The Art of Teaching Persian Literature: From Theory to Practice

Leiden : Brill, 2024.

Abdollahi M., Alavi S., Chalisova N., Cross C., Davis D., Ghanoonparvar M. R., Karim P., Kim S., Franklin D. L., Meneghini D., Mikkelson J., Moosavi A., Nikitenko E., O’Malley A., Pourgiv F., Rahimieh N., Seyed-Gohrab A., Shabani-Jadidi P., Sonboldel F., Yaghoobi C., Yahaghi M. J.

Under the general editorship: F. Lewis, A. Seyed-Gohrab, P. Shabani-Jadidi

This unique book is the first publication on the art of teaching Persian literature in English, consisting of 18 chapters by prominent early-career, mid-career and established scholars, who generously share their experiences and methodologies in teaching both classical and modern Persian literature across various academic traditions in the world. The volume is divided into three parts: the background to teaching Persian literature, teaching Persian literature: pedagogy, translation and canon, and thematic and topical approaches to the Persian literature class. It includes such topics as the history of teaching Persian literature, the traditional teaching of Persian literature, the political and ideological intentions revealed in the formation of the Persian literature curriculum, the necessity to include marginalized modern Persian literature, such as women’s or diaspora literature, and more applied approaches to curriculum development and teaching.

Chapters

The Persistence of Persian Literature in the Soviet Union

Chalisova N., Nikitenko E., , in: The Art of Teaching Persian Literature: From Theory to Practice.: Leiden: Brill, 2024. Ch. 3 P. 40–73.

The courses on the “Luxurious Literature of Persia” have been taught in many educational institutions of Imperial Russia since the middle of the 19th century. In the first decades of the 20th century, Agafangel Krymsky’s lectures on the “History of Persia, Its Literature, and Dervish Theosophy” were published in parts (1903–1906, revised 1914–1917); this prominent ...

Added: October 25, 2024

Keywords: teaching literature, medieval Persian literature, modern Persian literature