INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE NAME OF DEPTT,/CENTRE: Humanities & Social Sciences 1. Subject Code: HSN-913 Course Title: The Art of Fiction 2. Contact Hours: 1:13 ea P:0 3. Examination Duration (Hrs.): Theory : 3 Practical : 4. Relative Weightage: CWS: 25' PRS:0 MTE:25 ETE:50 PRE:0 5. Credits:4 6. Semester: Autumn/ Spring 7. Subject Area: Language and Literature 8. Pre-requisite: Nil 9. Objective of Course: To acquaint the scholars with the different crafts and techniques adopted by novelist and to familiarize them with the major ccurrents in the history of novel. 10. Details of course : ‘S.No Particulars _ Contact Hours: 1, | Background Survey: Fiction as a Genre, The 08 Meaning of Fiction, Fact in Fiction, Types of Fiction, Difference between novel and short story 2. | Development of the Novel: Story-telling and Novel, 08 ‘The Four Wheels of the Novel, Epistolary ‘Techniques, Novel in the 19" Century 3 [Science and Novel: impact of Science & Technology 08 con the Novel, Changing Social Realities and their Reflection in the Novel, Science Fiction @ | Modern Novel: Concept of Modemity in Novel, the 08 changing concept of Time, Stream of Consciousness techniques, the changing art of characterization. %. _| Structural Pattern: Narrative Techniques, Plot and 05 ‘Structure, Various theories for_interpretalion. 6. | Novel as a Global Art Form: Development ofa 8 Novel as an art form in Europe, America and India; influence of localized tendencies and movements Total a = Gite14. Suggested Books: ‘S.No. _ Name of Books/Authors Year of . Publication 1__| The Art of the Novel, Milan Kundera 1995 2.__| The Aspects of the Novel, E.M.Forster 1990 3.__ | The Craft of Fiction, Lubbock, Perey 1957 4.__ | Character and the Novel, Harvey, W.J. —__ 1965 '5.__| The Rhetoric of Fiction, Booth, Wayne C. Latest edition 6.__|In Theory, Aljaj Ahmed 2009 -62-