Semester No. of Credits Name of Faculty Member(s) Course Description: 150/200 words Indian Literature in Translation LIT124 I/III 2PM-4PM,Tuesday and Thursday (timings are subject to change and adjustments) 5 Dr. Aparna Lanjewar Bose This course entails a selective study of some of the translations from regional Indian languages that challenge the monopolising singularity of hegemonic texts and dominant literary discourses and specifically serve as counter-narratives of resistance, thus representing a paradigm for inquest into the given linguistic practices and cultural productions of the Indian subcontinent. The course further aims at familiarizing students to examine specific themes and issues within these subversive texts,their processes of initiation, inception,the larger context of legitimising the need for creative orientation,the very purpose of their emergence, and much more. Accordingly,they become both academically and creatively engaging, impelling the reader to take an objective overview of the scenario.the focus would be on literary texts rather than the act of translation, but a brief acquaintance with the issues and problems also forms part of the course. A selected list of 5 writers/texts and bibliography shall be provided to the students later. Evaluation Scheme Internal -40% External-60% (which may include writing a minor project)
The Neoclassical Period LIT116 Semester I/ III August November, 2017 Credits 5 Mondays and Wednesdays (2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.) Name of Faculty Dr. DilipNaik Course Description ENGLISH LITERATURE AND ITS CONTEXTS, 1660-1760 The Neoclassical Period starts with the end of the Commonwealth and the Restoration of Charles II, and the death of King George II in 1760 is taken as marking its end. We are on the verge of the American and the French Revolutions, but this is a period of relative political calm. The most significant literary developments include the rapid growth of the novel, the rise of satire and melodrama, and the distinctive reactionary adoption of Augustan values in literary and critical writings. This is also the age of newspapers and periodicals, as also the beginnings of industrialization. The English Slave Trade and the rise of consumer capitalism are both characteristic features of this period. This course will address these issues as they impinge on the literary works of the period. Volume C of the Norton Anthology of English Literature is the prescribed text, but the course instructor will include other texts and materials when necessary. Evaluation Scheme 40%, Internal; and 60%, Final Evaluation.
Shakespeare: History as Literature LIT165 Semester I/III Tuesdays and Thursdays (11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m) No. of Credits 5 Name of Faculty Member(s) Course Description: 150/200 words Prof. Prakash Kona The course deals with history as a literary text and literature as a source of historical documentation with reference to select plays of Shakespeare. Shakespeare understood the role of power in formulating a conception of human nature: how power relations could shape what we call personality in the modern world. While power as embodied in abstract notions of the state and government is one thing, power as reflected in individual thought and behavior is viewed as possessing a distinct character of its own. The history plays and the tragedies to a large extent provide a vivid picture of how socalled historical characters are actually performers of a fiction that they have invented for themselves in order to convince the rest of the world that the fiction is as real as life itself. The element of fictionality within the plays gives us an insight into how power operates at a social and personal level. A study of power as the point at which literature as tragedy and history as embodiment of the past will converge gives an interdisciplinary character to the course. Evaluation Scheme Mid-term: 40% Final Examination: 60%
OFFICIAL ONLINE COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR LIT110 MODERNIST POETRY AUGUST-NOVEMBER 2017 SEMESTER Course Title Semester No. of Credits Name of Faculty Member(s) Course Description: 150/200 words Evaluation Scheme Modernist Poetry LIT110 1/3 8 am-11am, Tuesdays and Thursdays 5 Rajiv C Krishnan In this course, we will read experimental poetry produced in the early part of the 20th century by British and American poets mainly. Poets to be discussed include WB Yeats, Rainer Maria Rilke (German), Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, TS Eliot, HD, Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, Hart Crane, Mina Loy, Jean Toomer, and David Jones. We will also follow developments in art and philosophy in relation to the work of these poets. There will be plenty of reading and writing to be done. Registration limit: 20. Priority will be given to MA English Literature students. If you are planning to register, please write to <rajiv [at] efluniversity [dot] ac [dot] in. More details at this url: <tiny.cc/rck17lit110>. 60/40 There will be weekly reading and writing assignments, an end-semester research project to be included in a Portfolio of your best work, and an end-semester examination. Internal assessment will form 60%, and the final examination (including Portfolio submission) the remaining 40% of the marks making up your final grade for the course.
The Culture Critique of Raymond Williams LIT164 Semester I, III 2 pm-4 pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays No. of Credits 5 Name of Faculty Member(s) Course Description: 150/200 words Prof. Samson Thomas Long before the linguistic and interpretive turnsimpacted literary studies, Raymond Williams visualised the discipline as a field of study that focussed on the interrelation between literature and society, and their mutual influence. Williams work ismarked by its resistance to varieties of ahistorical approaches to the literary text: American New Criticism, Archetypal Criticism, the cultural nationalism of FR Leavis and the Cambridge School, and the interpretive manoeuvres of Christian apologists like T.S. Eliot and C.S. Lewis. Reading Williams, therefore, is a rewarding exercise: it provides a snapshot view of contemporary approaches to literature. More importantly, Williams outlines ways in which a reader can trace the process of production and reception ofliterary workswithout sacrificing the unique pleasure great works of art offer. Required Reading: Raymond Williams.Culture and Society, London, Chatto, 1958.. The Long Revolution, London, Chatto, 1961.. The Country and the City, London, Chatto, 1973.. Writing in Society, London, Verso, 1983.. The Politics of Modernism, T. Pinkney (ed.) London and New York, Verso, 1989.. The Raymond Williams Reader, J. Higgins (ed.) Oxford, Blackwell, 2001. Raymond Williams: Critical Perspectives.TerryEagleton(ed.) Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1989. Evaluation Scheme INTERNAL ASSESSMENT: (40%): Class Participation: 10 Marks Presentations (2x5): 10 Marks Term Paper: 20 Marks FINAL ASSESSMENT (60%): Take-home Assignment: 60 Marks
Semester No. of Credits Name of Faculty Member(s) Course Description: 150/200 words Fiction of the Indian Diaspora LIT 145 I/III 11 am-1 pm, Wednesdays & Thursdays 5 Credits Prof. Sonba Salve English writings, be it autobiographical or works of fiction, have always fascinated Indians. Reading has always been part of our rich culture. Books and novels have always played a vital role in a country like ours. Many Indians made their mark with their writings in English, and they have all gained commercial and critical success. Many of these works have been acclaimed internationally. Thus, the writers have impressed us with their works and in a way, helped in shaping the nation for what it is now. Hence, the works of these writers need to be lauded and highly appreciated. In this course, we will be discussing various aspects related to Indian Diaspora and how contemporary India is imagined in the selected fiction. We will be putting in perspective India in the global context, social and political reality as represented in the novels in terms of class, caste, gender, region, and religion, as well as the narrative techniques used by the writers. The aim of this course is to provide students with a deeper understanding of India s contemporary reality as depicted in the fiction of the Indian Diaspora Required Reading Vikram Seth, An Equal Music Desai Kiran,The Inheritance of Loss (2006), New Delhi, Penguine. AmitavGhosh, The Calcutta Chromosome Suggested Reading IyengarSrinivas, Indian Writing in English (2012), New Delhi, Sterling Publishers. IyengarSrinivas, Introduction To The Study Of English Literature,(2011), New Delhi, Sterling Publishers Mohan Ramanan (ed) Nineteenth Century Indian English Prose: A Selection (2004), Delhi, SahityaAkademi. Pathak R.S (ed) Recent Indian Fiction (1994), New Delhi, Prestige Publication. Das Veena Noble&R.K.Dhawan (ed),fiction of the Nineties(1994),New Delhi, Prestige Narendra Kumar VLVN (ed) New Perspectives on India Writing (1997) New Delhi, Prestige KirpalViney (ed), The Post Modern Indian English Novel,(1996), Mumbai, Allied Publishers Evaluation Scheme Mode of Evaluation 40%: 4 Written Assignments (including one Group Assignment) 60%: End-Semester Examination
John Milton s Poetry LIT112 Semester I/III August-November 2017 No. of Credits 5 Tuesdays and Wednesdays (9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.) Name of Faculty member(s) Course Description : 150/200 words V. Rajasekhar The module consists of two parts.during the first part, students will have the opportunity to study about the origin and history of the epic as a literary form from the times of Greek writers.the course will begin with an introduction to Homer and the Oral tradition.students will study about Epic features with examples from specific texts.later, students will study about the English Epic and its background with specific reference to Paradise Lost. During the second part, students will be introduced to the other major works of John Milton such as An Ode on the Morning of Christ s Nativity, Elegy Written in a Churchyard, some Sonnets, and pamphlets. The module will be taught through the lecture mode.the Instructor will give an introduction to the general historical,and sociocultural background, which will explain the nature of the socio-philosophical thought. The texts will be approached through both comparative studies and individual close readings involving the class. Discussion within the group forms an essential element within this module, and therefore, it is absolutely essential that all class members have read the assigned material before the class commences.
Evaluation Scheme Time Table Internal Assessment, final term paper. Students will have to submit periodical assignments and the course will conclude with an end-of-term examination. Tuesday, 9am to 11am; Wednesday, 9am to 11am.