ASIAN 3313 - South Asian Poetry and Narrative: From Ghazals to Film

(GB) (LA-AS, ALC-AS)

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

A. Zahoor.

This course covers the major literary movements in the literary landscape of the region such as the Progressive Writer’s movement and regional modernisms. It also explores the impact of British colonialism on the culture and the politics of South Asia. The course encourages thinking across boundaries of literatures, cultures, and histories. This course covers a range of topics and diverse genres: from Ghazal, a prominent poetic expression, to fictional representation of the two partitions (1947 and 1971) and its aftermath to theatrical retelling of the Indian mythology. (LL)