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Indian Fiction in English

Prof. Merin Simi Raj · IIT Madras

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Lectures

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  1. Indian Fiction in English - Introduction Video
  2. Rushdie and Indian Writing Video
  3. Situating 'fiction' in the history of Indian Writing in English Video
  4. Indian Writing in English: A Background Video

Week 2

  1. Introducing Indian Fiction in English Video
  2. The Critical Tradition of Indian Fiction in English Video
  3. The rise of novel in regional languages: Indulekha Video
  4. Rajmohan's Wife to Kanthapura Video

Week 3

  1. Kanthapura, Mythmaking and Gandhi Video
  2. "Mahatma" and Indian novels in English Video
  3. Waiting for the Mahatma Video
  4. Waiting for the Mahatma Part - II Video

Week 4

  1. Indian Fiction in English: 1950s and 1960s Video
  2. Heat and Dust Video
  3. The Strange Case of Billy Biswas Video
  4. Cry, the Peacock Video

Week 5

  1. Midnight's children: An introduction Video
  2. Reading Midnight's Children Video
  3. Salman Rushdie in Indian Fiction in English Video
  4. Midnight's Children Video

Week 6

  1. Zelaldinus: A Masque Video
  2. Trotter Nama Video
  3. Shadow Lines Video
  4. Reading the Shadow Lines Video

Week 7

  1. Caste in Indian English Fiction Video
  2. Caste in Untouchable Video
  3. Reading The God of Small Things - I Video
  4. Reading The God of Small Things - II Video
  5. Other Representations of Caste in IE fiction Video

Week 8

  1. All About H.Hatterr Video
  2. Rich Like Us Video
  3. Partition novels Video
  4. White Tiger Video

Week 9

  1. Notes on the New Indian Novel in English Video
  2. Riot: A Novel by Shashi Tharoor Video
  3. English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee Video
  4. The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh Video

Week 10

  1. Remains of the Feast Video
  2. Writings in English from the Northeast : Reading Temsula Ao Video
  3. The writings of Ruskin Bond Video
  4. Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai Video

Week 11

  1. Indian Fiction in English - Positioning Literary Studies Video
  2. New Writings in Contemporary Indian Fiction in English Video
  3. Graphic Novel in India Video

Books

  1. The city in Indian English Fiction Video
  2. Postcoloniality and its Challenges Video
  3. Commomwealth literature does not exist Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Madras
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Merin Simi Raj
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
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