Indian Writing in English – II

Paper Code: 
24ENG424(A)
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The Course will enable the students to identify the diverse social, cultural and aesthetic values in Indian literature, recognise the forms and contexts of Indian writing in English as the representation of culture, identity, history, nation and gender.

 

12.00
Unit I: 

Arun Kolatkar

Makarand

The Blue Horse

 

Keki N. Daruwalla

Before the Word

Migrations

 

Meena Alexander

Blood Line

South of the Nilgiris

 

11.00
Unit II: 

C.S. Lakshmi

In a Forest, a Deer

Clear Sky

 

Githa Hariharan

The Remains of the Feast

The Art of Dying

 

11.00
Unit III: 

Lakshmi Kannan

The Glass Bead Curtain

 

13.00
Unit IV: 

Bama

Sangati :Events

 

13.00
Unit V: 

Mahesh Dattani

Final Solutions

 

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.

 

Journals:

The Journal of Indian Writing in English

Rupkatha Journal

 

E-resources:

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

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
Course Outcomes: 

The students will:

CO127.  Analyse the social, political, and cultural issues reflected in Indian writing in English

CO128. Evaluate key areas in Indian Writing in English such as Partition literature; narratives of nation and nationalism, etc.

CO129. Examine Indian social reformation, the freedom struggle, women’s education and empowerment in Indian Writing in English 

CO130. Assess the various forms of literature and the writers’ themes and issues

CO131. Explore the growth of Indian Writing in English with reference to the historical, political, social and cultural milieu of Indian subcontinent

CO132. Contribute effectively to course-specific interaction.