Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 502
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
3
Objective: 
  1. To enable the 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: 
M.K. Gandhi                              Fearlessness
Ronald Mackin                         Man of Everest
J.B.S. Haldane                         Illnesses That Make Us Healthier
9.00
Unit II: 
Nirad C. Chaudhuri                 My Birth Place
M. Chalapathi Rau                   Nehru the Democrat
8.00
Unit III: 
R.K. Narayan                            The Gateman’s Gift
C. Rajagopalachari                 The Nose-jewel
Chaman Nahal                        The Silver Lining
8.00
Unit IV: 
Khushwant Singh                   The Interview
P. Padmaraju                           Cyclone
Mulkraj Anand                          The Lost Child
11.00
Unit V: 
R. K. Narayan

The Guide

Source Books: 
  1. A Choice of Short Stories, OUP, 2006 (Edited by Shakti Batra and P. S. Sidhu)
  2. A Choice of Prose by D. Chatterjee and S. K. Prasad (OUP)
  3. A Short History of the English Novel by S. Diana Neill (Indian Reprint; Kalyani Publishers)
  4. Short Stories of Yesterday and Today ed. Shiv K. Kumar (OUP)
  5. Popular Short Stories (OUP)
  6. English Prose Selection (OUP)
SUGGESTED READINGS: 

1. A Concise History of Indian Literature in English ed. by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

Academic Year: 
2018-2019