Arab Women Writers: An Anthology of Short Stories
The main text, at least in the first half of the semester can be located, which you all should already know by now, as an EBSCO ebook. Here's a link to maybe save you a few clicks: LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESOURCES PAGE
Theoretical Texts
Over time I'll add new theory texts for you to read here. I don't think that there will be so many that this space will need to be expanded, but you never know.
An abridged version of Helen Tiffin's "Post-Colonial Literatures and Counter-Discourse" can be found on Google Books
Gayatri Chakravorty's influential "Can the Subaltern Speak?" can be found in .pdf form here: Link
Advanced World Literature
Welcome to the class page that I can't seem to get to stay on the web. If you're reading this, I've managed to buck the odds and it is on the site and will linger for at least a little bit. We'll see. Don't tell anyone, but I think the course is cursed.
Arabic Letters.
The website below will take you to the spot you need. Again, you need only to know the character and the name of it in the initial position. This includes medial and final positions if you want to write your own name or continue on.
https://web.stanford.edu/dept/lc/arabic/alphabet/chart.html
Just the first seven letters
Part One Growing Up Female:
The Parting Gift Umayma al-Khamis (Saudi Arabia)
At the Beach Buthayna al-Nasiri (Iraq)
Fragments from a Life Sharifa al-Shamlan (Saudi Arabia)
Part Two Love and Sexuality:
The Picture Nawal al-Saadawi (Egypt)
The Picture Latifa al-Zayyat (Egypt)
The Picture Layla al-Uthman (Kuwait)
My Mother’s Friend Nura Amin (Egypt)
A Worthless Woman Hayat Bin al-Shaykh (Tunisia)
Part Three Male-Female Relations:
The Woman of My Dreams Fadila al-Faruq (Algeria)
Mozart’s Fez Samiya At’ut (Palestine)
A Virgin Continent Samira Azzam (Palestine)
An Old Couple Nadiya Khust (Syria)
Part Four Marriage:
My Wedding Night Alifa Rifaat (Egypt)
The Cat, the Maid, and the Wife Daisy al-Amir (Iraq)
The Persian Rug Hanan al-Shaykh (Lebanon)
Part Five Childbearing:
Half a Woman Sufi Abdallah (Egypt)
Heir Apparent Ramziya Abbas al-Iryani (Yemen)
Part Six Self-Fulfillment:
International Women’s Day Salwa Bakr (Egypt)
Part Seven Customs and Values:
Tears for Sale Samira Azzam (Palestine)
Part Eight The Winds of Change:
Short and Sassy Nafila Dhahab (Tunisia)
Marston, Elsa:
Santa Claus in Baghdad: A story from Iraq (2000). Do the best gifts always have to come at a high price?
The Olive Grove: A story from Palestine. Just how do you choose your battles?
Final Exam format:
Part One will be multiple guess at the Arabic Letters
Part Two will be IDs and short answer of texts beginning with "My Wedding Night"
Part Three will be a longer essay putting together a text from the first exam and one from the second half of the course.