Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 102
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
3
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  1. To enable students to comprehend and appreciate a variety of prose and fictional works as avenues of creativity
  2. To enable them to learn the fundamentals of fiction & short stories, viz. structure, dialogue, mood, setting, scenes, language, etc.
9.00
Unit I: 

Francis Bacon

  • Of Youth and Age
  • Of Studies

Abrahan Cowley

  • Of Solitude
8.00
Unit II: 
Joseph Addison  
Mediatations in Westminster Abbey
 
Richard Steele                        
The Art of Conversation
 
Samuel Johnson
Praises of Solitude
 
8.00
Unit III: 
Washington Irving
Adventures of a German Student
 
Edgar Allan Poe
Some Words with a Mummy
 
Guy de Maupassant
The Necklace

 

 
8.00
Unit IV: 
Leo Tolstoy                              
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
 
Anton Chekhov                      
A Work of Art
 
Oscae Wilde
The Model Millionaire
 
12.00
Unit V: 
Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

Source Books: 
  1. English Prose Selections for B.A. Part - 1. Oxford UP.
  2. Popular Short Stories. Oxford UP.
  3. Kumar, Shiv K. Short Stories of Yesterday and Today.
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  1. Baldick, Chris. Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford.
  2. Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Cengage Learning.
  3. Boulton, Marjorie. The Anatomy of Prose. Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Academic Year: 
2018-2019