作業
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除每周做課前筆記之外，學生還須撰寫兩篇五頁的論文，一篇爲分析性或說明性論述文，另一篇爲創作性記叙文。.
閱讀感想周記
學生每星期要寫周記，寫幾段記錄對所看電影或所讀文章的心得，重點放在觸動你的任何要素。這可以是表現一個特定的主題或一個特別的體裁元素，甚至可以是引發思考的圖片或圖案，比如說：某電影中拍攝某段歌或舞的場景；文本某關節刻劃某特殊人物；如果你在閱讀歷史或人類學的文章，一些概念如何與這星期上課剛看過的電影或讀過的小說相關。在課前將你的學習感受記下來並做好進行課堂討論的準備。這些周記將是你對課程的最初心得，格式要像作業一樣正規，講師也許會請你在課堂上與大家分享你的“心得”。周記不會評分，旨在幫助學生爲接下來的課堂討論組織構思。課程結束前，講師會收集閱讀感想。
創作性記叙文指導
這是一篇創作性記叙文，建議採用回憶錄方式風格，但不可泛泛而談，須挑選一兩件課堂討論過的確切事件，假設自己身處印度某一歷史時代或情境。比如可以想像自己身處印度的分裂或緊急時期——在七十年代英吉拉•甘地統治下的德里，土地革命開始時你身為地主；滿代委員會宣告時你身爲學生；審理薩哈•巴諾案時你身為穆斯林婦女和（或）女權主義者；或90年代以後的孟買，你作爲上層都市新潮青年；或者假設自己是這學期所看電影中的任何一個角色…。
這全都由你决定，運用從閱讀中汲取的思想，儘量發揮想像吧…
學生作業
以下是以前修讀本課程的學生提交的作業，獲使用許可。
創作性作文s
Ruchi Jain –《在水一方 On the Other Side of the Water》(PDF)
Mahreen Khan –《那夜，我失去我的Fajila，The Night I Lost My Fajila》(PDF)
In addition to weekly journal entries, students are required to write two papers of 5 pages each - one analytical/expository essay and one creative narrative.
Reader Response Journals
You will maintain a diary every week writing a couple of paragraphs in response to the film you have seen or the text you have read and you will focus on any of the one the elements that struck you about the text. This may be the representation of a specific theme or a particular stylistic element, or even an image or a motif that made you think. For example, it can be the way a shot is framed in a particular song and dance in sequence in a film or it may be the representation of a particular character at a specific juncture of your text, or, when you are reading history or anthropology it may be the way you relate an idea to a film you have watched in class or a fictional text you read that week. You will maintain it in a journal and have it ready before coming to class. These will be your first reactions to the text, the writing as formal as in a "paper," the instructor may ask you to share your "responses" with the class. These "responses" will not be graded; these are aimed to assist you in organizing your thoughts for the class discussion to follow. At the end of the course the instructor will collect these responses.
Creative Essay Instructions
This is the creative paper and my suggestion is that you write it in the style of a memoir, but it should be specific enough, choosing to describe one or two precise events we have discussed in class, imagining yourself to be in India at a certain historical time or context. It could be the Partition, or the Emergency--the 70's in Delhi under Indira Gandhi, you as a landlord once the land reforms begin, you as a student when the Mandal Commission is announced, you as a Musilm Woman and/or a feminist during the Shah Bano case, or you as a hip upper class urban youth in post 90' Bombay. Or imagine yourself as a character in any of the films we've watched this term...
It's up to you--go ahead--play with ideas you have absorbed from your readings, be creative....
Student Work
The following papers were submitted by students in the course, and are used with permission.
Creative Essays
Ruchi Jain - On the Other Side of the Water (PDF)
Mahreen Khan - The Night I Lost My Fajila (PDF)
