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Einrichtungen >> Fakultät Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften >> Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik >> Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft >>
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Bangladeshi Writing in English- Dozent/in
- Touhid Chowdhury, M.A.
- Angaben
- Übung
Rein Online
2 SWS
Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität, Erweiterungsbereich, Modulstudium
Zeit: Mi 12:00 - 14:00
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature in
LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
MA English and American Studies
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung)
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 06.09.2021, 10:00 - 31.10.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Inhalt
- “Bangladeshi Writing in English” refers to a corpus of work of writers from Bangladesh and Bangladeshi diaspora who write in English but whose mother tongue is Bengali. This new corpus of writing, in recent times, has gained a renewed attention because of the significant success of writers of the Bangladeshi diaspora. Writers like Adib Khan (Australian-Bangladeshi) or that of Monica Ali (British-Bangladeshi) have come out as inspiration for many more to come in the scene of “Bangladeshi Writing in English.” However, one can trace the history of this particular corpus of writing back to the mid-19th century in then British India. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Rajmohan’s Wife (1864) or Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s feminist utopia Sultana’s Dream (1905) are only a few examples of early Bengali (now Bangladesh) writing in English.
This class will do a historical survey of “Bangladeshi Writing in English” from the mid-19th century until today. A specific focus will be given to the most recent trends of writers between the early and late 2000s from both Bangladesh and Bangladeshi diasporas. It will examine the literary dynamics of the “Bangladeshi Writing in English” as manifested in selective poems, novels and short stories, in conversation with themes of identity, sexuality, nation-building, exile and migration. The course also touches on critical issues relevant to the birth of a new nation called Bangladesh at the backdrop of the 1952 language movement.
Students will be provided with a list of texts from which they have to choose which texts they would like to discuss during the semester in the first class. However, there will be 2-3 set texts that will be announced on the same day that students should get hold of as soon as possible. As we will talk about a new text at least every other week, students should be prepared to do a considerable amount of reading during the term.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Suggested Reading:
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Sultana’s Dream (1905)
Rabindranath Tagore, selected poems from Song Offerings (1913)
Monica Ali, Brick Lane (2003)
Rekha Waheed, The A-Z Guide to Arranged Marriage (2005)
Tahmima Anam, The Bones of Grace (2016)
Farah Guaznavi. Ed. Lifelines: New writings from Bangladesh (2019)
A more detailed syllabus will be announced in the first session of the class.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- Bangladeshi Writing in English
- Credits: 4
- Prerequisites
- 1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature in
LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
MA English and American Studies
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung)
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 06.09.2021, 10:00 - 31.10.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Contents
- “Bangladeshi Writing in English” refers to a corpus of work of writers from Bangladesh and Bangladeshi diaspora who write in English but whose mother tongue is Bengali. This new corpus of writing, in recent times, has gained a renewed attention because of the significant success of writers of the Bangladeshi diaspora. Writers like Adib Khan (Australian-Bangladeshi) or that of Monica Ali (British-Bangladeshi) have come out as inspiration for many more to come in the scene of “Bangladeshi Writing in English.” However, one can trace the history of this particular corpus of writing back to the mid-19th century in then British India. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Rajmohan’s Wife (1864) or Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s feminist utopia Sultana’s Dream (1905) are only a few examples of early Bengali (now Bangladesh) writing in English.
This class will do a historical survey of “Bangladeshi Writing in English” from the mid-19th century until today. A specific focus will be given to the most recent trends of writers between the early and late 2000s from both Bangladesh and Bangladeshi diasporas. It will examine the literary dynamics of the “Bangladeshi Writing in English” as manifested in selective poems, novels and short stories, in conversation with themes of identity, sexuality, nation-building, exile and migration. The course also touches on critical issues relevant to the birth of a new nation called Bangladesh at the backdrop of the 1952 language movement.
Students will be provided with a list of texts from which they have to choose which texts they would like to discuss during the semester in the first class. However, there will be 2-3 set texts that will be announced on the same day that students should get hold of as soon as possible. As we will talk about a new text at least every other week, students should be prepared to do a considerable amount of reading during the term.
- Literature
- Suggested Reading:
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Sultana’s Dream (1905)
Rabindranath Tagore, selected poems from Song Offerings (1913)
Monica Ali, Brick Lane (2003)
Rekha Waheed, The A-Z Guide to Arranged Marriage (2005)
Tahmima Anam, The Bones of Grace (2016)
Farah Guaznavi. Ed. Lifelines: New writings from Bangladesh (2019)
A more detailed syllabus will be announced in the first session of the class.
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 15
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