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Jan 04, 2025
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ARGS 829 - History of Modern India through the Novel3 credits
Traces India’s modern history from colonialism to postcolonialism to globalization through bestselling novels. Readings and discussion focus on modern Indian perspectives in fiction that define people and their relationships to one another in society. Often these stories transform tradition, in the interest of highlighting and challenging traditional aspects of Indian culture. In particular, students explore times of transition and changes and continuity in the social fabric at those moments, including colonialism/British Raj, Independence and Partition in 1947, Postcolonial India, and Globalized India. A running theme throughout the course is the significance of English in India from colonial times to the present day, and how Indian authors have distinctively used and created `English.’ Prior knowledge of Indian culture is desirable, but not required.
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