Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 602
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
3
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To enable students to comprehend and appreciate a variety of prose and fictional works as avenues of creativity
  • 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: 

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: 
  • A Choice of Short Stories, OUP,2006 (Edited by Shakti Batra and P.S. Sidhu)
  • A Choice of Prose, OUP – D. Chatterjee, S. K. Prasad
  • English Prose Selection (OUP)
Academic Year: 
2017-2018