Indian Literatures in English, 3rd Year 6th Semester, B.A English Literature, Syllabus, University of Madras

 B.A English Literature

3^rd Year 6^th Semester

Indian Literatures in English

UNIT-1: Poetry

1.1 “Is Poetry always worthy when it's old?" -Kalidasa (Malavikagnimitra)

1.2 “What he Said ” - Ilankiranar Narrinai ,39 (57)

1.3 Gitanjali - (34, 35, 36) - Rabindranath Tagore

1.4 Six Rubaiiyats - Mirza Arif (Urdu)

1.5 “Creative Process” - Amrita Pritam

1.6 “The Buddha” - Daya Pawar

1.7 “Hiroshima” - Agyeya

1.8 “Desert Landscape” - Agha Shahid Ali

UNIT-2: Prose

2.1. “A Popular Literature for Bengal” -Bankim Chandra Chatterjee from The Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature Amit Chaudhuri

2.2. “Gandhiji as a SchoolMaster” - Mahatma Gandhi from The Story of My Experiments with Truth

2.3. “What is Dalit Literature?” - Sharathchanra Mukthibodh (Selection from Poisoned Bread –Arjun Dangle)

2.4. “Introduction to Modern Indian Drama” -G.P.Deshpande {Modern Indian Drama)

UNIT-3 Drama

3.1 Tughlaq - Girish Karnad

UNIT 4. Short Story

4.1 “Roots” - Ismat Chugtai (Urdu)

4.2 “The Shroud” -Munshi Premchand (Hindi)

4.3 “Toba Tek Singh” - Sadat Hasan Manto (Urdu)

4.4. “The Empty Chest” - Indira Goswami

[Udang Bakacha: Assamese Translation: Prodipta Birgohain]

UNIT-5: Fiction

5.1 Chemeen Thakazhi Siva Shankara Pillai

(Translated by Anita Nair)

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