Fall 2009

MES 381 • PERSIAN PROSE NON-FICTION, PAST & PRESENT

Course Description

This course is a survey of Persian Prose non-fiction from the 10th-20th century with emphasis on selections written in the 19th and 20th centuries. Selections are chosen from Karim Keshavarz, A Thousand Years of Persian Prose, as well as travel diaries and essays written in the past two centuries. Particular attention will be paid to writing style in these works.

Texts

A Thousand Years of Persian Prose and selected essays and polemical writings written in the past two centuries will be available in photocopies or on reserve at PCL

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