Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 302
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will be able to:

CO6.     Develop creative expression through a variety of prose and fictional works

CO7.     Evaluate and appreciate nuances of the styles of representative authors in terms of the age / period of the works

CO8.     Determine the fundamentals of fiction, viz. theme, structure, point of view, referential and connotative meaning and language

CO9.     Interpret various styles of essays with reference to representative works
CO10. Discriminate between styles of short story writing with reference to representative works
9.00
Unit I: 

R.L. Stevenson  

El Dorado

 

Bertrand Russell          

Machines and Emotions

 

8.00
Unit II: 

E.V. Lucas                

Third Thoughts 

 

G.K. Chesterton      

The Advantages of Having One Leg               

 

8.00
Unit III: 

Lu Xun

Kong Yiji

 

Katherine Mansfield      

A Cup of Tea 

 

William Somerset Maugham                

The Ant and the Grasshopper      

 

8.00
Unit IV: 

Morley Callaghan 

The Snob

 

Chinua Achebe       

Marriage is a Private Affair

 

Ĕmile Gaboriau

The Accursed House

 

12.00
Unit V: 

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.

 

 

E-Resources:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uxvtpEz5GRc

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxWY1eJU1w

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024