Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 502
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To enable the students to comprehend and appreciate a variety of prose and fictional works.
  • To enable them to learn the fundamentals of fiction & short stories, viz. structure, dialogue, mood, setting, scenes, language, etc.
9.00
Unit I: 

Rabindranath Tagore

Co-operation

 

M.K. Gandhi

Fearlessness

 

Ronald Mackin

Man of Everest

 

9.00
Unit II: 

J.B.S. Haldane

Illnesses That Make You Healthier

 

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

My Birthplace

 

M. Chalapathi Rau

Nehru the Democrat

 

8.00
Unit III: 

Ruskin Bond

The Blue Umbrella

 

C. Rajagopalachari

The Nose-jewel

 

Chaman Nahal     

The Silver Lining  

 

                                        

8.00
Unit IV: 

Khushwant Singh                                          

 The Interview

 

P. Padmaraju                                                  

Cyclone

 

Mulkraj Anand                                               

The Lost Child

11.00
Unit V: 

R. K. Narayan                                                   

The Guide

Source Books: 
  • Batra, Shakti and P. S. Sidhu. A Choice of Short Stories. New Delhi: OUP, 2006. Print.
  • Chatterjee, D. and S. K. Prasad. A Choice of Prose. NewDelhi:OUP, 2005. Print.
  • Kaushik, R.K. and S.C. Bhatia.,ed.Essays, Short Stories and One-Act Plays. New Delhi:OUP, 2006. Print.
  • Kumar, Shiv K., ed. Short Stories of Yesterday and Today. New Delhi: OUP, 2005. Print.
  • Popular Short Stories. New York: OUP, 2002. Print.
  • English Prose Selections for B.A. Part - 1.Macmillan: London, 1893. Print.
  • Walker, Hugh. English Essay and Essayists. London:  J.M. Dent & Sons, 1915.Print
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna., ed. A Concise History of Indian Literature in English. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Print.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2019-2020