- ARAB 3350 Narrating the City: Literary Mappings of the Urban Landscape

  • Asian Studies Major/Minor Course
  • ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CIVILIZATIONS

Course Credits: 3
Asian Studies Major/Minor Course

Semester(s) Offered

Catalog Description

Examines literary narratives primarily from the Arabic tradition through focusing on the relationship of literature to the development and transformations of cities and urban spaces in the modern period. Begins with readings of 19th century European narratives that chronicle the changing space of the modern city followed by urban narratives from the Arabic literary tradition in order to comparatively examine how "universal" processes of modernization, development, and globalization in the modern world have been narrated. Writers include Mahfouz, Munif, al-Takarli, al-Aswani, Celik, Abu Lughod. Taught in English.

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