ClassInfo - Spring 2018 Asian Languages and Literature Classes

Spring 2018 | ALL 3832 Section 001: The Politics of Arabic Poetry (52081)

Instructor(s): Katrien Vanpee
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: A-F only
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM

UMTC, East Bank

Folwell Hall 116
Enrollment Status:: Open (26 of 30 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: This course engages with Arabic poetry in its socio-political context. How have Arab poets from the pre-Islamic era till the present time used their verse as a tool to affirm the structure of their society, or to struggle with it? What roles did Arabic poetry play at the Abbasid imperial courts? How does Arabic poetry participate in the constitution and promulgation or subversion of political ideologies? And what presence has it had in Arab peoples' struggles for independence or reform, historically and today as part of the Arab Spring?
Class Description:: This course engages with Arabic poetry in its socio-political context. How have Arab poets from the pre-Islamic era till the present time used their verse as a tool to affirm the structure of their society, or to struggle with it? What roles did Arabic poetry play at the Abbasid imperial courts? How does Arabic poetry participate in the constitution and promulgation or subversion of political ideologies? And what presence has it had in Arab peoples' struggles for independence or reform, historically and as part of the Arab Spring?
Grading:: A/F only.
Exam Format:: Mid-term and final exam. Quiz and response papers. Presentation.
Class Format:: Lecture and discussion.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52081/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 13 November 2015

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