Indian Writing in English – I

Paper Code: 
ENG 324-A
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

  • The course will enable the students to:

    • Get introduced to the polyphony of Indian writing in English
    • Familiarize themselves with the diverse and rich social, cultural and literary heritage of India
    • Equip themselves with the required critical understanding to examine the socially-constructed nature of literary texts, with a comparative approach

Course Learning Outcomes

  • Gain a foundational understanding of the several aspects of Indian writing
  • Read Indian literature in English, beyond the prescribed and suggested texts, in order to gain a broad understanding of diverse Indian spaces through literary eras

 

 

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15.00
Unit I: 
Rabindranath Tagore

Gitanjali   (Songs 1-3, 8-10, 27-30, 43, 46, 62, 75-77, 83-85, 90-93, 100 & 103)

 

11.00
Unit II: 
M.K. Gandhi

Hind Swaraj

 

10.00
Unit III: 
Raja Rao

Kanthapura

 

11.00
Unit IV: 

 

Mahasweta Devi

Dopdi (tr. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak)

 

U.R. Ananthamurthy

Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man

 

13.00
Unit V: 
Vijay Tendulkar

Silence ! The Court is in Session

 

Source Books: 
  • Gokak, Vinayak Krishna, ed. The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry.1828-1965. Sahitya Akademi, 2014.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Baral, K.C, D. Venkat Rao, and Sura Prasad Rath. U.R. Anantha Murthy’s Samskara: A Critical Reader. Pencraft International, 2005.
  • De Souza, Eunice. Talking Poems: Conversation with Poets. OUP, 2001.
  • Iyengar, K.R.S. Indian Writing in English. Sterling Publishers, 2012.
  • Mehrorta, Arvind Krishna, ed. A Concise History of Indian Literature in English. Permanent Black, 2010.
  • Naik, M.K. Dimensions of Indian English Literature. Sterling Publishers, 1965.
  • Tharu ,Susie, and K. Lalitha. Women Writing in India: 600 BC to the Present. Orient Longman, 1991.
Academic Year: 
2020-2021