INTS 254 - Women's Image in Contemporary Iranian Fiction

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Trinity College

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This course focuses on the role of secular voices in three historical periods-the post-Constitutional Revolution era, which led to the emergence of the novel and short story as literary genres in Iranian literature, the era of the Pahlavi dynasty, when modernization processes influenced the cultural context, and the of post-1979 Revolution era, when the Islamization of the country inhibited open secular practices. Examining through selected literary texts dominant gender relations, life styles, acceptance or rejection of women in the public sphere, and the extent of misogyny towards women, we will investigate the impact and spread of secular ideas throughout Iranian society. This course seeks to show that secular voices and life styles were not diminished over the 20th century. Rather, attempts to reproduce them have provided a dynamic challenge to fundamentalism in Iran. - Moossavi 1.00 units, Lecture

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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