This course includes a variety of contents ranging from literary essays, poems, short stories to Grammatical basics of English language and a prior focus on communication skills. The course aptly fulfills the gaps left on the learner's part to critically analyse literary topics and speak English language fluently.

Course code: URD-241 

Credit Hours: 3

Time Table: (2:30 pm to 4pm)

Learning Objectives:

1. Students must be able to comprehend, analyse and explain the literary scripts on thematic and contextual levels

2. Students should be able to communicate their literary and literal views with good command over speech and writing process.

3. Students should also be efficient in practical professional skills like interviews and CV making.

Contents

1. Interviews 
2. Job-Letter & C.V. Writing
3. Report Writing

Poetry

1. Departure and Arrival (T.S.Eliot)
2. The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost)
3. Because I Could Not Stop For Death (Emily Dickinson)
4. Say This Cithy Has Ten Million Souls (W.H.Auden)

     Short Stories

1. The Fly (Katherine Mansfield)
2. The Tell-Tale Heart (E.A.Poe)

Essays

1. The Last Sermon of the Holy Prophet S.A.W.
2. Three Days to See (Helen Keller)

Novel: The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)

Assessment:

MidsTerm/Term Paper: 30 marks

Sessional marks: 20 marks: 5×4 (Assignment,  class participation+ Attendance, Viva)

Finals: 50 marks