Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 302
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
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. 
7.00
Unit I: 

R.L. Stevenson  

El Dorado

    

Bertrand Russell          

Machines and Emotions

9.00
Unit II: 

E.V. Lucas                

Third Thoughts 

 

G.K. Chesterton      

The Adventures 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 Grasshopp

9.00
Unit IV: 

Morley Callaghan 

The Snob

 

Chinua Achebe       

Marriage is a Private Affair

 

Emily 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. London: Longman, 1949.Print. Sasikumar, Java and Gunasheka, Paul. Spectrum- An Anthology of Short Stories. Hyderabad : Orient Longman Private Limited,1974. Print. Walker, Hugh. English Essay and Essayists. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1915.Print.

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Boulton, Majorie. Anatomy of Prose. London: Routledge&Kegan Paul, 1968. Print.

Alexander, L.G. Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students. London: Longman, 1970.Print.

Delahunty, Andrew. Dictionary of Allusions. . London: Oxford University Press, 2001.Print.

Academic Year: 
2019-2020