PERSIAN LITERATURE: TEXTS 2

The course is among the characterising courses within the Near and Middle East curriculum of the Corso di Laurea in "Lingue, Culture e Società dell'Asia e dell'Africa Mediterranea". The course contributes to the attainment of the teaching goals of the Corso di Laurea in the area of language skills, but it also naturally invests the cultural and humanities areas, with a special attention to an in-depth analysis on the textual culture of Islamic Iran. The course is to be counted among the cardinal ones as far as the training of the students who have chosen to study Persian language and culture: it converses with all the other LICSAAM courses, not only with the linguistic and historical ones, but also with those concerned with philosophical, religious or artistic issues, providing the students with the critical instruments necessary to complete their knowledge of the vast territories of Persian literary culture. More specifically, the main goal of the course is to scrutinise the fundamental relationship between linguistic registers and literary and stylistic codes, and allow the students to develop the ability to undertake an autonomous work on literary texts.

At the end of the course the student will have basic knowledge on the history of Persian literature, on the origin and development of different literary genres and the features of the greatest classical literary styles. The reading of original texts accompanied by the translation into italian will allow the student to familiarize at a more concrete level with what has been described in advance about literary history.

This course has no prerequisites; a general knowledge of the history and geography of Iran could help the student to deal with the program.

Basic notions about the history, characteristics, and main authors of the Khurasanian, Iraqian and Indian styles will be given. Some poems of important authors will be read, translated and commented. Critical essays will also be read and commented.

A. Pagliaro -A. Bausani, Storia della letteratura persiana, Milano, 1960.
Persia Barocca, a cura di G. Scarcia, Elitropia 1983
Bidel, Mirza 'Abdolqader, Il Canzoniere dell'alba, a cura di R. Zipoli e G. Scarcia, Milano, Ariele, 1997.
I poeti della pleiade ghaznavide, a cura di R. Bargigli. Milano, Ariele, 1995.
L'argento di un povero cuore, a cura di S. Manoukian, Roma 1991
Mahsati Ganjavi, La luna e le perle, a cura di D. Meneghini e R. Bargigli, Milano, Ariele, 1999
History of Persian Literature, vol. I, London-New York, 2009.

Oral examination on the topics of the course and stylistic reading and analysis of a poetic text

Lectures and group work coordinated by the teacher

Italian

oral