MEIWS-110 Modern Arabic Fiction and Film: An Introduction

The course is a survey of modern Arabic narrative fiction and film by well-known authors and filmmakers from countries in Middle East, including, but not limited to, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, Libya, Morocco and spanning the late 19th through early 21st centuries. Students learn about the Arabic-speaking people through their cultural, social, economic, and political struggles in the modern period, and explore questions relating to how they define themselves in a highly globalized world.

Maximum Enrollment

Standard Course (40)

Credits

1.00

Cross Listed Courses

ARABC-110

Notes

Taught in English. No knowledge of Arabic required