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Mahābhārata Textual Criticism

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Course Code:

HAM8401

Credit Hours:

3

Course Level:

800

Area of Study:

History and Method

Course Description

HAM8401 – (PhD – Elective Course) This course covers the two parts of criticism: lower criticism and higher criticism. We will first look at the development of historical criticism and its application to the Old Testament, before considering its salience for the study and interpretation of Indian texts. We will critically evaluate German scholars’ application of principles such as form criticism, redaction criticism, redaction history, etc. either to identify strata in the texts or to identify putative ideologies behind them. In part 2, we will look at the application of these principles to the itihāsa-purāṇa tradition. Here we shall survey the main figures in Mahabharata studies and their theories of the composition and growth of the epic. We shall contrast these theories with the careful application of textual criticism to the Mahabharata by V. S. Sukthankar in creating the Mahabharata critical edition.
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Program of Study

This course is part of the following programs:

  • Doctor of Hindu Studies
  • Ph.D. (advanced MA students may register for this course with the instructor’s permission)

Division

Graduate Division

Required / Core / Elective:

Elective

Prerequisites:

1)Admission into a qualifying Program of Study.

2)There are no prerequisite courses.

3)The ability to read complex texts and follow sustained arguments is required.

Semester / Quarter System:

Semester

Number of Weeks:

17

Semester / Quarter Offered:

Winter 2024

Days of the Week:

Sunday

Time:

12:00 PM EST – 3:00 PM EST

Start Date:

January 28, 2024

End Date:

May 19, 2024

Faculty

Dr. Joydeep Bagchee

Dr. Joydeep Bagchee is a core doctoral faculty member at the Hindu University of America and a visiting lecturer based in Berlin, Germany. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from New School for Social Research, New York.
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joydeep.bagchee@hua.edu

Course Learning Objectives

In this course, the students will be able to:

  • Identify higher and lower criticism.
  • Critically analyze the different parts of higher criticism.
  • Identify and use the different parts of a critical edition. Work with the Mahābhārata critical edition at an advanced level.
  • Be able to edit texts using the genealogical-reconstructive method
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Course Content

In the first half of this course, we will trace the rise of historical criticism in the context of debates over scripture. In the second half, we will study the creation of the critical edition of the Mahabharata, and what the completion of this edition reveals about the transmission of the epic.

Topics to be covered include historical criticism, higher and lower criticism, textual criticism, the principles of reconstruction, and how to use the edition, including its critical apparatus and appendices. Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee, The Nay Science: A History of German Indology and Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee, Philology and Criticism: A Guide to Mahābhārata Textual Criticism will serve as required textbooks for the course.

Class Structure

The class will meet for three hours each week. The course is structured as a series of lectures. Students will be asked to complete brief assignments (typically between 3–5 questions) to test their comprehension of the materials presented in class. There will be final exam. This is a take-home exam.

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