RBSE Class 11 English Literature (Optional) Syllabus 2024-25: The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) has made available the latest and updated syllabus for students of class 11. Students can find the syllabus on the official website of the Rajasthan Board, which is rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in. They can also find it in the school section of Jagran Josh. Here we have provided the syllabus for RBSE Class 11 English Literature (Optional) subject.
Before students begin their exam preparation, it is important that they should read the syllabus. It is essential to understand the course content and marking scheme of the syllabus. The syllabus for RBSE Class 11 English Literature (Optional) has seven sections and the theory paper will be for 100 marks.
RBSE Class 11 English Literature (Optional) Course Structure
| Areas of Learning | Marks |
| Reading (an unseen passage and poem) | 20 |
| Writing | 20 |
| Textbook: Woven Words | 30 |
| Drama: Julius Caesar | 10 |
| Fiction: The Guide | 10 |
| Literary terms: Elegy, Epic, Sonnet, Ode, Lyric, Ballad, Satire, Fiction, Melodrama, Monologue | 05 |
| Figures of Speech: Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Paradox, Oxymoron, Euphemism, Epithet, Antithesis | 05 |
RBSE Class 11 English Literature (Optional) Syllabus 2024-25
| Reading (an unseen passage and a poem) (a) A passage for comprehension with some exercise and vocabulary of about 300 words. (b) An extract from a poem of about 14-15 lines questions will be such as word formation and inferring word meaning and explanation or summary of it. |
| Writing (a) An essay out of three on argumentative/discursive/reflective/or descriptive topic (150 words) (Students should be taught all kinds of essays. Anyone can be asked) (b) A composition such as an article, a report, a speech (100 words) (Students should be taught all kinds of compositions. Anyone can be asked) (c) Formal Letters/applications and Informal letters. (Formal letters : to the editor giving suggestions, opinions on an issue of social or public interest. Informal letters; personal letters. (Students should be taught all kinds of letters. Anyone can be asked) |
| Text for detailed study : Woven Words Prose (a) A passage for comprehension of about 150 words from the textbook with short answer type questions testing deeper interpretation and drawing inferences. (b) Two textual questions out of three (in about 80 words). (c) Two short answer type textual questions out of three (60 words). Poetry (a) One extract from the prescribed poems for comprehension and literary interpretation. (b) Two out of three questions on the prescribed poems for appreciation to be answered in 60-80 words. |
| Drama : Julius Caesar One out of two questions to be answered in about 150 words to test the evaluation of characters, events and episodes. |
| Fiction : The Guide (a) One textual question to be answered in about 75 words for interpersonal relationship. (b) Two out of three textual short answer type questions to be answered in about 40 words on content, events and episodes. |
| Literary Terms Elegy, Epic, Sonnet, Ode, Lyric, Ballad, Satire, Fiction, Melodrama, Monologue. |
| Figures of Speech Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Paradox, Oxymoron, Euphemism, Epithet, Antithesis. |
Prescribed Books:
Textbook: Woven Words—NCERT Book Published under Copyright.
Drama: Julius Caesar—Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Ajmer.
Fiction: The Guide—R.K. Narayan—Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Ajmer.
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RBSE Class 11 English Literature (Optional) Syllabus 2024-25
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