ENG 366 WAR AND PEACE:MOD MIDDLE EAST

The Middle East forms the centerpiece of our news:  refugees in Syria, ISIS, the nuclear deal with Iran.  The literary and cultural context for these issues is less familiar.  The course examines how, in climates of political upheaval and diplomatic hostility,  literature has played a role in dividing or uniting people. Authors include Naguib Mahfouz, Salman Rushdie, Elias Khoury, Forugh Farrokhzad, Mahmoud Darwish, Yehuda Amichai, Marjane Satrapi, Joe Sacco, and the cartoonists of Charlie Hebdo.

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as GIS 366.

Prerequisite

Open to juniors and seniors, and to others who have taken ENG 250 (formerly 220).

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 18 students.

Attributes

W