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Reading Prose and Fiction
Course Objectives:
The course will enable the students to:
- Evaluate a variety of prose and fictional works
- Assess the representative authors in terms of the age / period of the works
- Demonstrate the understanding of the fundamentals of 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
- Analyse the fundamentals of fiction, viz. theme, structure, point of view, referential and connotative meaning and language
H. Belloc
On an Educational Reform
Aldous Huxley
Pleasures
Gilbert Highet
Wonders are Many
Robert Lynd
Student
Herbert Read
The Poet and the Film
J. B. Priestley
In Crimson Silk
Alan Sillitoe
On Saturday Afternoon
KewlianSio
Let’s Go Home
Joyce Cary
Growing Up
Maxim Gorky
The Mother of a Traitor
Liam O’ Flaherty
The Reaping Race
Ernest Hemingway
Old Man at the Bridge
George Orwell
Animal Farm
Source Books:
Batra , Shakti and Sidhu, P.S. Ed. . Choice of Short Stories. Oxford University Press, 1997.
Kumar, Shiv. Ed. Short Stories of Yesterday and Today. Oxford University Press, 1998.
Lockitt, C.H. Ed. The Art of the Essayist. Longman, 1949.
Sasikumar , Java and Paul Gunashekar. Spectrum- An Anthology of Short Stories. Orient Longman Private Limited, 1974.
Suggested Readings:
Alexander, L.G. Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students .Longman, 1970.
Boulton, Majorie. Anatomy of Prose. Routledge&Kegan Paul, 1968.
Delahunty, Andrew. Dictionary of Allusions.Oxford University Press, 2001.