Faculty of Arts & Science · St. George
NMC195H1
Rebels, Misfits, and Outcasts in Modern Arabic Literature
What was the average?
B+
3.3 GPA across 1 observed term. Most recent: Winter 2023.
How is it graded?
Not yet verified
No syllabus we can lawfully use has been verified for this course.
How confident is this?
Low
A small number of terms, so read it as a range. The most recent observation is several years old.
From the calendar
Official source · Faculty of Arts & ScienceThis course examines modern Arabic literary texts that portray marginalized social figures and groups who have been excluded from a protective system of resources and privileges. Students will read novels and short stories by prominent Arab authors who have represented marginal social groups in their fiction, including representations of the urban poor, the peasantry, the delinquent, the prostitute, sexual minorities, women who reject normative roles, and the political rebel. These fictional texts address issues such as political resistance and rebellion, economic precarity, and social exclusion. Students will engage with these texts by critically examining the role of literature in narrating unspoken and suppressed histories. The class will also introduce students to theoretical modes of literary analysis and interpretation. All texts will be read in English translation. Authors include Mohamed Choukri, Hanan al-Shaykh, Alifa Rifaat, Sonallah Ibrahim, and Arwa Salih. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
- Prerequisite
- None listed
- Exclusions
- NMC242H1
- Contact hours
- 36 seminar
- Total scheduled hours for the course, not per week.
What people actually got
Last observed Winter 20231 term observed
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The newest observation is from Winter 2023. Instructors, weighting and exam format may all have changed since — treat this as history, not a forecast.
This rests on 1 reported term. It is shown because hiding it would not make it less true, but one or two results are a datapoint, not a distribution — a single unusual cohort moves this number a long way.
What we don’t have yet
Source ledger
Report an error →| Claim | Source | Captured | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course description, prerequisites, exclusions, contact hours | Faculty of Arts & Science | 2026-07-25 | public fact |
| Historical average across 1 term | Student contributions, consented | 2026-07-25 | user contributed aggregate |
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