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Partition Literature (Theory)
The Course will enable the students to explore diverse literary texts against the backdrop of the Partition, critique a variety of themes and assess the contribution of women writers on Partition from a female perspective, within an interdisciplinary framework.
The students will:
CO79. Analyse diverse literary texts against the background of Partition
CO80. Examine the impact of the socio-political and cultural issues of colonialism, nationalism and partition reflected in the prescribed texts
CO81. Critique the issues of homelessness, exile, communalism and violence in the prescribed texts
CO82. Estimate the role of women writers writing about partition from a female perspective
CO83. Discuss the issues within the critical and theoretical framework from an interdisciplinary perspective
CO84.Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.
Intizar Hussain
Basti (tr. Frances W. Pritchett)
Ahmed Ali
Twilight in Delhi
Dibyendu Palit
Alam's Own House
Manik Bandhopadhya
The Final Solution
Attia Hosain
After the Storm
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
For Your Lanes, My Country
Lalithambika Antharajanam
A Leaf in the Storm
Samaresh Basu
Adab
Gulzar
Toba Tek Singh
Suggested Reference Books:
Bhutalia, Urvashi . The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India. Kali for Women, 2000.
Freud, Sigmund. “Mourning and Melancholia”. The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. Trans. by James Strachey , Hogarth Press, 1953, pp. 3041–53.
Kumar, Paul Sukrita. Narrating Partition. Indialog, 2004.
Menon, Ritu and Kamla Bhasin. “Introduction”. Borders and Boundaries . Kali for Women, 1998.
E-Resources including links: https://ignited.in/a/3782 https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2304564.pdf
Reference Journals:
Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT)