Reading Poetry and Drama

Paper Code: 
ENG 601
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will be able to:

CO46.  Develop familiarity with the development of Indian writing in English

CO47.Evaluate the socio-cultural milieu of the time; the trends and individual style of the representative writers

CO48.Appraise and appreciate the various forms of poetry and drama and the different literary devices

CO49.Demonstrate an understanding of the contemporary forms of Indian drama with reference to a specific playwright

CO50.Illustrate an understanding of the nuances of Modern Poetry with reference to the works of given 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 Homecoming

 

A.K. Ramanujan

Of Mothers, among other things

Obituary

 

8.00
Unit III: 

Eunice de Souza    

Autobiographical (from Fix)

Bequest (from Ways of Belonging)

 

Mamta Kalia

Tribute to Papa

 

9.00
Unit IV: 

Jayanta Mahapatra

Indian Summer (From A Rain of Rites)

Logic   

Gieve Patel                                                         

On Killing a Tree (from Poems)

Servants

 

10.00
Unit V: 

Girish Karnad

Hayavadana

 

Source Books: 

De Souza., Eunice. ed. Nine Indian Women Poets: An Anthology. OUP, 2001.

Karnad, Girish. The Three Plays. OUP, 1994.

Parthasarathy, R., ed. Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets. OUP, 1976.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

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

Prasad, Amar Nath and U.S.Rukhaiyar. Studies in Indian Poetry. Sarup & Sons, 2002

Sage, Corna, Germaine Greer and Elaine Showalter. The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English. Emerald Group, 2000.

 

E-Resources:

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

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024