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UNIT 3 R.K. Narayan: “Misguided Guide”
UNIT 4 Ngugi waThiong’o with Harish Trivedi (Interview)

BLOCK 3: Introduction to Fiction - 1

UNIT 1 An introduction to short fiction – setting, structure, character, point of view,
style, ending, genre.
UNIT 2 O Henry: “The Gift of the Magi”
UNIT 3 Roald Dahl: “The Parson’s Pleasure”

BLOCK 4: Introduction to Fiction – 2

UNIT 1 Edgar Allan Poe: “The Tell- Tale Heart”
UNIT 2 Anton Chekov: “The Bet”
UNIT 3 Ruskin: “The Eyes are Not Here”

BLOCK 5: Introduction to the Novel – 1

UNIT 1 Aspects of the Novel – Introduction
UNIT 2 Techniques of Narrative Fiction
UNIT 3 Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice
UNIT 4 Victorian Novels: Their Characteristics

BLOCK 6: Introduction to the Novel – 2

UNIT 1 A Brief Survey of the Important Novels of the 20th Century
UNIT 2 Main Features of Twentieth Century Novels
UNIT 3 Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea

References

Kettle, Arnold. An Introduction to the English Novel. Unwin.1967.

B, Chandrika. “The Story of a Poem.” Katha: Short Stories by Indian Women. Ed.
Urvashi Butalia. New Delhi: Stanza, 2007.

Charles Lamb: Essays of Elia
http://www.angelfire.com/nv/mf/elia1/index.html

Charles & Mary Lamb: Tales from Shakespeare
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20657

David Lodge: The Art of Fiction
https://fdocuments.in/document/david-lodge-the-art-of-fiction.html

Hudson, W. H. An Introduction to the Study of Literature
https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/william-henry-hudson/an-introduction-to
- Thestudy-of-literature-hci.shtml

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