Twentieth Century Prose and Fiction-I

Course Outcomes

Teaching-Learning Strategies

Assessment Strategies

The students will:

1. Examine various cultural, political, social and historical contexts shaping this literature
2. Develop skills to attempt a detailed literary and thematic analysis of the 20th century prose and fiction
3. Relate the key features and questions defining modernism in prose and fiction and familiarize themselves with techniques such as psychoanalysis and stream of consciousness
4. Chart out the eddies and currents of 20th century prose to study changes in technique and narration in specific genres, especially science and popular fiction
5. Recognize and appreciate, how the writers of 20th century create and shape meanings and effects of human thought.

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Movie screening, Interactive lectures, Audio-visual aid

Learning activities for the students:

Presentation, Giving tasks, Role-play, Group discussions, Quiz

Class test, Semester end examinations Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects