Minor · 01/ENG/MNR/151T · 2026–27 intake
Indian Writing In English and Fiction
Semester II · 6 credits · 5 units
Examination scheme & source discrepancies
The source lists 3 hours, 120 end-semester marks and 30 sessional marks.
Some marking instructions are internally inconsistent. Confirm the current pattern with your department; the practice questions here do not claim to reproduce it.
Paper Setting &Marking Scheme: Time: 03 Hours MM= 120 Part- A (10x2=20 Marks) Two lines or quotes for explanation from poems prescribed in Unit 1. Remaining 08 questions (2 from each unit) are to be set from Unit 2, 3, 4 and 5. Answer to each question shall be limited up to 50 words. Part- B: (5x20=100 Marks) The Candidates shall attempt one out of two questions from all the five units in not more than 500 words each.
Overview calls this Indian Writing in English; detailed title is printed INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISHAND FICTION.
Despite the course title, Unit III includes Katherine Mansfield; preserve the prescribed list.
Not present in the owner-supplied 2026–27 PDF (jnvu_ba.pdf), which covers English Major papers only; this paper is retained from the G.D. Memorial College full syllabus copy.
Unit IThe Bird Sanctuary / Another View of Grace
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Poetry: Sarojini Naidu: The Bird Sanctuary A.K. Ramanujan: Another View of Grace
Source syllabus · page 71Unit IISpeech at Mahad
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Prose: B R Ambedkar: Speech at Mahad.
Source syllabus · page 71Unit IIIA Cup of Tea / Karma and more
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Short Stories: Katherine Mansfield: A Cup of Tea Khushwant Singh: Karma Manohar Malgonkar: Upper Division Love
Source syllabus · page 71Unit IVMy Experiments with Truth
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Autobiography: M.K. Gandhi: My Experiments with Truth
Source syllabus · page 71Unit VTara
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Drama: Mahesh Dattani: Tara
Source syllabus · page 71Recommended readings in the source
- Vinayak Krishna Gokak (ed.) : The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry. Sahitya Akademi, 1970
- Iyengar, Sreenivasa. Indian Writing in English. Delhi: Sterling, 1984.
- Naik, M.K. A History of Indian English Literature. Delhi: Sahitya Academy, 1982.
- Mehrotra, A.K. A Concise History of Indian Literature in English. Delhi: Permanent Black, 2008