Modern Hindi fiction
Course: Hindi Language and Literature and Translation, English Language
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Title
Modern Hindi fiction
Code
ДВС 1.14
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
8 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 8. To know and understand the language system, the general properties of literature as an art of speech, the history of the Hindi language and literature, and to be able to apply this knowledge in professional activities.
PLO 13. To analyze and interpret works of Ukrainian and Hindi fiction and oral folk art, determine their specificity and place in the literary process of India and Ukraine.
PLO 15. To carry out linguistic, literary and special philological analysis of Hindi texts of various styles and genres.
PLO 17. To collect, analyze, systematize and interpret the facts of language and speech and use them for solving complex problems in specialized fields of professional activity and/or education.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful mastering of the disciplines: “Oriental language: advanced level”, “Introduction to Oriental Philology”, “Lingual Country Studies of the Oriental Languages”, "Oral and Ancient Eastern Literature", "Medieval Eastern Literature".
Course content
The goal of the discipline is to acquaint students with the best examples of the 20th century novel jenre in Hindi literature through sociocultural reading and literary analysis of selected works; to give an idea of the process of birth, formation, development and flowering of the novel genre in India in the 20th century; to outline the peculiarities and characteristic features of this process, as well as the place of Hindi short fiction of the 20th century in the system of world literature. The discipline belongs to the block of disciplines of the student's free choice and has a theoretical orientation.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Vermeychuk N. Stages of formation and evolution of the Hindi novel // Visnyk KNU. Oriental languages and literatures. 2019. 1(25). P. 56–62.
2. Fashchenko V. Update of the genre and controversies about poetics // In the depths of human life: Literary studies. Odesa, 2005. P. 159–182.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Learning activities comprise interactive lectures and seminar classes. Students’ self-study involves preparation for oral responses, reports with the analyses of scientific literature, research presentation, precis, summaries.
Assessment methods and criteria
Semestral assessment is based on: oral responses, reports and presentations / precis – 24/40 points, modular control works – 12/20 points. Summarizing evaluation in the form of exam is max. 40 / min. 24 points (60% of minimum required quantity); the exam is conducted in written and oral forms, and proposes: 1) to answer two theoretical questions; 2) to complete a practical task. Students, who totally scored less than 36 points during the semester, may not participate in the exam.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian, Hindi
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Yurii
Volodymyrovych
Botvinkin
Department of Middle East Languages and Literature
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Middle East Languages and Literature
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology