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Instructors: Dr. Christoph Singer
Event type:
Seminar
Org-unit: Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Displayed in timetable as:
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Requirements and recommendations:
Der Besuch des Einführungsmoduls ist nachzuweisen.
Contents:
Literature:
Please buy the following editions until the beginning of the semester.
Brenton, Howard. Drawing the Line. London: Nick Hern Books, 2013.
Khushwant Singh. Train to Pakistan. New York: Grove Press, 1981.
Sidhwa, Bapsi. Cracking India. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2006.
Further primary and secondary texts by W.H. Auden, Saadat Hasan Manto, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, et. al. will be provided in form of a reader.
Comment:
This seminar will introduce students to the history, impact and representations of the partition of India. After providing the historical background we will look at a number of accounts of these decisive events. Additionally, the theoretical framework of ‘border studies’ shall help in gaining a better understanding of the socio-political implications of mapping and the creation of borders and nation-states.
As part of the “Methodische Grundlagen – Periods and Texts” this course offers an introduction to reading strategies and term paper writing. The latter includes the set-up, formatting and revising of papers as well as citing sources and compiling bibliographies.
Leistungsanforderungen:
Attendance in the first session is mandatory. There will be a reading test on Howard Brenton's "Drawing the Line" in the first session. Knowledge of the historical background will be tested in the third session.
qT: Tests, Academic Mid-Term Paper
LN: Term Paper (35.000 Zeichen)
Important notes:
If you want to obtain credits for the "Study India Certificate" and are not a registered student from Paderborn please send me an email: csinger[at]mail.uni-paderborn.de.
http://www.uni-muenster.de/Studyindia/the_certificate/index.html
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