PERS 4610 - Survey of Early Islamic, Medieval, and Modern Persian Literature

Meets with PERS 6610 and MID E 6361. First semester of a two-semester sequence. Persian literature from 9th to 19th century; new trends in contemporary prose and poetry. Survey of Early Islamic, Medieval, and Modern Persian Literature. In depth study of the prose and poetry traditions of Persian literature within the historical frameworks of Perso-Islamic and early modern Iran.