World Literature

Unit VII: Persian and Arabic Literatures

Week 17
Please read:

Time Line, 620-621
Introduction: Persian and Arabic Literatures, 622-629
Introduction: al-Khansa, 630

• "On Her Brother", 631-632

Introduction: The Koran, 633-634

• Koran, selections, 635-636

Introduction: The Thousand and One Nights, 638-639

• from "The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor", 640-644

Behind the Scenes: A Thousand and One Nights of Inspiration, 645
Introduction: The Shahname: The Epic of Persia, 646-648

• from The Tragedy of Sohráb and Rostám, 649-653

Introduction: Omar Khayyam, 654-655

• from the Rubáiyát, 656-659

The Art of Translation: Two Translations of the Rubáiyát, 660
Introduction: Rumi, 661-662

• "Unmarked Boxes", 663-664

Introduction: Saadi, 665-666

• Anecdotes and Sayings of Saadi, 667-671

Language and Culture: Where the Mulla Goes, Laughter Follows, 672-673
Language Skills: Maintaining Verb Tense Consistency, 674-675
Critical Thinking and Writing: Observing and Analyzing a Process, 676-677

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