Seminar : Indian Literature [ LGLOR2941 ]
5.0 crédits ECTS
30.0 h
Ce cours bisannuel est dispensé en 2011-2012, 2013-2014, ...
| Teacher(s) |
Vielle Christophe ;
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| Language |
French
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Main themes |
The seminar has an open structure, in that it mlay address any literature from Classical India, i.e. mainly in Sanskrit but also in Middle Indo-Aryan (Pali, Prakrits) and Old Tamil, according to the chronological periods and the literary genres: Vedic works (veda-samhitâs, brâhmanas, upanishads, vedângas); Buddhist and Jaina literatures, canonical and para-canonical; epics (Mahâbhârata and Râmâyana), purânas, dharma-çâstras and other Hindu religious works; philosophical (darçanas etc.) and scientific literature; artha- and kâma-çâstras, linguistics and poetics; lyric, dramatic and narrative ornate poetry (kâvya).
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| Aims |
The aim of the seminar is to enable the student to display his acquired knowledge of the various sections of Ancient Indian literature, especially in Sanskrit, to select the relevant texts to a topic of his choice, to introduce these texts in a philologically rigorous and historically correct manner, and to critically synthesize the state of research pertaining to them.
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| Content |
The aim of the seminar is to enable the student to display his acquired knowledge of the various sections of Ancient Indian literature, especially in Sanskrit, to select the relevant texts to a topic of his choice, to introduce these texts in a philologically rigorous and historically correct manner, and to critically synthesize the state of research pertaining to them.
The seminar has an open structure, in that it mlay address any literature from Classical India, i.e. mainly in Sanskrit but also in Middle Indo-Aryan (Pali, Prakrits) and Old Tamil, according to the chronological periods and the literary genres: Vedic works (veda-samhitâs, brâhmanas, upanishads, vedângas); Buddhist and Jaina literatures, canonical and para-canonical; epics (Mahâbhârata and Râmâyana), purânas, dharma-çâstras and other Hindu religious works; philosophical (darçanas etc.) and scientific literature; artha- and kâma-çâstras, linguistics and poetics; lyric, dramatic and narrative ornate poetry (kâvya).
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| Other information |
Prerequesites: Elementary knowledge in Ancient Indian literature and Sanskrit language.
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Master [60] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
> Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> GLOR
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