Arabic Lit: Modern Prose & Poetry: Palestine, Poetics, Politics - Reading Mahmoud Darwish

(4 Credits)

This graduate seminar will focus on the literary and political legacy of the Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008). We will read selections from his major works (poetry, prose, and essays) and consider major critical approaches and debates about his writings and his status in Palestinian history and collective memory.