Course Title: Forms and Trends in Fiction
| Level |
MA in English |
| Course Code |
ENGL 554 |
| Total Credits |
3 Hours |
| Contact Hours |
48 |
Course Description
This course acquaints students with forms and trends in the art of fiction. It explores developments of novel writing, modernist and postmodernist modes, and experimental graphic narratives.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Enrich understanding of forms, trends, and movements in fictional genre.
- Enhance interpretive strategies and critical thinking skills on novelistic discourses.
- Foster aesthetic, humanistic, and critical insights through close reading.
Course Contents
Unit I: Elements and Concepts (12 Hours)
- George Hughes: Openings; Description, Character, Dialogue, Monologue; Narrative and Narrators; Endings from Reading Novels
- Julie Armstrong: Introduction; When Was/What Was Modernity? from Experimental Fiction
- Jago Morrison: History and Post-histories; Time and Narrative; Bodies, Genders from Contemporary Fiction
- Karin Kukkonen: Narration and Narrators; Autobiographical Comics from Studying Comics and Graphic Novels
Unit II: Realism and Romance (9 Hours)
- Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights
- Henry James: The American
Unit III: Modern and Postmodern (9 Hours)
- Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises
- Han Kang: The Vegetarian
Unit IV: Metafiction and Experimentation (9 Hours)
- John Fowles: The French Lieutenant's Woman
- Salman Rushdie: Shalimar the Clown
Unit V: Graphic and Anime (9 Hours)
- Kieron Moore / Rajesh Nagulakoda: Buddha: An Enlightened Life
- Sara Pichelli / Justin Ponsor: Ultimate Comics: Spider Man
Evaluation Scheme
Internal Evaluation
| Component |
Marks |
| Attendance / Participation / Presentation |
10 |
| Textual Explication / Research Paper |
15 |
| Mid-term Examination |
15 |
External Examination
| Component |
Marks |
| Long-answer Questions (2 out of 3) |
30 |
| Critical Reflections on Excerpts (3 out of 5) |
15 |
| Short Notes / Short Questions (3 out of 5) |
15 |
Prescribed Text
Hughes, George. Reading Novels. Vanderbilt UP, 2002.
Morrison, Jago. Contemporary Fiction. Routledge, 2012.
