Introductory Topics in South Asian Literature and Culture (260-0-20)

Topic

India/Pakistan Partition in Literature, Film, and

Instructors

Daniel Majchrowicz
847/467-5829
1880 Campus Drive, Kresge Hall, Office 4-423
Office Hours: varies by quarter, please contact instructor

Meeting Info

Harris Hall L28: Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

AY 26 -27. This class will examine how the 1947 partition of India has been engaged in literature and popular culture, moving from contemporary depictions from the 1940s to its continued invocation in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh today. We will read/watch these texts alongside the extensive body of scholarship on Partition from History, Anthropology and Gender Studies with particular attention to the historiography of Partition and South Asian nationalisms. Throughout, we will engage with the idea of Partition as an "event" and ask how Partition continues to inflect life in South Asia and beyond today.

Evaluation Method

quizzes, exam, final project

Class Materials (Required)

Intizar Hussain - Basti

Class Attributes

Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
SoC Humanities and Fine Arts Distro