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HUM 371 Major Works of Literature: The Islamic World
3 Credits
Through the close reading a number of fictional and non
-fictional texts, this course will look at fundamental
features and aspects of literature and literary culture
through a number of genres in Pre-Modern
Islamic literature, such as literary vs. real space and
time, individual vs. communal aspects of literature,
orality vs. written culture, fiction vs. history,
didacticism and entertainment, narrative
credibility, frame story, narrator and levels of
fictionality, the “Other”, intertextuality, author-, work
-, and audience-focused approaches to interpretation,
translation, relationship between form and content,
high vs. popular culture. Aside from trying to
contextualize these fundamental works in their own place
and time, we will consider them as part of
world literature, paying attention to their reception in
both the West and the East.
Last Offered Terms
Course Name
SU Credit
Spring 2017-2018
Major Works in Islamic Literature (HUM271)
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
and HUM 201 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
or HUM 202 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
or HUM 207 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 5 ECTS (5 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
| HUM 371 Major Works of Literature: The Islamic World | 3 Credits | ||||||
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| Through the close reading a number of fictional and non -fictional texts, this course will look at fundamental features and aspects of literature and literary culture through a number of genres in Pre-Modern Islamic literature, such as literary vs. real space and time, individual vs. communal aspects of literature, orality vs. written culture, fiction vs. history, didacticism and entertainment, narrative credibility, frame story, narrator and levels of fictionality, the “Other”, intertextuality, author-, work -, and audience-focused approaches to interpretation, translation, relationship between form and content, high vs. popular culture. Aside from trying to contextualize these fundamental works in their own place and time, we will consider them as part of world literature, paying attention to their reception in both the West and the East. | |||||||
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| Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D | |||||||
| and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D | |||||||
| and HUM 201 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D | |||||||
| or HUM 202 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D | |||||||
| or HUM 207 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D | |||||||
| Corequisite: __ | |||||||
| ECTS Credit: 5 ECTS (5 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) | |||||||
| General Requirements: | |||||||