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16 MM VENKATESHWARA CONTEMPORARY INDIAN OPEN UNIVERSITY WRITING IN ENGLISH www.vou.ac.in CONTEMPORARY INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH IN WRITING INDIAN CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH [M.A. ENGLISH] VENKATESHWARA OPEN UNIVERSITYwww.vou.ac.in CONTEMPORARY INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH MA [ENGLISH] BOARD OF STUDIES Prof Lalit Kumar Sagar Vice Chancellor Dr. S. Raman Iyer Director Directorate of Distance Education SUBJECT EXPERT Dr. Anil Kr. Jaiswal Professor Dr. Shantanu Siuli Assistant Professor Dr.Mohammad Danish Siddiqui Assistant Professor CO-ORDINATOR Mr. Tauha Khan Registrar Author Sanjiv Nandan Prasad, Associate Professor, Department of English, Hansraj College, University of Delhi Copyright © Sanjiv Nandan Prasad, 2019 All rights reserved. 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Office: A-27, 2nd Floor, Mohan Co-operative Industrial Estate, New Delhi 1100 44 Website: www.vikaspublishing.com Email: [email protected] SYLLABI-BOOK MAPPING TABLE Contemporary Indian Writing in English Syllabi Pages Block-A: Poetry Block-A Jayanta Mahapatra – ‘The Abandoned British Unit 1: Jayanta Mahapatra: ‘The Abandoned British Cemetry at Balasore’ Cemetery at Balasore’ (Pages 3-21) Keki Daruwalla- ‘Hawk’ , ‘Wolf’ Unit 2: Keki Daruwalla: ‘Wolf’ and ‘Hawk’ Kamala Das- ‘My Grandmother’s House’, ‘A Hot (Pages 23-46) Noon in Malabar’ Unit 3: Kamala Das: ‘My Grandmother’s House’ Adil Jussawalla- ‘Missing Person’ Part II and ‘A Hot Noon in Malabar’ (Pages 47-66) Vikram Seth – ‘The Humble Administrator’s Garden’ Unit 4: Adil Jussawalla: ‘Missing Person’ from The Golden Gate (Pages 67-85) Unit 5: Vikram Seth: The Humble Administrator’s Garden (Pages 87-98) Block-B: Fiction Block-B Anita Desai – Fasting, Feasting Unit 1: Anita Desai: Fasting, Feasting (Pages 101-140) Amitav Ghosh – The Shadow Lines Unit 2: Amitav Ghosh: The Shadow Lines Raja Rao – Kanthapura (Pages 141-156) Unit 3: Raja Rao: Kanthapura (Pages 157-188) Block-C: Non-Fiction Block-C Nehru - An Autobiography (Chap. 1,3,4 19, 51, 53) Unit 1: Nehru: An Autobiography (Pages 191-227) Nirad C. Chaudhuri – A Passage to England (Part I, Unit 2: Nirad C. Chaudhuri: A Passage Ch. 7, Part II, Ch. 2; Part III, Ch. 1 & 3) to England (Pages 229-259) Block-D Block-D: History of Indian English Literature Unit 1: Iyenger: Indian Writing in English K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar – Indian Writing in English (Pages 263-298) M.K. Naik – A History of Indian English Literature Unit 2: M. K. Naik: A History of Indian English Literature Gauri Viswanathan: - Masks of Conquest (Pages 299-317) Unit 3: Gauri Vishwanathan: Masks of Conquest (Pages 319-343) CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BLOCK-A: POETRY UNIT 1 JAYANTA MAHAPATRA: ‘THE ABANDONED 3-21 BRITISH CEMETERY AT BALASORE’ 1.0 Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Jayanta Mahapatra: An Original Poet 1.3 Qualities of Mahapatra’s Poetry 1.4 Major Themes in ‘The Abandoned British Cemetery at Balasore’ 1.4.1 Death in the Poem 1.4.2 Relation with the Colonial Past 1.4.3 Elements of Modernism and Post Modernism 1.5 Analysis of ‘The Abandoned British Cemetery at Balasore’ 1.5.1 Reference Points 1.5.2 Summary and Analysis 1.6 Let Us Sum Up 1.7 Key Words 1.8 Terminal Questions 1.9 Suggested Readings 1.10 Model Answers to ‘Check Your Progress’ UNIT 2 KEKI DARUWALLA: ‘WOLF’ AND ‘HAWK’ 23-46 2.0 Objectives 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Keki Daruwalla: A Short Biography 2.3 An Introduction to Daruwalla’s Poetry 2.4 ‘Wolf’ 2.4.1 Introduction 2.4.2 Meaning of Key Words 2.4.3 Summary and Analysis 2.5 ‘Hawk’ 2.5.1 Introduction 2.5.2 Meaning of Key Words 2.5.3 Summary and Analysis 2.6 Major Themes in the Poems ‘Wolf’ and ‘Hawk’ 2.6.1 Animals as Metaphors 2.6.2 Violence and Terror 2.6.3 Human Life as Tragic 2.7 Let Us Sum Up 2.8 Key Words 2.9 Terminal Questions 2.10 Suggested Reading 2.11 Model Answers to ‘Check Your Progress’ UNIT 3 KAMALA DAS: ‘MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE’ AND 47-66 ‘A HOT NOON IN MALABAR’ 3.0 Objectives 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Kamala Das: A Short Biography 3.2.1 Awards and Recognition 3.3 Kamala Das: The Poet 3.4 ‘My Grandmother’s House’: An Overview 3.4.1 Introduction 3.4.2 Summary and Analysis 3.5 ‘A Hot Noon in Malabar’: An Overview 3.5.1 Introduction 3.5.2 Summary and Analysis 3.5.3 Major Themes 3.5.4 Reference Points 3.6 Let Us Sum Up 3.7 Key Words 3.8 Terminal Questions 3.9 Suggested Readings 3.10 Model Answers to ‘Check Your Progress’ UNIT 4 ADIL JUSSAWALLA: MISSING PERSON 67-85 4.0 Objectives 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Adil Jussawalla: A Short Biography 4.3 An Introduction to Jussawalla’s Poetry 4.4 An Introduction to Missing Person 4.5 The Poems of Missing Person, Part II 4.5.1 ‘Sea Breeze, Bombay’ 4.5.2 ‘Approaching Santa Cruz Airport, Bombay’ 4.6 Difficulties in Reading Missing Person 4.7 Let Us Sum Up 4.8 Key Words 4.9 Terminal Questions 4.10 Suggested Readings 4.11 Model Answers to ‘Check Your Progress’ UNIT 5 VIKRAM SETH: THE HUMBLE ADMINISTRATOR’S GARDEN 87-98 5.0 Objectives 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Vikram Seth: A Short Biography 5.3 Works, Awards and Recognition 5.3.1 His Works 5.3.2 Awards and Recognition 5.4 The Golden Gate: An Introduction 5.5 The Real Humble Administrator’s Garden 5.6 Analysis of The Humble Administrator’s Garden 5.6.1 Contents of The Humble Administrator’s Garden 5.6.2 Themes 5.6.3 Nature in the Humble Administrator 5.7 Let Us Sum Up 5.8 Key Words 5.9 Terminal Questions 5.10 Suggested Readings 5.11 Model Answers to ‘Check Your Progress’ BLOCK-B: FICTION UNIT 1 ANITA DESAI: FASTING, FEASTING 101-140 1.0 Unit Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Anita Desai: A Short Biographical Note 1.3 Introduction to Anita Desai’s Writing Style 1.4 Fasting, Feasting: A Critical Summary 1.5 Major Characters in Fasting, Feasting 1.6 Major Themes in Fasting, Feasting 1.7 Narrative Technique 1.8 Let Us Sum Up 1.9 Key Words 1.10 Suggested Readings 1.11 Terminal Questions 1.12 Model Answers to ‘Check Your Progress’ UNIT 2 AMITAV GHOSH: THE SHADOW LINES 141-156 2.0 Objectives 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Amitav Ghosh: A Short Biography 2.3 The Shadow Lines: An Overview 2.3.1 Important Characters and Events-based Summary 2.3.2 Themes 2.4 Let Us Sum Up 2.5 Key Words 2.6 Terminal Questions 2.7 Suggested Readings 2.8 Model Answers to ‘Check Your Progress’ UNIT 3 RAJA RAO: KANTHAPURA 157-188 3.0 Objectives 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Raja Rao: A Short Biography 3.3 A Working Summary of Kanthapura 3.4 Major Characters in Kanthapura 3.5 Narrative Technique used in Kanthapura 3.6 Major Themes in Kanthapura 3.7 Let Us Sum Up 3.8 Key Words 3.9 Terminal Questions 3.10 Suggested Readings 3.11 Model Answers to ‘Check Your Progress’ BLOCK-C: NON-FICTION UNIT 1 NEHRU: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY 191-227 1.0 Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Nehru: A Brief Biographical Note 1.3 A Note on the Author’s Preface 1.4 An Introduction to the Political Ideas of Jawaharlal Nehru 1.5 Critical Summary of Nehru’s An Autobiography 1.5.1 Chapter 1: Descent from Kashmir 1.5.2 Chapter 3: Theosophy 1.5.3 Chapter 4: Harrow and Cambridge 1.5.4 Chapter 19: Communalism Rampant 1.5.5 Chapter 51: The Liberal Outlook 1.5.6 Chapter 53: India Old and New 1.6 Autobiography as a Genre 1.7 Nehru as a Thinker and Visionary 1.8 Continental Influences on Nehru 1.9 Let Us Sum Up 1.10 Key Words 1.11 Terminal Questions 1.12 Suggested Readings 1.13 Model Answers to ‘Check Your Progress’ UNIT 2 NIRAD C. CHAUDHURI: A PASSAGE TO ENGLAND 229-259 2.0 Objectives 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Nirad C. Chaudhuri: A Biographical Note 2.3 An Introduction to Chaudhuri’s Ideas 2.4 A Passage to England: A Critical Summary 2.5 Chaudhuri’s Textual England 2.6 East Goes Beyond West 2.7 Chaudhuri as a Post Colonial Writer 2.8 Other Critical Perspectives 2.9 Let Us Sum Up 2.10 Key Words 2.11 Terminal Questions 2.12 Suggested Readings 2.13 Model Answers to ‘Check Your Progress’ BLOCK-D: HISTORY OF INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE UNIT 1 IYENGER: INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH 263-298 1.0 Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 K.