Modern Indian Writing in English Translation (Theory)

Paper Code: 
25DENG713
Credits: 
6
Periods/week: 
6
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: 

The students will:

CO97. Analyze the selection of

Indian classics by locating those within modernist, regional, historical and contemporary representations of Indian society

CO98. Critically appreciate the classics and gauge their contemporary relevance

CO99. Explore the issue of

cultural diversity and

reinterpret the multifaceted

nature of cultural identity in

the Indian context

CO100.Investigate and evaluate literary experiments with genre and literary mode

CO101.Engage with the selected writers’ themes and linguistic innovations

CO102.Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

 
20.00
Unit I: 

Premchand 

The Shroud 

Eidgaah 

Thakur’sWell

 

Chaman Nahal

‘Introduction’ to Azadi

 

Gurdial Singh

A Season of No Return 

A Haunted House

A Black Bul

 
20.00
Unit II: 

Rabindranth Tagore

Gora

 

G.M. Muktibodh

The Void 

So VeryFar

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
Unit IV: 

Vijay Tendulkar

Silence, The Court is in Session

 
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:

Introduction to Modern Indian Writing in Translation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LOCE5Cgdis

Reference Journal:IJELS

Academic Year: 
2025-2026