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#7 India (+Shakespeare)
India: Identity, History, and Society + Shakespeare
Focus on:
This course explores the cultural, historical, and social complexities of India, focusing on its transition from British colonial rule to its current status as a global power. Through a diverse selection of fictional and non-fictional texts, students investigate themes such as identity, the caste system, and the tension between traditional values and modernity. A key focus is the re-interpretation of universal themes by comparing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the Bollywood adaptation Dhadak, examining how Indian social hierarchies like caste transform the traditional family feud.
This course also focuses on English as a global lingua franca through the study of the Hindi/English Bollywood movie Dhadak.
Key terms and analytical approaches that students should use when analyzing texts:
Caste system, Colonialism, Post-colonialism, Imperialism, Independence movement, Partition, Non-violence, Civil disobedience, Tradition vs. Modernity, Arranged marriage, Social hierarchy, Systemic oppression, Honor killing, Gender roles, Patriarchy, Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, Identity, Diversity, National identity, Social inequality, Sociopolitical critique, Economic exploitation, Bollywood reinterpretation, Intertextuality, Shakespearean tragedy, Social hierarchy, New Criticism, Feminist Criticism
Faglige mål fra Læreplanen:
- analysere og fortolke forskellige nyere og ældre tekster med anvendelse af relevant faglig terminologi og metode
- perspektivere tekster litteraturhistorisk, kulturelt, samfundsmæssigt og historisk
- analysere og perspektivere aktuelle forhold i engelsksprogede regioner på baggrund af engelskfaglig viden om historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold i Storbritannien og USA
- udtrykke sig flydende og spontant med formidlingsbevidsthed i præsentation, samtale og diskussion på nuanceret og velstruktureret mundtligt engelsk om en bred vifte af almene og faglige emner med høj grad af grammatisk korrekthed og med evne til selvkorrektion
Materials:
Shakespeare, William: Romeo and Juliet (værklæsning)
Verghese, Abraham: The Covenant of Water (uddrag fra roman), https://docs.google.com/document/d/12mTiaceTNOlTIONpxs60NIEebU_qcUmawHHDWffiIso/edit?usp=drive_link
Pritam, Amrita: "A Stench of Kerosene" (novelle), https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vi16b5AvcrJCA23XxVwajjrzn_IL0dzbLlD-klXTk9g/edit?usp=drive_link
Singh, Kushwant: "Karma" (novelle), https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c-WfkTd-uxvKSGftHyNiAoeIrNjXeWaLfimp05AWU0U/edit?usp=drive_link
Kipling, Rudyard: "Lispeth" (novelle) og "The White Man's Burden" (digt), https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qpUGq27iCO7yYc0qh1sl1Cn2XhObwfnSnAivK2-LAMw/edit?usp=drive_link
Narayan, R.K.: "Mother and Son" (novelle), https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G2Uzf8dw3La5puyF-u7kMdPv5FmMDsuObV-RlZ3Tbok/edit?usp=drive_link
Shashank Khaitan (Dir.): Dhadak (film, 2018)
India WebQuest: "Basic Facts", "India's Colonial Past" og "Challenges and Opportunities"
(Students found materials for the webquest online)
Arbejdsformer:
Diverse plenumøvelser, pararbejde, samt projektarbejdsformer.
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