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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

 

 

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