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 |
Leo Tolstoy
What Men Live by
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Premchand
The Shroud
The Story of Two Oxen
Idgah
The Salt Inspector
Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart
Pearl S. Buck
The Good Earth
Pablo Neruda
Animal Poems: A Dog Has Died, Cat’s Dream, Fleas Interest Me…
Love Poems: Clenched Soul, If You Forget Me, La Reina
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:
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Journals:
Journal of Poetry Society of India
Journal of Contemporary Thought COURSE TITLE: Project