Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 302
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
3
Max. Marks: 
100
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
E.V. Lucas                                 Third Thoughts
 
G.K. Chesterton                       The Adventures of having one Leg

Lu Xun                                                Kong Ji

Katherine Masefield                            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
Unit V: 
Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Source Books: 
  1. The Art of the Essayist edited by C.H. Lockitt
  2. Spectrum- An Anthology of Short Stories Edited by J. Sasikumar, Paul Gunashekar (Orient Longman)
  3. English Essay and Essayists by Hugh Walker.
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  1. Anatomy of Prose by M. Boulton (OUP)
  2. Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students by L. G. Alexander
  3. Dictionary of Allusions (OUP)
Academic Year: 
2015-2016