12 December, 2025

UP Lt - English ,Syllabus-Based Study Material with Descriptive Notes & Bullet Points for Competitive Exams

Get complete syllabus-based study material with descriptive notes and bullet points for every topic. This guide offers exam-oriented content, easy explanations, and high-scoring notes for GIC English LT, lecturer exams, and competitive English literature exams.

Get exam-oriented study material, syllabus-based notes, and descriptive explanations for every topic in simple language. This post provides clear bullet points, easy-to-understand concepts, and complete preparation guidance for competitive exams. Perfect for students looking for accurate, syllabus-wise notes, quick revision points, and high-scoring content. Ideal for GIC English LT, lecturer exams, and all English literature competitive exams.


  LT Grade English Syllabus (Complete & Updated)

1. History of English Literature

  • Old English Period
  • Middle English Periods 
  • Renaissance & Elizabethan Age
  • Jacobean, Caroline & Puritan Age
  • Restoration & Augustan Age
  • Romantic Age
  • Victorian Age
  • Modern Age
  • Post-Modern Literature
  • Major literary movements: 
  • Classicism, 
  • Romanticism, 
  • Realism,
  •  Naturalism,
  •  Symbolism, 
  • Modernism

2. Literary Forms & Genres

(a) Poetry

  • Epic,
  •  Lyric, 
  • Ballad, 
  • Sonnet,
  •  Ode, 
  • Elegy, 
  • Dramatic Monologue

(b) Drama

  • Tragedy, 
  • Comedy,
  •  Tragicomedy,
  •  Problem Play,
  •  One-Act Play

(c) Prose & Fiction

  • Novel:
  •  Types (Picaresque, 
  • Gothic,
  •  Historical, 
  • Domestic, 
  • Psychological)
  • Short Story
  • Essay: Types & Structure

(d) Literary Terms

  • Allegory, 
  • Alliteration, 
  • Imagery,
  •  Symbol, 
  • Irony, 
  • Metaphor,
  •  Simile,
  •  Pun,
  •  Paradox, 
  • Oxymoron,
  •  Allusion

3. English Grammar

  • Parts of Speech
  • Tenses
  • Articles & Determiners
  • Voice (Active/Passive)
  • Narration (Direct/Indirect)
  • Modals & Auxiliaries
  • Prepositions
  • Subject-Verb Agreement
  • Degree of Comparison
  • Clauses & Sentence Structure
  • Error Detection
  • Transformation of Sentences

4. English Language Skills

  • Comprehension Passages
  • Precis Writing
  • Paragraph Writing
  • Letter Writing (Formal/Informal)
  • Note Making
  • Resume Writing
  • Report Writing
  • E-mail & Notice Writing

5. Major Works & Authors

(a) Poetry

  • Geoffrey Chaucer
  • John Milton
  • William Shakespeare
  • Alexander Pope
  • William Wordsworth
  • S.T. Coleridge
  • P.B. Shelley
  • John Keats
  • T.S. Eliot
  • W.B. Yeats

(b) Drama

  • William Shakespeare
  • G.B. Shaw
  • Henrik Ibsen
  • John Osborne

(c) Novelists

  • Jane Austen
  • Charles Dickens
  • Thomas Hardy
  • George Eliot
  • D.H. Lawrence
  • Virginia Woolf

(d) Indian English Literature

  • R.K. Narayan
  • Mulk Raj Anand
  • Raja Rao
  • Ruskin Bond
  • Arundhati Roy
  • Amitav Ghosh

6. Literary Criticism & Theory

  • Plato,
  •  Aristotle, 
  • Longinus
  • Wordsworth’s Preface
  • T.S. Eliot (Objective Correlative & Tradition and Individual Talent)
  • Formalism & New Criticism
  • Structuralism,
  •  Post-Structuralism
  • Feminism, 
  • Marxism, 
  • Psychoanalytic Theory

7. Teaching of English (Pedagogy)

  • Aims of Teaching English
  • Methods of Teaching: Grammar-Translation, Direct Method, Communicative Approach
  • Evaluation & Testing
  • Remedial Teaching
  • Language Skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing)

8. Research & Communication in English

  • Research Types
  • Research Tools
  • Data Collection Methods
  • Basics of Academic Writing
  • Plagiarism & Citation Styles


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