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M.A. Persian Syllabus

Syllabus of Persian as prescribed by various Universities and Colleges.

Part I (Entire/Principal)
Sr. No.	Subjects of Study
Papers I	Classical Poetry 1. Diwan I – Hafiz 2. Masnavi Maulana Rum (Sabrang Kitab Ghar, Ahata Kale Sahib Qasimjan St. Delhi-110006)
Unit I	1. Life, Works and Period of Hafiz 2. 5 or 6 Ghazals of Hafiz 3. Maulana Rum – Life and Works 4. Four Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum 5. Development of Persian Ghazal
Unit II	1. Five Ghazals of Hafiz 2. Five Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum 3. Development of Masnavi 4. Style of Hafiz
Unit III	1. Five or six Ghazals of Hafiz 2. Six Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum 3. Essay on Hafiz in Persian 4. Great Masnavi writers in Persian
Unit IV	1. Six Ghazals of Hafiz 2. Four Hikayats from the Masnavi 3. Essay in Persian on Maulana Rum 4. Comparative Study of Hafiz
Unit V	1. Three Ghazals of Hafiz 2. Three Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum 3. Literary value of the Masnavi of Maulana Rum
M.A. First Entire Paper II / Principal II
	Modern Persian Prose & Poetry
Prose	Intekhab-i-Nasr-i-Moasir Published by Department of Persian University of Delhi, Delhi – 7 1. Sheerin Kala, 2. Madar-i-Zan 3. Baha-i-Ishq, 4. Adham-i-Pinadoz, 5. Az In dar ya Az Aan dar
Poetry	Az Neema ta bad Intisharat-i Marvareed, Tehran (Iran) Selection from the poems of: 1. Neema Youshej 2. Bamdad (Ahmad Shamlu) 3. Farugh Farrukhzad
Unit I	Sheerin Kala, Madar-I Zan, Baha-I Ishq
Unit II	Adham-i Pinadoz, Az In dar ya Az Aan dar, Lectures pertaining to Persian prose
Unit III	Poems of Nema Youshej and Bamdad (Ahmad Shamlu)
Unit IV	Poems of Farugh Farrukhzad Lectures pertaining to Modern Persian Poetry
Unit V	General lectures on Modern Persian Prose and Poetry
M.A. First Entire Paper III /Principal Paper III History of Literature
	Persian Literature in Iran from A.D. 1600 up to the Modern Times
Unit I	1. Some general considerations on the Safavid Dynasty 2. The creation of the Safavid power to 930 / 1524 Shah Ismail and his Ancestors. 3. Dicline of the Safavid power, from Shah Tahmasp (A.D. 1524-1576) to Shah Husayn (A.D. 1694-1722) 4. An outline of the History of Persian Literature during the last two centuries (A.D. 1722-1922)
Unit II	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
Unit III	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
Unit IV	Poets of the Qajar periods 1. Persian and Indian Taste (Shahab) 2. Saba 3. Wasil 4. Qaani 5. Yaghma 6. Sipehri 7. Hidayat
Unit V	Persian prose during the last four centuries:- The orthodox shah faith and exponents, the Mujtahids & Mullas
Unit VI	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
Entire Paper IV/Principal IV
	Special study: Poet-Prose Writers (Any one) 1. Sheikh Sadi OR 2. Hazrat Amir Khusrau Sheikh Sadi
Unit I	Selected Hikayats from the Gulistan-i-Sadi Lectures on Gulistan
Unit II	Selected Hikayats from the Gulistan-i-Sadi Lecture on the life of Sheikh Sadi
Unit III	Selected Hikayats from the Gulistan-i-Sadi Lectures on the works of Sheikh Sadi
Unit IV	Selected Ghazals from the Dewan of Sheikh Sadi Lectures on the contribution of Sheikh Sadi to Persian Ghazal
Unit V	Lectures on Sheikh Sadi as a moral teacher Lectures on Sheikh Sadi’s masnavis
	Hazarat Amir Khusrau
Unit I	Selected Ghazals of Hzt Amir Khusrau Lectures on Hzt. Amir Khusrau as a Ghazal Composer
Unit II	Selected Masnavis of Hzt Amir Khusrau Lectures on Hzt Amir Khusrau as a masnavi writer
Unit III	Selected Qasaid of Hzt. Amir Khusrau Discussion on Hzt. Amir Khusrau’s Qasaid
Unit IV	‘Tarikhi Masnavis’ of Hzt. Amir Khusrau Lecture on the contribution of Hzt. Amir Khusrau to history Through his masnavis.
Unit V	Selections from the prose writings of Hzt. Amir Khusrau Discussion of Hzt. Amir Khusrau as a prose writer
M.A. Paper-V (Entire)
	Contemporary Persian Language and Literature
Unit I	A detailed account of new trends in Modern Persian prose
Unit II	A detailed account of new Trends in Modern Persian Poetry
Unit III	Comparison between classical and Modern Persian prose and poetry
Unit IV	Drama- Novel
Unit V	Short Story writing and literary criticism
M.A. Part II (Entire Paper VI /Principal Paper V)
	Grammar and Modern Writing
Unit I	Nouns & Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Prefixes, Suffixes
Unit II	Advanced Translation from Persian into English and vice versa pertaining to Science, Technology
Unit III	Industry and Banking
Unit IV	High Level Essays on various subjects Unit V
Unit V	Dialogue writings on various subjects
Entire Paper VII /Principal VI
	I History of Indo-Persian Literature with Special Reference to Gujarat. II Criticism
Unit I	Development of Persian Literature in India. Influence of Persian Language on India. Persian Literature produced in India (specially in Gujarat) under the Moghuls. Persian Literature in Gujarat Mystic Literature.
Unit II	Badayuni, Khan-e-Khanan, Abul Fazal, Faizi, Zahuri and his works, Urfi, Abu Talib Kalim, Naziri Nishapuri, Baba Talib Isfahani, Amir Khusrau etc.
Unit III	1. Two Schools of Persian during the time of Shah Jahan. 2. Chandra Bhan Brahman, Mahmad Dehdar, Sufi Lit. in Gujarat.
Unit IV	1. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Works and Style. 2. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal – Works and Style.
Entire Paper VIII /Principal Paper VII
Text	(1) Intekhab-e-Nasr-e-Moasir – Delhi University (2) Az Neema ta Bad – Tehram, Iran
Unit I	Shair-e-Marg, Inteqad, Ashti Ba Adabiyat
Unit II	Adl, Akhri Shab – Life and Works of Author
Unit III	All poems of Nadir Nadipur Life and Works of the Poet
Unit IV	Mano Chehar Atishi – Sohrab Sepehri
Unit V	Comparative study of the Poets – Modern Trends in Poetry
Entire Paper IX /Principal Paper VIII
Unit I	Research Methodology – Its aims and objects - Pin point of the subject.
Unit II	Method of Data Collection and its classification, Transliteration, References, Bibliography, Index, conclusion Unit
Unit III	Method of Paper – Writing – Thesis writing
Unit IV	Makhtuta Shenasi, Editing of the Text
Unit VI	Different Trends in Research Methodology comparative Research Methodology Critical evolution of the work (Poetry and Prose)
Entire Paper X: Special Study – Iqbal
	Books recommended:
	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
M.A. First (Subordinate (Persian)
Paper I
Text	Diwan-i Hafiz (1 to 20 Ghazals) Sabrang Kitab Ghar, Delhi Masnavi Mulana Rum Vol. I (1 to 60 pages) Sabrang Kitab Ghar, Delhi.
Unit I	General Questions, Life & works of the Poets
Unit II	Development of Ghazal up to Hafiz, Hafiz as a Ghazal writer Tr & Explanation of Ghazals 1 to 10
Unit III	Tr & Explanation of Ghazals 11 to 20
Unit IV	Development of Masnavi, Rumis Diction, 1 to 10 Hikayat
Unit V	Hikayat 11 to 20

M.A. Second (Subordinate (Persian)
Paper II
Unit I	Four Hikayats from the book (Anwar-i-Suhaili), Notes on life of Mir Waiz Kashifi
Unit II	Four Hikayats from the book (Anwar-i-Suhaili), Notes on the works of Mir Waiz
Unit III	Four Hikayats from the book (Anwar-i-Suhaili), Assessment of Anwar-I Suhaili
Unit IV	Four Hikayats from the book (Anwar-i-Suhaili), Lectures on moral values of Anwar-i Suhaili
Unit V	Four Hikayat of the book (Anwar-i-Suhaili), Gen. Discussion of Persian prose writing

 

M.A. Persian Job Types

• Linguist - Persian (Farsi)
• Cryptologic Language Instructor (Persian Farsi)
• Foreign Language/Analyst - Farsi (Persian)
• Persian - Farsi Primary Linguist
• Language Instructional Developer
• Instructional Developer, Regional & Cultural Studies