The Art of Teaching Persian Literature : : From Theory to Practice / / edited by Franklin D. Lewis, Asghar Seyed-Gohrab and Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi.

• Superior document: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024
• TeilnehmendeR: Lewis, Franklin D.,; Seyed-Gohrab, Asghar,; Shabani-Jadidi, Pouneh,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; Persian
• Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (435 pages)

This unique book is the first publication on the art of teaching Persian literature in English, consisting of 18 chapters by prominent early-career, mid-career and established scholars, who generously share their experiences and methodologies in teaching both classical and modern Persian literature across various academic traditions in the world. The volume is divided into three parts: the background to teaching Persian literature: pedagogy, translation and canon, and thematic and topical approaches to the Persian literature class. It includes such topics as the history of teaching Persian literature, the traditional teaching of Persian literature, the political and ideological intentions revealed in the formation of the Persian literature curriculum, the necessity to include marginalized modern Persian literature, such as women's or diaspora literature, and more applied approaches to curriculum development and teaching. Contributors Manizheh Abdollahi, Samad Alavi, Natalia Chalisova, Cameron Cross, Dick Davis, M. R. Ghanoonparvar, Persis Karim, Sooyong Kim, Daniela Meneghini, Jane Mikkelson, Amir Moosavi, Evgeniya Nikitenko, Austin O'Malley, Farideh Pourgiv, Nasrin Rahimieh, Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi, Farshad Sonboldel, Claudia Yaghoobi, and Mohammad Jafar Yahaghi.

Table of Contents

The enchantment of storytelling teaching Persian literature in Italy today / Daniela Meneghini -- Persian as peripheral literature : the Turkish frame / Sooyong Kim -- The persistence of Persian literature in the Soviet Union / Natalia Chalisova and Evgeniya Nikitenko -- Teaching Persian literature in Europe : a case from the Netherlands / Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab -- Teaching Persian language and literature in Iranian universities : courses, texts, teaching / Farideh Pourgiv and Manizheh Abdollahi -- The art of teaching Persian literature in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan : an analytical survey / Mohammad Jafar Yahaghi -- How to read a Persian poem / Dick Davis -- Teaching Persian literature, coaching critical thinking / M.R. Ghanoonparvar -- Persian literary translation : a domain analysis survey / Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi -- Deeper modes of life : teaching complexities in modern Persian poetry / Samad Alavi -- The politics of teaching modern Persian prose fiction written by women / Nasrin Rahimieh -- The significance of Educator's self-actualization in teaching gender in Persian literature / Claudia Yaghoobi -- Recognize, re-cognize : theme and genre in teaching Persian literature / Cameron Cross -- Abstracted mysticism and restricted Islam pitfalls in the teaching of religious Persian literature / Austin O'Malley -- War literature and war in literature : teaching war in the Persian literature classroom / Amir Moosavi -- Beyond the boundaries of Persian literature : Personal reflections on teaching the literature of the Iranian diaspora / Persis Karim -- Expansive comparison : thinking across Persian and English terms and temporalities / Jane Mikkelson -- The good taste : politics of excluding modern and contemporary literary works from the Persian literature curricula / Farshad Sonboldel.