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Reading Prose and Fiction [1]

Paper Code: 
ENG 302
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
3
Objective: 
  1. To enable the students to comprehend and appreciate a variety of prose and fictional works as avenues of creativity
  2. To enable them to learn the fundamentals of fiction & short stories, viz. structure, dialogue, mood, setting, scenes, language, etc.
7.00
Unit I: 
R.L. Stevenson                         El Dorado        
                                                  
Bertrand Russell                     Machines and Emotions
 
9.00
Unit II: 
 
E.V. Lucas                                 Third Thoughts
 
G.K. Chesterton                       The Adventures of having one Leg
8.00
Unit III: 

Lu Xun                                                Kong Ji

Katherine Masefield                            A Cup of Tea

 

William Somerset Maugham               The Ant and the Grasshopper

9.00
Unit IV: 
Morley Callaghan                   The Snob
 

Chinua Achebe                 Marriage is a Private Affair

Emily Gaboriau                       The Accursed House
12.00
Unit V: 
Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Source Books: 
  1. The Art of the Essayist edited by C.H. Lockitt
  2. Spectrum- An Anthology of Short Stories Edited by J. Sasikumar, Paul Gunashekar (Orient Longman)
  3. English Essay and Essayists by Hugh Walker.
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  1. Anatomy of Prose by M. Boulton (OUP)
  2. Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students by L. G. Alexander
  3. Dictionary of Allusions (OUP)
Academic Year: 
2018-2019 [2]

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