Indian Writing in English-1

This course is designed to give students a broad overview of the field of Indian Writing in English.This course is divided into genres – Poetry, Drama, Non-fiction Prose, Fiction and also Short fiction.This course will try to show:The validity of studying Indian writers and their work, which have become very popularthrough out the world.The necessity for Indianstudents to know about their culture and history.

Detailed Weekly Study Plan: Indian Writing in English   Week - 01  

1. To my Native Land - Henry Derozio
2. Our Casuarinas Tree by Toru Dutt
3. Exile (From Rough Passage) by R. Parthasarathy
4. Indian Weavers by Sarojini Naidu

  Week - 02  

1. Round and Round by Vikram seth
2. On Killing a Tree Gieve Patel
3. Freedom by Jayantha Mahapatra
4. Female of the Species Gauri Deshpande

  Week - 03  

1. Night of the Scorpion by Nissim Ezikel
2. A River by A.K Ramanujan
3. Goa by Asif Currimbhoy
4. Final Solutions by Mahesh Dattani - Part 1

  Week - 04  

1. Final Solutions by Mahesh Dattani - Part 2
2. Assignment and Interaction/Forum Activity (Drama End)
3. Voluntary Poverty by M.K Gandhi
4. Animals in Prison By Jawaharlal Nehru
5. The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian by Nirad. C. Chaudhari

  Week - 05  

1. Nationalism in India – Rabindranath Tagore-1
2. Nationalism in India – Rabindranath Tagore-2
3. The Home and the world by Rabindranath Tagore - Part 1
4. The Home and the world by Rabindranath Tagore - Part 2

  Week - 06  

1. Introduction to R.K Narayan (10 October 1906 – 13 may 2001)( Part-1)
2. Chapter wise summary of The Guide(Part 2) – R.K Narayan
3. Chapter wise summary of The Guide(Part 3) – R.K Narayan
4. The Guide(Part 4) – R.K Narayan

  Week - 07  

1. Introduction to Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome (1995)( Part-1)
2. The Calcutta Chromosome (1995) by Amitav Ghosh( Part-2)
3. The Calcutta Chromosome (1995) by Amitav Ghosh( Part-3)
4. Introduction to Shashi Deshpande-( Part-1)

  Week - 08  

1. Chapter wise summary of The Dark holds no terrors (Part-2)-Shashi Deshpande
2. Chapter wise summary of The Dark holds no terrors (Part-3)-Shashi Deshpande
3. Chapter wise summary of The Dark holds no terrors (Part-4)-Shashi Deshpande
4. Javni by Raja Rao

    Week - 09  

1. Birth by Mulk Raj Anand
2. Assignment and Interaction/Forum Activity
3. Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand- Part-1
4. Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand- Part-2
5. A bend in the Ganges by Manohar Malgonkar

  Week - 10  

1. Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya –Part-1
2. Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya –Part-2
3. Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta – Part-1
4. Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta – Part-2

  Week - 11  

1. Haroun and the sea of stories by Salman Rushdie
2. How far is the River by Ruskin Bond
3. The Room on the Roof by Ruskin Bond
4. The mark of Vishnu by Kushwant Singh