Indian Writing in English

Paper Code: 
24CENG412
Credits: 
06
Periods/week: 
06
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The Course will enable the students to identify the polyphony of Indian Writing in English and critically discuss the representation of issues such as culture, identity, history, nation, gender politics and cross-cultural transformations, therein.

 

20.00
Unit I: 

Enterprise

The Night of the Scorpion

The Visitor

 

Kamala Das

Introduction

My Grandmother’s House

Dance of the Eunuchs

20.00
Unit II: 

H.L.V. Derozio

Freedom to the Slave

The Orphan Girl

 

Robin S. Ngangom

The Strange Affair of Robin S. Ngangom

A Poem for Mother

20.00
Unit III: 

Mulk Raj Anand

Two Lady Rams

The Lost Child

Lajwanti

 

Shashi Deshpande

The Intrusion

It Was Dark

Death of a Child

15.00
Unit IV: 

R.K. Narayan

Swami and Friends

15.00
Unit V: 

Manjula Padamnabhan

Lights Out

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Suggested Reference Books:

Bheda , P.D, ed. Indian Women Novelists in English. Sarup Publications, 2005. D, Ramakrishna. ed. Critical Essays on Indian English Writings. Atlantic, 2005.

Nawale, Arvind M. ed. Critical Essays on Indian English Poetry and Drama: Text and Contexts. Author Press, 2010.

De Souza, Eunice. Talking Poems: Conversation with Poets. OUP, 2001. Iyengar, K.R.S. Indian Writing in English. Sterling Publishers, 2012.

Mehrorta, Arvind Krishna, ed. A Concise History of Indian Literature in English Literature.

Permanent Black, 2010.

Naik, M.K. Dimensions of Indian English Literature. Sterling Publishers, 1965.

Tharu , Susie, and K. Lalitha. Women Writing in India: 600 BC to the Present. Orient Longman, 1991.

 

E-Resources including links: https://www.academia.edu/44516640/A_GLIMPSE_OF_REALISM_IN_THE_POETRY_OF_NISSI  M_EZEKIEL

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/sep/29/guardianobituaries.india

 

Reference Journals:

Academia OSF

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
Course Outcomes: 

The students will:

CO43. Develop an understanding of the post-Independence stage of development of Indian writing in English

CO44. Investigate and evaluate the socio-cultural milieu of the time; the trends and individual style of the representative writers

CO45.Critique various forms of literature and the writers’ themes and issues

CO46. Discuss the emergence and growth of Indian Writing in English in the context of colonial experience

CO47. Inculcate the research aptitude for literary and cultural studies in the context of texts and translations by Indian authors.
CO48.Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.