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Near Eastern Studies 24, Section 2
Islam and Imaginative Literature: The Making of a Problematic Relation (1 unit, LG)
Professor Muhammad Siddiq
Tuesday 10:00-11:00, 115 Barrows Hall, CCN: 61418
This course explores the status of imaginative literature in Islamic contexts. Beginning with the attitude of the Qur'an towards poetry and poets (which we will compare to the views of Plato and Aristotle on the subject), the course will examine the perimeters of literary expression and the theological constraints placed on it in various phases of Islamic history up to the present. Students are expected to write several short, informal, but analytical essays. In addition, regular attendance and participation in class discussion will figure in determining the overall grade in the course.
Professor Muhammad Siddiq is trained in Comparative Literature with special expertise in Arabic, Hebrew, and English. He is currently working on a project that examines the poetics of Palestine in the works of the major Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.
"It was a very thought provoking challenging experience. I really life the small class size and the professor was great and really entertaining!" - student spring 2009 seminar
"I loved this class!" - student spring 2009 seminar
"Professor Siddiq is awesome and his pedagogic philosophy is reflected in his teaching style when he allows his students to learn by asking and answering our own questions through critical thinking." - student spring 2009 seminar
"Professor Siddiq is really good." -student spring 2009 seminar |
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