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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.
Overview
Syllabus
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Detailed Weekly Study Plan: Indian Writing in English Week - 01- To my Native Land - Henry Derozio
- Our Casuarinas Tree by Toru Dutt
- Exile (From Rough Passage) by R. Parthasarathy
- Indian Weavers by Sarojini Naidu
- Round and Round by Vikram seth
- On Killing a Tree Gieve Patel
- Freedom by Jayantha Mahapatra
- Female of the Species Gauri Deshpande
- Night of the Scorpion by Nissim Ezikel
- A River by A.K Ramanujan
- Goa by Asif Currimbhoy
- Final Solutions by Mahesh Dattani - Part 1
- Final Solutions by Mahesh Dattani - Part 2
- Assignment and Interaction/Forum Activity (Drama End)
- Voluntary Poverty by M.K Gandhi
- Animals in Prison By Jawaharlal Nehru
- The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian by Nirad. C. Chaudhari
- Nationalism in India – Rabindranath Tagore-1
- Nationalism in India – Rabindranath Tagore-2
- The Home and the world by Rabindranath Tagore - Part 1
- The Home and the world by Rabindranath Tagore - Part 2
- Introduction to R.K Narayan (10 October 1906 – 13 may 2001)( Part-1)
- Chapter wise summary of The Guide(Part 2) – R.K Narayan
- Chapter wise summary of The Guide(Part 3) – R.K Narayan
- The Guide(Part 4) – R.K Narayan
- Introduction to Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome (1995)( Part-1)
- The Calcutta Chromosome (1995) by Amitav Ghosh( Part-2)
- The Calcutta Chromosome (1995) by Amitav Ghosh( Part-3)
- Introduction to Shashi Deshpande-( Part-1)
- Chapter wise summary of The Dark holds no terrors (Part-2)-Shashi Deshpande
- Chapter wise summary of The Dark holds no terrors (Part-3)-Shashi Deshpande
- Chapter wise summary of The Dark holds no terrors (Part-4)-Shashi Deshpande
- Javni by Raja Rao
- Birth by Mulk Raj Anand
- Assignment and Interaction/Forum Activity
- Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand- Part-1
- Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand- Part-2
- A bend in the Ganges by Manohar Malgonkar
- Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya –Part-1
- Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya –Part-2
- Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta – Part-1
- Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta – Part-2
- Haroun and the sea of stories by Salman Rushdie
- How far is the River by Ruskin Bond
- The Room on the Roof by Ruskin Bond
- The mark of Vishnu by Kushwant Singh