Iran Through Literature and Film
Do you like reading interesting literary works and watching award-winning films?
The course explores aspects of Iranian society through literature and film. It engages in discursive analyses of the selected short stories, novels and films in their historical, social, and political contexts to examine and gain a comprehensive understanding of the complex and pressing issues facing the modern Iranian society. Some of the literary works we will read and films we will watch are The Neighbors by Ahmad Mahmoud, The Book of Fate by Parinoush Saniee, The Cow (1969) by Dariush Mehrjui and A Separation (2011) by Asghar Farhadi.
