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Pakistani Literatures in English: Course Outline

Course Code ENG 315

Aims And Objectives

To provide an insight into the trends in Pakistani Literature in English.
To analyze the style and themes of Pakistani Literature in English.
To trace the history of Pakistani Literature in English and its current status.

Course Contents

What is Pakistani Literature in English? English Literature vs. National Literature in English.
English Language and Literature in the Sub-continent: a colonial agenda.
Diaspora: cause and impacts upon Pakistani Literature in English.

Novels

Ice-Candy Man
Bapsi Sidwa, Ice-Candy Man
Salt and Safron
Kamila Shamsie, Salt and Safron

Short stories

Our Lane
Ahmad Ali, Our Lane
the Snail
Tarique Rehman, the Snail
the Laid-off Man
Jawed Qazi, the Laid-off Man

Recommended Books

history of Pakistani
Rahman,Tarique; A history of Pakistani Literature in English ( Lahore,1991)
Leaving Home
Shamsie, M(ed); Leaving Home: A collection of English Prose by Pakistani writers
( Karachi 2001}

Poetry

the Time to Love
Taufiq Rafat: the Time to Love;Kitchens; Mr Nachiketa; Reflections; Arrival of the Monsoon;
An Ode to Death
Daud Kamal: An Ode to Death; A street Revisited water carrier; The Leap; the gift
the Country at my Shoulders
Moniza Alvi: Selections from; the Country at my Shoulders

Recommended Books

A Divided Legacy
Zaman, Niaz; A Divided Legacy