Syllabus (Self-Made) of UGC NET Paper 1: General (Code 00)

1.      Teaching 
2.      Research
3.          ICT
4.          Communication
5.         Higher Education
6.          Environment
7.         Polity
8.          English Comprehension
9.          Reasoning
10.          Maths (DI)

Syllabus (Self-Made) of UGC NET Paper 2: English (Code 30)

• British Literature 

• American Literature 

• Indian Literature (includes Dalit Literature) 

• Postcolonial Literature (includes African, Canadian, Caribbean Literatures, etc.) 

• World Literature (includes German, Russian, French Literatures, etc.) 

• Literary Criticism 

• Literary Theory 

• Cultural Studies 

• Linguistics 

• English in India 

• English Language Teaching (ELT) 

• Research in Literature 

• Literary Terms and Literary Movements 

• Prize-Winning authors and Bestseller Books

Suggested Books

Now, if you keep on following only your teacher's lectures, YouTube lectures, or notes of Ignou or just my blog, then that won't do. You should always read the topic from an authentic book. Therefore, I'm suggesting the books that I referred to during my preparation. But remember, it may be the case that you find difficulty in comprehending any of the listed books. In that situation, follow a book that you're comfortable with, and then try to read the listed books. I'm saying so because these are authentic books.

• For British history of English literature:  

Routledge Book of English History (Ronald Carter), 3rd Edition.

Link to purchase

• For Literary Criticism:

A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present (M.A R. Habib) [840+ pages]

Link to purchase

• For Literary Theory:

Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: From Structuralism to Ecocriticism (P.K. Nayar)

Link to buy

• Indian Literature and English in India:

A Concise History of Indian Literature in English (A.K. Mehrotra)

Link to buy

English Studies in India: Contemporary and Evolving Paradigms (Banibrata Mahanta and Rajesh Babu Sharma)

Link to buy

The Story of English in India (N. Krishnaswamy and Lalitha Krishnaswamy)

Link to buy

All three books are important in this section.

• For Cultural Studies:

An Introduction to Cultural Studies (P.K. Nayar)

Link to purchase

Introducing Cultural Studies (Ziauddin Sardar)

Link to buy

Both books are important.

• For linguistics:

Introduction to Linguistics (Pushpinder Syal)

Link to buy

• For Postcolonialism:

Colonialism/ Postcolonialism (Ania Loomba)

Link to purchase

These books are enough for preparation. Hope you would be able to read all. 

If you're a voracious reader and you have a lot of time, you can also read Routledge Critical Thinkers Series. 

Link (see all the books)

Thanks!