Indian Literature in English-II

Paper Code: 
ENG 612
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will:

CO134. Develop an understanding of the post-Independence stage of development of Indian writing in English

CO135.Investigate and evaluate the socio-cultural milieu of the time; the trends and individual style of the representative writers

CO136.Critique various forms of literature and the writers’ themes and issues

CO137.Appraise the emergence and growth of Indian Writing in English in the context of colonial experience

CO138.Inculcate the research aptitude for literary and cultural studies in the context of texts and translations by Indian authors.
 

 

13.00
Unit I: 

Nissim Ezekiel                                               

Night of the Scorpion

Enterprise

 

A.K. Ramanujan                                            

Obituary

Love Poem for a Wife I

 

Mamta Kalia                                                  

Tribute to Papa

Sunday Song

 

11.00
Unit II: 

Nabaneeta Dev Sen

Women Writing in India at the Turn of the Century                                

(from Growing up as a Woman Writer)

 

Lakshmi Kannan

To Grow or Not to Grow: That’s the Question for Women

(from Indian Feminisms)

 

12.00
Unit III: 

Girish Karnad                                                

The Fire and the Rain

 

10.00
Unit IV: 

Mahesh Dattani                                             

Tara

14.00
Unit V: 

Anita Nair

Ladies Coupé

 

Source Books: 

de Souza, Eunice ,ed. Nine Indian  Women Poets: An Anthology. OUP, 2002.

Gokak, VK, ed. The Golden Treasury of Indo-English Poetry. Sahitya Akademi,1977.

Jain, Jasbir, ed. Growing Up as a Woman Writer. Sahitya Akademi, 2005.

Jain, Jasbir and A.K. Singh. Indian Feminisms. Creative Books, 2001.

Karnad, Girish. Collected Plays. OUP, 1994.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Bheda, P.D, ed. IndianWomen Novelists in English. Sarup, 2005.

D, Ramakrishna. ed. Critical Essays on Indian English Writings. Atlantic, 2005.

Nawale, ArvindM. ed. Critical Essays on Indian English Poetry and Drama: Text and Contexts. Author Press, 2010.

 

e-resources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV22W72MtO8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3LhxOtPgmg

 

Journals

Contemporary Discourse

International Journal of Gender Studies

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024