Approaches to Teaching the Thousand and One Nights

Teaching strategies for one of the world's most widely read collections of stories

The Thousand and One Nights, composed in Arabic from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries, is one of the world's most widely circulated and influential collections of stories. To help instructors introduce the tales to students, this volume provides historical context and discusses the many transformations of the stories in a variety of cultures. Among the topics covered are the numerous translations and their impact on the tales' reception; various genres represented by the tales; gender, race, and slavery; and adaptations of the stories in films, graphic novels, and other media across the world and under conditions of both imperialism and postcolonialism. The essays serve instructors in subjects such as medieval literature, world literature, and Middle and Near Eastern studies and make a case for teaching the Thousand and One Nights in courses on identity and race.

ISBN-13: 9781603295970

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Modern Language Association of America

Publication Date: 10-10-2023

Pages: 214

Product Dimensions: 8.70h x 6.20w x 0.80d

Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature