Indian Writing in English – I

Paper Code: 
24ENG324(A)
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

 

The Course will enable the students to identify the polyphony of Indian writing in English, gain an insight into the cultural and literary heritage of India and equip students with the required critical understanding to examine the socially-constructed nature of literary texts, with a comparative approach.

 

14.00
Unit I: 

Rabindranath Tagore

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

 

12.00
Unit II: 

M.K. Gandhi

Hind Swaraj

 

11.00
Unit III: 

Raja Rao

Kanthapura

 

13.00
Unit IV: 

Mahasweta Devi

Dopdi (tr. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak)

 

U.R. Ananthamurthy

Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man

 

10.00
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. 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

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
Course Outcomes: 

The students will:

CO91. Develop a foundation in the several aspects of Indian writing

CO92. Explore Indian literature in English, in order to gain a broad understanding of diverse Indian spaces through literary eras

CO93. Appraise the emergence and growth of Indian Writing in English

CO94. Identify the impact of the socio-political and cultural issues reflected in Indian writing in English

CO95. Evaluate the linguistic skills employed in prescribed texts, and formulate an understanding of values and other concerns communicated by the writers through their works

CO96.  Contribute effectively to course-specific interaction.