The Persian literature and sufism

Course: Persian language, literature, and translation, English language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
The Persian literature and sufism
Code
ДВС.1.04.
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
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 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. 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: intermediate level", "Medieval Eastern Literature"; mastering the skills of literary analysis of Persian-language texts of religious and philosophical content.
Course 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.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
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, and completion of tasks of translating and analyzing literary works,
Assessment methods and criteria
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.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian, Persian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Tetiana Fedorivna Malenka
Department of Middle East Languages and Literature
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