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Course Info for ARAB - 227 - 01, Fall 2023
Class number: 3111 Title: Reimagining Arabs in Film&Lit Department: Language and Culture Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 12 Available seats: 7
Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: W: 6:30PM-9:00PM, HHN - 105 Instructor(s): Azzimani, Azzedine
Prerequisite(s): None
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.