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30Section B: Non-Fictional ProseStudents will answer 1 question of 10 marks and I short question of 5 marks or 3 questions of 5 markseach from the following texts. (10+5 or 5x3)Texts: M.K. Gandhi (1869-1948): The Gita and Satyagraha (from The Writings of Gandhi edited byRonald Duncan. New Delhi: Rupa, 1993)) Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964):The Indian Philosophical Approach (Chapter 5); The Importanceof the National Idea (Chapter 10) (all selections from TheDiscovery of India) Amartya Sen (1933 - ): The Argumentative Indian (from The Argumentative Indian:Writings on Indian Culture, History and Identity)PAPER 20Indian Poetry, Fiction and DramaMarks 75 (60+15) [15 Marks Internal Assessment]. Credits: 6Section A: PoetryIn this section, students will answer two short questions (which may be context questions) and one longquestion which could be on an individual poet, on trends, themes or on the poetry set against a culturaland historical background. For example the poetry of Toru Dutt may be read in the light of thedevelopment of early nationalist consciousness as well as in the context of ‘women and nationalism.’(12+5x2)Texts: Toru Dutt (1856-1877): Our Casuarina Tree; Sita. A.K Ramanujan 1929-1933): Self Portrait; Breaded Fish; Love Poems for a Wife1. Eunice de Souza (1940-): Advice to Women; For Rita’s Daughter; Twice Born. Aga Shahid Ali (1949-2001): Postcard from Kashmir; Snowmen; The Season of the Plains;Cracked Portraits.Section B: Fiction Questions here may be on the location of each writer, the development of a‘narrative world’ in each text, and the modern Indian milieu with its class and caste divisions, social andmoral values, and human relationships that each text represents in unique and individual ways. (12+10) R.K Narayan (1906-2001): The Guide Anita Desai (1937- ): Fire on the Mountain
31 Namita Gokhale (1956 -): ShakuntalaSection C: DramaThe plays in this section, translated from regional languages into English are deeply embedded in folkand classical dramatic traditions and are expected to be studied against this context. At the same timethe adaptation of these traditional forms, themes and conventions to interpret contemporary issues willalso be kept in mind. Questions will accordingly address these issues. (12+4)Texts: Girish Karnad (1938-): Tughlak Vijay Tendulkar 1928-2008): Kanyadaan (from Collected Plays in Translation)Recommended Reading:Datta, Amaresh. Chief Editor. The Encyclopedia of Indian Literature. 6 vols. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi,2006-Sarkar, Sumit. Modern India: 1885-1947 (2 nd Edition) Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1989.Sundar Rajan, Rajeshwari. ed. The Lie of the Land. Delhi: OUP, 1993.Naik, M.K. History of Indian English Literature, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1980Naik, M.K. and Shyamala Narayan eds. Indian English Literature 1980-2000: A Critical Survey. New Delhi:Pencraft, 2004.Mukherjee, Meenakshi. The Perishable Empire New Delhi: OUP, 2000.---, The Twice-Born Fiction. New Delhi: Arnold-Heinemann, 1971Gopal, Priyamvada. The Postcolonial Novel
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