Indian Literature in Translation

Unit

Topic

No. of Lectures

I

1)      Introducing Translation: A Brief History and Significance of Translation in a Multilinguistic and Multicultural Society like India

2)      Literal translation Versus Free translation

12

II

Using Tools of Technology for Translation: Computer / Mobile Translation, Software or Translating Different Kinds of Texts with Differing Levels of Complexity and for Transliteration

11

III

Fiction

Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World, tr. Surendranath Tagore

OR

Amrita Pritam, Pinjar: The Skeleton and Other Stories, tr. Khushwant Singh (New Delhi: Tara Press, 2009)

11

IV

Poetry

Jayshankar Prasad, Aansu (The Garden of Loneliness), tr. Charles S.J. White (Delhi: Motilal Banarasidas, 2006)

OR

Kabir: The English Writings of Rabindra Nath Tagore (1994, Vol.1 Ed. Sisir Kumar Das, Sahitya Akademi, Verses- 1,2, 8,12, 53, 69)

11

V

Short Fiction

1)      Bhisham Sahni- Amritsar Aa Gaya

2)      Mahasweta Devi- The Hunt

11

VI

Drama

1)      Mohan Rakesh- Adhe Adhure (Halfway House)

2)      Vijay Tendulkar- Kanyadan

12

VII

Translation Practice

1)      One Passage for Translation (Hindi to English)

2)      One Stanza for Translation (Hindi to English)

11

VIII

Translation Practice

1)      One Passage for Translation (English to Hindi)

2)      One Stanza for Translation (English to Hindi)

11