NET 2017 Exam Description

NET - National Eligibility Test is one of the most important and well known entrance examinations. National Eligibility Test (NET) is a national level exam conducted by University Grants Commission. NET, is the first step for any aspirant who desires (his/her) career in the education industry as Lecturer or professor.

Examination Pattern

• Paper I will start from 09:30 A.M. to 10:45 A.M. This paper will have questions based on general nature, aimed to evaluate the research or teaching aptitude, comprehension, reasoning ability and divergent thinking in the candidates.
• There will be the addition of two marks on giving correct answer.
• Paper II will start from 11:15 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. There will be the addition of two marks on giving correct answer.
• Paper III will start from 02:00 P.M. to 04:30 P.M.
• The question of paper II and III will come from the entire syllabus including the electives.
• The candidates will have to dot down their answers in the Optical Mark Reader(OMR) sheet.

NOTE : Each correct answer will carry 2 marks and there is no negative marking.

Exam Syllabus

1. Paper - II
   • Chaucer to Shakespeare
   • Jacobean to Restoration Periods
   • Augustan Age: 18th Century Literature
   • Romantic Period
   • Victorian Period
   • Modern Period
   • Contemporary Period
   • American and other non-British Literature's
   • Literary Theory and Criticism
   • Rhetoric and Prosody
2. Paper III- A (Core group)
   • British Literature from Chaucer to the present day
   • Criticism and Literary Theory.
   • Unit-I: Literary Comprehension With internal choice of poetry stanza and prose passage; four comprehension questions will be asked carrying 4 marks each.
   • Unit-II: Up to the Renaissance
   • Unit-III: Jacobean to Restoration Periods
   • Unit-IV: Augustan Age 18th Century Literature
   • Unit-V: Romantic Period
   • Unit-VI: Victorian and Pre-Raphaelites
   • Unit-VII: Modem British Literature
   • Unit-VIII: Contemporary British Literature
   • Unit-IX: Literary Theory and Criticism up to T. S. Eliot
   • Unit-X: Contemporary Theory
3. Paper III- B (Elective or Optional)
   • Elective-I: History of English Language, English Language Teaching.
   • Elective-II: European Literature from Classical Age to the 20th Century.
   • Elective-III: Indian writing in English and Indian Literature in English translation.
   • Elective-IV: American and other non-British English Literatures.
   • Elective-V: Literary Theory and Criticism.

For Details Information : http://www.ugc.ac.in/net/syllabuspdf/30.pdf