ENG 213: Literature of the World: Middle East

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• Countries and Their Cultures
• Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
  
• Oxford Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
• Dictionary of African Mythology
• Oxford Art Online Includes articles on Islamic art & architecture
  

Print

• Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore and Symbols Valley Reference GR35.J6 (Main Floor)
• Dictionary of Oriental* Literatures (includes West Asia and North Africa) Valley Reference PJ31 .D5 (Main floor)
• Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (2 volumes)  Valley Reference PJ510.E53  (Main Floor)
• Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature, PN41 .E48 1998 (4th floor)
• Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology & Legend Valley Reference BL303.M45 1988 (Main Floor)
• Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend  Valley Reference GR35.F82 1984 (Main Floor)

*Oriental literature refers to literature of the Near, Mddle or Far East

 

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• This course covers writing from across North Africa and the Middle East: early forms of oral literature, the pre-Islamic poetry from the Arabian peninsula, chronicles about the Crusades, as they were experienced by the inhabitants of the Middle East, and contemporary short stories f contemporary short stories.

   

  The main goal of this course is to introduce students to literature set in a wide range of countries in the Middle East.  In addition to this geographic range, the course will also introduce students to various genres of literature including traditional poetry, historical chronicles, folk tales, and contemporary fiction.

al-Bab: Arabic Literature, an introduction Includes pre-Islamic literature, folk literature, modern literature.  Also includes links to arts and architecture of the Middle East.

A Core Bibliography on Islam, the Middle East & North Africa (Cornell University).  Includes secions on literatures in general, early Persian literature, oral narrative, epics, and more.

Islam: An Introduction  Includes a cultural timeline of the Islamic world

Voices from the Gap: Women Artists & Writers of Color

Tales from the 1001 Nights  Texts of different versions (Burton, Dixon, Lang, Payne, Scott). An Images Index includes over 200 Middle Eastern and European illustrations collected to illustrate the stories.

Interview with Dwight Reynolds: "Al-Andalus: Europe" (Afropop Worldwide)

Museum with No Frontiers: Discover Islamic Art

Ancient Art & Architecture Collection

Institut du Monde Arabe

Lion.  Warter Color on Old Urdu Paper.  EIA

Desert Tracings, Sells; Wesleyan, PJ7694.E5 D3 1989 (4th floor)
The Arabian Nights II, Haddawy, et al; W. W. Norton, PJ7715.A1 H33 1995 (4th floor)
Under the Naked Sky: Short Stories from the Arab World; Johnson-Davies, trans. & ed.; American University in Cairo Press.  Request from Summit
Qissat:  Short Stories by Palestinian Women; Glanville, ed.; Telegram Books.  Request from Summit
Sharon and My Mother-In-Law; Amiry; Granta Books.  Request from Summit

Amin Maalouf, The Crusades through Arab Eyes  DS38.6.M3213 1989 (6th floor, Valley Library)

Rosa Maria Menocal, The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain  On order for Valley Library.  Available through Summit.

The History of Cartography, ed.Harley & Woodward GA201 .H53 1987(Maps Reference, 3rd floor, Valley Library)

Lorsque le Monde Parlait Arabe  Series of 12 videos; French with English subtitles.  Request by call number at Circulation Desk (Main floor, Valley Library)

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Gibaldi, Joseph.  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6^th ed.  NY: Modern Language Association of America,  2003.

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