Elective · 01/ENG/DSE/453T · 2026–27 intake
Indian Diasporic Literature
Semester VIII · 4 credits · 5 units
Examination scheme & source discrepancies
The source lists 3 hours, 80 end-semester marks and 20 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.
Examination Scheme Maximum Marks: 80 Time: 03 Hours Part-1 (10 X 2 =20) Total ten questions. Answer to these questions shall be limited to 30 words each. Part -2 : (5 X 12 =60) Candidate shall answer one out of two questions from each unit. Answer to these questions shall be limited to 500 words.
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 ITheorizing diaspora
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Theorizing Diaspora
Source syllabus · page 144Unit IIIndian diaspora: historical perspective
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Indian Diaspora: Historical Perspective
Source syllabus · page 144Unit IIIIndia: A Wounded Civilization
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V.S. Naipaul: India: A Wounded Civilization
Source syllabus · page 144Unit IVThe Palace of Illusions
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Chitra B. Divakaruni: The Palace of Illusions
Source syllabus · page 144Unit VThe Namesake
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Jhumpa Lahiri: The Namesake
Source syllabus · page 144