Document R. Master Course Syllabus BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA

Document R. Master Course Syllabus BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Bloomsburg Pennsylvania

Department of Languages and Cultures Course Syllabus

I.DATE PREPARED: November 20 I3

1. PREPAREDBY:YahyaLaayouni

1. DEPARTMENT:LanguagesandCultures

1. COURSE NUMBER: ARABIC212

1. COURSE TITLE: Euro-ArabCinema

1. CREDIT HOURS:3

Goal 7: ArtsandHumanities2GEPs

Goal 4: Cultures andDivcrsiIGEP

1. PREREQUISITES:None(coursetaughtinEnglish)

1. CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Introduces students to Euro-Arab cinema and culture through the analysis of films that portray both Arab and European characters. The course investigates the cultural, social and political issues that these films discuss as it also aims to introduce key concepts in transnational cinema. Students will study political, social, cultural and religious diversity as reflected in a number of movies. The course will also address the representation of women in films. The course is based on movie screenings, readings and students' contributions through oral and written assignments. Open to all students and counts for a minor or a major in Languages and Cultures: Arabic Studies Track. No prerequisite. Offered every otheryear.

1. CONTENT OUTLINE: The course will present issues related to immigrants of Arab origins and their children living in Europe. The topics listed below arc essential to ARABIC 212. Film viewing will take place during class sessions. The topics listed below arc essential to ARABIC 211. Individual instructors may add other topics they consider necessary:

Transnational cinema

What is Euro-Arab cinema? How is it related to transnational cinema? Why is it important? What roles do movies play in raising cultural awareness and promoting dialogue?

Immigration

When did Arab immigration start? What were the reasons behind it?

How has Arab immigration changed Europe? And what arc some aspects of this change?

Identity issues

What docs it mean to be an Arab and/or of an Arab origin in Europe?

Arc all Arab immigrants postcolonial subjects? How did history affect their identity construction?

Gay identity

What challenges do Arab (Muslim) gays have to face in Europe? How does this affect their cultural upbringing? How arc they looked-at in the Arab-speaking world?

Arab women

Since when did Arab women start to go to Europe? What challenges did they face and what is their position now? Were they able to establish themselves and integrate French society?

Generation conflict

How arc European cultures affecting Arabs? What arc the problems facing both immigrant parents and their children? Do they manage to cooperate?

Religion

Do all Arabs identify themselves as Muslims in Europe? ls Islam compatible with European nation states? Is it possible to talk about a European Islam?

Return (going back "home")

Is it working for Arab immigrants in Europe? Arc they thinking about returning to their homeland? Do their children agree with their parents' decision?

1. METHODS: Most sessions will include a combination of lecture and group work. Similar to most 100-and 200- level Languages and Cultures Department culture courses, it is recommended that this course should be capped at 30 tofacilitatediscussionandadequateattention towritinginstructionandevaluation.

1. STUDENTLEARNINGOBJECTIVES:

Student Learning Objectives
At the end of this course students will be able to: / Gen. Ed. Goal with GEPs / Related VALUE Rubric and Rubric Element(s)
I. Identify the significance of the
artistic clements used in Euro-Arab films. / Goal 7: Arts and Humanities / Rubric: Critical Thinking
-Element: Evidence
2. Interpret and analyze films using filmic narrative techniques / Goal 7: Arts and Humanities / Rubric: Reading
-Element: Interpretation
3. Analyze the implications of cultural diversity and the plurality of human
experiences in Euro-Arab films. / Goal 4: Cultures and Diversity / Rubric: Intercultural Knowledge and Competence
-Element: -Skills: Emoathv

2 GEPs towards General Educational Goal 7: Arts and Humanities

Euro-Arab Cinema aims at applying "knowledge from the Arts and Humanities" to explore the visual content used in films and interpret it from a broader cultural perspective. The course uses films to analyze how the Arab and the European cultures communicate through films. We thus request assigning 2 GEPs towards General Educational Goal 7, Arts and Humanities.

I GEP towards Goal 4: Cultures and Diversity.

The course will also focus on analyzing the implications of cultural diversity and the plurality of human experiences as it is visually exposed in Euro-Arab films. Students will investigate the intersection of multiple cultures from their own perspectives. The course justific;s I GEP towards Goal 4: Cultures and Diversity.

1. STUDENT ASSESSMENT: SLOs I and 2 include in-class writings, homework, quizzes, formal essay assignments and projects. For SLO 3, it will include oral presentation, in-class discussions and responses toreadings.

1. EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE: Students' learning objectives are assessed by specific questions in the quizzes, final examination, oral presentations, written essays andprojects.

1. COURSE ASSESSMENT: Materials used to achieve SLOs will be assessed by the instructor in reference to the VALUE rubrics identified in item 11 and a determination will be made as to the effectiveness of the course in achieving its stated student learning objectives, and thereby its effectiveness in achieving the stated General Education Goals. Assessment results will be reviewed by the instructor and by the department to determine which adjustments, if any, need to be made in order to ensure the effectiveness of the course in meeting its student learning objectives and as a General Education course. Assessment results will be reported to the Office of Planning and Assessment in accordance withtheguidelinesestablishedbytheGeneral EducationCouncil.

1. SUPPORTING MATERIALS AND REFRENCES: MaterialsinAndrussLibraryarcindicatedbyandasterisk

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Amer, Sahar. Crossing Borders: Love between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.

*Armbrust, Walter. Mass Mediations: New Approaches to Popular Culture in the Middle East and Beyond. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. Internet resource.

*Armes, Roy. Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East: A Dictionary. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2010. Print.

Bullard, Arthur. The Barbary Coast: Sketches of French North Africa. New York: Macmillan Co, 1913. Print.

*Ghosh, Bishnupriya, and Brinda Bose. Interventions: Feminist Dialogues on Third World Women's Literature and Film. New York: Garland, 1996. Print.

Hopwood, Derck. Sexual Encounters in the Middle East: The British, the French and the Arabs. Reading, UK: Ithaca

Press, 1999.

Karim, Karim H. Images of Arabs and Muslims: A Research Review. Ottawa, Ont: Policy & Research, Multiculturalism Branch, Multiculturalism & Citizenship, 1991.

Khoury, Philip S. Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1987.

Konstantarakos, Myrto. Spaces in European Cinema. Exeter, England: Intellect, 2000. Internet resource. MacDougall, David, and Lucien Castaing-Taylor. Transcultural Cinema. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press,

1998. Print.

Malkmus, Lizbeth, and Roy Armes. Arab and African Film Making. London: Zed Books, 1991. Print. Provencher, Denis M. Queer French: Globalization, Language, and Sexual Citizenship in France. Aldershot,

England: Ashgate, 2007.

Pryce-Jones, David. Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews. New York: Encounter Books, 2006.

Rivi, Luisa. European Cinema ajier 1989: Cultural Identity and Transnational Production. NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Print.

*Rogan, Eugene L. The Arabs: A History. New York: Basic Books, 2009.

Schreier,Joshua.ArabsoftheJewishFaith:TheCivilizingMissioninColonialAlgeria.NewBrunswick,NJ:Rutgers University Press,2010.

Films

Beur, Blanc, Rouge. Dir. Mahmmoud Zemmouri. Perf. Yasmine Belmadi, Karim Belkhadra, and Julien Courbey. 2006.

Bye Bye. Dir. Karim Dridi. Perf. Sarni Bouajila, Nozha Khouadra and Philippe Ambrosini. 1996.

Chaos. Dir. Coline Serreau. Perf. Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot and Rachida Brakni. 200 I.

Cheb. Dir. Rachid Bouchareb Perf. Mourad Bounaas, Nozha Khouadra and Pierre-Loup Rajot. 1991. Des poupees et des Anges. Dir. Nora Hamidi. Perf. Lella Bekhti, Karina Testa, and Samy Naceri. 2008 Douce France. Dir. Malik Chibane. Perf. Jean-Luc Abel, Lionel Abelanski and Sarda Bekkouche. 1995. Drole de Felix. Dir. Olivier Ducastel. Perf. Sarni Bouajila, Mathilde Firmin, and Ariane Ascaride. 2000. Fra111;:aise. Dir. Souad EL Bouhati. Perf. Hafsia Herzi, Farida Khelfa, and Maher Kamoun. 2008.

Hexagone. Dir. Malek Chibane. Perf. Jalil Naciri, Farid Abdedou, and Hakim Sarahoui. 1993.

Inch 'al/ah Dimanche. Dir. Yamina Benguigui. Perf. Fejria Deliba, Rabia Mokeddem, and Amina Annabi. 2001.

La Faute a Voltaire. Dir. Abdel Kechiche. Perf. Sarni Bouajila, Elodie Bouchez, and Bruno Lochet. 2000.

L'Autre Monde. Dir. Merzek Allouache. Perf. Marie Brahimi, Karim Bouaiche, and Nazim Boudjenah. 2001.

Le Distrait. Dir. Pierre Richard. Perf. Pierre Richard, Marie-Christine Barrault and Maria Pacome. 1970.

Le gone de Chaaba. Dir. Christophe Raggia. Perf. Bouzid Negnoug, Nabil Ghalem, and Galamelah Lagra. 2002.

Le grand voyage. Dir. Ismail Ferroukhi. Perf. Nicolas Cazalc, Mohamed Majd, and Jacky Nercessian. 2004.

Les Barons. Dir. Nabil Ben Yadir. Perf. Nader Boussandel, Mourade Zeguendi and Monir Ait Hamou. 2009.

Les corps ouverts. Dir. Sebastien Lifshitz. Perf. Yasmine Belmadi, Pierre-Loup Rajot and Margot Abascal. 1998. Les Histoires d'Amours Finissent Mal.en General. Dir. Anne Fontaine. Perf. Nora, Sarni Bouajila and Alain Fromager. 1993.

L'Oil au BeurFe--Noir. Dir. Serge Meynard. Perf. Sma'in, Pascal Lcgitimus, Julie Jczequel. 1987.

Le the au harem d'Archimed. Dir. Mehdi Charef. Perf. Kader Boukhanef, Remi Martin and Laure Duthilleul. 1985.

Mohamed Bertrand-Duval. Dir. Alex Metayer. Perf. Alex Metayer, Moussa Maaskti and Didier Pain. 1991. Prends 10.000 ba!les et casse-toi. Dir. Mahmoud Zemmouri. Perf. Fatiha Fawzi, Yves Neff, and Sir Leehea. I 98 I. Rai. Dir. Thomas Gilou. Perf. Tabatha Cash, Olivier Loustau and Sandrine Le Serre.1995.

Salut cousin! Dir. Merzek Allouache. Pcrf. Gad Elmaleh, Messaoud Hattau and Magaly Berdy. 1995

Samia. Dir. Phillipe Faueon. Perf. Lynda Benahouda, Mohamed Chabane-Chaouche and Kheira Oualhaci. 2001.

Tan'ja. Dir. Hassan Legzouli. Perf. Rosehdy Zem. 2004.

Tarik El Hob (The Road to Love). Dir. Remi Lange. Perf. Katim Tarek, Riyad Eehahi and Sihem Benamoune. 200 l.

Tchao Pan/in. Dir. Claude Berri. Perf. Coluche, Richard Anconina and Agnes Sora!. 1983.

Le the a la Menthe. Dir. Abdelkrim Bahloul. Perf. Abdellatif Kechiche, Chafia Boudraa and Krimo Bouguetof. 1984.

Vivre me tue. Dir. Jack Alain Leger. Perf. Sarni Bouajila, Jalil Lespert and Sylvie Testud. 2002.

*A selection of videos and documentaries on "Video on Demand" available through Andruss Library.

1. PROTOTYPETEXT:

Berghahn,Daniela,andClaudiaSternberg.EuropeanCinemainMotion:MigrantandDiasporicFilmin Contempora,y Europe. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Ptint.

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POLISCI 181 Contemporary Issues in World Politics
POLISCI 280 Introduction to International Relations
POLISCI 487 International Law and
Organization
EGGS I02 World Cultural Geography EGGS 104 World Regional Geography EDFOUND 406 Multicultural Education
Note: Up to 18 credits can be satisfied by credit transfer from study abroad programs in Poland, the Russian
Federation, or Ukraine
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND CULTURES: EXISTING PROGRAM
Required of all students:
LANGCULT 200 Comparative Cultural Studies
LANGCULT 400 Comparative Language Studies: History and Linguistics
Immersion Exoerience
French Track / German Track / Snanish Track / Chinese Track / Russian and East Euronean Studies Track
FRENCH 203 French Ill FRENCH 204 French IV
FRENCH 205 Applied Phonetics and Pronunciation FRENCH 206 Structure of the French Language FRENCH 207 Conversation: French Daily Life FRENCH 40 I Advanced French Language FRENCH 402 Contemporary Issues in Francophone Media
OR
FRENCH 423 Black Francophone Writers Cultures FRENCH 422 Masterpieces of French Literature
OR
FRENCH 331 Selected 20th-Century Writers
3Creditsbyadvisementfromthefollowing: FRENCH 290 French Studies Abroad FRENCH 309 Commercial FrenchI
FRENCH 333 French through Film FRENCH 431 Special Topics LANGCULT400 Studies Abroad
French Secondary Education Major: 36 Credits Same requirement as regular French major, with additional requirement ofLANGCULT 350 Foreign Language Teaching Methodology. / GERMAN 203 German Ill 204 German IV
GERMAN 206 Conversation and Composition I GERMAN 207 Conversation and Composition ll GERMAN 390 German Studies Abroad J
GERMAN 490 German Studies Abroad JI
German and Secondary Education Major: 36 Credits Same requirement as regular GermanMajor,withadditional requirement ofLANGCULT 350 Foreign Language Teaching Methodology. / SPANISH 203 Spanish JJJ
SPANISH 204 Spanish JV
SPANISH 206 Structure of the Spanish Language
SPANISH 207 Conversation and Composition
SPANISH 305 Applied Phonetics
Pronunciation
SPANISH306 Conversation
Composition ll
SPANISH 402 Advanced Conversation SPANISH 420 Hispanic Literature
And one course by advisement
from electives: SPANISH 208 Spanish for Health Professions
SPANISH 209 Spanish for Social
Services
SPANISH 210 Commercial Spanish SPANISH2ll Spanish Culture Civilization
SPANISH 212 Spanish American
Culture Civilization
SPANISH 213 U.S. Hispanic Cultures
Literatures
214 Hispanic Culture Civilization SPANISH 221 Spanish Cultme through Film
SPANJSH222 Latin Amerkan Culture
through Film
SPANISH 250 Spanish for Heritage Speakers I
SPANISH 281-9 Special Topics SPANISH 290 Study Abroad SPANISH 325 Spanish for Educators SPANISH 331 Literary Analysis of Hispanic Texts
SPANISH 350 Spanish for Heritage Speakers JI
SPANISH 390 Internship in Spanish
403 Advanced Stmcturc
Composition
SPANISH 422 Hispanic Theater and Poetry
SPANJSH430 Hispanic Short Sto1y SPANISH 490 Independent Study
Spanish/ Secondary Education Major: 36 Credits
Same requirement as regular Spanish
major, with additional requirement of LANGCULT350 Foreign Language Teaching Methodology / CHINESE IO I Chinese I CHJNESE I 02 Chinese ll CHINESE 203 Chinese III
CHINESE 204 Chinese IV
CHJNESE490
Comprehensive Chinese CHINESE491
Conversation Chinese
CHINESE 492 Chinese listening / RUSSIAN JOI Russian J RUSSIAN !02 Russian JJ
RUSSIAN203 Intermediate Russian l
RUSSIAN 204 Intermediate Russian II RUSSIAN 305 Russian for Professional Communication I
RUSSIAN 306 Russian for Professional Communication JI
THREE CREDITS from the following culture
courses:
RUSSIAN 211 Russian Culture and Civilization RUSSIAN 212 Russian Film, Literature, and Culture REES 21 l East European Film, Literature, and Culture
SIX CREDITS from one of the following groups of concentration courses:
a)Humanities Concentration:
HISTORY 349 Medieval Russia HISTORY 356 Imperial Russia HISTORY 452 Soviet Russia HISTORY 405/505 Jews ofEurope
HISTORY 460/461 Topics in European History RUSSIAN 290 (Independent Study)
b)Business Concentration:
ECN 322 Contrasting Economics ECN 333 International Economics
ECN 334 Economic Grnwth of Underdeveloped
Areas
ECN 531 Current Economic Prnblems ECN 532 Comparative Economic Systems
ECN 533 International Economic Policies and
Relations
BUSED 350 Valuing Diversity in Business LAW 407 International Legal Environment in Business
c)Social and Political SciencesConcentration:
ANTHRO 440 Language and Culture ANTHRO 320 Contemporary World Cultures
POLJSCJ 181 Contemporary Issues in World Politics POLJSCI 280 Introduction to International Relations POLJSCI 487 International Law and Organization EGGS 102 World Cultural Geography
EGGS !04 World Regional Geography EDFOUND 406 Multicultural Education
Up to I 8 credits can be satisfied by credit transfer from study abroad programs in Poland, the Russian Federation, or Ukraine

ARABIC 212: EURO-ARAB CINEMA - CRITICAL THINKING VALUE RUBRIC

Student Learning Objective / Rubric Elements / Capstone
4 / Milestones
32 / Benchmark
J / Benchmark Not Met
0
1. Identify the significance of the artistic elements used in Euro-Arab films. / Evidence
'iekcfil(g and t1Ji11g i1ifonnatio11 to imrJt{gate a f)ai11I qf dew or condtuion / Information is taken from source(s) with enough interpretation/evaluation to develop a comprehcnsiYe analysis or synthesis.
Viewpoints of experts are
questioned thoroughly. / Information is taken from source(s) with enough interpretation/evaluation to develop a coherent analysis or synthesis.
Viewpoints of experts arc subject
to questioning. / Jnformation is taken from sourcc(s) with some interprctation/cYaluacion, but not enough to deYclop a coherent analysis or synthesis.
Viewpoints of experts arc taken as mostly fact, \\ th little questioning. / Information is taken from source(s) vithout any interpretation/eyaJuation.
Viewpoints of experts arc taken as
fact, ,vithout question. / Assibrn a zero to any work sample or collection of work that docs not meet Benchmark (1) performance.

ARABIC 212: EURO-ARAB CINEMA - READING VALUE RUBRIC

Student Learning Objective / Rubric Elements / Capstone
4 / Milestones
32 / Benchmark
I / Benchmark Not Met
0
2. Interpret and / Interpretation / Provides e\"idencc not only that s/he can / /1.rticulates an understanding of the / Demonstrates that s/he can read / Can identify purpose(s) for reading, relying / Assignazerotoany\Vorksampleor ollection of work that docs not meet Benchmark (1)performance.
analyze films / li\lakiit sotse u,ith / read by using an appropriate / multiple ways of reading and the / purposefully, choosing among / on an external authority such as an
usingfilmic / texts as b/11epri11ts/or / epistemological lens but thats/he can also / range of intcrprctiYc strategics / interpretive strategics depending on / instructor for clarification of the task.
narrative / meaning / engage in reading as part of a continuing / particular to one's discipline(s) or / the purpose of the reading.
techniques / dialogue within and beyond a discipline or a / in a gfrcn community of readers.
community of readers.

ARABIC 212: EURO-ARAB CINEMA - INTERCULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE VALUE RUBRIC

Student Learning
Objective / Rubric Elements / Capstone
4 / Milestones
32 / Benchmark
1 / Benchmark Not Met
0
3. Analyze the / Skills / Interprets intercultural experience from the / Recognizes intellectual and emotional / Identifies components of other / Views the experience of others but / Assign a zero to any work sample or
implications of / EmpatlJ)• / perspectives of own and more than one / dimensions of more than one / cultural perspectives but responds in / docs so through own cultural / collection of work that docs not meet
cultural diversity / world,·icw and demonstrates ability to act in a / worldvicw and sometimes uses more / all situations with own world,·icw. / worl<lvicw. / Benchmark (l) performance.
and the plurality / supportive manner that rccognilcs the feelings / than one woddvicw in interactions.
of human / of another cultural group.
experiences in
Euro-Arab films