India: Identity, Globalization, and Empire
ENGL 254
Spring 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
GSAS 254 |
| 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: 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 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)
This course fulfills the Literatures of Difference requirement and contributes to the Race & Ethnicity and Theory & Literary Forms concentrations of the English major.
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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 8-10 page paper -Classroom participation and discussion will form a significant part of coursework and final grade tabulation |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the following ENGL major requirements: Literary History 3, World Literature, elective.
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| Instructor(s): Sawhney,Hirsh Times: ...W... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: DWNY100; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: -3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: 1 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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