Indian Writing in English – II

Paper Code: 
ENG 424-A
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

Course Outcomes

Teaching-Learning Strategies

Assessment Strategies

The students will:

CO 136.  Analyse the social, political, and cultural issues reflected in Indian writing in English

CO 137. Evaluate key areas in Indian Writing in English such as Partition literature; narratives of nation and nationalism, etc.

CO 138. Examine Indian social reformation, the freedom struggle, women’s education and empowerment in Indian Writing in English 

CO 139. Critically appreciate the various forms of literature and the writers’ themes and issues

CO 140. Analyse the growth of Indian Writing in English with reference to the historical, political, social and cultural milieu of Indian subcontinent

 

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Demonstration via Presentation

Learning activities for the students:

Report-writing, Seminar-presentation

Report-writing, Presentation, Viva-Voce

 

12.00

Arun Kolatkar

Makarand

The Blue Horse

 

Keki N. Daruwalla

Before the Word

 Migrations

 

Meena Alexander

Blood Line

South of the Nilgiris

 

10.00

C.S. Lakshmi

In a Forest, a Deer

Clear Sky

 

Githa Hariharan

The Remains of the Feast

The Art of Dying

 

 

 

13.00

Lakshmi Kannan

The Glass Bead Curtain

 

11.00

Bama

Sangati :Events

 

11.00

Mahesh Dattani

Final Solutions

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Suggested Readings:

Barbuddha, Satish.Indian Literature in English: Critical Views. Sarup& Sons, 2007.

Bruce, King. Modern Indian Poetry in English. OUP, 2005.

De’ Souza, Eunice. Talking Poems: Conversation with Poets. OUP, 2001.

Iyengar, K.R.S. Indian Writing in English. Sterling, 1984.

Mukherjee, Meenakshi. The Twice Born Fiction: Indian Novels in English. Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1972.

 

e-resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE6SzxgnVh0 by Merin Simi Raj, IIT Madras.

 

Journals:

The Journal of Indian Writing in English

Rupkatha Journal

 

Academic Year: