Introduction to Literatures in English 2 – For MU FYBA Semester 2 | Sopan Gove | Nirali Prakashan

1. Short Stories from the West                        1.1 – 1.50

1.1   O’ Henry: “The Last Leaf”

1.2   Leo Tolstoy: “What Men Live By”

1.3   Roald Dahl: “Lamb to the Slaughter”

2. Short Stories from the East                        2.1 – 2.34

2.1   Rabindranath Tagore: “The Hungry Stones”

2.2   Vilas Sarang: “A Revolt of the Gods” (from Fair Tree of the Void. Penguin Books (India) Ltd. New Delhi, 1990

2.3   Mridula Koshy: “The Good Mother” (from If it is Sweet, Tranquebar Press, 2009)

3. Essays                                                       3.1 – 3.28

3.1   Francis Bacon: “Of Studies”

3.2   Charles Lamb: “The Superannuated Man”

3.3   Rebecca Solnit: “Men Explain Things to Me”

4. Essays                                                       4.1 – 4.22

4.1   Shobha De: From “Speed Post”: “Dear Arundhati” Aug’99 and “Dear Aditya” June ‘99

4.2   Subroto Bagchi: From Go kiss the world: “Learning to Listen”

4.3   Sudha Murthy: “Three Thousand Stitches”

3 Model Question Papers

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