Hindi
We offer a wide range of Hindi language and literature courses, including three years of basic instruction, advanced language course and courses in modern and medieval Hindi literature.
Program Overview
Degree availability: South Asian Languages Major/Minor, Asian Languages and Culture Major/Minor
Years offered: 2 years
Contact: Asian Languages & Literature
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Course Information
- HINDI 101/102/103 Elementary Hindi
- HINDI 201/202/203 Intermediate Hindi
- HINDI 301/302/303 Advanced Hindi
- HINDI 317 Hindi Popular Songs
- HINDI 321 Advanced Hindi Third Year: The Short Story
- HINDI 323 Advanced Hindi Third Year: The Novel
- HINDI 324 Advanced Hindi Third Year: Drama
- HINDI 404 Derivational Morphology of Hindi/Urdu
- HINDI 417 Hindi Popular Songs
- HINDI 421 Survey of Modern Hindi Literature: Short Story
- HINDI 422 Survey of Modern Hindi Literature: Poetry
- HINDI 423 Survey of Modern Hindi Literature: Novel
- HINDI 424 Survey of Modern Hindi/Urdu Literature: Drama
- HINDI 431 Advanced Conversational Hindi
- HINDI 451 Advanced Hindi Readings
- HINDI 499 Undergraduate Research
- HINDI 501/502/503/504 Studies in Classical Hindi Literature
- HINDI 510 Structure of Hindi
- HINDI 524 Survey of Modern Hindi/Urdu Literature: Drama
Culture Classes
- Advanced Hindi Short Story
- Modern Hindi Literature
- Advanced Hindi Drama
- Modern Hindi-Drama
Faculty's Research
Publications
- Pauwels, Heidi. 2021a. The Power Politics of Desire and Revenge: An Old Hindi Kīcaka-vadha Performance at the Tomar Court of Gwalior. In: Nell Hawley and Sohini Pillai, eds. Many Mahābhāratas. 237–56. Albany, NY: SUNY.
- Pauwels, Heidi. 2021c. Cultivating Emotion and the Rise of the Vernacular: The Role of Affect in ‘Early Hindi-Urdu’ Song. South Asian History and Culture 21.2: 146–65. DOI: 10.1080/19472498.2021.1878787
- Pauwels, H. 2019b. Power Permutations in Old Hindi Manuscripts: Who asks the questions and who gives the answers, Rāmānanda or Kabīr? Manuscript Studies 4.1 (Spring): 42–71.
- Pauwels, H. 2019b. Power Permutations in Old Hindi Manuscripts: Who asks the questions and who gives the answers, Rāmānanda or Kabīr? Manuscript Studies 4.1 (Spring): 42–71.
- Heidi Pauwels, Harirama Vyas. Krsna’s Round Dance Reconsidered: Hariram Vyas’s Hindi Ras-Pancadhyayi. Curzon Press.
Student Success Stories
More About Hindi
Global
- Spoken by 609,125,030 (as L1: 345,365,030; as L2: 263,760,000).
- Hindi ranks between the third and fifth among the world’s languages in terms of the number of native speakers
Learning
- Hindi serves as a gateway to understanding and learning other Indian languages. Many Indian languages, including Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, and Punjabi, share similarities with Hindi in terms of grammar, vocabulary, and script.
Culture & Diplomacy
- Essential for diplomats, international organizations, and NGOs to build trust, negotiate effectively, and understand local dynamics in India.
Travel & Career
- Useful in India (especially the North) and South Asia.
- Gives a competitive edge in international trade, tourism, tech, and media, catering to India’s massive digital market.
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