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  • ME 344: Tales of Love

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Love becomes a central subject of literature in the Middle Ages and remains so in our own time. This course explores some canonic medieval tales of love and selected Renaissance dramatizations of the power of passion. Topics range from Tris-tan and Iseult's transgressive love to the ill-fated wartime infatuation of Troilus and Criseyde. Prerequisite: Open to juniors and seniors or by permission of the instructor. Preference given to Medieval/Renaissance Studies majors. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • ME 350: Research or Individual Study

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: Open by permission to juniors and seniors. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • ME 360: Senior Thesis Research

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: By permission of the directors of the Medieval/Renaissance Studies program. See Directions for Election and Academic Distinctions. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • ME 370: Senior Thesis

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: 360 and permission of department. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • MES 218/318: Literary Voices of the Pre-Modern Middle East

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Marlow NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Exploration of selected writings from the rich literary traditions in Arabic and Persian, from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries. Readings (in English translation) include stories and historical accounts, short and long narratives, lyric and other forms of poetry, biographies and autobiographies; from the Thousand and One Nights and works of Jahiz, Tabari, Ibn al-Farid, Ferdowsi, Omar Khayyam, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Hafez and others. Materials will be read with attention to historical context and in conjunction with modern literary studies. Attention to the distinctiveness of the Arabic and Persian literatures and the interactions between them; structure and meaning, authorial personae, voice; relationships among authors, patrons and broader audiences; literary theory and genre, oral and writ-ten literary expression. This course may be taken as either 218 or, with additional assignments, 318; the latter option is intended especially for students proficient in Arabic or Persian. Prerequisite: 218 open to all students; 318 by permission of the instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • MES 250: Research or Individual Study

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: Open to first-year students and sophomores only. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • MES 250H: Research or Individual Study

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: Open to first-year students and sophomores only. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 0.5
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  • MES 310: Resistance and Dissent in North Africa and the Middle East

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Aadnani NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. An exploration of themes of resistance and dissent in the literatures and cultures of North Africa and the Mid-dle East since the early 1980s. Topics include the rise of democratic movements, such as political parties, associations and NGOs; the role and importance of Islam to the identity of contemporary nation states in the region; the status of women and minorities in the ideolo-gies of the movements under study; and the status and implications of dissent. Materials studied include works of fiction and nonfiction, films, speeches, song lyrics, and online publications. Prerequisite: Open to students who have taken at least one course in Middle Eastern studies, and to juniors and seniors by permission of the instructor. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis or Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • MES 330: Seminar.Comparative Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Aadnani, Nolden (German) Topic for 2009-10: Cairo, Paris, Weimar: Encounters between Middle Eastern and European Literatures. This seminar explores patterns of influence and modes of (mis)readings that have shaped the encounter between the literatures of the Middle East and Western Europe. From the Crusades to Napoleon's campaign in Egypt and colonialism, the interaction between ?East? and ?West? has left indelible impressions on literature and has heightened the challenges of representation. Topics include the construction of the East in Enlighten-ment and Romantic literature and thought; the trajectory of Orientalism; the postcolonial critique of Eurocentrism; contemporary rewritings of the legacy of the nineteenth century in texts and films. Readings include Montesquieu, Goethe, Omar al-Khayyam's quatrains, Richard Burton's translations of the Thousand and One N ights, Sally Potter, Jacques Doillon, Naguib Mahfouz, Tayeb Salih, Hélène Cixous, Hanan al-Shaykh, Katia Rub instein. Students may register for MES 330 or CPLT 330 and credit will be granted accordingly. Prerequisite: One 200-level course in literature or by permission of the instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • MES 350: Research or Individual Study

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: Open to juniors and seniors only. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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