Syllabus for Roster(s):
- 16Sp ARAB 3559-001 (CGAS)
- 16Sp ARAB 5559-001 (CGAS)
In the UVaCollab course site: 16Sp ARAB 5559/3559
Course Description (for SIS)
The Other in Premodern Arabic Sources
This course explores the unduly studied corpus of Arabic writings that describes the encounters with and perception of the non-Arab Other. Primary Arabic sources consist of a cross-generic selection of non-religious prose: travelogues, diplomatic memoirs, geo-cosmography, captivity narratives, folktales, literary debates/boasting, and poetry. This is a high advanced READING class and discussions are exclusively conducted in LITERARY ARABIC.