Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course aims to present the main stages of the history of the Iranian world before its Islamization (thus considering the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian and Sassanid periods) and to expose the religious system of this world: the Mazdean religion.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The first objective of the course is to provide students with an overview of pre-Islamic Iranian civilization.
It is also about perceiving the coherence of an ancient religious discourse while showing to what extent the modern view weighs on the analysis of such a file.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
This is an oral ex cathedra course.
Course notes will be provided to students as they are given.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
face-to-face teaching mode.
Recommended or required readings
References: J. Duchesne-Guillemin, La religion de l'Iran ancien, Paris, 1962 ; J. Kellens, La quatrième naissance de Zarathushtra, Paris 2006..
Yves Bomati & Houchang Nahavandi, Iran, une histoire de 4000 ans, Paris 2019.
Jean Kellens et Céline Redard, Introduction à l'Avesta: le récitatif liturgique sacré des zoroastriens, Paris 2021.
Michael Stausberg, Zarathoustra et sa religion, Paris 2022
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The oral examination consists mainly of a discussion of the written work that the student has produced on a theme agreed upon with the professor.
This assignment summarizes a question in about five pages.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course schedule will be determined at a meeting held at the beginning of the second semester.