Reading Prose and Fiction

Paper Code: 
ENG 402
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To enable the students to comprehend and appreciate a variety of prose and fictional works as avenues of creativity.
  • To enable them to learn the fundamentals of fiction & short stories, viz. structure, dialogue, mood, setting, scenes, language, etc.
9.00
Unit I: 

 H. Belloc      

On an Educational Reform 

       

Aldous Huxley 

Pleasures

 

Gilbert Highet      

Wonders are Many                                                                                        

9.00
Unit II: 

J. B. Priestley                                           

 In Crimson Silk

 

Ernest Hemingway                                  

Old Man at the Bridge

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

13.00
Unit V: 

George Orwell                                                            

Animal Farm

Source Books: 

Sasikumar , Java and  Paul Gunashekar.  Spectrum- An Anthology of Short Stories. Hyderabad: Orient Longman Private Limited, 1974. Print.

Lockitt, C.H. Ed. The Art of the Essayist: London: Longman, 1949. Print.

Batra , Shakti and  Sidhu, P.S. Ed. . Choice of Short Stories. London: Oxford University Press, 1997. Print.

Kumar, Shiv. Ed. Short Stories of Yesterday and Today. London: Oxford University Press, 1998. 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