BOOKS:
The
following books by Edward Said are required:
1)
Orientalism
2)
Culture and Imperialism;
3)
Covering Islam
4)
The Question of Palestine
5)
Out of Place
6)
The Politics of Dispossession;
7)
From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map
8)
Humanism and Democratic Criticism;
The
following is required as well:
9)
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
BREAKDOWN
OF THE COURSE
1) FIRST WEEK: Introduction to
Edward Said’s Oeuvre and impact on Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim
Relations.
Reading:
Introduction and chapter one of Orientalism
2) SECOND WEEK: Orientalism and
the Field of Islamic Studies.
Reading: Chapter 2 of Orientalism
3) THIRD WEEK: Modern
Orientalism Revisited:
Reading:
Chapter 3 of Orientalism
4) FOURTH WEEK: MASS MEDIA AND ISLAM
Reading: COVERING ISLAM
5) FIFTH WEEK: MASS MEDIA AND
ISLAM
Reading:
Covering Islam.
6) SIXTH WEEK: The Question of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Reading:
The Question of Palestine
7) SEVENTH WEEK: The Question of Palestine
Reading:
The Question of Palestine
8) EIGHTH WEEK: Colonialism, Neocolonialism and Post-colonialism
Reading from Culture and Imperialism; pp. 1-43
9) NINTH WEEK: Colonialism, Neocolonialism and
Post-colonialism
Reading from Culture
and Imperialism; pp. 43-61.
10)
TENTH WEEK: Colonialism, Neocolonialism and Post-colonialism
Reading
from Culture and Imperialism; pp. 282-336
11)
ELEVENTH WEEK: Frantz Fanon
and Colonialism
Reading:
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth.
12)
TWELFTH WEEK: Frantz Fanon
and Colonialism
Reading:
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth.
REQUIREMENTS:
Each
student is required to
1) attend all sessions of the class; 2) give one presentation, and 3) write FOUR
analytical book reviews on the following books BY Edward Said:
1)
Out of Place;
2)
The Politics of Dispossession;
3)
From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map;
4)
Humanism and Democratic Criticism.
Ibrahim
Abu-Rabi