India: Identity, Globalization, and Empire
ENGL 254
Spring 2023
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Sustainability and Environmental Justice |
In this course, we will read literature and watch films that shed light on how various socio-economic and political trends have impacted India and its inhabitants during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We will begin our study in the early 2000s, when the country made international headlines for being a "globalization" success story and a new global superpower, and then move backwards in time to the post-colonial and colonial eras. We will discuss various questions: What exactly is globalization, and is it something new and inevitable? How is it related to empire, and how do entities like globalization and empire impact the evolution of both individuals and communities? We will watch Bollywood and Hollywood films and closely examine the literature of Partition. We will discuss the undying presence of communal violence in modern India, and the rise of the Hindu Right. We will read English-language texts, and also texts translated from Urdu, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, 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: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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
Khushwant Singh, TRAIN TO PAKISTAN
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:
Students will write three reaction papers and one long final essay. They will give an oral presentation. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to fulfillment of English major requirements: Lit. Hist. 3, World Lit., elective |
| Instructor(s): Sawhney,Hirsh Times: ...W... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: ALLB304; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 3 | FR: 2 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 4 |
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