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SREENARAYANAGURU OPEN UNIVERSITY

B.A. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

DISCIPLINE CORE
B21EG04DC

INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
CREDITS: 6

Course Objectives

1. To familiarise the learners with the emergence and growth of Indian
Writing in English in the context of colonial experience
2. To trace the history, genesis and development of Indian Writing in English
3. To enable the learners to get an overview of Indian English poetry, prose, drama,
novel and short story
4. To enable an understanding of the trends in Indian Writing in English

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the learners will be able to:

1. Develop literary sensibility and critical response to literary texts
2. Analyse how the socio-political, historical and cultural contexts have a
bearing on Indian Writing in English
3. Discuss issues concerning Indian Writing in English such as the
representation of culture, identity, history, constructions of nation, gender
politics, and cross- cultural transformations.

COURSE DETAILS

BLOCK 1: Background Study
UNIT 1 Brief Historical Context of Colonial Encounter
UNIT 2 Indian English Poetry
UNIT 3 Indian English Prose
UNIT 4 Indian English Novel
UNIT 5 Indian English Short Story
UNIT 6 Indian English Drama

BLOCK 2: Non- Fiction
UNIT 1 Aurobindo Ghose: “The Poets of Dawn” -1 (from Future

Poetry)
UNIT 2 Meenakshi Mukherjee: “The Anxiety of Indianness”

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