Contemporary Persian Literature

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course will deal with significant works of Persian prose and poetry from the beginning of the 19th century down to the present. Complete works or extracts from them will be read in the original as a preliminary to their analysis in terms of literary and stylistic development, as well as the changing role of literature in society. ?n A. The works of the 19th century and the period of the Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911). ?n B. The literature of the rest of the 20th century.