Indian Writing in English - II

To provide an overview of the various phases of the evolution of Indian writing in English; to introduce students to the thematic concerns, genres and trends of Indian writing in English; to generate discussions on the constraints and challenges encountered in articulating Indian sensibility in English; to expose students to the pluralistic aspects of Indian culture, ethos and identity.

Unit 1

Introduction to the contemporary Indian writing in English-Themes and Concerns- Styles- poetry, drama, fiction, short story.

Unit 2

Poetry [All Detailed]

Meena Kandasamy - “Aggression”
GievePatel - “On Killing a Tree”
Temsula Ao – “Prayer of a Monolith”
Saleem Peeradina: “The Lesson”
Suniti Namjoshi: “Speech”

Unit 3

Drama

Manjula Padmanabhan: Harvest [Detailed].
Mahesh Dattani: Dance Like a Man [Non-Detailed].

Unit 4

Fiction [All Non-Detailed]

Upamanyu Chatterjee: English.
August: An Indian Story.
Rohinton Mistry: Such a Long Journey.

Unit 5

Short Story [All Non-Detailed]

Mahasweta Devi “The Breast Giver”
Jhumpa Lahiri “The Brotherly Love”

1. Saleem Peeradina (ed). Contemporary Indian Poetry in English. Delhi: Macmillan, 1972.
2. Manjula Padmanabhan: Harvest.
3. Upamanyu Chatterjee: English, August: An Indian Story. 
4. Rohinton Mistry: Such a Long Journey. Faber and Faber.
5. Mahesh Dattani: Dance Like a Man. Penguin.
6. Online Sources.

1. King, Bruce. Modern Indian Poetry in English. New Delhi: OUP, 1987.
2. George, K.M. (ed). Modern Indian Literature: An Anthology. Vol 1 & 2 Delhi: SA, 1992.
3. Naik, M.K. Perspectives on Indian Poetry in English. Delhi: Abhinav Publication, 1984.
4. William, H.M. Indo-Anglian Literature 1800-1970: A Survey. Madras: Orient Longman, 1976.
5. SrinivasaIyengar, K R. Indian Writing in English. Delhi: Sterling, 1974.
6. Naik,M.K. “A History of Indian English Literature”. Delhi: SA, 1982.
7. Kripalani, Krishna. Literature of Modern India, New Delhi: NBT, 1982.
8. V.K.Gokak (ed). The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry: 1895-1965. Delhi: SA, 1970.
9. R Parthasarathy (ed). Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets. Delhi: OUP, 1976.
10. Online sources.