Course Credit: 4
This is an introductory literary criticism and comparative literature course compulsory for all the students of M.A program. The content of this course is designed to give students an elementary knowledge of the art or practice of judging and commenting on the qualities and character of literary works. Additional emphasis is given on developing students’ understanding of literary terminology and of the schools of literature. This course introduces models of comparative analysis of Persian literature, its genres, and media by focusing on poetry in different languages and cultures. It also analyzes the relationship between Persian, Arabic, English, Bengali and Urdu literature. We will examine a wide variety of poetic and critical texts in order to explore topics like the specificity of poetry, poetic kinds, morality, folk culture, art, popular song, poetry's relation to prose etc. We will also deal with topics like philosophy, autobiography, journalism, transnational imitation and translation, and poetry and globalization.