Indian Literature in English-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 512
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will:

CO109.     Appraise the emergence and growth of Indian Writing in English in the context of colonial experience

CO110.     Understand the impact of the socio-political and cultural issues reflected in Indian writing in English

CO111.     Comprehend the representation of culture, identity, history, constructions of nationhood, etc. in the literary texts

CO112.     Identify and articulate one’s social location in a complex, structurally unequal and often contradictory world.
CO113. Recognise and describe the cultural,  historical, social, economic and political forces that shape up the experiences of a character or an author
13.00
Unit I: 

Michael Madhusudon Dutt                           

Satan

The Queen of Delhi’s Dream

 

Rabindranath Tagore                                    

The Sickbed-21

Recovery-14                                                                             

Heaven of Freedom

Freedom

 

13.00
Unit II: 

Toru Dutt

Our Casuarina Tree

The Lotus

 

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                                             

The Lost Child

Two Lady Rams

Lajwanti

The Silver Bangles

 

12.00
Unit IV: 

R.K. Narayan

The Guide

 

12.00
Unit V: 

Shashi Deshpande

That Long Silence

 

Source Books: 

de Souza. Eunice Ed. Nine Indian Women Poets: An Anthology. OUP, 1997.

Gokak, V. K.Ed. Golden Treasury of Indo-English Poetry. SahityaAkademi, 1978.

Parthasarathy, R.ed. Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets. OUP, 1976.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

de Souza, Eunice. Talking Poems: Conversation with Poets. OUP, 1999.

Iyengar, K.R.S. Indian Writing in English. Sterling, 1984.

Mukherjee, Meenakshi. The Twice Born Fiction. Arnold Heinemann, 1971.

Naik, M.K. Dimensions of Indian English Literature. Sterling, 1965.

 

e-resources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE6SzxgnVh0&t=33s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8F_2zV3gEM

 

Journals

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

Indian Literature

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024