History of Political Theory
5. William Ebenstein : Great Political Thinkers-Plato to the Present
6. H.G. Laski : A Grammar of Politics