READING INDIAN FICTION IN ENGLISH Table

UNIT- I   • How to Read a Novel • Novel as Reflection of Society

UNIT- II 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 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