Universität Wien

140169 PS Manuscript Culture in South Asia between Orality and Print (2018S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 36 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 01.03. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Thursday 08.03. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Thursday 15.03. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Thursday 22.03. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Wednesday 18.04. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
  • Thursday 19.04. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Thursday 26.04. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Thursday 03.05. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Thursday 17.05. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Thursday 24.05. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Thursday 07.06. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Thursday 14.06. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Monday 18.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
  • Thursday 28.06. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course explores the manuscript culture in South Asia and how it interacted with orality and print culture in different regions and historical phases.
The aims of the course are to provide an understanding of aspects of the manuscript production in different cultural traditions across South Asia, of the significance of orality, and of the late coming of the printed book. Students will familiarize with issues pertinent to the interactions between orality and writing, and reflect on relat-ed theories by testing them against the case of South Asia.

Please note that the course is in English. Discussions can be in German.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular attendance, weekly readings, comments on the class topics, short oral presentations, and a term paper.

Examination topics

Reading list

The weekly readings will be selected in accordance with the students’ interests. General readings are:
Rath, Saraju (ed.), Aspects of Manuscript Culture in South India. Leiden: Brill, 2012. (selected chapters)
Rocher, Ludo, Orality and Textuality in the Indian Context, Sino-Platonic Papers 49, 1994.
Scharfe, Hartmut, Education in ancient India, Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2002. (selected chapters)

Association in the course directory

BA14

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