Partition of India in Print Media and Cinema

ABOUT THE COURSE:The course will acquaint students with the major literary works and cinema that were created in the wake of the Partition of India (1947). It looks into the ways Partition is captured through feminist interpretations by different authors and historians. The gamut of artworks selected for the course helps in understanding how the apocalyptic event affected the everyday lives of the common people. The initial classes will be devoted to explaining the historical events that led to the cracking of the Indian subcontinent.

Week 1: History of the Partition of India Week 2:History and Memory Week 3:Rural imagination of the Nation and National Events Week 4:Womanhood and motherhood Week 5:Woman in the Context of Partition Week 6:Accounts of the Survivor Week 7:Home and Nostalgia Week 8:Displaced People, Abandoned Homes Week 9:Refugee, Desh and Nation Week 10:Refugee Woman and Patriarchal Society Week 11:Partition Literature in the 21st Century Week 12:Immigrant Populace in the Diaspora