Course10910719662 lectures
Partition of India in Print Media And Cinema
Prof. Sarbani Banerjee · IIT Roorkee
About
The course will acquaint students with the major literary works and cinema that were created in the wake of the Partition of India (1947). It looks into the ways Partition is captured through feminist interpretations by different authors and historians. The gamut of artworks selected for the course helps in understanding how the apocalyptic event affected the everyday lives of the common people. The initial classes will be devoted to explaining the historical events that led to the cracking of the Indian subcontinent.
Lectures
Week 1
- History of the Partition of India I
- History of the Partition of India II
- History of the Partition of India III
- History of the Partition of India IV
- History of the Partition of India V
Week 2
- History of the Partition of India VI
- History of the Partition of India VII
- History and Alternative Memory Writings I
- History and Alternative Memory Writings II
- History and Alternative Memory Writings III
Week 3
- History and Alternative Memory Writings IV
- History and Alternative Memory Writings V
- Caste Politics and The Bengal Chapter I
- Caste Politics and The Bengal Chapter II
- Caste Politics and The Bengal Chapter III
Week 4
- Caste Politics in Punjab Partition Micro-societies and Sub-Cultures
- Womanhood and Motherhood I
- Womanhood and Motherhood II
- Womanhood and Motherhood III
- Womanhood and Motherhood IV
Week 5
- Woman in the Context of Partition I
- Woman in the Context of Partition II
- Woman in the Context of Partition III
- Accounts of the Survivor I
- Accounts of the Survivor II
Week 6
- Accounts of the Survivor III
- Accounts of the Survivor IV
- Accounts of the Survivor V
- Accounts of the Survivor VI
- Accounts of the Survivor VII
Week 7
- Accounts of the Survivor VIII
- Accounts of the Survivor IX
- Home and Nostalgia I
- Home and Nostalgia II
- Home and Nostalgia III
Week 8
- Home and Nostalgia IV
- Home and Nostalgia V
- Refugee, Desh and Nation I
- Refugee, Desh and Nation II
- Refugee, Desh and Nation III
Week 9
- Refugee, Desh and Nation IV
- Refugee, Desh and Nation V
- Refugee, Desh and Nation VI
- Refugee, Desh and Nation VII
- Refugee, Desh and Nation VIII - Agency/Lack thereof for the Immigrant Women
Week 10
- Displaced People, Abandoned Homes I
- Displaced People, Abandoned Homes II
- Displaced People, Abandoned Homes III
- Displaced People, Abandoned Homes IV
- Displaced People, Abandoned Homes V
Week 11
- Displaced People, Abandoned Homes VI
- Refuge Women and Patriarchal Society I
- Refuge Women and Patriarchal Society II
- Refuge Women and Patriarchal Society III
- Refuge Women and Patriarchal Society IV
- Refuge Women and Patriarchal Society V
Week 12
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Roorkee
- Department
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher
- Prof. Sarbani Banerjee
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Society and politics
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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