Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 502
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will be able to:

CO36. Develop creative expression through a variety of prose and fictional works

CO37. Comprehend and appreciate nuances of the styles of representative authors in terms of the age / period of the works

CO38. Analyse the fundamentals of fiction, viz. theme, structure, point of view, referential and connotative meaning and language

CO39. Interpret various styles of Indian essays in English with reference to representative works

CO40. Discriminate between styles of Indian English short story writing with reference to representative works
 

 

9.00
Unit I: 

Rabindranath Tagore

Co-operation

 

M.K. Gandhi

Fearlessness

 

Ronald Mackin

Man of Everest

 

9.00
Unit II: 

J.B.S. Haldane

Illnesses That Make You Healthier

 

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

My Birthplace

 

M. Chalapathi Rau

Nehru the Democrat

 

8.00
Unit III: 

Ruskin Bond

The Blue Umbrella

C. Rajagopalachari

The Nose-jewel

Chaman Nahal

The Silver Lining

 
 

 

8.00
Unit IV: 

Khushwant Singh                                          

The Interview

 

P. Padmaraju

Cyclone

 

Mulk Raj Anand

The Lost Child

 

11.00
Unit V: 

R. K. Narayan                                                   

The Guide

 

Source Books: 

Board of Stories. Popular Short Stories.  OUP, 2002.

Batra, Shakti and P. S. Sidhu. A Choice of Short Stories. OUP, 2006.

Chatterjee, D. and S. K. Prasad. A Choice of Prose. OUP, 2005.

Kaushik, R.K. and S.C. Bhatia.,ed.Essays, Short Stories and One-Act Plays. OUP, 2006.

Kumar, Shiv K., ed. Short Stories of Yesterday and Today. OUP, 2005.

English Prose Selections for B.A. Part - 1.Macmillan, 1893.

Walker, Hugh. English Essay and Essayists.  J.M. Dent & Sons, 1915.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna., ed. A Concise History of Indian Literature in English.Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

E-Resources:

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

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024