SLC 125D/Comparative Literature 125D 
The Arab World through Travel Literature
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Spring 2000
MW: 11:00 - 1:00
Class: Bldg. 50-52H		 Khalil Barhoum
Office: 40-42B
Office: (650) 723-3657
khalil@stanford.edu
WEEK ONE
Monday, April 3: 
Introduction (Videos & Discussion: The Arabs:  The Historic
Memory; The Bonds of Pride:  ZVC 4164/    Parts 
2 &4)

Wednesday, April 5: 
Lecture: The Arab World: People, History, and Culture

Readings:

  • Edward Said, Orientalism , pp. 1-28 (Reader) 
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    WEEK TWO
    Monday, April 10: 
    Lawrence Durrell,  Justine
    Afaf Lutfi Marsot, A Short History of Modern   Egypt, pp.
    82-106 (Reader)

    Wednesday, April 12: 
    Naguib Mahfouz,  Miramar
    Afaf Lutfi Marsot, A Short History of Modern   Egypt, pp.
    107-132 (Reader)

    Readings:

  • Lawrence Durrell, Justine 
  • Afaf Lutfi Marsot, A Short History of Modern Egypt 
  • Mahfouz, Naguib, Miramar 
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    WEEK THREE
    Monday, April 17: 
    Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert in Egypt
    Mary Wortley Montagu, Letters

    Wednesday, April 19: 
    Elizabeth Fernea, Guests of the Sheik

    Readings:

  • Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert in Egypt 
  • Mary Wortley Montagu, Letters, pp. 140-188 (Reader) 
  • Elizabeth Fernea, Guests of the Sheik (Parts I, II, III) 
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    WEEK FOUR
    Monday, April 24: 
    Elizabeth Fernea, Guests of the Sheik

    Wednesday, April 26: 
    E. & R. Fernea, The Arab World: Forty Years of Change

    Readings:

  • Elizabeth Fernea, Guests of the Sheik  (Parts IV, V, VI)
  • Elizabeth & R. Fernea, The Arab World: Forty Years of
  • Change
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    WEEK FIVE
    Monday, May 1: 
    E. & R. Fernea, The Arab World

    Wednesday, May 3: 
    Film: Yemen's Cultural Drug, Quat

    Readings:

  • Elizabeth & R. Fernea, The Arab World: Forty Years of Change 
  • Eric Hansen, Motoring with Mohammed 

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    WEEK SIX
    Monday, May 8: 
    Eric Hansen, Motoring with Mohammed
    ESSAY Outline DUE

    Wednesday, May 10:            Geraldine Brooks, Nine Parts of
    Desire

    Readings:

  • Motoring with Mohammed, pp. 128-236. 
  • Geraldine Brooks, Nine Parts of Desire, Excerpts. 
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    WEEK SEVEN
    Monday, May 15: 
    ESSAY DUE / NO CLASS

    Wednesday, May 17: 
    Jack Shaheen, The T.V. Arab; Edward Said, Covering Islam

    Readings:

  • Jack Shaheen, The T.V. Arab , pp. 1-134. 
  • Edward Said, Covering Islam , pp. 3-32 (Reader) 

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    WEEK EIGHT
    Monday, May 22: 
    Film: Arabian Sands: Wilfred Thesiger, Desert   Adventurer

    Wednesday, May 24: 
    Reports on Student Interviews

    WEEK NINE             (May 28-JUNE 1: End-Quarter)
    Monday, May 29: 
    HOLIDAY (Memorial Day)

    Wednesday, May 31: 
    Review

    WEEK TEN
    Monday, June 5:        Take-Home Exam

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    Course Requirements & Grade Distribution
       
    1. One essay, 6-7 pages long, dealing with literary works discussed.

      2. Essay to focus on:
      1. a major theme or issue introduced and emphasized by more than one author in the course.
      2. relevance of temporal and spatial relations in works studied in the course.
      3. a critical examination of the cultural bias, or lack thereof, in works discussed. (Due on Wednesday, May 15, 2000): 30%
    2. Interview Project: 10%
    3. Final Exam: 50%
    4. Attendance & Participation (in Classroom Discussion): 10%

    Required Texts 
     
  •     Geraldine Brooks, Nine Parts of Desire 
  •     Lawrence Durrell, Justine 
  •     Elizabeth Fernea, Guests of the Sheik 
  •     Elizabeth & Robert Fernea, The Arab World: Forty Years of Change 
  •     Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert in Egypt 
  •     Eric Hansen, Motoring with Mohammed 
  •     Naguib Mahfouz, Miramar 
  •     Jack Shaheen, The T.V. Arab 
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    Contents of "Reader"
    1. Afaf Lutfi Marsot, A Short History of Modern Egypt (pp. 82-132)
    2. New York Times article
    3. Mary Wortley Montagu, Letters (pp. 140-188)
    4. Edward Said, Covering Islam (pp. 3-32)
    5. New York Times article on Murad Hoffman
    6. Edward Said, Orientalism (pp. 1-28)
    7. Smithsonian article, "Daughter of the Desert"

    Optional Further Readings:
     
  •     Halim Barakat, The Arab World: State, Culture, and Society 
  •     Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples 
  •     Casey Kasem, "Arab Defamation in the Media: Its Consequences and Solutions" 
  •     Amin Maalouf, The Crusades through Arab Eyes 
  •     Laurence Michalak, "Cruel and Unusual: Negative Images of Arabs in American Popular Culture" 
  •     Rana Kabbani, Europe's Myths of Orient (London, Pandora 1994) 
  •     Maxime Rodinson, Europe and The Mystique of Islam 
  •     Sabbagh, Suha, "Sex, Lies, and Stereotypes: The Image of Arabs in American  Popular Fiction" 
  •     Arthur Goldschmidt, A Concise History of the Middle East 
  •     Nikki Keddie & Beth Baron, Women in Middle Eastern History 
  •     John Esposito, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? 
  •     John Obert Voll, Islam: Continuity and Change in the Modern World 
  •     M.E. Yapp, The Near East Since the First World War 
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    Videocassettes and Films 
    (on Reserve at Meyer Library):
     
  •     The  Making of the Arabs  (ZVC 1722) 
  •     The Arab World: The Historic Memory; The Bonds of Pride (ZVC 4164, parts 2 & 4) 
  •     Edward Said (ZVC 13127) 
  •     The Price of Change (ZVC 531) 
  •     Women Under Siege (ZVC 530) 
  •     A Veiled Revolution (ZVC 379) 
  •     Lawrence of Arabia  (ZVC 292) 
  •     The Wind and the Lion  (ZVC 7073) 
  •     Arabian Sands: Wilfred Thesiger, Desert Adventurer (ZVC 11491) 
  •     Yemen's Cultural Drug: Quat  (ZVC 11499) 
  •     Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon  (ZVC 1787) 
  •     Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt  (ZVC 14132) 
  •     Bab El-Oued City  (ZVC 11560) 
  •     Al Nakba: the Palestinian Catastrophe, 1948  (ZVC 11562) 
  •     Nasser 56 (ZVC 11569) 
  •     Tales from Arab Detroit  (1995)  (ZVC 8327) 
  •     Going Home (ZVC 11595) 
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