Gender Perspectives on Partition

Paper Code: 
ENG 144 (b) - Option 2

UNIT I

Partition Literature

  • Gender Perspectives
  • History and Memory

 

                                                     UNIT II

Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan

Chaman Lal’s Azaadi

 

UNIT III

Amrita Pritam’s Pinjar

 

UNIT IV

Krishna Sobti’s Zindaginama

 

                                                     UNIT V

Qurratulain Hyder’s River of Fire

 

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

Agnew, Vijay. Diaspora, Memory and Identity. Univ of Toronto Press. 2005. Print.

Bavnani, Nandita and Ashis Nandy. The Making of Exile: Sindhi Hindus and the Partition of India. Transquebar. 2014. Print.

Bhasin, Kamla and Ritu Menon. Borders and Boundaries. Rutgers University Press. 1998. Print.

Bhasin, Kamla and Ritu Menon. Women in India’s Partition. Kali for Women. 1998. Print.

Daiya, Kavita. Violent Belongings: Partition, Gender and National Culture in Postcolonial India. Yoda Press.

Hussein, Aamer and Shama Habibullah. Distant Traveller: New and Selected Fiction. Women Unlimited. Print.

Khan , Yasmin. The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. Yale U P. 2007. Print.

Seervai, H.M. Partition of India: Legend and Reality. Universal Law Publication. 2012. Print.

 

Academic Year: 
2017-2018