MEDMgr29 Memory and the City in Arabic Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Danuša Čižmíková, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Danuša Čižmíková, PhD.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 A24, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites
The lectures are open to students from diverse academic backgrounds, and may be of particular interest to students pursuing literary studies and/or memory studies as well as those enrolled in social sciences. No Arabic required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 12/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Cities, and – by extension – places, spaces and built environment are part and parcel of (almost) each and every work of literature. But what role, what function do they play within a literary work? How do cities relate to the characters populating those works of fiction, and what is their relationship to the writers themselves (and vice versa)? Can we make sense of the city, or, of our memory of a certain place, without studying the slow processes of transformation that are continually unfolding with regards to the people, their built environment, and their recollections of it? How do people create, re-create, recall and recollect their memories through their engagement with the city? And, do cities also have memories? This course uses an interdisciplinary approach to study the relationship between the memory and the city as well as the role of literature in capturing the moments and the slow trajectories of gradual transformation of both, our built environment and our memories.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • The literary life of Cairo : one hundred years in the heart of the city. Edited by Samia Mehrez. First published. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2011, xv, 433. ISBN 9789774163906. info
  • The literary atlas of Cairoone hundred years on the streets of the city. Edited by Samia Mehrez. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2010, xv, 337 p. ISBN 9781936190652. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading assignments and class discussions.
Assessment methods
Ongoing assessment: reading assignments, active participation in class discussions. Final assignment: an essay of 10,000 – 14,000 characters to be submitted in English, Slovak or Czech language. Students are encouraged to present their original insights and ideas observing the conventions of the academic essay.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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