New IGNOU MEG-07 Help Book Indian English Literature in English – MA English Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Non-Fictional Prose
Non-Fictional Prose: A Survey
Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, and Ananda Coomaraswamy
Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Vikram Seth and Amitav Ghosh

Block 2 – Mulk Raj Anand: Untouchable
A Short History of the Indian English Novel
Life and Work of Mulk Raj Anand
Untouchable: Title, Theme, Plot and Characterisation
The Picture of a Fragmented Nation in Anand’s Untouchable
The Gandhian Influence
Style

Block 3 – Raja Rao: Kanthapura
Raja Rao: Career and Works
Kanthapura: Background
Kanthapura: Themes
Kanthapura: Structure and Technique
Kanthapura: Characters

Block 4 – Anita Desai: Clear Light of Day
Anita Desai: Life, Works and the Language Issue
Clear Light of Day: Themes, Techniques, Time
Political Dimension, Major Characters
Music, Minor Characters
Anita Desai’s Contribution to Indian English Fiction

Block 5 – Midnight’s Children
Background
Midnight’s Children: The De-Doxified English
Themes in Midnight’s Children
Techniques in Midnight Children
Characterization in Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children as a Literary Event

Block 6 – The Short Story
About the Short Story
R.K.Narayan
Arun Joshi and Manoj Das
Subhadra Sen Gupta and Raji Narasimhan
Shashi Deshpande and Githa Hariharan
Ruskin Bond

Block 7 – Poetry
Background to Indian English Poetry
Henry Derozio and Toru Dutt
Sri Aurobindo and Sarojini Naidu
Nissim Ezekiel and Kamala Das
A.K. Ramanujan, Arun Kolatkar, and Jayanta Mahapatra
R.Parthasarathy and Keki N. Daruwalla

Block 8 – Mahesh Dattani: Tara
An Overview of Indian English Drama
A Preview of Dattani’s Dramatic World
Reading Tara
Appreciating Tara