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ONWARDS) 1.Backgr oundThemesandI ssues ( a)The Begi nni ngsand Nat i onal i sm:Begi nni ng ofEngl i sh St udi esi n I ndi a;Macaul ay’ s Mi nut es;Angl i ci st Ori ent al i stDebat e;I mpacton Ear l y Poet r y and t he Nov elf r om Banki m Chandr a Chat t er j ee ,Tor u Dut t ,Der ozi ot oAur obi ndoandSaroj i niNai du;Earl yI ndi an Dr amai n Engl i sh;Ear l yLi t er aryCri t i ci sm;Tagor e’ sEssays on Aest het i csand Li t e r ar yCr i t i c i s m ( b)The Ri se ofNat i onal i sm and Par t i t i oni ng ofI ndi a: Gandhiand Nehru’ s vi si on of I ndi a; Cr i t i que of Gandhi and Ot her I ndi an Nat i onal i stt hi nker s( Ni r ad C Chaudhari ,M.N Roy ,V.D.Savar kar& DrB R Ambedkar) ;I mpactofWes t er nI deol ogi esonI ndi a;TwoNat i on Theor y and Par t i t i on ofI ndi a;I mpac tofPol i t i caland I nt el l ec t ual move ment sonI ndi anwr i t i ngi nEngl i sh ( c)Post I ndependenceI ndi a:I mpactofLanguagepol i ci esonLi t er at ur e; The Rol e ofEngl i sh;Nehr uv i an I de al i sm and Loss ofNehr uvi an Dr eam;PowerPol i t i cs ;Emer ge ncyPer i od;Ri seofFundament al i sms; Cr i mi nal i z a t i o no fpo l i t i c sand So c i e t i e s ;Ri s eo fDal i tP owe r ;Ge nde r Ref orms;Gl obal i zat i on andLi ber al i zat i on oft heI ndi an Economyand So ci e t y ;Ne oCo l oni al i s m ( d)Contempor ar y Li t er ar y Scenar i o: Debat e s on c oncept s of ‘ I ndi annes s ’ —Pr es cr i pt i v e , De sc r i pt i v e; Nat i v i sm v er sus Cosmopol i t ani sm; Mul t i cul t ur al i sm i n Di aspori c I ndi an Engl i sh Wr i t i ng;Gender I ssues and Thei rI mpact on I ndi an Li t er at ur ei n Engl i sh;At t empt st oModi f yand I ndi ani seSt andardBri t i sh Engl i sh; Use of Hi s t or y , Myt hs, Magi c Real i sm, Epi c, Mi ni mal i sm, Fol k, Scher ez adi c Tr adi t i ons & Thei rI mpacton Nove l ,Poet ryand I ndi an Dr amai nEngl i sh
2.Pr escri bedText s ( a)Pr eI ndependence: 2
Novel sandPoet r y Banki m Chandr aChat t er j ee :Raj mohan’ sWi f e Col oni alPoet ry:Poemsf r om Ear l yI ndi an Poet ryi nEngl i sh: an Ant hol og y 18291947. Edi t e d by Euni c e De Souz a. Ox f o r dUni v e r s i t yPr e s s .2006 R.K.Nar ay an:SwamiandFr i ends
( b)Post I ndependence: Novel s ShashiDes hpande:AMat t erofTi me Ami t avGhosh:TheCal c ut t aChr omos ome
Poetry Sel ec t i on ofPoemswr i t t enbyNi ss i m Ez eki el ,Dom Mor aes, KekiDar uwal a,A.K.Ramanuj an,Vi kr am Se t h,Kamal a Das,Euni ceDeSouz a,I mt i azDhar kar ,Di l l i pChi t r e,Gi ev e Pat el ,Me ena Al e xander ,Ar un Kol at kar( 4t o 5 poems of e ac ho ft hepr e s c r i be dpo e t s )
Dr ama Pr at apShar ma:ATouchofBr i ght nes s Mahes hDat t ani :DanceLi keaMan
3.SecondaryReadi ng 3. 1 Mac aul ay ’ sMi nut es,1835 ndi anEyeonEng l i s hLi f e , 3. 2 Behr am Mal abar i ,I 1885 3
3. 3 Come l i aSor abj i ,TheSunBabi e s,1904 3. 4 Baps iSdhwas ,I ceCandyMan, 1988
4.RecommendedReadi ng 5.Exami nat i on Pat t er n
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