Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 402
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
Unit I: 
Unit I
Abraham Cowley Of Solitude
Jonathan Swift  On Style
10.00
Unit II: 
Unit II
J. B. Priestley In Crimson Silk
Aldous Huxley Pleasures
5.00
Unit III: 
Unit III
Ernest Hemingway A Day’s Wait
Chinua Achebe Marriage is a Private Affair
O. Henry The Ransom of Red Chief
10.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV
Lu Xun                              Kong Yiji
Joyce Cary                       Growing Up
Oscar Wilde                     The Model Millionaire 
Unit V: 
Unit V
Jane Austen                                                     Pride and Prejudice
 
Source Books: 
1. Spectrum –An Anthology of Short Stories Edited by J. Sasikumar, Paul Gunashekar (Orient Longman)
2. The Art of the Essayist (ed.  C. H. Lockitt)
3. A Choice of Short Stories  OUP, 2006 (Ed. By Shakti Batra & P.S. Sidhu)
4. Short Stories of Yesterday and Today ed. by Shiv K. Kumar (OUP)
 
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