An introductory course to the rich literary heritage produced by Arab authors writing in English from the nineteenth century to the present, what is now called Anglophone-Arab literature. The course will trace the developments, achievements and trajectories of this emergent literature by examining the works of Arab authors residing in the Western world. We will explore the new forms of belonging these writers forge today and further investigate how race, religion, ethnicity and migration complicate the question of nationalism and identity-formation. Close attention will be paid to the transnational and migratory articulations of home and belonging Arab writers have initiated in the 21st century.

The Qur'an in its historical and literary context. Students engage the text in translation but develop a technical vocabulary in transliterated Qur'anic Arabic; those who have prior experience with Arabic language are encouraged to develop their skills with the printed text of the Arabic Qur'an. (Meets the Critical Learning: AIM requirement.) 1 unit - Wright.

An examination of poet, novelist, story writer, essayist, and environmental activist Margaret Atwood’s fiction. Particular emphasis on the wide range of genres Atwood employs and how she engages in what she terms “genre-bending,” that is, how she exploits and transgresses the expectations and conventions of specific genres such as autobiographical fiction, historiographic metafiction, and speculative fiction. Additional focus on Atwood’s use of intertextuality, especially how, as Kristeva would describe it, she “absorbs and transforms” fairy tales and myths.