ARTR 5450 - Global Masterpieces from the Classical Islamicate World: A Comparative Appr

Effective Date 11/10/2023
This course explores the literary masterworks of some of the most celebrated authors of the classical Islamicate world (500-1500). Drawing on both classical Arabic-Islamic and modern Western theories, we will further form comparative insights into the poetics and politics of the humanist topics encountered across our literary journeys into the rich corpus of Arabic-Islamic adab (belles-lettres).

Credits: 3
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