Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 502
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.
 

7.00

M.K. Gandhi    
Fearlessness
Ronald Mackin                                        
Man of Everest
J.B.S. Haldane     
Illnesses That Make You Healthier

7.00

Nirad C. Chaudhuri      
My Birthplace
M. Chalapathi Rau      
Nehru the Democrat

6.00

R.K. Narayan      
The Gateman’s Gift
C. Rajagopalachari                                    
The Nose-jewel
Chaman Nahal                                           
The Silver Lining
 

6.00

Khushwant Singh                                      
The Interview
P. Padmaraju                                            
Cyclone
Mulkraj Anand                                           
The Lost Child
 

9.00

R. K. Narayan    
The Guide
 

Source Books: 

1.A Choice of Short Stories, OUP, 2006 (Edited by Shakti Batra and P. S. Sidhu)
2.A Choice of Prose by D. Chatterjee and S. K. Prasad (OUP).
3.A Short History of the English Novel by S. Diana Neill (Indian Reprint; Kalyani Publishers)
4.Short Stories of Yesterday and Today ed. Shiv K. Kumar (OUP)
5.Popular Short Stories (OUP)
6.English Prose Selection (OUP)

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

1.A Concise History of Indian Literature in English ed. by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
 

Academic Year: 
2016-2017