RLG308H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ajay Rao, Epigraphy, Telugu Language
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Rlg308 lecture 1: monuments, inscriptions, & narratives in south asia. Doesn"t focus too much on lecture aspects, more about seminar-based. 11 weekly response papers (worth total: 20%): clarity and adding basis of readings in answers. Oral presentation (worth total: 10%): clarity, execution & ability to bring in class participation. Participation (worth total: 10%): coming to class & contributing to class discussions. Papers (worth 25% each): 6-8 pages, o ce hours = must to help with the papers. South asian events (worth 10%): goal of course: share how methods of research (textual sources) help establish the sense of past. Monuments: objects (hero stones) > not primarily focused on places of worship (temples, mosques, etc. ) Narratives: historical texts about past: scholarship: asking many possible questions > How would that make you feel: material artifact in terms of objects questions: Bilingual (arabic / sanskrit inscription): arabic & sanskrit > language of elites, possibility of illiteracy at time.
