Indian Literature in English-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 512
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
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.

 

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 Deshapande

That Long Silence

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

 

 

Academic Year: 
2019-2020