Fiction U.P State NEP B.A 5th Semester

Unit

Topic

No. of Lectures

I

Literary Terms: Plot, Characterization, Narrative Technique & Structure, Elements of Novel,

9

II

Earlier Trends in fiction: Picaresque Novel, Historical Novel, Gothic Novel, Epistolary Novel, Regional Novel, Domestic novel.

10

III

Trends in 20th & 21st Century Fiction: Detective Novel, Science Fiction, Meta Fiction, Utopia, Dystopia, Mythological Fiction, Campus Fiction, Space Fiction, Chic Lit, Junk Fiction

10

IV

British Fiction: Charles Dickens- A Tale of Two Cities

Or

Thomas Hardy- Far from the Madding Crowd

9

V

British Fiction: Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice

Or

George Eliot- Mill on the Floss

9

VI

American Fiction: Toni Morrison- The Bluest Eye

Or

Harper Lee- To Kill a Mocking Bird

9

VII

American Fiction: Ernest Hemingway- The Old Man and the Sea

Or

John Steinbeck- The Grapes of Wrath

9

VIII

Indian Popular Fiction

1)        Arvind Adiga- The White Tiger

2)        Sanjay Chitranshi- Dalit, Dynasty and She

Or

Sudha Murthy- Dollar Bahu

10