Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 102
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Objective: 
Objectives
1. To enable 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.
 
9.00
UNIT I
Samuel Johnson Praises of Solitude 
J.H. Newman A Gentleman
Charles Lamb Dream Children: A Reverie
9.00
UNIT II
H. Belloc                 On an Educational Reform
Richard Steele The Art of Conversation
 
9.00
UNIT III
Katherine Mansfield A Cup of Tea
H.H. Munro                The Open Window
Anton Chekhov           A Work of Art
9.00
UNIT IV
Edgar Allan Poe Some Words with a Mummy
Leo Tolstoy How Much Land Does a Man Need?
O. Henry The Gift of the Magi
 
9.00

UNIT V

George Orwell   Animal Farm

Source Books: 
1. English Prose Selections  for B. A. Part-I  (OUP)
2. Popular Short Stories (OUP)
 
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
1. Oxford Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms
2. A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H. Abrams
3. The Anatomy of Prose by Marjorie Boulton 
Academic Year: 
2014-2015