Stanley Insler - Teaching

Fall 2008

111a/LITR 150a/CPLT 543a Sanskrit Classics in Translation
A close reading and discussion of secular works in Sanskrit set against the cultural history of Old India. Texts included are novellas from the Mahaabhaarata Epic, fable literature, lyrical narratives, plays, lyric and didactic poetry, the first Indian novels.

771a Middle Indic: Pali & Prakrit
Introduction to the old Indic vernaculars. Readings from the Buddhist Canon, Inscriptions of Ashoka and Prakrit literary texts.

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