Course code | LitZ1079 | ||||||||||
Faculty | Faculty of Humanities | ||||||||||
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Course annotation | This course is to introduce students to Indian medieval literature in Sanskrit, to formation of Indian national literatures in Dravidic and Indo-European languages, and in English. Literary topics will be discussed in connection with the most important issues of history and social changes in the society. |
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Results | After this course BA students should be able to understand the major tendencies of the development of Indian literatures from the 4th up to the 19th centuries; they should be able to interpret and explain the literary phenomena of thisperiod in reference to the most important political events of the time. |
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Course plan | 1. Sanskrit drama, Kālidāsa and Bhavabhūti. L 4h 2. Ānadavardhana, Dhvanyakoka. L 2h 3. Sanskrit prose, Hitopadēsha, L 2h 4. Tamil literature, its poetic tradition, L 4h 5. Formation of the Urdu literary tradition, L 4h 6. The impact of European literatures on the national literatures of India, L 2h 7. The literatures of India in the 19th century, newspapers. L 4h 8. The reanissance of the Bengali literature in the 19th century. L 2h. 9. Writings of R. Tagore. L 8h. |
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Requirements for obtaining credit points | Students are to attend lectures, present a paper (50%), pass a written exam (50%). |
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Study programmes | Asian Studies |