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New MESALC Courses for Fall 2010 |
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New Course Offerings -- Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures |
BENG 1010 |
Elementary Bengali I
Aminur Rahman
MWF 12:00-12:50pm & T 12:30-13:45pm
This course is designed for the students whose mother tongue is not Bengali and whose language skill is in novice level however want an effective progress in all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. At the end of the semester students are expected to recognize Bengali alphabets (including combined letters), to speak with simple and everyday words, and to read and write simple sentences. |
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BENG 2010 |
Intermediate Bengali I
Aminur Rahman
MWF 13:00-13:50pm & T 14:00-15:15pm
| Further develops the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Bengali. BENG 2010 enables students to successfully perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations (e.g., narrating present, past and future activities, and expressing hopes, desires, and requests). Students also read journalistic and literary selections designed for Bengali speakers. Four class hours. Followed by BENG 2020. Prerequisites: BENG 1020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. |
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SAST 3559
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New Course: The Vernacular Millenium: Indian Medieval Literary Classics in Translation
Richard J Cohen
TR 14:00-15:15
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian studies. |
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SATR 2300
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Colonial and Post-Colonial Bengali Literature in Translation
Aminur Rahman
TR 9:30-10:45pm
This course is designed to give students a comprehensive understanding of Bengali literature as it has developed through the colonial and postcolonial periods. This course critically examines the questions of western literary influences on Bengali literature and their successful/unsuccessful appropriations/adoptions by Bengali writers.
This course satisfies the Non-Western Perspectives Requirement. |
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