MA Persian Course Syllabus

• Duration
• 2 Years

• Level
• Post-Graduation

• Type
• Degree

• Eligibility
• Graduation

M.A. Persian Syllabus Semester I

Communication Skills (Written & Oral)-I

M.A. Persian Syllabus Semester II

M.A. Persian Syllabus Semester III

M.A. Persian Syllabus Semester IV

• Classical Poetry
• Diwan I – Hafiz
• Masnavi Maulana Rum
• (Sabrang Kitab Ghar, Ahata Kale Sahib Qasimjan St. Delhi-110006)

• Life, Works and Period of Hafiz
• 5 or 6 Ghazals of Hafiz
• Maulana Rum – Life and Works
• Four Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum
• Development of Persian Ghazal

• Five Ghazals of Hafiz
• Five Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum
• Development of Masnavi
• Style of Hafiz

• Five or six Ghazals of Hafiz
• Six Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum
• Essay on Hafiz in Persian
• Great Masnavi writers in Persian

• Six Ghazals of Hafiz
• Four Hikayats from the Masnavi
• Essay in Persian on Maulana Rum
• Comparative Study of Hafiz

• Three Ghazals of Hafiz
• Three Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum
• The literary value of the Masnavi of Maulana Rum

• Intekhab-i-Nasr-i-Moasir
• Published by Department of Persian
• University of Delhi, Delhi – 7
• Sheerin Kala,
• Madar-i-Zan
• Baha-i-Ishq,
• Adham-i-Pinadoz,
• Az In dar ya Az Aan dar

• Az Neema ta bad
• Intisharat-i Marvareed, Tehran (Iran)
• Selection from the poems of:
• Neema Youshej
• Bamdad (Ahmad Shamlu)
• Farugh Farrukhzad

M.A. First Entire Paper III /Principal Paper III History of Literature

• Some general considerations on the Safavid Dynasty
• The creation of the Safavid power to 930 / 1524 Shah Ismail and his Ancestors.
• Decline of the Safavid power, from Shah Tahmasp (A.D. 1524-1576) to Shah Husayn (A.D.
• 1694-1722)
• An outline of the History of Persian Literature during the last two centuries (A.D. 1722-1922)

• 1. Persian verse during the last four centuries.
• 2. Some general considerations on the later and especially the religious poetry of the Persia
• 3. Poets of the Classical Traditions Pre-Qajar period.
• (i) Hatifi
• (ii) Baba Fughani of Shiraz (A.D. 1500-1600)
• (iii) Ummidi of Tehran
• (iv-v) the two Ahlis
• (vi) Hilali
• (vii) Lisani
• (viii) Urfi of Shiraz

• Between A.D. 1600 and 1700
• (1) Sahabi of Astarabad
• (2) Naziri of Nishapur
• (3) Talib-i-Amuli
• (4) Abu Talib Kalim
• (5) Saib of Isfahan
• Between A.D. 1700-1800 (A.H. 1111-1215)
• 1. Hazin
• 2. Hafiz

• Poets of the Qajar periods
• 1. Persian and Indian Taste (Shahab)
• 2. Saba
• 3. Wasil
• 4. Qaani
• 5. Yaghma
• 6. Sipehri
• 7. Hidayat

• The most modern developments (A.D. 1850)
• 1. The Drama
• 2. The Novel
• 3. The Press
• 4. Early Translations
• 5. Early Newspapers
• 6. Siahat Nama-e-Ibrahim beg
• 7. Travelogue of Haji Baba of Isfahan
• 8. Literature of revolt
• 9. The press and poets
• 10. Ali Akbar Dehkhuda
• Letter writers of Riza Shah period.
• 1. Mohammad Masud
• 2. Ali Dashti
• 3. Hijazi, Post-war writers Jamalzade.
• The younger writers:
• 1. Sadiq Chubak
• 2. Afghani
• 3.Sadiq Hidayat
• 4. Bahar
• 5. Parveen
• 6. Arif
• 6. Eraj Mirza

• Special study: Poet-Prose Writers (Anyone)
• 1. Sheikh Sadi OR
• 2. Hazrat Amir Khusrau Sheikh Sadi

• Selected Hikayats from the Gulistan-i-Sadi
• Lectures on Gulistan

• Selected Hikayats from the Gulistan-i-Sadi
• Lecture on the life of Sheikh Sadi

• Selected Hikayats from the Gulistan-i-Sadi
• Lectures on the works of Sheikh Sadi

• Selected Ghazals from the Dewan of Sheikh Sadi
• Lectures on the contribution of Sheikh Sadi to
• Persian Ghazal

• Lectures on Sheikh Sadi as a moral teacher
• Lectures on Sheikh Sadi’s masnavis

• Selected Ghazals of Hzt Amir Khusrau
• Lectures on Hzt. Amir Khusrau as a Ghazal Composer

• Selected Masnavis of Hzt Amir Khusrau
• Lectures on Hzt Amir Khusrau as a masnavi writer

• Selected Qasaid of Hzt. Amir Khusrau
• Discussion on Hzt. Amir Khusrau’s Qasaid

• ‘Tarikhi Masnavis’ of Hzt. Amir Khusrau
• Lecture on the contribution of Hzt. Amir Khusrau to history
• Through his masnavis.

• Selections from the prose writings of Hzt. Amir Khusrau
• Discussion of Hzt. Amir Khusrau as a prose writer

• I History of Indo-Persian Literature with Special Reference to Gujarat.
• II Criticism

• Development of Persian Literature in India.
• Influence of Persian Language on India.
• Persian Literature produced in India (especially in Gujarat) under the Moghuls.
• Persian Literature in Gujarat Mystic Literature.

• Badayuni, Khan-e-Khanan, Abul Fazal, Faizi, Zahuri and his works, Urfi, Abu Talib Kalim, Naziri Nishapuri, Baba Talib Isfahani, Amir Khusrau etc.

• 1. Two Schools of Persian during the time of Shah Jahan.
• 2. Chandra Bhan Brahman, Mahmad Dehdar, Sufi Lit. in Gujarat.

• 1. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Works and Style.
• 2. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal – Works and Style.

• (1) Intekhab-e-Nasr-e-Moasir – Delhi University
• (2) Az Neema ta Bad – Tehram, Iran

• 1. The Development of Metaphysics in Iran – Mahammad Iqbal
• 2. The Secrets of the Self – R.A. Nicholson
• 3. Metaphysics of Iqbal – Dr. Ishrat Husain
• 4. Iqbal-i-Kamil – Nadwi Abdul Hasan
• 5. Iqbal – His Poetry and Message – Shaikh Akbar Ali
• 6. Ruh-e-Iqbal – Dr. Yusuf Husain Khan
• 7. Iqbal Shenasi – Saiyed Ghulam Raza Saeedi
• 8. Iqbal Namah – Special Issue Danish. Tehran, 133.
• 9. Naqsh-e-Iqbal – A. Ahmad Ansari
• 10. Iqbal Be Haisiyat-e-Shaer – Rafiuddin Hashmi
• 11. Iqbal Muasereen Ki Nazar Mein – Vaqar Azim

• Diwan-i Hafiz (1 to 20 Ghazals)
• Sabrang Kitab Ghar, Delhi
• Masnavi Mulana Rum Vol. I (1 to 60 pages)
• Sabrang Kitab Ghar, Delhi.

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