AMES 189S - Iraqi Culture in the 20th Century

Institution:

Duke University

Subject:

Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

Description:

Iraqi cultural production from independence in 1932 until today (poetry, fiction, and visual arts). Connection between poetry and art in emergence of modernist movement that spread to the rest of the Arab world. Exposure to leading writers including Tekerli, Ayyub and Jabra Ibrahim Jabra and also to Jewish authors who migrated to Israel in the 1950s. Later short fiction, films and blogs will reflect on the literary impact of state violence under Saddam Hussein and of international wars on life in Iraq: the Iran-Iraq war (1980¿88), the Gulf War (1991) and the US invasion of 2003. Instructor: Cooke

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Seminar

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Institution Website:

WWW.DUKE.EDU

Phone Number:

(919) 684-8111

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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