RELGST 1510 - REL INDA 2:STORYT RELIG FORM

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on the religious life of India as expressed through storytelling. Central to this life are rich and diverse narrative traditions, both oral and written, some of which have their roots in the ancient Vedic literature, in the famous epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, in popular folk tales and philosophical debates. Through an in-depth exploration of different genres of primarily Hindu narrative traditions, students will be able to see (1) how certain episodes and characters from the selected stories have been used in religious and philosophical teachings about spiritual emancipation and liberation; (2) how the stories and their protagonists have been variously (re)cast over time by members of dominant as well as non-dominant religious and/ or political groups; and also, (3) how they have been appropriated and incorporated in politically sensitive times and situations into a wider narrative of nation(hood). The role of popular media (TV, film, etc.) In linking nation and narration in modern times will also be examined.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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