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FYS346

Desire, Devotion, Suffering

Subject code

FYS

Course Number

346

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

Department/Program Faculty

Course Long Title

Desire, Devotion, Suffering

Description

Love and pleasure were much cultivated in classical and medieval India, side by side with the spiritual practices better known in the West. Royal courts and rustic villages reveled in songs, stories, and dramas about courtship and passion among humans, demons, and gods. Students read a range of lyric and dramatic poetry in English translation from North and South Indian traditions featuring Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim poets. The works deal with desire and disgust; earthly love carried into religious realms; and the transformation of erotic desperation into spiritual gain. Lectures and prose readings provide cultural background and interpretive strategies; music, slides, and film clips connect literature to the performing arts, including Bollywood movies.

Writing Credit

W1

INDS Program Relationship

IDGS - GSS Program

GEC This Course Belongs To

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Class Restriction

Exclude Sophomores, Exclude Juniors, Exclude Seniors