Indian Literature in English-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 512
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100
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

12.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1

Michael Madhusudon Dutt

Satan

The Queen of Delhi’s Dream

 

Rabindranath Tagore   

The Sickbed-21

Recovery-14

Heaven of Freedom

Freedom

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2

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: 
Unit 3

Mulk Raj Anand   

Untouchable

14.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4

R.K.Narayan 

The Guide

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5

Anita Desai

Fire on the Mountain

Source Books: 
  • Golden Treasury of Indo-English Poetry : edited by V.K. Gokak
  • Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets ed. by R. Parthasarathy
  • Nine Indian Women Poets: An Anthology (OUP)
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • K.R.S. Iyengar : Indian Writing in English (New Delhi : Sterling, 1984)
  • M.K. Naik : Dimensions of Indian English Literature (New Delhi : Sterling 1965)
  • Meenakshi Mukherjee : The Twice Born Fiction
  • Girish Karnad : Hayavadana (The Three Plays, OUP)
  • Rabindranath Tagore: Rabindra Rachnavali: Selected Poems, Vol. II, Rupa & Co., 2002.
  • Talking Poems: Conversation With Poets by Eunice deSouza (OUP)
  • Rabindranath Tagore: Selected Poems (New Delhi: Penguin,1994)
Academic Year: 
2014-2015