South and Southeast Asian Studies 39G
"Think Gender" in Indian Short Stories (2 units, LG)
Kausalya Hart
Friday 8:00-10:00, 156 Dwinelle Hall, CCN: 83118In this seminar, students will read fifteen short stories from various languages of India translated into English. The stories will describe the relationships between men and women and how the society looks at the roles of men and women in Indian culture. The students will be expected to read the stories and to discuss and critique them in class. They will also be expected to write two five-page research papers. This course can be used to satisfy the Arts and Literature or Social and Behavioral Sciences breadth requirement in Letters and Science.
Kausalya Hart (M.A., Annamalai University, 1962) is the author of Tamil for Beginners, Tamil Madu, and Tamil Tiraippadam (advanced Tamil textbooks). She has prepared numerous Tamil language teaching aids (including a collection of Tamil movie videos), and a dictionary for modern Tamil. Her current research involves the preparation of a dictionary of Tamil inscriptions. Her interests include Tamil literature, grammar, and inscriptions.
