Bachelor of Arts – English

Minor Course Syllabus

Minor A

KU1DSCENG104

MULTIPLE VOICES

Module 1

  • Alice Walker – In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens
  • Tom Shakespeare – The Social Model of Disability (Excerpts)

Module 2

  • Pradeepan Pampirikunnu – Eri (Chapters 1, 2 & 3)
  • Meera Velayudhan – Dakshayani Velayudhan – A Biographical Sketch

Module 3

  • Rabindranath Tagore – A Wife’s Letter
  • Thaha Madayi – Adiyar Teacher

Module 4

  • Kamala Das – An Introduction
  • Vijila Chirapadu – The Wasteland

Teacher Specific Module

Teachers may organize seminars, reading sessions, poetry recitation, group discussions, textual analysis, book reviews, creative writing activities, and classroom presentations to improve literary appreciation and critical thinking skills.

Minor B

KU1DSCENG103

LIFE WRITINGS

Module 1

Introduction to Life Writings
  • Biography
  • Autobiography
  • Memoir
  • Diary
  • Autobiographical Fiction
  • Memory
  • Bildungsroman
  • Letters
  • Autobiographical Acts
  • Biopic
  • History and Autobiography
  • Testimonio
  • Experience
  • Autobiographical Truth

Module 2

Autobiography to Life Writing
  • Dr. B. R. Ambedkar – A Childhood Journey to Goregaon Becomes a Nightmare from Waiting for a Visa
  • Kamala Das – The Humiliation of a Brown Child in a European School from My Story

Module 3

Life Writing and Activism
  • John M. Hull – Touching the Rock
    • Facial Vision
    • I See What You Mean
    • Stairs and Escalators
    • Iona Abbey
  • A. Revathi – The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story (Chapter 4)

Module 4

Forms of Life Writings
  • Aleena – My Savarna Friend
  • E. V. Ramakrishnan – A Night in the City

Teacher Specific Module

Teachers may encourage students to prepare autobiographical sketches, conduct interviews, maintain reflective journals, review biographies and memoirs, participate in seminars, group discussions, book reviews, and classroom presentations to understand various forms of life writing and their social significance.

MDC

KU1MDCENG103

ENGLISH AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Module 1

Introduction
  • Pipplet Team – AI-Driven Linguistic Creativity: How AI is Unlocking New Possibilities in Language and Literature
  • Madelyn Graves – LLMs and Language Learning

Module 2

Literature and AI
  • Meena Kandasamy – Literary Special 2023: A Writer Outsources Her Work
  • Isaac Asimov – Robot Dreams

Module 3

Culture and AI
  • AI Take-Over in Literature and Culture: Truth, Post-Truth, and Simulation (Excerpts)
  • Sachin Waikar – Artists’ Perspective: How AI Enhances Creativity and Reimagines Meaning

Module 4

Art in the Age of AI
  • Ilija Mihajlovic – How Artificial Intelligence Is Impacting Our Everyday Lives
  • Amal Shiyas – Found in Translation

Teacher Specific Module

Teachers may organize discussions, seminars, presentations, AI-assisted writing activities, comparative literary analysis, digital storytelling, and critical reflections on the ethical, cultural and creative dimensions of Artificial Intelligence in language and literature.