MID E 6316 - Selected Authors and Genres in Persian Literature

Meets with PERS 4160 and MID E 4316. Additional work required of graduate students. Authors, movements, and genres from selected periods. Authors, movements, and genres from modern and classical literature. Topics include the Iranian world view, the relationship between Iranian history and Persian literature, sufism in Persian poetry, the Persian romance, the development of modern Persian literature, the short story after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.