Course10910688672 lectures
Indian Writing in English
Prof. Umasankar Patra · IIT Madras
Lectures
Week 1
- Week 1 Overview
- Gauri Vishwanathan's “The Beginnings of English Literary Study” Part 1
- Gauri Vishwanathan's “The Beginnings of English Literary Study” Part 2
- Ram Mohan Roy’s “The Need for Modern Education"
- Macaulay’s Minute on Education Part 1
- Macaulay’s Minute on Education Part 2
Week 2
- Week 2 Overview
- Vinay Dharwadker’s “The Historical Formation of Indian English Literature” Part 1
- Vinay Dharwadker’s “The Historical Formation of Indian English Literature” Part 2
- The Travels of Din Muhammed Part 1
- The Travels of Din Muhammed Part 2
- The Travels of Din Muhammed Part 3
Week 3
- Week 3 Overview
- The Rise of the Novel
- The Novel’s Arrival in India
- Evolution of the Indian English Novel
- Introduction to Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Week 4
- Week 4 Overview
- Rajmohan’s Wife Part 1
- Rajmohan’s Wife Part 2
- Rajmohan’s Wife Part 3
- Rajmohan’s Wife Part 4
- Rajmohan’s Wife Part 5
Week 5
- Week 5 Overview
- A.K. Ramanujan’s “Is There an Indian Way of Thinking?” Part 1
- A.K. Ramanujan’s “Is There an Indian Way of Thinking?” Part 2
- A.K. Ramanujan’s “Is There an Indian Way of Thinking?” Part 3
- R.K. Narayan’s “A Horse and Two Goats” Part 1
- R.K. Narayan’s “A Horse and Two Goats” Part 2
Week 6
- Week 6 Overview
- Early Indian English Poetry Part 1
- Early Indian English Poetry Part 2
- Early Indian English Poetry Part 3
- Evolution of Indian English Poetry
- Indian English Poetry – Nissim Ezekiel
Week 7
- Week 7 - Overview
- Indian English Poetry – Arun Kolatkar Part 1
- Indian English Poetry – Arun Kolatkar Part 2
- Indian English Poetry – Arun Kolatkar Part 3
- Indian English Poetry – Arun Kolatkar Part 4
- Indian English Poetry – Arun Kolatkar Part 5
- Indian English Poetry – Jayanta Mahapatra and Kamala Das
Week 8
- Week 8 - Overview
- Evolution of Indian English Drama
- Mahesh Dattani’s Dance Like a Man Part 1
- Mahesh Dattani’s Dance Like a Man Part 2
- Mahesh Dattani’s Dance Like a Man Part 3
- Mahesh Dattani’s Dance Like a Man Part 4
Week 9
- Week 9 - Overview
- Introduction to the Writings of the Indian Diaspora
- Jhumpa Lahiri’s “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine” Part 1
- Jhumpa Lahiri’s “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine” Part 2
- Rohinton Mistry’s “The Ghost of Firozsha Baag”
- Salman Rushdie’s Imaginary Homelands Part 1
- Salman Rushdie’s Imaginary Homelands Part 2
Week 10
- Week 10 - Overview
- Bhimayana Part 1
- Bhimayana Part 2
- Bhimayana Part 3
- Bhimayana Part 4
- Bhimayana Part 5
Week 11
- Week 11 - Overview
- Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s “They Eat Meat!”
- Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s “November is the Month of Migrations”
- Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s “Eating with the Enemy”
- Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s “The Adivasi Will Not Dance”
Week 12
Syllabus and materials
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Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Madras
- Department
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher
- Prof. Umasankar Patra
- 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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- NPTEL states: "Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike / CC BY - NC - SA", beside a BY-NC-SA badge.
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