Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 402
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.
 

H. Belloc                                                    
On an Educational Reform
Aldous Huxley                                           
Pleasures
Gilbert Highet                                           
Wonders are Many

J. B. Priestley                                              
In Crimson Silk
Ernest Hemingway         
Old Man at the Bridge

Alan Sillitoe                                               
On Saturday Afternoon

Kewlian Sio                                               
Let’s Go Home

Joyce Cary                                                 
Growing Up

Maxim Gorky      
The Mother of a Traitor
Liam O’ Flaherty                                     
The Reaping Race
 

George Orwell                                          
Animal Farm
 

Source Books: 
  1. Sasikumar , Java and Gunasheka, Paul.  Spectrum- An Anthology of Short Stories . Hyderabad : Orient Longman Private Limited, 1974.
  2. Lockitt, C.H. Ed. The Art of the Essayist: London: Longman, 1949.
  3. Batra , Shakti and  Sidhu, P.S. Ed. . Choice of Short Stories. London: Oxford University Press, 1997.
  4. Kumar, Shiv. Ed. Short Stories of Yesterday and Today. London: Oxford University Press, 1998.
     
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