Contemporary Literature. Instructor: Prof. Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
1111 years
Units & Quizzes
40
Unlimited Lifetime access
Access on mobile app
Certificate of Completion
The course aims to study contemporary literature in all its diversity. It examines genres, the 21st century novel, contemporary innovations, postcolonial literatures, postmodern poetics, plays, and theories and techniques of contemporary drama. Designed to develop advanced understanding of cultural, social, intellectual and aesthetic contexts, it allows students to engage with some of the most exciting writings of the post WWII era. (from nptel.ac.in)
Course Currilcum
- Lecture 01 – Introduction to Drama Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Harold Pinter Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – The Dumb Waiter Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – The Dumb Waiter (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – John Guare’s Six Degrees Separation Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – John Guare’s Six Degrees Separation (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – John Guare’s Six Degrees Separation (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – John Guare’s Six Degrees Separation (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – John Guare’s Six Degrees Separation (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Intertextuality Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Tom Stoppard – Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Tom Stoppard – Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Tom Stoppard – Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Tom Stoppard – Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Tom Stoppard – Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Arthur Miller’s Clara Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – Arthur Miller’s Clara Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Arthur Miller’s Clara Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Albert Camus – The Fall Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Albert Camus – The Fall (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 21 – Albert Camus – The Fall (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 22 – Girish Karnad’s Nagamandala Unlimited
- Lecture 23 – Girish Karnad’s Nagamandala (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 24 – Girish Karnad’s Nagamandala (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 25 – Short Story – The Firebird’s Nest by Salman Rushdie Unlimited
- Lecture 26 – Short Story – A Meeting at Last by Hanif Kureishi Unlimited
- Lecture 27 – Postmodernism Unlimited
- Lecture 28 – The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Unlimited
- Lecture 29 – The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 30 – The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 31 – The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 32 – The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Unlimited
- Lecture 33 – The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 34 – The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 35 – Asian-American Writings Unlimited
- Lecture 36 – Asian-American Writings (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 37 – The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Unlimited
- Lecture 38 – The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 39 – Poetry Unlimited
- Lecture 40 – Poetry (cont.) Unlimited
