War and Cultural Memory in Literature and Cinema of the Middle East (ARB-0157)

Spring 2025 · ARB 0157 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Formation of cultural memory and/or memorialization of socially traumatic experiences such as war, viewed through literature and cinema. May include focus on: the Algerian war of independence, the Lebanese civil war, the Iran-Iraq war, the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, among others. Primary texts from these conflicts along with secondary texts on theories of social trauma and cultural memory. In English.

Course codes: ARB-0157, ARB 0157, ARB0157, ARB-157, ARB 157, ARB157, FMS-0178, FMS 0178, FMS0178, FMS-178, FMS 178, FMS178, ILCS-0163, ILCS 0163, ILCS0163, ILCS-163, ILCS 163, ILCS163, ILVS-0157, ILVS 0157, ILVS0157, ILVS-157, ILVS 157, ILVS157

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