Middlebury

RELI 0242

The Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights—Storytelling, Orientalism, and Islamic Culture
In this course we will study the great medieval classic The Arabian Nights or The Thousand and One Nights Entertainment. Compiled in Egypt and Syria in the 14th century and translated into French and other European languages in the 17th and 18th centuries, this “ocean story” has had a profound effect on the development of the literatures of both the Middle East and the West. The incorporation of ‘Arabian Nights’ motifs in European art and orientalist discourse will be central in our enquiry. (Formerly RELI 1038) (Not open to students who have already taken RELI 1038.)
Subject:
Religion
Department:
Religion
Division:
Humanities
Requirements Fulfilled:
CMP LIT MDE
Equivalent Courses:
RELI 0135
RELI 1038
RELI 0277
CMLT 0277
CMLT 1038
DANC 0242

Sections

Fall 2022

RELI0242A-F22 Seminar (Goldman)

Fall 2013

RELI0242A-F13 Seminar (Kamath)