ClassInfo - Spring 2018 Asian Languages and Literature Classes

Spring 2018 | ALL 5866 Section 001: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature (52592)

Instructor(s): Joseph Farag
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Thu 04:00PM - 06:30PM

UMTC, East Bank

Folwell Hall 119
Enrollment Status:: Open (13 of 17 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Survey of modern Arabic literature's key role in the articulation, construction, and subversion of gendered subjectivities. Explores the construction of masculine and feminine subjectivities, as well as the blurring of the dichotomy between the two. Also explores how homoerotic desire is presented in modern Arabic novels. Engages the complex interplay between the gender politics of literary texts, and the broader historical and political contexts from which they emerge. All texts covered in this course will be in English translation, however those able to read texts in the original Arabic are encouraged to do so.
Class Description:: Modern Arabic literature plays a key role in the articulation, construction, and subversion of gendered subjectivities. In this course we will survey modern Arabic literary production to explore how these gender dynamics unfold. We will explore the construction of masculine and feminine subjectivities, as well as the blurring of the dichotomy between the two. We will explore how homoerotic desire is presented in modern Arabic novels. In the course of this exploration, we will also seek to learn more about the complex interplay between the gender politics of literary texts, and the broader historical and political contexts from which they emerge. All texts covered in this course will be in English translation, however those able to read texts in the original Arabic are encouraged to do so.
Who Should Take This Class?:: Upper level undergraduate students and graduate students
Class Format:: Discussion Seminar
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52592/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 28 August 2017

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