Culture and Society in the Modern Middle East (U03966)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LLC-3-U03966

This course is designed to offer students an opportunity to become acquainted with modern Middle Eastern culture and society in more detail than allowed by the existing courses offered by the department. Although it is not possible, even desirable, to ignore the political dimension of Middle Eastern society, the course will focus rather on different aspects of social and cultural life (haute, everyday, material etc.) In some sense therefore it will complement the Middle Eastern Politics course as currently taught. However, the primary aim of the the course will be to complement postgraduate offerings in Middle Eastern Studies, which are currently more heavily weighted to classical and religious studies than to the modern period. It will also seek to provide some exposure to a number of different sub-fields of Middle Eastern and other scholarship such as literature, the arts, material culture, film, media, gender and urban studies.

? Keywords : Culture, Cultural Studies, Middle East, Gender, Film Studies, Urban Studies, Literature

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
08/01/2008	11:10	13:00			Class library, 1st floor, 19 George Square

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

-General understanding of modern cultural issues in the Middle East
-Familiarity with a selection of key works and understanding of crucial theoretical and aesthetic issues.
-Ability to conduct in-depth, critical analysis and comparative studies of a body of works in relation to current theoretical debates on the Middle East.