The UGC conducts National Eligibility Test (NET) in a variety of subjects of Humanities, which includes English, and Social Sciences, for the award of Junior Investigation Fellowship (as properly as Lectureship) for pursuing Ph. D. level Investigation. The test comprises 3 session papers. The initially paper is of basic nature, intended to assess the Study (or teaching) aptitude, without the need of excluding reasoning potential, comprehension, and basic awareness of the candidates. The second paper includes quick-answer inquiries primarily based on the subject opted by the candidates.
The third paper includes only descriptive inquiries. It has 4 sections. Section I calls for candidates to create a evaluation of a provided passage. The concerns in section II are definitional or seek unique information and facts in quick answer form. Section III relates to analytical or evaluative concerns on the candidate's important specialization / elective , as preferred. Section IV is primarily based on essay forms queries on common themes and modern , theoretical , or of disciplinary relevance to test the candidates ' potential to expound critically a subject with discrimination.
Noticed in this light, the 2 books below assessment seek to support aspiring candidates prepare for answering objective- sort queries in English literature. Manoj Kumar's book is composed to serve as a practice book for the UGC' s NET and postgraduate students in English, offering "subjective material as properly as objective queries" needed for very good preparation (Preface).
The author has divided the 'textbook' into ten units, supplying the general information and facts about British literature from the Age of Chaucer to the Modern period , American Literature, Indian English literature, Literatures in translation, Literary theory and Criticism, and Rhetoric and Prosody.
Each unit starts with a quick mention of the author's names and important operates that make them notable, followed by objective-kind concerns (with 4 possibilities). There is no subjective elaboration, nor is there a uniform pattern in the quantity of products (which differ among 101 to 138 from Unit I to IX) or their contents. It is at most effective haphazard.
In Unit I , for instance, Geoffrey Chaucer's name (in bold variety), does not show his years of birth and death, but the entry on William Langland shows this. The years of birth and death are not l shown for John Gower, John Barbour, Sir John Mandeville, John Wycliff, Sir Thomas Malory and James I on web page 1. Similarly, the publication date for some books are provided but for other folks, it is missing. A uniform pattern should really have been followed for each author, from the starting to the end.
One particular also expects to obtain a brief create-up on the common qualities or qualities about each of the ages/ periods alongside the significant contributors that form the bulk of the objective-kind inquiries. There need to have been a proper 'match' in between what Manoj Kumar calls "subjective know-how " of literature and objective queries for sufficient practice from Unit I to VII.
Having said that, he does create a readable introductory commentary in Unit VIII (on American Literature and Indian English writers) and Unit IX (an Literary Theory and Criticism). The final Unit (on Rhetoric and Prosody), which has only 52 objective products for practising 31 terms is not as nicely created as the 2 preceding units.
The list of Booker (from 1969 to 2007) and Nobel (from 1901 to 2007) Prize winners at the end is informative but Manoj Kumar should really have also given the names of the prize-winning books in the final 3 pages.
The second book, A Important to Literary Types and Terms, must make up for the brief falls in Unit X of Manoj Kumar's textbook. In fact, Sudhir K. Arora claims to have integrated most of the major literary varieties and terms "in capsule form" and given a lot of a number of-selection practice workouts that must assist aspiring candidates carry out greater in the competitive exams for fellowship and / or Lectureship in English literature.
In the initially 29 pages, Arora has alphabetically arranged 117 literary types and terms with beneficial references, but no examples. In the section on 'Figures of Speech', Arora has abandoned this arrangement and incorporated terms of rhetoric and prosody in the order it is normally offered in most books. The examples, Even so, are beneficial.
In each the books the authors have offered a important to all the objective things to self-support candidates in their preparation. Having said that, Manoj Kumar has also added some 250 'Unsolved' products to make certain that significant candidates truly prepare nicely.
Offered the present state of English Literature teaching in the nation, books such as A Textbook for Objective Inquiries in English Literature and A Major to Literary Sorts and Terms are valuable to aspiring candidates in establishing awareness even though it is doubtful these assist in creating any critical sense and Study or reasoning capability.
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Professor (Dr) R.K.SINGH, Head Dept of Humanities & Social Sciences,.
Indian College of Mines University, DHANBAD 826004, Jharkhand.
BOOK Evaluation : DR. R. K. SINGH
1. Manoj Kumar . A Textbook for Objective Concerns in English Literature. Bareilly : Prakash Book Depot , 2008 , Price tag : Rs. 150/- , Pages 142.
2. Sudhir K. Arora. A Major to Literary Varieties and Terms. Bareilly: Prakash Book Depot, 2008. Cost : 40/-, Pages one hundred.
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