Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 502
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.
 
7.00
Unit I: 
Unit I
M.K. Gandhi                                             Fearlessness
Ronald Mackin                                         Man of Everest 
J.B.S. Haldane Illnesses That Make You Healthier 
 
7.00
Unit II: 
Unit II
Nirad C. Chaudhuri                        My Birthplace
M. Chalapathi Rau                         Nehru the Democrat
6.00
Unit III: 
Unit III
R.K. Narayan                                             The Gateman’s Gift
 
C. Rajagopalachari                                    The Nose-jewel
 
Chaman Nahal                                           The Silver Lining
 
6.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV
Khushwant Singh                                      The Interview
 
P. Padmaraju                                            Cyclone
 
Mulkraj Anand                                           The Lost Child
 
9.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

R. K. Narayan The Guide

Source Books: 
1. A Choice of Short Stories, OUP, 2006 (Edited by Shakti Batra and P. S. Sidhu)
2. A Choice of Prose by D. Chatterjee and S. K. Prasad (OUP).
3. A Short History of the English Novel by S. Diana Neill (Indian Reprint; Kalyani Publishers)
4. Short Stories of Yesterday and Today ed. Shiv K. Kumar (OUP)
5. Popular Short Stories (OUP)
6. English Prose Selection (OUP)
 
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
1. A Concise History of Indian Literature in English ed. by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
 
Academic Year: 
2014-2015