Course Name: Literary and Cultural Disability Studies: An Exploration

Course abstract

Like other human conditions, disability offers a unique vantage position in the understanding of cultural expressions such as literature, folklore, and film. Such a vantage position derives from disabilitys capacity to offer novel frameworks for interpreting academic institutions such as literary criticism. Why that should be the case? Human capacities, abilities, vulnerabilities, and a spectrum of sentiments determine how long, and in what direction an idea travels. Likewise, conditions such as madness may instill newer narrative dispersions that one can ill afford to ignore. Literary and Cultural Disability Studies (LCDS) is the most appropriate forum for examining such narrative maneuverings. That said, LCDS is much more than that. For example, as a lens for exploring literary and cultural arrangements, LCDS may aid us in addressing the following questions differently: 1 The canon question. 2 The art of interpretation involving text and contexts. 3 The multilingual question. To comprehend the enduring connect between disability politics and the multilingual question, we have an elaborate workshop on Indian Sign Language (ISL). And 4 Interdisciplinarity and the problem of accommodation. An engagement with these questions renders LCDS as a sequel to my introductory course on Disability Studies. Students pursuing masters in literature, culture, and social sciences broadly may appreciate the diversity of content in this course. For those who are pursuing doctoral and postdoctoral research, this course may come handy too. It hosts lectures and conversations on methods, frameworks, and approaches concerning culture, language, and politics. In sum, students from humanities and social sciences may relish myriad cultural debates surrounding disability, as much as its treatment as an interpretative method.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Hemachandran Karah

Dr Hemachandran Karah teaches English Literature at the Humanities and Social sciences faculty. He is interested in researching on themes such as disability, health, the language question, literary criticism, and musicology.
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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 : 24-Oct-2021

Enrolled

510

Registered

66

Certificate Eligible

50

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

5

Elite

23

Successfully completed

21

Participation

9

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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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
Literary and Cultural Disability Studies: An Exploration - Toppers list

KOWSALYA G 90%

BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE

AAHUTI DHIRUBHAI DHANDHUKIA 82%

GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BHAVNAGAR

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 510

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 66

Assignment Statistics




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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.

First of all I am very thankful to sir who has given me this opportunity to knowing about their strength. Also how we can improve yourself. I enjoyed throughout the course. And course is very beneficial for students.,Thankyou


It was a great opportunity to learn about disability studies. I am glad I joined the course it was an eye opener for me in many ways. I can see its relevance to ELT as well. It is truly an interdisciplinary course . Thank you so much sir.