HIS 312LEC—Politics of Film and Literature in Contemporary Iran

This course explores the contemporary Iranian society through the study of social tensions created by poverty wealth, tradition-modernity, masculinity-femininity, and notions of religio-political authority as reflected in the literature and films of the country. We will read poetry and prose by influential thinkers and follow the careers of filmmakers in our examination of Iran’s social history. The theoretical approach of the course allows students to extrapolate broader patterns and insights, which they can then use in their study of other cultures of the world.