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Unit 1: 1. Plato : Republic (Book X) Unit 1: Introductory Readings
2. Aristotle : Poetics (Tragedy, Plot, Character,
i. Introduction to The Oxford Anthology of Writings
Tragic Hero, Catharsis, Hamartia) from North-East India: Poetry and Essays – Tilottoma
Unit 2: 1. Philip Sidney : An Apologie for Poetrie Misra
2. Samuel Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare ii. Introduction to The Peripheral Centre: Voices from
Unit 3: 1. William Wordsworth : Preface to the Lyrical the India’s Northeast (Title of the Essay: “Engaging with
Ballads (1800) the Northeast: The ‘Outsider’ Looks in”) – Preeti Gill
2. S. T. Coleridge : Biographia Literaria iii. “Articulating Marginality: Emerging Literatures from
(Chapters XIII and XIV) Northeast India” –Kailash C. Baral (published in
Unit 4: 1. Matthew Arnold : The Study of Poetry Emerging Literatures from Northeast India: The
2. T. S. Eliot : Tradition and the Individual Dynamics of Culture, Society and Identity, edited by
Talent Margaret Ch. Zama)
Unit 5: 1. I. A. Richards : Principles of Literary iv. Introduction to Into the Vortex of Migration and
Criticism (Chapters 1, 2, & 34) Identity: Emerging Discourses on Northeast India –
2. Cleanth Brooks : ‘The Heresy of Dipendu Das and Anindya Syam Choudhury
Paraphrase’, and ‘The Language of Paradox’ in The Well Unit 2: Short Stories
Wrought Urn : Studies in the Structure of Poetry i. “The Curfew Man” from These Hills Called Home:
Stories from a War Zone(2006) – Temsula Ao
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ii. “Travel the Road” from The Legends of Pensam
Unit 1:
(2006) – Mamang Dai (Both the stories were also
i. Leslie Fiedler, ‘Towards a Definition of Popular
published in The Oxford Anthology of Writings from
Literature’, in Super Culture: American Popular Culture
North East India: Fiction, edited by Tilottoma Misra)
and Europe, ed. C.W.E. Bigsby (Ohio: Bowling Green
Unit 3: Fiction I
University Press, 1975) pp. 29–38.
i. A Terrible Matriarchy – Easterine Kire
ii. Abin Chakraborty: “Literary Forms of Popular
Unit 4: Fiction II
Culture” (from Popular Culture by Abin Chakraborty,
i. The Point of Return – Siddhartha Deb
Orient Black Swan)
Unit 5: Poetry (from The Oxford Anthology of Writings
Unit 2:
from North-East India: Poetry and Essays, edited by
Hans Christian Andersen: “The Emperor's New
Tillottoma Misra)
Clothes”, "The Old House" “The Happy Family” & "The
i. “The Sorrow of Women” – Mamang Dai
Story of a Mother" (From Anderson’s Fairy Tales)
ii. “The First Rain” –Robin S. Ngangom
Unit 3: Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
iii. “Girl with Black Guitar and Blue Hibiscus” – Mona
Unit 4: Chetan Bhagat: Five Point Someone
Zote
Unit 5: Durgabai Vyam and Subhash Vyam: Bhimayana:
iv. “Shoot” – Monalisa Changkija
Experiences of Untouchabiliy
v. “Mymensingh” – Ananya Guha (from Dancing Earth :
An Anthology of Poetry from North East India)
DSM 301 (POL)
Unit 1:
Public Administration as a Discipline: Meaning, Scope,
Evolution and Significance of the Discipline, Public and
Private Administration.
Unit 2: DSC 251 AR
Administrative Theories: I Classical Theory of Henry Unit 1:
Fayol; Scientific Management Theory of F. W. Taylor; 1. The Renaissance (Humanism, Capitalism & Trade,
Bureaucratic Theory of Max Weber. Exploration & Discovery, Beginning of Colonialism)
Unit 3: Administrative Theories: II Human Relations 2. Elizabethan Drama
Theory of Elton Mayo; Decision-Making of Herbert 3. Puritanic Literature
Simon; Ecological Approach of Fred W Riggs. Unit 2:
Unit 4: Models of Public Policy: Incremental Model- 1. The Restoration
Elite Theory, Group Theory, Institutional Theory. 2. The Enlightenment
Rational Policy Making Model. 3. Augustanism
Unit 5: Major Approaches to Study Public 4. Neo-classicism
Administration: New Public Administration: Origin, Unit 3:
Features and Criticisms. New Public Management: 1. Gothic Literature
Evolution, Principles, Characteristics and Critical 2. Romanticism
Appreciation. 3. Victorianism
4. Pre-Raphaelite Movement
DSM 302 (HIS)
Unit 4:
Unit 1:
1. Irish Dramatic Movement
1. Wilson’s Fourteen Points
2. Symbolism
2. Treaty of Versailles
3. Modernism
3. League of Nations: Aims & objectives, organization of
4. The Apocalyptic Movement
the League, causes of its failure
Unit 5:
Unit 2:
1. Absurdism
1. Russian Revolution of 1917: Causes & Results 2. New
2. Postmodernism
Economic Policy of Lenin 3. Locarno Pact (1925) &
3. The Movement of the 1950s
Kellogg Briand Pact (1928)
4. Postcolonialism
Unit 3:
1. Benito Mussolini: Home & Foreign Policy 2. Adolf DSM 201 (POL)AR
Hitler: Home & Foreign Policy Unit 1:
Unit 4: Comparative Politics: Meaning, Nature and Scope,
1. World War II: Causes & Results 2. UNO: Aims & Evolution and Significance.
Objectives, organs of UNO, activities of UNO Unit 2:
Unit 5: Comparing Regimes: Authoritarian and Democratic;
1. Origin of the Cold War Monarchy and Republic.
2. Progress of the Cold War Unit 3:
3. Non-Aligned Movement—Definition, Features Classifications of Political Systems: Parliamentary and
4. Progress of Non-Aligned Movement: Belgrade Presidential; Federal and Unitary.
Conference Unit 4:
Contemporary Debates on the Nature of State: From
State Centric Security to Human Centric Security,
Changing Nature of Nation-State in the Context of
Globalization.
Unit 5:
A Comparative Study of Constitutional Systems: The
Great Britain and the United State of America.