New IGNOU MEG-14 Help Book Contemporary Indian Literature in English Translation in English – MA English Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Background Studies
The Concept of Indian Literature
The Concept of Indian Literature: Modern Period
Comparative Studies in Indian Literature
English Translation of Indian Literature

Block 2 – Samskara: U. R. Anantha Murthy
The Writer and his Literary Context
Samskara: The Narrative
Samskara: Form and Themes
Samskara: Characters, Title, Literary Criticism and Contemporary Relevance

Block 3 – Tamas: Bhisham Sahni
The Writer and The Partition
Getting to Know the Text
Making Sense of the Narrative
Characters and Characterization
An Overview

Block 4 – Short Story-I
Mahasweta Devi: Salt
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer: Birthday
Nirmal Verma: Birds
Ismat Chughtai: Tiny’s Granny
Gopinath Mohanty: Tadpa

Block 5 – Short Story-II
Indira Goswami (Mamoni Raisom Goswami): The Empty Chest
Motilal Jotwani: Very Lonely, She
Afsar Ahmed: Headmaster, Prawn, Chanachur
Vijaydan Detha: The Compromise

Block 6 – Poetry
K. S. Nongkynrih: Requiem (Khasi)
Haribhajan Singh: Tree and The Sage
Dina Nath Nadim: The Moon
Kondepudi Nirmala: Mother Serious
Ramakanta Rath: Sri Radha
Sitanshu Yashashchandra: Orpheus

Block 7 – Tughlaq: Girish Karnad
Introducting Contemporary Indian Literature
Introducting The Author and The Play
Tughlaq: Structure, Themes and Motifs
Characters and Critical Comments on the Play

Block 8 – Non-Fictional Prose
Amrita Rai: Prem Chand, His Life and Times
Bama (Faustina Mary Fatima Rani): Karukku
Saadat Hasan Manto: On Ismat
Uma Prasad Mukhopadhyaya: Manimahesh