1. The colonial and postcolonial Context of the development of modern Middle Eastern fiction 2. The emergence of the nation as a paradigm for individual and communal identity 3. The spread of nationalism and its impact on literary expression 4. Imagining the nation 5. Programmes of nation building 6. Constructing the national subject 7. The nation as woman 8. Nationalism and the liberation of women 9. National allegories in fiction 10. Questioning political authority 11. Resisting the state 12. Inner and outer exile 13. Literary Genres: memoir, short story and the novel 14. Literary Modes: parody, satire, irony and allegory This module is compulsory for Year 2 students on the BA Middle Eastern Studies programme. Method of assessment An essay of 3,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 1, term 2 (30%); an essay of 3,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 1, term 3 (30%); a response paper of 1,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 5, term 1 (10%); a response paper of 1,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 11, term 1 (10%); a response paper of 1,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 5, term 2 (10%); a response paper of 1,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 11, term 2 (10%). Suggested reading Abdul R. Jan Mohamed and David Lloyd, ed., The Nature and Context of Minority Discourse. Oxford, 1990. Afkhami, Mahnaz, In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran. London, 1994. Allen, Roger, The Arabic Novel: an Historical and Critical Introduction. Syracuse, 1995. Anderson, Benedict, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London, 1991. Badran, Margot, Feminists, Islam and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt. Princeton, 1995. Bardakjian, Kevork B., A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920. Detorit, 2000. as a Western Novel. Princeton, 1990. Beard, Michael, Hedayat’s Blind Owl Dawisha, Adeed Isam, Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: from Triumph to Despair. Princeton, 2003.
1. The colonial and postcolonial Context of the development of modern Middle Eastern fiction 2. The emergence of the nation as a paradigm for individual and communal identity 3. The spread of nationalism and its impact on literary expression 4. Imagining the nation 5. Programmes of nation building 6. Constructing the national subject 7. The nation as woman 8. Nationalism and the liberation of women 9. National allegories in fiction 10. Questioning political authority 11. Resisting the state 12. Inner and outer exile 13. Literary Genres: memoir, short story and the novel 14. Literary Modes: parody, satire, irony and allegory This module is compulsory for Year 2 students on the BA Middle Eastern Studies programme. Method of assessment An essay of 3,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 1, term 2 (30%); an essay of 3,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 1, term 3 (30%); a response paper of 1,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 5, term 1 (10%); a response paper of 1,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 11, term 1 (10%); a response paper of 1,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 5, term 2 (10%); a response paper of 1,000 words to be submitted on day 5, week 11, term 2 (10%). Suggested reading Abdul R. Jan Mohamed and David Lloyd, ed., The Nature and Context of Minority Discourse. Oxford, 1990. Afkhami, Mahnaz, In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran. London, 1994. Allen, Roger, The Arabic Novel: an Historical and Critical Introduction. Syracuse, 1995. Anderson, Benedict, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London, 1991. Badran, Margot, Feminists, Islam and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt. Princeton, 1995. Bardakjian, Kevork B., A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920. Detorit, 2000. Beard, Michael, Hedayat’s Blind Owl as a Western Novel. Princeton, 1990. Dawisha, Adeed Isam, Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: from Triumph to Despair. Princeton, 2003.
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