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    Indias Great Epics

    South Asia C142


    Spring Semester 2017
    MWF 1112
    2040 VLSB

    Professor Robert P. Goldman


    346B Dwinelle Hall
    Phone (message): (510) 642-4089
    email: [email protected]
    Office Hours: Monday and Friday 10:0011:00
    and by appointment
    Class Requirements: Midterm Quiz (30%); Term Paper (40%); and Final Exam (30%).

    Important Dates:
    Midterm Exam: Wednesday March 22.
    Term Paper: Due: Friday, April 14.
    Final Exam: Tuesday, May 9, 7:008:30 PM. (Location TBA)

    Required Texts:
    1. The Mahbhrata. Abridged and Translated by John Smith. Penguin Classics. 2009 (Smith)
    2. Course Reader in Indias Great Epics. (CR I and CR II) Two Volumes. Available at University
    Copy 2425 Channing Way. (In the arcade between Channing and Durant.)

    Requirements

    EXAMS: There will be one midterm exam administered in class. The final exam will be
    administered during the regularly scheduled examination period. Each of these exams will
    account for 30% of the grade.

    PAPER: There will be one tenpage research paper (around 3000 words) due on Friday April
    14th. It must be submitted both in typed or printed and as an email attachment in MS Word or
    pdf format to be emailed to the instructor at [email protected]. The paper will account for
    40% of the course grade.

    READINGS: Students will be responsible for all required readings listed in the syllabus.

    ATTENDANCE: Attendance is mandatory at all meetings of the class and will be monitored
    through the use of signin sheets that will be passed around at each meeting. It is the
    responsibility of each student to see that he or she signs the sheet. Unexcused absences during
    the first two weeks of the term will be grounds for dropping the student from the course. Any
    unexcused absences will negatively affect the final grade.
    2

    REQUIRED READINGS
    Course Readers:

    All required readings, including both primary and secondary materials will be available in the
    form of a paperback abridgement and translation of the Mahbhrata (Smith) and a two volume
    Course Reader (CR I and CR II). The Readers will be available for purchase at University
    Copy 2425 Channing Way.

    SYLLABUS AND READING LIST

    The Mahbhrata (Smith):

    Week 1 Jan. 1720 Introduction, Scope, and Outline


    Vedic and Epic Culture and Society

    Readings: Smith: pp. xllxx. CR I: Sukthankar, The


    Mahbhrata and its Critics pp. 118.
    Week 2 Jan. 2327
    Readings: Smith: pp. 163, 6889. CR I: Sutherland,
    The Bad Seed pp. 2033.
    Week 3 Jan. 30Feb. 3
    Readings: Smith: pp. 104163, 214233. CR I:
    Goldman, Masters of the Earth pp. 3848.

    Week 4 Feb. 610 Readings: Smith: pp. 166176. CR I: Ramanujan,


    Repetition in the Mahbhrata pp. 5074.

    Week 5 Feb. 1317 Readings: Smith: pp. 243281. CR I: Goldman,


    Gods in Hiding pp. 112126

    Week 6 Feb. 2024 Readings:


    Smith: pp. 305316, 349412. CR I:
    Goldman, Fathers, Sons, and Gurus pp.
    75110.
    (MONDAY, FEB. 20PRESIDENTS DAY HOLIDAYNO CLASS)

    Week 7 Feb. 27Mar. 3 Readings: Smith: pp. 454525. CR I: Matilal,


    In Defense of a Devious Divinity pp.
    127137.

    Week 8 Mar. 610 Readings: Smith: pp. 538581. CR I:


    Goldman, Ea Dharma Santana
    pp. 140158.
    3

    Week 9 Mar. 1317 Readings: Smith: pp. 703791.

    The Rmyaa: Course Readers I and II

    Week 10 Mar. 2024 Readings: CR II: Goldmans, The


    Vlmki Rmyaa and the Rmyaa
    Tradition; Goldman Bla Ka, pp. 3117;
    122182; 220269; Goldman Matricide,
    Renunciation, and Compensation in the
    Legends of Two Warrior Heroes of the
    Sanskrit Epics.

    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 MIDTERM EXAM (Mahbhrata)

    MARCH 2731 SPRING BREAK

    Week 11 April 37 Readings: CR II: Pollock, Ayodhy Ka pp. 376;


    79143;152171; 178192; 200211;
    214229; 244247;
    Goldman Rma Sahalakmaa:
    Psychological and Literary Aspects of the
    Composite Hero of Vlmkis Rmyaa.

    Week 12 April 1014 Readings: CR II: Pollock Ayodhy Ka pp. 272


    322;
    Araya Ka pp. 384; 87
    104; 120150;
    Ramanujan, Three Hundred Rmyaas

    FRIDAY, APRIL 14 TERM PAPER DUE

    Week 13 April 1721 Readings: CR II: Pollock, Araya Ka pp. 150244;


    Lefeber,Kikindh Ka pp. 38; 3750;
    5595;
    Masson, Fratricide Among the Monkeys

    Week 14 April 2428 Readings: CR II: Lefeber, Kikindh Ka pp. 161


    177; 185194;
    Goldmans, Sundara Ka
    pp.186; 101144; 153220; 242297
    Goldmans, Yuddha Ka
    pp. 209217; 225230;
    262269; 288299; 326332;
    4

    380384; 434439; 451463; 488494


    Goldmans Uttara Ka sargas 10; 16
    17; 24; 26; 3536; 4151; 82100;
    Mumme Rmyaa Exegesis

    Week 15 May 15 (RR&R Week) REVIEW

    Tuesday, May 9, 7:008:30 PM. FINAL EXAM (Rm. TBA)

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