Course Name: American Literature & Culture

Course abstract

The course aims to inculcate an appreciation of specific American authors and texts, along with the literary history of the United States. Participants will also get familiar with the relation between American literature and important related historical and socio-cultural developments. The course also aims to foster an understanding of the development of various genres, forms, and themes in select American literature.


Course Instructor

Media Object

Prof. Aysha Iqbal

Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan is professor of film studies, drama and popular culture in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. Among her several books are Behind the Scenes: Contemporary Bollywood Directors(ed.) Sage: New Delhi, 2017, Post-liberalization Indian Novels in English: Global Reception & Politics of Award London: ANTHEM, 2013. Her books on communication include English for Technical Communication, and English for Nurses and English for the Hotel Industry


Teaching Assistant(s)

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 Course Duration : Jul-Oct 2021
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 20-May-2021 to 02-Aug-2021
 Exam registration : 17-Jun-2021 to 17-Sep-2021
 Exam Date : 23-Oct-2021

Enrolled

2281

Registered

132

Certificate Eligible

84

Certified Category Count

Gold

6

Silver

31

Elite

32

Successfully completed

15

Participation

19

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
American Literature & Culture - Toppers list

NEKETRA LALIT TRIVEDI 95%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SURATHKAL

GUDDI RATH 94%

Utkal university

PURBA CHAKRABORTY 93%

Learning Literature with Purba

NUPUR SHAH 92%

TEZA M GEORGE 90%

RITUPARNA NATH 90%

Gopal Chandra Memorial College of Education

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2281

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 132

Assignment Statistics



Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.

Honestly, the best Professor I have come across on swayam so far. Thank you Prof. Ravichandran. Such a broadly and uniquely designed course!


Kudos to Prof Ayesha Iqbal for coming up with this interesting course, looking forward to more courses from her end.