AMES 3832 is also offered in Spring 2023
AMES 3832 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2021 | AMES 3832 Section 001: The Politics of Arabic Poetry (66063)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (32 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- 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 sociopolitical 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?
This course satisfies the following Liberal Education requirements: Literature, Global Perspectives.
- Class Format:
- Online, synchronous over Zoom. Discussion and short lectures.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66063/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 November 2020
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2021 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Classes