This course provides students with the opportunity to read and discuss selected prose or poetry in Urdu.

Syllabus:

(a) Development of advanced conversational skills in Hindi/Urdu[1]; 

(b) advanced discussion of Urdu grammatical usage and literary style; 

(c) comprehension of lectures given in Hindi/Urdu;

(d) reading of Urdu prose and poetry.

The course is conducted in Hindi/Urdu and is included in the Hindi major.

[1]While Hindi and Urdu may be considered different languages at the literary-formal register, they are more or less the same language, Hindi/Urdu, at the colloquial spoken level.

On satisfying the requirement for this course, students will have the knowledge and skills necessary to speak, read and write the language at the level appropriate for the course.

2 semester written tests 40%, written assignments 50% and oral assessment 10%.

Three hours per week

Urdu 2A (URDU2300) or equivalent

URDU6400

Barz, R.K. and Yadav, Y.K., An Introduction to Hindi and Urdu, Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 2000

Platts, J.T., A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English, Oxford University Press, 1968