IRP notes package
Question #2 requirements 2017
Remember, keep this simple: just some basic info to help you ground your novel. You must write out the information in your own words: NO cutting-and-pasting.
By colonial history I mean: colonizing power, date of colonization and independence, 3 key events
and figures that lead to independence.
Americanah
Colonial history Nigeria
Ken Wiwa, Shell oil, environmentalism (keep it short)
419 scams (keep it short)
Ibo culture
Military governments
God of Small Things
Partition
Caste Laws
Kerala and Marxism
Green Grass Running Water
Info on the 4 Indians’ names: Hawkeye and Co.
Blackfoot traditions or myths
Native children and residential schools
Ledger art and Fort Marion
Role of Coyote in native myths
Cinnamon Gardens
Colonial history Ceylon/Sri Lanka
Current social political situation
Love in the Time of Cholera
Colombia: colonial history
Cholera decease (symptoms; cures; and any major outbreaks, especially in Colombia)
Courtly love Vs Romantic love Vs Lust
Oscar Wao
Colonial history
Trujillo
Mirabella sisters
Fine Balance
Partition
Indira Gandhi
The Emergency
The Orenda
French Jesuits in Canada
Saint Marie among the Hurons
Wendat
Haudenosaunee
The Sympathizer
French in Vietnam (keep it short)
Vietnam War (keep it short)
Fall of Saigon (keep it short)
Apocalypse Now
Midnights Children
Jallianwala Massacre + General Dyer
Partition
Indo-Pakistani war of 1965
Indo-Pakistani war of 1971
Indira Gandhi
The emergency
Shake Hands with the Devil
Colonial history of Rwanda
Neo-colonial influences (make mention of the foreign influences in the massacre)
Current social political situation
Dead Aid
The Scramble for Africa/The Berlin Conference
IMF and World Bank
Dependency Theory
Pro-market economy
House of Spirits
Colonial history
Political turmoil b/t left and right
Traditional female roles in L.America
In-between World of Vikram Lall
Indian Partisian
Colonial History
Mau Mau rebellion
Indian immigration to Africa