NELC-N 701  TOPICS IN ARABIC LITERATURE (3 CR)
Poetry and society explores selected Arabic Odes in English
translation from the pre-Islamic to Modern periods in light of their
role in the societies that produced them. Unit I treats the pre-
Islamic poetry of the Arabian warrior aristocracy in terms of
loyalty and treachery, blood-vengeance and gendered ritual
obligations. Unit II turns to the poetry of the Golden age of
Islamic hegemony to explore the relations between poetry and
political power and the use of the poem to express both allegiance
and sedition. Unit III explores the relationship of poetry to the
other arts: music, the plastic arts and architecture: Unit IV
examines the transition of from the classical and medieval to the
(post) colonial in the anti-imperialist discourses of Arabic neo-
classical and free-verse poetry of the 20th century. All assigned
readings are in English.


VT: POETRY AS PERFORM: ARABIC ODE
10468          01:00P-02:15P   TR     BH 149
Stetkevych S                  10    9    0
TOPIC : Poetry as Performance: The Arabic Ode (in
English)
Above class open to graduates only
Above class meets with NELC-N 305