Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 602
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To enable 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: 

S. Radhakrishnan                                    

 Democracy

 

Jim Corbett                                               

A Shot in the Dark

 

W.H. Hudson                                           

The Samphire Gatherer

9.00
Unit II: 

Rabindranath Tagore                                

Co-operation

 

Jawaharlal Nehru                                      

Testament

9.00
Unit III: 

Kartar Singh Duggal                               

 Miracle

 

Manohar Malgonkar                                

Two Red Roosters

 

Rudyard Kipling                                       

Rikki – Tikki – Tavi

9.00
Unit IV: 

Munshi Premchand                                              

The Child

 

Bhishma Sahni                                        

The Boss Came to Dinner

 

Prabhat K. Mukhopadhyay                      

The Muscular Son-in-Law

9.00
Unit V: 

Rama Mehta                                               

Inside the Haveli    

Source Books: 
  • Batra, Shakti and P.S. Sidhu., ed. A Choice of Short Stories, OUP, 2006. Print.
  • Chatterjee, D. and S. K. Prasad. A Choice of Prose, OUP. Print
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Agnes, Flavia. Law and Gender inequality: The Politics of Women’s rights in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press. 1999.
  • Barnabas, Sarla. Recent Commonwealth Literature. New Delhi: Prestige Books. 1989.
  • Chakravarti, Uma. Patriarchy.Calcutta: Stree Publishers. 2006. Print.
  • Iyengar, K.R. Srinivasa. Indian Writing in English. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers. 1984. Print.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2019-2020