Spring 2024

MELC 155 001 - LEC 001

Formerly Near Eastern Studies 155

The Thousand and One Nights in World Literary Imagination

Margaret Larkin

Jan 16, 2024 - May 03, 2024

Tu, Th

11:00 am - 12:29 pm

Wheeler 104

Class #:31449

Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 14

Enrolled: 11

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 25

Waitlist Max: 5

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

6 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week.

Final Exam

THU, MAY 9TH

08:00 am - 11:00 am

Wheeler 104

Other classes by Margaret Larkin

ARABIC 220 001 001SEM

This course investigates the writing, transmission, and reception of The Thousand and One Nights. After studying the tales and examining their structure, students will investigate how stories were transmitted, translated, and received in Europe. This process offers a window into 19th-century attitudes about gender and race, especially Western views of the "oriental" other. How the tales were creatively manipulated by Western writers will be studied as will the influence of these stories on modern Arabic literature. Examples of how the stories are represented in Western films will be considered. All works will be read in English translation.