READINGS ON KERALA Syllabus of Calicut University BA/B.Sc/B.Com Common Course English Second Semester Details

  ENG2A04 READINGS ON KERALA

MODULE 1:Formation

1.  “History” (Prose) excerpt from Malabar Manual – William Logan

2.“Tribal Tale of Kerala" (Prose) excerpt from Kerala Culture – Prof S Achutha Warrier

3. “Ghoshayatra” (Poem excerpt) – Kunchan Nambiar

MODULE 2: Evolution

1. Excerpt from Indulekha (Novel) -O. Chandu Menon

2. Excerpt from “Atmopadeshashathakam” (Poem) - Sree Narayana Guru

3. “Not an Alphabet in Sight” (Poem) – Poykayil Appachan

4.  “ Ayyankali: A Dalit Leader of Organic Protest” (Prose-excerpt) - M. Nisar,Meena Kandasamy

5. “Vakkom Moulavi: My Grandfather, the Rebel” (Prose) - Sabin Iqbal. Click here to read the article

MODULE 3: Stimulation

1. “Daughter of Humanity” (Story) - Lalithambika Antharjanam. Click here to read the story

2. “Kuttippuram Paalam"(Poem) – Edasseri. Click here to read/listen malayalam original

3.  “Christian Heritage” (Story) - Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

MODULE 4: Propagation

1. “Myth and Literature” (Speech) -M T Vasudhevan Nair

2.  “Rain at Heart” (Poem) –Sugathakumari

3.  “Fifty years of Malayalam Cinema” (Prose) - VC Harris

4.  “Malayalam’s Ghazal” (Poem) – Jeet Thayil. To read the text, please click here

5.  “Agni” (Story) - Sithara A. To read the text, please click here

6. "Pictures Drawn on Water"( poem) - K.Satchidanandan

READINGS FROM THE FRINGES Syllabus of Calicut University BA/B.Sc/B.Com Common Course English Second Semester Details

 ENG2A03 READINGS FROM THE FRINGES

MODULE 1: Constitution, Democracy and Freedom

1.“The Objectives Resolution”(Speech excerpt)- Jawaharlal Nehru

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2.“How Many More Days, Democracy”(Poem) - Sameer Tanti

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3. “When Salihan took on the Raj”(Article) - P. Sainath

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MODULE 2: Ecology and Science

1.  "Knowledge is Power"(Excerpt from Chapter 14 of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind)- Yuval Noah Harari

2.“A Heron”(Short story) - Sarah Orne Jewett

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3. “The Fish”(poem) - Elizabeth Bishop

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4. “Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest”(essay) - Vandana Shiva

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MODULE 3: Gender Equality

1. “Fire” - Nikita Gill - Poem

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2."Accept Me" from I am Vidya: A Transgender’s Journey - Living Smile Vidya

3. Dear Ijeawele (Letter-excerpt ) - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

MODULE 4: Human Rights

1.  "Entre-vous to Adulthood" from One Little Finger - Malini Chib

2. “The Body Politic” (Poem) - Hiromi Goto

3.  “Love- lines in the time of Chathurvarna” (Article) - Chandra Bhan Prasad

4. "The History Lesson "(Poem) - Jeanette Armstrong

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