Post Graduate Diploma in Indian Literature (PGDIL)
Learning Objectives:
The primary objective of this course is to familiarise students with various dimensions of the sensibilities embedded in Indian literature.
Learning Outcomes:
By studying this course students will be able to have a clear understanding of Indian consciousness through the literary texts, ranging from ancient to the modern times.
| Distribution of Total Hours of Teaching | |||||
| Semester – I | |||||
| Total Credits
|
Lecture (Credits) | Assignment(Credits) | Lectures(Hours) | Assignment(Hours) | Total Hours of Teaching |
| 20 | 12 | 8 | 180 | 120 | 300 |
Course content:
Paper 1: Indian Literature: Introduction (5 Credits)
Lecture (3 Credits )& Assignment (2 Credits)
| Chapter | Content | No. of Lectures | Duration of Lectures (Hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| P-1. 1 | Indian History: Society and Culture | 1 | 2 |
| P-1. 2 | A Historical view of Indian Literature | 1 | 2 |
| P-1. 3 | Indian Literature: Vedic, Agam/Tantra, Pali, Prakrit and Apbhransh | 5 | 10 |
| P-1. 4 | Medieval and Modern History of Sanskrit | 2 | 4 |
| P-1. 5 | Hindi Literature: Ancient period, Bhakti period and Reeti period | 3 | 6 |
| P-1. 6 | General Introduction to the Literature of Indian Languages: Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Bangla, Assamese, Odiya, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu, Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali, Sindhi, Bodo, Maithili and Santali. | 20 | 40 |
| Total | 32 | 64 | |
Paper 2: Indian Philosophy (5 Credits)
Lecture (3 Credits) & Assignment (2 Credit)
| Chapter | Content | No. of Lectures | Duration of Lectures (Hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part-1 (Indian Philosophy) | |||
| P-1. 1 | Sankhya, Yog, Mimansa and Nyay | 4 | 8 |
| P-1. 2 | Buddha and Jaina Philosophy | 2 | 4 |
| P-1. 3 | Pratyabhigya and Shaakt Philosophy | 2 | 4 |
| P-1. 4 | Shankar, Madhva, Nimbark, Ramanujacharya, Chaitanya, Vallabhacharya and Sri Aurobindo | 8 | 16 |
| Total | 16 | 32 | |
| Part-2 (Poetic Contemplation) | |||
| P-2. 2. 1 | Classification and the place of Indian Literature | 1 | 2 |
| P-2. 2. 2 | Poetry: Definition, Purpose, Relevance and Readership | 2 | 4 |
| P-2. 2. 3 | Parts of Literature: Visual, Auditory, Prose, Mixed, Prabandh and Muktak | 2 | 4 |
| P-2. 2. 4 | Drama/Performance and types of Allegories | 1 | 2 |
| P-2. 2. 5 | Rasa Theory: Form, Process and Types | 2 | 4 |
| P-2. 2. 6 | Kavya Theory: Figures of Speech, Dhvani, Vakrokti, Reeti and Auchitya (Form, Process and Types) | 4 | 8 |
| P-2. 2. 7 | Discourse in Indian Knowledge System: Special reference to Vakyapadiya and Rajtarangini | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 31 | 62 | |
Paper 3: Indian Literature: Ancient Period (5 Credits)
Lecture (3 Credits) & Assignment (2 Credits)
| Chapter | Content | No. of Lectures | Duration of Lectures (Hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| P 3.1 | P 3.1 Ramayana: Cosmic Poetry, Historical elements, Poetic aspects, Socio-cultural dimensions, Prevalence in Folk, Ramayana and Contemporary Discourses.
Ramayana: Kishkindhakanda, Sunderkanda and Yuddhakanda |
8 | 16 |
| P 3.2 | Mahabharata: History, Socio-cultural dimensions, Prevalence in Folk Mahabharata: Sabha Parva |
7 | 14 |
| P 3.3 | A Comparative analysis of Ramayana-Mahabharata | 1 | 2 |
| P 3.4 | General introduction to Sangam Literature | 1 | 2 |
| P 3.5 | Kalidasa: Abhijnanasankuntalam (Act – 1, 2 and 3) | 5 | 10 |
| P 3.6 | Shudrak: Mrichchkatikam/The Clay Cart (Act 1 and 2) | 4 | 8 |
| Total | 36 | 52 | |
Paper 4: Indian Literature: Medieval Period (5 Credits)
Lecture (3 Credits) & Assignment (2 Credit)
| Chapter | Content | No. of Lectures | Duration of Lectures (Hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| P 4.1 | Laleshwari | 2 | 4 |
| P 4.2 | Shankdev | 2 | 4 |
| P 4.3 | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu | 2 | 4 |
| P 4.4 | Narsinh Mehta | 2 | 4 |
| P 4.5 | Tukaram | 2 | 4 |
| P 4.6 | Amir Khusrau | 2 | 4 |
| P 4.7 | Kabir | 2 | 4 |
| P 4.8 | Guru Nanak | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 16 | 32 | |
| Distribution of Total Hours of Teaching |
| Semester – II |
| Total Credits | Lecture (Credits) |
Assignment (Credits) |
Lectures (Hours) |
Assignment (Hours) |
Total Hours of Teaching |
| 20 | 12 | 8 | 180 | 120 | 300 |
Paper 5: Modern Indian Literature: Poem (5 Credits)
Lecture (3 Credits) & Assignment (2 Credits)
| Chapter | Content | No. of Lectures | Duration of Lectures (Hours) |
| P 5.1 |
Rabindranath Tagore – Gitanjali (Bangla) |
4 | 8 |
| P 5.2 |
Shri Aurobindo – Savitri (Canto – 3 and 4) (English) |
4 | 8 |
| P 5.3 |
Jaishankar Prasad – Kamayani (Shraddha and Ida Sarg) (Hindi) |
4 | 8 |
| P 5.4 |
Nirala – Ram ki Shakti Pooja (Hindi) |
4 | 8 |
| P 5.5 |
Anjali Narzari – Ang Mabwrwi Dong Daswng (Bodo) |
4 | 6 |
| Total | 20 | 40 |
Paper 6: Modern Indian Literature: Story and Novel (5 Credits)
Lecture (3 Credits) & Assignment (2 Credits)
| Chapter | Content | No. of Lectures | Duration of Lectures (Hours) |
| P 6.1 |
Chandradhar Sharma Guleri – Usne Kaha Tha (Hindi) |
4 | 8 |
| P 6.2 |
Hari Mohan Jha – Kanyadaan (Maithili) |
4 | 8 |
| P 6.3 |
Usha Priyamvada – Pachpan Khambe Laal Deewarein (Hindi) |
4 | 8 |
| P 6.4 |
Sheetaljeet Singh Rajkumar – Kamla-Kamla (Manipuri) |
4 | 8 |
| P 6.5 |
M K Sanu – Nakshatrangaluate Snehabhajanam (Malyalam) |
4 | 8 |
| Total | 20 | 40 |
Paper 7: Modern Indian Literature: Plays, Essays and other Prose Disciplines (5 Credits)
Lecture (3 Credits) & Assignment (2 Credits)
| Chapter | Content | No. of Lectures | Duration of Lectures (Hours) |
| P 7.1 |
Jaishankar Prasad – Chandragupt (Hindi) |
4 | 8 |
| P 7.2 |
Vijay Tendulkar – Ghashiram Kotwal (Marathi) |
4 | 8 |
| P 7.3 |
Girish Karnad – Yayati (Kannada) |
4 | 8 |
| P 7.4 |
Mahadevi Verma – Ateet ke Chalchitra (Hindi) |
4 | 8 |
| P 7.5 |
Indira Goswami – The Journey (Assamese) |
5 | 10 |
| Total | 21 | 42 |
Paper 8: Modern Literary Criticism (5 Credits)
Lecture (3 Credits) & Assignment (2 Credits)
| Chapter | Content | No. of Lectures | Duration of Lectures (Hours) |
| P 8.1 |
Ideological Landscape of Modern Criticism |
2 | 4 |
| P 8.2 |
Methodology of Poetic Criticism |
2 | 4 |
| P 8.3 |
“Kavya mein Lokmangal”, “Virudhon ka Samnjasya” (Acharya Ramchandra Shukl) |
2 | 4 |
| P 8.4 |
Aadhunik Hindi Sahitya ka Paridrishya (Agyeya) |
2 | 4 |
| P 8.5 |
Hindi Criticism and Contemporary Discourse |
5 | 10 |
| P 8.6 |
Theory of Imagination (Coleridge) |
2 | 4 |
| P 8.7 |
Tradition and the Individual Talent, Theory of Impersonality, Objective Correlative. (T. S. Eliot) |
3 | 3 |
| P 8.8 |
Basic Introduction – Romanticism, Realism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism |
4 | 8 |
| P 8.9 |
Modernism and Post-modernism |
3 | 4 |
| P 8.10 |
Imagery, Symbol, Paradox, Irony, Fantasy, Myth |
4 | 6 |
| Total | 29 | 54 |
Essential Readings:
