M.A. (Persian)

Part I (Entire/Principal)

Sr. No.

Subjects of Study

Papers I

Classical Poetry
1. Diwan I – Hafiz
2. Masnavi Maulana Rum
(Sabrang Kitab Ghar, Ahata Kale Sahib Qasimjan St. Delhi-110006)

Unit I

1. Life, Works and Period of Hafiz
2. 5 or 6 Ghazals of Hafiz
3. Maulana Rum – Life and Works
4. Four Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum
5. Development of Persian Ghazal

Unit II

1. Five Ghazals of Hafiz
2. Five Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum
3. Development of Masnavi
4. Style of Hafiz

Unit III

1. Five or six Ghazals of Hafiz
2. Six Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum
3. Essay on Hafiz in Persian
4. Great Masnavi writers in Persian

Unit IV

1. Six Ghazals of Hafiz
2. Four Hikayats from the Masnavi
3. Essay in Persian on Maulana Rum
4. Comparative Study of Hafiz

Unit V

1. Three Ghazals of Hafiz
2. Three Hikayats from the Masnavi of Maulana Rum
3. The literary value of the Masnavi of Maulana Rum

M.A. First Entire Paper II / Principal II

Modern Persian Prose & Poetry

Prose

Intekhab-i-Nasr-i-Moasir
Published by Department of Persian
University of Delhi, Delhi – 7
1. Sheerin Kala, 2. Madar-i-Zan
3. Baha-i-Ishq, 4. Adham-i-Pinadoz,
5. Az In dar ya Az Aan dar

Poetry

Az Neema ta bad
Intisharat-i Marvareed, Tehran (Iran)
Selection from the poems of:
1. Neema Youshej
2. Bamdad (Ahmad Shamlu)
3. Farugh Farrukhzad

Unit I

Sheerin Kala, Madar-I Zan, Baha-I Ishq

Unit II

Adham-i Pinadoz, Az In dar ya Az Aan dar, Lectures pertaining to Persian prose

Unit III

Poems of Nema Youshej and Bamdad (Ahmad Shamlu)

Unit IV

Poems of Farugh Farrukhzad Lectures pertaining to Modern Persian Poetry

Unit V

General lectures on Modern Persian Prose and Poetry

M.A. First Entire Paper III /Principal Paper III History of Literature

Persian Literature in Iran from A.D. 1600 up to the Modern Times

Unit I

1. Some general considerations on the Safavid Dynasty
2. The creation of the Safavid power to 930 / 1524 Shah Ismail and his Ancestors.
3. Decline of the Safavid power, from Shah Tahmasp (A.D. 1524-1576) to Shah Husayn (A.D. 1694-1722)
4. An outline of the History of Persian Literature during the last two centuries (A.D. 1722-1922)

Unit II

1. Persian verse during the last four centuries.
2. Some general considerations on the later and especially the religious poetry of the Persia
3. Poets of the Classical Traditions Pre-Qajar period.
(i) Hatifi
(ii) Baba Fughani of Shiraz (A.D. 1500-1600)
(iii) Ummidi of Tehran
(iv-v) the two Ahlis
(vi) Hilali
(vii) Lisani
(viii) Urfi of Shiraz

Unit III

Between A.D. 1600 and 1700
(1) Sahabi of Astarabad
(2) Naziri of Nishapur
(3) Talib-i-Amuli
(4) Abu Talib Kalim
(5) Saib of Isfahan
Between A.D. 1700-1800 (A.H. 1111-1215)
1. Hazin
2. Hafiz

Unit IV

Poets of the Qajar periods
1. Persian and Indian Taste (Shahab)
2. Saba
3. Wasil
4. Qaani
5. Yaghma
6. Sipehri
7. Hidayat

Unit V

Persian prose during the last four centuries:- The orthodox shah faith and exponents, the Mujtahids & Mullas

Unit VI

The most modern developments (A.D. 1850)
1. The Drama
2. The Novel
3. The Press
4. Early Translations
5. Early Newspapers
6. Siahat Nama-e-Ibrahim beg
7. Travelogue of Haji Baba of Isfahan
8. Literature of revolt
9. The press and poets
10. Ali Akbar Dehkhuda

Letter writers of Riza Shah period.
1. Mohammad Masud
2. Ali Dashti
3. Hijazi, Post-war writers Jamalzade.

The younger writers:
1. Sadiq Chubak
2. Afghani
3.Sadiq Hidayat
4. Bahar
5. Parveen
6. Arif
6. Eraj Mirza

Entire Paper IV/Principal IV

Special study: Poet-Prose Writers (Anyone)
1. Sheikh Sadi OR
2. Hazrat Amir Khusrau Sheikh Sadi

Unit I

Selected Hikayats from the Gulistan-i-Sadi
Lectures on Gulistan

Unit II

Selected Hikayats from the Gulistan-i-Sadi
Lecture on the life of Sheikh Sadi

Unit III

Selected Hikayats from the Gulistan-i-Sadi
Lectures on the works of Sheikh Sadi

Unit IV

Selected Ghazals from the Dewan of Sheikh Sadi
Lectures on the contribution of Sheikh Sadi to
Persian Ghazal

Unit V

Lectures on Sheikh Sadi as a moral teacher
Lectures on Sheikh Sadi’s masnavis

Hazarat Amir Khusrau

Unit I

Selected Ghazals of Hzt Amir Khusrau
Lectures on Hzt. Amir Khusrau as a Ghazal Composer

Unit II

Selected Masnavis of Hzt Amir Khusrau
Lectures on Hzt Amir Khusrau as a masnavi writer

Unit III

Selected Qasaid of Hzt. Amir Khusrau
Discussion on Hzt. Amir Khusrau’s Qasaid

Unit IV

‘Tarikhi Masnavis’ of Hzt. Amir Khusrau
Lecture on the contribution of Hzt. Amir Khusrau to history
Through his masnavis.

Unit V

Selections from the prose writings of Hzt. Amir Khusrau
Discussion of Hzt. Amir Khusrau as a prose writer

M.A. Paper-V (Entire)

Contemporary Persian Language and Literature

Unit I

A detailed account of new trends in Modern Persian prose

Unit II

A detailed account of new Trends in Modern Persian Poetry

Unit III

Comparison between classical and Modern Persian prose and poetry

Unit IV

Drama- Novel

Unit V

Short Story writing and literary criticism

M.A. Part II (Entire Paper VI /Principal Paper V)

Grammar and Modern Writing

Unit I

Nouns & Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Prefixes, Suffixes

Unit II

Advanced Translation from Persian into English and vice versa pertaining to Science, Technology

Unit III

Industry and Banking

Unit IV

High-Level Essays on various subjects Unit V

Unit V

Dialogue writings on various subjects

Entire Paper VII /Principal VI

I History of Indo-Persian Literature with Special Reference to Gujarat.
II Criticism

Unit I

Development of Persian Literature in India.
Influence of Persian Language on India.
Persian Literature produced in India (especially in Gujarat) under the Moghuls.
Persian Literature in Gujarat Mystic Literature.

Unit II

Badayuni, Khan-e-Khanan, Abul Fazal, Faizi, Zahuri and his works, Urfi, Abu Talib Kalim, Naziri Nishapuri, Baba Talib Isfahani, Amir Khusrau etc.

Unit III

1. Two Schools of Persian during the time of Shah Jahan.
2. Chandra Bhan Brahman, Mahmad Dehdar, Sufi Lit. in Gujarat.

Unit IV

1. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Works and Style.
2. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal – Works and Style.

Entire Paper VIII /Principal Paper VII

Text

(1) Intekhab-e-Nasr-e-Moasir – Delhi University
(2) Az Neema ta Bad – Tehram, Iran

Unit I

Shair-e-Marg, Inteqad, Ashti Ba Adabiyat

Unit II

Adl, Akhri Shab – Life and Works of Author

Unit III

All poems of Nadir Nadipur Life and Works of the Poet

Unit IV

Mano Chehar Atishi – Sohrab Sepehri

Unit V

Comparative study of the Poets – Modern Trends in Poetry

Entire Paper IX /Principal Paper VIII

Unit I

Research Methodology – Its aims and objects - Pin point of the subject.

Unit II

Method of Data Collection and its classification, Transliteration, References, Bibliography, Index, conclusion Unit

Unit III

Method of Paper – Writing – Thesis writing

Unit IV

Makhtuta Shenasi, Editing of the Text

Unit VI

Different Trends in Research Methodology comparative Research Methodology Critical evolution of the work (Poetry and Prose)

Entire Paper X: Special Study – Iqbal

Books recommended:

1. The Development of Metaphysics in Iran – Mahammad Iqbal
2. The Secrets of the Self – R.A. Nicholson
3. Metaphysics of Iqbal – Dr. Ishrat Husain
4. Iqbal-i-Kamil – Nadwi Abdul Hasan
5. Iqbal - His Poetry and Message – Shaikh Akbar Ali
6. Ruh-e-Iqbal – Dr. Yusuf Husain Khan
7. Iqbal Shenasi – Saiyed Ghulam Raza Saeedi
8. Iqbal Namah – Special Issue Danish. Tehran, 133.
9. Naqsh-e-Iqbal – A. Ahmad Ansari
10. Iqbal Be Haisiyat-e-Shaer – Rafiuddin Hashmi
11. Iqbal Muasereen Ki Nazar Mein – Vaqar Azim

M.A. First (Subordinate (Persian)

Paper I

Text

Diwan-i Hafiz (1 to 20 Ghazals)
Sabrang Kitab Ghar, Delhi
Masnavi Mulana Rum Vol. I (1 to 60 pages)
Sabrang Kitab Ghar, Delhi.

Unit I

General Questions, Life & Works of the Poets

Unit II

Development of Ghazal up to Hafiz, Hafiz as a Ghazal writer Tr & Explanation of Ghazals 1 to 10

Unit III

Tr & Explanation of Ghazals 11 to 20

Unit IV

Development of Masnavi, Rumis Diction, 1 to 10 Hikayat

Unit V

Hikayat 11 to 20

M.A. Second (Subordinate (Persian)

Paper II

Unit I

Four Hikayats from the book (Anwar-i-Suhaili), Notes on life of Mir Waiz Kashifi

Unit II

Four Hikayats from the book (Anwar-i-Suhaili), Notes on the works of Mir Waiz

Unit III

Four Hikayats from the book (Anwar-i-Suhaili), Assessment of Anwar-I Suhaili

Unit IV

Four Hikayats from the book (Anwar-i-Suhaili), Lectures on moral values of Anwar-i Suhaili

Unit V

Four Hikayat of the book (Anwar-i-Suhaili), Gen. Discussion of Persian prose writing