# Introduction to World Literature

- Institution: IIT Madras
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Merin Simi Raj
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106147)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106147)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

## Lectures

1. [Reading World Literature](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/fbc2dc0dcd4a) (Video)
2. [Epic of Gilgamesh](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/a5b9ea692600) (Video)
3. [Beowulf : The Anglo - Saxon narratie poem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/d1d7ec548b30) (Video)
4. [The Lusiads by Luis De Camoes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/aa808338fe6e) (Video)
5. ["Challenges and Possibilities for World Literature " by Kathleen Shields](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/a897f6ad5441) (Video)
6. ["The Garden of Forking Paths" by Borges - Part I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/3db4f9f2ec69) (Video)
7. ["The Garden of Forking Paths" by Borges - Part II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/71a48546b974) (Video)
8. ["A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner - Part I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/4499fe35c79d) (Video)
9. ["A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner - Part II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/573c5e786b3f) (Video)
10. ["Sonnet 130" by Shakespeare and "Love Sonnet XVI" by Neruda](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/8b35da657c7b) (Video)
11. ["Song of Lawino" by Okot p' Bitek](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/c9f34e022bf9) (Video)
12. ["Tortures" by Wislawa Szymborska](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/3e4e46115a99) (Video)
13. [Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty The Politics of translation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/759f45e62bb0) (Video)
14. [Othello -1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/c3145b414f69) (Video)
15. [Othello -2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/28d6583e3b6d) (Video)
16. [Othello -3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/3520954da4be) (Video)
17. [Doll's House](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/fb388e56496e) (Video)
18. [Yellow Wallpaper](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/bc09b39943b7) (Video)
19. [Toba Tek Singh](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/ea48fa5f98ab) (Video)
20. [Oroonoko - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/346e33338e48) (Video)
21. [Oroonoko - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/2bf164bde98f) (Video)
22. [Poetics Of Aristotle - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/9febbeb725c7) (Video)
23. [Poetics Of Aristotle - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/8c015befdcdf) (Video)
24. [Longinus on the Subline - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/77fdfbb3d49a) (Video)
25. [Longinus on the Subline - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/1e47807b58ea) (Video)
26. [Errata in MC](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/c61920dd3ece) (Video)
27. [From Errata to MC](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/ade2126141a7) (Video)
28. [The Third and the final Continent](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/66518e0dfcc3) (Video)
29. [The Third and the final Continent - 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/a24da255b7f9) (Video)
30. ["Balthazar's Marvellous Afternoon" - I by Marquez](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/ec655bec2765) (Video)
31. ["Balthazar's Marvellous Afternoon" - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/2dc90553bc02) (Video)
32. [The Wasteland - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/0dcaf44564b1) (Video)
33. [The Wasteland - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/d0321ba031ef) (Video)
34. [The Wall by Sartre - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/594d329983ec) (Video)
35. [The Wall by Sartre - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/b292521b4fcc) (Video)
36. [The Applicant](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/02d488d9f97f) (Video)
37. [Everyday Use](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/8a20b4ef24fe) (Video)
38. [Catcher in the Rye](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/7bfcfd37441d) (Video)
39. [Catcher in the Rye - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/c538dd336a07) (Video)
40. [Stage'ing Protests](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/a1e0fda4d0ec) (Video)
41. [DR Faustus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/b9bc244f41aa) (Video)
42. [In A Grove](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/fc3c1ef29eac) (Video)
43. [Metamorphosis-I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/b498b69c7412) (Video)
44. [Metamorphosis-II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/73c467e2a08c) (Video)
45. [Diary Of a Madman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/00c6f39455cc) (Video)
46. [Solid Objects](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/12ed23920b71) (Video)
47. [Dawn of the New Indian Novel in English](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/026c9916a0f9) (Video)
48. [Bartleby The Scrivener](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/5b598a186447) (Video)
49. [The Great Gatsby - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/c499dcddeda8) (Video)
50. [The Great Gatsby - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106147/fef4ace2e28a) (Video)