Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Indian Epics, Week 1: Background and overview

What interested me in this course:
I have almost zero prior knowledge of Indian literature. The high school I went to had an awful world history program, and so if you wanted to know anything other than Western civilization history, it was up to you.


So I enrolled in this class in hopes that I would feel a bit more cultured, even if the culturing was done through Indian folk tales.


PS:
I have always found Indian art to be somewhat grotesque but also inherently fascinating. The music makes me a little uneasy, and not in the nauseating way. I think growing up I always was just kind of scared of the crazy people with extra arms dancing around. So maybe I'm finally facing one of my childhood fears?

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