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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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    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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