MØNA1300
Litteraturhistorie og språkforhold i Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika
Pensum Vår 2009. Revidert 14. januar 2009

Pensum: 	består av alle tekstene fra A. “Hoveddel” [= Fellesdelen + introduksjonsdeler (oversikter) + felles skjønnlitteratur (utdrag)] + 1 tekst fra del B. “Obligatorisk fordypning”. 
Muntlig fremføring: 	skal være basert på en av tekstene fra A.3 “Felles skjønnlitteratur” 
Hjemmeeksamen: 	skal være basert på en tekst fra del B. “Obligatorisk fordypning” i forbindelse med det studentene lærer i kurset i løpet av semesteret.

OVERSIKT 	A. Obligatorisk hoveddel
1)	Fellesdelen (alle eller flere språk)
2)	Introduksjoner/Oversikter og utvalg av sekundærlitteratur
3)	Felles skjønnlitteratur (noveller og romanutdrag i oversettelse som alle skal lese)
B. Obligatorisk fordypning
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C. Videre Anbefalinger / Referanselitteratur
D. Detaljert undervisningsplan

*Kjøpes som egen bok.

A. OBLIGATORISK HOVEDDEL
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1) Fellesdelen (alle eller flere språk)
•	Mostyn, Trevor & Horani, Albert (1988): “Part IV, Culture [excerpts]”, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa. Cambridge University Press, ss. 26-32, 196-215. (Classical Arabic literature, Modern Arabic literature, Classical Turkish literature, Modern Turkish literature, Classical Persian literature, Modern Persian literature, Medieval Hebrew literature, Modern Hebrew literature) (27s.)
•	Yapp, Malcolm (1991): “Modernization and Literature in the Near and Middle East 1850-1914,” i: Modern Literature in the Near and Middle East 1850–1970, ed. R. Ostle, London: Routledge, ss. 3-16. (14s.)
•	Guth, Stephan (1996): A World Full of Secrets. The hero as detective in two novels from Egypt and Turkey [on Ṣun‘allāh Ibrāhīm: “Al-Lajna”; Orhan Pamuk: “Kara Kitap”] [= lecture 8 Feb., 1994, Orient-Institut d. DMG, Beirut]. – Appeared as: Beirut Zokak el-Blat(t) [= Occasional Papers of the Orient-Institut, Beirut], 2, May 1996. (16s.)
•	Guth, Stephan (2008): “Individuality Lost, Fun Gained. Some Recurrent Motifs in Late Twentieth-Century Arabic and Turkish Novels”. Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 7 (2007, publ. Feb. 2008), pp. 25-49. [Pre-paper JAIS Internet: http://www.uib.no/jais/v007/GuthPP.pdf]. (25s.)
•	Klages, Mary (2003): “Postmodernism”. http://www.colorado.edu/English/courses/ENGL2012Klages/pomo.html (4s.)

A. Oblig.hoveddel | A.1 Fellesdelen | A.2 Intros/oversikter | A.3 Felles skjønnlitteratur | B. Oblig.fordypning | Referanselitteratur | Undervisningsplan

2) Introduksjoner/Oversikter og utvalg av sekundærlitteratur
alle språk (SG):	Allen, Roger [2009]: “Introduction” to Essays in Literary Biography, ed. R. Allen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz (mîzân series). (23s.) 
Daragahi, Haideh (1984): “The Shaping of the Modern Persian Short Story: Jamalzadih’s ‘Preface’ to Yiki Bud, Yiki Badud” [M.-‘A. Jamālzādeh, Yeki bud yeki nabud, 1921], in: Critical Perspectives on Modern Persian Literature, ed. & comp. by Thomas M. Ricks, Boulder, Colorado, pp. 104-23; eller: Żiyā Gökalp: excerpts from Türkçüluğüñ Esāsları (1923), i: R. Devereux, The Principles of Turkism, Leiden: Brill, 1968, selected passages. (20s.)
Guth, Stephan (1997): “Fa-ġrawraqat ‘uyūnuhum bi-d-dumū‘... – Some notes on the flood of tears in early modern Arabic prose literature”. – In: Encounters of Words and Texts: Intercultural Studies in Honor of Stefan Wild..., ed. by L. Edzard and Chr. Szyska, Hildesheim [etc.]: Olms, pp. 111-23. (13s.)
Hamarneh, W. (1998): “fiction, modern”. In: Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature, ed. J. Scott Meisami & P. Starkey, London/New York, vol. i, 230-3. (3s.)
Pflitsch, Andreas [2009]: “The End of Illusions. On Arab postmodernism”. About to be published London: Saqi Books. (11s.) 
Stagh, Marina (1996): “Några viktiga teman i arabisk litteratur”, i: M. Stagh, Modern Arabisk prosa, Lund, s. 40-82. (23s.)
Yavari, Houra (2002): The Persian Novel. (12s.) http://www.iranchamber.com/literature/articles/persian_novel.php	
Arabisk (GM):	Mejdell, Gunvor (1986): “The Image of Europe in Egyptian Literature”, i: Laanatza m.fl. (red.), Egypt under Pressure, Uppsala. (20s.)
Allen, Roger (1982): “Mawsim al-hijra ilā ’l-shamāl” (analyse av Tayeb Salihs roman), i: R. Allen, The Arabic Novel: an Historical and Critical Introduction, New York, 131-8. (6s.) 	
Persisk (NZ):	*Kamshad, Hassan (1996): Modern Persian Prose Literature. Iranbooks, Bethesda, Maryland, kap. II, V, VII, IX, XI, XII, XIII, XIV = ss. 31-40, 54-8, 85-134 (ca. 70s.) 
Nafisi, Azar (2003): Images of Women in Classical Persian Literature and the Contemporary Iranian Novel. (8s.) http://www.iranchamber.com/literature/articles/women_persian_literature.php
Yavari, Houra (2002): The Persian Short Story. (15s.) 
http://www.iranchamber.com/literature/articles/persian_short_story.php	
Tyrkisk (BB):	Brendemoen, Bernt (1989): “Den tyrkiske språkreformen”, i: Svenska Forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul – Meddelanden 14: 29-46. (18s.)
––– (upubl.): Orhan Pamuks humanisme [manus]. (8s.)
–––  (1993): “Orhan Pamuk og hans Svarte Bok”, i: Svenska ÑÇ²©ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø_ÑÇ²©ptÊÖ»ú¿Í»§¶ËµÇÂ¼sinstitutet i Istanbul – Meddelanden 18: 21-60. (40s.)
––– (1995): “Istanbul i tyrkisk litteratur”, i: Midtøsten-forum 9/2: 22-27. (6s.)	
Hebraisk (SG):	Abramson, Glenda (1995): “Israeli Literature as an Emerging National Literature,” in: Israel. The First Decade of Independence, ed. Ilan Troen and Noah Lucas, State University of New York Press, s. 331-53 (23s.)
[flere forfattere] (2007): “Hebrew Literature, Modern”, i: Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed., vol. 8: 684 ff. (40s.)
Yudkin, Leon I. (1991): “Israel”, i: Modern Literature in the Near and Middle East 1850–1970, ed. R. Ostle, London etc.: Routledge, ss. 213-25 (13s.)
 Further readings may be distributed in class. (up to 50s.)	

A. Oblig.hoveddel | A.1 Fellesdelen | A.2 Intros/oversikter | A.3 Felles skjønnlitteratur | B. Oblig.fordypning | Referanselitteratur | Undervisningsplan
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3) Felles skjønnlitteratur  (Noveller og romanutdrag i oversettelse som alle skal lese)
Arabisk	DAVF = 	Den arabiske verden forteller. Arabiske noveller, utvalgt og presentert av Gunvor Mejdell og Sabry Hafez, [Oslo]: De norske Bokklubbene, 1997.
MASS = 	Modern Arabic Short Stories, ed./transl. D. Johnson-Davies, London: Heinemann / Washington DC: Three Continents Press, 1978.

Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī: “The Court of Appeal” (Maḥkamat al-isti’nāf), fra Ḥadīth ‘Īsā b. Hishām (1898ff./1907), = ch. 7 i: Roger Allen, A Period of Time, s. 145-55 (10s.)
Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān, “The Cry of the Graves” (Ṣurākh al-qubūr), fra Rebellious Spirits (al-Arwāḥ al-mutamarrida, 1908), transl. ..., s. (ca. 10s.)
Muṣṭafā Luṭfī al-Manfalūṭī: “The Happy City”, “A White Hair”, “Time’s Lesson” (Madīnat al-sa‘āda, al-Sha‘ra al-bayḍā’, ‘Ibrat al-dahr), from al-Naẓarāt (collected essays, publ. as book in 1910-20 [3 vols.]), transl. by N. Barbour, Islamic Culture 8 (July 1934), s. 448-456, and ibid. (Oct. 1934), 624-30 (15s.)
Muḥammad Ḥusayn Haykal: Zaynab (1913), chs. I-1 & II,5, transl. J. M. Grinsted, Mohammed Hussein Haikal’s Zaynab, the first Egyptian Novel, London: Darf, 1989, s. 2-9, 129-41, og summary of contents in Hilary Kilpatrick, The Modern Egyptian Novel. A Study in Social Criticism, London: Ithaca, 1974, 200-1 (ca. 20s.)
Maḥmūd Taymūr: “The Comedy of Death” (Mahzalat al-mawt, 1925), i: M. Teymour, Tales from Egyptian Life, transl. D. Johnson-Davies, Cairo: The Renaissance Bookshop, [ca. 1960], 127-35 (8s.), eller “Imamen som gifte sig många gånger om” (al-Shaykh Na‘īm al-imām, aw: al-Mizwāj, 1930), i: Ingvar Rydberg (transl./ed.), Arabiska berättare, [Stockholm]: Gidlunds, 1980, 41-51 (11s.)
Maḥmūd Ṭāhir Lāshīn: “Village Small Talk” (Ḥadīth al-qarya, 1929), i: S. Hafez, The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse, London: Saqi, 1993, 262-8 / “Landsbyprat”, i: DAVF, 13-21 (7s.)
Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm: excerpts from Return of the Spirit (‘Awdat al-rūḥ, 1934), transl. W. M. Hutchins, Washington DC: Three Continents Press, 1990, s. 27, 174-84 (12s.)
Yūsuf Idrīs: “The Cheapest Nights” (Arkhaṣ layālī, 1953), i: Y.I., The Cheapest Nights. Short Stories, transl. W. Wassef, London: Heinemann / Washington DC: Three Continents Press, 1978, 1-6 (7s.); eller “Farahat’s Republic” (Jumhūriyyat Faraḥāt, 1954), i: MASS, 1-18 (18s.)
Nagīb Maḥfūẓ: “Zaabalawi” (Za‘balāwī, 1963), i: MASS, 135-45 (11s.)
Yūsuf al-Shārūnī: “The Crowd” (al-Ziḥām, 1963), i: Arabic Writing Today: The Short Story, ed. M. Manzalaoui, Cairo: American Research Center in Egypt / Dar al-Maaref, 1968, 328-42 / “Trengsel”, i: DAVF, 113-28 (15s.)
Laylā Ba‘albakkī: “A Space Ship of Tenderness to the Moon” (Safīnat ḥanān ilā ’l-qamar, 1963), i: MASS, 128-34 = “Et kjærlighetens romskip til månen”, i: DAVF, 305-12 (8s.)
al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ: utvalgte kapitler fra [Tayeb Salih,] Trekket mot Nord [Mawsim al-hijra ilā ’l-shamāl, 1966], overs. av A. Aabakken, Oslo: Gyldendal, 2003 = Season of Migration to the North, transl. Denys Johnson-Davis, London: Heinemann 1969 (og senere). (ca. 40s.)
Nagīb Maḥfūẓ: “Under the Bus Shelter” (Taḥt al-miẓalla, 1969), i: Flights of Fantasy. Arabic Short Stories, ed./transl. C. Kassem & M. Hashem, Cairo: Elias Modern Publishing House, 2nd rev. ed. 1996, 85-92 (8s.)
Yūsuf Idrīs: “Kjødets hus” (Bayt min laḥm, 1971), i: DAVF, 97-103 (7s.)
Ilyās Khūrī (Elias Khoury): “Lille fjell” (al-Jabal al-ṣaghīr, 1977), i: DAVF, 313-26 (14s.)
Zakariyyā Tāmir: “Sjasminens død” (Mawt al-yāsimīn, 1973), i: DAVF, 277-81, og “Tigrene den tiende dag” (al-Numūr fī ’l-yawm al-‘āshir, 1978), ibid., 282-5 (9s.), og “The Day That Genghis Khan Got Angry” (Yawma ghaḍiba Jinghīz Khān, 1979), i: Flights of Fantasy. Arabic Short Stories, ed./transl. C. Kassem & M. Hashem, Cairo: Elias Modern Publishing House, 2nd rev. ed. 1996, 189-192 (4s.), og “Snow at Night” (Thaljun ākhira ’l-layl, 1963), i: Arabic Writing Today: The Short Story, ed. M. Manzalaoui, Cairo: American Research Center in Egypt / Dar al-Maaref, 1968, 269-75 (7s.)
Idwār (Edward) al-Kharrāṭ: “Ustyrlige hvite skyer” (ch. 1 “al-Siḥāb al-abyaḍ al-jāmiḥ”, fra: Turābuhā za‘farān, 1986), i: DAVF, 129-40 (12s.)
Ḥanān al-Shaykh: “Jeg feier solen av hustakene” (Ukannis al-shams ‘an al-suṭūḥ, 1994), i novellesamlingen Jeg feier solen av hustakene, overs. (fra engelsk) av B. Klinge, Oslo: Gyldendal, 2000, s. 82-100. (18s.)
‘Alā’ al-Aswānī: Utvalgte kapitler fra [Alaa Al Aswany], Yacoubian-bygningen  (‘Imārat Ya‘qūbiyān, 2002), overs. av Linda Kjosaas, [Oslo]: Gyldendal, 2007. (ca. 20s.)
 Further readings may occasionally be suggested during the semester. (up to 30s.)	
Persisk	Mirzā Fatḥ-‘Ali Ākhundzāde (Axundov/ Mirza Fatali Akhundov): “The Stars Were Deceived” (Setāregān-e ferib-khorde, 1859) (Internet). (11s.)
*Heshmat Moayyad (ed.): Stories from Iran: A Chicago Anthology 1921-1991. Mage Publ., 1997. (ca. 100s.)
Ṣādeq Hedāyat [Sadegh Hedajat]: Den blinde ugla (Buf-e kur, 1936), overs. av Joh. Gjæråker, Oslo: Aschehoug, 2002, 3-26. (23s.)
Simin Dāneshvar: En familie fra Shiraz (Suvashun, 1969), overs. av N. Zandjani, Oslo: Gyldendal, 2007, 103-22. (20s.)
Maḥmud Doulatābādi: Den tomme plassen etter Soluch (Jā-ye khāli-ye Soluch, 1979), overs. av N. Zandjani, Oslo: Solum, 2008, 21-40. (20s.)
Alishahi, Soudabeh: Midtveis – Noveller fra Iran. Oversatt av Nina Zandjani, Oslo: Cappelen, 2002. 
	Novellene “Oransje” og “Lukten av fisk” (ca. 10s.) 	
Tyrkisk	Noveller i: Kemal Silay (ed.), An Anthology of Turkish Literature, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. 
İbrahim Şinasi: “The Wedding of a Poet: A One-Act Comedy” (Şair Evlenmesi, 1859), 240-9 (10s.) 
Refik Halit Karay: “The Joke” (Şaka , 1913), 303-8 (6s.)
Ömer Seyfettin: “The Secret Temple” (Gizli Mabed, 1923), 270-4 (5s.) og “Butt” (…, 19..), 275-9 (5s.)
Memduh Şevket Esendal: “The Superindendent” (… , 19..), 410-3 (4s.), og “The Feminist” (… , 19..), 414-6 (3s.)
Sait Faik Abasıyanık: “A Dot on the Map” (… , 19..), 397-401 (4s.), og “The Man Who Doesn’t Know What a Tooth or a Toothache Is” (… , 19..), 401-3 (2s.)
Orhan Kemal: exc. from Ward 72 (72. Koğuş, 1954), 417-25 (9s.)
Ahmed Hamdi Tanpınar: fra The Clock-Setting Institute (Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü, 1961), 384-90 (7s.)
Yusuf Atılgan: fra Motherland Hotel (Anayurt Oteli, 1973), 588-93 (6s.)
Latife Tekin: fra Berji Kristin. Tales from the Garbage Hills (Berci Kristin Çöp Masalları, 1984), 572-577. (6s.)
Haldun Taner: “The Foot” (Ayak, 1954), i: Thickhead, and other stories, transl. G. Lewis, London & Boston: Forest Books/Unesco, 1988, 9-32 (23s.)
Aziz Nesin: “Hamdi the Elephant” (Fil Hamdi, 1977), i: A.N., Turkish Stories from Four Decades, sel./transl. L. Mitler, Washington DC: Three Continents Pr., 1991, 163-72 (10s.)
Pamuk, Orhan: Svart Bok [orig. Kara Kitap, 1990]. Oslo: Gyldendal, 1994 og senere; utvalgte kapitler. (55s.)	
Hebraisk	S. Y. Agnon: “Agunot” (…, 1908), i: MHL, s. 179-94 (16s.)
N. H. Bialik: “The Short Friday” (…, 1925), i: MHL, s. 105-24 (20s.)
S. Yizhar: “The Prisoner” (…, 1948), i: MHL, s. 291-310 (20s.)
Amos Oz: “Before His Time” (…, 1962), i: MHL, s. 329-50 (22s.)
MHL = 	Modern Hebrew Literature, ed. Robert Alter, New York: Behrman House, 1975. – Store deler av boka er fritt tilgjengelige hos books.google.com.  Se også lenke i Fronter; der finnes også sidene som mangler: Alter1975_ModHebLit_ComplementaryPages. 
 Further readings may occasionally be suggested during the semester. (up to 30s.)	

A. Oblig.hoveddel | A.1 Fellesdelen | A.2 Intros/oversikter | A.3 Felles skjønnlitteratur | B. Oblig.fordypning | Referanselitteratur | Undervisningsplan
B. OBLIGATORISK FORDYPNING
(hele romaner eller grupper av noveller → relevant for hjemmeeksamen)
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Velg et av de følgende verkene, eller foreslå det selv! (Det anbefales å kjøpe valgt verket; verk som ikke lenger finnes i bokhandelen kan utlånes enten fra biblioteket eller hos læreren)
(utvalget er foreløpig; siste oppdatering: 14. jan. 2009;
videre foreslag følger inntill semesterstart; 
men studentene er også oppmuntret å foreslå/velge selv tekster som ikke står på listen)

Arabisk	•	Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī: Ḥadīth ‘Īsā b. Hishām (1898 ff., book 1907) = Roger Allen: A Period of Time. A Study and translation of Ḥadīth ‘Īsā b. Hishām by Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī, Reading: Ithaca Press, 1992.
•	Maḥmūd Ṭāhir Ḥaqqī: ‘Adhrā’ Dinshawāy (1906) = “The Maiden of Dinshway”, in: Saad El-Gabalawy, Three Pioneering Egyptian Novels, pp. 18-48.
•	J. Kh. Jubrān: al-Arwāḥ al-mutamarrida (1908) = Spirits Rebellious
•	J. Kh. Jubrān: al-Ajniḥa al-mutakassira (1912) = Broken Wings
•	Muḥammad Ḥusayn Haykal: Zaynab (1913) = Mohammed Hussein Haikal’s “Zainab”: the first Egyptian novel  / transl. from the Arabic by J. M. Grinsted, London: Darf, 1989.
•	Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm: ‘Awdat ar-rūḥ (1927, publ. 1933) = Return of the Spirit / transl. William M. Hutchins, Washington: Three Continents Press, 1990. 
•	Ṭāhā Ḥusayn: al-Ayyām I (1929) = The Days / Egyptian Childhood
•	Maḥmūd Ṭāhir Lāshīn: Hawwā’ bi-lā Ādam (1934) = Eve without Adam, in: Three Pioneering Egyptian Novels (...) / transl. with a critical introd. by S. el-Gabalawy, Fredericton: York Press, 1986, pp. 49-94.
•	Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm: Yawmiyyāt nā’ib fī ’l-aryāf (1937) = The Maze of Justice: Diary of a Country Prosecutor: an Egyptian novel, transl. by Abba Eban, London: Saqi, 1989.
•	Yaḥyā Ḥaqqī: Qindīl Umm Hāshim (1944) = The Lamp of Umm Hashim, and other stories, transl. D. Johnson-Davies, Cairo & New York: AUC Press, 2004.
•	Nagīb Maḥfūẓ, Zuqāq al-Midaqq (1947) = Midaq Alley / Naguib Mahfouz, transl. by T. Le Gassick / norsk: Midaqq-smuget / Naguib Mahfouz, overs. av B. O. Utvik, [Oslo]: Pax, 1989.
•	Nagīb Maḥfūẓ, Bayn al-qaṣrayn (1956); Qaṣr al-shawq (1957); al-Sukkariyya (1957); engelsk eller norsk oversettelser
•	‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sharqāwī, al-Arḍ (1953) = Egyptian Earth / Abdel Rahman al-Sharqawi, transl. by D. Stewart, foreword by Robin Ostle, London: Saqi Books, 1990.
•	Nagīb Maḥfūẓ: Awlād Ḥaritnā (1959) = The Children of Gebelawi / Naguib Mahfouz; transl. by Philip Stewart. London: Heinemann, 1981 & later
•	Nagīb Maḥfūẓ: al-Liṣṣ wa’l-kilāb (1962) = The Thief and the Dogs / Naguib Mahfouz, transl. by T. Le Gassick & M.M. Badawi, Cairo: AUC Press, 1984.
•	Ghassān Kanafānī: Rijāl fī ’l-shams (1963) = “Menn under sola”, fra Menn under sola …, Pax Forlag, 1977, s. 7-65 = “Men in the Sun”, i Men in the Sun…, transl. H. Kilpatrick, London etc.: Heinemann, 1978, 9-56.
•	Ṣun‘allāh Ibrāhīm: Tilka ’l-rā’iḥa (1965/66) = The Smell of It, transl. D. Johnson-Davies, London: Heinemann etc., 1971 (og senere).
•	al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ: Mawsim al-hijra ilā ’l-shamāl (1966) = Tayeb Salih, Trekket mot Nord, Oslo: Gyldendal, 2003 / engl.: Season of Migration to the North, transl. D. Johnson-Davies, London: Heinemann etc., 1969 (og senere).
•	‘Abdalḥakīm Qāsim: Ayyām al-insān al-sab‘a (1969) = The Seven Days of Man, transl. by J. N. Bell, Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern Univ. Pr. / hydra books, 1996.
•	Tawfīq Y. ‘Awwād: Ṭawāḥīn Bayrūt (1972) = Death in Beirut, transl. by L. McLoughlin, London: Heinemann, 1976.
•	Muḥammed Shukrī: al-Ḫubz al-ḥāfī (1972/73) = For Bread Alone / Mohamed Choukri, transl. and with an introd. by Paul Bowles, London: Owen, 1973 and later.
•	Gamāl al-Ghīṭānī: al-Zaynī Barakāt (1974) = Zayni Barakat / Gamal al-Ghitani; transl. by F. Abdel Wahab. London & New York: Penguin Books, 1990, c1988
•	Emīl Ḥabībī: al-Mutashā’il (1974) = The Secret Life of Saeed, the Ill-Fated Pessoptimist: A Palestinian Who Became a Citizen of Israel / by Emile Habiby; transl. by Salma Khadra Jayyusi and Trevor Le Gassick.  New York: Vantage, 1982.
•	Ḥanān al-Shaykh: Ḥikāyat Zahra (1980) = The Story of Zahra / Hanan al-Shaikh, London 1986.
•	Ṣun‘allāh Ibrāhīm: al-Lajna (1981) = The Committee: a novel / Sun‘allah Ibrahim; transl. by M. St. Germain & Ch. Constable, Syracuse NY: Syracuse UP, 2001.
•	Edward al-Kharrāt: Turābuhā za‘farān (1985) = City of Saffron / Edwar al-Kharrat; transl. by F. Liardet, London: Quartet, 1989.
•	Ilyās Khūrī: Riḥlat Ghāndī al-ṣaghīr (1989) = The Journey of Little Ghandi / Elias Khoury, transl. by P. Haydar, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1994.
•	Ṣun‘allāh Ibrāhīm: Dhāt (1992) = Zaat / Sonallah Ibrahim; transl. by A. Calderbank, Cairo & New York: AUC Press, 2001.
•	Mīrāl al-Ṭaḥāwī: al-Khibā’ (1996) = The Tent: a novel / Miral al-Tahawy; transl. by A. Calderbank, Cairo: AUC Press, 1998.
•	‘Alā’ al-Aswānī: ‘Imārat Ya‘qūbiyān (2002) = Yacoubian-bygningen / Alaa Al Aswany; oversatt av Linda Kjosaas, [Oslo]: Gyldendal, 2007.	
Persisk	•	Ṣādeq Hedāyat: Buf-e kur (1936) = Sadegh Hedajat, Den blinde ugla / oversatt av Joh. Gjæråker, Oslo: Aschehoug, 2002.
•	Jalāl Āl-e Aḥmad: Modir-e madraseh (1958) = The School Principal: a novel, transl. by J. K. Newton, introd. & notes by M.C. Hillmann, Minneapolis: Bibl. Isl., 1974.
•	Simin Dāneshvar: Suvashun (1969) = En familie fra Shiraz / S. Daneshvar, overs. av N. Zandjani, Oslo: Gyldendal, 2007.
•	Maḥmud Doulatābādi: Jā-ye khāli-ye Soluch (1979) = Den tomme plassen etter Soluch, overs. av N. Zandjani, Oslo: Solum, 2008.	
Tyrkisk	•	Halide Edip (Adıvar): Ateşten Gömlek (1923) = The Shirt of Flame, New York: Duffield & Co., 1924; svensk: Eldskjortan: roman från världskriget / overs. av Hjalmar Lindquist, Stockholm: Norstedt, 1928.
•	Yakup Kadri (Karaosmanoğlu): Yaban (1932) => Joseph Stead Jacobson, Occidental elements in Yakup Kadri's novel, Yaban, Photocopy of typescript, Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Dissertation Services, 2004, Ph.D. thesis University of Utah, 1971; includes a translation of the novel, entitled: The Alien.
•	Halide Edip (Adıvar): Sinekli Bakkal (1935) = The Clown and his Daughter, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1935 = Gjøgleren og hans datter, overs. av J. Grieg Cederblad, Oslo: Gyldendal, 1938 = Rabia, koransångerskan [Stockholm]: Hökerberg, 1947.
•	Yaşar Kemal: İnce Memed (1955) = Memed, My Hawk / Yashar Kemal, transl. by Edouard Roditi, London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1961.
•	Latife Tekin: Berci Kristin Çöp Masalları (1984) = Berji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills, transl. by R. Christie & S. Paker, London: Marion Boyars, 1993.
•	Orhan Pamuk: Beyaz Kale (1985) = The White Castle, transl. by V. Holbrook, Manchester (Britain): Carcanet, 1990.
•	Orhan Pamuk: Kara Kitap (1990) = Svart Bok, overs. av B. Brendemoen, Oslo 1994 og senere.
•	Orhan Pamuk: Kar (2002) = Snø, overs. av A. Erbaydar og A. Storrud, Oslo: Gyldendal, 2005 = Snow; transl. by M. Freely, London: Faber and Faber, 2004.	
Hebraisk	Se lister med anbefalinger i Fronter :
•	HebrewLiterature_ReadersGuide (Naomi Brenner, “A Reader’s Guide”)
•	Alter1975_ModHebLit_Suggestions	

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Allmen referanselitteratur
EAL = 	Encyclopedia of Arabic literature, 2 vols., ed. Julie Scott Meisami and Paul Starkey, London: Routledge, 1998. 
CHAL[MAL] = The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature, vol. IV. = Modern Arabic Literature, ed. M. M. Badawi, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. 
EI2/EI3= 	The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd/3rd edition. – Online via BibSys
EIr = 	Encyclopaedia Iranica.
II = 	Index Islamicus, comp. Pearson. – Online via BibSys.

Midøstens litteraturhistorie generelt 
Ostle, Robin (ed., 1991): Modern Literature in the Near and Middle East, 1850-1970. Routledge, London.

Arabisk 
Abdel-Meguid, Abdel-Aziz (1956?): The Modern Arabic Short Story. Its Emergence, Development, and Form. Dār al-Ma‛ārif, Cairo.
Allen, Roger (1982): The Arabic Novel. A historical and critical introduction. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse Univ. Pr.
Allen, Roger (comp. & ed., 1987): Modern Arabic Literature. Ungar Publ. Co., New York.
Badawi, M. M. (1993): A Short History of Modern Arabic Literature. Clarendon Press, Oxford [etc.]. 
Badawi, M. M. (1992): “The Background”, in: id. (ed.), Modern Arabic Literature, Cambridge UP (Cambridge History of Arabic Literature / CHAL), pp. 1-23.
Brugman, Jan (1984): An Introduction to the History of Modern Arabic Literature in Egypt. Leiden: Brill. (= Studies in Arabic Literature; 10).
Cachia, Pierre (1990): An Overview of Modern Arabic Literature. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. (Islamic Surveys).
Hafez, Sabry (1992): “The modern Arabic short story”. In: M. M. Badawi (ed., 1992), Modern Arabic Literature [CHALMAL], 270-328, esp. till 290.
Hafez, Sabry (1993): The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse. A study in the sociology of modern Arabic literature. London: Saqi Books.
Hafez, Sabry (2007): The Quest for Identities. The Development of the Modern Arabic Short Story. Saqi Books, London [etc.]. 
Jad, Ali B. (1983): Form and Technique in the Egyptian Novel, 1912-1971. London: Ithaca Pr. (= St Antony's Middle East Monographs; 13).
Kilpatrick, Hilary (1974): The Modern Egyptian Novel. A Study in Social Criticism. London: Ithaca Pr. (= St Antony's Middle East Monographs; 1).
Moosa, Matti (1983): The Origins of Modern Arabic Fiction. Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press.
Ostle, Robin (ed., 1991): Modern Literature in the Near and Middle East, 1850-1970. London u. New York: Routledge. (Routledge/SOAS Contemporary Politics and Culture in the Middle East Series). 
Stagh, Marina (1996): Modern arabisk prosa. Linjer och utveckling i 1900-talets arabiska prosa samt kommenterad boklista. Lund: Bibliothekstjänst.
Starkey, Paul (2006): Modern Arabic Literature. Edinburgh UP (The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys).
Tresilian, David (2008): A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature. London: Saqi.

Tyrkisk 
Evin, Ahmet Ö. (1983): Origins and Development of the Turkish Novel. Minneapolis: Bibliotheca Islamica.
Mitler, Louis (1988): Contemporary Turkish Writers. A critical bio-bibliography. Bloomington.

Persisk 
Kamshad, Hassan (1966): Modern Persian Prose Literature. Cambridge: CUP.
Katouzian, Homa (1991): “Iran”. = ch. 10 in: Ostle (ed., 1991), 130-157.
Meisami, Julie (1991): “Iran”. = ch. 4 in: Ostle (ed., 1991), 45-62.

Hebraisk
Alter, Robert (n.d.): “The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Literature”, MyJewishLearning.
[anon.] (n.d.): “Overview: Hebrew Literature”, MyJewishLearning.
Brenner, Naomi (n.d.): “A Reader’s Guide: Hebrew literature in translation”, MyJewishLearning.
Sáenz-Badillos, Angel. 1993. A History of the Hebrew Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, s. 1-15.
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Ikke-engelske / ikke-norske titler
Akyüz, Kenan (1964): “La littérature moderne de Turquie”. In: PhTF II: 465-634.
Balaÿ, Christophe (1998): La genèse du roman persan moderne. Téhéran: Institut Français de Recherche en Iran. (Bibliothèque iranienne; 48).
Brockelmann, Carl: Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Suppl. III. GAL S III 
Camera d’Afflitto, Isabella (1998): Letteratura araba contemporanea: dalla nahḍah a oggi. Carocci editore, Roma. 
Dino, Guzine (1973): La genèse du roman turc au XIXe siècle. Paris: Association Langues et Civilisations. (POF; 802). 
Dolinina, Anna Arkad’evna (1973): Očerki istorii arabskoj literatury novogo vremeni. Egipet i Sirija. Prosvetitel’skij roman 1870-1914 gg. Moskva: Izdatel’stvo Nauka.
Finn, Robert P. (1984): Türk Romanı (İlk Dönem: 1872-1900). Türkçesi: Tomris Uyar. Istanbul; Ankara: Bilgi Yayınevi. (= Bilgi Yayınları: Bilgi Dizisi; 36).
Guth, Stephan (2003): Brückenschläge. Eine integrierte ‘turkoarabische’ Romangeschichte. Wiesbaden: Reichert. 
Kappert, Petra (1985): “Literatur”. In: Südosteuropa-Handbuch, Bd. 4 = Türkei, ed. Klaus-Detlev Grothusen, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 621-649.
Scherf, Kurt (2003): “Die Gegenwartsliteratur Irans”. In: KLfG, 61. Nlg (6/03).
Tomiche, Nada (1993): La littérature arabe contemporaine: roman, nouvelle, théâtre. Maisonneuve et Larose, Paris. 
Wielandt, Rotraud (1980): Das Bild der Europäer in der modernen arabischen Erzähl- und Theaterliteratur. Beirut: Orient-Institut / Wiesbaden: Steiner. (= BTS; 23). 

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	(uke)	dato	tema	lærer	
1.		(4)	23jan	Practical issues. 
Organization of course. Time schedule. Students’ participation
General introduction 
Why, and how, did ‘modern’ Middle Eastern literatures (modMEL) come into being? What does ‘modern’ mean? The traditional system of genres and languages until the 19th c. General characteristics of modMEL. Short overview over most important stages of development/change in the history of modMELs	SG	
2.		(5)	30jan	19th century: background (pre-colonial)
national markets, efforts in modernization/tanẓīmāt; new intellectual elites: enlightenment/nahḍa/haskala: autochthonous (pre-Europeanizing) approaches to reform & reception of European models (translation movement); language issue; early social romances 
Beginning colonialism, fin de siècle/belle époque, & breakdown of old empires
Social (& political) criticism; historical novels, neo-maqāmāt, satirical reviews, allegories; S̱ervet-i Fünūn	SG	
3.		(6)	06feb	1900 – WW I 
The mahjar, sentimentalism/emotionalism, ‘romantic’ nationalism, idealism, enthusiasm; the project of ‘national literature’	SG	
4.		(7)	13feb	WW I – WW II 
Early ‘national literature’; awakening from idealism, sobriety, ‘romantic realism’ / ‘realist romanticism’
NZ: Jamālzādeh; Ṣādeq Hedāyat’s Buf-e kur 	SG
NZ	
5.		(8)	20feb	WW II – 1950s
Social/socialist realism, social criticism, köy edebiyatı, N. Maḥfūẓ, Y. Kemal, u.a.	NZ
SG	
6.		(9)	27feb	The 1960s: Coming to terms with independence & Thematic excursion: Arabic Literature and the West / Europa
GM: Tayeb Saleh, Season of Migration to the North, etc.	GM	
7.		(10)	06mar	The 1960s (cont.)
The 1960s – a turning point in modMEL: ‘new sensibility’ (ḥassāsiyya jadīda) etc.	GM
SG	
8.		(11)	13mar	‘New Sensibility’ (cont.)
– Focus: Iran
NZ: S. Dāneshvar, Savushun 
NZ: Dowlatābādi, Jā-ye khāli-ye Soluch	SG

NZ	
9.		(12)	20mar	1980s-90s: Postmodernism	SG	
10.		(13)	27mar	1980s-90s: Postmodernism. Focus: Turkey (3 timer!)
BB: Orhan Pamuk, Kara Kitap, etc. 	BB	
11.		(14)	03apr	Modern Hebrew	SG	
	(15)	10apr	ingen undervisning –Påskeuke/Langfredag!		
12.		(16)	17apr	Modern Hebrew (cont.)	SG	
13.		(17)	24apr	2000ff.	– now: Recent developments	SG	
	(18)	01mai	ingen undervisning		
14.		(19)	08mai	Summary, brainstorming, questions on hjemmeoppgave	SG	

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