Unit I

Meaning and Definition of Human Rights-Significance of Human Rights and the need to protect it-Literature, Films and Society- Human right violations and types of violations-Roles of Literature and films in Promoting Human Rights – Human Rights and social media

Unit II

Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman (Graphic Novel)

Unit III

The Beach Boy by PonKulendiren
The American Embassyby Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Unit IV

I want to be killed by an Indian Bullet by ThangjamIbopishak Singh
If We Must Die by Cloud Mckay

Unit V

True North(film) directed by Eiji Han Shimizu
The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson (documentary) directed by David France
Black & White by Anuj Ramachandran (short Film)
Thappad (The Slap) (film) directed by Anubhav Sinha

To understand human rights issues and their representations in literary texts and films
To create an awareness among students about human rights violations and to enable them to act responsibly upon recognizing the rights and wrongs.
To develop a sympathetic and informed world view and promote non – violent resolutions to the conflicts in their own world.

1. Kulendiren, Pon. Sufferings of Innocent Souls: Short Stories of Human Rights Violations, Xlibris Corporation, 2012
2. Parikh, Crystal. The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights and Literature, CUP, 2019
3. Stonebridge, Lindsey. Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights, OUP, 2022
4. Nayar, K. Pramod. The Human Rights Graphic Novel: Drawing It Just Right, Routledge, 2020
5. Tascon, M. Sonia. Human Rights Film Festivals: Activism in ContextPalgrave Macmillan, 2015
6. Nkealah, Naomi (Editor) & Nnaemeka Obioma (Editor).Gendered Violence and Human Rights in Black World Literature and Film, Routledge, 2023