BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.2// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.2551.events_uoft_date.0@www.nmc.utoronto.ca CREATED:20250110T220409Z DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nSaturday, January 18, 2025 12:00 pm to 2: 00 pm \n Online via Zoom \n\nSpeakers \nM.R. Ghanoonparvar, Professor Eme ritus, University of Texas at Austin \n\nDescription: \nThe Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies in collaboration with the Depart ment of Middle Eastern Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago jointly present 'Using Film Adaptations of Persian Literature in Persian Language Instructions' on Saturday, January 18, 20 25, 12 p.m.(Eastern Time: Canada and US).Abstract: One of the essential c omponents of language instruction is the teaching of conversation. The typ ical material in textbooks traditionally contains dialogues dealing with d ay-to-day tasks such as asking directions, ordering a meal in a restauran t, reserving hotel rooms, and shopping. For various language levels, es pecially in the early semesters, these dialogues are generally written by textbook authors with the purpose of building vocabulary and teaching stu dents common practical phrases for different situations that the learner m ay find himself or herself in, should he or she travel to a country where the language is spoken, and for this reason they are often reminiscent o f popular travel phrase books. As useful as such material may be in provid ing the student with the necessary information, it usually fails to teach cultural literacy. To remedy this shortcoming, this paper examines the u se of Iranian movies as authentic texts that provide students with the nec essary cultural context to help them develop the skills and knowledge to c omprehend the nuances of the culture of the language and the language of t he culture they are studying. I argue that perhaps the best films for this purpose are those that are adaptations of Persian short stories and novel s.Bio: M.R. Ghanoonparvar is Professor Emeritus of Persian and Comparative Literature at The University of Texas at Austin. Professor Ghanoonparvar has also taught at the University of Isfahan, the University of Virginia\ , and the University of Arizona, and was a Rockefeller Fellow at the Univ ersity of Michigan. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award fr om the American Association of Teachers of Persian (2021) as well as a Lif etime Achievement Award for his contributions to presenting Persian culina ry arts to the non-Iranian public from Encyclopædia Iranica (2009). He has published widely on Persian literature and culture in both English and Pe rsian and is the author of: Prophets of Doom: Literature as a Socio-Politi cal Phenomenon in Modern Iran (1984), In a Persian Mirror: Images of the West and Westerners in Iranian Fiction (1993), Translating the Garden (20 01), Reading Chubak (2005), Persian Cuisine: Traditional, Regional and Modern Foods (2006), Iranian Film and Persian Fiction (2016), Dining at the Safavid Court (2016), From Prophets of Doom to Chroniclers of Gloom ( 2021), and Iranian Cities in Persian Fiction (2022). His translations inc lude Jalal Al-e Ahmad’s By the Pen, Sadeq Chubak’s The Patient Stone, Si min Daneshvar’s Savushun, Ahmad Kasravi’s On Islam and Shi’ism, Sadeq He dayat’s The Myth of Creation, Nima Yushij’s The Neighbor Says: Letters of Nima Yushij and the Philosophy of Modern Persian Poetry, Davud Ghaffarza degan’s Fortune Told in Blood, Mohammad Reza Bayrami’s The Tales of Sabal an and Eagles of Hill 60, and Bahram Beyza’i’s Memoirs of the Actor in a Supporting Role. His edited volumes include Iranian Drama: An Anthology,  In Transition: Essays on Culture and Identity in Middle Eastern Societies\ , Gholamhoseyn Sa’edi’s Othello in Wonderland and Mirror-Polishing Storyte llers, and Moniro Ravanipour’s Satan Stones and Kanizu. His most recent t ranslations include Shahrokh Meskub’s In the Alley of the Friend and Leavi ng, Staying, Returning, Hushang Golshiri’s Book of Ji\n, Moniro Ravani pour’s The Drowned and These Crazy Nights, Hamid Shokat’s Flight into Dar kness: A Political Biography of Shapour Bakhtiar and Caught in the Crossfi re: A Political Biography of Qavamossaltaneh, Ghazaleh Alizadeh’s The Nig hts of Tehran and Two Views and Trial Ruhangiz Sharifian’s The Last Dream  and Doran, and Shahrnush Parsipur’s Blue Logos. He was the recipient of t he 2008 Lois Roth Prize for Literary Translation. His most recent book is  Diseases, Dying, and Death in Persian Stories. His most recent translati ons include Ghazaleh Alizadeh’s The House of the Edrisis, Hossein Atashpa rvar’s From the Moon to the Well, and Ahmad Kasravi’s Superstitions. His forthcoming translation are Reza Julai’s Jujube Blossoms and Sadeq Hedayat ’s Neyrangestan.Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meetin g/register/tZEscuqhpj0pGN18JsNTLS0KKhTzlY... * After registering, you wil l receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the me eting. \n\nCategories \n SeminarsThe Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute o f Iranian Studies \n\nAudiences \n CommunityFacultyGraduate StudentsUnderg raduate Students DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250118T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250110T220452Z SUMMARY:Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy: Using Film Adaptations in Persian Language Instruction URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.nmc.utoronto.ca/events/literature-persian-language -pedagogy-using-film-adaptations-persian-language-instruction END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR