Short Fiction in Indian Literature (MOOC)

Objectives:

• This course involves the study and analysis of fiction in English from different regions of India. The course will draw upon both short and long fiction.
• Students will be required to develop an understanding of both 19th century as well as contemporary Indian fiction.
• The primary objective of the course thus is to use literature as a point of entry into the nature of Indian identity and the Indian way of life.

Week 1            :           Sivasankaran Pillai - “In the Flood”

Week 2            :           Kamala Das - “Summer Vacation”

Week 3            :           Rabindranath Tagore - “Cabulliwallah”

Week 4            :           Khushwant Singh - “Karma”

Week 5            :           Sundara Ramaswamy - “Reflowering”

Week 6            :           Premchand - “The Chess Players”

Week 7            :           Premchand - “The Shroud”

Week 8            :           Ambai - “A Kitchen in the Corner of the House”

Week 9            :           Mulk Raj Anand - “The Price of Bananas”

Week 10          :           Ruskin Bond - “The Blue Umbrella”

Week 11          :           R.K. Narayan - “A Horse and Two Goats”

Week 12          :           Anita Desai - “Games at Twilight”