Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Read extracts from Sanskrit courtly poetry smoothly and accurately, and chant the verses with an appropriate meter.
2. Translate the vocabulary of the text in hand with a high level of competence in using a Sanskrit-English dictionary.
3. Demonstrate thorough understanding of the advanced grammatical structures employed in Sanskrit courtly poetry, and demonstrate expertise in using reference grammars.
4. Appraise the linguistic registers of the root text, in contrast with other genres of Sanskrit literature, and reflect this in appropriate English translation; respond creatively to the root text in an appropriate medium.
5. Demonstrate an ability to interpret commentarial texts, showing an understanding of commentarial techniques and vocabulary.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of the social and historical contexts of Sanskrit courtly poetry.

Other Information

This is a co-taught course. Any cap on enrolments in one course applies to both courses combined.

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On successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to engage at an Advanced Intermediate level of Sanskrit.

Students with native speaker proficiency (may include cognate languages and dialects) must review the language proficiency assessment site and contact the CAP Student Centre for appropriate enrolment advice. Students with previous “language experience or exposure” are required to undertake a language proficiency assessment to ensure enrolment at the most appropriate level.

 

Relevant past experience includes:

-       Previous study of the language (both formal and informal, for example but not limited to, at school, or, home, or through online activities, etc.)

-       Being exposed to the language in childhood via a family member or friend

-       Travel or living in a country where the language is spoken

-       The language being spoken in your home (even if you do not speak it yourself)

 

Students who are not sure if they need to undertake a language proficiency assessment should seek advice from the course or language convenor. Students who intentionally misrepresent their language proficiency level may be investigated under the Academic Misconduct Rule 2015 as having failed to comply with assessment directions and having sought unfair advantage. This may results in a penalty such as reduced grades or failure of the course.

 

Students are not permitted to enrol in a language course below one that they have already successfully completed, except with permission of the language and/or course convenor.

Indicative Assessment

1. Yoga Sutras (20) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
2. Sakuntala class notes, part 1 (20) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
3. Yoga Sutras (20) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
4. Sakuntala class notes, part 2 (20) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
5. Sakuntala creative project (20) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]

In response to COVID-19: Please note that Semester 2 Class Summary information (available under the classes tab) is as up to date as possible. Changes to Class Summaries not captured by this publication will be available to enrolled students via Wattle. 

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Workload

Face to face teaching in this course consists of one two-hour reading class each week. Along with the minimum requirements, it is expected that students will:

• attend all sessions

• catch up on any missed session by listening to it at the Wattle site

• prepare for each session by completing the exercises from the previous week (estimate 2-3 hours each week)

This level of participation can be expected to amount to around 8 hours of work each week.

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Prescribed Texts

See Wattle

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