Overview

Schedule

"Elements of Culture"

Team Activities

Daily Practice

Guided Reflections

Extra Credit

iFAQs

Abbreviations

ASA = Asian Art (anthology)

EB = "Encyclopedia Britannica" (on-line)

MOO = Masterpieces of the Orient (anthology)

RDR = Course Reader

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Schedule

All readings in this schedule should ideally be completed by the day under which they are listed, although this requirement is only assessed during TRAs and team Application Exercises. All numbers in the schedule are page numbers unless otherwise noted.

CAUTION: I reserve the right to make revisions to on-line materials prior to their discussion in class at the relevant point in the semester. Therefore WAIT until that time to print out materials you wish to have on hand, such as terms, excerpts and assignment guidelines.

ON-LINE READINGS: If you click on a link to Encyclopedia Britanicca on-line from off-campus, you will initially b e directed to an authentication page that asks you to enter your Saclink ID and password. WARNING: make sure that you use these links to access EB; going through the library's database page may lead to different material, which will likely confuse you when preparing for TRAs.

Unit 1b: The Classical Period of Medieval India (3rd - 10th century CE)

Dates Tasks Readings
Tue, Sep 25
& Thu, Sep 27

orientation to readings
& reading guide 1b [*REVISED*]
(print & annotate for extra credit)

FIND TERMS & EXCERPTS from the reading guide in these primary sources:

FIND * TERMS from the reading guide in these overviews:
Tue, Oct 2

iTRA #1b DUE by 11:30 am
gTRA #1b in class

Application Exercise 1b

(same as above)
Thu, Oct 4

*Unit 1 Guided Reflection
worksheet*
(PDF/MS Word)
DUE beginning of class

Application Exercise 1b

(*NOTES REQUIRED* - use optional application worksheet if helpful)
(PDF | MS Word)

REVIEW IN DEPTH:

  • Shakuntala--Prologue, Act I , Act IV-VI, scene 1
    (RDR, 31-51) [=MOO, 232-49, 268-91]
  • selections from ...the Sanskrit Puranas (ASA: RDR, 53-57)
  • "...The Large Relief at Mammalapuram" (ASA: RDR, 57-63)

PREPARE NOTES addressing the following focus:

"The sources assigned for this unit provide evidence for the following practices of medieval India:

  • Kalidasa composes "Shakuntala," actors stage and audiences view the play at royal courts.
  • Purana storytellers compose, transmit & adapt praise stories, and their audiences hear them at temples and pilgrimage sites.
  • Pallava kings commission and craftsman sculpt the large stone relief at Mamallapuram, & crowds arriving by see view the sculpture.

Identify community relationships, actions, objects and spaces associated with each of these sources that show the way(s) communities of people who practice reinforce the practices themselves."

*MAKE SURE TO CITE PAGE NUMBER(S) FOR EACH EXAMPLE*

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