by : Ruchi Agarwal
ISBN 978-93-91984-47-2
Price: Rs. 101 .00
available only as e-book on Kindle
A Helping Hand: An e-Companion for the GIC Lecturer
Examination is a carefully prepared for aspirants appearing in the
GIC Lecturer Main Examination (English). Written in a simple, clear, and
student-friendly style, this book is designed to make learning and revision—
focused, systematic, and effective. Based on the prescribed syllabus, it
provides representative long-answer (250 words) and short-answer (150 words)
questions with well-organised answers covering literary forms, movements, major
authors, criticism, and language (grammar). Since the Literature (Part A) syllabus
mentions only the names of authors and not their prescribed works, special
emphasis has been placed on major themes, style and technique, literary
significance, historical context, critical interpretation, important works, and
notable quotations. The answers are concise, examination-oriented, and designed
to help aspirants adapt their responses to a variety of related questions.
Sufficient language exercises have also been included to support preparation
for very short answer questions. The book aims to build both conceptual
understanding and answer-writing skills while keeping the language graceful and
easy to understand. As a digital edition, it offers the convenience of studying
on a smartphone, tablet, Kindle, or computer, with features such as navigation,
bookmarking, highlighting, and note-making that make revision quicker and more
organised. This book is not intended to replace the prescribed texts or other
authentic sources; rather, it is meant to serve as a dependable companion for
learning, revision, practice, and examination preparation.
Dr. Ruchi Agarwal is an Assistant Professor of
English at Sahu Ram Swaroop Mahila Mahavidyalaya in Bareilly. She is also the
author of a number of books including— Cultural Conflict in the Plays
of Eugene O’Neill, Readings into British and American Drama, Readings into
Translation: Theory and Indian Literary Texts, Classical Foundations and the
History of English Literature, Readings in Indian and New Literatures in
English and A Helping Hand for Assistant Teacher Examination
(LT English Mains) Her works are known for their clarity and
student-friendly approach.
Contents of the book include
Literature Concepts (150 words answers):
Literary Forms: Other Literary
Forms. Major Stanza Forms, Sonnet, Ballad, Mock
Epic, Elegy
Literary Devices and Techniques: Figures of Speech
and Other Literary Terms
Major Literary Movements and Periods: Other
Movements, Renaissance, Reformation, Metaphysical
Poetry, Classicism / Neoclassicism, Romanticism, The
Pre-Raphaelites, Modern Literature, Postmodern
Literature, Colonial Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Indian
Writing in English
Critical Concepts: General, Related to
Aristotle, Related to John Dryden, Related to Dr. Samuel
Johnson, Related to William Wordsworth, Related to S.T.
Coleridge, Related to Matthew Arnold, Related to T.S. Eliot
Literature Authors (250 words answers)
British: Geoffrey Chaucer, William
Shakespeare, John Milton, John Dryden, Alexander
Pope, William Wordsworth, P. B. Shelley, John Keats, Alfred
Lord Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Charles Dickens, Thomas
Hardy, W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, G. B. Shaw, George
Orwell, Harold Pinter, Ted Hughes
American: Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Ernest
Hemingway
Indian English: Rabindranath Tagore, Raja
Rao, Mulk Raj Anand, Nissim Ezekiel, Girish Karnad, V. S.
Naipaul, Amitav Ghosh, Vikram Seth, Kamala Das, Khushwant
Singh
Language
Comprehension, Correction of Sentences, Direct and
Indirect Narration, Active and Passive Voice
Other Transformations: Change the following Assertive
sentences into Interrogative / Exclamatory forms, Affirmative to
Negative, Negative to Affirmative, Change the following Exclamatory
sentences into Assertive sentences, Change the following Interrogative
sentences into Assertive sentences, Change the Degree of
Comparison, Change the form of the sentences (Simple / Complex /
Compound), Change the sentences using ‘Too…to’ and ‘So…that’, Remove
‘Too’ / ‘Enough’ without changing the meaning. Change the form of words
without changing the meaning, Joining and Splitting
Sentences, Transformation of Conditional Sentences, Change of Voice
within Structures
Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Jumbled
Sentences, Prepositions, Idioms and Phrases, One Word
Substitution, Figures of Speech, Prefixes and Suffixes
