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21F.041: Topics in South Asian Literature and Culture

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Examines authors from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Explores texts in English as well as those written in the regional languages with translation. Topics include modernity and post-colonialism, shifting questions of class, gender and sexuality, narrative strategies in the diasporic literature, effects of globalization and hybridity and the tensions between traditional values and social change. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.

Units: 4-0-8(U)

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