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From the problems of history and identity in the modern age, to (post-)colonialism, nationalism, genre theory, and concepts of memory, narrative, and nostalgia, Modern Palestinian Literature grapples with, and reveals the architecture of many of the structures we live, act and think within today. It is a course in the literary past and political experience of the Palestinian people. Primary readings will be supplemented and discussed alongside theories—form around the globe—that have shaped contemporary thought about fiction and society. Intensely local, and painfully global, readings span the 20th and 21st centuries, and tackle questions not only about what it means to be Palestinian, but also what it means to even ask the question.
The course will give students a firm grounding in the field of Palestinian literature in the Arab and global contexts. It is open to students of Arabic, Comparative Literature and Middle East Studies. Works will be read in either/both English and Arabic, and classes will focus on close reading of the primary texts and deep engagement with relevant theory, as well as providing political and historical context for the readings. Students will emerge with a deep understanding of Palestinian literature, and will be prepared to engage more widely with questions of narrative, representation, and identity.
From the problems of history and identity in the modern age, to (post-)colonialism, nationalism, genre theory, and concepts of memory, narrative, and nostalgia, Modern Palestinian Literature grapples with, and reveals the architecture of many of the structures we live, act and think within today. It is a course in the literary past and political experience of the Palestinian people. Primary readings will be supplemented and discussed alongside theories—form around the globe—that have shaped contemporary thought about fiction and society. Intensely local, and painfully global, readings span the 20th and 21st centuries, and tackle questions not only about what it means to be Palestinian, but also what it means to even ask the question.
The course will give students a firm grounding in the field of Palestinian literature in the Arab and global contexts. It is open to students of Arabic, Comparative Literature and Middle East Studies. Works will be read in either/both English and Arabic, and classes will focus on close reading of the primary texts and deep engagement with relevant theory, as well as providing political and historical context for the readings. Students will emerge with a deep understanding of Palestinian literature, and will be prepared to engage more widely with questions of narrative, representation, and identity.
From the problems of history and identity in the modern age, to (post-)colonialism, nationalism, genre theory, and concepts of memory, narrative, and nostalgia, Modern Palestinian Literature grapples with, and reveals the architecture of many of the structures we live, act and think within today. It is a course in the literary past and political experience of the Palestinian people. Primary readings will be supplemented and discussed alongside theories—form around the globe—that have shaped contemporary thought about fiction and society. Intensely local, and painfully global, readings span the 20th and 21st centuries, and tackle questions not only about what it means to be Palestinian, but also what it means to even ask the question.
The course will give students a firm grounding in the field of Palestinian literature in the Arab and global contexts. It is open to students of Arabic, Comparative Literature and Middle East Studies. Works will be read in either/both English and Arabic, and classes will focus on close reading of the primary texts and deep engagement with relevant theory, as well as providing political and historical context for the readings. Students will emerge with a deep understanding of Palestinian literature, and will be prepared to engage more widely with questions of narrative, representation, and identity.
!"#$% '() *+,,'-.* Irom the prob|ems of h|story and |dent|ty |n the modern age, to (post-)co|on|a||sm, nat|ona||sm, genre theory, and concepts of memory, narrat|ve, and nosta|g|a, Modern a|est|n|an L|terature grapp|es w|th, and revea|s the arch|tecture of many of the structures we ||ve, act and th|nk w|th|n today. It |s a course |n the ||terary past and po||t|ca| exper|ence of the a|est|n|an peop|e. r|mary read|ngs w||| be supp|emented and d|scussed a|ongs|de theor|esform around the g|obethat have shaped contemporary thought about f|ct|on and soc|ety. Intense|y |oca|, and pa|nfu||y g|oba|, read|ngs span the 20 th and 21 st centur|es, and tack|e quest|ons not on|y about what |t means to be a|est|n|an, but a|so what |t means to even ask the quest|on. 1he course w||| g|ve students a f|rm ground|ng |n the f|e|d of a|est|n|an ||terature |n the Arab and g|oba| contexts. It |s open to students of Arab|c, Comparat|ve L|terature and M|dd|e Last Stud|es. Works w||| be read |n e|ther]both Lng||sh and Arab|c, and c|asses w||| focus on c|ose read|ng of the pr|mary texts and deep engagement w|th re|evant theory, as we|| as prov|d|ng po||t|ca| and h|stor|ca| context for the read|ngs. Students w||| emerge w|th a deep understand|ng of a|est|n|an ||terature, and w||| be prepared to engage more w|de|y w|th quest|ons of narrat|ve, representat|on, and |dent|ty.
1erm 1- Negot|at|ng 8e|ong|ng l. WhaL ls alesLlne? ConLesLed hlsLorles, memorles, and geographles Week Cne - 1 CcLober
1oplcs ! ConcepLs ln LerrlLory ! SoverelgnLy and Lhe sLaLe ! an Arablsm vs naLlonallsm ! LocaLlon and belonglng
ln class readlngs/handouLs Mahmoud uarwlsh, lu Card" Mahmoud uarwlsh My MoLher" (performed by Marcel khlelfeh) CasLon 8achelard, 1be loetlcs of 5poce (shorL excerpL) 1lm Cresswell, lloce. o sbott lottoJoctloo (shorL excerpLs)
kecommended kead|ng Aml Llad, MoJeto lolestloloo lltetotote ooJ coltote [excerpLs] kamal Abdel-Mallk, 1be tbetotlc of vloleoce . Atob-Iewlsb eocoootets lo cootempototy lolestloloo lltetotote ooJ fllm [ChapLer 1]
8eadlng Week Week Slx - 12 november
1oplcs ! Cenre and lmaglnaLlon ! narraLlve sLrucLure: whaL lmpacL on sLory? ! lnLerLexLuallLy and a flexlble lmaglnary r|mary kead|ng lmll Pablbl, 1be 5ectet llfe of 5oeeJ, tbe lll-loteJ lessoptlmlst [8esL of Lhe book]
Secondary kead|ng Ahmad Parb. lnvlslblllLy, lmposslblllLy: 1he 8euse of volLalre's Candlde ln Lmlle Pablby's Sa'eed Lhe essopLlmlsL" 1zveLan 1odorov, Cetoes lo ulscootse [excerpLs] 1lm Allen. lotettextoollty [excerpL]
kecommended kead|ng Maher !arrar, A narraLlon of 'ueLerrlLorlallzaLlon': lmll Pablbl's 1he essopLlmlsL" Salma k !ayyusl, lnLroducLlon," of, Aotboloqy of MoJeto lolestloloo lltetotote II. Gender, Nat|on, kes|stance Week Seven- 19 november
1oplcs -Women wrlLers: whaL's aL sLake? - WhaL klnd of naLlon? - 1elllng Lhe self - AuLoblography
r|mary kead|ng ladwa 1uqan, A Moootolooos Iootoey
Secondary kead|ng Lllen llelschmann. 1be ootloo ooJ lts oew womeo. 1be lolestloloo womeos movemeot 1920-1948 [excerpLs] Caren kaplan, 8eslsLlng auLoblography : ouL-law genres and LransnaLlonal femlnlsL sub[ecLs" ln ue/coloolzloq tbe sobject . tbe polltlcs of qeoJet lo womeo's ootobloqtopby Marllyn 8ooLh, Moy bet llkes be moltlplleJ. 8loqtopby ooJ CeoJet polltlcs lo qypt [excerpLs]
kecommended kead|ng nawar Al-Passan Colley. keoJloq Atob womeo's ootobloqtopbles . 5bobtozoJ tells bet stoty uwlghL u 8eynolds, lotetptetloq tbe self. Aotobloqtopby lo tbe Atoblc lltetoty 1toJltloo
Week LlghL - 26 november
1oplcs naLlonal Allegory
r|mary kead|ng WlLh reference Lo works already covered
Secondary kead|ng lrederlc !ameson, 1hlrd World LlLeraLure" Al[az Ahmad, !ameson's 8heLorlc of CLherness ln Lhe 'naLlonal Allegory'" ln 5oclol 1ext Anna 8ernard, 8eadlng Lhe naLlon," ln kbetotlcs of 8elooqloq . Notloo, Nottotloo, ooJ lstoel/lolestloe
r|mary L|terature lbrahlm nasrallah, Iost tbe two of os
Secondary L|terature LsLher ereen, 1hrough Lhe Lens of Lhe ChronoLope: SuggesLlons for a SpaLlo-1emporal erspecLlve on ulaspora" Mlkhall 8akhLln, lorms of Llme and of Lhe chronoLope ln Lhe novel" [SelecLlon] ln 1be uloloqlc lmoqlootloo
kecommended kead|ng Pala khamls nassar, Lxlle and Lhe ClLy: 1he Arab ClLy ln Lhe WrlLlng of Mahmoud uarwlsh" ln xlles loet
Week lourLeen - 28 !anuary
1oplcs: -Calro -LlLerary neLworks - lamlly neLworks - Llfe of a clLy r|mary kead|ng Mourld 8arghouLhl, l wos boto tbete, l wos boto nete (LxcerpLs) 1amlm 8arghouLhl, ln !erusalem" 8adwa Ashour, My Lxperlence WlLh WrlLlng" ln 1be vlew ftom wltblo . wtltets ooJ ctltlcs oo cootempototy Atoblc lltetotote
Secondary kead|ng 1lmoLhy 8rennan. At nome lo tbe wotlJ. cosmopolltoolsm Now (lnLroducLlon and ChapLer 1) Samla Mehrez, 1be lltetoty llfe of colto, (lnLroducLlon)
Secondary kead|ng Pelga 1awll-Sourl. "new alesLlnlan CenLers." lotetootloool Iootool of coltotol 5toJles. 12.3 (2009): 217-233. Salah u Passan, naLlon valldaLlon: Modern alesLlnlan LlLeraLure and Lhe pollLlcs of appeasemenL" ln 5oclol 1ext !. Plllls Mlller, 1opoqtopbles (excerpLs)
kecommended kead|ng Shaflq Al-PouL, My llfe lo tbe llO 8aruch klmmerllng and !oel S Mlgdal, 1be lolestloloo leople, o nlstoty, (ChapLers 8-10)
Week nlneLeen - 11 March
1oplcs -lragmenLs -1he non-naLlonal naLlon -llndlng Lhe self r|mary kead|ng Adanlya Shlbll. we ote oll epoolly fot ftom love
Secondary kead|ng arLha ChaLLer[l. 1be Notloo ooJ lts ltoqmeots (LxcerpLs] 1homas C 8eebee. lJeoloqy of Ceote [excerpLs]
kecommended kead|ng 1zveLan 1odorov. Ceotes lo ulscootse Week 1wenLy - 18 March
1oplcs -1hlnklng beyond Lhe LexL r|mary kead|ng Ldward Sald, Aftet tbe lost 5ky