Language Literature and Culture

Paper Code: 
GENG 201
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will:

CO107. Develop familiarity with the socio-cultural milieu of the time; the trends and individual style of the representative writers

CO108.Demonstrate an understanding of the contemporary forms of Indian drama with reference to a specific playwright

CO109.Develop an awareness of Indian Culture via English Language and will be acquainted with significant works of Indian poets

CO110.Inculcate the research aptitude for literary and cultural studies in the context of texts and translation by Indian authors.

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 

Language and Communication

What is Language?

The Definition of Language

The Characteristics of Human language

Why Does Language Matter?

 

12.00
Unit II: 

Ancient and Medieval Literature

Veda Vyasa

The Mahabharata: The Ekalavya Episode

Mirabai

 ‘I Know Only Krsna’

 

12.00
Unit III: 

Modern Indian Literature

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Do Not Ask

 

Rabindranath Tagore

The Kabuliwallah

 

Ismat Chugtai

Touch-Me-Not

 

12.00
Unit IV: 

Culture and Society in Contemporary India

The Idea of Culture

‘Towards a Definition of Culture’, in India and World Culture (New Delhi: Sahitya Academy, 1986)

 

 

12.00
Unit V: 

Culture and Society in Contemporary India

Culture and the Media

Journalism: Changing Society Emerging Trends (Delhi: Authorspeak, 2003).

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Gupta, H.C. and S.G. Telang. Business Communication.  Wisdom Publications, 2009.

Hooper, J.S. A Quick English Reference. OUP, 1981.

Mathew, M.J. Business Communication. RBSA Publishers, 2002.

Quirk, Randolph, and Sidney Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. Orient Longman, 1973.

Raman, Meenakshi. Business Communication.  OUP, 2006.

Shrikhande, Rajan. Business Communication and Executive Effectiveness. Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning, 2004.

Thomson A.J and A.V. Martinet. A Practical English Grammar. OUP, 1997.

 

E-Resources including links:

https://www.englishscholarsbeyondborders.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-Role-of-Culture-in-the-Teaching-of-Language-and-Literature.pdf

 

 

Reference Journal:

Journal of Language, Literature and Culture

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024