World Literature-II

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World Literature-II [1]

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:

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Links:
[1] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/world-literature-ii
[2] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2019-2020