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Twentieth-Century Women’s Novels

Prof. Aruni Mahapatra · IIT Roorkee

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Lectures

Week 1

  1. Feminist Literary History: An Overview – I Video
  2. Feminist Literary History: An Overview – II Video
  3. Feminist Literary History: An Overview – III & Introduction to Nella Larsen’s Passing Video
  4. Nella Larsen’s Passing: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts – I Video
  5. Nella Larsen’s Passing: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts – II Video

Week 2

  1. Nella Larsen’s Passing: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts – III Video
  2. Nella Larsen’s Passing: Textual Analysis – I Video
  3. Nella Larsen’s Passing: Textual Analysis – II Video
  4. Nella Larsen’s Passing: Textual Analysis – III Video
  5. Nella Larsen’s Passing: Textual Analysis – IV Video

Week 3

  1. Nella Larsen’s Passing: Textual Analysis – V Video
  2. Nella Larsen’s Passing: Textual Analysis – VI Video
  3. Nella Larsen’s Passing: Textual Analysis – VII Video
  4. Nella Larsen’s Passing: Textual Analysis – Conclusion Video
  5. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts – I Video

Week 4

  1. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts – II Video
  2. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood: Textual Analysis – I Video
  3. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood: Textual Analysis – II Video
  4. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood: Textual Analysis – III Video
  5. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood: Textual Analysis – IV Video

Week 5

  1. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood: Textual Analysis - V Video
  2. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood: Textual Analysis - VI Video
  3. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood: Textual Analysis – Conclusion & Introduction to Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God Video
  4. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts – I Video
  5. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts–II Video

Week 6

  1. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts- III Video
  2. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God: Textual Analysis – I Video
  3. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God: Textual Analysis – II Video
  4. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God: Textual Analysis – III Video
  5. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God: Textual Analysis – Conclusion Video

Week 7

  1. Elizabeth Bowen's The Death of the Heart: Biographical Overview & Social Contexts – I Video
  2. Elizabeth Bowen's The Death of the Heart: Biographical Overview & Social Contexts – II Video
  3. Elizabeth Bowen's The Death of the Heart :The Anglo-Irish Ascendancy and Bowen's Fiction Video
  4. Elizabeth Bowen's The Death of the Heart: Conclusion & Introduction to Iris Murdoch Video
  5. Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts - I Video

Week 8

  1. Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts - II Video
  2. Iris Murdoch's A Severed Head: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts - III Video
  3. Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head: Fictionality Video
  4. Fictionality: Conclusion & Introduction to Bessie Head Video
  5. Bessie Head’s A Question of Power: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts - I Video

Week 9

  1. Bessie Head’s A Question of Power: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts-II Video
  2. Bessie Head’s A Question of Power: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts-III Video
  3. Bessie Head’s A Question of Power: Textual Analysis Video
  4. Bessie Head’s A Question of Power: Textual Analysis-Conclusion & Introduction to Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping Video
  5. Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts-I Video

Week 10

  1. Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts-II Video
  2. Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping: Textual Analysis – I Video
  3. Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping: Textual Analysis - II Video
  4. Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping: Textual Analysis - III Video
  5. Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping: Textual Analysis -Conclusion & Introduction to Toni Morrison’s Beloved Video

Week 11

  1. Toni Morrison’s Beloved: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts Video
  2. Toni Morrison’s Beloved: Textual Analysis Video
  3. Toni Morrison’s Beloved: Textual Analysis – Conclusion Video
  4. Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts Video
  5. Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions: Textual Analysis Video

Week 12

  1. Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions: Textual Analysis -Conclusion & Introduction to Michelle Cliff’s No Telephone to Heaven Video
  2. Michelle Cliff’s No Telephone to Heaven: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts - Textual Analysis Video
  3. Michelle Cliff’s No Telephone to Heaven: Textual Analysis -Conclusion & Introduction to A. S. Byatt’s Possession Video
  4. Sunetra Gupta's Memories of Rain: Biographical Overview & Social and Cultural Contexts Video
  5. Sunetra Gupta's Memories of Rain: Textual Analysis – Conclusion Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Roorkee
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Aruni Mahapatra
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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