# Literature and Life

- Institution: IIT Madras
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. S P Dhanavel
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106189)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106189)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

## Lectures

1. [What is Literature?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/f519446548b4) (Video)
2. [What is Life?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/0a5a115f061b) (Video)
3. [The Relationship between Literature and Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/51d827992446) (Video)
4. [Approaches to Literature and Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/254a8ca3e08c) (Video)
5. [Essay](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/0b269b7cc6f1) (Video)
6. [Poetry](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/d807b276057b) (Video)
7. [Drama](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/64253695f871) (Video)
8. [The Novel and the Short Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/e3076fcc4bd5) (Video)
9. [Abdul Kalam’s “When I Failed”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/aebf084e474d) (Video)
10. [Chetan Bhagat’s “My Stupid Suicide Plan”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/f565d9b7707f) (Video)
11. [R K Narayan’s Toasted English”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/7c8bdc4c55fb) (Video)
12. [Amish’s “Why I Write”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/500b3955577d) (Video)
13. [George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/cb6c19db2871) (Video)
14. [William Zinsser’s “Writing English as a Second Language”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/02c5b9df6c95) (Video)
15. [Joan Didion’s “Why I Write”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/cf75711c4133) (Video)
16. [Virginia Woolf’s “The Death of the Moth”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/1e87a99cf094) (Video)
17. [William Wordsworth’s “Resolution and Independence”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/2f8ec44bd228) (Video)
18. [H W Longfellow’s “A Psalm of Life”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/255e132bd9ee) (Video)
19. [W H Davies’ “Leisure”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/c5973cf02037) (Video)
20. [Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/4a24112852b1) (Video)
21. [Emily Dickinson’s “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/22d30f9c4874) (Video)
22. [Kamala Das’s “Words”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/380d1429fc99) (Video)
23. [Louise Glück’s “The Mountain”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/eadd752e18ef) (Video)
24. [Sujata Bhatt’s “Search for My Tongue"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/c5a6c6e9d67c) (Video)
25. [Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq: An Introduction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/4e49c23d3d47) (Video)
26. [Characters and Characterization in Karnad’s Tughlaq](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/d8aac676dc92) (Video)
27. [Irony, Humor and Symbol in Tughlaq](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/2b4f44d30660) (Video)
28. [Tughlaq: Further Analysis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/d86e6724a4f8) (Video)
29. [Anton Chekhov’s The Bear](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/0e4a6bee7cf4) (Video)
30. [The Bear: An Analysis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/b141fc760b0a) (Video)
31. [J M Synge’s Riders to the Sea](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/df7fa33736ba) (Video)
32. [Riders to the Sea: An Analysis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/618d292bcdb0) (Video)
33. [Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger: An Introduction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/c3fc83c4b938) (Video)
34. [Characters and Characterization in Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/962d1504f0ce) (Video)
35. [Themes and Techniques in Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/b321dcfa2d9d) (Video)
36. [Literary Devices in The White Tiger](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/be549cc3c7bd) (Video)
37. [Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger: Further Analysis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/c62b93a35639) (Video)
38. [Guy de Maupassant’s “The Dispenser of Holy Water”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/dd21dd43aeff) (Video)
39. [Katherine Mansfield’s “A Cup of Tea”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/32b47d66ec22) (Video)
40. [Heinrich Boll’s “Action Will Be Taken”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/3bcc4a99954e) (Video)
41. [Joao Guimaraes Rosa’s “The Third Bank of the River”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/a46c4a60cf32) (Video)
42. [G G Joshi’s “The Letter”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/994e5b610e93) (Video)
43. [Ruskin Bond’s “The Boy Who Broke the Bank”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/7554bc1bea65) (Video)
44. [Anjana Appachana’s “Sharmaji”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/995dacd9975a) (Video)
45. [Isaac Asimov’s “True Love”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/f38114345701) (Video)
46. [Discussion - 1: Prose](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/bb614960b6fb) (Video)
47. [Discussion - 2: Poetry](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/2285ea8e4422) (Video)
48. [Discussion - 3: Drama](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/31a5363473a7) (Video)
49. [Discussion - 4: Novel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/128a81bee0bd) (Video)
50. [Live Session 03-08-2022](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/f519446548b4-2) (Video)
51. [Live Session 13-04-2022](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/0a5a115f061b-2) (Video)
52. [Live Session 19-02-2024](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/51d827992446-2) (Video)
53. [Live Session 02-04-2024](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/254a8ca3e08c-2) (Video)
54. [Live Session 18-02-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/0b269b7cc6f1-2) (Video)
55. [Live Session 15-04-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106189/d807b276057b-2) (Video)