World Literatures

Syllabus

Notes

Full Texts

a. Valmiki: Joothan

b. Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart

c. Stories from Living Literatures

Marquez, ‘Balthazar’s Marvellous Afternoon’

Paz, ‘The Blue Bouquet’

d. Essay from Living Literatures

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, From ‘Decolonising the Mind’

The essay given in Living Literatures is an extract from ‘Decolonising the Mind‘. Only the following pages are included in the extract:

• Chapter 1 (Section III) Page no. 10,11,12,13
• Chapter 1 (Section IX) Page no. 27,28,29
• The remaining sections or chapters can be read if desired but they have not been included in the extract.

e. Poetry

Neruda: Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks

Walcott: Names