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May 10, 2024
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2015-2016 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]
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PIPT 307 ‘Orientalism’: 19th Century European Eyes on the Middle EastDivision of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
The ‘Orient’ (the land and its peoples included in the Ottoman Empire in the Near East, North Africa, Egypt, Palestine, and the Arabian peninsula) as seen by 19th century European travelers, artists, poets, adventures, wayfarers, do-gooders, soldiers, and colonial officials; i.e., ‘outsiders’ in cultures they observed, imagined, marveled at, or exploited - sometimes all of them simultaneously - in their art. The history and culture of 19th century colonial expansion is studied as is the modern discourse surrounding it.
Prerequisites LACR*210 or one HUMS course
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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