SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE

Aims & Objectives:

The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with the facility that South Asian
Writers have with the English Language and the regional flavor that they lend to it. It will
help generate a debate on the context of a work of literature through representation of
the region by its people. Contents:
A. Drama (any two)
 Tariq Ali: Iranian Nights
 Vijay Tendulkar: Silence! The Court in Session
 Girish Karnad: The Dreams of Tipu Sultan

B. Fiction (any two)

 Kamila Shamsi: Salt and Saffron
 Khalid Hosseini: The Kite Runner
 Bapsi Sidhwa: And American Brat
 Anita Desai: The Inheritance of Loss
 Daniyal Moeenudin: In Other Rooms Other Wonders
 Mohammed Hanif: A Case of Exploding Mangoes
 Tehminah Durrani: My Feudal Lord

C. Poetry (selections)
 Zulfiqar Ghose
 Naseem Ezekial
 Maki Qureshi
 Sujata Bhatt

Note: The individual universities may select these or other texts taking care that
both the region and the three genres mentioned above are represented.
Recommended Readings:
1. Singh, B. P. (1998). The State, The Arts and Beyond. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
2. Mirza, Shafqat Tanveer. (1992). Resistance Themes in Punjabi Literature. Lahore:
Sang-e-meel.
3. Ed. William Hanaway. Studies in Pakistani Popular Culture. Lahore: Lok Virsa
Publishing House.
4. Ed. G. N. Devy. (2002). Indian Literary Criticism Theory and Interpretation. Hydrabad:
Orient Longman.
5. Ed. Ranjit Guha. (1984). Subaltern studies Writings on South Asian History and
Society. Delhi: Oxford University Press.