Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 402
Credits: 
3
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.

 

H. Belloc                                                    On an Educational Reform

Aldous Huxley                                           Pleasures

Gilbert Highet                                           Wonders are Many

 

J. B. Priestley                                              In Crimson Silk

Ernest Hemingway                                      Old Man at the Bridge

 

Alan Sillitoe                                               On Saturday Afternoon

 

Kewlian Sio                                               Let’s Go Home

Joyce Cary                                                 Growing Up

 

Maxim Gorky                                           The Mother of a Traitor

Liam O’ Flaherty                                     The Reaping Race

 

George Orwell                                          Animal Farm

 

Source Books: 
  • Sasikumar , Java and Gunasheka, Paul.  Spectrum- An Anthology of Short Stories . Hyderabad : Orient Longman Private Limited, 1974.
  • Lockitt, C.H. Ed. The Art of the Essayist: London: Longman, 1949.
  • Batra , Shakti and  Sidhu, P.S. Ed. . Choice of Short Stories. London: Oxford University Press, 1997.
  • Kumar, Shiv. Ed. Short Stories of Yesterday and Today. London: Oxford University Press, 1998.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Boulton , Majorie. Anatomy of Prose. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968.
  • Alexander, L.G. Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students. London: Longman, 1970.
  • Delahunty, Andrew. Dictionary of Allusions. London: Oxford University Press, 2001.