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

 

 

15.00
Unit I: 

Rabindranath Tagore

Gitanjali   (Songs 1-3, 8-10, 27-30, 33, 36, 43, 46, 53, 62, 75-77, 83-85, 90-93, 100 and 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. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2014. Print.

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Baral, K.C, D. Venkat Rao, and Sura Prasad Rath. U.R. Anantha Murthy’s Samskara: A Critical Reader. New Delhi: Pencraft International, 2005. Print.
  • De Souza, Eunice. Talking Poems: Conversation with Poets. New Delhi: OUP, 2001. Print.
  • Iyengar, K.R.S. Indian Writing in English. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 2012. Print.
  • Mehrorta, Arvind Krishna, ed. A Concise History of Indian Literature in English Literature. Delhi: Permanent Black, 2010. Print.
  • Naik, M.K. Dimensions of Indian English Literature. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1965. Print.
  • Tharu ,Susie, and K. Lalitha. Women Writing in India: 600 BC to the Present. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1991. Print.
Academic Year: 
2019-2020