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1. A short history of English Literature from South Asia (How we got here) 2. Re-thinking literature from South Asia and the “Islamic world” (Where we are)
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1. A short history of English Literature from South Asia (How we got here) • 2. Re-thinking literature from South Asia and the “Islamic world” (Where we are) • Language (Urdu or English? Local or Alien? Complicity or Dissent? And what about the “others” – Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Seraiki, to name only a few?) • Narrative (from poetry to fiction) • Islam • Gender
Languages • Which languages are most widely spoken as a first language? • Punjabi 44% + • Pashto 15% • Sindhi 14% • Seraiki10% • Urdu - 8% (49% of this populous lives in Karachi) • For how much of the population is Urdu a first or a second language? • 60% (100 million +) • What is Pakistan’s population? • 170 (165) million + (sixth most populated country in the world) • What are the three most populous countries to use English as an official language? • India, United States, Pakistan. • Pakistan is the third most populous, though how many claim English as a “first” language is unknown. Certainly, there are now more English speakers in South Asia than anywhere else in the world.
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