Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 502
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
3
Objective: 
  • To enable the students to comprehend and appreciate a variety of prose and fictional works.
  • To enable them to learn the fundamentals of fiction & short stories, viz. structure, dialogue, mood, setting, scenes, language, etc.

 

9.00

M.K. Gandhi

Fearlessness

 

Ronald Mackin

Man of Everest

 

J.B.S. Haldane

Illnesses That Make You Healthier

 

9.00

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

My Birthplace

 

M. Chalapathi Rau

Nehru the Democrat

8.00

R.K. Narayan

The Gateman’s Gift

 

C. Rajagopalachari

The Nose-jewel

 

Chaman Nahal     

The Silver Lining  

 

8.00

Khushwant Singh                                          

 The Interview

 

P. Padmaraju                                                  

Cyclone

 

Mulkraj Anand                                               

The Lost Child

 

11.00

R. K. Narayan                                                   

The Guide

 

Source Books: 

Batra, Shakti and P. S. Sidhu. A Choice of Short Stories. New Delhi: OUP, 2006. Print.

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

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

Kumar, Shiv K., ed. Short Stories of Yesterday and Today. New Delhi: OUP, 2005. Print.

Popular Short Stories. New York: OUP, 2002. Print.

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

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

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

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