TYBA SEM. 6 Core Course in English (CCE 20) - Course Title - History of English Literature - Romantic Age to Modern Age - Unit Wise Syllabus and Examination

Sep 20, 2026

Uploaded by Violet

TYBA Semester 6 Core Course in English (CCE 20) focuses on the history of English literature from the Romantic Age to the Modern Age. The unit outline covers major writers including Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Browning, Dickens, Austen, Scott, Hardy, and Yeats, with a core text study on Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities. The document provides unit-wise long and short-answer examination patterns and recommended reading lists for guided study and revision.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages75

Reading Time3 h 9 min

AccessFree to download

Unit 1: History of English Literature (Romantic Age to Modern Age)

Core authors and specific topics

Unit 2: Text Study

A Tale of Two Cities (Novel) - Charles Dickens

Recommended Reading

Reference books and editions

Semester End Examination

Long answer questions (Unit 1 and Unit 2)

Short notes (Unit 1 and Unit 2)

Story at a Glance

Plot summary of A Tale of Two Cities

Essay/Estimation Prompts and Sample Answer

Wordsworth as a leading Romantic poet

English Paper: 20 ====================================================================== TYBA SEM. 6 Core Course in English (CCE 20) Course Title: History of English Literature--(Romantic Age to Modern Age) Course content: Unit 1: History of English Literature (Romantic Age to Modern Age) Specific Topics: Wordsworth, P. B. Shelley, John Keats, Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Walter Scott, Thomas Hardy, W. B. Yeats. | Unit 2 : Text: A Tale of Two Cities (Novel)– Charles Dickens | | --- | | Recommended reading:
A History of English Literature-By Robert Huntington Fletcher. Blackmask Online. 2002
A Critical History of English Literature (in Two Volumes) by David Daiches. London: Mandarin Paperbacks. 1997.
History of English Literature by Edward Albert. Revised by J. A. Stone (Fifth Edition) Mumbai: Oxford University Press. 2000. | 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 ====================================================================== Story at a Glance A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel that begins in the year 1775. Corruption reigns in both England and France. Mr. Jarvis Lorry and Lucie Manette travel from England to France in order to gain custody of Lucie's father. Dr. Alexandre Manette, who has been a prisoner in the Bastille for the past eighteen years and is now being sheltered by his former servant Mansieur Defarge. When they find Dr. Manette, he is only a shadow of his former self. They return him to England to restore him a life. In London after five years later, Lucie's love has revived her father's mental and physical health. Charles Darnay is being tried for treason. He is acquitted, largely because Sydney Carton points out the remarkable resemblance between himself and Darnay, thus discrediting the testimony that Charles was seen passing information to the enemy. Sydney Carton confesses his love to Lucie and vows to make any sacrifice for her and "for any dear" to her. Charles Darnay's ruthless aristocratic uncle, the Marquis D'Evremonde, kills under the wheels of his carriage the child of Gaspard, a peasant in Saint Antoine. The next morning the Marquis is found murdered in his bed. One year passes after the death of Gaspard's child and the murder of the Marquis. Gaspard, who had murdered the Marquis, has been found and executed. Madame Defarge, "registers" into her knitting the name of Evremonde and all his race as doomed to destruction. When she learns that Charles Darnay is the nephew of the late Marquis, she "registers" the name of Charles Darnay. On July 14, 1789, the peasants storm the Bastille. Charles Darnay decides to return to France to help an old family servant in distress. In France, Darnay is imprisoned as an "emigrant". One year later, he is acquitted, but that same day he is imprisoned again, denounced by the Defarges and "One Other". At this trial, a document written by Dr. Manette in 1767 when he was a prisoner in the Bastille is read. It reveals that Charles'father and his father's brother (the Marquis D'Evremonde) were responsible for the deaths of Madame Defarge's entire family and for Dr. Manette's imprisonment. Charles is sentenced to die. Sydney Carton gains admittance into Charles' cell, drugs him, and goes to the guillotine in his place. His last words are, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known". ========================================================= Q.-1. Write an essay on William Wordsworth as a leading Romantic poet. [BKNMU-2019, 2020] OR Estimate the importance of Wordsworth's contr

FAQs

What are the two exam units and what topics does each unit cover?

Unit 1 covers the history of English literature from the Romantic Age to the Modern Age through key authors and specific topics. Unit 2 is the text study of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

What is the question pattern for the semester end examination?

The paper includes four long-answer questions: two from Unit 1 and two from Unit 2, each carrying 14 marks. It also includes short notes questions for both units: Question 5(A) for Unit 1 and 5(B) for Unit 2, each carrying 7 marks.

What is A Tale of Two Cities about according to the plot summary?

The novel begins in 1775 and follows Mr. Jarvis Lorry and Lucie Manette traveling from England to France to secure custody of Lucie’s father, Dr. Alexandre Manette. It later covers trials, revolutionary events like the storming of the Bastille, and Sydney Carton’s sacrifice through dramatic turns involving Charles Darnay and the Defarges.

Sep 20, 2026

Uploaded by Violet