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44979-01 - Lecture: Subcontinental Encounters: South Asian Literatures and Cultures (2 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2018 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Christiane Schlote (christiane.schlote@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The Indian writer Anita Desai once told an interviewer: "I grew up in old Delhi and when I was a small child it was still a capital of the British Empire. It was a curious world. There was the British element, there was the Islamic element in Delhi, and there was the ordinary basic and enduring Indian element." This lecture will provide a critical overview of these elements and a variety of themes and discourses which make up the literatures and cultures of a region as diverse as the countries designated as 'South Asia' and including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, among others. We will situate our discussions of South Asian constructions of ethnicity, gender, nation and religion and cultural representations of major historical events such as India's Partition and the creation of Pakistan within the broader conceptual frameworks of transnationalism, global capitalism and mobility. Texts will include works by Mulk Raj Anand, Anita Desai, G. V. Desani, Shashi Deshpande, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Amitav Ghosh, Jhumpa Lahiri, Saadat Hasan Manto, R. K. Narayan, Satyajit Ray, Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie and Rabindranath Tagore among others. |
| Learning objectives | Students will be introduced to the multifaceted nature of South Asian literary and cultural texts and their contexts on the subcontinent and in the diaspora. |
| Bibliography | Theoretical and primary texts will be made available on ADAM. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Admission requirements | None |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Modul Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: German Language and Literature) Modul Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Spanish Language and Literature) Modul Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Italian Language and Literature) Modul Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: German Literature) Modul Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Latin Philology) Modul Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Nordic Philology) Modul Literaturgeschichte (Master's degree program: Literary Studies) Modul: Advanced Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: Ancient Civilizations) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: German Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: Spanish Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: Italian Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: Nordic Philology) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree program: Ancient Civilizations) Modul: Introduction to Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor's degree subject: English) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | Regular and active participation, reading assignments, written test (90 mins) toward the end of term |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |