Paper 202: Indian English Literature – Post-Independence
Unit 1: Poems by Pravin Gadhavi (Laughing Buddha), Meena Kandasamy (Eklavyam, One Eyed), Rachana Joshi (Leaving India), Nissim Ezeikle (Patriot); Kamala Das (An Introduction)
Kamala Das - "An Introduction"
Unit 2: Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children (1981)
Unit 3: Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions (1993)
Unit 4: Three Prose Writers, The New’ Poets and Conclusion: Indian Writing in English (K R S Iyengar)
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Unit 1: Poems by Praveen Gadhavi (Laughing Buddha), Meena Kandasamy (Eklavyam, One Eyed), Rachana Joshi (Leaving India), Nissim Ezekiel (The Patriot); Kamala Das (An Introduction)
Kamala Das- An Introduction (Poem and Analysis)
Analysis of Poems by Meena Kandasamy
Savage Treatment of Untouchables in Meena Kandasamy’s “One-Eyed”
The Patriot - Nissim Ezekiel (Poem and Analysis)
Laughing Buddha - Praveen Gadhavi (Poem and Analysis)
Background Reading of the Poem by Praveen Gadhavi
Rachna Joshi - Leaving India (Poem and Analysis)
Question Bank - The Selected Poems
Quiz -Check your Understanding
Further Reading:
Unit 2: Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children (1981)
Unit 3: Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions (1993)
Characters -The Final Solutions
Post-Feminists analysis of female characters in Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions
Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions: an Analytical Study
Problems of Communal Divide and Tension in Mahesh Dattani's "The Final Solutions"
Movie Screening - The Final Solutions
Unit 4: Three Prose Writers, The New Poets and Conclusion: Indian Writing in English
(K R S Iyengar)
Radhakrishnan's Hindu View of Life (points to remember)
Radhakrishnan's Idealist View of Life (points to remember)
Conclusion: Indian Writing in English