MELC 286 B: Themes in Middle Eastern Literature

Winter 2025
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Meeting:
WF 9:30am - 11:20am / MAR 168
SLN:
22172
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
"THE VIRGIN MARY IN ETHIOPIC CHRISTIAN TRADITION"
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

Course Outline

  • Introduction to Ethiopian Christianity and Indigenous Belief Systems
  • The Virgin Mary in Early Christian and Islamic Literature
  • Pre-15th Century Marian Thoughts in Ethiopia
  • The Introduction of the Book of Miracles of Mary
  • Imperial Mariology
    • The Paranoid Emperor and his Marian Devotion
    • Institution of The Book of Miracles of Mary
    • Silencing Opponents
  • Themes in Miracles of Mary 
  • Mary in Ethiopic poetry
    • Traditional School System of Ethiopic Christianity
    • The Genre of Poetry
  • Ethiopic Marian Imagination
    • Mary in Ethiopian Art
    • Mary, Death and Life-after-death
Catalog Description:
Significant and interesting aspects of Middle Eastern culture and society as represented by literary themes. Aspects of Middle Eastern life and art such as women, minority groups, mysticism, and modern literature. Content varies. Cannot be taken if credit received for MELC 330.
GE Requirements Met:
Social Sciences (SSc)
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
March 8, 2025 - 7:14 pm