REST 336 - The Qur'an & the Lit of Islam

Institution:

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Subject:

Religious Studies

Description:

Focuses on expressions of religious devotion, transformation, and critique in the literatures of the Muslim world beginning with the Qur’an, as well as on the relationship between Islam, literature, and the written word in different temporal and geographical contexts. Topics may include: pilgrimage and migration, autobiography, theology, hagiography, conversion narratives, Sufi poetry and prose, post-colonial literature and Islam, gender, coming-of-age stories, Islam in the West.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.tennessee.edu

Phone Number:

(865) 974-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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