JKPSC English Lecturer – 60 Days Study Plan by home academy
🔰 Structure
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Days 1–45: Core Study (Literature + Grammar)
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Days 46–55: Revision + PYQs
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Days 56–60: Full-Length Mock Practice + Final Touch
📅 Phase I: Days 1–15 – Foundations
| Day | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | History of English Literature: Middle English + Chaucer |
| 2 | Renaissance Poetry: Shakespeare, Spenser, Sidney |
| 3 | Drama: Marlowe, Shakespeare (Tragedies) |
| 4 | Shakespeare’s Comedies + Historical Background |
| 5 | Metaphysical Poets: Donne, Herbert |
| 6 | Restoration Literature: Dryden, Congreve |
| 7 | Augustan Age: Pope, Swift |
| 8 | Romantic Poets I: Wordsworth, Coleridge |
| 9 | Romantic Poets II: Keats, Shelley, Byron |
| 10 | Victorian Age: Tennyson, Browning, Arnold |
| 11 | Modern Poetry: Yeats, Eliot |
| 12 | Modern Fiction: Joyce, Greene |
| 13 | Jane Austen & Dickens (Fiction) |
| 14 | Thomas Hardy: Themes + Style |
| 15 | Essayists: Bacon, Addison |
📅 Phase II: Days 16–30 – Deep Dive
| Day | Topics |
|---|---|
| 16 | Essayists: Lamb, Hazlitt |
| 17 | Literary Criticism: Aristotle’s Poetics |
| 18 | Coleridge’s Imagination Theory |
| 19 | Arnold’s Touchstone Theory |
| 20 | Eliot: Tradition & Individual Talent |
| 21 | Drama: G. B. Shaw |
| 22 | Detailed Study of Sonnets (Shakespeare) |
| 23 | Stream of Consciousness: Joyce |
| 24 | Practice: Objective Qs from History, Poetry |
| 25 | Applied Grammar: Tenses, Articles |
| 26 | Grammar: Prepositions, Auxiliaries |
| 27 | Grammar: Error Spotting, One-word Substitution |
| 28 | Grammar: Sentence Transformation |
| 29 | Grammar: Synonyms, Antonyms |
| 30 | Practice Test: Grammar + Essays |
📅 Phase III: Days 31–45 – Literature Analysis & Practice
| Day | Topics |
|---|---|
| 31 | Poetry: Modern (Practice-Based Reading) |
| 32 | Drama: Analysis of 1 play (Shakespeare/Shaw) |
| 33 | Novel: Full Analysis of any 1 novel |
| 34 | Critics: Comparison of Eliot vs. Arnold |
| 35 | Practice MCQs: Criticism + Fiction |
| 36 | Revision: Romantic Age |
| 37 | Revision: Victorian & Modern Age |
| 38 | Grammar Revision – All Parts |
| 39 | Practice Essay Writing (Bacon, Lamb style) |
| 40 | Practice Test: Literature only |
| 41 | Objective Test: Criticism only |
| 42 | PYQs: Solve & Review |
| 43 | Mock Test 1: Full Syllabus |
| 44 | Mock Review + Weak Area Brush-up |
| 45 | Literature Notes Compilation |
📅 Phase IV: Days 46–60 – Revision & Final Push
| Day | Tasks |
|---|---|
| 46–47 | Revise: History + Criticism |
| 48–49 | Revise: Poetry + Drama |
| 50–51 | Revise: Fiction + Essays |
| 52–53 | Revise: Grammar + Practice Test |
| 54 | Mock Test 2 (Full-Length) |
| 55 | Mock Test Review + Final Notes |
| 56 | Final Grammar Boost + Quick Revision |
| 57 | Final PYQ Set Practice |
| 58 | Mock Test 3 |
| 59 | Final Literature Recap |
| 60 | Rest + Mind Maps + Confidence Build |
📘 Recommended Resources
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History: Edward Albert, Andrew Sanders
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Criticism: Prasad’s Theory of Literature, Hudson
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Poetry/Drama/Fiction: Oxford Anthologies, Notes by M. H. Abrams
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Grammar: Wren & Martin + Objective English by SP Bakshi
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MCQs: Arihant/Trueman’s Objective English Literature