COML 212 - Modern Middle Eastern Literature in Translation

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Allen, Gold. This course is team-taught by four professors with specialities in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish literatures; all four attend all the sessions of the course. The course deals with the modern literature within each tradition and focuses on poetry, the short story and the novel (among which have been in recent year: Al-Tayyib Salih's SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE NORTH, Yehoshua's THE LOVER, Hedyat's THE BLIND OWL, and Kemal's MEMET MY HAWK). The readings are all in English. The course is conducted in a seminar format. Students are expected to participate in classroom discussion of the materials assigned for each session, and evaluation is partially based on the quality of that participation. A short paper is assigned on the poetry and the short stories, and there is a final examination.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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