English Honours VBU University Syllbus

If you are pursuing a degree in English Honours (FYUGP) under the National Education Policy (NEP) from Vinoba Bhave University (VBU), having a clear and updated understanding of the syllabus is the first step toward academic success.

This guide provides a complete overview of the New Updated VBU English Honours Syllabus, including the semester-wise structure and Free Downloadable PDF Notes for all key topics. Whether you are preparing for upcoming exams or just starting your journey, these syllabus details and Topic-wise Handwritten Notes will help you study in a focused and organized way. From classic literature to modern Indian texts, this updated resource ensures you don’t miss anything important for your VBU Exams.

Table of Contents

• English Honours VBU University Syllbus
  • • Notification and New Updates.
    • BA English Honours Semester 1
    • BA English Honours Semester 2
    • BA English Honours Semester 3
    • BA English Honours Semester 4
    • BA English Honours Semester 5
    • BA English Honours Semester 6
    • Notification and New Updates.

Notification and New Updates.

BA English Honours Semester 1

MJ Paper 1: Basic Literary Concepts

Unit I: Introduction to literature	1. Definition of Literature 2. Types of Literature 3. Elements of Literature 4. Function of Literature
Unit II: Poetry	1. Nature and Types of Poetry 2. Literary Terms and Metres
Unit III: Drama	1. Nature and Elements of Drama 2. Element and Literary Terms
Unit IV: Fiction	1. Nature and Elements of Drama 2. Types of Fictions & Literary Terms

BA English Honours Semester 2

MJ Paper 2: British Literature: 14th to 17th Century

Unit I: Historical Background	1. Social Condition, Political Condition, Religious Condition, and Economic Condition.
Unit II: Poetry	1. Nun’s Priest’s Tale – Geoffrey Chaucer 2. A Hymn to God the Father – John Donne 3. How Soon Hath Time – John Milton 4. The Garden – Andrew Marvell
Unite III: Pastoral Comedy	1. As you Like It – Shakespeare
Unite IV: literary criticism	1. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy – Dryden

MJ Paper 3: British Poetry and Drama 18th Century

Unit I: Historical Background	1. Social Condition 2. Political Condition 3. Religious Condition 4. Economic Condition
Unit II: Alexander Pope	1. Essay on Man (Epistle 1)
Unit III: William Black	1. The Tiger 2. The Lamb
Unit IV: William Cowper	1. Light Shining out of Darkness

BA English Honours Semester 3

MJ Paper 4: British Prose 18th Century (Fiction & Non-Fiction)

Unit I: Historical Background and Movements	1. Social Condition 2. Political Condition 3. Religious Condition 4. Economical Condition
Unit II: Henry Fielding	1. Tom Johes
Unit III: Horace Walpole	1. The Castle of Otranto
Unit IV: Johnathan Swift and Samuel Johnson	1. Swift’s Satires ( A meditation upon Broomstick, Letter of Advice to Young Poet) 2. Lives of Poets (Milton, Dryden)

MJ Paper 5: British Prose 19th Century ( Fiction and Non-Fiction)

Unit I: Historical Background	1. Significant influences and Movements
Unit II: Jane Austen	1. Pride and Prejudice
Unit III: Charles Dickens	1. Hard Times
Unite IV: William Wordsworth and Matthew Arnold	1. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads 2. Study of Poetry

BA English Honours Semester 4

MJ Paper 6: British Poetry 19th Century

Unit I: Historical Background	Significant Influences, Movements and Works
Unit II: William Wordsworth and S T Coleridge	1. Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey 2. Kubla Khan
Unit III: P B Shelley and John Keats	1. Ode to the West Wind 2. Ode to the Nightingale
Unite IV: Selected poems	1. In Memoriam (Stanza LIV: Oh, yet we trust, CVI: Ring out, wild bells) – Tennyson 2. How do I love Thee (Sonnet No. 43) Elizabeth Barrett Browning 3. My Last Duchess – Robert Browning

MJ Paper 7: British Writing Early 20th Century

Unit I: Historical Background	English literature 1900-1950 significant influences and movements
Unit II: W B Yeats and TS Eliot	1. Wild Swans at Coole 2. Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock
Unit III: G B Shaw and Graham Greene	1. Pygmalion 2. The Heart of the Matter
Unite IV: T S Eliot	Tradition and the Individual Talent

MJ Paper 8: MODERN EUROPEAN DRAMA

Unit I: MODERN EUROPEAN DRAMA	Politics, Social changes and the stages, Text and performance, Realism and experimentation, Tragedy and Heroism
Unit II: Henrik Ibsen	1. Ghosts
Unit III: Bertolt Brecht	The Good Woman of Setzuan – Trans. by Eric Bentley
Unite IV: Eugène Ionesco	Rhinoceros

BA English Honours Semester 5

MJ Paper 9: American Literature 19th & 20th Century

Unit I: Historical Background	1. Social, Political, Religious, Economical conditions 2. American Writing in English 3. Significant movements, Influences and literary schools in 19th & 20th Century
Unit II: Poetry	1. Walt Whitman Selectection from ” Song of Myself” a. A child said, what is the grass b. I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the star. 2. Robert Frost a. The Road Not Taken b. Two Tramps in Mud Time 3. Sylvia Plath a. Tulip b. Mirror
Unit III: Ernest Hemingway	1. The Old Man and The Sea
Unit IV: Arthur Miller	1. Death of a Salesman

MJ Paper 10: Women’s Writing

Unit I: Feminism	History of Feminism and Women’s writing in the west and India
Unit II: Feminism aspects and types	1. Liberal Feminism 2. Radical Feminism 3. Marxist Feminism 4. Socialist Feminism 5. Cultural Feminism 6. Ecofeminism 7. Postmodern Feminism 8. Postcolonial Feminism 9. Black Feminism 10. Intersectional Feminism 11. Psychoanalytic Feminism 12. Materialist Feminism 13. Separatist Feminism 14. Anarcha-Feminism (Anarchist Feminism) 15. Existential Feminism 16. Third World Feminism 17. Cyber Feminism 18. Transnational Feminism
Unit III: Anita Desai	Fasting, Feasting
Unit IV: Toni Morrison	Sula

MJ Paper 11: Popular Fiction

Unit I: Sherlock Holmes	The Sign of the Four
Unit II: Chetan Bhagat	Five Point Someone

BA English Honours Semester 6

MJ Paper 12: Nature and Literature in English

Unit I: The syllabus covers a broad range of thematic areas	1. Foundational Concepts – Nature and Human Society; The Western Concept of Nature. 2. Cultural Perspectives – Position of Nature in Indian Culture; Role of Nature in Tribal Communities of Jharkhand. 3. Literary Theory – Nature and English Literature; Nature and Postcolonialism; Ecocriticism.
Unit I: Poetry Overview This unit focuses on the evolution of “Nature Poetry” from the 17th century to the Romantic era:	1. “To Daffodils” by Robert Herrick 2. “The Garden” by Andrew Marvell 3. “The Cloud” by P. B. Shelley 4. “Ode to Autumn” by John Keats

MJ Paper 13: Nature and Literature in English II

Unit I: Romantic Poetry This unit focuses on major works by two of the most significant poets of the Romantic era	1. William Wordsworth: a. Daffodils (also known as “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”) b. The Solitary Reaper c. The World is Too Much with Us 2. S.T. Coleridge: a. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Unit II: Annie Dillard	Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (A foundational text in modern nature writing, focusing on the author’s observations and reflections on the natural world in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.)

MJ Paper 14: Nature and Literature in English III

Unit I: Henry David Thoreau	Walden: This classic work focuses on Thoreau’s reflections upon simple living in natural surroundings.
Unit II: Ruskin Bond	Time Stops at Shamli (Collection) This unit includes several short stories and essays by Ruskin Bond, known for his evocative writing about the Indian Himalayas. The specific titles listed are: a. The Funeral b. The Room of Many Colours c. Time Stops at Shamli d. Most Beautiful e. The Last Truck Ride f. The Fight g. The Tunnel i. The Summer Season j. Going Home k. Masterji

MJ Paper 15: Nature and Literature in English IV

Unit I: Amitav Ghosh	The Hungry Tide
Unit II: Indian English Poetry	Toru Dutt a. Our Casuarina Tree b. Baugmaree Sarojini Naidu a. Autumn Song b. Coromandel Fishers Keki N Daruwalla a. The Fish

Semester 7 and 8 syllabus will be updated soon…..

Notification and New Updates.