World Literature-II

Paper Code: 
ENG 613
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will:

CO139.Develop an understanding of the wide selection of world classics (later writings) in translation

CO140.Examine the wide-ranging thematic stylistic qualities of the prescribed works

CO141.Critique the classics for their representation of the essential human condition

CO142.Critique the representative literary works within the wider framework of socio-political and historical realities, vis-à-vis the themes, issues and pre-occupations

CO143.Understand the representations of cultural, historical, political and national constructs in literary texts that shape a writer’s identity

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 

Leo Tolstoy                                                    

What Men Live by

How Much Land Does a Man Need?

 

12.00
Unit II: 

Premchand                                                    

The Shroud

The Story of Two Oxen

Idgah

The Salt Inspector

 

13.00
Unit III: 

Chinua Achebe                                              

Things Fall Apart

 

13.00
Unit IV: 

Pearl S. Buck                                                 

The Good Earth

 

10.00
Unit V: 

Pablo Neruda                   

Animal Poems: A Dog Has Died, Cat’s Dream, Fleas Interest Me…

Love Poems: Clenched Soul, If You Forget Me, La Reina

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Bloom, Harold. Leo Tolstoy: Modern Critical Views. Chelsea Publishers, 2003.

Conn, Peter. Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography. CUP, 2009.

Iyaser, Solomon O. Understanding Things Fall Apart: Selected Essays and Criticism. Whitston, 1998.

Jason, Wilson. A Companion to Pablo Neruda: Evaluating Neruda’s Poetry.Tamesis, 2008.

Lal, P. “Premchand : An Appreciation.” IIC Quarterly. Vol. 7, No. 1, IIC Publications, 1980. 15-24.

Stavans, IIan.The Poetry of Pablo Neruda. Farrar, 2005.

 

e-resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsAzcgKVI5g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sogJXiaBM8Q

 

Journals:

Journal of Poetry Society of India

Journal of Contemporary Thought COURSE TITLE: Project

 

 

 

Academic Year: