I am choosing to use the public domain edition of the Ramayana. While I was somewhat interested in the novelized version, I ultimately felt that the advantages of being able to access it freely online was what pushed me to choose to read the public domain. If I really like the material, I may end up getting the novelized version just to read for fun.
I've always been very interested in literature from cultures other than my own and this class gives me the opportunity to really get to read some pieces that I might not otherwise ever get to. After looking through some of the materials, I've really liked the artistic pieces that have shown up. I really like the style and I appreciate that every one the individual pieces of the Ramayana have an image with them and I especially like the artistic ones rather than just the photos. For example I've shared one of them below. Ultimately I took this class because I needed a non-western culture class but I really am personally interested in the subject matter. I've taken several classes at OU on various religions found in the US and I've really enjoyed those. In those classes we never went very far into Hinduism or Buddhism and I hope this class will let me delve further into them. Hopefully this class will expose me to some new and exciting materials.
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