Literature of South Asia

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This course examines contemporary fiction and film from the Indian subcontinent (primarily India, but with some focus on Pakistan as well). Works studied include both Anglophone texts and texts in translation read alongside major events of twentieth- and twenty-first century South Asian history, particularly Independence and Partition. Featured authors may include Mulk Raj Anand, Saadat Hasan Manto, R.K. Narayan, Arundhati Roy, and Salman Rushdie.