Bringing Literature to Present Day Across Cultures→ Write a 500 – 700 word essay
in which you comment on one of the three works of literature from this lesson. Explain
what lessons your chosen work of literature tries to share with the reader and how you
could apply those lessons in present day America.
Remember to use citations from the literature!
Video Resources (Not Necessary but helpful for writing)
1. At The Crossroads of Empire →

2. The Age of Imperialism Intro →

3. What Caused the Age of Imperialism? →

4. Results of the Age of Imperialism →

Article Resource (Not Necessary but helpful)
1. Politics and Trade: Evidence from the Age of Imperialism →
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/politics-and-trade-evidence-age-imperialis
m
2. The Age of Imperialism →
https://canvas.tccd.edu/courses/68137/pages/module-7-readings-and-literat
ure?module_item_id=3424267
Literature (Select 1)
1. Ghalib’s Introduction →
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ghalib/texts/txt_aziz_ahmed_1969
.pdf
2. Nguyen Du’s The Tale of Kieu (Choose 5 Chapters from the Online
Translation) → https://truyenkieuinenglish.wordpress.com/
3. Pundita Ramabai Sarasvati’s Chapter 3 (The Married Life) from ‘The High
Caste of Hindu Women’ →
https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ramabai/woman/woman.html#III