31568 - Persian Culture and Literature 1

Academic Year 2016/2017

  • Docente: Carlo Saccone
  • Credits: 9
  • SSD: L-OR/15
  • Language: Italian

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course students should know the main outlines of classical Persian literature and its genres

Course contents

Persian classical Poetry and its major genres: ghazal, qaside, mathnavi, roba'i

Reading and commentary on some authors, mainly sufi poets and mystical treatises

Readings/Bibliography

C.Saccone, Viaggi e visioni di re sufi e profeti. Storia tematica della letteratura persiana, vol. I, Luni, Trento-Milano 1999:

C. Saccone, Il maestro sufi e la bella cristiana. Poetica della perversione nella Persia medievale. Storia tematica della letteratura persiana, vol.II, Carocci, Roma 2005

C. Saccone, Il re dei belli, il re del mondo. Teologia del potere e della bellezza nlla Persia medievale. Storia tematica della letteratura persiana, vol.III, Aracne, Roma 201

Teaching methods

Class lessons, seminars

Assessment methods

oral tests

Teaching tools

books, articles, audio-visual tools online

Office hours

See the website of Carlo Saccone