Prose II

Instructor: Abdur Rauf Awan Email :[email protected] Course code: ENG 511 prose II Days of Class: Wednesday to Friday Description and Objectives :This course of studies is introduced to make students understand prose developments and literary expressions combined with critical perspective during the 19th and 20th centuries. The objective is to familiarize students with a wide range of functional and nonfunctional styles in English prose writers. The writings of J. S. Mill, Thomas Carlyle, Bertrand Russell and Edward Said are analyzed in relation to the contemporary thought and philosophy. Intended Course Outcome: The students will be acquainted with a variety of prose writings and themes invaded in them. It will help in developing in students a critical insight and comprehension of factual and analytical perspective through selected text from the prose writers in the syllabus. The course thus enables the students to explore themes in prose text and by oral and written communication skills they are enabled to write and elaborate ideas fluently. Course outline: J. S. Mill ON LIBERTY Thomas Carlyle HEROES AND HERO WORSHIP BERTRAND RUSSELL PHILOSOPHY OF POLITICS THE FUTURE OF MANKIND PHILOSOPHY FOR LAYMAN FUNCTIONS OF A TEACHER IDEAS THAT HAVE HELPED MANKIND IDEAS THAT HAVE HARMED MANKIND EDWARD SAID INTRODUCTION TO CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM suggested Books: Scott James, I R, A. (1951) Fifty Years of English Literature, 1900-1950. Longman, Green Evans, Igor,. (1951)English Literature Between the Wars. Methuen Pinto, De Sola,V. (1966) Cricis in English Poetry, 1880-1940( VOL. 1260). Harper and Row Williams. C. (2016) Poetry at Present. Wild and stock Publishers. Brooks, C.(1965) Modern Poetry and Tradition., Oxford University Press. Carr, I B. (1975). Bertrand Russell: An Introduction., George Allen and Unwin. Carlyle,T.(1965). Sartor Resartus, On Hero and Hero Worship. London: Adline Press. Buchanan, I. (2010). Oxford Dictionary of Critical Theory. New York: Oxford University Press. Rehman, T.(2010). Language Policy, Identity and Religion.Islamabad: Quaid Azam University, Pakistan. Note: Reading List would be updated according to the needs and availability of books and Research articles. Course Material: Week 1: Introduction on English Prose and Ideas of J. S. Mill in On Liberty. Week 2. Text Chapters. 1-2 Selections Week 3. Text Chapters. 3-4 Week 4. Chapter 5 Text analysis and Analysis Week 5 Introduction on Thomas Carlyle as writer and features of 19th Century. Week 6. Hero and Hero Worship. Analysis of his lectures. Week 7. Discussion and Analysis Week 8. Review and Discussions Mid Term / Term Paper Week 9. Introduction on prose style of Bertrand Russell Week 10. Bertrand Russell as writer and his essays. Textual Selection. Week 11. Textual selection for analysis and discussions. Week 12. Review and discussions. Week 13. Edward Said: Introduction. Week 14. Introduction to culture and imperialism Week 15 Analysis and discussions. Week 16. Review and discussions. Final Term Exam.