Course: Elective III A
Course Title: New Literatures in English
Paper III-A (Choice Based Credit System with effect from the Academic Year 2017-18)
1. Syllabus as per Choice Based Credit System i) Name of the Program :
M.A. English (Regular) Part II, Semester III, Elective III
ii) Course Code : PAENG303
iii) Course Title : New Literatures in English
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References : Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester -06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week :
04 2. Scheme of Examination: 4 Questions of 15 marks each 3. Special notes, if any: No 4. Eligibility, if any: No 5. Fee Structure: As per University Structure 6. Special Ordinances / Resolutions if any : No
M.A. English (Regular) Part II
Course Title: New Literatures in English
Preamble: This paper aims to introduce learners to the body of literature being produced by writers from Africa, Caribbean, Canada and Australia. The paper seeks to situate these literatures in terms of the historical circumstances of their countries as settler colonies or as colonies of occupation. The paper will examine the various ways in which different writers negotiate and represent social conditions in their works, and the ways in which they incorporate and work with domestic and foreign literary forms and conventions. The paper will also study the impact of writing in English, which is a world language and as well as the language of cultural imperialism for these writers. Objectives: 1.To familiarize the learner with the shared yet different socio-historic conditions reflected in the literatures of the various colonies. 2.To help the learner understand the problem of cultural imperialism that lies at the heart of the appropriation of voice issue. 3.To sensitize the learner towards the complexities of dealings shared by the ethnic minorities and indigenous communities in both types of colonies. 4.To acquaint the learner with the culture and literary expressions of the minority communities. 5.To equip the learner to carry out research in African, Caribbean, Canadian and Australian literature. 6.To familiarize the learner with Literature in English from the former settler colonies and colonies of occupation.
Important Note: New literatures should be taught with reference to the following: 1.Differing histories and responses to the landscape 2.The problems encountered by the Indigenous peoples and immigrants in settler colonies 3.Growth of nationalistic sentiments 4.Colonial and postcolonial experiences in the respective countries
Internal Assessment (40 Marks):
Sr. No. Particulars Marks 1. One written assignment/research paper on the text suggested by the teacher for Internal Assessment Presentation on the written assignment/research paper Viva Voce based on the written assignment/research paper 10 Marks 05 Marks 05 Marks Total=20 Marks 2. One Internal Test based on the syllabus (one out of three questions) 20 Marks
Semester End Examination (60 Marks): Semester End Examination Duration: 2 Hours 60 Marks Question 1: African Literature (1out of 2) 15 Marks Question 2: Caribbean Literature (1out of 2) 15 Marks Question 3: Canadian Literature (1out of 2)* 15 Marks Question 4: Australian Literature (1out of 2)* 15 Marks *Instruction for Question 3 and Question 4: The question, which is set on the poetry as an option against the question on the novel, could be a question, either on two poets in comparison or a general question which learners can attempt through illustrations from any four poems.
Unit 3: Canadian Literature
Margaret Laurence: The Stone Angel
B. Canadian Poetry
1. Margaret Atwood:
“Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer”
“Journals of Susanna Moodie: Poem 1”
2. Daniel David Moses:
“The Sunbather’s Fear of the Moon”
“Inukshuk”
3. Leonard Cohen:
“The Genius”
“I have not Lingered in European Monasteries”
4. Lola Lemire Tostevin:
“The Color of Her Speech”
“Tuesday Poem #97”
Unit 4: Australian Literature
A. Australian Fiction
Markus Zusak: The Book Thief
B. Australian Poetry
1. Judith Wright:
“Nigger’s Leap”
“Two Dream Times”
2. Oodgeroo Noonuccal:
“Assimilation – No!”
“The Dispossessed”
3. David Malouf:
“Notes on an Undiscovered Continent”
“this day, under my hand”
4. Les Murray:
“Poetry and Religion”
“The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever”
References:
1.Armstrong, Jeannette. (ed.) Looking at the Words of Our People: First Nations Analysis of Literature. Penticton: Theytus Books, 1993.
2.Atwood, Margaret. Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature. Toronto: Anansi Press, 1982.
3.Brydon, Diana & Helen Tiffin (Eds). Decolonising Fictions. Dangaroo, 1993.
4.Tiffin, Chris & Lawson, Alan (eds.) Describing Empire: Postcolonialism and Textuality.Routeledge, 1994.
5.Castles, S. Kalantzis, M. Cope, B. and Morissey, M. Mistaken Identity: Multiculturalism and the Demise of Nationalism in Australia. Sydney: Pluto Press, 1988.
6.Corkhill, Annette Robyn. The Immigrant Experience in Australian LiteratureMelbourne: Academia Press, 1995.
7.Emenyonu, Ernest.Studies on the Nigerian Novel. Heinemann, 1991.
8.Fanon, Frantz. Black Skins, White Masks. Pluto Press: London, 1986
9.Gates, Henry Louis.Race, Writing and Difference. Chicago, 1985.
10.Gibbs, James. Critical Perspective on Wole Soyinka. Three Continents Press, 1980.
11.Githae-Mugo, Mirce.Visions of Africa. Kenya Literature Bureau, 1978.
12.Gilroy, Paul.The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness. Verso, 1994.
13.Hergenhan, L. (Ed.). The Penguin New Literary History of Australia. Ringwood: Penguin, 1988.
14.Howells, Coral Ann & Kroller, Eva-Marie (Eds.) The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
15.Jones, Eldred. The Writing of Wole Soyinka. Heinemann, 1987.
16.King, Bruce. The New literatures: Cultural Nationalism in a Changing World. Macmillan, 1987. 17.Lutz, Hartmut. And Coomi S. Vevaina. Connections: Non-Native Responses to Native Canadian Literature.(ed.) New Delhi: Creative Books, 2003.
18.Marlatt and Betsy Warland. Telling It: Women and Language Across Cultures. Press Gang, 1990. 19.Nasta, Susheila. Motherlands: Women’s Writing from Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia.Women’s Press, 1991.
20.Pandurang Mala and Anke Bartels. (eds.) African Women Novelists: Re-imaging Gender. New Delhi: Pencraft International. 2010.
21.Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth. Literature of the Caribbean. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2008 22.Pierce, Peter. The Cambridge History of Australian Literature. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
23.Soyinka, Wole. Myth, Literature and the African World. Oxford, 1991
24.Vevaina, Coomi and Barbara Godard.(ed.) Intersexions: Issues of Race and Gender in Canadian Women’s Writing. New Delhi: Creative, 1996.
25.White, R. Inventing Australia: Images and Identity 1688-1980. Sydney: Allen andUnwin, 1981. 26.Whitlock, Gillian and Carter, David (Ed). Images of Australia. Queensland: University of
27.Wright, Derek. Wole Soyinka: Life, Work, and Criticism. York Press: Queensland Press, 2001.
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