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Undergraduate Record 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

WGS 3140 - Border Crossings: Women, Islam and Literature in the Middle East and North Africa

Effective Start Date: 08/01/2012
A focus on a bloodless, non-violent revolution that is shaking the foundation of the Islamic Middle East and North Africa, a revolution with women writers at the forefront. An examination of the rhetoric and poetics of sex segregation, voice, visibility, and mobility in a spectrum of genres that includes folklore, novel, short story, poetry, biography, autobiography, and essay. Prerequisite: Previous 2000 level course in the humanities or social sciences.

Credits: 3