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HIST109

Colonial India in Fiction and Film HIST109 FA

Next Offered in 9899 FA

This seminar draws on a rich collection of fiction-writing and film-making, both Indian and British, to explore the major issues that confront historians of colonial India. Topics include the slow transition to colonial rule; the nature of European racism and imperial exploitation; the armed insurrection of 1857, known as both "the Sepoy Mutiny" and as India's "First War of Independence"; the development of national consciousness; the complexities of caste, gender, and class; and the rise of Hindu and Muslim "communalism" and the partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan. The schedule of readings and viewings will afford a lively juxtaposition of both literature to film, and of history to historical fiction.

MAJOR READINGS

Texts:
Forster, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Tagore, HOME AND THE WORLD
Premchand, GODAN
Kipling, KIM
Singh, TRAIN TO PAKISTAN
(and others to be announced, depending on availability).
Films:
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
MIRCH MASALA
SHATRANJ KE KHILARI
GANDHI
HOME AND THE WORLD
GARAM HAVA
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
(and others to be announced, depending on availability).

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Full participation in discussion; two ten-page papers.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

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