World Literature

Paper Code: 
25DENG601(A)
Credits: 
06
Periods/week: 
06
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
The Course will enable the students to acquire a critical understanding of the classics and their contemporary relevance and gain an insight into the wide-ranging themes and stylistic treatment of the chosen texts, for examining a selection of world classics in translation.
Course Outcomes: 
The students will:
CO31.Familiarize
themselves with a selection
of world classics (earlier
writings) in translation and
observe the unique
characteristics of writings
belonging to varied culture,
society and time.
CO32. Critically appreciate
the classics and gauge
their contemporary
relevance
CO33. Perceive and value
cultural diversity and
reinterpret the place of the
self as an identity culturally
situated in the global
context
CO34. Investigate and
evaluate literary
experiments with genre
and literary mode across
the globe
CO35. Recognize the
literary value of
translations and its
nuances
CO36.Contribute
effectively in course-
specific interaction.
20.00
Unit I: 
V.S. Naipaul
Bend in the River
20.00
Unit II: 
Marie Clements
 
‘The Unnatural and Accidental Women’
18.00
Unit III: 
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
 
The Little Prince
Julio Cortazar
Blow-Up
16.00
Unit IV: 
Judith Wright
Bora Ring
Woman to Man
Bullocky
 
Gabriel Okara
The Mystic Drum
Piano and Drums
16.00
Unit V: 
Shu Ting
Assembly Line
Gifts
When You Pass by my Window
 
Jean Arasanayagam
Two Dead Soldiers
Fear
Prisons
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
Suggested Reference Books :
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. 1, IIC Publications, 1980. 15-24.
Stavans, IIan. The Poetry of Pablo Neruda. Farrar, 2005.
E-Resources including links:
Reference Journals:
Litererpreatation
National Library of Australia
Academic Year: 
2025-2026