Restricted to area studies majors and minors. Focuses on how literary women in Japan express their subversive voice often through the autobiographical fiction. Taught in English. Restricted to area studies majors and minors. The works of major and some minor poets of the 20th century are studied.
Emphasis is given to the themes of modern poetry as reflections of Iranian society.
The course is intended both to improve the students' reading ability in Persian and to familiarize them with Iran, its people, and its culture, through the literature. The works of major figures in classical Persian literature, especially Rudaki, Ferdowsi, Khayyam, Attar, Mowlavi, Sa'adi, and Hafez, as well as the most important minor writers of each period. Taught in English. Twentieth-Century Persian Literature in Translation Introduces modern Persian literature in the context of Iranian society and civilization. Development of modern Persian poetry and prose.