Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Assimilate a variety of interpretations and consider the evidence for each
- Develop independent ideas on key problems and be able to justify and defend them
- Understand how these texts can be related to other forms of evidence
- Present arguments in oral and written form and engage with the reasoned arguments of others
- Interpret historical texts as products of their own context and not as repositories of positivist knowledge.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Think critically about the applicability of European theories of nationalism to new post-colonial nation states.
- Think critically about narratives of nationhood in history writing, literature and visual culture
- Recognize the internal fragmentation of the Indian nation state.
- Weigh the comparative merits of influential theories of nationalism
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Major theories of nationalism
- Major ways in which the story of India as a singular nation has been narrated in history writing, literature and visual arts
- Debates within the field of the historiography of European and Non-western nationalism
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Think critically about nationalism and its impact on history writing.
- Integrate these readings with a wider understanding of the modern world.
- Connect historical writing to the wider historical problems of its time.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 12 |
| Completion of assessment task | 30 |
| Seminar | 12 |
| Revision | 24 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 72 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Shingavi, Snehal (2014). The Mahatma misunderstood: the politics and forms of literary nationalism in India. Anthem Press.
Mill, James, and William Thomas (1975). The history of British India. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Herder, Johann Gottfried, and Frank Edward Manuel (1968). Reflections on the philosophy of the history of. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Gellner, Ernest (1997). Nationalism. N.Y: New York University Press.
Anderson, Benedict R. O'G. (1991). Imagined communities: reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism. London: Verso.
Raja Rao (1963). Kanthapura. New York: New Directions.
Tagore, Rabindranath (1917). Nationalism. New York: The Macmillan Co..
Hunter, William Wilson, and P. E. Roberts (1966). A history of British India. New York: AMS Press.
Sartori, Andrew (2008). Bengal in global concept history: culturalism in the age of capital. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Savarkar, Vinayak Damodar, and S. T. Godbole (1971). Six glorious epochs of Indian history. Bombay: Bal Savarkar; associate Publishers & sole distributors.
Goswami, Manu (2004). Producing India from colonial economy to national space. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Chatterji, Bankim (2005). Anandamath, or The Sacred Brotherhood. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nehru, Jawaharlal (2004). The discovery of India. New Delhi: Penguin.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Essay | 60% |
| Exercise | 40% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Resubmit assessments | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External