Course10910312221 lectures

Gender and literature

Prof. Avishek Parui · IIT Madras

About

Gender and Literature is an examination of selected literary texts and cultural conditions from the standpoint of gender theory. It will draw on established scholarship on gender studies and take the student through the various configurations and reconfiguration that determine gendered classifications such as masculinity and femininity.

Intended audience: UG and PG students of English and Cultural Studies

Lectures

Week 1 : Introduction to the Course Gender and Literature

Week 2 : Examining the Interrelationship between Gender, Entitlement, Performativity, and Agency

Week 3 : Examining the Entanglement between Gender and Imperialism

Week 4 : Examining the Interrelationship between Space, Gender and Performative Masculinities

Week 5 : Gender, Class, and Political Identity in Look Back in Anger

Week 6 : Language, Affect and Gender Politics in Look Back in Anger

Week 7 : Examining the Interrelationship between Gender, Spatiality and Consumption in Popular Culture

Week 8 : Examining the Entanglement between Gender, Liminality and Embodiment in Popular Culture

Syllabus and materials

At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.

Syllabus

Credits and licence

Institution: IIT Madras
Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher: Prof. Avishek Parui
Level: Undergraduate
Language: English
Subjects: Society and politics
Source: NPTEL
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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