Reading Poetry and Drama

Paper Code: 
ENG 601
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To introduce various literary forms in poetry & drama; important movements; poetic devices & strategies.
  • To enable familiarity with the literary ages / periods; their salient features; the trends & individual traits of the representative poets.
9.00
Unit I: 

Nissim Ezekiel                                                      

Night of the Scorpion

The Visitor (from The Exact Name)

Philosophy

9.00
Unit II: 

R. Parthasarathy                                                     

from Trial

 

A.K. Ramanujan                                                   

Love Poem for a Wife 1 (from Relations)

Obituary

8.00
Unit III: 

Eunice de Souza                                                   

Autobiographical (from Fix)

Bequest (from Ways of Belonging)

 

Mamta Kalia                                                       

After Eight Years of Marriage

9.00
Unit IV: 

Jayanta Mahapatra                                              

Indian Summer (From A Rain of Rites)

Lost (from MS)

 

Gieve Patel                                                         

On Killing A Tree (from Poems)

Servants

10.00
Unit V: 

Girish Karnad                                                     

Hayavadana

Source Books: 
  • Karnad, Girish. The Three Plays. OUP. Print.
  • E. de Souza., ed. Nine Indian Women Poets: An Anthology. Print.
  • Parthasarathy, R., ed. Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets. Print.
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Mishra, Binod& Sanjay Kumar. “Walking On Her Own Road: Modern Indian English Woman Poet”: Indian Writings in English. New Delhi: Mittal Publications,1991 . Print.
  • Prasad, Amar Nath and U.S.Rukhaiyar. The Emerging I Among Women Poets”: Studies in Indian Poetry. Print.
  • Sage, Corna, German Greer and Elaine Showalter. The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writings in English. Print.
Academic Year: 
2019-2020