Envisioning Muslims: The Middle Ages and Today

3 Hours

Examine representations of Muslims in the dominant cultural media of the European Middle Ages, and in cultural media of the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. Explore how Europeans envisioned Muslims, and how Muslims envisioned themselves. Only one of the following may be counted: English 323D (Topic: Envisn Muslim:Mid Age/Today), 323T, 360S (Topic 3), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 17), 342 (Topic 75). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.