Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 302
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Objective: 
Objectives
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.
 
10.00
Francis Bacon Of Youth and Age
                                           Of Studies
G.K. Chesterton The Adventures of Having One Leg 
 
10.00
Joseph Addison Meditations in Westminster Abbey
E.V. Lucas Third Thoughts
 
10.00
 Kewlian Sio                                                       Let’s Go Home                                                
Emily Gaboriau                                                 The Accursed House
   
Maxim Gorky The Mother of a Traitor
10.00
 Morley Collaghan             The Snob
 
Alan Sillitoe                On Saturday Afternoon
   
Saki Fur
 
5.00
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 Essays and Essayists by Hugh Walker.
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
1.   The 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: 
2014-2015