NTRCA college written syllabus

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1.  History of English Literature: Candidates are required to have a general knowledge 
of English Literature from Elizabethan period to Modern period i.e. Christopher 
Marlowe to T.S. Eliot with special reference to the major m ovements and genres 
during different period.  
2. Literary terms: Epic, drama, novel, tragedy, comedy, tragi -comedy, short story, 
romance, allegory, ode, ballad, lyric, pastoral poetry, dramatic monologue, elegy, 
sonnet, mock -epic, satire, three unities, mir acle and morality plays, fable, interlude, 
soliloquy, poetic justice, parable.  
3. Figures of Speech: Simile, metaphor, image, irony, analogy, symbol, conceit, wit, 
personification, hyperbol, paradox, epigram, climax, anti -climax. 
4. Individual Authors: Candidates are expected to be familiar with the major works of 
the following authors - i. William Shakespeare, ii. John Milton, iii. Jonathan Swift, iv. 
Alexander Pope, v. Charles Dickens, vi. William Wordsworth, vii. S.T. Coleridge, 
viii. John Keats, ix. P.B . Shelley, x. Byron, xi. E.M.Forster. xii. Bernard Shaw and 
xiii. T.S. Eliot.  
5. Formal letter, letter to editors, complaint, request, job application  
6. Summary writing  
7.  Grammar 
Any two from the following terms: i. Changing words from one parts of speec h to 
another and making sentence with them. ii. Synonyms and Antonyms and making 
sentences with them. iii. Completing sentences.