Provides a thorough introduction to the modern Hindi language, emphasizing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. This course is proficiency-based. Activities aim to place the student in the context of the native-speaking environment from the very beginning. Students will be provided with opportunities to participate in local South Asian cultural events. Credit not granted for this course and ASIA 1420. Formerly HNDI 1010.
Survey of traditional and modern world views and experiences of people on the Indian subcontinent through literature and film, beginning with the Ramayana and including medieval tales, modern novels, and feature films. Formerly HNDI 1011. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
Continuation of HIND 1010. Provides a thorough introduction to the modern Hindi language, emphasizing speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Proficiency-based course aims to place the student in the context of the native-speaking environment from the beginning of the course. Provides opportunities to participate in local South Asian cultural activities and events. Prereq., HIND 1010 (min. grade C) or instructor consent. Formerly HNDI 1020.
Emphasizes speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and culturally appropriate language use. Credit not granted for this course and ASIA 2420. Prereq., HIND 1020 (min grade C) or instructor consent. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Formerly HIND 2010.
Continuation of HIND 2110. Enhances students' speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and culturally appropriate language use. Prereq., HIND 2110 (min. grade C) or instructor consent. Formerly HIND 2020.
Provides a critical overview of one of the world's largest and most beloved film industries, the popular Hindi cinema produced in Bombay (Mumbai) and consumed around the world under the label "Bollywood". Focus on the post-Independence era to the present, with introduction to key films, directors, stars, genres, formal techniques, and themes, as well as critical analyses of these and other topics. Formerly HNDI 2441.
Emphasizes speaking, listening and conversational fluently in Hindi, with a focus on cultural appropriate expression and practical knowledge. . Prereq., HIND 2120 (min. grade C) or instructor consent. Formerly HIND 3010.
Continuation of HIND 3110. Emphasizes reading, listening, and speaking fluency in Hindi-Urdu, with a focus on literary, cinematic and cultural themes in modern and contemporary Hindi-Urdu media and culture. Thematic focus of the course may change each semester. An effort will be made to encourage students to put their language skills into literary and cultural context. Prereq., HIND 3110 (min. grade C) or instructor consent. Formerly HIND 3020.
Explores the Ramayana and Mahabharata, two fundamental mythological pillars of Indian society, through literature, comic books, film, television, and political rhetoric as a means of examining major issues of religion, gender, popular culture, and social politics in contemporary India.
Examines fundamental questions of home, nation, identity, ethnicity, and foreignness in the context of the enormous South Asian diaspora. By means of literature, ethnography, and film, the various connotations of diaspora will be explored along with the cultural productions of members of the South Asian diaspora (both Indian and Pakistani).
Provides an overview of a selection of writings by important 20th century Indo-Pakistani authors, which will permit students to get acquainted with Indian literature. Provides insight into the experience of social and political events in the 20th century and the reaction of the government to the critical analysis and portrayal of these events. Taught in English. Formerly HNDI 3811. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
Offers an in-depth introduction to the Mahabharata, reputedly the world's longest epic and one of the foundational works of Indian civilization. Synopsis of the full text and selected excerpts will be read, including a translation of the spiritual classic, Bhagavad Gita. Recent scholarship on the poem's historical, ritual, and mythic contexts as well as on its performance traditions will also be examined. Formerly HNDI 3821.
Using both textual and visual sources, the multiple facets of Krishna in Indian religious experience will be explored through poetry and prose, painting and sculpture, music, dance, and drama. Formerly HNDI 3831.