Difference between revisions of "MEAS 330 Schedule"
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Latest revision as of 00:20, 6 January 2009
Schedule:
Jan 6: Introduction Jan 8: Arab Poetry
Unit one: the discovery of the West and the onset of colonialism
Jan 13: The onset of colonialism. Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, "Marvelous legacies of biographies and events" in Louis Awad: The Literature of Ideas in Egypt, pp.8-24.
Jan 15: Rifa`a al-Tahtawi, in The Literature of Ideas in Egypt, pp.25-43. Optional reading: Hisham Sharabi, Arab Intellectuals and the West, pp.1-23.
Jan 20: Samah Seleh “The Nahda, Popular Fiction and the Politics of Translation. Optional: Hisham Sharabi, Arab Intellectuals and the West, pp. 1-23. "Taha Husayn" in Louis Awad: The Literature of Ideas in Egypt, p.130 - 142.
Unit Two: Tradition and Modernity
Jan 22: Naguib Mahfuz. Midaq Alley. Jan 27: Naguib Mahfuz. Midaq Alley& Interview with Mahfuz from The Paris Review, Summer 1992. Jan 29: Film: Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt.
Unit Three: Colonialism, post- colonialism, and the question of Identity.
Feb 3: Tayeb Salih. Season of Migration to the North. Feb 5: Tayeb Salih. Season of Migration to the North. Feb 10: The question of Identity and Arabic Music: Required Reading: TBA Feb 12: Albert Hourani. A History of Arab Peoples, pp. 373-400. Nationalism (MEAS 330)
Feb17& 19 Feb: Reading Week.
Feb 24: Feb Midterm.
Feb 26: Ghassan Kanafani. “Men in the Sun” March 3: Mahmoud Darwish.
Unit Four: Gender and sexuality in Arab society.
March 5: Assia Djebar “The Foreigner, Sister of the Foreigner Woman”, pp. 121- 128. Salwa Bakr. “That Beautiful Undiscovered Voice” pp. 57-70. March 10: Film: West Beirut. March 12: Hanan al-Shaykh. The Story of Zahra. March 17: Hanan al-Shaykh. The Story of Zahra.
Unit Five: Poverty, Ethnicity and Displacement.
March 19: Interview with Mohammed Shukri. Film: Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets. March 24: Samuel Shimon. Iraqi in Paris. March 26: Samuel Shimon. Iraqi in Paris.
March 31: General Discussion. April 2: Oral presentations. April 7: Oral presentations.
Final Paper (April 14)
