| Class |
20941 ARTR 5450 - 001 (SEM)
Global Masterpieces from the Classical Islamicate World: A Comparative Appr |
| Instructor |
Nizar Hermes |
| Meetings |
| Nizar Hermes | Mo 3:30pm - 6:00pm | New Cabell Hall 395 |
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| Other SIS Info |
| Enrollment: (Show Graph) |
10 students (capacity 25) |
| Status: |
Open, No Waitlist Available When Full |
| Combined With: |
ARTR 3450-001, ARTR 5450-001 |
| Combined Enrollment: |
10 students (capacity 25) |
| Combined Status: |
Open, No Waitlist Available When Full |
| Units: |
3 |
| Meeting Dates: |
01/17/2024 - 04/30/2024 |
| Class Components: |
Seminar Required |
| Enrollment Requirements: |
None |
| Requirement Designation: |
None |
| Class Attributes: |
None |
| Grading: |
Graded |
| SIS Description: This course explores the literary masterworks of some of the most celebrated authors of the classical Islamicate world (500-1500). Drawing on both classical Arabic-Islamic and modern Western theories, we will further form comparative insights into the poetics and politics of the humanist topics encountered across our literary journeys into the rich corpus of Arabic-Islamic adab (belles-lettres). |
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| Class Subtitle |
Global Masterpieces from the Premodern Islamicate World: A Comparative Approach |
| Description |
This course explores the literary masterworks of some of the most celebrated authors of the classical Islamicate world (500-1500). It gives students the chance to intensely and comparatively engage notable global texts from “the medieval Islamic republic of letters,” to quote M. J. al-Musawi’s groundbreaking The Medieval Islamic Republic of Letters: Arabic Knowledge Construction (2015). Students will cultivate an appreciation for the development of the intellectual history of the “medieval” Middle East (including North Africa and al-Andalus) alongside their engagement with such masterpieces as Aesopica, Ars Amatoria, Confessiones, The Panchatantra, Tales of Genji, Tahkemoni, The Sundiata, The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales, Lazarillo de Tormes, Othello, Don Quixote, and Robison Crusoe. Drawing on both classical Arabic-Islamic and modern Western theories, we will further form comparative insights into the poetics and politics of the humanist topics encountered across our literary journeys into the rich corpus of Arabic-Islamic adab (belles-lettres). |
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