DEPT OF ENGLISH,

FACULTY OF ARTS,
THE MS UNIVERSITY OF BARODA
MPHIL COURSE IV (OPTIONAL)
APPROACHING INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
The purpose of this course is to familiarize the researcher with the key issues, statements and
debates regarding Indian literature and equip her with significant concepts, theories and ideas
necessary for research. Recommended texts and portions from important books are indicated
below each unit. Superisors are free to add more texts whereer necessary. !hereer entire texts
are indicated, the superisor can prescribe portions from it.
The emphasis is on proiding historical and sociological perspectie to the study of Indian
literature. The idea that Indian literature, like Indian society, is culturally rich, heterogeneous and
bafflingly complex underlies constitution of this course.
Unit 1 The Cate!"# !$ %In&ian Lite"at'"e(
i. "i#az "hmed, $ Indian %iterature&' Towards (efinition of a )ategory&,
*rom $In Theory&
ii. "+ Ramanu#an, $ Is There "n Indian !ay of Thinking,-
iii. ./ (ey, $Indian %iterature in 0nglish Translation&, from In "nother
Tongue
i. 11 Raeendran, $ .enealogies of Indian %iterature&, 0conomic and
1olitical !eekly, 23 4une 2556
. Sisir +umar (as, $The Idea of an Indian %iterature& from $" 7istory of
Indian %iterature&,
i. 8mashanker 4oshi, $ The Idea of Indian %iterature&, Sahitya "kademi
ii. 4effery 0bbesen, $ The 9uestion of "uthorship in Indian %iterature& in
%iterary India' )omparatie Studies in "esthetics, )olonialism and
)ulture, ed. 7ogan and 1andit,
Unit ) Hi*t!"i!"a+h# !$ In&ian Lite"at'"e
i: ./ (ey, from $ ;f <any 7eroes&
ii: +< .eorge, $ .eneral Introduction&, from <odern Indian %iterature' "n
"nthology&
iii: Sisir +umar (as, $ Indian %iterary 7istory' The =asic *ramework- from
$" 7istory of Indian %iterature&
i: Su#it <ukher#ee, $Towards " %iterary 7istory of India&
Unit , In&ian Pe"*+e-ti.e* !n C!/+a"ati.e Lite"a"# St'&ie*
i: "miya (e and (as, S.+. )omparatie %iterature' Theory and 1ractice.
ii: "bhai <aurya. Confluence: Historico-Comparative and Other Literary
Studies.
iii: "yyapa 1annikar, +. Spotlight on )omparatie Indian %iterature.
i: 1atrick )olm 7ogan, $ =eauty, 1olitics and )ultural ;therness' The =ias
of %iterary difference&, in and $ <ulticultural )omparitism& %iterary
India' )omparatie Studies in "esthetics, )olonialism and )ulture, ed.
7ogan and 1andit, >??@
: S.S. 1rawer, $)omparatie %iterary Studies' "n Introduction&.
Unit 0 Introduction to P"e In&e+en&en-e In&ian Lite"a"# C"iti-i*/
i: "+ Ramanu#an, $ ;n "ncient Tamil 1oetics&
ii: +. +rishnamoorthy, $ Sanskrit 1oetics' "n ;eriew&
iii: Rabindranath Tagore, $!hat is "rt,&, $ The 1oet&s Religion& and $
/ationalism&
i: Sri "urobindo, $The 0ssence of 1oetry& and $ The /ational 0olution of
1oetry& from The *uture 1oetry
Unit 1 Introduction to P!*t2In&e+en&en-e In&ian Lite"a"# C"iti-i*/
i: 0A Ramakrishnan, from $ <aking It /ew' <odernism in <alayalam,
<arathi and 7indi 1oetry&
ii: .ayatri ).Spiak, $ )an the Subaltern Speak,& and $ " literary
Representation of the Subaltern' <ahashweta (ei&s Stanadayini.&
iii: ./ (ey, $)rises in Indian %iterary )riticism&, from $ "fter "mnesia&
i: + Satchidanandan, from $Indian %iterature' 1ositions and 1ropositions&
: Suresh 4oshi, $ ;n Interpretation&
Unit 3 "pproaching Gen"e*
i: 0A Ramakrishnan, $ *ictionalizing India& and $ !riting the /ation,
Imagining the /ation& from <odern Indian Short Stories >?55B2555
ii: <eenakshi <ukher#ee,$ *rom 1urana to /utana& in Realism and Reality'
The /oel and Indian Society in India&
iii: 1andey, S and * Taraporewala, ed. Studies in )ontemporary Indian
(rama&, /ew (elhi' 1restige =ooks, >??5
i: Ainay (harwadkar,$ "fterword' <odern Indian 1oetry and its )ontexts&
in The ;xford "nthology of <odern Indian 1oetry 0d. (harwadkar and
Ramanu#an
Unit 4 Introduction to 5!/en 5"itin an& Gen&e" *t'&ie* in In&ia
i: *rom 0unice de Souza and %indsay 1ereira, !omenCs Aoices' Selections
from /ineteenth and 0arly Twentieth )entury Indian !riting in 0nglish
ii: Rukmini =haya /air, $ The Testament of the Tenth <use' " 1erspectie
on *eminine Sensibility and Sexuality among Indian !omen 1oets in
0nglish& in <odernism and "fter 0d. + Satchidanandan
iii: Susie Tharu and + %alita, $Introduction&, !omen !riting in India from
655 =) to the 1resent, ;81
i: Ruth Aanita, Introduction, $9ueering India' Same Sex %oe and
0roticism in Indian Society and )ulture&
Unit 6 "pproaching Da7it Lite"at'"e
i: "niket 4aaware, $0ating, and 0ating with, the (alit' " Reconsideration
Touching 8pon <arathi poetry
ii: (r. "mbedkar, $!ho were the Shudras,&
iii: 0leanor Delliot, Introduction, Delliot and <ulk Ra# "nand eds., "n
"nthology of (alit %iterature
Unit 8 In&ian Pe"*+e-ti.e* !n T"an*7ati!n
i: "+ Singh ed. Translation' Its theory and 1ractice
ii: Rukmini =haya /air, Eed.: Translation, Text F Theory' The 1aradigm of
India,
iii: St. 1ierre, Translation in a 1lurilingual 1ostBcolonial context' IndiaC in
S.Ramakrishna ed. Translation and <ultilingualism
i: Su#it <ukher#ee, Translation as (iscoery and ;ther 0ssays on Indian
%iterature in 0nglish Translation.
: Te#aswini /iran#ana, $Siting Translation' 7istory, 1ost Structuralism, and
the )olonial )ontext&
Unit 19 C!nte:t* !$ In&ian Lite"at'"e
i: "% =asham, from $ " !onder that was India&
ii: "shis /andy, from $ The Intimate 0nemy' %oss and Recoery under
)olonialism&
iii: 0dward Shils, $Tradition and <odernity' The )ase of Indian Society and
7istory&
i: </ Srinias, $!esternization& and $ Sanskritization& in $ Social )hange
in <odern India&
: Romila Thapar, $ " 7istory of India& ol I
i: Sudhir +akar from $ The Inner !orld' " 1sychoB"nalytic Study of
)hildhood ad Society in India&
RECOMMENDED READING
>. "bhai <aurya. Confluence: Historico-Comparative and Other Literary Studies
2. "dil 4ussawala ed., New Writing in India, 7armondsworth, 1enguin, >?G3
H. "hmad, "i#az. In heory: Classes! Nations! Literatures. =ombay' ;xford 8niersity
1ress, >??2
3. "% =asham, $ The !onder that was India&
@. "mit )haudhuri, ed., he "icador #oo$ of %odern Indian Literature, 1icador, 255>
6. "miya (e and (as, S.+. $Comparative Literature: heory and "ractice&
G. "nuradha (ingwaney and )arol <aier.Eeds.: #etween Languages and Cultures:
ranslation and Cross-Cultural e'ts( (elhi' ;xford 8niersity 1ress. >??6
I. "r#un (angle. 0d. "oisoned #read: ranslations from %odern %arathi )alit
Literature, ;%, 7yderabad, >??2
?. "rind +rishna <ehrotra, ed. *n Illustrated History of Indian Literature in +nglish,
1ermanent =lack, (elhi, 2552
>5. JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJed. he O'ford *nthology of welve %odern Indian "oets!
(elhi, ;81, >??2
>>. "shis /andy, $ he Intimate +nemy: Loss and ,ecovery under Colonialism&
>2. "yyapa 1annikar, $ Spotlight on Comparative Indian Literature&
>H. =ruce +ing, %odern Indian "oetry in +nglish, (elhi, ;81, >?IG
>3. 0dward Shils, -radition and %odernity: he Case of Indian Society and History&
>@. 0unice de Souza and %indsay 1ereira, ed. Women.s /oices: Selections from Nineteenth
and +arly wentieth Century Indian Writing in +nglish
>6. 0A Ramakrishnan, %a$ing it New: %odernism in %alayalam! %arathi and Hindi
"oetry! Shimla, >??@
>G. JJJJJJJJJJJJJJed. he ree of ongues: *n *nthology of %odern Indian "oetry'
Indian Institute of "danced Study, ShimlaB>G>55@.
>I. JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJed. Narrating India: he Novel in Search of a Nation, /ew (elhi'
Sahitya "kademi, >??2
>?. ../. (ey, *fter *mnesia: radition and Change in Indian Literary Criticism, ;rient
%ongman, >??2
25. JJJJJJJJJIn *nother ongue: +ssays on Indian +nglish Literature. <adras'
<acmillan India, >??H.
2>. JJJJJJJJJ Of %any Heroes: *n Indian +ssay in Literary Historiography. <umbai'
;rient %ongman, >??I.
22. JJJJJJJJJJJJed. Indian Literary Criticism : heory and Interpretation, /ew (elhi,
;rient %ongman, 2552
2H. +apil +apoor, Literary heory: Indian Conceptual 0ramewor$, "ffliated 0ast !est
1ress 1t. %td., /ew (elhi, >??I
23. +.<. .eorge et. "l. ed. %odern Indian Literature , Sahitya "kademi, /ew (elhi, >??2
2@. + Satchidanandan, Indian Literature: "ositions and "ropositions. (elhi' 1encraft
International, >???
26. JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ed., Indian "oetry: %odernism and *fter, Sahitya "kademi, 255>
2G. <akarand 1aran#ape ed., Nativism: +ssays in Criticism, /ew (elhi' Sahitya "kademi,
>??G
2I. <eenakshi <ukher#ee, ,ealism and ,eality: he Novel and Society in India, (elhi,
;81, >?I@
2?. </ Srinias, % Social Change in %odern India&
H5. <ulk Ra# "nand and 0leanor Delliot eds., *n *nthology of )alit Literature! /ew (elhi,
.yan 1ublishing 7ouse, >??2
H>. 1atrick )olm 7ogan and 1andit, ed. $ %ulticultural Comparitism& Literary India:
Comparative Studies in *esthetics! Colonialism and Culture, >??@
H2. Romila Thapar, $ A Hi*t!"# !$ In&ia( ol I, 1enguin India,
HH. Rukmini =haya /air, Eed.: ranslation! e't 1 heory: he "aradigm of India,
H3. Ruth Aanita, $2ueering India: Same Se' Love and +roticism in Indian Society and
Culture&
H@. Sisir +umar (as, * History of Indian Literature, Sahitya "kademi, /ew (elhi
H6. S.S. 1rawer, -Comparative Literary Studies: *n Introduction&;
HG. Sudhir +akar $ he Inner World: * "sycho-*nalytic Study of Childhood and Society in
India& , ;rient %ongman,
HI. Su#it <ukher#ee, owards a Literary History of India, Shimla' II"S, >?G@
H?. JJJJJJJJJJJJJranslation as )iscovery and Other +ssays on Indian Literature in
+nglish ranslation. 7yderabad' ;rient %ongman, >??3
35. JJJJJJJJJJJJranslation as ,ecovery, 1encraft International, (elhi,2553
3>. Susan =assnett and 7arish Triedi. 0d. "ost-Colonial ranslation: heory and "ractice.
%ondon and /K' Routledge, >???
32. Susie Tharu and + %alita, ed., Women Writing in India! 3 /ols. /ew (elhi, ;81, >??H
3H. Te#aswini /iran#ana, Siting ranslation: History! "ost-Structuralism! and the Colonial
Conte't. 7yderabad' ;rient %ongman, >???
33. 8mashanker 4oshi, - he Idea of Indian Literature&! Sahitya "kademi
3@. Ainay (harwadkar and "+ Ramanu#an ed., he O'ford *nthology of %odern Indian
"oetry! ;81, >??3