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SoSe 22: Arabic Literature in Berlin - Writing Lab

Islam Dayeh

Information for students

The block seminar consists of six days during the summer semester of 2022 (Fridays and Saturdays). The first session will take place on April 25th, 2022; the other dates are planned and can be viewed in Vorlesungsverzeichnis. The language of instruction will be Arabic/English. close

Additional information / Pre-requisites

Block seminar - The seminar is open to any student of Freie Universität Berlin who has an intermediate to advanced level of Arabic and is interested in trying out or cultivating their literary Arabic or translation skills (Arabic to German/English). close

Comments

Berlin has become one of the centres of Arabic literary creativity. The political and social upheavals that have led many people, from all walks of life, to find a new home in Germany, and particularly in Berlin, has brought about significant changes not only to the literary landscape of Berlin, but also to the varieties and genres of contemporary Arabic literature. Its current post-national and diasporic turn has seen Arabic writers engage with and explore a wide range of literary forms and topics, including war, refuge, belonging, dystopia, fantasy and science fiction. The seminar aims to draw attention to ongoing Arabic literary production in Berlin by (1) examining writing practices in multi-lingual contexts, most notably the experiences of contemporary Arabic writers in Germany; (2) by offering a hands-on writing workshop with the aim of encouraging seminar participants to partake in the creative process of writing and translating. * The course is taught together with Haytham el-Wardany, an Egyptian writer and translator based in Berlin. The seminar will include presentations and discussions with guest writers and translators.* The seminar is sponsored by the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2020 Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective. close

Additional appointments

Mon, 2022-04-25 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Islam Dayeh