ARAB 3810
Modern Arabic Fiction
Course Description
Pre-Requisite(s):
ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission
Students are introduced to twentieth-century Arabic fiction, and to the varied genres of prose including letters, memoirs, short stories, travelogues, and novels. Topics include autobiography, war and nation construction, fantasy, and political and sexual identity crises. Students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism, and learn to analyze texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology.
