SAST 122 - Indian Epics

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University of Pennsylvania

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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. In this course we will explore the two Indian epic masterpieces, the Ramayaoa and the Mahabharata, poems that are among the most important pieces of imaginative writing in world history. By examining these, both through translation of their Sanskrit originals as well as reworkings in test and performance (including film and other media), we'll try to understand the fundamental claims made by the epics about family and political life, the ethics of violence, and the status of gender. The epics present startling and contrasting understandings of the social world in its ideal state as well as in its destruction, and these visions of order and chaos will be our recurrent themes throughout. This course is introductory and assumes no previous knowledge.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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