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Alexander Key is a scholar of Classical Arabic literature whose interests range across the intellectual history of the Arabic and Persian-speaking worlds from the seventh century onwards. His 2018 book, Language Between God and the Poets (Berkeley: 2018), explains Classical Arabic theories about poetry and philosophy to all who are interested in how language produces affect and reflects the world. Currently teaching
COMPLIT 245A: Arabic Cultures/Conversations
(Spring)
COMPLIT 252A: Great Arabic Poetry (Winter) COMPLIT 252B: Great Arabic Prose (Spring) DLCL 227: Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and Hebrew Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Autumn, Winter, Spring) |