VI – Semester

Paper VII World Literatures

Unit I A brief introduction to World Literatures
• A History of European/Asian Literatures
• Post colonial Literature
• Diaspora Literature
• African Literatures

Unit II
Prose
1. Anton Chekov: The Avenger (Russia/Russian)
2. Katherine Mansfield: The Doll’s House (English/ New Zealand)

Unit III
Poetry
1. Ernest Janim: Asleep (Austria)
2. Yehuda Amichai: All the Generations Before Me(Hebrew/Israel)
3. David Diop: Africa (French/ West Africa)
4. TilakRatnakara: Whisper of the Bodhi Leaves (Srilanka)

Unit IV
(10hours)
Novel
1. KhaledHosseini: The Kite Runner (English/Afghanistan)(Extract)

Unit V
Play
1. Bertolt Brecht: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Extract)(English/ German)

External References/Readings
1. Bill Ashcroft el al’sThe Empire writes back (Introduction)
2. Edward Said’s Orientalism
3. David Damrosch – Introduction to World Literature