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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 37 - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan


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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.)