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The course is conceived as popular science and as spectacular as possible, designed for the widest audience.
The course is devoted to the history of literary masterpieces of the Middle East from ancient times to the present day, as well as the history of their appearance in the West - deciphering and translation. The course is conceived as interdisciplinary in grammatology, literary history, and history of translation from the oriental languages of the Muslim Middle East. The material is built in chronological order: from deciphering the ancient Persian and ancient Turkic writing through the history of translations and publications in the West of classical literary monuments of the Middle East to the problems of translation and perception in the West and in European languages of the masterpieces of modern Middle Eastern literature, which nowadays occupies a leading position all over the world ... A separate block will be devoted to translations of religious literature. The format of the course includes webinars and mini-interviews with experts in the field.
- The course will be created in 2 versions, in English and in Russian.
The form of education is online. Weekly classes will include watching thematic video lectures, studying additional materials and completing tests with automated verification of results. All assignments must be completed to obtain a certificate.
The course doesn't require an initial training.
1. Ancient Iran
2. Turkic World
3. Arabic world
4. Muslim Religious Literature
5. Medieval Iran
6. Sufism (Tasavvuf)
7. Medieval Literature in Turkic Languages
8. Significant literary works of the modern East
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The discipline is aimed at the formation of universal competencies of students in the educational programs of the bachelor's / specialist's degree, as well as other competencies provided for by the educational program.
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Доктор филологических наук, доцент
Position: Профессор кафедры теории и методики преподавания языков и культура Азии и Африки СПбГУ, директор Центра исследований современной Турции и российско-турецких отношений СПбГУ
The certificate is issued according to the results of completed tasks. To successfully complete the course, you need to score at least 60% of all tasks.