Indian Writing in English – II

Paper Code: 
ENG 424 – A
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
4
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: 
Unit 1

Arun Kolatkar

Makarand 

The Blue Horse

 

Keki Daruwalla

Before the Word

 Migrations

 

Meena Alexander

Blood Line

South of the Nilgiris

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2

Githa Hariharan

The Remains Of the Feast

The Art Of Dying

 

Lakshmi Kannan

Ejamaanar

Maria

11.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3

Khushwant Singh

Train to Pakistan

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4

Bama

Sangati :Events

13.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5

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: 
2017-2018