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The Persian literature and sufism

ННД.12.03.

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

First

2023/2024

5 Semester

2

PLO 7. To understand the main problems of philology and approaches to their solution using appropriate methods and innovative approaches. PLO 8. To know and understand the language system, the general properties of literature as an art of speech, the history of the Persian language and literature, and to be able to apply this knowledge in professional activities. PLO 13. To analyze and interpret works of Ukrainian and Persian fiction and oral folk art, determine their specificity and place in the literary process of Iran and Ukraine. PLO 15. To carry out linguistic, literary and special philological analysis of texts of various styles and genres. PLO 16. To know and understand the basic concepts, theories and concepts of the chosen philological specialization, to be able to apply it.

Full-time form

Successful mastering of the disciplines: "Oriental language: intermediate level", "Medieval Eastern Literature"; mastering the skills of literary analysis of Persian-language texts of religious and philosophical content.

The purpose of the discipline is to acquaint students with the basics of Sufism philosophy in relation to the development of the medieval literary process on the territory of the Persian-speaking world from the very beginning of its formation and flourishing in the classical period of the 10th-15th centuries; to analyze the works of outstanding Sufi poets. The discipline belongs to the block of disciplines of the student's free choice and has a theoretical direction.

1. Brown J. Dervishes or Oriental Spiritualism. L.: Adamant Media Corporation, 2005. 2. De Bruijn J. T. P. Persian Sufi Poetry. An Introduction to the Mystical Use of Classical Persian Poems, Richmond, Surrey, 1997. 3. Encyclopaedia Iranica. URL: https://brill.com/ 4. Harmless W. Mystics. L: Oxford University Press, 2008. 5. Landowski Z. Sufism. Warszawa. 2010. 6. Renard J. Historical dictionary of Sufism. Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. 7. Thackston W.M. A Millenium of Classical Persian poetry X-XX c. Bethesda, Maryland, 1994. 8. Trimingham J. S. The Sufi Orders in Islam. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press,1998. 360 p. https://readli.net/sufi-orders-in-islam/ 9. Schimmel A. The Triumphal Sun. A Study of the Works of Jalāloddin Rumi. SUNY Press, July 1993. 536 p. URL: https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Triumphal-Sun

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, and completion of tasks of translating and analyzing literary works,

Semestral assessment is based on the oral responses, written assignments, reports and presentations – 36/60 points, modular test papers – 12/20 points, term paper – 12/20 points. The credit is given based on the results of the student’s work throughout the entire semester and does not require additional assessment measures. Students who scored 60 points, the required minimum, receive “passed”. Students who failed to score 60 points, the required minimum, receive “failed”. Those students who scored totally less than 60 points during the semester period should complete a test paper in the items which he/she failed to pass. Final score 60-100 – passed; 0-59 – failed.

Ukrainian, Persian