Indian Writing in English – II

Paper Code: 
ENG 424 – A
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To familiarize the students with the respective literary ages and their salient features, various literary movements and trends and the representative writers and their individual traits.

 

12.00
Unit I: 

Arun Kolatkar

Makarand 

The Blue Horse

 

Keki Daruwalla

Before the Word

 Migrations

 

Meena Alexander

Blood Line

South of the Nilgiris

12.00
Unit II: 

Githa Hariharan

The Remains Of the Feast

The Art Of Dying

 

Lakshmi Kannan

Ejamaanar

Maria

11.00
Unit III: 

Khushwant Singh

Train to Pakistan

12.00
Unit IV: 

Bama

Sangati :Events

13.00
Unit V: 

Mahesh Dattani                                                               

Tara

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Barbuddha, Satish.Indian Literature in English: Critical Views. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2007. Print.
  • Bruce, King. Modern Indian Poetry in English. New Delhi: OUP, 2005. Print.
  • De’ Souza, Eunice. Talking Poems: Conversation with Poets. Oxford: OUP, 2001. Print.
  • Dubey, S.K. Khushwant Singh: A Critical Study of His Novels. New Delhi: B.R. Publishing, 1899. Print.
  • Iyengar, K.R.S. Indian Writing in English. New Delhi: Sterling, 1984. Print.
  • Mukherjee, Meenakshi. The Twice Born Fiction: Indian Novels in English. New York: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1972. Print.
Academic Year: 
2016-2017