2024 Fall
SASIAN 142 001 - LEC 001
Formerly South Asian 142
India's Great Epics
Luther J Obrock
Class #:32486
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
South and Southeast Asian Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
1
Enrolled: 28
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 29
Waitlist Max: 5
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.
Final Exam
FRI, DECEMBER 20TH
08:00 am - 11:00 am
Moffitt Library 106
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Course Catalog Description
The course entails substantial selected readings from the great Sanskirt epic poems--the Mahabharata and the Ramayana in translation, selected readings from the corpus of secondary literature on Indian epic studies as well as lectures on salient issues in both. Discussion will focus on a variety of historical and theoretical approaches to the study of the poems and their extraordinary influence on Indian culture. Readings will be supplemented with selected showings of popular cinematic and television versions of the epics.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Meets Philosophy & Values, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
None