TYBA SEM. 5 Core Course in English (CCE 16) - Non-British Masters

Sep 20, 2026

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TYBA SEM. 5 Core Course in English (CCE 16) provides an examination-focused study outline for the unit-based course “Non-British Masters.” It presents prescribed texts including Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 (novel) and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (play), followed by a summary of Catch-22’s plot, central “catch” regulation, chronology, key characters, and pivotal missions. The document also specifies semester-end long-answer and short-notes question formats with unit 1 and unit 2 weightage.

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Unit 1: Catch-22 (Novel) - Joseph Heller

Summary

Unit 2: A Doll's House (Play) - Henrik Ibsen

Semester end examination

Long Answer Questions (Unit 1)

Long Answer Questions (Unit 2)

Short Notes Questions (Unit 1)

Short Notes Questions (Unit 2)

English Paper : 16 ====================================================================== TYBA SEM. 5 Core Course in English (CCE 16) | Course Title: Non-British Masters | | --- | | Course content:
Unit 1: Text: Catch-22 (Novel) -Joseph Heller
Unit 2 Text: A Doll's House (Play) -Henrik Ibsen | Semester end examination: Q. 1 Long Answer Question (Unit 1) (1/2) 14 Marks Q. 2 Long Answer Question (Unit 1) (1/2) 14 Marks Q. 3 Long Answer Question (Unit 2) (1/2) 14Marks Q. 4 Long Answer Question (Unit 2) (1/2) 14 Marks Q. 5 (A) Short Notes Question (Unit 1) (1/2) 07 Marks Q. 5 (B) Short Notes Question (Unit 2) (1/2) 07 Marks ====================================================================== Unit 1: Text: Catch-22 (Novel) -Joseph Heller Summary: Catch-22 is a satirical novel by American writer Joseph Heller, published in 1961. The work centers on Captain John Yossarian, an American bombardier stationed on a Mediterranean island during World War II, and chronicles his desperate attempts to stay alive. Yossarian interprets the entire war as a personal attack and becomes convinced that the military is deliberately trying to send him to an untimely death. He therefore spends much of the book concocting ever more inventive ways of escaping his missions. The "catch" in Catch-22 involves a mysterious Army Air Forces regulation which asserts that a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions but that if he makes the necessary formal request to be relieved of such missions, the very act of making the request proves that is sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved. The term catch-22 entered the English language meaning "a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem." Catch-22 exhibits a bewildering chronology, with its beginning taking place more than halfway through the events described, and it proceeds ina series of looping flashbacks. Most of the novel takes place on the Mediterranean island of Pianosa in 1944, where Yossarian is a bombardier serving under the indecisive and ambitious Colonel Cathcart, who continually raises the number of missions the men are required to fly before their tours of duty are completed. Yossarian is promoted to captain after a mission in Ferrara, Italy, in which, after missing a bridge, he flies back a second time and successfully destroys it, though a squadron member is killed. Yossarian shares a tent with Orr, who crashes his plane on every mission but always survives, and with the belongings of Mudd, who was killed in action two hours after his arrival on base but before being offcially checked in. The mess officer, Milo Minderbinder, gradually turns his mission to acquire food into an international black-market syndicate in which he eventually enlists the enemy Germans, at one point even having German planes bearing the logo of his syndicate bomb his own base resutling in Mudd's death. Other characters include the flight surgeon Doc Daneeka and Hungry Joe, who suffers screaming nightmares except when he has missions to fly. The central event of the story is a raid on Avignon, France. During the mission the incompetent co-pilot Dobbs seizes the controls from Huple, the 15 year old pilot, and the radio-gunner, Snowden, is killed. His grisly death has a profound effect on Yossarian, who appears naked atthe next formation and at Snowden's funeral. From that point on, Yossarian, acutely aware of his mortality, strives to avoid death at all costs. In an attempt to cancel a dangerous raid on Bologna, Italy, Yossarian convinces Colonel Korn that the enemy has a weapon that can glue a formation of planes together in midflight. Although the mission is eventually approved, Yossarian, flying with pilot Kid Sampson and co-pilot Nately, pretends that the intercom is broken in order to force them back to base early. The rest of the squadron returns unharmed. On another raid Y

FAQs

Which two prescribed texts are included in the “Non-British Masters” course?

The course includes Unit 1: Catch-22 (Novel) by Joseph Heller, and Unit 2: A Doll’s House (Play) by Henrik Ibsen.

What does the “catch” in Catch-22 refer to?

It refers to an Army Air Forces regulation: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues dangerous missions, but requesting relief proves he is sane, so he cannot be relieved.

How are the semester-end examination questions distributed by unit and mark?

Long-answer questions are given for Unit 1 and Unit 2 (14 marks each, split into two questions per unit), and short notes include Unit 1 and Unit 2 with 07 marks each.

Sep 20, 2026

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