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142107 UE Savannah, jungle, mountains, desert: Conceptions of landscape in ancient South Asia (2021W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

VOR-ORT

Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Anmeldung von Mi 01.09.2021 08:00 bis Mi 29.09.2021 10:00
Abmeldung bis So 31.10.2021 23:59

Details

max. 24 Teilnehmer*innen

Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Vitus Angermeier

Termine

Di 13:00-14:30, SR 3, ab 5.10. (Tag und Uhrzeit bei Bedarf flexibel)

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

South Asia is rich in various climatic environments. And although they play an important role in cultural history, they are rarely mentioned in both primary and secondary literature. An exception are the works of Indian medicine or Ayurveda, in which landscapes are categorized and repeatedly discussed under various aspects. Francis Zimmermann dedicated himself to this topic in his 1987 monograph "The Jungle and the Aroma of Meats". On the basis of his observations, this course first examines concepts of environments in epic literature, returns to the source texts of Āyurveda and finally compares similar concepts in the Arthaśāstra.
The course is intended to give an insight into early environmental concepts according to various Sanskrit source texts. In addition, work on the selected passages, which serve as examples of epic and scientific Sanskrit, will improve translation skills.

The course will be held on-site. If this should not be possible during the whole semester, we will change to a digital format. If there are any attendants who are not able to join on-site, a hybrid format is possible.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Preparation of the text passages to be translated for the lessons, active participation in the course, written exercises.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Evaluation criteria: 50% participation in the course, 50% written exercises.

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Passages from texts like the Mahābhārata, the Carakasāṃhitā, the Suśrutasaṃhitā, the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha, and the Arthaśāstra will be read during this course.

Introductory Literature:
• Parkhill, Thomas. The Forest Setting in Hindu Epics: Princes, Sages, Demons. Lewiston: Mellen, 1995.
(Based on his PhD thesis, available online: https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375/14199)
• Ray, Rita Ghosh. „The Attitude of Kautilya to Aranya“. Environment and History 2.2 (1996): 221–229. (Available online: http://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/attitude-kautilya-aranya)
• Thapar, R. „Perceiving the Forest: Early India“. Studies in History 17, Nr. 1 (2001): 1–16. (Available online: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/025764300101700101)
• Zimmermann, Francis. The Jungle and the Aroma of Meats. An Ecological Theme in Hindu Medicine. Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1987.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

MASK2, MATB3b

Letzte Änderung: Mi 29.09.2021 09:08