Common Wealth Literature 2nd Year 1st Semester Syllabus

EN 2105 – Common Wealth Literature

Higher National Diploma in English (HNDE) – 2nd Year 1st Semester Syllabus

Poetry (40 /20 hrs)

WoleSoynka Telephone conversation Poem Summary / Theme & Analysis
A.K. Ramanujan River Poem Summary & Analysis
A.K. Ramanujan Obituary Poem Summary & Analysis
N. Ezekial Back Ground Casually Poem Summary & Analysis
Kamala Das My Grand Mother’s House Poem Summary & Analysis
Dereckwalkot Far Cry from Africa Poem
Tagore Unworthy Gift Poem
J. P Clerk Night Rain Poem Summary & Analysis

Short story (15/ 5 hrs)

Post Master’ by Tagore
Divorcee by Ken SaroWiwa

Novel (35/ 20 hrs)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
‘Waiting Earth’ by P. Wijenayeka