CULTURAL NARRATIVES AND DYNAMICS (PERSIAN)

This course first represents a stage of consolidation and improvement of the linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate course. The aim of the course is therefore to introduce students to different kind of contemporary Persian texts, like roman, novel, essay, poetry,etc. studing the specific lexicon, structure of sentence and idiomatic sentences.

On the other hand, this year a seminar work is planned on the theme of 'virtue' 'honar'. Students will be suggested literary texts in prose and poetry that show the development and articulation of this culturally and literally fundamental concept. The student will then choose an author and a text on which to explore the meaning and development of this concept. The seminar includes a written report and an oral presentation.

At the end of the course the student will acquire the theoretical and practical skills to face independently and critically the reading and translating of modern literary texts of different nature; will be familiar with the main tools necessary for the comprehension of the texts (specialized dictionaries, lexical databases, repertoires of idiomatic forms, checks on network of the use and the functions of particular linguistic expressions, etc.). In addition, the student will be able to follow along some fundamental texts of Persian literature on the subject of the seminar.

The work with CEL will be focused in particular on the Media language.

Solid knowledge of Persian at an intermediate level.

In the first instance, work will be done on thematic and lexical analysis of some texts provided during the course: on a short story by Moradi Kermani, on a poem by Sepehri, and on another short story by Sadeq Chubak. If there is still time, excerpts from Sadeq Hedayat's novel 'Buf-e Kur' will be addressed. As for seminar work, discussion of individual student research is planned.

Texts used by the CEL, dr Heidari:

Hillmann, Michael Craig and Sarraf, Ramin, Persian newspaper reader, Hyattsville : Dunwoody Press, 2000 (USA)
What the Persian Media says, A Coursebook, By Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi, Routledge 2015

Writing a paper on the thematic analysis of the concept of 'virtue' 'honar' in the chosen text (paper).
Translation of a text (newspaper article or contemporary prose) without a dictionary (written test).
Verification on spoken and written language by CEL (oral test).

The course consists in lectures, seminars and group works

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Master's thesis proposals
1 - Authors and works from the Seljuk period (prose and poetry, translation and historical, thematic and textual analysis)
2 - Translations of contemporary prose (novels or long stories) with lexical analysis (glossary and idiomatic forms) and bio-bibliographical record from Persian-language sources
3 - Specialized languages: political speeches, advertising messages, literary criticism (or other on student's proposal): selection of texts, lexical analysis, study of translation problems, culturemi.

written and oral