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Class number:
1007
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Title: Reimagining Arabs in Film&Lit |
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Department: Language and Culture Studies |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 19 |
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Current enrollment: 13 |
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Available seats: 6 |
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Start date: Thursday, January 2, 2025 |
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End date: Friday, January 17, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: Remote |
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Schedule: MTWRF: 8:30AM-12:30PM, N/A |
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Instructor(s): Azzimani, Azzedine |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements |
Course Description:
This course explores contemporary Arab societies through cinematic and
literary lenses in order to examine how the Arab Middle East has been
represented in the west. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course
investigates how 20th and 21st century visual and literary productions
construct and perpetuate an often problematic version of Arab cultural
identity. By studying films, novels, short stories, and biographies, students
will explore how distinct histories, traditions, and politics are significant
factors in reading and analyzing the process of stereotyping. Course
conducted in English, and no prior knowledge of Arabic is required.
Note: students who took this class in J-term 2023 are ineligible to take the course again. |