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This document outlines the syllabus for a course titled "Reading Indian Fiction in English". The course is worth 2 credits and involves 1 hour of lecture and 1 hour of practical/practice per week. Students must have passed Class 11 to be eligible. The learning objectives are to acquaint students with Indian fiction, familiarize them with Indian values through stories, and analyze novels critically. Learning outcomes include understanding Indian culture, developing creative thinking, and realizing fiction's power for social change. The syllabus covers how to read novels, novels as reflections of society, detailed analysis of two specified novels, and practical assignments like dramatic recitations and character analyses. Essential readings include the two specified novels and an additional reference book.

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Reading Indian Fiction in English

This document outlines the syllabus for a course titled "Reading Indian Fiction in English". The course is worth 2 credits and involves 1 hour of lecture and 1 hour of practical/practice per week. Students must have passed Class 11 to be eligible. The learning objectives are to acquaint students with Indian fiction, familiarize them with Indian values through stories, and analyze novels critically. Learning outcomes include understanding Indian culture, developing creative thinking, and realizing fiction's power for social change. The syllabus covers how to read novels, novels as reflections of society, detailed analysis of two specified novels, and practical assignments like dramatic recitations and character analyses. Essential readings include the two specified novels and an additional reference book.

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VAC 1: READING INDIAN FICTION IN ENGLISH

Credit distribution, Eligibility and Pre-requisites of the Course

Course Credits Credit distribution of the course Eligibility Pre-requisite


title & Lecture Tutorial Practical/ criteria of the course
Code Practice
Reading 02 1 0 1 Pass in NIL
Indian Class lih
Fiction in
English

Learning Objectives

The Learning Objectives of this course are as follows:


• Acquaint students with Indian Fiction in English.
• Familiarise students with Indian ethos and values through Indian fiction .
• Analyze novels critically and in the context of their own lived situations.

Learning outcomes

The Learning Outcomes of this course are as follows :


· • Understanding of Indian ethos and values through Indian fiction.
• Develop creative thinking through reading of fiction ..
• Realise the potential of fiction in bringing out social and cultural change

SYLLABUS OF READING INDIAN FICTION IN ENGLISH

UNIT-I (2 Weeks)

• How to Read a Novel


• Novel as Reflection of Society

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UNIT- II (7 Weeks)

• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee: Anandamath (English translation by Sri Aurobindo and


Barindra K Ghosh)
Points of Discussion :
• Patriotism and Nationalism
• The song Bande Mataram
• Elements of History and Romance
• Issues of Gender
• Natural calamity
• Genre of Text and Feature Film

UNIT- Ill (6 Weeks)

• Chaman Nahal: Azadi. Houghton Mifflin publication, 1975.


Points of Discussion :
• The Story of Partition
• Violence and Trauma
• Autobiographical voices in the novel
• Elements of history, politics and art
• Personal and Political

Practical component (if any) - (15 Weeks)

• Students may be asked to do a dramatic recitation of selected parts of a novel.


• Students may be asked to organize the major events of the plot of a novel through
different methods: graphically, making a plot outline or sketching a storyboard.
• Students may be asked to classify each instance of figurative language (simile,
metaphor, etc.) and explain its effect on that section of the text.
• Students may share their understanding of any particular aspect of the novels
through a brief write up.
• Discuss the portrayal of any major characters of the novel with reference to the
central theme of the text.
• Think about and discuss Indian fiction in relation to cultural and critical contexts.
• Any other Practical/Practice as decided from time to time

Essential/recommended readings

• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee: Anandamath (English translation by Sri Aurobindo


and Barindra K. Ghosh)

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• Chaman Nahal: Azadi. Houghton Mifflin publication, 1975
• E. M. Forster:Aspectsofthe Novel

Suggested Reading:

• Srinivasa Iyengar, K. R. Indian Writing in English. India, Sterling Publishers,


1987.
• 2. Naik, M. K. A History of Indian English Literature. India, SahityaAkademi,
1982.
• 3. Nayar, Pramod K. The Indian Graphic Novel: Nation, History and Critique.
India, Taylor & Francis, 2016.
• 4. Gopal, Priyamvada. The Indian English Novel: Nation, History, and
Narration. United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 2009.

Examination scheme and mode: Subject to directions from the Examination


Branch/University of Delhi from time to time

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