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The focus of the course this term is the work of the writer Jalal Al-e Ahmad (b. 1923 d. 1969). His literature will be discussed in terms of 1) the period in which it was written and 2) the social, …
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(formerly MEI383Y Readings in Modern Persian Literature in Translation) …
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This course explores the making of the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79 and the subsequent establishment of the Islamic Republic. Framed in a comparative perspective, it explains the cultural and …
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This course examines the development of Iranian cinema, particularly experimental and art cinema. Questions of form, and the political and social dimensions of cinema, will be considered alongside the …
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This course offers an examination of the history and culture of the first multicultural superstate of the ancient world, the Achaemenid Empire. Through a close analysis of ancient sources, this course …
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This course will survey the work of the Iranian filmmaker, Abbas Kiarostami, and will do so with an especial interest in the way that Kiarostami’s films raise important questions about tradition, …
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