Mar 28, 2024  
Graduate Record 2016-2017 
    
Graduate Record 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

ARTR 5245 - Arabic Literary Delights


In this course we will focus specifically on the literary representation of and socio-cultural/theosophical debate on humor, pleasantry, wit, frivolity, eating, feasting, banquets crashing, dietetics, erotology, aphrodisiacs, sexual education and hygiene. We will organize the course around selected readings from a variety of premodern Arabic jocular, culinary and erotological literature available in English translations.



Credits: 3