World Literature Courses and Certifications

OULE - 001 Contemporary Urdu Poetry

Explore the history, major forms, and classic and contemporary poets of Urdu poetry, from ghazal and nazm to masnavi, qaseeda, marsiya, and rubayi.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

OUL - 003 History of Urdu Language & Literature

A brief history of Urdu as an Indo-Aryan language and of its poetry, prose, drama, translation, literary institutions, and journalism.

• Swayam
• 16 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

IIT Madras;  NPTEL

Short Fiction in Indian Literature

Analyze Indian fiction in English across regions and centuries to explore Indian identity and ways of life.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Hindi Literary Journalism

Explore the evolution, forms, and practices of Hindi literary journalism, from the Bharathendhu era to today, including magazines, editorial traditions, and public discourse.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 20, 2026
• Free Online Course

CEC;  EFLU

Introduction to Indian Literature in English: Colonialism to Postcolonialism

Survey Indian literature in English from colonialism to postcolonialism through major writers, poems, novels, plays, and literary movements.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

The Fiction of Indian Diaspora

Read Indian diaspora fiction by Naipaul, Rushdie, Lahiri and Divakaruni through concepts of hybridity, mimicry and transnationalism, tracing migration, memory, generational conflict and belonging.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Subhashitam Sanskritam : Life Values, Ethics and Indian Knowledge Tradition

Study Sanskrit classics from the Hitopadesha, Bhartrihari, and Mahabharata to explore ethics, life values, leadership, and responsible citizenship.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 12, 2026
• Free Online Course

Modern Indian Writing In Englsih Translation

Examines Indian literary modernity through translated texts that confront caste, gender, power, and the politics of representing regional voices in English.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

IIT Roorkee;  NPTEL

Partition Of India In Print Media And Cinema

Explore how post-1947 Indian literature and cinema portray Partition through feminist perspectives, survivor accounts, displacement, memory, home, and diaspora.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Literature and Medicine in Indian Tradition

Explore health, illness, and care through Indian literary, philosophical, and medical traditions, connecting medicine with culture, ethics, and lived experience.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 12, 2026
• Free Online Course

IIT Madras;  NPTEL

Performance Traditions of the Mahabharata in Tamil Nadu

Explore how Tamil Nadu villages celebrate the Mahabharata through rituals, storytelling, and overnight Koothu performances during an immersive twenty-day festival.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

CEC;  Govt. Degree College, Eidgah, Srinagar

History of Urdu Language and Literature

Trace Urdu’s origins and evolution through regional courts, literary institutions, Sufi influence, and early poetic traditions.

• Swayam
• 6 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

Secondary : Sanskrit Sahitya (248)

संस्कृतकाव्यस्य स्वरूपम्, अलङ्कारशास्त्रं, वेद-वेदाङ्ग-पुराणपरम्परा च परीक्ष्य साहित्यस्य जीवनदृष्टिं बोधयति।

• Swayam
• 24 weeks
• Available until Sep 30, 2026
• Free Online Course

University of Kashmir;  CEC

Study of Prose and Poetic Forms in Urdu Literature

Explore the art, history, development, and cultural elements of major Urdu prose genres, from dastaan and essays to travelogues, memoirs, reportage, and letters.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Madras

Short Fiction in Indian Literature

This course involves the study and analysis of fiction in English from different regions of India. The course will draw upon both short and long fiction. Students will be required to develop an understanding of both 19th century as well as contemporary I…

• YouTube
• 1 day 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video