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Course Name Additional English I
Course Code 24ENG100
Program 5 Year Integrated B.Sc. – M.Sc. Visual Communication
Semester Elective
Credits 2
Campus Mysuru

Syllabus

Unit 1

Introduction to Literature Nature & Elements of Literature, literature as an expression of personal & historic aspects. Narrative structure & technique. Introduction to Indian Literature: Pre-independence, postindependence, themes, writers, and problems.

Unit 2

Linguistic Devices: Theme, Diction, syntax & syntactical deviations, Rhetorical devices, figures of speech

Unit 3

Poetry: The Frog and the Nightingale by Vikram Seth An Indian Love Song by Sarojini Naidu Death of the Wolf by Toru Dutt

Unit 4

Short stories:Detail A Dogs Life by Mulk Raj Anand Interpreter of Maladies by Jumpha Lahiri

Unit 5

Non-Detail Reading:Three Persons by Vijay Sheshadri The Wolf’s Postcript To ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ by Agha Shahid Ali The Naive Friends by Premchand The Woman on Platform 8 by Ruskin Bond

Core Reading :

  • Iyengar, Srinivasa – The Indian Contribution to English Literature. Karnatak ishing House, Bombay, 1945
  • Iyengar, Srinivasa – Indian Writing in English : 1800-1980 – Sterling Publishing House, 2019

Objectives and Outcomes

bjectives: 

  • To expose students to various genres of English literature
  • To expose the students to Indian English Writing of different timelines. 
  • To develop a sensibility to read and understand literary works. 
  • To introduce a few linguistic devices to enable them to appreciate literary forms stylistically

COs 

Course Outcomes

CO 1 

Identify and distinguish various genres of English Literature for better understanding

CO 2 

Demonstrate an ability to comprehend and analyse literature independently

CO 3 

Develop or enhance the ability to appreciate and use linguistic devices for stylistic analysis

Text Books / References

  • Seth, Vikram, Beastly Tales, Penguin India, 2013 
  • Naidu, Sarojini, The Golden Threshold 1905 
  • Dutt, Toru – A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields 1876 
  • Anand, Raj Mulk, Selected Short Stories Penguin India, 2006 
  • Tagore, Rabindranath, Mashi and Other Stories, True Sign Publishing House, 2021 
  • Lahiri, Jumpha – Interpreter of Maladies Harpercollins Publishers India, 2005  
  • Sheshadri, Vijay – POETRY Magazine, December 2010 
  • Ali, Shahid Agha, The Wolf’s Postcript To ‘Little Red Riding Hood‘ Academy of American Poets, poets.org Premchand – , Mindfuel’s 4 In 1 Story By Munshi Premchand – Power Of A Curse, The Naive Friends, A Complex Problem & A Lesson In The Holy Life Mindfuel Publishers, 2020
  • Bond, Ruskin – The Woman on Platform 8, The Illustrated Weekly of India

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