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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Swayam’s Introduction to World Literature online course introduces its candidates to the vast world of writings, produced in various languages, cultural contexts, and nations. While the program doesn’t claim to cover all time periods and every single one of their literary traditions, it does aim to familiarise learners with the English Language’s representative texts, available today. This short, 12-week training belongs to the English Studies’ and ‘Humanities and Social Sciences’ categories, set at the postgraduate level.

An elective program, the Introduction to World Literature certification syllabus covers numerous vital learnings. These include classics such as Don Quixote, Beowulf, Indian literature from the likes of Tagore, Kamala Das, short stories, American literature like Toni Morrison, Alice Walker’s Everyday Use, critical theory, women writers, contemporary authors, and more. What’s more, IIT Madras’s renowned educator, Professor Merin Simi Raj, teaches this in-depth curriculum.

Furthermore, the Introduction to World Literature program also furnishes course-end certificates to interested learners who sit for Swayam’s proctored exams. Upon clearing all the certification criteria and clearing the assessment, students can earn themselves an e-verifiable certificate to display their acquired knowledge in this subject.

The Highlights

Proctored certification test
IIT Madras faculty
Postgraduate-level studying
No prior knowledge/experience needed
Free enrolment
AICTE-approved FDP curriculum
Elective learning for 12 weeks
E-verified certification provided
References and books mentioned
In-person assessment
In-course assignments
Ongoing program
Categories - Humanities and Social Sciences, English Studies

Programme Offerings

References and books stated
IIT Madras instructor
Elective studying
12-week duration
E-verifiable certificates
No prerequisites
Postgraduate-level course
Curriculum assignments

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	IIT Madras

You don’t need to pay any Introduction to World Literature fees as this course is for free.
However, you must pay Rs. 1,000 to register and appear for the Introduction to World Literature certification test.

Introduction to World Literature fee structure

Course type	Total fees (in INR)
Introduction to World Literature	NA
Introduction to World Literature certification examination	1,000

Eligibility Criteria

The Introduction to World Literature online course welcomes students from any background and requires no prior knowledge for enrolment.

Furthermore, students looking to avail of the Introduction to World Literature certification must register for Swayam’s proctored test, score 30/75 or more in it, and 10/25 or more in their learning assignments.

What you will learn

Knowledge of history

Aspirants who complete the Introduction to World Literature training will possess significant knowledge about the following areas of global literature: -

The classics
Indian literature
Excerpts from novels
Short stories
African-American literature
New genres
Prose
Contemporary authors
American and English literature
Women writers
Literature in translation

Who it is for

The Introduction to World Literature online course entails no prior requirements and welcomes all interested aspirants who wish to learn about this subject.

Admission Details

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_hs13/preview - Check the Introduction to World Literature program page via this link.
After reading through all the course information, select ‘Sign-in/Register’.
If you’re already a Swayam user, fill in your account details to log in. If not, start your account by providing the on-screen information, or using your Microsoft/Facebook/Google ID.
Click on ‘send verification code’ once done.
Swayam will provide the account verification code on your registered email. Use it to activate your profile and start learning once the training commences.

Application Details

The Introduction to World Literature online course entails no admission forms. Instead, you can directly log in through an existing Swayam ID, or create one with your email, username, and password. If you have a Facebook, Google, or Microsoft account, you can also use it to register.

The Syllabus

Introducing the program

Classics

Don Quixote
Beowulf
Arabian Nights

Indian literature

Tagore
Kamala Das
Kalidasa
Rushdie

Literature in translation

Akutagawa’s In a Grove Borges’ Garden of Forking Paths Manto’s Toba Tek Singh

Excerpts from novels and short stories

Borges
Marquez
Tolstoy
Calvino
Flaubert

Poetry Dover Beach
Wasteland
Song of Lawino

Drama Ibsen’s Doll’s House Shakespeare’s Othello

African-American literature
Toni Morrison,Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
Everyday Use by Alice Walker

English and American literature

Arnold’s Dover Beach
Eliot’s Wasteland,Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily

Women writers

Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko
Gilman’s Yellow Wallpaper

Prose (non-fiction) and critical theory

Aristotle’s Poetics,Barthes’ Death of the author
Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own
Kolodny’s Dancing through the minefield

Contemporary writers and new genres

Evaluation process

Swayam will conduct the Introduction to World Literature certification exam (proctored) on a date mentioned on the portal, via two sessions at their designated centers. To receive certificates, students must fill up the registration application when Swayam provides them, and pay the test fees.

The program’s final score will be the sum of a candidate’s examination score and their average assignment marks (the eight best out of a total of 12). To obtain the certificate, learners must maintain >=10/25 marks in their assessments and >=30/75 in the proctored evaluation. Failing to do so, they won’t receive certification even if they score >=40/100.