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Academic Year 2002/2003

Sophomore Seminar: The Political Novel, 1700-1900
HIST 266 FA

Eighteenth- and nineteenth century attitudes toward politics, economics, society, and history will be examined from novels that directly criticize an existing society, as well as from those that present an alternative, sometimes fantastic, reality. All students not in COL must take this course for a letter grade.

MAJOR READINGS

Edward Said, ORIENTALISM
Edward Said, CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM
Ranajit Guha et al, SELECTED SUBALTERN STUDIES
Ranajit Guha, DOMINANCE WITHOUT HEGEMONY: HISTORY & POWER IN COLONIAL INDIA
Ron Inden, IMAGINING INDIA
Tapan Raychaudhuri, EUROPE RECONSIDERED
Nicholas Dirks, CASTES OF MIND
Chris Bayly, EMPIRE AND INFORMATION
Bernard Cohn, COLONIALISM AND ITS FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE
Dipesh Chakrabarty, PROVINCIALIZING EUROPE

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

The instructor of this course will not be using the on-line wait list. If you are interested in this course, please contact the instructor directly.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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