Discover the meaning of the term ​“contemporary” in terms of literary and cultural texts from India and how they respond to the time period they emerged in. 

Learn how drama evolved, and find out more about the complex relationship between the written word and its performance. 

Learn how fiction can shape and question our futures through the study of key writers in this genre. Craft your own narratives that speak to the issues of our time. 

Explore how literature is related to a historical culture and time period, using nineteenth century England as an example. 

Learn to apply different methodological approaches to literary texts.

Explore the literary and cultural movements that took place roughly in the first five decades of the 20^th century and are widely recognized to have constituted ​“modernism”.

 Encounter traditional forms such as the ashtapadi, the ghazal, the doha and the qasida, alongside several examples of more modern poetry from various regional languages.

Revisit this popular and familiar period of English literature through the themes of our relationship with nature, our notion of the individual and our place in society

Learn about the history and various examples of these commonly used categories to explain literature and the arts

Dive into the novel as a literary form, read some of its best expressions, and learn basic concepts that arise in novelistic analysis.