Oriental languages and civilizations

General goals: presentation of a panorama of the history of Persian literature, the different poetic genres, and the characteristics of the traditional figurative language. Specific goals: at the end of the course, the student (1) knows a general sketch of the history of Persian literature and its main texts and authors, especially with reference to classical literature; (2) is able to recognize the different formal genres of classical poetry and is able to interpret its main images; (3) knows how to judge a literary text, also thanks to the knowledge of the relevant bibliography; (4) can explain to others the main characters of Persian literature, also on the basis of training and readings in class; 5) can autonomously continue his studies also on the basis of instructions on how to plan research projects.