ARB 150 Arabic Literature and Culture
This course will expose students to the emergence, development, evolution, and diversity comprising Arab societies through various cultural mediums that include literature, political essays, music, recreation, food, monumental architecture, film, and protest art in English translation. By analyzing the emergence of distinct Arab cultural and artistic forms through styles, motifs, compositional elements, and language, students will explore regional and social variations in cultural production within the Arab Middle East and North Africa as a product of history and geography. They will also analyze how Arab cultural productions have contributed to global trends and will examine the role of contemporary Arab literature and artistic production in political movements confronting imperialism and neo-colonialism.