CALICUT UNIVERSITY – FOUR-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME (CU-
FYUGP)
GENERAL FOUNDATION COURSE
I SEMESTER MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COURSE
Programme BA ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE HONOURS
Course Code ENG1FM105
Course Title Introducing Print and Digital Narratives
Type of Course MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COURSE (MDC)
Semester 1
Academic Level 100-199
Course Details Credit Lecture Tutorial Practical Total Hours
per week
per week per week
3 3 - - 45
Pre-requisites Basic understanding of the English language, literary sensibility and a
desire to enhance language proficiency and sensibility for personal
and professional growth.
Course Summary The course is designed primarily for the generation of digital natives
and their diverse interests. Specifically, the course aims to generate an
aesthetic and humane sensibility that will equip learners to appreciate
and accept various forms of life and art while focusing on
philosophical/political questions about life in general and
marginalised communities, in particular.
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Course Outcomes (CO):
CO CO Statement Cognitive Knowledge Evaluation Tools used
Level* Category#
CO Critically appreciate Comprehension/Vocabulary
1 literary and artistic Building Exercises/ JAM/
creations through C, M Discussion/ Presentation/
simple and popular U, E Mock Interview/ Personal
works. Narration/ Role Play/
Assignments
CO Critically evaluate the Review/Presentation/
2 different multi-media A, E P, C Digital Content
narratives. Creation/Assignments
CO Contextualise a Assignments/ / Reporting/
3 social/political An, E P, M JAM/Discussion/Presentatio
phenomenon in a larger n
frame and analyse its
implications in the light
of an inclusive social,
philosophical and
environmental
awareness created by
the course.
CO Promote the cultivation U,Ap F, M Debates/ Panel
4 of egalitarian principles discussions/News
and democratic ideals Reporting/Analysis of
that foster acceptance of contemporary events
diversity, while
simultaneously
fostering heightened
consciousness of
environmental issues.
CO Identify the features of U,C P, M Create/Differentiate/Compar
5 the various literary and e between the different
visual media genres like genres.
Folk songs, Pop songs,
Flash fiction, Animation
shorts, Reels, Graphic
narratives, Shortfilms,
documentaries, Stand
Up comedies etc.
* - Remember (R), Understand (U), Apply (Ap), Analyse (An), Evaluate (E), Create (C)
# - Factual Knowledge(F) Conceptual Knowledge (C) Procedural Knowledge (P)
Metacognitive Knowledge (M)
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Detailed Syllabus:
Module Unit Content Hour Mark
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I SONGS AND POEMS 8 10
1 Spring Day- BTS Album 2
https://youtu.be/xEeFrLSkMm8?si=y-l7dGMjdVrp_FXR
2 I Write the Land- Najwan Darwish 2
https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2021/summer/three-poems-
palestine-najwan-darwish
3 Why Does the Peacock Perch on My Door Peg Cry?- Gujarati Folk 2
Song
https://youtu.be/GHbd8Gj0h2g?si=NTOnwAXM8r3AqexJ
4 Text- Carol Ann Duffy 2
https://closeenoughtoread.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/carol-ann-duffy-
text/
Suggested Activities:
1. Group activity: Learners can recite/perform poems of their
choice and discuss theliterary and political relevance of the
same.
2. Compare songs and poems in the learners’ mother tongues with
the ones prescribed so that the cultural and linguistic variables
can be identified and related.
3. Collect more poems and songs and prepare an appreciation of
each.
4. Collect folk songs from the learner’s locality.
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II NON-FICTION 11 15
5 A Muslim Deity in a Hindu Temple- The Courtesan, the Mahatma & 3
the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History -Manu S. Pillai-pp.24-
28.
6 Advice to Youth (Excerpt from the paragraph on ‘Lies’)- Mark Twain 2
https://english.ntcu.edu.tw/download.php?dir=news&filename=249559
d70d6a50da7797f6aecc3c7aa7.pdf&title=3-Advice%20to%20Youth
7 My Birth is My Fatal Accident: Rohit Vemula’s Searing Letter is an 3
Indictment of Social Prejudices- The Wire Staff
https://thewire.in/caste/rohith-vemula-letter-a-powerful-indictment-of-
social-prejudices
8 Our Flowery Fantasy- Sumana Roy 3
https://epaper.indianexpress.com/c/75022966
Suggested Activities:
1. Group activity: Stage a theatrical adaptation of the legend
narrated in the text, ‘A Muslim Deity in a Hindu Temple’.
2. Identify the narrative and stylistic dimensions of the texts
prescribed and write articles using similar structures.
3. Use 10 new words from the given texts in sentences of your
own.
4. Watch the movie, Laapataa Ladies (Dir. Kiran Rao) and
discuss its characteristic features in groups of 5 learners.
III STORIES 9 15
9 The Rock- Gracy (Trans. V. C. Haris) 2
Indian Literature. May- June 1993
10 The Cop and the Anthem- O Henry 2
https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/the-cop-and-
the-anthem.pdf
11 Graphic Narratives 4
a) Nahi Bol Payi, Bas Nahi Bol Payi (‘Couldn’t Say, Just Couldn’t
Say)- Sanjana
https://www.instagram.com/ttt_official/reel/C4BEtGdsLcx/
b) How to Choke Myself in the Ugly Kitchen- Naoko Fujimoto
https://www.naokofujimoto.com/gallery-of-graphic-poems.html
12 Sticks (Flash Fiction)- George Saunders 1
https://www.unm.edu/~gmartin/535/Sticks.htm
Suggested Activities:
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1. Group activity: Stage a theatrical adaptation of either of the
short stories for study.
2. Discuss other translated stories from Malayalam to English.
3. Look up other graphic narratives and discuss them in class.
4. Group exercise: Create a story/short video script.
IV DOCU- FICTION 8 10
13 New Normal- Dir. Monisha Mohan Menon 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_VGS7lGF64
14 Comedian Trashes India’s Fair Skin Obsession - Brut India 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9yTmNFde5s
15 Women’s Football in India- DW Documentary 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPiz_y1dG3o
16 Hair Love- Matthew A. Cherry et al. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28
Suggested Activities:
1. Group activity: Divide the class into groups and each group may
attempt to make a short film on a topic of their choice.
2. Discuss the different changes in today’s society with reference to
various new normals.
3. Identify various elements of visual language.
4. Create a Stand-up comedy.
V OPEN-ENDED 9
Note: The course is divided into five modules, with four having total 16 fixed units and
one open-ended module with a variable number of units. There are total 36 transaction
hours for the fixed modules and 9 hours for the open-ended one. Internal assessments
(25 marks) are split between the open-ended module (5 marks) and the fixed modules
(20 marks). The final exam, however, covers only the 16 units from the fixed modules.
Suggested References:
1. Gao Chaodab Nahi (‘We Will Not Leave Our Village’)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M5aeMpzOLU
2. The Times They Are A- Changin- Bob Dylan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc5lyJDiyEI
3. World’s Greatest Short Stories- Ed. James Daley
4. Cinderella & the Glass Ceiling: And Other Feminist Fairy Tales- Laura Lane & Ellen
Haun
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