Arabic Literature and Literary Theory

1 Course Unit

This course will explore different critical approaches to the interpretation and analysis of Arabic literature from pre-Islamic poetry to the modern novel and prose-poem. The course will draw on western and Arabic literary criticism to explore the role of critical theory not only in understanding and contextualizing literature but also in forming literary genres and attitudes. Among these approaches are: Meta-poetry and inter-Arts theory, Genre theory, Myth and Archetype, Poetics and Rhetoric, and Performance theory.This course in taught in translation. Not Offered Every Year Also Offered As: COML 4500, NELC 4500 Mutually Exclusive: MELC 6501 1 Course Unit