Persian Culture, Literature and Film for Advanced Learners I

1 Course Unit

This course is designed for those graduate students who have successfully passed the intermediate Persian course. Undergraduate students who take this course must either have successfully completed Intermediate Persian II, or take the placement exam. The main objective of this course is to further enhance the students’ knowledge about the millennium-old Persian literary tradition and culture as well as its world- renowned cinema through reading primary sources or watching Iranian films in original Persian. Students who take this course are expected to use Persian language at all times during their time in class. Using English inside the classroom is restricted in order to improve the students’ proficiency in Persian language. Mutually Exclusive: PERS 4000 1 Course Unit