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Comparative Literature and Culture 3354F/G

CROSSING BORDERS: EUROPE LOOKS (AND WRITES) EAST


This course examines European literary and cultural representations of the Orient. Studying documentary accounts written by travelers, imaginative texts, visual representations, and critical studies of the orientalist tradition, we explore the assumptions that underlie western discourses on people, lands, and cultures beyond its eastern borders.

Prerequisite(s): World Literatures and Cultures 1030, or CLC 1010, or CLC 1040 or CLC 1050E or permission of the Department. Pre-or Corequisite(s): CLC 2200F/G, CLC 3300F/G, or permission of the Department.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY B i  
Subject Code: COMPLIT