IGNOU MEG 14 Syllabus – Contemporary Indian Literature in English
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Here you will get the full syllabus for the IGNOU MEG 14 : Contemporary Indian Literature in English.
The syllabus of IGNOU MEG 14 is divided in 8 blocks and each block is again divided in units.
We have listed the detailed syllabus of all the 8 blocks and its units.
You can also find links to the summary of each blocks for MEG 14.
Content
Syllabus of MEG 14
Course Code
MEG 14
Course Title
Contemporary Indian Literature in English
Course Type
Optional Course
Blocks
Total 8 Blocks
Programme
MEG : Master’s Degree in English
University
IGNOU ( Indira Gandhi National Open University
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