General provisions

The course is included as compulsory course in the Master's Programme in languages, with specialisation in Indian studies/Hindi semester 2, and is also given as an independent course.

Entry requirements

Text Course in Hindi I: Literature and Religion in South Asia

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, in order to achieve the grade Pass the student should at least be able to:

- at a general level account for and discuss South Asia's history and culture and its social context from the 20th century to today;

- at a general level account for the cultural development in 20^th and 21st century India;

- read and interpret texts in different genres on Hindi and analyse cultural discourses from the 19th century to today on a textual basis;

- account for the language conditions in South Asia at a general level including language policy;

- show advanced knowledge within some of the following three fields: 1) 1) political conflicts in South Asia, 2) South Asia's history in colonial or post-colonial time, or 3) cultural development in colonial or post-colonial epochs. The field is chosen in consultation with the course coordinator;

- show ability to integrate knowledge, to translate, analyse and assess and handle complex questions in phenomena even with limited information, and give a clear account in written form and discuss conclusions and the knowledge and arguments that underlies these;

- show ability to orally clearly account for and discuss conclusions and the knowledge and arguments that underlies these in dialogue with different student groups.

Content

The course includes an overview of South Asia's modern history and culture from the British colonial time to the 21st century, including an analysis of discourses that occurred during the period.

Non-fiction and literary texts in Hindi are read in the course as a basis for discourse analysis .

The course also gives an introduction to the language policies in South Asia and explains language conditions in general.

The course is completed with a special focus in the form of a minor essay within one special field that is selected by the student in consultation with the course coordinator.

The minor essay is also presented orally.

Instruction

Instruction consists of lectures, workshops and assessment. In the course, written and oral presentation of the minor essay is included. The student's own learning activities are of crucial importance for the work in the course and requires attendance and active participation in the lectures.

Assessment

The course includes 3 examination parts:

1. written test;

2. minor essay (about 10 pages) with focus on either political conflicts in South Asia, South Asia's history in colonial or post-colonial time, or cultural development under colonial or post-colonial time;

3. oral presentation of the minor essay (normally 15 minutes Powerpoint presentation followed by 10 minutes discussion).

Part 1 and 2 is assessed as Pass with distinction/Pass/Fail and part 3 according to Pass/Fail. For the grade Pass, Pass in all parts is required. For the grade Pass with distinction, Pass with distinction is required on part 1 and 2 and Pass on part 3.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Other directives

The course may not be included in a degree if equivalent parts have been read within another course included in the degree.