Course Outcomes |
Teaching-Learning Strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
The students will: CO 86. Develop a foundation in the several aspects of Indian writing CO 87. Critically appreciate Indian literature in English, in order to gain a broad understanding of diverse Indian spaces through literary eras CO 88. Appraise the emergence and growth of Indian Writing in English CO 89. Identify the impact of the socio-political and cultural issues reflected in Indian writing in English CO 90. Evaluate the linguistic skills employed in prescribed texts, and formulate an understanding of values and other concerns communicated by the writers through their works |
Approach in teaching: Discussion, Demonstration via Presentation Learning activities for the students: Report-writing, Seminar-presentation |
Report-writing, Presentation, Viva-Voce |
Rabindranath Tagore Gitanjali (Songs 1-3, 8-10, 27-30, 43, 46, 62, 75-77, 83-85, 90-93, 100 & 103)
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M.K. Gandhi Hind Swaraj
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Raja Rao Kanthapura
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Mahasweta Devi Dopdi (tr. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak)
U.R. Ananthamurthy Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man
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Vijay Tendulkar Silence! The Court is in Session |
Source Book:
Gokak, Vinayak Krishna, ed. The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry.1828- 1965. New Delhi: 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 Literature. 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.
e-resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYEjVRnBRlM (Gandhi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwhvhR9BfBM (Rao)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wxcJP7wyMc (Ananthamurthy)
Journals:
Rupkatha Journal
The Journal of Indian Writing in English