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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

AAS 320 - Literature of India


Introduction to selected classics of Indian literature in English translation. Classical and modern works are discussed, representing Sanskrit (the Vedas, the Upanishads, the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, classical drama of Kalidasa and Bhasa), Tamil, Kannada, Hindi-Urdu, and Indian English. Western and Indian literary theories and critical approaches are compared and evaluated.

3 credits

Advisory Preq: AAS 201  

DEC: G

SBC: HFA+