Syllabus overview

M?NA 1300 History of Middle Eastern Literatures Spring 2018

Reading List/Syllabus

This is an overview of suggested sources that will inform the course, rather than a finite list of obligatory readings. The final reading list will be made avalable in January 2018, along with the complete teaching plan.

 

Reference Literature

 

Tresilian, David (2008):

“Reading Arabic Literature”, = kap. 1 i id., A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature, London etc.: Saqi, 21-43.

Seyhan, Azade (2008):

“Introduction: Novel Moves”, = kap. 1 i id., Tales of Crossed Destinies. The Modern Turkish Novel in a Comparative Context, New York: Modern Language Association, 1-22.

Badawi, M. M. (1992):

“Chronological Table of Events” & “Introduction: 1. The Background”, i (Red) M. M. Badawi, Modern Arabic Literature, Cambridge [etc.]: Cambridge University Press, viii-xi & 1-23.

Yapp, Malcolm (1991):

“Modernization and Literature in the Near and Middle East 1850-1914” i (Red) Robin Ostle, Modern Literature in the Near and Middle East 1850–1970, London [etc.]: Routledge, 3-16.

Yavari, Houra (2002a):

The Persian Novel. http://www.iranchamber.com/literature/articles/persian_novel.php .

Yavari, Houra (2002b):

The Persian Short Story. http://www.iranchamber.com/literature/articles/persian_short_story.php .

Stagh, Marina (1996):

“N?gra viktiga teman i arabisk litteratur”, i id., Modern Arabisk prosa: linjer och utveckling i 1900-talets prosa samt kommenteradboklista, Lund: Bibliotektj?nst, 40-82.

Abramson, Glenda (1995):

“Israeli Literature as an Emerging National Literature,” i (Red) Ilan Troen & Noah Lucas, Israel. The First Decade of Independence, Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 331-53.

Yudkin, Leon I. (1991):

“Israel”, i (Red) Robin Ostle, Modern Literature in the Near and Middle East 1850–1970, London [etc.]: Routledge, 213-225.

Alter, Robert (1975):

“Introduction”, i (Red) Robert Alter, Modern Hebrew Literature, New York: Behrman House, 1-12.

Guth, Stephan (1997):

Fa-?rawraqat ‘uyūnuhum bi-d-dumū‘... – Some notes on the flood of tears in early modern Arabic prose literature,” i (Red) Lutz Edzard & Christian Szyska, Encounters of Words and Texts: Intercultural Studies in Honor of Stefan Wild..., Hildesheim: Olms, 111-123.

Daragahi, Haideh (1984):

“The Shaping of the Modern Persian Short Story: Jamalzadih’s ‘Preface’ to Yiki Bud, Yiki Badud” i (Red) Thomas M. Ricks, Critical Perspectives on Modern Persian Literature, Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 104-123.

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