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Contemporary Literature

Contemporary Literature. Instructor: Prof. Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. The course aims to study contemporary literature in all its diversity. It examines genres, the 21st century novel, contemporary innovations, postcolonial literatures, postmodern poetics, plays, and theories and techniques of contemporary drama. Designed to develop advanced understanding of cultural, social, intellectual and aesthetic contexts, it allows students to engage with some of the most exciting writings of the post WWII era. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 03 - The Dumb Waiter

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Lecture 01 - Introduction to Drama

Lecture 02 - Harold Pinter

Lecture 03 - The Dumb Waiter

Lecture 04 - The Dumb Waiter (cont.)

Lecture 05 - John Guare's Six Degrees Separation

Lecture 06 - John Guare's Six Degrees Separation (cont.)

Lecture 07 - John Guare's Six Degrees Separation (cont.)

Lecture 08 - John Guare's Six Degrees Separation (cont.)

Lecture 09 - John Guare's Six Degrees Separation (cont.)

Lecture 10 - Intertextuality

Lecture 11 - Tom Stoppard - Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth

Lecture 12 - Tom Stoppard - Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth (cont.)

Lecture 13 - Tom Stoppard - Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth (cont.)

Lecture 14 - Tom Stoppard - Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth (cont.)

Lecture 15 - Tom Stoppard - Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth (cont.)

Lecture 16 - Arthur Miller's Clara

Lecture 17 - Arthur Miller's Clara

Lecture 18 - Arthur Miller's Clara

Lecture 19 - Albert Camus - The Fall

Lecture 20 - Albert Camus - The Fall (cont.)

Lecture 21 - Albert Camus - The Fall (cont.)

Lecture 22 - Girish Karnad's Nagamandala

Lecture 23 - Girish Karnad's Nagamandala (cont.)

Lecture 24 - Girish Karnad's Nagamandala (cont.)

Lecture 25 - Short Story - The Firebird's Nest by Salman Rushdie

Lecture 26 - Short Story - A Meeting at Last by Hanif Kureishi

Lecture 27 - Postmodernism

Lecture 28 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Lecture 29 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (cont.)

Lecture 30 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (cont.)

Lecture 31 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (cont.)

Lecture 32 - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

Lecture 33 - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (cont.)

Lecture 34 - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (cont.)

Lecture 35 - Asian-American Writings

Lecture 36 - Asian-American Writings (cont.)

Lecture 37 - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Lecture 38 - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (cont.)

Lecture 39 - Poetry

Lecture 40 - Poetry (cont.)