Implements of enlightenment: indirect instruction in the yoga vasistha
dc.contributor.advisor | Ruparell, Tinu | |
dc.contributor.author | McGee, John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-18T21:25:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-18T21:25:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.description | Bibliography: p. 68-72 | en |
dc.description.abstract | This 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.extent | v, 72 leaves ; 30 cm. | en |
dc.identifier.citation | McGee, 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/1299 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/1299 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/102300 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
dc.rights | University 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.title | Implements of enlightenment: indirect instruction in the yoga vasistha | |
dc.type | master thesis | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Religious Studies | |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (MA) | |
ucalgary.item.requestcopy | true | |
ucalgary.thesis.accession | Theses Collection 58.002:Box 1736 520492253 | |
ucalgary.thesis.notes | UARC | en |
ucalgary.thesis.uarcrelease | y | en |
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