B.E. I Sem (All Branches)

I SEMESTER

101. ENGLISH

Units Contents of the Subject

I. Short Stories

  •  “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry

  •  “The Fortune-Teller” by Karl Capek

  •  “The Nightingale and the Rose” Oscar Wilde

II. Short Stories

  •  “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  •  “The Three Dancing Goats” by Anonymous

  •  “The Accompanist” by Anita Desai

III. Poems

  •  “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost

  •  “This is Going to Hurt Just a Little Bit” by Odgen Nash

  •  “Death and Leveler” by James Shirley

  •  “Last Lesson of the Afternoon” by D. H. Lawrence

  •  “Night of the Scorpion” by Nissim Ezekiel

IV. Short Plays

  •  “The Dear Departed” by Stanley Houghton

  •  “Refund” by Fritz Karinthy

  •  “Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs

V. Essays

  •  “Of Studies” by Francis Bacon

  •  “Third Thoughts” by E. V. Lucas

  •  “Toasted English” by R. K. Narayana