Syllabus of MA II Sem. English (Paper IV- Prose) - 2022-23

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MA II Sem. English (Paper IV- Prose)

UNIT-I
Annotations
UNIT-II:
Boswell: The Life of Dr. Johnson ( From Everyman's Edition of Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson, London: J.M. Dent 1958 Vol. I, Introductory pp 5-11)
Addison: Choice of Hercules, Uses of the Spectators
Note: In P.G. College Satna - Sir Roger at Church, Sir Roger at Home
UNIT- III
Goldsmith: The Man in Black
Charles Lamb: New Year's Eve, A Bachelor's Complaint against the Behavior of Married People
UNIT- IV
A. G. Gardiner: On the Rule of the Road, In Defence of Laziness
Robert Lynd: Back to the Desk, Forgetting, The Pleasure of Ignorance, I Tremble to think
UNIT-V
G.K. Chesterton: On Running after One's Hat, Patriotism and Sport
Hilaire Belloc: On Books, On Preserving English
Location: B-37, City Homes Colony, Jawahar Nagar, Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India

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