COML 6124

Arabic Literature from the Margins

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

Interrogating the notion of the margins, this class will explore works of contemporary Arabic literature that represent voices marginalized within the Arabic-speaking communities in which they are produced. We will particularly focus on analyzing works that give voice to ethnic or religious minorities, or those marginalized because of their gender, sexuality, or race. We will also examine recent scholarship that seeks to understand the marginalized field of Arabic literature through the lens of World Literature. Students may read the texts in Arabic or in translation.

When Offered Spring.

Course Attribute (CU-ITL)

Comments All discussion will be conducted in English.

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