MA English Entrance Syllabus
CPGET
Part A-40 Marks
· Spelling& Punctuation · Vocabulary: Antonyms – Synonyms - One word substitutes - Words often confused –Idiomatic expressions ·Grammar: Tenses - Propositions - Concord - Auxiliary verbs - Active passive Voice · Correction of sentences: Identify the error - Identify the correct sentence · Exercises in Jumbling: Jumbled words to be arranged in the right order to form a sentence -Paragraph sequencing.
Part B-60 Marks
·History of English Literature · Literary Terms · Literary Forms · Literary Movements
· Books & Authors (canonical texts) · Comprehension (Poetry) · Comprehension (Prose)
(No negative marking)
CUCET
Part A: Language, general awareness, mathematical aptitude and analytical skills –25 MCQs
Part B: Domain Knowledge –75 MCQs.
1. History of English and Indian Literatures: General trends
2. Literary Terms: Allegory, ballad, blank verse, comedy, connotation and denotation, dissociation of sensibility, dramatic monologue, elegy, enlightenment, epic, fancy and imagination, free verse, imitation, intentional fallacy, meter, motif, ode, onomatopoeia, paradox, plot, point of view, satire, soliloquy, sonnet, tragedy, wit etc.
3. Literary Genres: Fiction and non‐fiction (traditional and modern classification); autobiography, biography, diary, drama, essay, novel, poetry, prose, short story etc; types and sub‐types.
4. Comparative Literature: Definition, scope, aims and objectives; key terms, literary historiography, myth, motif etc.
5. Literary trends and literary movements: Aestheticism, modernism and post‐modernism, mysticism, naturalism, progressivism, realism, revolutionary literature, romanticism.
6. Elementary knowledge of famous authors and texts: From Indian, Western and Classical literature.
7. Awareness of current literary trends, events, activities, awards etc.
(Each correct answer will carry 01 mark and for each wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted)
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