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Hrs
CO.No.
1.0
War and its Aftermath
18
1.1
Fictional/factual war stories
1
4
1.2
Horrific consequences, trauma of soldiers and survivors at Hiroshima
1
2,4
1.3
Introduction to the author Kenzaburo Oe
1
1
1.4
Textual reading and analysis: “The Unsurrendered People”
3
1
1.5
Analysis of the title, use of metaphors
2
4,5
1.6
Evaluate the major themes
1
5
1.7
Introduction to the poet Judith Wright- Background information of the poem: “The Old Prison””
1
1,2,4
1.8
Recitation and analysis of the poem
2
1,4
1.9
Analysis of images and poetic techniques
1
4
1.10
Introduction to the author and evaluate the setting : “War”
1
1,4
1.11
Textual reading and analysis
2
1,4
2.0
The Consequences of Dissension
18
2.1
Analysis of the long history of dissenters
1
4
2.2
Enunciate the cause of free speech and the role of dissenters in a healthy society
1
3,4
2.3
Textual reading an analysis: “On Censorship”
2
1
2.4
Textual reading and analysis: “Peril”
2
1
2.5
Critical examination and encouragement of the concerns in the essays
3
2,3,4
2.6
Introduction to the poet Bertolt Brecht
1
1
2.9
Evaluate the background – History of Nazi regime
1
2,3
2.10
Recitation and analysis of the poem: “The Burning of the Books”
3
1,4
2.11
Tone and choice of words
2
4,3
2.12
Discussion on provoking deeper questioning of common biases in the extracts
2
5,6,2
3.0
Of Culture, Identity and Tradition
18
3.1
Identify different socio-cultural and traditional moorings
1
2,1
3.2
Evaluate the existential crisis of mariginalised subaltern groups
1
4,5
3.3
History of the literature of resistance
1
1,2
3.4
Introduction to the author- textual reading : “The Poisoned Bread”
3
1
3.5
Analysis of the predicament of the lower castes and emergence of empowered consciousness
1
4
3.6
Introduction to the author: Zitkala Sa
1
1
3.7
Textual reading and analysis: “A Trip Westward”
2
1
3.8
Elicit the themes of the passage
2
4,2
3.9
Introduction to the author TemsulaAo
1
1
3.10
Textual Reading : “The Pot Maker”
3
4
3.11
Critical analysis the theme of tribal value system
1
1,4
3.12
Evaluate the literature to reclaim and reinforcenative culture.
1
4
4.0
Environmental issues
18
4.1
Various environment matters, issues of survival and ecologic conservation, human attack over nature
1
1,2,4
4.2
Introduction to the essayist Rachel Carson
1
1
4.3
Reading the essay and analysis
4
4,2
4.4
Critically evaluate the need of preservation of biodiversity
1
4,5
4.5
Formulate measures to halt the destruction of earth‟s natural ecosystems
1
6,3
4.6
Introduction to the poet
1
1
4.7
Recitation and analysis of the poem “On killing a Tree”
2
1,4
4.8
Evaluate the connection between living things and nature
1
4
4.9
Assess the major themes of the poem
1
1,4,3
4.10
Examination of water as the elixir of life
1
1,3
4.11
Introduction to the writer Sarah Joseph
1
1
4.12
Textual reading and analysis
2
4
4.13
Analyse the need to preserve and value the various gifts of nature
1
4
5.0
Being a Refugee
18
5.1
Narratives about the experience of refugees- young and old
1
1,2
5.1
Textual reading of the essay
4
1
5.2
Analysis of the key concepts
1
4,5
5.4
Evaluate the role of culture and identity in understanding refugeeism
1
5
5.5
Introduction to the poet W H Auden
1
1
5.6
Assess the experience and baffling ironies of life faced by German refugees
1
1,2
5.7
Textual study and analysis
2
1
5.8
Evaluate the contemporariness and relevance of the situation described in the poem
1
5
5.9
Introduction to the author GhassanKanafani
1
1
5.10
Analysis of the situation of disenfranchised Palestinians
1
1,4
5.11
Textual study
2
1
5.12
Critical analysis of the constraints of the condition of refugees
1
4
5.13
Formulate conclusions over the treatment of irony and humanity
1
4