Stanley Insler - Teaching

Fall 2007

111a/LITR 150a Sanskrit Classics in Translation
A close reading and discussion of secular works in Sanskrit set against the cultural history of Old India. Texts included are novellas from the Mahaabhaarata Epic, fable literature, lyrical narratives, plays, lyric and didactic poetry, the first Indian novels.

Spring 2008

771b Middle Indic: Pali & Prakrit
Introduction to the old Indic vernaculars. Readings from the Buddhist Canon, Inscriptions of Ashoka and Prakrit literary texts.

772a/INDC772a Research in Old Indian Epics
This seminar deals with narrative and structural parallels in several epic traditions of India. Texts examined include the Maahaabhaarata, Raamaayana, Paunacariya and Vasudevahindii.

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