Indian Literature in English-II

Paper Code: 
ENG 612
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To enable the students to get the first hand information about the Indian Literature.
  • To inculcate the ability to understand and appreciate the literary assets of India
13.00
Unit I: 

Nissim Ezekiel                                                             

Night of the Scorpion

Enterprise

 

A.K. Ramanujan                                                          

Obituary

Love Poem for a Wife I

 

MamtaKalia                                                                   

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 Womwn (from Growing up...) 

       

 

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 Coupe

Source Books: 

 

  • De Souza, Eunice ,ed. Nine Indian  Women Poets: An Anthology. New Delhi: OUP, 2002.Print.
  • Gokak, VK, ed. The Golden Treasury of Indo-English Poetry. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi,1977. Print.
  • Karnad, Girish. Collected Plays. New Delhi: OUP, 1994.Print.
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Bheda , P.D, ed. IndianWomen Novelists in English. New Delhi: Sarup , 2005.Print.
  • D, Ramakrishna, ed. Critical Essays on Indian English Writings. New Delhi: Atlantic, 2005.Print.
  • Jain, Jasbir, ed. Growing Up as a Woman Writer. New Delhi: SahityaAkademi, 2007.Print
  • Nawale, ArvindM , ed. Critical Essays on Indian English Poetry and Drama: Text and Contexts. New  Delhi: Author Press, 2010.Print
Academic Year: 
2019-2020