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Literature, Philosophy

Course Number: HSL551
Credit: 3.0
Course Objective:

To introduce students to key concepts on which definitions of philosophy are constructed, such as “concept”, “idea”, “opinion”, “argument”, representation”, “reason”, “knowledge”, “judgement”, “critique”; to discuss different traditions and critiques of philosophical thinking;

Course Number: HSL631
Credit: 3.0
Course Objective:

To introduce students to some of the major works of a single author and to discussions elicited by these works. The course will train students to gain a thorough understanding of the trajectory of the given author, the intellectual context of their writing, and to be conversant with debates and... Read more

Literature

Course Number: HSL634
Credit: 3.0
Course Objective:

This course will introduce students to the role of theatre in mass politics in the 20th and the 21st centuries.

Course Number: HSL681
Credit: 3.0
Course Objective:

· Understand the role of print as a phenomenon in human history – for reading, writing, and thinking
· Discuss how contemporary life, and our bodies and minds, are conditioned by print technologies – such as the Typewriter and the Computer, or the Book and the Press
· Demonstrate the... Read more

Course Number: HUL 235
Credit: 4.0
Course Objective:

To introduce the history, contexts and development of the Novel, an important literary genre, which emerged in Europe from the late 17th century and travelled to other parts of the world.

Course Number: HUL 382
Credit: 3.0
Course Objective:

There is more to romanticism than Wordsworth‘s poetry, or even literature in general. Nor is it confined between 1780s and 1830s. Least is it a trend succeeded by Victorianism and realism, and assailed by modernism. Romanticism contends with the question of presentation – of representation of... Read more

Course Number: HUL 340
Credit: 3.0
Course Objective:

The course will introduce students to selected topics in Literature as decided by the instructor.

Course Number: HSL832
Credit: 3.0
Course Objective:

The course will examine contemporary literary writing from a number of South Asian countries (in English or translation) in addition to India, such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. It will relate the predominant thematic and narrative concerns of these writings to the embattled political... Read more

Course Number: HSL733
Credit: 3.0
Course Objective:

The objective of the module is to provide an in-depth study of one writer/theorist or thinker. The course will focus on the works or even one text of the selected writer and attempt to understand the trajectory of his/her thought in detail.

Course Number: HSL833
Credit: 3.0
Course Objective:

This course will cover the idea of the Renaissance in England also known as the early Modern period and focus on concepts of identity and self as became evident in the literary texts of this era. It will relate the work of art to Renaissance history and cultural politics.

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