CWL 481

Fall 2023 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 21-Dec 6

Topics in Arabic Literature & Culture

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Studies in Arabic literature and culture of various genres, periods, and regions. Graduate students are encouraged to read the texts in the original language.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same semester to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours if topics vary; May be repeated in separate semesters to a maximum of 12 undergraduate hours or 16 graduate hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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CWL 481 class schedule data for fall 2023
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	78218	Lecture	WH3	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	325 Gregory Hall	Hassan, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Arabs and the Americas Section Info: Description: This course offers an introduction to the two parallel traditions of Arab American and Arab Brazilian literature, with a focus on the complex interplay of ethnic minority, national, and transnational identities. Arabs have had a long relationship with the American hemisphere. Twelfth-century geographer al-Idrisi reported that eight Arabs sailed west from Lisbon to discover what lay beyond the “Sea of Darkness” (the Atlantic ocean), and arrived somewhere in South America. Columbus reportedly had a copy of al-Idrisi’s book with him when he embarked on his first voyage in 1492, and he took with him Louis de Torre, a converted Moor, to act as an Arabic interpreter once the expedition reached India. Some of the earliest slave narratives were written in Arabic by literate Muslim captives from West Africa. Large-scale Arab immigration to the Americas began in the late nineteenth century, and since then those immigrants and their descendants have participated in a substantial tradition of minority literature in the two largest countries of the hemisphere, the United States and Brazil. Authors discussed include Ameen Rihani, Diana Abu-Jaber, Mohja Kahf, Susan Abulhawa, Radwan Nassar, Milton Hatoum, Waly Salomão, and Alberto Mussa. The course has graduate and undergraduate sections. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
	78268	Lecture	WH4	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	325 Gregory Hall	Hassan, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Arabs and the Americas Section Info: Description: This course offers an introduction to the two parallel traditions of Arab American and Arab Brazilian literature, with a focus on the complex interplay of ethnic minority, national, and transnational identities. Arabs have had a long relationship with the American hemisphere. Twelfth-century geographer al-Idrisi reported that eight Arabs sailed west from Lisbon to discover what lay beyond the “Sea of Darkness” (the Atlantic ocean), and arrived somewhere in South America. Columbus reportedly had a copy of al-Idrisi’s book with him when he embarked on his first voyage in 1492, and he took with him Louis de Torre, a converted Moor, to act as an Arabic interpreter once the expedition reached India. Some of the earliest slave narratives were written in Arabic by literate Muslim captives from West Africa. Large-scale Arab immigration to the Americas began in the late nineteenth century, and since then those immigrants and their descendants have participated in a substantial tradition of minority literature in the two largest countries of the hemisphere, the United States and Brazil. Authors discussed include Ameen Rihani, Diana Abu-Jaber, Mohja Kahf, Susan Abulhawa, Radwan Nassar, Milton Hatoum, Waly Salomão, and Alberto Mussa. The course has graduate and undergraduate sections. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.