Learning Literature with Purba
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 74 : An Introduction by Kamala Das
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our series Unforgettable Poems, the last episode that we have is Kamala Das's poem 'An Introduction'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteratu...
Episode 73: Kubla Khan by S.T.Coleridge
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem 'Kubla Khan'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba....
Episode 72: IF by Rudyard Kipling
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Rudyard Kipling's inspirational poem 'IF'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.co...
Episode 71: The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B.Yeats
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have W.B.Yeats' nature poem 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewi...
Episode 70 : Where the Mind is without Fear by Rabindranath Tagore
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Rabindranath Tagore's 'Where the mind is without fear'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteratur...
Episode 69: Hope is the thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Emily Dickinson's 'Hope is the thing with feathers'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewi...
Episode 68 : The Education of Nature by William Wordsworth
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have William Wordsworth's 'The Education of Nature'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpur...
Episode 67 : The Brook by Alfred Lord Tennyson
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'The Brook'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to di...
Episode 66: Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Leigh Hunt's 'Abou Ben Adhem'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discove...
Episode 65: The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have William Wordsworths's 'The Solitary Reaper'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba....
Episode 64: The Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We begin our new series Unforgettable Poems with William Shakespeare's 'The Seven Ages of Man'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpur...
Episode 63: Movement Poets
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the literary movement of the postmodern age. This is our last episode in the Literary movement Series. Visit our online academy www.learning...
Episode 62: Confessional Poetry
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out this literary movement of the post modern age and the poets associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com...
Episode 61 : Beat Generation
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the literary movement of the postmodern age and the writers associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com...
Episode 60: Theatre of Oppressed
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the literary movement of the post modern age and the founder of it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover...
Episode 59: Theatre of Absurd
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out this literary movement of the Post Modern Age and the playwrights associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpur...
Episode 58: Kitchen Sink Realism
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the literary movement of the post modern age and the works associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com ...
Episode 57: Angry Young Men
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out this popular literary movement of the post modern age. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba to discover online courses o...
Episode 56 : Epic Theatre
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the literary movement influenced by Marxism. Visit www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online courses on English Literature & Cr...
Episode 55 : Theatre of Cruelty
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the literary movement of the modern age 'Theatre of Cruelty', its themes, objective and founder. Visit www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com t...
Episode 54: Existentialism
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning of existentialism and the writers associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover o...
Episode 53: New Apocalyptics
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out this literary movement of the Modern Age. Also listen to the recitation of Dylan Thomas's famous poem "Do not go gentle into that good night...
Episode 52: Black Mountain Poets
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out who the Black Mountain Poets were, what they believed in, and how they contributed to Post Modern Poetry. Visit our online academy www.learn...
Episode 51: Stream of Consciousness
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the stream of consciousness literary movement along with a short reading of Virginia Woolf's "To the lighthouse". Visit our online academy w...
Episode 50: Bloomsbury Group
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out this literary group of the Modern Age. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online cours...
Episode 49: Lost Generation
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out who the Lost Generation writers were and why were they called so. Visit our online academy - www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover...
Episode 48: War Poets
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out who the war poets were. Also, there is a recitation of the poem 'Strange Meeting' by the most popular war poet, Wilfred Owen. Visit our onli...
Episode 47: Harlem Renaissance
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the African American literary movement called Harlem Renaissance. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a...
Episode 46: Auden Generation + Georgian Poets
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the two groups of poets in modern age - the Auden group and the Georgian Poets. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com...
Episode 45: Rhymer's Club + Irish Dramatic Movement
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Know about Rhymer's Club and the Irish Dramatic Movement, both pioneered by W.B.Yeats. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to...
Episode 44: Surrealism
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the literary movement of the modern age - surrealiam. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range ...
Episode 43: Imagism
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning of the literary movement, Imagism and the writers associated with it. Also listen to the recitation of the poem 'Oread' by Hilda...
Episode 42: Symbolism
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the literary movement, Symbolism and all the writers associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to dis...
Episode 41 : Impressionism
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning of the Literary Movement, Impressionism and check out the artists and writers associated with it. Visit our online academy www.l...
Episode 40: Naturalism
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and significance of the literary movement, Naturalism. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover ...
Episode 39 : Realism
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and the features of Realism- the dominant movement of the Victorian Age. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurb...
Episode 38: Oxford Movement
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and the importance of the Oxford Movement. Visit our academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of onl...
Episode 37: Fireside Poets
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning, members and the style of Fireside Poets. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range ...
Episode 36: Aestheticism
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning, philosophy and members of Aestheticism. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range o...
Episode 35: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and members of the literary movement of the Victorian Age: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Visit our online academy www.learninglite...
Episode 34: Transcendentalism
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning of transcendentalism and the great writers associated with it. (+recitation of an excerpt of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself"). V...
Episode 33: Dark Romanticism
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning of Dark Romanticism, a literary movement in the romantic age and check out who were the Dark Romantics. Visit our online academy...
Episode 32: Cockney School of Poetry
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning & the poets associated with the Cockney School of Poetry
Episode 31 : Satanic School of Poetry
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out this literary school associated with the Romantic Age that helped in the development of the famous Byronic Hero.
Episode 30: Graveyard Poets & Lake Poets
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and members of Graveyard Poets and Lake Poets who wrote during the Pre-Romantic Age & Romantic Age respectively.
Episode 29 : KitKat Club & Scriblerus Club
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the two literary clubs in the early 18th century and their members.
Episode 28 : Masque & Commedia dell'arte
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning of 2 types of plays - Masque and Commedia dell'arte in English Literature.
Episode 27 : Cavalier Poets
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Find out about the Cavalier poets who wrote in the 17th century. Check out the recitation of "To Electra" by Robert Herrick.
Episode 26 : Metaphysical Poets
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning of metaphysical poetry and know about the metaphysical poets.
Episode 25 : Comedy of Humor & Sons of Ben
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning of Comedy of Humor and know who are the Sons of Ben in English Literature
Episode 24 : University Wits
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We kickstart the brand new year with a new series of Literary Movements. In this episode, we talk about University Wits.
Episode 23 : Magic Realism, Science Fiction & Mystery Fiction
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and classic examples of Magic Realism, Science Fiction & Mystery Fiction.
Episode 22 : Epistolary Novel & Metafiction
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and classic examples of Epistolary novels and Metafiction
Episode 21 : Historical Novel & Picaresque Novel
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and some classic examples of Historical Novel & Picaresque Novel in English Literature
Episode 20 : Apocalyptic Literature & Gothic Novel
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and examples of Apocalyptic Literature and Gothic Novel
Episode 19 : Utopian & Dystopian Fiction
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and classic examples of Utopian and Dystopian Fiction.
Episode 18 : Campus Novel & Chivalric Romance
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and examples of Campus Novel & Chivalric Romance
Episode 17: Bildungsroman & Kunstleroman
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the brand new series "Types of Fiction", we begin our discussion with Bildungsroman and Kunstleroman novel.
Episode 16: Paradise Lost by John Milton Book 9,10,11&12
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Discussion on Book 9 to Book 12 of John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost
Episode 15 : Paradise Lost by John Milton Book 6, 7 & 8
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Short and crisp discussion on John Milton's epic poem 'Paradise Lost' Book 6, 7 & 8
Episode 14 : Paradise Lost by John Milton Book 3, 4 & 5
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Discussion on Book 3, 4 and 5 of John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost"
Episode 13 : Paradise Lost by John Milton Book 1 and Book 2
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the discussion on Book 1 and Book 2 of John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost"
Episode 12 : Synesthesia & Zeugma
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the last episode in the 12 part series of Literary Devices. Check out the meaning and usage of Synesthesia and Zeugma in English Literature.
Episode 11 : Metonymy & Synecdoche
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and usage of Metonymy and Synecdoche in English Literature.
Episode 10 : Litotes & Kenning
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Both Litotes and Kenning are used in our daily language as well as in English Literature. Check out the usage and meaning of these two literary device...
Episode 9 : Chaismus & Diacope
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and usage of chaismus & diacope in English Literature.
Episode 8: Hyperbole & Onomatopoeia
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and usage of Hyperbole & Onomatopoeia in English Literature.
Episode 7 : Antithesis & Juxtaposition
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and usage of Antithesis & Juxtaposition in English Literature.
Episode 6 : Alliteration & Anaphora
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and usage of Alliteration and Anaphora in English Literature.
Episode 5: Allegory & Conceit
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and usage of Allegory & Conceit in English Literature.
Episode 4: Imagery & Personification
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know there are 5 types of Imagery? Check out the usage and meaning of all types of Imagery and Personification.
Episode 3: Oxymoron & Paradox
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the usage and meaning of oxymoron and paradox in English Literature.
Episode 2: Irony
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the meaning and usage of verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony in English Literature.
Episode 1: Simile & Metaphor
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the difference between simile and metaphor with interesting examples from classic literary works.
Learning Literature with Purba (Trailer)
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas