Course outline
The Course aims to enhance the language proficiency of students at three levels; reading, understanding and writing in Odia. It also aims at enhancing their ability to analyze literary texts of known creative writers in the language and apply them in different fields of applications. The course will have six units taking texts from different genres of literature. The course has special focus on the contemporary issues, dealt by the creative writers in different forms of literature, keeping in mind the grand challenges of the nation as identified below.
Grand challenges
The challenges of the nation in the present era:
- Economic Development, Rural and Urban linkages
- Energy & Water
- Urbanization, Infrastructure, Transport, Sanitation
- Environment & Public Health
- Food security, Agriculture
- Education, Literacy
- Ethics, Society & Social Justice
Besides the above challenges, focus will be on the challenges in the survival of the regional languages, literature and the cultural diversity of India with reference to ODIA.
Every semester, teaching will be spread over 16 weeks including two weeks for review.
Medium of teaching and examination : Odia
Objectives
It is expected that after the completion of the course the students will be able to:
– use their language in different situations and develop proficiency in reading and writing.
– critically examine the issues highlighted in the texts and express their ideas and observations.
– initiate discussions on the issues highlighted in the texts and similar social issues identified by them.
– enhance their reading skills and the style of writing.
– evaluate and appreciate unknown texts.
– build their creative expression and presentation.
– collect information on their language, literature and culture and present them before others.
Organization of Teaching
There are six units in the course speread over 14 weeks. There would be 56 teaching periods and 14 periods for students presentation in a semester and the total number of period will be 70 (56+14). The details of the Units / themes and their distribution of periods are given below. In addition two weeks for field work/ project work / trip related activity as required by the course curriculum will be given.
Themes/sub themes of study
The course includes the following themes/subthemes:
Unit 1 : Nature and Environment (10 Periods)
Unit 2 : Regional Language and National Integration (10 Periods)
Unit 3 : Literacy and Women Education (10 Periods)
Unit 4 : Rural life and Urbanization (10 Periods)
Unit 5 : Natural resources and Industrialization (08 Periods)
Unit 6 : Equality and Social Justice (08 Periods)
Teaching/Learning material
Texts:
1. chilika Canto-1 (Poetry) : Radhanath Roy
2. matrubhumi (poetry) : Gangadhar Mehera
3. rebati (Short story) : Fakirmohan Senapati
4. magunira sagada (Short story) : Godabariasha Mohapatra
5. chancana (Short story) : Hrushikesh Panda
6. jadi Gandhi asinathante! (Essay) : Suryakanta Das
These texts and other reading materials will be compiled and made available to the students
Supplementary material
Monographs of important authors in Odia
Documentary films on important authors and places of importance in Odisha
Web materials; Odia news papers, magazines and blogs
ASSESSMENT
The assessment of the students performance will be through:
(i) Continuous evaluation of Project work (35 marks)
(ii) End Semester written examination (40 marks)
Project Work:
The students are expected to submit one project assignment, which will provide scope to the students to express their liking towards their language, literature and culture. A list of topics will be made available to them in the beginning of the course, which may be extended to rewriting, adaptation, retelling and change of narrative format. Evaluation of their performance in project work will be based on their knowledge of the language, collection of the information, presentation and style of narration.
Topics identified for Project work:
1. Development of Odia language/script/literature.
2. Practical use of language; day to day conversation, in the office, public speech etc.
3. Festivals of Odisha.
4. Use of traditional medicines by the Odia community
5. Attitude of Odia speakers towards their language.
6. Mapping of Odia culture (on a particular event from the culture)
7. Odia language in media, films and cyber world.
8. The life and works of any creative writer in Odia
9. Any performing tradition of Odisha (dance, drama, music, traditional game etc.).
10. Contemporary social issues/challenges.
11. Odia language in the 21st century.
12. Retelling/rewriting of a narrative.
13. Critical evaluation of a text, in any form, of Odia literature.
14. Eco-tourism in Odisha
15. Tribes of Odisha and Tribal life in Odia literature
Reading list:
Mehera Gangadhar, (2008). Matrubhumi in Gangadhar granthavali, Cuttack: friends Publishers, pp.218-221
Mohanty, Jatindra Mohan. (Eds.). (2006). chilika of Radhanath Roy in Adhunika odia kabita sambhara, (2nd. Ed.), Bhubaneswar: Vidya, pp. 8- 12.
Mohanty, Jatindra Mohan. (Eds.). (2006). magunira sagada of Godabarish Mahapatra in Odia galpa sambhara, Bhubaneswar: Vidya, pp. 54-58.
Mohanty, Jatindra Mohan. (Eds.). (2006). chhanchana of Hrusikesh Panda in Odia galpa sambhara, Bhubaneswar: Vidya, pp. 653-663.
Senapati, Fakirmohan. (2010). Rebati in Galpa swalpa, New Ed. Cuttacck: Vidyapuri, pp. 1-9
