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UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
DEPARTMENT OF PERSIAN
M.A. IN PERSIAN
REVISED SYLLABUS OF M.A. PROGRAMME IN PERSIAN
PART -I (SEMESTER I & II)
AS PER CHOICE BASED CREDIT SEMESTERSYSTEM (CBCS)
TO BE INTRODUCED FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2016 – 2017
Syllabus in Brief
M.A.in Persian, Part I
SEMESTER I (4 CORE COURSES)
Course
Code Nomenclature Theory
Exam Internal
Assessment Hrs
per
week Credit
PAPER 101 Course I
Modern Persian Prose (Short Story & Novel) 60 40 4 6
PAPER 102 Course II
Modern Persian Poetry 60 40 4 6
PAPER 103 Course III
Indo -Persian Poetic Literature - I 60 40 4 6
PAPER 104 Course IV
Essay writing, Translation, Prosody &
Rhetoric - I 60 40 4 6
Internal
Assessment 1.Project/Assignment/Book Review (30)
2.Attendance and active participation in
departmental activities(10)
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SEMESTER II (4 CORE COURSES)
Course
Code Nomenclature Theor
y
Exam Internal
Assessment Hrs
per
week Credit
PAPER 201 Course V
Classical Persian Prose (Saljuqian Period) 60 40 4 6
PAPER 202 Course VI
Classical Persian Poetry (Timurid Period) 60 40 4 6
PAPER 203 Course VII
Indo -Persian Poetic Literature - II 60 40 4 6
PAPER 204 Course VIII
Essay writing, Translation, Prosody & Rhetoric
- II 60 40 4 6
Internal
Assessment 1.Project/Assignment/Book Review (30)
2.Attendance and active participation in departmental activities(10)
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SYLLABUS IN DETAIL
M.A. IN PERSIAN, PART - I
Semester I & II
(8 CORE COURSES)
YEAR 2016- 2017
SEMESTER I
CORE COURSE: I
COURSE CODE: PAPER 101
COURSE TITLE: Modern Persian Prose (Short Story & Novel )
Sr.
No. Course Text Sr.
No. Prescribed Book
1. Two Short Stories by Sadegh Hedayat
i. Sag-e Velgerd
ii. Dawood Kozhpusht 1. Persian Short Stories (Selection), Edited by
Dr. Wasif Ahmad, Delhi
2. Selection from Novel ‘‘Homa“ by Mohd. Hejazi
i. Khana -e Homa
ii. Khana -e Hasan Ali Khan
iii. Ayyam -e Marrz
iv. Wuzraat- e Maliya
v. Nasaeh Homa 1. Mutoon -e Farsi Nasr (Intekhab -o-Morafi),
Kitaab -e Darsi by Dr. Wasif Ahmed, Delhi
Reference Books:
1. Adabiat -e Classic -o Jadeed (Hissa -e Nasr) Vol -II by Dr. Manzar Asif, Bihar
2. Persian Short Stories (Review) by Dr. Wasid Ahmed, Delhi
3. Bar-Rasi-e-inteqadi Az Ruman Navisi- e-Matiuddaulah Mohammad Hejazi by Dr. Wasif
Ahmed, Bihar
4. Inekaas -e Ijtema- e Iran dar Daastaan -e Kutaah -e Farsi by Dr. Wasif Ahmed, Bihar
5. Faarsi Daastaan Navisi ki Mukhtasar Taareekh by Dr. Momin Mohiuddin, Delhi
6. Adabiyat -e Moasir- e Iran (Nasr) by Dr . Mohd. Reza Ruzbeh, Iran
7. Adabiyat -e Moasir- e Iran by Dr. Ismail Hakimi, Iran
8. Faarsi Adab Ka Mtalea (Inqalaab -e Islami ke Tanazir Mein) Tr. By Dr. Rafiya Shabnam
Aabidi, Mumbai
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Paper -Pattern for exam: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
SEMESTER I
CORE COURSE: II
COURSE CODE: PAPER 102
COURSE TITLE: Modern Persian Poetry
Sr.
No. Course Text Sr.
No. Prescribed Book
1. Verses by Rasheed Yasemi
i. Guldaan -e Shikasteh
ii. Be Mohajir- e Irani
iii. Jawani
iv. Beedaad
v. Chashmaan -e Tu
1. Barguzida -e Sher -e Farsi -e Mu’asir by Dr.
MuneeburRahman
2. Verses by Neema Yushij
vi. Ay Shab
vii. Kaar- e Shab -e Pa
viii. Khuroos mi- khaand
1. Neema Yushij, Majmua -e Kaamil Ashaar,
Edited by Seroush Taahbaaz, Tehran, Iran
3. Verses by Bahar Mashhadi
ix. Damavandiya
x. ShahrbandeMehr -o Wafa 1.
Sad Sher Azin Sad Sol Edited by Mohd.
Afsheen Wafayi, Tehran
Reference Books:
1. Farsi Qaseeda Nigari by Nazeer Ahmed, Aligarh
2. Adabiat -e Classic -o Jadeed (Hissa -e Sher) Vol -II by Dr. Manzar Asif, Bihar
3. Sukhanwaraan- e Mo’asir- e Iran (A Choice of Iranian Persian Poetry), New Delhi
4. Faarsi Shayri Mein Hijja Navisi by Dr. Mohd. Sharf -e Aalam, Patna
5. Faarsi Qaseeda Nigari by Nazeer Ahmad, Aligarh
6. Gazida -i-Qasidah Sarayan -e-Farsi by Dr. Mohd. Iqbal, New Delhi
7. Farsi Mein Qasida Nigari by Sultan Ahmed, Delhi
8. Tarikh -e Zaban -o-Adbiyat -e-Farsi by Dr. Khan Mohd. Atif, Lucknow
9. Advaar- e Sher -e Farsi by Mohd. Reza Shafiyi Kadkani, Tehran
10. Zindaginameh Shayraan -e Bozorg -e Iran by Dr. Sayyed Ahmed Husaini K., Iran
11. Shairaan -e Bozorg -e Iran (Az Rudaki ta Bahar) by Abdur Rafee Haqeeqat, Iran
12. Mutoon- e Farsi Nasr (Intekhab -o-Morafi), Kitaab -e Darsi by Dr. Wasif Ahmed, Delhi
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Paper -Pattern for exam: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
SEMESTER I
CORE COURSE: III
COURSE CODE: PAPER 103
COURSE TITLE: Indo -Persian Poetic Literature - I
Sr.
No. Course Text Sr.
No. Prescribed Book
1. 20 ghazals from the Persian ghazals of Amir
Khusrau Dehlavi
i. 10 Ghazals from Radeef: ALIF
ii. 10 Ghazals from Radeef: TE 1. IntekhaabAzGhazaliyaat -e
HazratAmeerKhusrau (Farsi) Edited by Syed Asghar Ali Shah Jafri, Delhi
2. Lala-e Toor from Payam -e Mashrique by Iqbal
Total 50 Quatrains 1. Payam -e Mashrique by Dr. Mohd. Iqbal,
Ed. by Dr. Manzar Imam, Prof. Iraq R. Zaidi, Prof. Hafiz Basheer A. H., Dr. Mohd. Faiq, Bihar
Reference Books:
1. Payam- e Mashriq by Allama Iqbal, Prof. Yusuf Saleem Chishti, New Delhi
2. Dreams Forgotten (An Anthology of Indo -Persian Poetry) by Waris Kirmani, Aligarh
3. Javed Nameh, Vol- I by Allama Iqbal, Prof. Yusuf Saleem Chishti, New Delhi
4. Javed Nameh, Vol- II by Allama Iqbal, Prof. Yusuf Saleem Chishti, New Delhi
5. Zaboor -e Ajam by Allama Iqbal, Prof. Yusuf Saleem Chishti, New Delhi
6. The Rise, Growth and Decline of Indo -Persian Literature by R. M. Chopra, New Delhi
7. Do Goneh by Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum, Delhi
8. History of Indo- Persian Literature by NabiHadi, Iran Culture House, New Delhi
9. Tarikh -e Adabiyat -e Iran by Dr. Reza Zadeh Shafaq, Tr. By S. M. Raf’at, Lahore
10. Adabiat -e Classic -o Jadeed (Hissa -e Sher) Vol -I, by Dr. Manzar Asif, Bihar
11. Adabiyat -e Farsi- e Kohan, Vol -I, New Delhi
12. Shairaan -e Bozorg -e Iran (Az Rudaki ta Bahar) by Abdur Rafee Haqeeqat, Iran
13. Mutoon- e Farsi Nasr (Intekhab -o-Morafi), Kitaab -e Darsi by Dr. Wasif Ahmed, Delhi
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Paper -Pattern for exam: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
SEMESTER I
CORE COURSE: IV
COURSE CODE: PAPER 104
COURSE TITLE: Essay writing, Translation, Prosody & Rhetoric - I
Topics for Essay:
i. History of Persian Language and Literature in Iran
ii. History of Persian Literature in India
iii. Classical and Modern Persian Literature
iv. Classical Persian Prose and Verse
v. Periods of Persian Literature in India and Iran
vi. Classical and Modern Persian Personalities
vii. Forms of Literature (Poetic and Prose)
viii. Indo -Iran Relations
ix. The magnificence of Persian Language
x. Persian Studies : Past, Present & Future Perspective s
Translation:
i. Persian into English
Prosody:
i. Bahr- e RamalMusammanSaalim
ii. Bahr- e RajazMusammanSaalim
iii. Bahr- e KaamilMusammanSaalim
Rhetoric:
i. Mubalegha
ii. Husn -e Taaleel
iii. Tajahil- e Aarefaana
iv. Tajnees
v. Ishteqaaq
vi. Sayaqat -ulAadaad
vii. Tarsee
viii. Ihaam
Reference Books:
1. A Manual of Classical Persian Prosody by Finn Thiesen, Wiesbaden
2. Daastoor -e Zabaane Faarsi by Parvez Naatil Khanlari, Iran
3. A History of the Persian Language, Vol- I by Prof. P. N. Khanlari, Delhi
4. Paimana- e Arooz by Dr. Mohd. Aabid Husain, Patna
5. Persian Grammar & Proverbs by Dr. Malik Saleem Javed, Delhi
6. Usool -e Faarsi by Maulana Altaaf Husain Haali, New De lhi
7. A Grammar of the Persian language by Forbes Duncan, Delhi
8. Anglo -Persian Idioms by Isfahani, Syed Abdul Latif Khan, Cambay
Material will be compiled and provided by the teacher concerned.
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Paper -Pattern for exam: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
SEMESTER II
CORE COURSE: V
COURSE CODE: PAPER 201
COURSE TITLE: Classical Persian Prose (Saljuqian Period)
Sr.
No. Course Text Sr.
No. Prescribed Book
1. 10 anecdotes from ChaharMaqala
i. Selection from Discourse I
ii. Selection from DiscourseII 1. ChaharMaqala by Nizami Aruzi
Samarqandi, Translated by Dr. Hafiz
Shabbir Ahmed Haideri, Bihar
2. 2 Chapters from Siyasat Nama
i. Chapter VI
ii. Chapter VII 1. Siyasat Nama by Nizamul Mulk Tusi, Ed.
by Dr. Syed Ragheeb Husain, Allahabad
Reference Books:
1. Chahar Maqala ( Majma- ul Navader) by Nizami Aruzi Samarqandi, Translated by Dr.
Mahtab Jahan, New Delhi
2. Akhlaq -e Jalali Tanslated by Dr. H. S. A. Haidery, New Delhi
3. Akhlaq -e Mohsini by Mulla Hussain Waiz, U.P.
4. Anwar -e Suhaili by Husain Kashif Waiz, Allahabad
5. Adabiat -e Classic -o Jadeed (Hissa -e Nasr) by Dr. Manzar Asif, Bihar
6. Tarikh -e Zaban -o-Adbiyat -e-Farsi by Dr. Khan Mohd. Atif, Lucknow
7. Adabiyat -e Farsi- e Kohan, Vol -I, New Delhi
8. Tarikh -e Adabiyat -e Iran by Dr. Reza Zadeh Shafaq, Tr. By S. M. Raf’at, Lahore
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Paper -Pattern for exam: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
SEMESTER II
CORE COURSE: VI
COURSE CODE: PAPER 202
COURSE TITLE: Classical Persian Poetry (Timurid Period)
Sr.
No. Course Text Sr.
No. Prescribed Book
1. 20 ghazals from Divan -e Hafiz Shirazi
iii. 10 Ghazals from Radeef: ALIF
iv. 10 Ghazals from Radeef: TE 1. Divan -e Hafiz by KhwajaShamsuddinMohd.
Hafiz Shirazi, Translated by Henry Wilberforce Clarke &FarzaadFaridAfshin, Tehran, Iran
2. 15 anecdotes from Boostaan -e Sa’di Shirazi
i. Selection from Chapter IV
ii. Selection from Chapter V 1. Boostaan -e Sa’di Shirazi Ed. by Dr.
Manuchehr Aadmiyat , Iran
Reference Books:
1. A Literary History of Persian, E. G. Browne, Vol III & IV, New Delhi
2. Diwan- e Hafiz Translated by Maulana Maulana Qazi S. H., Delhi
3. The Divan -e-Hafiz by Hafiz -i-Shirazi, H. Wilberforce Clarke, 3 Volumes, New Delhi
4. Adabiat -e Classic -o Jadeed (Hissa -e Sher) Vol -I, by Dr. Manzar Asif, Bihar
5. Kulliyat -e Sa’di by Sa’di Shirazi, Tehran
6. Boostaan by Sa’di Shirazi, Mumbai
7. Selected Pieces from Golestan & Boostan Sa’ di by Farshid Eghbal, Iran
8. The Bustan of Sadi by A. Hart Edwards, New Delhi
9. Tarikh -e Zaban -o-Adbiyat -e-Farsi by Dr. Khan Mohd. Atif, Lucknow
10. Adabiyat -e Farsi- e Kohan, Vol -I, New Delhi
11. Zindaginameh Shayraan -e Bozorg -e Iran by Dr. Sayyed Ahmed Husaini K., Iran
12. Shairaan -e Bozorg -e Iran (Az Rudaki ta Bahar) by Abdur Rafee Haqeeqat, Iran
13. Dreams Forgotten (An Anthology of Indo -Persian Poetry) by Waris Kirmani, Aligarh
14. Mutoon- e Farsi Nasr (Intekhab -o-Morafi), Kitaab -e Darsi by Dr. Wasif Ahmed, Delhi
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Paper -Pattern for exam: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
SEMESTER II
CORE COURSE: VII
COURSE CODE: PAPER 203
COURSE TITLE: Indo -Persian Poetic Literature - II
Sr.
No
. Course Text Sr.
No
. Prescribed Book
1. 20 ghazals from the Persian ghazals of Amir
Khusrau Dehlavi
i. 10 Ghazals from Radeef: M EEM
ii. 10 Ghazals from Radeef: DAAL 1. IntekhaabAzGhazaliyaat -e
HazratAmeerKhusrau (Farsi) Edited by
Syed Asghar Ali Shah Jafri, Delhi
2. 25 Quatrains by Dara Shikoh
1. Rubaiyaat -eDaraShikoh,
AadilAseerDehlavi, Delhi
3. 25 Quatrains by Ghani Kashmiri 1. Rubaiyaat -eGhani Kashmiri, Aadil Aseer
Dehlavi, D elhi
Reference Books:
1. History of Indo- Persian Literature by NabiHadi, Iran Culture House, New Delhi
2. Tarikh -e Adabiyat -e Iran by Dr. Reza Zadeh Shafaq, Tr. By S. M. Raf’at, Lahore
3. Adabiat -e Classic -o Jadeed (Hissa -e Sher) Vol -I, by Dr. Manzar Asif, Bihar
4. Adabiyat -e Farsi- e Kohan, Vol -I, New Delhi
5. Shairaan -e Bozorg -e Iran (Az Rudaki ta Bahar) by Abdur Rafee Haqeeqat, Iran
6. Dreams Forgotten (An Anthology of Indo -Persian Poetry) by Waris Kirmani, Aligarh
7. The Rise, Growth and Decline of Indo -Persian Literature by R. M. Chopra, New Delhi
8. Do Goneh by Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum, Delhi
9. Mutoon- e Farsi Nasr (Intekhab -o-Morafi), Kitaab -e Darsi by Dr. Wasif Ahmed, Delhi
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Paper -Pattern for exam: 4 ques tions of 15 marks each with internal choice
SEMESTER II
CORE COURSE: VIII
COURSE CODE: PAPER 204
COURSE TITLE: Essay writing, Translation, Prosody & Rhetoric – II
Topics for Essay:
i. History of Persian Language and Literature in Iran
ii. History of Persian Literature in India
iii. Classical and Modern Persian Literature
iv. Classical Persian Prose and Verse
v. Periods of Persian Literature in India and Iran
vi. Classical and Modern Persian Personalities
vii. Forms of Literature (Poetic and Prose)
viii. Indo -Iran Relations
ix. The magnificence of Persian Language
xi. Persian Studies: Past, Present & Future Perspectives
Translation :
i. English into Persian
Prosody :
i. Bahr- e MotaqaaribMusammanSaalim
ii. Bahr- e HazajMusammanSaalim
iii. Bahr- e MutadarikMusammanSaalim
Rhetoric:
i. Talmeeh
ii. Tazaad
iii. Mara’atunNazeer
iv. Laf –o Nashr
v. Tashbeeh
vi. Istea’ara
vii. Kenaya
viii. Aks
Reference Books:
1. A Manual of Classical Persian Prosody by Finn Thiesen, Wiesbaden
2. Daastoor -e Zabaane Faarsi by Parvez Naatil Khanlari, Iran
3. A History of the Persian Language, Vol -I by Prof. P. N. Khanlari, Delhi
4. Paimana- e Arooz by Dr. Mohd. Aabid Husain, Patna
5. Persian Grammar & Proverbs by Dr. Malik Saleem Javed, Delhi
6. Usool -e Faarsi by Maulana Altaaf Husain Haali, New Delhi
7. A Grammar of the Pe rsian language by Forbes Duncan, Delhi
8. Anglo -Persian Idioms by Isfahani, Syed Abdul Latif Khan, Cambay
Material will be compiled and provided by the teacher concerned .
Scheme of examination: 60 marks = End Semester Exam (2hrs)
40 marks = Internal Assessment
Paper -Pattern for exam: 4 questions of 15 marks each with internal choice
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