Undergraduate Course: Culture and Society in the Modern Middle East (IMES10037)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is designed to offer students an opportunity to become acquainted with modern Middle Eastern culture and society. The course will focus rather on different aspects of social and cultural life, including its high, everyday, material aspects. 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. The central focus of the course will be exploring the emergence, development and critique, of the construction of national society and culture in the Middle East. This focus will be explored using themes such as ethnic and religious minorities, urbanization, trauma and social conflict, and education, through which the students will engage with theoretical issues and a wide range of media and genres to obtain an understanding of these themes through cultural practice and representation. Thus the course will be interdisciplinary, bringing historical, literary, cinematic and ethnographic texts together to explore different aspects as they relate to the development of the national of modern Middle East culture and society. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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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. |
Assessment Information
One 2,500 word essay (30%)
One 3 hour examination (70%)
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
two x 2500 word essays |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Culture, Cultural Studies, Middle East, Gender, Film Studies, Urban Studies, Literature |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sevim Inal
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Course secretary | Ms Rhona Cullen
Tel: (0131 6)50 4182
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