Educational objectives Students of the MA language course “Hindi Language and Literature B” are expected to achieve the equivalent of C1 level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
C1 level of CEFR entails that the learner:
Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controller use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
More specifically, as far as texts are concerned, students will reach an in-depth knowledge of various registers of written Hindi – with a focus on narrative, journalism, essays, cinema – which will enable them to linguistically evaluate, critically translate and thoroughly analyse texts of high difficulty.
As far as spoken Hindi is concerned, students will be acquainted with some key elements of a few selected oral registers, such as regional idioms, jargon expressions that are peculiar to specific professions, social groups, cultural contexts, etc.
Students of the MA course “Hindi language and literature A” will rigorously develop their grammatical, syntactical, and communicative competencies, also through a comparison with corresponding elements and processes of other Indo-European languages, which will allow them to formulate well founded judgements on issues falling within and beyond the specific disciplinary boundaries.
By the end of the year, students will be able to deepen their knowledge and use of Hindi language in full autonomy. To this aim, they could avail themselves of elaborated linguistic tools, such as interactive audio-video products; stages or working experiences in institutions or companies where Hindi is the sole medium; composition of works or texts in Hindi, also of professional character, in various communicative contexts (commercial, artistic, translational, etc.).
Thanks to the specialized seminars and conferences that are regularly organized by the teaching staff, students will also reach a high level of knowledge on major issues regarding contemporary Indian culture, society, and economy. Student will consequently develop excellent operating skills in currently strategic sectors within the framework of the Indo-Italian economic exchange, such as tourism, agro-food industry, cinema and television production, cultural and diplomatic relations, specialized translation for cinema and television, etc.
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Educational objectives General Aims
This course proposes to problematise social changes in India and provide knowledge about how social roles were constructed, modified, transformed and maintained since the nineteenth century till present times.
Specific aims
The course will enable the student acquire the following skills:
Adequate knowledge of the relevant historical field: an understanding of continuity and change unleashed through historical processes in a specific historical context.
Skills specific to the discipline of History: articulate a central argument; identify primary and secondary sources; design a bibliography; and master proper practices of citations.
The proficiency to identify and interpret different analyses and historiography.
The capacity to incorporate historical skills in writing.
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Educational objectives General Aims
To examine India’s confrontation with modernity through an analysis of the arts and different genres of literature.
Specific Aims
To make students aware of the connected histories of political and cultural developments in India through a study of the historical and literary contexts.
To examine key aspects of postcolonial theory.
To enhance critical thinking, reading, and writing skills through reading and writing assignments.
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Educational objectives The course will present and elaborate on specific themes in the field of archaeology and the art history of the Indian Subcontinent and Central Asia.
Methodological questions (history of research as well as analytical criteria and interpretive approaches applied to the chosen theme) will receive special
emphasis, with the aim of enhancing students' understanding of the scholarly debate as well as their skills of critical judgment.
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Educational objectives General objective The general objective of the course is acquisition of an overall picture of the history of relations between Indian and western thought during
the modern age. This competence will be achieved largely by frontal classes, during which ample space will be given to discussion. By means of debate the
students will compare western philosophico-religious categories with Indian philosophico-religious categories, in order to highlight similarities and
differences, so as to foster better understanding of the evolution of the relationship between the two areas. The understanding of the history of such an
interaction can be enhanced by the courses of Sanskrit Language and Literature and Indology. The historical perspective can be further examined through
the course of Social History of Modern and Contemporary India, in order to highlight the fact that philosophical interactions are connected with historical
interactions. Specific objectives Qualifications that signify completion of the course are awarded to students who: • have demonstrated knowledge and
understanding of the main links between.Indian and western thought, and are typically at a level that enables them to elaborate original ideas about
uncharted areas of this relationship; • can apply their knowledge and understanding in a manner that indicates that they can understand critically a
philosophical text that deals with aspects of Indian thought, and have competences typically demonstrated through assessing it in a historical framework; •
have the ability to gather and interpret, by preparing brief book reports, relevant data to summarize the contents of Indian or western primary sources; • can
communicate, by preparing brief reports to be discussed with the teacher and the other students, information, ideas, problems and solutions relating to the
main issues that characterize the links between Indian and western thought; • have developed those learning skills that are necessary for them to undertake
further study of specific area of the relationship between Indian and western thought in the historical context.
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Educational objectives The general objective of this course is the acquisition of a solid knowledge of Indian literature and philosophy from classical and medieval times. This aim will be achieved
mostly by frontal classes, during which students will be stimulated to discuss and to analyze different Indian texts. The main competence that students should achieve at the
end of this course is the exact contextualization of various texts in their historical, philosophical, and linguistic framework. This competence can be enhanced by the courses
of Sanskrit Language and Literature, Indian Religions and Philosophies, and Society and Culture in India.
Specific objectives
Qualifications are awarded to students who:
have demonstrated knowledge and understanding of different aspects of Old Indian literary and philosophical production, and are able to elaborate original ideas about it;
are capable to apply their knowledge and understanding in a manner that they can critically analyze a text, through assessing it in its historical, philosophical, and linguistic framework;
have the ability to gather and interpret, by preparing book reports, relevant data to summarise the contents of Indian primary sources;
can communicate, by preparing reports, commentaries, and annotated translations, the main issues that characterised the Old Indian literary and philosophical production;
have developed those learning skills that are necessary to a deeper understanding of Old Indian literature in a critical perspective.
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