Reflections on teaching Urdu in Germany
Although Urdu is taught in German universities, students who opt for it are only those who want to embark on historical studies. To a scholar wanting to study India a knowledge of Urdu is of practically no importance. The concept of Urdu as primarily or even exclusively a literary language, a langua...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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January 12, 2002
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Economic & political weekly
Year: 2002, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 112-115 |
| ISSN: | 2349-8846 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4411590
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| Author Notes: | Christina Oesterfeld |
| Summary: | Although Urdu is taught in German universities, students who opt for it are only those who want to embark on historical studies. To a scholar wanting to study India a knowledge of Urdu is of practically no importance. The concept of Urdu as primarily or even exclusively a literary language, a language of love poetry, of refinement and elegance causes much damage to the way Urdu instruction is designed. It also helps in trivialising Urdu literature, particularly ghazal and qawwali. Urdu needs to be projected as a modern language. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 25.06.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2349-8846 |