The Syllabus
Poetry
1. Wordsworth
2. Shelley
3. Keats
4. Tennyson: Ulysses
5. Browning: The Last Ride Together
6. Hardy: The Darkling Thrush
7. Yeats: The Wild Swans at Coole
8. Owen: Strange Meeting
9. Walter de la Mare: The Listeners
Drama
1. Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer
2. Shaw: Arms and the Man
3. Galsworthy: Justice
Short Story
1. Conrad: The Lagoon
2. Maugham: The Lotos Eater
3. O Henry: The Gift of the Magi
4. H.E. Bates: The Ox
Essay
1. Lamb: Dream Children
2. L.A. Hill: Principles of Good Writing
Grammar and Usage
Common Errors
Number, Gender, Tense, Voice, Mood
Agreement of Verbs, Use of Articles and Prepositions
Sentence Forms
Simple, Compound, Complex, Relative Clauses
Joining and Splitting of Sentences
Narration
Direct and Indirect Speech
Composition
A single paragraph of 50-60 words to be written on a given topic
Dr Tarun Tapas Mukherjee is an Associate Professor in the English Department at Bhatter College, Dantan, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. He founded the Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities in 2008. Since then, he has consistently introduced and implemented measures to ensure standardization, adhering to specific international criteria. Even before that, he started a blog on WBSSC English (https://westbengalsscenglish.blogspot.com) and helped numerous candidates secure jobs. In 2016, a full-fledged website was launched on a premium basis. This time, however, all the premium materials are being released for free. More about TTM at https://rupkatha.com/tarun_tapas_mukherjee.php
