“Classical Persian Literature” - course 2800 rubles. from MSU, training 15 weeks. (4 months), Date: December 6, 2023.

The course is dedicated to the brilliant period of development of medieval literature in the classical Farsi language, which emerged after the Arab conquest of Iranian lands and the Islamization of Iranians. The literary heritage of this period, represented primarily by poetry, is the cultural heritage of three closely related peoples united by a common historical past - Persians, Tajiks and Afghans who speak the language give. The subject of the course is connected not only with such well-known representatives of the Persian language in Europe and Russia poetic classics such as Ferdowsi, Nizami, Khayyam, Saadi, Hafiz, but also practically unknown to non-specialists names of poets. Some of them carried out “poetic service” under the Muslim rulers of medieval Iran and played a significant role in the political life of the state. Others were adherents of various religious movements in Islam (Sufism, Ismailism), expressed in poetry the most complex philosophical and religious doctrines and had a significant influence on the spiritual atmosphere of the medieval society.

Form of study
Correspondence courses using distance learning technologies