The Contemporary Indian Novel in English, with reference to Amit Chaudhuri’s Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 144 (c) - Option 10

 

Unit I

Tradition and Modernity in India

Unit II

The Postcolonial Perspective in Contemporary Indian Fiction

Unit III

Urban Spaces in Contemporary Indian Fiction

Unit IV

A Study of A Strange and Sublime Address (1991): Themes and Issues, Style and Treatment

Unit V

A Study of Freedom Song (1998): Themes and Issues, Style and Treatment

 

Source Books: 

Reading List:

 

Chatterjee, Partha. The Nation and its Fragments: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1993. Print.

---. A Possible India. New Delhi: OUP, 1997. Print.

 

Chaudhuri, Amit. The Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature. London: Picador, 2000. Print. 

 

---. Clearing a Space: Reflections on India, Literature and Culture. New Delhi: Penguin India, 2012. Print.

 

Gandhi, Leela. Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction. New Delhi: OUP, 1998. Print.

 

Mehrotra, Arvind. A Concise History of Indian Literature in English. New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2010. Print.

 

Mukherjee, Meenakshi. The Twice Born Fiction: Themes and Techniques of the Indian Novel in English. New Delhi: Pencraft, 1971. Print.

 

---. The Perishable Empire : Essays on Indian Writing in English, New Delhi: OUP, 2002. Print. 

 

Naik, M.K. A History of Indian English Literature, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2009. Print.

Nandy, Ashis. The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self under Colonialism. New Selhi: OUP, 1983. Print.

---. Talking India: Ashis Nandy in conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo. New Delhi: OUP, 2006. Print.

 

Nayar, Pramod K. Postcolonial Literature. New Delhi: Pearson Education, 2008. Print.

 

Paranjape, Makarand. Another Canon: Indian Texts and Traditions in English. New Delhi: Primus Books, 2010. Print.

 

---. Making India. New Delhi : Manjul Publishing. 2014. Print.

 

Shukla, Sheobhusha. The Novels of Amit Chaudhuri: An Exploration in the Alternative Tradition. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2004. Print.

Academic Year: 
2018-2019