Short Stories from the Middle East

4.0 credits

Who tells the story of the Middle East? Behind the political headlines lies a rich century of fiction that challenges everything we think we know about the Middle East. Moving from colonial narratives to contemporary responses to the ongoing conflicts, students will read and analyze short stories that will complicate their understanding of the history, societies, and politics of the Middle East and illuminate the powerful ways in which short fiction can shape, question, and resist history. Taught in English. No prerequisites.