First Year 1st semi English Literature

English and American Poetry

-   William Shakespeare: 1564-1616 (Under the Greenwood tree (as You like It)

-   Thomas Campion: 1567- 1620, Rose–cheeked Laura

-   Robert Herrick: 1591-1674, To Daffodils

-   William Wordsworth: 1770-1850, My Heart Leaps Up, Daffodils

Sri Lankan and Post-colonial Poetry

-   Kamala Wijeratne (Musical, Monument)

-   Nissim Ezekiel, Entertainment

-   John Pepper Clerk, Night Rain

Short Stories

-   Chitra Fernando: Missilin

-   Rabindranath Tagore:  The Postmaster

Novel

-   R.K. Narayan; The Guide or

-   Ediriweera Sarathchandra:  The curfew and the Full Moon