Indian Writing in English – I

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

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

 

15.00

Rabindranath Tagore

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

 

 

 

11.00

M.K. Gandhi

Hind Swaraj

 

 

 

10.00

Raja Rao

Kanthapura

 

 

 

11.00

Mahasweta Devi

Dopdi (tr. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak)

 

U.R. Ananthamurthy

Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man

 

 

 

13.00

Vijay Tendulkar

Silence! The Court is in Session

 

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

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

 

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