India and the World: Fiction and Film About India and Globalization
ENGL 254
Fall 2020
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Sustainability and Environmental Justice |
India has made international headlines for being a globalization success story and a new global superpower. In this course, we will read literature and watch films that shed light on how globalization has actually impacted the country. We will discuss questions such as, Is globalization a good thing for India? Is it inevitable? Is it really something new? We will read texts that examine key historical and social issues, including Partition, colonialism, and Hindu-Muslim conflict. We will read English language texts and also fiction translated from Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Literature)(GSAS-MN)(GSAS)(MUST-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Books/Prose
Aravind Adiga, THE WHITE TIGER
Arundhati Roy, THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
Various texts by Pankaj Mishra
Mahasweta Devi, IMAGINARY MAPS
Saadat Hasan Manto, BOMBAY STORIES
Amitav Ghosh, SEA OF POPPIES
Short fiction by Quaratulain Hyder
Various non-fiction articles and essays
Films: Slumdog Millionaire (Dir. Danny Boyle)
Dhobi Ghat/Bombay Stories (Dir. Kiran Rao)
Peepli Live (Dir. Anusha Rizvi)
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Examinations and Assignments:
-4 Reaction Papers (2-3 pages in length--these will be guided)
-1 Oral Presentation
-Final: A formal, analytical 10-12 page paper
-Classroom participation and discussion will form a significant part of coursework and final grade tabulation |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Please note: The bulk of instruction for this course will be held online, though on-campus students will participate in several in-person sessions with their instructor.
This course fulfills the Literatures of Difference requirement and contributes to the Race & Ethnicity and Theory & Literary Forms concentrations of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Sawhney,Hirsh Times: .M.W... 11:10AM-12:30PM; Location: ONLINE; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 8 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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