MEG-14 English Topics Covered
Block 1 – Background Studies
- Unit 1 – The Concept of Indian Literature
- Unit 2 – The Concept of Indian Literature: Modern Period
- Unit 3 – Comparative Studies in Indian Literature
- Unit 4 – English Translation of Indian Literature
Block 2 – Samskara: U. R. Anantha Murthy
- Unit 1 – The Writer and his Literary Context
- Unit 2 – Samskara: The Narrative
- Unit 3 – Samskara: Form and Themes
- Unit 4 – Samskara: Characters, Title, Literary Criticism and Contemporary Relevance
Block 3 – Tamas: Bhisham Sahni
- Unit 1 – The Writer and The Partition
- Unit 2 – Getting to Know the Text
- Unit 3 – Making Sense of the Narrative
- Unit 4 – Characters and Characterization
- Unit 5 – An Overview
Block 4 – Short Story-I
- Unit 1 – Mahasweta Devi: Salt
- Unit 2 – Vaikom Muhammad Basheer: Birthday
- Unit 3 – Nirmal Verma: Birds
- Unit 4 – Ismat Chughtai: Tiny’s Granny
- Unit 5 – Gopinath Mohanty: Tadpa
Block 5 – Short Story-II
- Unit 1 – Indira Goswami (Mamoni Raisom Goswami): The Empty Chest
- Unit 2 – Motilal Jotwani: Very Lonely, She
- Unit 3 – Afsar Ahmed: Headmaster, Prawn, Chanachur
- Unit 4 – Vijaydan Detha: The Compromise
Block 6 – Poetry
- Unit 1 – K. S. Nongkynrih: Requiem (Khasi)
- Unit 2 – Haribhajan Singh: Tree and The Sage
- Unit 3 – Dina Nath Nadim: The Moon
- Unit 4 – Kondepudi Nirmala: Mother Serious
- Unit 5 – Ramakanta Rath: Sri Radha
- Unit 6 – Sitanshu Yashashchandra: Orpheus
Block 7 – Tughlaq: Girish Karnad
- Unit 1 – Introducting Contemporary Indian Literature
- Unit 2 – Introducting The Author and The Play
- Unit 3 – Tughlaq: Structure, Themes and Motifs
- Unit 4 – Characters and Critical Comments on the Play
Block 8 – Non-Fictional Prose
- Unit 1 – Amrita Rai: Prem Chand, His Life and Times
- Unit 2 – Bama (Faustina Mary Fatima Rani): Karukku
- Unit 3 – Saadat Hasan Manto: On Ismat
- Unit 4 – Uma Prasad Mukhopadhyaya: Manimahesh