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Reading Prose and Fiction
Course Objectives:
The course will enable the students to:
- Develop creative expression through a variety of prose and fictional works
- Evaluate nuances of the styles of representative authors in terms of the age / period of the works
- Determine fiction, viz. theme, structure, point of view, referential and connotative meaning and language
Course Outcomes
The students:
- Develop creative expression through a variety of prose and fictional works
- Evaluate and appreciate nuances of the styles of representative authors in terms of the age / period of the works
- Determine the fundamentals of fiction, viz. theme, structure, point of view, referential and connotative meaning and language
R.L. Stevenson
El Dorado
Bertrand Russell
Machines and Emotions
E.V. Lucas
Third Thoughts
G.K. Chesterton
The Advantages of Having One Leg
Lu Xun
Kong Yiji
Katherine Mansfield
A Cup of Tea
William Somerset Maugham
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Morley Callaghan
The Snob
Chinua Achebe
Marriage is a Private Affair
Emily Gaboriau
The Accursed House
Thomas Hardy
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Source Books:
Lockitt, C.H. Ed. The Art of the Essayist. Longman, 1949.
Sasikumar, Java and Gunasheka, Paul. Spectrum- An Anthology of Short Stories. Orient Longman Private Limited,1974.
Walker, Hugh. English Essay and Essayists. J.M. Dent & Sons, 1915.
Suggested Readings:
Alexander, L.G. Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students. Longman, 1970.
Boulton, Marjorie. Anatomy of Prose.Routledge&Kegan Paul, 1968.
Delahunty, Andrew. Dictionary of Allusions. Oxford University Press, 2001.