SYL.LECTURE - 1 MA 2nd Year (English) Regional and Postcolonial Studies: Nepal Studies: COURSE OF STUDY Min Pun, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English Tribhuvan University, PN Campus

Paper IX REGIONAL AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES Nepal Studies (Regional Studies) Postcolonial Studies

NEPAL STUDIES Nature and Objectives of the Course The course is a study of a particular geographical area (regional studies). This course discusses Nepali literary and cultural texts in social, political and historical contexts. In particular, it comprises of seminal essays about the cultural politics of Nepal, readings in Nepali English literature, Nepali literature in translation, mythology and folklore. The course also offers readings that seek to theorize and express multicultural experiences of Nepal.

NEPAL STUDIES Contents of the Course Unit 1: History, Politics and Culture Unit 2: Nepali English Writing Unit 3: Nepali Literature in Translation Unit 4: Mythology and Folklore Unit 5: Multicultural Nepali Texts Mythology = a collection of myths (ancient stories), belonging to people and their origin, history, deities, ancestors and heroes. Folklore = the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore (knowledge) of a people.

NEPAL STUDIES Prescribed Textbooks Bista, Dor Bahadur. Fatalism and Development. Kolkata: Orient Longman. Burkhart, Richard. The Conditions of Listening. Delhi: Oxford, 2008. 226-260, 261-277, 300-318, 362-408. Campoli, Alessandra. Ritual Art of the Kingdom of Mithila : Traditional Paintings by Janakpur Women in Nepal. Kathmandu: Vajraj Publications, 2008. (whole book) Chalmers, Roderick. “Pundits and Pulp Fiction: Popular Publishing and the Birth of Nepali Print Capitalism in Banares.” SINHAS 7(1) June 2002: 35-97.

Devkota, Laxmi Prasad. Shakuntala Devkota, Laxmi Prasad. Shakuntala. Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 2007. (whole book) Devkota, Padma. “Swimming the Unknown Deaths” and “Empty Nest” Of Nepalese Clay Issue 11, April 2009: 4-5. Devkota, Rajeshwar. Journey’s End. Trans. Hrishikesh Upadhyaya. New Delhi: Adadrsha Books, 2011. (whole book) Diwasa, Tulasi. Folk Tales from Nepal. New Delhi: Publications Division, 2003. (whole book) Grandin, Ingemar. “Music Under Development: Children’s Songs, Artists and the Panchayat State.” SINHAS 10(2) December 2005: 255-293.

Gellner, David, Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka and John Whelpton’s Nationalism and Ethnicity in Nepal. Kathmandu: Vajra Publications, 1997. Gunaratne, Arjun. “Tharu--State Relations in Nepal and India.” The Tarai: History, Society, Environment. Kathmandu: Himal books, 2011. Gurung, D.B. “The Diary of a Threatened One.” An Other Voice: English Literature from Nepal. Eds. Deepak Thapa and Kesang Tseten. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari, 2002. Hutt, Michael. Eloquent Hills: Essays on Nepali Literature. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari, 2012.

Joshi, Ammaraj. A Night’s Drama. New Delhi: Adarsha Books, 2008. Joshi, Momila, Ed. Dancing Soul of Mount Everest: Selected Modern Nepali Poems. Kathmandu: Nepal Kalasahitya Dot Com, 2011. Joshi, Sushma and Ajit Baral, Eds. New Nepal New Voices: An Anthology of Short Stories. New Delhi: Rupa 2008. Karl –Heinz Krämer. “The Janjati and the Nepali State: Aspects of Identity and Integration.” Lecomte-Tilouine & Pascale Dollfus. Ethnic Revival and Religious Turmoil:  Identities and Representations in the Himalayas. Oxford: OUP, 2003.

Lall, Keshar. Folk Tales from Nepal: The Stolen Images and Other Stories. Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1995. (whole book) Lawoti, Mahendra and Susan Hangen, Eds. Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal. New York: Routledge, 2013. Lecomte-Tilouine and Pascale Dollfus, Eds. Ethnic Revival and Religious Turmoil: Identities and Representations in the Himalayas. Oxford: OUP, 2003. Leitchy, Mark. Suitably Modern. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari, 2006.

Lohani, Basanta. “The New Identity Lohani, Basanta. “The New Identity.” Of Nepalese Clay issue 18, October 2012, 16. Lohani, Mohan. “In the Shadows of Death” Of Nepalese Clay Issue 19, April 2013, 11. Lohani, Shreedhar. “Existence” From Of Nepalese Clay Issue 19, April 2013: 17-18. Onta, Pratyoush. “Activities in a Fossil State: Balkrishna Sama and the Improvisation of Nepali Identity.” SINHAS 2(1) June 1997: 69-102. Parijat. Blue Mimosa. Trans. Tanka Vilas Varya. Kathmandu: Orchid Books, 2010. (whole book)

Rakesh, Ram Dayal. Folk Tales from Mithila. New Delhi: Nirala, 1996 Rakesh, Ram Dayal. Folk Tales from Mithila. New Delhi: Nirala, 1996. (whole book) Sakya, Karna and Linda Griffith. Tales of Kathmandu: Folktales from the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal. Kathmandu: Mandala Publications, 2005. Sharrock, James. “Nepali Blogging and Democracy.” SINHAS 12(1) June 2007: 55-94. Subedi, Abhi. Fire in the Monastery. Kathmandu: Across Publications, 2003. Thakura, Vidhyapati, Deben Bhattacharya and W.G. Archer. Love Songs of Vidhyapati. Ann Arbor: Grove Press, 1979.

Thapa, Archana, Ed. Telling a Tale. Kathmandu: Akshar Creations, 2010. Thapa, Manjushree, Ed. This Country is Yours. Kathmandu: The Printhouse, 2009. Thapa, Manjushree. Seasons of Flight. Delhi: Penguin, 2010. (whole book) Upadhyaya, Hrishikesh. “Kathmandu Twilight” From Of Nepalese Clay. Wagle, Narayan. Palpasa Café. Kathmandu: NepaLaya, 2011. Whelpton, John. Jang Bahadur in Europe. Kathmandu: Sahayogi Press, 1983. (whole book)

Dr. Min Pun Associate Professor, Department of English Tribhuvan University, PN Campus, Pokhara minpun@gmail.com minpun@pncampus.edu.np www.minpun.com.np www.pncampus.edu.np