'Indian Writing in English I' is a course offered in Second Semester of B. A. (Bachelor of Arts) English Language and Literature program at the School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru campus.
To make them familiar with lndian ethos and its variety as expressed in the major genres of early Indian writing in English.
Indian short story, poetry, fiction and drama of the 19th to the late 20th century.
Unit I:
Introduction to Indian English Writing.
Unit II:
Short Fiction [All Non-Detailed].
RuskinBond:"The Thief".
KhushwantSingh:"The Mark of Vishnu".
K A Abbas: “The Refugee”.
Unit III:
Drama [Detailed].
RabindranathTagore: “Chitra”.
Unit IV:
Poetry [All Detailed]
ToruDutt: “Our Casuarina Tree”
Sarojini Naidu: “In the Bazaars of Hyderabad”
Kamala Das: “Introduction”
Nissim Ezekiel: “Entertainment”
JayantaMahapatra: “Evening Landscape by the River”
Unit V:
Fiction [All Non-Detailed].
R. K. Narayan: The English Teacher.
MulkRajAnand:Untouchable.
RajaRao:Kanthapura.
Students are advised to refer web sources