Implements of enlightenment: indirect instruction in the yoga vasistha

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorRuparell, Tinu
dc.contributor.authorMcGee, John
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T21:25:21Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T21:25:21Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 68-72en
dc.description.abstractThis study starts with Northrop Frye's notion that good teaching is ironic or indirect, in the sense that it engages the student and does not simply supply him or her with answers. I take this notion and apply it to the foga Vasistha, a Hindu scripture written between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries CE. This text teaches through a combination of philosophical discourse, sto­rytelling, and dialogue, and I explore how each of these, as it operates in the text, constitutes an indirect mode of instruction, wherein there is no opportunity for a passive or uncritical accep­tance of teachings, and where the student is ultimately obligated to embark on his or her own journey of, or toward, understanding.
dc.format.extentv, 72 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationMcGee, J. (2007). Implements of enlightenment: indirect instruction in the yoga vasistha (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1299en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/1299
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/102300
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.titleImplements of enlightenment: indirect instruction in the yoga vasistha
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineReligious Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrue
ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1736 520492253
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
ucalgary.thesis.uarcreleaseyen
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
thesis_McGee_John_2007.pdf
Size:
34.61 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Thesis
Download
Collections
Legacy Theses