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Transcultural Texts Reviews

This document provides a list of 4 recommended texts for a Transcultural studies course, along with brief explanations for each: 1) Edward Said's Orientalism, which examines cultural significance beyond colonial perspectives. 2) Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, which introduces themes of transformation and dependency outside typical human experiences. 3) Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, showing the practical implications of absurdity through characters' frustrations with their experiences. 4) Munize Alvi's poetry collection on Partition, presenting transcultural ideas subtly through themes of duality, difference, displacement, and borders.

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Transcultural Texts Reviews

This document provides a list of 4 recommended texts for a Transcultural studies course, along with brief explanations for each: 1) Edward Said's Orientalism, which examines cultural significance beyond colonial perspectives. 2) Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, which introduces themes of transformation and dependency outside typical human experiences. 3) Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, showing the practical implications of absurdity through characters' frustrations with their experiences. 4) Munize Alvi's poetry collection on Partition, presenting transcultural ideas subtly through themes of duality, difference, displacement, and borders.

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Dr. Waseem Anwar

Transcultural studies

The texts for Transcultural studies:

BAELA MINHAS:

1: Edward Saids Orientalism:

This book can be very authentic and valid source for transcultural studies because its themes transcend
the monolithic stances of cultural significance by colonizer. This book is the hallmark of 21st century
subjects like anthropology, sociology, literature and even political science.

2: Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka:

Kafka also introduced us with the themes like transformation and dependency; which are very
paradoxical in nature at the same time. These themes fit in to the transcultural areas of literature
because they talk the concept of being human outside of human body is itself very trans-reality and I
believe transcultural studies talks about odd realities that are outside of preconceived themes.

3: Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot:

Transcultural refers to those absurd and meaningless visions that can foresee something authentic but
from the outside canon of usual procedures or pattern of actions (physical or psychological). I believe
this play would be a good choice for this class as it shows us the practical implications of absurdity with
the help of its characters and their frustration to what they are experiencing.

4: Munize Alvis collection of poetry particularly At the time of Partition:

Alvi presents the idea of being transcultural in a very subtle way yet it is very authentic and
transcultural. Alvi usually writes on the themes like duality, difference, displacement, borders and edges
which are very much going with what we are expecting to study in Transcultural studies.

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