Modern Arabic Poetry

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course will focus on the close reading and interpretation of poetry texts from 1950 on, including Free Verse, Prose Poem and `Ammiyyah Poetry. Literary critical themes include such topics as (post)-colonialism, Modernism, committed poetry, the influence of the West (T.S. Eliot), poetry and identity, resistance poetry, metapoetry, poetry of the Arab Spring. Final projects will allow students to pursue their individual interests. Except for some translation, class will be conducted in Arabic, assigned class presentations, essays and final project and paper are to be in Arabic. Critical readings are in English and Arabic. The instructor will assist students in choosing readings and essay and paper topics appropriate to their levels and interests.