Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 402
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will be able to:

CO21. Develop creative expression through a variety of prose and fictional works

CO22. Evaluate and appreciate nuances of the styles of representative authors in terms of the age / period of the works

CO23. Analyse the fundamentals of fiction, viz. theme, structure, point of view, referential and connotative meaning and language

CO24. Interpret various styles of essays with reference to representative works

CO25.Discriminate between styles of short story writing with reference to representative works
 

 

9.00
Unit I: 

H. Belloc      

On an Educational Reform 

 

Aldous Huxley 

Pleasures

 

Gilbert Highet

Wonders are Many              

 

9.00
Unit II: 

Robert Lynd

The Student

 

Herbert Read

The Poet and the Film

 

J. B. Priestley                                           

In Crimson Silk

 

7.00
Unit III: 

Alan Sillitoe

On Saturday Afternoon

 

Kewlian Sio

Let’s Go Home

 

Joyce Cary                                                

Growing Up

 

7.00
Unit IV: 

Maxim Gorky                                                            

The Mother of a Traitor

 

Liam O’ Flaherty                                          

The Reaping Race

 

Ernest Hemingway                                  

Old Man at the Bridge

 

13.00
Unit V: 

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.

 

Resources:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xPsp7sP5ud8

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BFP1IMyKyy4

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XXkicQRl6vg 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024