B.A. (Persian)

Year I (Optional Persian)

Sr. No.

Subjects of Study

Text

Farsi Brai Ghair Farsi Zabanan by Samina Baghchaban. Delhi
Persian Language teaching Book Afza by Yadollah Samareh Ph.D.

Unit I, II, III, IV

In these 4 units matter is written in Urdu language.

Unit V

Firdausi-Life and Works
Objective Questions on Persian Language and Literature
Kind of Poetry- Ghazal, Qasida, Rubai & Masnavi

Year II (Minor) Persian

Paper I

Poetry                                                                                            

Text

Sukhan-i Nau Part I
Educational Book House – Aligarh
Manzoomat-i Akhlaqi

Unit I

Dawat-i-Taleeme-Niswan-wa-Islah-i-Hal-i-Shan

Unit II

Tausih Be Nojawanan-i-Millat be Iktesab-i Sanat-o Hirfat

Unit III

Ilm. Discussion on Persian Poetry

Unit IV

Naghma-i Sarban-i Hijaz

Unit V

Kudak-i Arzoomand – Notes on Persian poets

Year II (Minor) Persian

Paper II

Prose                                                                                                              

Text

Sukhan-i Nau Part II
Educational Book House – Aligarh

Unit I

Khwab-i Yousuf Amu (1st Half)

Unit II

Khwab-i Yousuf Amu (2nd Half)

Unit III

Auza-i Na Matbo-i Iran (1st Half)

Unit IV

Auza-i Na Matbo-i Iran (2nd Half)

Unit V

Development of Persian Prose- Books Recommended:
1. Modern Persian prose by Kamshad
2. A Literary History of Persia by E.G. Browne (Cambridge)
3. Tarikh-i-Adabiyyat-i Iran by Zabihullah Safa

Year II (Major) Persian

Paper I

Modern Poetry 

Text

(a) Nisab-i Jadeed Farsi Idara-i Adabiyat-i Delli – Delhi
(b) Sukhan-i Nau Part III Educational Book House – Aligarh Malik-ush Shoara Bahar

Unit I

Qasida-e-Wataniyyah, Dar Rah-e-Ishaq, Husn-i-Niyyat

Unit II

Zalal-o-Dalal, Shabahang

Unit III

Parvin-i Etesami: Karha-e-Ma, Andarzha-e-Man, Jawan-o-Peer

Unit IV

Taraj-e-Rozgar, Zarre, Murgh-e-Zirak

Unit V

Development of Modern Persian Poetry and Some Major Modern Persian Poets

Year II (Major) Persian

Paper II

Modern Prose

Text

Nisab-i Jadeed Farsi
Idara-i Adabiyat-i-Delli - Delhi

Unit I

Intekhab-i Zindagi-i Man
Dastanha-i Kootah

Unit II

Khudkushi

Unit III

Eidi

Unit IV

Mah-i Man

Unit V

Notes on the development of Modern Persian prose, Style of prose writing and some eminent prose writers

Year II (Major) Persian

Paper III

Classical Prose & Poetry

Text

1. Gulistan-i- Sadi Sabrang Kitab Ghar – Delhi Chapter I and II
2. Ghazaliyat-i Brahman Kaleem Book Depot, Ahmedabad Ghazals 1-20

Unit I

Gulistan-i-Sadi Chapter I

Unit II

Ghazaliyat-i Brahman 1-10

Unit III

Gulistan-i-Sadi Chapter II

Unit IV

Ghazaliyat-i Brahman 11-20

Unit V

Development of Persian poetry and discussion on some major poets

Year III (Major Persian)

Paper IV

Grammar and Translation

Unit I

Introduction to different Tenses General Translation from English to Persian and Vice versa

Unit II

Figures of Speech

Unit III

Prosody

Unit IV

Essays and Letter writing, Precise

Unit V

Dialogue writing, Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective

Paper V

History of Literature, Seljuq Period – A.D. 1115-1258

Unit I

Development of Sufistic Literature in the Seljuq Period Life, Style and works of Sanai, Shaikh Attar, Nasir Khusrau

Unit II

Development of Quatrain Life, Style & works of Umar Khayyam, Anwari Rasheed Watwat, Zaheer Faryabi

Unit III

Development of Masnavi & Qasida, Life, Works & Style of Rumi, Nizami, Khaqani, Suzani Samarqandi, Belqani

Unit IV

Prose Literature of Seljuq Period Tarikh-i-Behaqi, A.D. 1092-93 Siyasat Nama N. Mulk Kimiya-e-Saadat (Al Ghazali), Chahar Maqala (Nizami Uruzi Samarqandi)

Unit V

Literature on medicine morality etc. Qabus Nama, Zakhira-i-Khwarizmshahi, Marzaban Nama

Paper VI

Classical Poetry 

Text

1. Ashar-e-Hafiz (Ghazals 1-20) (Pub. R.N. Lal, Allahabad)
2. Intekhab Ashar-i Maulana Rum (Pub. R.N. Lal, Allahabad)

Unit I

1. Ghazal and its development
2. Study of some important Ghazal writers
3. General questions in Persian on the poets and their critical appreciation, Sadi, Salman, Khaju, Hafiz as a Ghazal Writer, as a Philosopher
4. Style of Hafiz and Hafiz’s conception of Love

Unit II

Comparative study of the Sufistic Creeds Rumi and Hafiz Ghazals – Ten

Unit III

Ghazals – Ten
Intikhab Ashar-i-Maulana Rum
1. Development of Masnavi
2. Study of the great Masnavi Writers

Unit IV

Amir Khusro, Nizami, Faizi
1. Merits and demerits of Mathnavi-i Manavi
2. Life of Maulana Rum and his works
3. Reasons to compose Masnavi

Unit V

Munajat
1. Baqqal wa Tuti, Qasaid-i-Rumi, Musa wa Shaban, Ibrahim Adham
2. Hikayat-i Sahabi

Paper VII

Classical Prose                                                                          

Text

1. Chahar Maqala – Chapter on Astrology
2. Akhlaq-i- Mohsini Chapter 1-10
3. Qabus-Nama Chapter 1, 6, 9

Unit I

1. Chahar Maqala’s Literary value
2. Akhlaq-i Mohsini’s Literary importance
3. Text of Chahar Maqala – pp 1-12
4. Akhlaq-i Mohsini Text Chapters I & II
5. Life & works of the author of the Akhlaq-i Mohsini
6. Life & works of the author of Chahar Maqala

Unit II

1. Prose writing in Persian
2. Text of Chahar Maqala, pp 13-24
3. Akhlaq-I Mohsini Chapters III & IV
4. Masnavi writing in Persian
5. Text – Qabus Nama, pp 1, 6

Unit III

1. Text of Chahar Maqala, pp 25-36
2. Akhlaq-i Mohsini Chapters V & VI
3. Text – Qabuc Nama, 7 & 9

Unit IV

1. Text of Chahar Maqalah, 37-45
2. Akhlaq-i-Mohsini, Chapter VII

Unit V

1. Text of Chahar Maqala, pp 46-52
2. Akhlaq-i-Mohsini, Chapter IX & X

Paper VIII

Modern Prose & Poetry                                                           

Text

Nisab-i Jadeed Farsi
Jayyed Press – Ballimaran – Delhi-6

Prose

Dastanha-i Kutah - Saeed Nafeesi and Muhammad Hijazi

Stories

1. Azan-i Maghrib,
2. Khana-i Pidari,
3. Janayat-i Man,
4. Roz-i Nau Ruzi-i Nau,
5. Khudkushi,
6. Eidi, 7. Mah-i Man

Poetry

Selection from the poems of Shaharyar

Unit I

1. Azan-i Maghrib,
2. Khana-i Pidari,
3. Janayat-i Man

Unit II

4. Roz-i Nau Ruzi-i Nau,
5. Khudkushi,
6. Eidi

Unit III

7. Mah-i Man, Lecture on Modern Persian Prose

Unit IV

Poems of Shaharyar

Unit V

Remaining poems and lectures on Modern Poetry

Paper IX

History of Literature from the Beginning up to the Ghaznavid Period  

Unit I

Parsi Bastan, Khat-i-Meekhi, Avesta, Pahelavi and Literature after the Arab’s conquest

Unit II

Persian Literature during the period of Tahirids and Safaraids

Unit III

Persian Literature of Samanaids

Unit IV

Development of poetry and

Unit V

Prose Literature during the Ghaznavid period