Welcome to Module 9! (1.5 – 2 hours)

Here’s what you need to do this week:

1. Please read:
   –  Anthology: Vol. 6 : “Unit 2: Postcolonial Literature” (p. 4123) and “Naguib Mahfouz” (p. 4143);
   – “Zaabalawi” by Naguib Mahfouz, 1961 (5 pages).
   
   
2. Watch the lecture below.
   
   
3. Fill out the exit ticket for this lecture so I can count your participation.
   
   
4. Do your Google Doc duty.

Here is the lecture (captions included):

Below are the PDF slides:

Wanna do more?

• A short documentary on Naguib Mahfouz by the American University of Cairo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHpFIk2KN3I&ab_channel=TheAmericanUniversityinCairoPress
  
  
• A recent article that relates nicely to Mahfouz’s view of the social fuinction of his literary work: “Naguib Mahfouz: Egypt’s Polarizing Legacy,” by Mona Abdou, Egyptian Streets, 10 March 2022: https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/03/10/naguib-mahfouz-egypts-polarizing-legacy/