Courses
An Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and the Short Story
Using poetry and short stories to explore creative writing.
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An Introduction to Literature
This is a gateway course that conveys the excitement of doing close reading and literary analysis. It also looks at different genres and the interaction between the student and literary text, and the inevitability of multiple meanings and perspectives.
Approaches to Literature
Exploring critical reflection through other disciplinary areas.
Bangalore: Language, Media, Culture
Exploring the texts that make up the city of Bangalore.
Contemporary India Through Literary and Cultural Texts
Texts ranging from the years before and after Independence to the India of the 21st century.
Drama as Text and Performance
Students learn about the origins and categories of drama through ancient and contemporary texts and the conditions of production and reception of dramatic texts and performance.
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Poetry and the Short Story from Across the World
In focusing on questions of form and context, this course will start by examining the ritual origins of poetry, the circumstances that led to the development of more quotidian and secular modes, the relationship between poetry and narrative, and the development of non-narrative poetic genres.
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Romantic Literature: Nature, Self and Society
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Statistics and Society
How do numbers and data represent our world?
Writing for the Public
Learning how to write professionally for public audiences.