| Call Number | 00246 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
R 4:10pm-6:00pm 207 Milbank Hall (Barnard) |
| Points | 4 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Rohini S Shukla |
| Type | COLLOQUIA |
| Course Description | This seminar is an exploration of some "great books" from the Middle East and South Asia. We will read books, plays, stories, and poems in English translation that were originally written in Arabic, Persian, Bangla, Sanskrit. From the Thousand and One Nights to an Arabic epic about a warrior princess to the Bhagavad Gita, we will examine themes of storytelling, gender, politics, and the nature of divinity. With the exception of one Sudanese novel, we will be focusing on texts from the premodern period, and our focus will be on how to interpret texts, develop arguments about those texts, and learning about cultures of reading and writing in the past. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Asian and Middle East @Barnard |
| Enrollment | 26 students (30 max) as of 8:05PM Monday, February 10, 2025 |
| Subject | Asian Humanities |
| Number | UN1399 |
| Section | 002 |
| Division | Barnard College |
| Section key | 20251AHUM1399W002 |