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

UNIT-I (2 Weeks)

• How to Read a Novel
• Novel as Reflection of Society

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 - III (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

• 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

• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee: Anandamath (English translation by Sri Aurobindo and Barindra K. Ghosh)
• Chaman Nahal: Azadi. Houghton Mifflin publication, 1975
• E. M. Forster:Aspectsofthe Novel

• 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.
• Haksar, A. N. D. ‘Chanakya Niti Shastra’, Chanakya Niti. India, Penguin Random House India Private Limited, 2020.
• 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.