Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957) is regarded as the father of modern Punjabi literature and a leading figure of the Singh Sabha renaissance.
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Courses
Modern Sikh Literature with Bhai Vir Singh
A university-level survey of the life, works, and lasting influence of Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957), the writer often called the father of modern Punjabi literature (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਾਹਿਤ). The course studies how his fiction, poetry, prose, and scholarship grew out of the Singh Sabha (ਸਿੰਘ ਸਭਾ) renewal and reshaped Sikh…
The Singh Sabha Novels of Bhai Vir Singh
Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957) is often called the father of modern Punjabi literature. Writing during the Singh Sabha movement, he used the new form of the novel to teach Sikh values, defend Sikh identity, and inspire courage and reform. This course studies his four major prose works in the SikhLibrary collection:…
Bhai Vir Singh: Father of Modern Punjabi Literature
An author-as-professor course examining the life, work, and enduring legacy of Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957), the writer widely honored as the father of modern Punjabi literature. The course traces his role in the Singh Sabha renaissance, surveys his major works across novels, epic and lyric poetry, and scriptural…
The Poetry of Bhai Vir Singh
Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957) is widely honored as the father of modern Punjabi literature. This course studies him as a pioneering poet who carried Punjabi verse beyond its older devotional and heroic molds into a fresh lyric form shaped by personal feeling, close observation of nature, and the soul's longing for the…
Bhai Vir Singh's Gurbani Exegesis (Santhya)
Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957) is often called the father of modern Punjabi literature, but he was also one of the great scriptural commentators of the Singh Sabha era. This course studies his careful, word-by-word method of explaining Gurbani, known as santhya. We focus on three of his real exegetical works held in…