F.Y.B.A. DSC English- Popular Literature (semester 1)

Discipline Specific Course (core)

EGG 102 POPULAR LITERATURE

Semester 1

No. of Credits: 04

No. of Lectures per week: 04 (60 Lectures each Semester)

Course Content:

1. Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking Glass                                                         [15 contact hours]

2. Agatha Christie – The Murder of Roger Ackroyd                                               [15 contact hours]

3. Shyam Selvadurai – Funny Boy                                                                             [15 contact hours]

4. Durgabai Vyam and Subhash Vyam Bhimayana – Experiences of Untouchability/ Autobiographical Notes on Ambedkar (For the Visually Challenged students)         [15 contact hours]

Suggested Topics and Background Prose Readings for Class Presentations: 

·      Coming of Age

·  The Canonical and the Popular

·  Caste, Gender and Identity

·  Ethics and Education in Children’s Literature

·  Sense and Nonsense

·  The Graphic Novel

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Bibliography:

a)      Brooks, Cleanth, and Wimsatt. Literary Criticism: A Short History. Routledge, 1957.

b)      Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Blackwell, 1983.

c)       Robey, David & Jefferson, Anne. Modern Literary Theory: A Comparative Introduction. Batsford, 1986.

d)      Selden, Raman. The Theory of Criticism from Plato to the Present: A Reader. Longman, 1988.

e)      Webster, Roger. Studying Literary Theory: An Introduction. Arnold, 199