Osher (50+). In this course, we read and discuss stories from India that illuminate Indian life during the years before, during and after British colonial rule.
In this course, we read stories from India that illuminate Indian life during the years before, during and after British colonial rule. One example is Anita Desai’s “Pigeons at Daybreak,” which deals with the power of family and human relationships, particularly the significance of love and care in times of need and ailments. Desai describes her own work as an attempt to reveal “the truth that is nine-tenth of the iceberg . . . submerged beneath the one-tenth visible portion we call Reality.” Another example is Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s “The Interview.” Writing for the New York Times, Pearl K. Bell characterizes Jhabvala as an “affectionately satiric observer of the conflict between traditional passivity and Westernized ambition within those battered by the indifferent tide of change in present-day Indian life.” Class discussion is intended to encourage what David Damrosch called “a back-and-forth movement between the familiar and the unfamiliar. A view of the world is always a view from wherever we are, and we inevitably filter what we read through our own experience. But if we don’t impose our expectations onto the new work, its distinctive qualities will enlarge our field of vision.” Course books: Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America; and Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies.
Summer 2024 Schedule
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Monday 1:00PM - 3:00PM PT
Future Offering (Opens April 29, 2024 12:00:00 AM)
Plus members pay only $40 for this course. Enrollment limited. Visitors not permitted. Please download a free version of zoom at https://zoom.us/ to participate in this course.
You must be at least 50 years old and a current member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UCLA to enroll in this course. If your membership has expired or if you wish to become a new member, please proceed with enrolling in courses and you will be automatically prompted to add a membership during checkout.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after July 02, 2024
Course Requirements
(Optional)
Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America
by Barbara H. Solomon
Signet
ISBN 978-0451528407
(Optional)
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Mariner Classics
ISBN 978-0358213260
Schedule
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Date
Time
Location
Discussion
Mon Jun 24, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Jul 8, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Jul 22, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Jul 29, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Aug 12, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Aug 19, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Aug 26, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Sep 2, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Sep 9, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
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