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🧠 UGC NET English Mock Tests – December 2025
Start your preparation with these full-length mock tests:
- UGC NET Dec 2025 English Mock Test 1
- UGC NET Dec 2025 English Mock Test 2
- UGC NET Dec 2025 English Mock Test 3
- UGC NET Dec 2025 English Mock Test 4
- UGC NET Dec 2025 English Mock Test 5
- UGC NET Dec 2025 English Mock Test 6
- UGC NET Dec 2025 English Mock Test 7
- UGC NET Dec 2025 English Mock Test 8
- UGC NET Dec 2025 English Mock Test 9
- UGC NET Dec 2025 English Mock Test 10
📝 Note: Every week, we add or upgrade new mock tests to help you stay ahead. Keep practicing with ANSS ACADEMY’s updated test series and move closer to achieving your academic dream.
📘 UGC NET English Syllabus – December 2025 Cycle
The UGC NET English Paper II syllabus focuses on the study of English literature from various historical periods, literary theories, language studies, and criticism. Here’s the unit-wise detailed syllabus for the December 2025 cycle.
Unit 1: Drama
- British Drama from the Renaissance to Modern Period
- Major dramatists: Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, Shaw, Beckett, Pinter, Osborne
- Themes, structure, and dramatic techniques
- Indian English Drama and postcolonial perspectives
Unit 2: Poetry
- British Poetry: Chaucer to the 21st Century
- Metaphysical, Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist poets
- Poetic forms, figures of speech, and rhythm
- Indian English Poetry and world literature in translation
Unit 3: Fiction, Short Story, and Non-Fictional Prose
- British, American, and Postcolonial novels
- Narrative techniques and characterization
- Major novelists: Austen, Dickens, Joyce, Woolf, Rushdie, and Naipaul
- Autobiographies, essays, and travel writing
Unit 4: Cultural Studies and Literary Theory
- Concepts of culture, ideology, and discourse
- Marxism, Feminism, Postcolonialism, Structuralism, Deconstruction
- Psychoanalytic, Queer, and Ecocritical theories
- Major critics: Aristotle, Eliot, Foucault, Derrida, Said
Unit 5: Literary Criticism
- Classical to Contemporary Criticism
- Indian Aesthetics and theories of Rasa and Dhvani
- New Criticism, Reader-Response, and Post-Structuralism
- Key critical texts and approaches
Unit 6: Language and Linguistics
- Nature, functions, and varieties of language
- Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics
- Language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis
- English language teaching (ELT) and applied linguistics
Unit 7: History of English Literature
- Chronological survey: Old English to Contemporary Period
- Renaissance, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Victorian Age, Modernism, and Postmodernism
- Major authors, movements, and genres
- Intertextuality and literary influence
Unit 8: European Literature
- Greek, Roman, and Continental influences on English literature
- French, German, and Russian literary movements
- Key authors: Dante, Cervantes, Goethe, Kafka, Camus
- Comparative literature perspectives
Unit 9: American and Other World Literatures
- American literature from Puritan to Postmodern periods
- African, Caribbean, and Australian literature
- Themes of race, identity, and resistance
- Cross-cultural and diasporic narratives
Unit 10: Research Methods and Literary Terms
- Research methodology in literary studies
- MLA, APA, and Chicago referencing styles
- Literary terms and devices
- Bibliography, thesis writing, and interpretation
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🏁 Final Note
The UGC NET English December 2025 exam requires strong literary knowledge, analytical reading, and interpretation skills. Practicing regularly with ANSS ACADEMY’s Test Series will enhance your preparation and confidence.
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