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World Literatures (Theory) [1]

Paper Code: 
25DENG712
Credits: 
6
Periods/week: 
6
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:

CO91. 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.

CO92. Critically appreciate the classics and gauge their contemporary relevance

CO93. Perceive and value cultural diversity and reinterpret the place of the self as an identity culturally situated in the global context

CO94. Investigate and evaluate literary experiments with genre and literary mode across the globe

CO95. Recognize the literary value of translations and its nuances

CO96.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, No. 1, IIC Publications, 1980. 15-24.

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

 

E-Resources including links:

Introduction to World Literature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-WHKtI6BY [2]

 

Reference Journal:

The Journal of World Literature (JWL)

 
Academic Year: 
2025-2026 [3]

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[1] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/world-literatures-theory
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-WHKtI6BY
[3] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2025-2026