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CMPL 240 - Gender, Power, and Desire in Middle Eastern and North African Literatures


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

This course will focus on contemporary literary texts from across the Middle East and North Africa that question normative expectations of gender and desire. In addition to novels, short fiction, poetry, and comics, we will read secondary materials to contextualize gender discourses in the region and to understand how social and political institutions govern gender and desire. Topics will include gender and its relationship to nationalism, colonialism, space, class, and education.

Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: A. Al-Raba’a


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