Class today: January 23rd

From your notes, you will be coming up with TEN SUMMARY STATEMENTS that you feel address the meaning and purpose of the information. It is essentially like we are sitting at the dinner table and I ask you: "What have you learned about Arabic and Persian Literature?"  Then you will need to gather direct evidence from the text that would support this statement. We have already done this with Ancient Mesopotamian Literature

We are looking at the importance of Historical Context in analysis of literature.

This will look like this: (Example from Ancient India)

The literature from this time period was utilized by the people as a way to teach social, political, and historical guidelines.

- "India's great national epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, describe political struggles and also explain important social and religious concepts" (104).

- ". . . Kautila, wrote a 'how-to' handbook for emperors, called the Arthasastra" (105).

- "Around the first century B.C., the Laws of Manu set down a detailed code of conduct for Hindus" (107).