Research Interests
Postcolonial Theory and Literatures, Nationalism and Philology, Secularism, Globalization, African Literatures, Literary Theory and Cultural Studies, South Asian Literatures and Cultures, Language and Imperialism.
Education
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Courses Taught
Postcolonial Theory and Literatures, Nationalism, Secularism, Globalization, African Literatures, Literary Theory and Cultural Studies, South Asian Literatures and Cultures.
Courses
- Postcolonial Literature in English
- Critical Approaches to Literature
- Introduction to Criticism and Research
- Introduction to Modern African Literature
- Modern African Fiction
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
Associate Professor, Center for African Studies
Recent Publications
Basu, M. (2018). Hungry; or, human? In A. Ulanowicz, & M. Basu (Eds.), The Aesthetics and Politics of Global Hunger (pp. 1-24). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47485-4_1
Ulanowicz, A., & Basu, M. (2018). The Aesthetics and Politics of Global Hunger. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47485-4
Basu, M. (2016). The Rhetoric of Hindu India: Language and Urban Nationalism. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316576540
Basu, M. (2013). A Battle of the Books: Linguistic Antagonisms and the Crisis of Postcolonial Secularism. The Comparatist, 37(May 2013), 105-121. https://doi.org/10.1353/com.2013.0022
Basu, M. (2013). A Matter of Light and Shade: Fiction and Criticism in R. K. Narayan's Malgudi. Boundary 2, 40(2), 215-238. https://doi.org/10.1215/01903659-2151857