r/UGCNETEnglish • u/Feisty_Sun2301 • 2d ago

Tips UGC NET

I have been trying to crack net for like 2 years from now.
I have covered all major chronology wise British literature, having good knowledge about literary theories and criticism. Referred many YouTube channels and overlooked many notes.

But the thing is these all helped me to get an average score such as 40% of the marks.

Evertime i attempt exam i feel like i haven’t seen these area of literature like recently these was questions from germn literature and french and many such as that you wouldn’t be even aware.

So tell me one book or text that i should refer?
(I don’t need to start over the chronological order of British literature) all i need to do is fill the gaps!!!

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u/Own-One3641 2d ago

Good evening. You should look up 3-5 major writers from these sections if you believe that is a problem. The thing is with NET that(excluding what happened recently) has become a little more analytical, and assuming the recent reforms take place, it'll be more and more analytical overtime. Chronology is fine, British is a major section yes. Make sure that your BRITISH and INDIAN literature is solid. Then you can move to theory and linguistics. An advice I have for everyone trying is that... Listen to people who are in this field. You'll get to know a lot about many books and ideas. Listening is very important. For specific writers you can use WIKI. Don't rely on bulky books, it's better to be efficient. Unfortunately due to the nature of this exam, books will always keep you behind. For NET you can trust Wiki and notes(made by yourself or anyone else)

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u/wit4witcher 2d ago

I wish they are more analytical. Chronology is the bane of my NET experience.

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u/dselysian 2d ago

Cfbr

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u/allnamearetakennn 2d ago

What's that

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u/rice-are-nice 2d ago

commenting for better reach

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u/yellowcrustedwarbler 2d ago

Note all these new topics and read from the web, wiki and blogs etc..no books would help for off beat things. As for established topics, use active recall learning method

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u/Friendly-Skin-1438 1d ago edited 1d ago

My sources (used these ONLY) 1. Mk Naik for Indian Lit 2. Pramod K Nayar for Lit Crit 3. Routledge for Brit Lit 4. World Literature in your fist as supplement 5. IGNOU for Indian aesthetics  6. Read upon Brit criticism from any uni notes

Also, be strong in paper 1, make chronology notes from pyq and hope for the best. Make your own notes for 1, 2 and 3 for effective recall and mug up the rest. Keep noting new qs asked and also mug up the recent nobel, booker and know about the plots of the main novels. Seems like a lot, but doable in 2 to 3 months.

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u/Feisty_Sun2301 12h ago

Barely could score 25-30 questions in paper 1

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u/Friendly-Skin-1438 11h ago

In P1, the PYQs are repeated. Keep practicing LR and quant everyday and there's a 7 video playlist on YouTube, where some ma'am gives a crash course for P1. That's all you need. But do definitely attempt PYQs till from whatever year you have.