Indian Literature of the Twentieth Century
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4340 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4340
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
This pod presents students with a range of Anglophone literature from the Indian sub-continent written during the period spanning the last decades of the British Empire and the growth of post-independence India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Students will analyse poetry and fiction by Indian and British authors, developing an understanding of the historical and cultural contexts for this literature as well as the approaches and readings suggested by postcolonial theories. The pod focuses in particular on the intersection between literary texts and wider political debates around nationalism, caste, sex and gender.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, English Literature, Modern and Contemporary Literature, and World Literatures. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Present critical analysis of how literary texts reflect and respond to events and trends in the history of the Indian sub-continent.
Analyse the formal and stylistic features of literary texts and the development of key themes in the literature of the Indian sub-continent.
Apply postcolonial and/or cultural theories to the analysis of literary texts in context.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).