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Topics in South Asian Literature and Culture

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21G.041
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2004English
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This subject aims to provide an overview of contemporary texts in regional languages in South Asian Literature and Cinema. We will cover major authors and film makers, writing from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Within India, we will look at authors and directors working in different regional languages and as we examine their different socio-cultural, political and historical contexts we will attempt to understand what it means to study them under the all-unifying category…

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