Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: FRESHMAN SEMINAR: THE WORLD OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ***** This course looks at the social and cultural world of the stories of the 1001 nights. We will read and discuss many of the stories, learn how these stories (which come from the Islamic world of the middle ages) became famous in Europe, and look at how the translated stories became a source for western images of the Islamic World. We will use material ranging from translations of the stories themselves and similar stories from different traditions to modern movies and television shows. ***** Also offered as FSEM 168.