Contemporary British Literature – II (Prose and Fiction)

Paper Code: 
ENG 614
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will:

CO144. Analyze the recent trends in contemporary British literature

CO145.Develop an insight into contemporary British prose and fiction; their salient features, literary movements and trends

CO146.Critique the works of the representative writers in terms of their style and treatment

CO147.Appraise the emergence and growth of the Contemporary British Literature and the unique characteristics of the texts and the authors

CO148.Chart out the complex and interconnecting intellectual currents of the canonical sage-writing, exploring social reportage and scientific treatises

 

 

 

8.00
Unit I: 

William Golding                                             

Lord of the Flies

 

8.00
Unit II: 

Doris Lessing                                                 

The Summer Before the Dark

 

11.00
Unit III: 

A. Alvarez                  

‘Introduction’ to The New Poetry

 

Margaret Scanlan

‘Introduction’ to Traces of Another Time: History and Politics in Postwar British Fiction

 

9.00
Unit IV: 

Angela Carter                                                

Wise Children

 

9.00
Unit V: 

Martin Amis

The Little Puppy That Could

The Immortals

(from Einstein's Monsters)

Kazuo Ishiguro

Come Rain or Come Shine

Malvern Hills

 

Source Books: 

Alvarez, A.TheNew Poetry. Penguin, 1962.

Scanlan, Margaret.Traces of Another Time: History and Politics in Postwar British Fiction. Princeton UP, 1990.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Bacchilega, Cristina ,et.al. ed. Angela Carter and the Fairy Tale. WSU, 1998.

Bloom, Harold.ed. Dorrid Lessing. Chelsea House, 2003.

Greene, Gayle. Dorris Lessing: The Poetics of Change. University of Michigan Press, 1994.

Weekes, Mark Kinkead. William Golding: A Critical Study. Bracer, 1968.

 

e-resources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avHlfGAcHIw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnnZ6y1HPqI

 

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