Indian Literature in English-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 512
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
4
Objective: 

To enable students to get first hand information about Indian Literature

To inculcate the ability to understand and appreciate the literary assets of India
14.00
Unit I: 

Michael Modhusudon Dutt

Satan 
The Queen of Delhi’s Dream
 
Rabindranath Tagore
The Sickbed-21
Recovery-14                                                                              
Heaven of Freedom
Freedom
12.00
Unit II: 

Toru Dutt

Our Casuarina Tree
 
Sarojini Naidu
Song of Radha – The Quest
The Soul’s Prayer
 
Kamala Das
The Dance of the Eunuchs
My Grandmother’s House

 

10.00
Unit III: 
Mulk Raj Anand

Untouchable

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
R.K.Narayan

The Guide

12.00
Unit V: 
Anita Desai

Fire on the Mountain

Source Books: 

Source Books :

De Souza. Eunice Ed. Nine Indian Women Poets: An Anthology. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997.Print.

Gokak, V. K.Ed. Golden Treasury of Indo-English Poetry. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1978. Print.

Parthasarathy, R.ed. Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets. New Delhi: OUP, 1976.Print.

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

De Souza, Eunice. Talking Poems: Conversation with Poets. New Delhi: OUP, 1999.Print.

Iyengar, K.R.S. Indian Writing in English. New Delhi: Sterling, 1984.Print

Mukherjee, Meenakshi. The Twice Born Fiction. New Delhi: Arnold Heinemann, 1971. Print.

Naik, M.K. Dimensions of Indian English Literature. New Delhi: Sterling, 1965.Print.

Srivastava, R.K. Perspectives on Anita Desai. Ghaziabad: Vimal Prakashan, 1984. Print.

Academic Year: 
2018-2019