This course examines Persian literature, mainly modern Persian poetry from the 19th to the 21st centuries, focusing on linguistics and literary approaches in contemporary poetry. The course includes a …
Middle Persian (Pahlavi)
An introduction to the grammar and syntax of Middle Persian, or Pahlavi, language; the special script it was written in; and the connections of Pahlavi to Old Persian and New Persian languages. …
Persianate Art and Architecture
Covering art and material culture in the eastern Islamic lands from the late 13th century to the modern period. Objects from the collections of Islamic art in the Royal Ontario Museum will also be …
Modern Iran
This course covers the history of Iran from the early modern period to the present. Following an overview of the Safavid revolution and the empire it created (1501–1722), we examine the political …
History of Iran: From the Sasanians to the Safavids
This course studies the political, religious, and cultural history of greater Iran from Late Antiquity through the Islamic period to the early modern era. Following an overview of the history of the …
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The Iranian Short Story
Examines the cultural environment for the emergence of the short story in Iran and in world literature and traces the development of the Iranian short story through 20th century examples of this …