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Narrative, Text and Image in South Asian Art (Epic Themes in South Asian Art and Literature)
ARHA290 SP
Crosslistings: ALIT295
This course focuses on the interface between literary text and artistic image in traditional South Asia. Early Buddhist narrative reliefs, Hindu icons of the post-Gupta period and medieval miniature painting of the
Rajput and Mughal schools all provide
examples of images that cannot be fully understood without a consideration of their textual dimensions, yet the mode of relationship between text and image varies in important ways. The art to be examined relates to a
broad assortment of textual genres,
ranging from epic and myth to visualization formulas and prescriptive iconographic texts. Attention will be divided evenly between artistic images and the associated iconographic texts (to be read in translation). No
prior knowledge of Indian literature
assumed.
MAJOR READINGS
E.C. Dimock, et al, THE LITERATURE OF INDIA: AN INTRODUCTION J.A.B. van Buitenen, tr. THE MAHABHARATA - 1. THE BEGINNING W. Buck, tr, THE RAMAYANA M.N. Srinivas, "A Note on Sanskritization and Westernization"
J.F. Staal, "Sanskrit and
Sanskritization" O. Graber and S. Blair, EPIC IMAGES AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY M.C. Beach, THE IMPERIAL IMAGE: PAINTINGS FOR THE MUGHAL COURT M.S. Nagaraja Rao, KIRATARJUNIYAM IN INDIAN ART A. Dallapiccola, THE
RAMACHANDRA TEMPLE
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two short essays; one research paper; midterm and final (both take-home)
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NONE
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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