{"id":4,"date":"2007-06-24T23:48:51","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T05:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/islammedlit\/syllabus\/"},"modified":"2007-06-25T00:22:06","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T06:22:06","slug":"syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/islammedlit\/syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PDF version of syllabus available for download <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/islammedlit\/files\/2007\/06\/english-445h-syllabus.pdf\" title=\"English 445 Syllabus\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>English 445<br \/>\nIslam and Medieval Western Narrative<br \/>\nProfessor Teresa Kennedy<br \/>\ntkennedy@umw.edu<br \/>\n301 Combs Hall<br \/>\nOffice hours:  Monday-Thursday 9:00-10:00<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this course is to explore the complex and often paradoxical relationship between Islamic sources in literature, art, and philosophy with the Western tradition of the High Middle Ages (12th-14th centuries). This course will be reading intensive, and will draw on multiple sources both online and in print.<\/p>\n<p>Course requirements are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Group Work, including class blog:  25%<br \/>\nSeminar paper (at least 12 pages, fully documented):  50%<br \/>\nPresentations:  25% (including one 20 minute paper presentation)<\/p>\n<p>Because of time constraints during the summer session, your final research draft will not be due until August 10.<\/p>\n<p>The following texts are required and are available in the bookstore:<\/p>\n<p>Menocal, Maria Rosa. Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History<br \/>\nByatt, A.S., ed. Arabian Nights<br \/>\nSaid, Edward. Orientalism<br \/>\nBoccaccio, Giovanni. Decameron<br \/>\nIrwin, Robert. Companion to the Arabian Nights<br \/>\nDronke, Peter. Medieval Lyric Poetry<\/p>\n<p>e-texts:  (available on line)<\/p>\n<p>Dante. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adkline.freeuk.com\/TheNewLifeI.htm\">Vita Nuova<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dante.ilt.columbia.edu\/new\/comedy\/index.html\">Inferno<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rep.routledge.com\/article\/H057\">Islamic Philosophy. Routledge Encylopedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Class schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Week of June 25:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backgrounds to Islam in the West<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday:  Explanation of group work on blog; group assignments, course outline\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:  Irwin, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oceans of Stories;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Chapter 3); Menocal, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Chapters 1 and 2 (1-70). Comment on reading on class blog, noting themes and categories in common.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday:  Theoretical Frameworks: Mysticism &amp; Platonism\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:  Dronke, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153History of 12-century Philosophy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d: 113-150; Colish 175-264; (posted on class blog\u00e2\u20ac\u201dremember to comment).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday:  Imagining the Moslem in the European Middle Ages\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:  Frassetto, ed. Chapter 2 (Cruz) \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Popular Attitudes towards Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u009d 55-82 (On blog). Byatt, Arabian Nights:  3-154; Edward Said, Orientalism (especially first three chapters).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday:  Troubadors and Courtly Love\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:  Menocal, 71-114; Dronke, Medieval Lyrics (Selections to be announced); Also read http:\/\/www.arabworldbooks.com\/Literature\/troubadour_poetry.htm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week Two: Exoticism and Psychosexual anxiety<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday:  The Matter of Troy\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:  Roman d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Eneas 199-257 (On blog); Burger &amp; Kruger, eds. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Sodomitic Moor\u00e2\u20ac\u009d 99-122; \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Chaste Subjects\u00e2\u20ac\u009d 123-142 (On blog).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday:  The Matter of Britain\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:  Lancelot, Chretien de Troyes. (http:\/\/omacl.org\/Lancelot\/)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday:  The Matter of Greece???? Decameron\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:  Irwin, Chapters 7 and 8.; Decameron Days 1-3. Arabian Nights 254-360.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday:  Decameron Day 4, Day 6, Day 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week Three:  Anxieties of Crusades<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday: Eleanor of Aquitaine and the 2nd Crusade\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:  Research this topic independently<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday:  Chivalry?\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:  Malory:  http:\/\/www.luminarium.org\/medlit\/malorybib.htm  Book 8 (Tristan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday:  Arthurian legends and the Arabian Nights\n<ul>\n<li>Reading: TBD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week Four: The Italian Tradition<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday:  Dante and the Arabic Tradition\n<ul>\n<li>Reading, Menocal Chapter 5; Dante Vita Nuova. Inferno.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday:  Dante and the Arabic lyric\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:  TBD (Dronke)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday:  Dante and religious narrative\n<ul>\n<li>Reading: Cantor (online)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday: Encylopedic Texts\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:  Decameron, Book X<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week Five:  Conclusions, Seminar paper presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PDF version of syllabus available for download here. 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