Modern Indian Literature in Translation

Paper Code: 
25DENG703
Credits: 
06
Periods/week: 
06
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The Course will enable the students to examine Indian classics in translation, situating them within theoretical frameworks to understand their cultural and societal representations and critically appreciate the enduring relevance of such texts.

 

Course Outcomes: 

Thestudents will:

CO49.Analyze the selection of

Indian classics in translation by locating those within modernist, regional, historical andcontemporary representations of Indian society

CO50.Criticallyappreciatethe classics and gauge their contemporary relevance

CO51.Explore the issue of cultural diversity and reinterpret the multifaceted nature of cultural identity in the Indian context

CO52.Investigateandevaluate literaryexperimentswithgenre and literary mode

CO53.Engage with the selected writers’ themes and linguistic innovations

CO54 Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

20.00
Unit I: 

Premchand

The Shroud

Eidgaah

Thakur’s Well

 

Chaman Nahal

‘Introduction’ to Azadi

GurdialSingh

A Season of No Return

A Haunted House

A Black Bull

20.00
Unit II: 

RabindranthTagore

Gora

 

G.M.Muktibodh

The Void

So Very Far

Crooked is the Face of Man

 

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

The Card-Sharper's Daughter

Tiger

 

18.00
Unit III: 

Amrita Pritam

I Say Unto Waris Shah

Memory

Thangjam Ibopishak Singh

Dali,Hussain,or Odour of Dream, Colour of Wind

The Land of the Half-Humans

 

Ambai

Squirrel

A Kitchen in the Corner of the House

 

16.00

Vijay Tendulkar

Silence,The Court is in ession 

16.00
Unit V: 

Volga

The Liberation of Sita

 

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Suggested Reference Books:

 

Ambedkar, B.R. Annihilation of Caste in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches. Vol. 1. Maharashtra: Education Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1979.Chs. 4,6,14.

Devy, G.N. After Amnesia. G.N. Devy Reader. Orient Blackswan, 2009.

Mukherjee, Sujit. A Link Literature for India. Translation as Discovery. Orient Longman, 1994.

Singh, Namwar and Harish Trivedi. Decolonising the Mind. Indian Literature. Vol. 35, No. 5 1992.

 

E-Resources including links:

https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/india-at-75-epochal-mome... https://www.literaryendeavour.org/files/0gwvovjyszhyso7gyxvc/2019- 01%2008.LIFE%20AND%20STRUGGLE%20OF%20THE%20DALITS%20IN%20KALYAN%20RAO%E2

%80%99S%20UNTOUCHABLE%20SPRING.pdf

 

ReferenceJournal:

Research Journal of English Language and Literature, RJELAL, http://www.rjelal.com/4.4b.2016/442- 448%20VISHNU%20RAM.pdf

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026