Contemporary Indian Writing - St.Joseph's College, Bangalore - 1 MA English - Syllabus 2008 - 2009

1 MA English - Semester II - Contemporary Indian Writing - Syllabus 2008 - 2009

Unit I

Introduction:

1. Meenakshi Mukerjee : Interrogating Post Colonialism
2.Arun Mukherjee : Post Colonialism: Some Uneasy Conjectures(From Interrogating Post-Colonialism : Theory, Text and Context) (2nd Test)
3. Harish Trivedi : Panchadattu (Colonial Transactions)
4. Susie Tharu and K Lalitha : Women Writing The Nation (Extract from Introduction: Woman Writing in India Vol II)

Unit II: Poetry

1. Jayanatha Mahapatra : Hunger (2nd Test)
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2. Nissim Eziekiel : Farewell Party for Miss Pushpa T
3. R Parthasarthy : From Exile
4. Kamala Das : An Introduction
5. Eunice D'souze : Feeding The Poor
6. AK Ramanujam : Love Poem For A Wife (2nd Test)
7. Rukmini Bhaya Nair : Kali
8. Mamata Kulkarni : Sheer Good Luck
9. Imtaiz Dharker : Post-Cards From God (Two Poems)

Unit III: Fiction

1. Raja Rao : Kanthapura
2. Amitav Ghosh : Shadow Lines (2nd Test)
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3. Amitav Kumar : Bombay, London, New York
4. Salman Rushdie : Shalimar, The Clown (2nd Test)
Links: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org 2.