Introduction to Japanese history and culture through a reading of the classical literary canon in translation from earliest records to the beginning of the modern era. The nature of literature and its relations to other social practices. Selections from the poetic, fictive, and dramatic genres and readings in mythology, diaries, and literary criticism. Modern Arabic Literature in Translation. Issues of identity formation in postcolonial societies, gender construction, and representation of conflict.
Texts read both as literary documents and as testimonies of a particular time in a shared place.
Readings from Tunisia, Lebanon, Palestine, Algeria, Morocco, France as well as Durrells Spirit of Place . Films by Tunisian directors that tell the stories of their lives. Directors will attend classes for discussion of their films. Further description can be found in DRA 167 . Further description can be found in FR 168S .