Status
X
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Modern Arabic Literature
Term
2023A
Subject area
NELC
Section number only
401
Section ID
NELC6505401
Course number integer
6505
Meeting times
CANCELED
Level
graduate
Instructors
Rawad Zahi Wehbe
Description
This course is a study of modern Arabic literary forms in the context of the major political and social changes which shaped Arab history in the first half of the twentieth century. The aim of the course is to introduce students to key samples of modern Arabic literature which trace major social and political developments in Arab society. Each time the class will be offered with a focus on one of the literary genres which emerged or flourished in the twentieth century: the free verse poem, the prose-poem, drama, the novel, and the short story. We will study each of these emergent genres against the socio-political backdrop which informed it. All readings will be in English translations. The class will also draw attention to the politics of translation as a reading and representational lens.
Course number only
6505
Use local description
No