Postcolonial Studies: An Introduction

Postcolonial Studies and Criticism - An Introduction

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2. Read study material

3. Future of Postcolonial Studies

4. Check your progress - appear in an Online Test

1. Watch Video Resources

1. Postcolonial Studies - Introduction 1
2. Postcolonial Studies - Introduction 2
3. Postcolonial Criticism - 1
4. Postcolonial Criticism - 2
5. Postcolonial Criticism - 3
6. Era of Darkness - Shashi Tharoor
7. Dangers of One Story - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
8. Discussion on Ashutosh Gowariker's Lagaan
9. Discussion on Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Rang De Basanti
10. Nation and Hybridity: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children

2. Reading Resources

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3. Future of Postcolonial Studies

(i) Globalization and Postcolonial Studies

    (a) Simplified version of the above article

    (b) Globalization and Fiction - Article with examples

(ii) Climate Change and Postcolonial Studies

    (a) Postcolonial Studies in the Anthropocene: Bridging Perspectives for a Sustainable Future

4. Online Test

(i) Introduction to Postcolonialism: Click here to appear in an online test to check your understanding of this topic

(ii) Future of Postcolonialism: Click here to appear in an online test to check your understanding of this topic

 

Puritan and Restoration Age: English Literature

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Presentation on The Puritan Age

   

Presentation on The Restoration Age

 

Puritan and Restoration Age: Online Test

 Online Test / Quiz on The Puritan and the Restoration Age

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Online Test: Renaissance Literature

Online Open Internet / Open Book Test on the Age of Renaissance

Read study material on this page to appear in this online test:

• Refer to this blog for old syllabus website
• Refer to Study Material (new website wef 2020)

• online test  click here to go directly to the online Test page.

• Points to Ponder:
• Write comparative analysis of Chaucer, Spencer and Shakespeare as Poets
• If you have seen any film on Elizabethan time / Shakespearean era, write a blog on the review of the film. You can have a look at the list of films worth watching:
• Six Best Films
• Five Best Films
• Elizabethan Era in Films
• Twenty Best Shakespearean Adaptations [Which is the best film adaptation? Are Hindi adaptations included in this list?]
• Best Bollywood adaptations of Shakespeare
• Can you differentiate general characteristics of Renaissance literature with that of Reformation or Restoration or Neo-classical or Romantic or Victorian or Modern literature?
• Write a blog on the review of any Hindi film adaptation of Shakespearean plays or Elizabethan era.