COLT 1812E - Imagining the Eastern Mediterranean in Literature and Film

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Brown University

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Explores cultures and eclectic identities of the Eastern Mediterranean and its cities (Athens, Alexandria, Beirut, Istanbul, Jerusalem) through the works of literature and film. We will focus on two central themes: first, the relationship between fiction and the history/memory of Eastern Mediterranean cities and peoples; second, the origins and sustenance of certain discourses that describe the Eastern Mediterranean with nostalgia for vanished cosmopolitanism. Writers and poets may include Abasiyanik, Adnan, Cavafy, Darwish, Durrell, Kanafani, al-Karrat, Melville, Matalon, Oz, Pamuk, Shammas, and Uzun; filmmakers may include Akin, Bitton, Boulmetis, Chahine, Egoyan, Jacir, Suleiman, and Zaim.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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