Asian
498B: The Bhagavad Gītā
Weekly
Schedule, Spring 2013 Revised Week 7
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Monday |
Wednesday |
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Week
1 |
Apr
1: |
Introduction:
The BIG Picture, Vedic Context |
Apr
3: |
Philosophical
Context: Sāṃkhya, Yoga |
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Week
2 |
Apr
8: |
Introduction
to the Bhagavad Gītā |
Apr
10: |
Bhagavad
Gītā: Chs. 1-2 |
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Week
3 |
Apr
15: |
Bhagavad
Gītā: Chs. 3-4 |
Apr
17: |
Bhagavad
Gītā: Chs. 5-6 |
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Week
4 |
Apr
22: |
Bhagavad
Gītā: Chs. 7-9
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Apr
24: |
Bhagavad
Gītā: Chs. 10-12
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Week
5 |
Apr
29: |
Bhagavad
Gītā: Chs. 13-16 |
May
1: |
Bhagavad
Gītā: Chs. 17-18 |
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Week
6 |
May
6: |
Interpretation:
Śaṅkara,
Rāmānuja «Mid-term
Paper 1 Due |
May
8: |
Interpretations,
doctrines – wrap up |
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Week
7 |
May
13: |
Nationalist
interpretation: Aurobindo
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May
15: |
Nationalist interpretation: Tilak
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Week
8 |
May
20: |
Nationalist interpretation: Gandhi |
May
22: |
Transcendentalists, Oppenheimer, etc. |
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Week
9 |
May
27: |
Memorial
Day – No class |
May
29: |
Imitative Gītā literature: Anu-gītā, Uttara-gītā |
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Week
10 |
Jun
3: |
Imitative Gītā literature from MBh |
Jun
5: |
Summation |
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Finals
Week |
Jun
10: |
«Final
Paper Due 2:00pm |
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