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Spring 2020
Mar 29, 2024
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ENG 479HA - Topics: Extinction & Survival
This course examines key developments in the literatures of the contemporary Arabic-speaking world (post-1945) with the aim of highlighting the distinctive texture of its experiences and identities. The chosen texts convey the complex and rich cultural diversity of peoples who have been collectively labelled as Arabs but whose histories, politics and religious affiliations are varied and often disparate. One of the aims of this course is to challenge, enlarge and recast the picture of the Arab world commonly found in the Western media. The selected novels cover a wide range of topics which have been arranged into units of intellectual debate: We begin with a consideration of the notions of “homeland”, “nation” and ideas of individual space. We ask questions about representations of real and imagined homes and the ensuing characterisations of masculinity. The next unit considers the varied manifestations of Religion and mythology and their impact on the characters’ sense of cosmology. The course concludes with a consideration of gendered identity and the relationship of individuals to particular spaces. The course offers you an opportunity to widen the scope of your knowledge of Arabic history, language, literature and culture, and to expand your understanding of literary theory. In addition, the topics covered are specifically taught within the context of the Arabic literary tradition but the course offers all students an opportunity to conduct comparative analyses with texts from other courses on their degree.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Language

Humanities Division
English Department

Course Attributes:
English Literature Course, LAC Literature Elective, New LAC Arts & Humanities


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