Reading Poetry and Drama

Paper Code: 
ENG 501
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will be able to:

CO31. Investigate the evolution of Indian writing, including translated works and those in English 

CO32. Develop familiarity with the socio-cultural milieu of the time; the trends and individual style of the representative writers

CO33.  Appraise and appreciate of the various forms of poetry and drama and the different literary devices

CO34.  Demonstrate an understanding of the contemporary forms of Indian drama with reference to a specific playwright

CO35. Develop an awareness of Indian Culture via English Language and will be acquainted with significant works of Indian poets 
9.00
Unit I: 

Kabir

It is Needless to Ask……

When He Himself

The Moon Shines…

 

Aurobindo Ghosh

Bande Mataram

Liberation

The Fear of Life and Death

 

 

 

9.00
Unit II: 

Toru Dutt

Our Casuarina Tree

The Lotus

 

Sarojini Naidu  

Indian Weavers       

Song of Radha, The Milkmaid    

 

9.00
Unit III: 

Kamala Das  

An Introduction

My Grandmother’s House

Spoiling the Name

8.00
Unit IV: 

Imtiaz Dharker

A Woman’s Place

Purdah I

Prayer

Grace            

 

10.00
Unit V: 

Rabindranath Tagore

Chandalika

 

Source Books: 

Gokak, V.K. The Golden Treasury of Indo- Anglian Poetry; 1828- 1965.SahityaAkademi, 2006.

Jain, Jasbir., ed. Strings of Gold (Part-III). Macmillan, 1994.

Lal, Ananda, and Rabindranath Tagore. Three Plays by Rabindranath Tagore. Rupa Publishers,1986.

Narasimhaiah, C. D. An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry. Macmillan India, 1990.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna., ed. A Concise History of Indian Literature in English. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Mishra, Binod& Sanjay Kumar. “Walking On Her Own Road: Modern Indian English Poet”: Indian Writing in English. Mittal Publications, 1991.

Ray, Mohit K. The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English. New Atlantic & Distributors, 2007.

E-Resources:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uxvtpEz5GRc

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYAMk6akP5I

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=39pXfoin6x8

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