E-Resources
SEMESTER 6
PROJECT/ DISSERTATION: AUEN 645
PROJECT GUIDELINES (KERALA UNIVERSITY)
SAMPLES OF PREVIOUS DISSERTATIONS ON VARIOUS TOPICS
(The following files are accessible to only students of the department)
PROJECTS OF S6 STUDENTS 2018
PROJECTS OF S6 STUDENTS 2019
The full texts of the dissertations are available below. However, access to these files has been limited to students of the department.
"Subverting the Binary: An Analysis of Gender Neutrality in Jeanette Winterson's Written on the Body"
"Textual Borrowings: A Probe into the Intertextual Elements in Laksmi Pamuntjak's Amba with reference to the Mahabharata"
"From Page to Screen: The Aesthetics of Cultural Transcreation in Kannaki"
"Redefining the Boundaries of Literature: Protest Songs as Literature"
"Alterity in the Self: A Psychoanalytic Study of Alter Ego in Fight Club and Batman Begins".
"Gender Construction in Advertisements : A Review of Evolving Trends"
"Writing Back to the Centre: An Analysis of the Relationship between Post-colonialism and Magical Realism in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children"
"Love thy Enemy: A Psychoanalytic Critique of Stockholm Syndrome in the Movies Highway and Buffalo '66"
"Forgotten Tales of a Forgotten Land: Reintroducing the Quiescent Ballads of Venad"
PROJECTS OF S6 STUDENTS 2020
The full texts of the dissertations are available below. However, access to these files has been limited to students of the department.
Anti- Semitism and Mass Formation: A Critique of Althusserian Ideology in Jojo Rabbit
Unveiling the Iron Curtain on the Sexuality of the Disabled: A Case Study on the Sexuality of the Female Characters in Peranbu and Margarita with a Straw
Beyond the Sexual Predaceousness in the Comfort-Women System: A Foucauldian Analysis of Select Films
Commercialisation and the Effects of Capitalism on the Video Game Industry
Deconstructing the Positive Portrayal of Gay Characters in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema: An Analysis of Love, Simon and Moonlight
Exploring the Techniques of Power in a Virtual Courtroom: An Analysis of Foucauldian Power in the Show Kathayallithu Jeevitham
Jallikattu and Lord of the Flies: Symbolism as a Matrix for Comparative Analysis
The Failure of Disney Movies through the Years in Portraying the Progression of Gender Roles
Defying Time-Sace Barriers: An Inquiry into the Legacy of Trend Setting Malyali Indie Music Bands
CREATIVE WRITING: AUEN 691.1a
WRITING SKILLS TASKS
Day 1: Introduction/ Pre-Test and Chapter 1. (Answer key to the Pre-Test will be provided after submitting the Test)
Day 2: Chapter 2 and Answer Key to the Pre-Test
Day 3: Chapter 3 and Chapter 4
Day 4: Chapter 5, Chapter 6 and Chapter 7
Day 5: Chapters 8 & 9
Day 6: Chapters 10, 11 & 12
BOOK REVIEW
HOW TO WRITE A BOOK REVIEW: A COMPILATION
FILM REVIEW
HOW TO WRITE A FILM REVIEW: A COMPILATION
From other sources:
THE SHORT STORY
THE TEXTS
Edgar Allan Poe: "The Oval Portrait"
Chinua Achebe: "The Voter"
A.C Doyle: "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
Khushwant Singh: "A Portrait of my Grandmother"
WORLD CLASSICS: AUEN 641
Video 1: GREEK THEATRE
Video 2: GREEK TRAGEDIANS
ENGLISH FOR THE MEDIA: AUEN 643
Interviews and Talk Shows.pptxVideo 1: LOGLINE
Video 2: SOAP OPERAS
SEMESTER 5
FILM STUDIES: AUEN543
The following PPTs were prepared and presented by Ms Anju Devadas, Lecturer, Dept of English (SF)
BRIEF HISTORY OF FILM
SILENT ERA
GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
MISE-EN-SCENE 1
MISE-EN-SCENE 2
MISE-EN-SCENE 3 LIGHTING
MISE-EN-SCENE 3 CINEMATOGRAPHY
CAMERA MOVEMENTS
FILM GENRES
FRENCH POETIC REALISM
ITALIAN NEOREALISM
FRENCH NEW WAVE
SOUND EFFECTS, MUSIC AND DIALOGUE
RASHOMON
EDITING IN FILM
EDITING - CUTS
SOVIET MONTAGE
CH 1: FILM STUDIES
CH 2: FILM STUDIES
CH 3: FILM STUDIES
QUESTION BANK
Video 1: WHY PROPS MATTER
Video 2: CINEMATOGRAPHY 101: WHAT IS CINEMATOGRAPHY?
Video 3: THE GODFATHER EXPLAINED: CINEMATOGRAPHY OF SHADOWS
Video 4: GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM EXPLAINED
Video 5: Video Essay- How Italian Neorealism Brought the Grit of the Streets to the Big Screen
Video 6: Video Essay - How the French New Wave Changed Cinema
Video 7: Rashomon Film Essay
Video 8: How Akira Kurosawa framed Rashomon
Video 9: Film Sound: Techniques and Theory
Video 10: Video Essay: Sound in Film
Video 11: Eisenstein's Theory of Montage Explained
Video 12: Cuts and Transitions 101
Video 13: The History of Cutting - The Birth of Cinema
Video 14: The History of Cutting - the Soviet Theory of Montage
MODULE 1: CLASSICAL CRITICISM
MODULE 1: ARISTOTLE
MODULE 1: HORACE
Module 1: Plato
Module 1: Aristotle
Module 1: Plato on the Allegory of the Cave
Module 3: Wordsworth as a critic
Module 4: Background material: T.S Eliot as a critic
Module 4: Summary of "Tradition and Individual Talent"
Module 1: Sections from Syamala B on Traditional vs Modern Grammar/ Prescriptive vs Descriptive Grammar
Module 1: What is Traditional Grammar?
Module 3: Question Bank on Phonetics
Module 3: Question Bank on Phonology
Module 1: Prescriptive and Descriptive Grammar
Module 3: Three videos on Introduction to Articulatory Phonetics
Video 1: Introduction to Articulatory Phonetics
Video 2: Introduction to Articulatory Phonetics - Consonants
Video 3: Introduction to Articulatory Phonetics - Vowels
Module 3: On Phonemes and Allophones (video 4)
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
Notes on CASUALITIES
Notes on ENTERPRISE
Notes on THIS LANGUAGE THIS WOMAN
Text and Notes A PRAYER IN SPRING
INDIAN AESTHETICS
CONCEPTS IN INDIAN AESTHETICS PPT
SEMESTER 4
READINGS IN LITERATURE
Video 1: Martin Luther King - I Have a Dream on August 28, 1963
SEMESTER 3
READING FICTION: AUEN 341
Background.pptxFiction, Elements of Fiction and Narrative Strategies
NOVEL.pptxDifferent Types of Novel
THE ALCHEMIST PART ONE.pptxThe Alchemist - Part One
THE ALCHEMIST PART TWO.pptxThe Alchemist - Part Two
Characters ofThe Alchemist.pptxCharacters of The Alchemist
Themes of The Alchemist.pptxThemes and Motifs of The Alchemist
Video 1: Elements of Fiction - Plot
Video 2: Elements of Fiction - Characterization
Video 3: Elements of Fiction - Theme
Video 4: Elements of Fiction - Point of View
Video 5: Elements of Fiction - Setting
Video 6: James Joyce's Ulysses
Video 7: Dystopian Fiction
SEMESTER 2
READING DRAMA: AUEN 241
DRAMA.pptxAn Introduction to Drama
Video 1: J M Synge's Riders to the Sea
Video 2: Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man
Video 3: English Renaissance Theatre
TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
SOFT SKILLS AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT: AUTH361
SOFT SKILLS.pptxAn Introduction to Soft Skills
ETIQUETTES AND MANNERS.pptxEtiquettes and Manners
ROLE PLAY & BODY LANGUAGE.pptxRole Play and Body Language
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT.pptPersonality Development
TIME MANAGEMENT.docxTime Management
STESS MANAGEMENT.docxStress Management