ARBC-3304: Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
Description: Familiarizes students with the cultural, intellectual, and historical contexts of major Arabic literary texts. Provides students with skills necessary to analyze the rhetorical devices and literary techniques of the texts under study. Texts from major literary genres include poems, short stories and realist and experimental novels. Explores topics including postcolonialism, resistance, war, romance, tradition, religion, feminism, and pop culture. Taught in English.
Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 3
Average GPA: 3.76 (A)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 51.29%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.19%
| Nadine A Sinno | 2017 | 79.8% | 19.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 3.76 | 3 |