SEMESTER III
CORE COURSES
Course 3: LITERATURE AND INFORMATICS
MODULE I: ICT SKILLS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (36 HOURS)
Data, information and knowledge – Various file formats – Networking - Internet access methods: Broadband connections, Dial-up connection – Academic search techniques: Favorites and bookmarks, search engines, subject directories, Wikis - Evaluating Web Sites - Creating a cyber presence: Instant messaging, Podcasts, Blogs and Vlogs, Webcasts, E-mail, Group Communication – Social networking – Academic web sites – Copyrights and patents - Plagiarism and how to detect it - IT in education - Educational software - Reference software – Academic services: INFLIBNET, NICNET, BRNET – Online libraries – E-journals – E-content development - IT in publishing – IT in film and media – Artificial intelligence – Virtual reality – Virtual classrooms – EDUSAT - Presentation software – Speech-recognition software – Machine translation - Documentation software - Language computing tools in Indic languages
MODULE II: SOCIAL INFORMATICS (36 HOURS )
Digital society and its challenges – IT and development – Free software movement: Open Source Software, Linux – New opportunities in the IT industry – IT industry threats: Theft, Spam, Cookies, Adware, Spyware, Malware, Phishing and internet hoaxes, Hackers, Trojan horses – Computer safeguards – Cyber ethics – Cyber security: Firewalls, other security measures – Privacy issues – Cyber laws – Cyber addiction – Information overload – Proper usage of computers – Internet and mobile phone – e-waste and green computing – Impact of IT on language and culture
MODULE III: WRITINGS ON INFORMATICS (18 HOURS )
Various essays dealing with informatics and its role in the society
4. CORE TEXT
Alan Evans et al. Literature and Informatics: Technology in Action. Pearson Education.
COURSE 4: READING PROSE
3. Course Outline
Module 1: Different Types of Prose 36 hours
a) Introduction: Dr.K.M.Krishnan
b) Samples of different types of prose
1. Amartya Sen : “Banquet Speech”
2. Charles Dickens : “Journey to Niagara”
3. George Bernard Shaw : “How I became a Public Speaker”
4. Jim Corbett : “A Deed of Bravery”
5. J B S Haldane : “Food”
6. Francis Bacon : “Of Studies
Module 2 Perspectives on Current Issues 36 hours
1. Amitav Ghosh : “The Diaspora in Indian Culture”
2. Kenneth Kaunda : “The Colour Bar”
3. Stephen Leacock : “With the Photographer”
4. G K Chesterton : “The Worship of the Wealthy”
5. Bertrand Russell : “An Ideal Individual”
6. R.N.Roy : “Martin Luther King”
7. A G Gardiner : “All About a Dog”
4. CORE TEXT
Dr K M Krishnan Ed. The Word and the World: Representative Prose Selections. DC Books.
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COMPLEMENTARY COURSE
ENCY1: EVOLUTION OF LITERARY MOVEMENTS: THE SHAPERS OF DESTINY
Module One : Moulding and Being Moulded 18 hours
Early settlers and invaders- the Iberians, the Celts and Romans, the
Angles, Saxons, Jutes. The Anglo Saxon heptarchy- The coming of
Christianity- Theodore of Tarsus and the organization of the church-
Alfred the Great – St. Dunstan and Edgar – Canute the Danish king-
Edward the Confessor, Harold Godwin- Society and literature of the
time-the Witangemot -the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, Beowulf, Caedmon,
Cynewulf, Venerable Bede and others-
Module Two : The True Briton 36 hours
Normans: the last invaders –William the Conqueror –the reforms of Henry I- Feudalism- the Angevin kings - the struggle between the church and the state, St. Thomas Becket – the universities of Oxford and Cambridge–the Guilds - Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades- the Magna Carta- Henry III – Simon de Montfort, and the Parliament- Edward I, annexation of Wales, Scotland and Ireland – Edward II and Edward III – The Black Death, The Hundred Years War, The Peasants Revolt – the effects of these on society and literature- The Wars of the Roses – Chaucer and the growth of the East Midland dialect into standard English – Growth of drama and stage performances- Chaucer’s contemporaries- John Wycliffe and the Lollards.
Module Three : Brittannia Rules the Waves 36 hours
The Tudor Dynasty- benevolent despots – Renaissance – maritime discoveries – the scientific temper and scientific inventions- flamboyant Henry VIII, Reformation- religious persecution- Thomas More, Erasmus, Thomas Cromwell-The Book of Common Prayer- Elizabeth I- Shakespeare – nest of singing birds- Francis Drake- peace and prosperity- The Stuarts and the Divine Right Theory- The Authorised Version- The Civil War- Oliver Cromwell and the Protectorate – John Milton- the Jacobean playwrights – Restoration- Caroline writers- The Whigs and Tories- Queen Anne and the expansion of colonialism – The Glorious Revolution
Module Four : A Precious Stone Set in the Silver Sea 18 hours
The United Kingdom today- Physical features of the British Isles, geography, demography – Customs and practices – myths and legends – the growth and development of the English language –the position held the UK in today’s world
Reading List
1.Trevelyan, G. M. Illustrated English Social History (Vol 1-6). England: Penguin, 1968.
2.Churchill, Winston. A History of the English Speaking Peoples (Vol 1-12). London: Cassel and Co., 1966.
3.Nehru, Jawaharlal. Glimpses of World History. New Delhi: Penguin, 2004.
4.Alexander, Michael (ed.) A History of English Literature. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2007.
5.Sampson, George (ed.) A History of English Literature. Delhi: Foundation, 2004.
6.Thorndike, Lynn. Encyclopedia of World Civilization (Vol 2). Delhi: Shubi Publications, 1990.
7.Yeats, W. B. Writings on Irish Folklore Legend and Myth. London: Penguin, 1999.
8.Warner, Marina. From the Beast to the Blond. London: Vintage, 1995.
4. CORE TEXT
Susan Varghese. Evolution of Literary Movements: The Shapers of Destiny. Current Books.
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COMMON COURSE FOR PROGRAMMES OTHER THAN B COM
Course V: REFLECTIONS ON INDIAN POLITY, SECULARISM AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
MODULE I: Readings on Indian Constitution and Federalism (18 hours)
1. The Preamble of the Constitution
2. Rajendra Prasad : “Let Posterity Judge”
3. Sebastian : “Exciting Views”
4. Amulal Hingorani : “Brother Abdul Rahman”
Note: “Dimensions of Indian Federalism” by Rajesh Kumar is excluded.
MODULE II: Readings on Gandhian Philosophy (18 hours)
1. Vallathol : “My Master”
2. Louis Fischer : “Gandhi and Western World”
3. Raja Rao : “The Cow of the Barricades”
4. M.K.Gandhi : “Round Table Conference Speech”
5. C E M Joad : “The Gandhian Way”
MODULE III: Readings on Secularism (18 hours)
1. Mohinder Sing Sarna : “Smaller Gandhis”
2. Kumar Vikal : “Can you Make Out”
3. Shashi Tharoor : “The Idea of India: India’s Mosaic of Multiplicities”
4. Ismat Chugtai : “Roots”
5. Padma Sachdev : “Smoke”
MODULE IV: Readings on Sustainable Environment (36 hours)
o Fritjof Capra : “Deep Ecology”
o A K Ramanujan : “Ecology”
o Sujatha Bhatt : “The First Meeting”
o Ramachandra Guha : “A Gandhian in Garhwal”
o Jack London : “The Law of Life”
o Elizabeth Bishop : “The Fish”
o Chief Seattle : “The End of Living and the Beginning of Survival”
o Robinson Jeffers : “The Last Conservative”
4. CORE TEXT
Dr B Keralavarma Ed. Understanding India: An Anthology on Indian Polity, Secularism and Sustainable Environment. Macmillan and Mahatma Gandhi University.
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COMMON COURSE B COM
PERSPECTIVES IN LITERATURE
MODULE ONE: ESSAYS (18 hours)
1. E.V. Lucas : “Bores”
2. Jawaharlal Nehru : “A Glory has Departed”
3. Amartya Sen : “Tryst with Destiny”
4. Bertrand Russell : “How to Escape from Intellectual Rubbish”
MODULE TWO: POETRY (18 hours)
1. William Shakespeare : Sonnet XXX
2. John Keats : “Ode to the Nightingale”
3. Robert Frost : “Mending Wall”
4. David Malouf : “The Bicycle”
5. Maya Angelou : “Poor Girl”
6. Kamala Das : “The Mask”
7. Nissim Ezekiel : “Goodbye party for Miss Pushpa T.S”
8. Gabriel Okara : “Once Upon a Time”
MODULE THREE: SHORT STORIES (18 hours)
1. Anton Chekov : “The Lottery Ticket”
2. O. Henry : “Jimmy Valentine”
3. R. K. Narayan : “A Shadow”
4. Anita Desai : “A Devoted Son”
5. A J Cronin : “Two Gentlemen of Verona”
4. CORE TEXT
Dr Leesa Sadasivan Ed. Perspectives in Literature. Foundation Books.
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