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.
Arun Kolatkar
Makarand
The Blue Horse
Keki N. Daruwalla
Before the Word
Migrations
Meena Alexander
Blood Line
South of the Nilgiris
C.S. Lakshmi
In a Forest, a Deer
Clear Sky
Githa Hariharan
The Remains of the Feast
The Art of Dying
Lakshmi Kannan
The Glass Bead Curtain
Bama
Sangati :Events
Mahesh Dattani
Final Solutions
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.
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.