NPTEL : NOC:Elements of Literature and Creative Communication (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Co-ordinators : Prof. H.S. Komalesha


Lecture 1 - Elements of Literature and Creative communication

Lecture 2 - Literature and its relevance

Lecture 3 - A Multidimensional Engagement with Literature

Lecture 4 - How to read and appreciate Literature?

Lecture 5 - Literature - Learner's Perspective

Lecture 6 - Ways of Reading .1

Lecture 7 - Forms and Genres of Literature

Lecture 8 - Feminist Literary Criticism

Lecture 9 - Marxist Literary Criticism

Lecture 10 - Postcolonial Literary Criticism

Lecture 11 - Tracing the Roots of Poetry

Lecture 12 - Origins of Poetry

Lecture 13 - Poetry and its Tributaries - 1

Lecture 14 - Poetry and its Tributaries - 2

Lecture 15 - Reflecting on poetry and its forms (Quiz)

Lecture 16 - Elements of Poetry - 1

Lecture 17 - Elements of Poetry - 2

Lecture 18 - English Poetry: An Overview. Old English to Elizabethan

Lecture 19 - English Poetry: An Overview. Elizabethan to Metaphysical

Lecture 20 - English Poetry: An Overview. 17th centure onwards

Lecture 21 - Indian English Poetry: The Beginnings

Lecture 22 - Arun Kolatkar and the Bombay Circle of Poets

Lecture 23 - Kamala Das

Lecture 24 - Confessional Poetry of Kamala Das

Lecture 25 - AK Ramanujan

Lecture 26 - Contemporary World poetry

Lecture 27 - Hafez: The Poet for Life

Lecture 28 - Date with European Poetry

Lecture 29 - Second date with European Poetry

Lecture 30 - American poetry

Lecture 31 - Introduction to Fiction

Lecture 32 - Elements of Fiction - 1

Lecture 33 - Elements of Fiction - 2

Lecture 34 - Fiction and its Branches - 1

Lecture 35 - Fiction and its Branches - 2

Lecture 36 - Tools of the Trade: Narrative Techniques in Fiction

Lecture 37 - Tools of the Trade: Narrative Techniques in Fiction

Lecture 38 - Animal Farm - 1

Lecture 39 - Animal Farm - 2

Lecture 40 - Animal Farm: A Critical Exploration

Lecture 41 - Introducing Short Fiction

Lecture 42 - Origin and Development of Short Fiction

Lecture 43 - Borges and the Book of Sand

Lecture 44 - Two Stories and Three Cheers

Lecture 45 - Quiz on Short Fiction

Lecture 46 - Introduction to Drama

Lecture 47 - Elements of Drama

Lecture 48 - Drama and its types

Lecture 49 - Comedy: Drama and its Types

Lecture 50 - Dramatic Devices: Tricks and Tactics that make Theatre Tick

Lecture 51 - Aristotle and the Dramatic Art

Lecture 52 - A Snapshot of Western Drama

Lecture 53 - Modern Drama

Lecture 54 - A Doll's House

Lecture 55 - A Critical Dismantling of Dolls House

Lecture 56 - Indian Drama

Lecture 57 - Modern Indian Drama

Lecture 58 - Hayavadana

Lecture 59 - Hayavadana: a critical perspective

Lecture 60 - A Quiz