Cultural and Political Issues of India as a Former British Colony

Mgr. Lenka Šarafínová

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

In my bachelor thesis I describe consequences which were and still are caused by the fact that India was under the British rule. It has affected lives of Indian people as well as their cultural and political situation in their country. The thesis tries to go deeper into the problems and benefits which the British hegemony has brought to India and its people and gives evidence of the then situation in the form of the British and Indian literary works. It also contains some chapters on the topic of current political situation in India and its development since the time when India gained the indenpendence.

Keywords

British East India Company, India, princely states, British Raj, lord Dalhousie, Indian Mutiny, E.M. Forster, Passage to India, Mahatma Gandhi, independence

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 31. 8. 2007

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 12. 9. 2007
• Vedúci: PhDr. Lidia Kyzlinková, CSc.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Philology / English Language and Literature