Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 302
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
3
Objective: 

1.To enable the students to comprehend and appreciate a variety of prose and fictional works as avenues of creativity
2.To enable them to learn the fundamentals of fiction & short stories, viz. structure, dialogue, mood, setting, scenes, language, etc.
 

R.L. Stevenson                                            
El Dorado
Bertrand Russell                                         
Machines and Emotions

E.V. Lucas                                                  
Third Thoughts
G.K. Chesterton                               
The Adventures of Having One Leg

Lu Xun                                                         
Kong Yiji
Katherine Mansfield                                    
A Cup of Tea
William Somerset Maugham                       
The Ant and the Grasshopper

Morley Callaghan                                        
The Snob
Chinua Achebe                    
Marriage is a Private Affair
Emily Gaboriau                                           
The Accursed House

Thomas Hardy                                            
The Mayor of Casterbridge
 

Source Books: 
  1. Lockitt, C.H. Ed. The Art of the Essayist: London: Longman, 1949.
  2. Sasikumar , Java and Gunasheka, Paul.  Spectrum- An Anthology of Short Stories . Hyderabad : Orient Longman Private Limited,1974.
  3. Walker, Hugh. English Essay and Essayists. London:  J.M. Dent & Sons, 1915.
     
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  1. Boulton , Majorie. Anatomy of Prose. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968
  2. Alexander, L.G. Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students. London: Longman, 1970.
  3. Delahunty, Andrew. Dictionary of Allusions. . London: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Academic Year: 
2016-2017