World Literature-II

Paper Code: 
ENG 613
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To familiarize the students with some prominent world classics in translation.

•      To develop the ability to appreciate, analyse and interpret the classics in the light of contemporary societal systems and value structures.

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

Leo Tolstoy                                                                    

Family Happiness

How Much Land Does a Man Need?

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

Premchand                                                                     

The Shroud

The Story of Two Oxen

Eidgah

Namak Ka Daroga

 

13.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

Chinua Achebe                                                             

Things Fall Apart

 

 

13.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

Pearl S. Buck                                                                 

The Good Earth

 

10.00
Unit V: 
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: 
  • Chakrabarti, Santosh. Studies in Tagore: Critical Essays. New Delhi: Atlantic,2004.Print.
  • Bloom, Harold. Leo Tolstoy: Modern Critical Views. New York: Chelsea Publisher, 2003.Print.
  • Jason, Wilson. A Companion to Pablo Neruda: Evaluating Neruda’s Poetry.Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2008.Print.
  • Quayum, Mohammad A, ed. The Poet and His World: Critical Essays on Rabindranath Tagore. London: Blackswan, 2011.Print.
  • Stavans, IIan. The Poetry of Pablo Neruda. New York: Farrar, 2005.Print.

 

Academic Year: 
2019-2020