\u201cPlace-based writing\u201d is an awkward phrase, but the kind of writing I want to consider is awkward as well, ranging from novels through travel literature and extending even to anthropological narratives and analyses.<\/p>\n
Here is a proposed syllabus<\/a>\u00a0for a course engaging many of these texts.<\/p>\n Here is a list of the writings I\u2019ll be considering, in rough chronological context: Here is a list of writings considered, in rough geographical context:<\/p>\n Tangier<\/span><\/b>: Mark Twain, from \u201cInnocents Abroad\u201d Fez<\/span><\/b>: Paul Bowles, The Spider\u2019s House Sefrou<\/span><\/b>: Clifford Geertz, from \u201cSuq: the bazaar economy in Sefrou\u201d<\/p>\n Marrakesh<\/span><\/b>: George Orwell, \u201cMarrakesh\u201d Casablanca<\/span><\/b>: Tahir Shah, from The Caliph\u2019s House<\/i> and In Arabian Nights Rabat<\/span><\/b>: Laila Lalami, from Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cPlace-based writing\u201d is an awkward phrase, but the kind of writing I want to consider is awkward as well, ranging from novels through travel literature and extending even to anthropological narratives and analyses. Here is a proposed syllabus\u00a0for a course engaging many of these texts. Here is a list of the writings I\u2019ll be considering, … Continue reading Writing about Morocco<\/span>
\nDaniel Defoe, from Robinson Crusoe<\/i> (1719)
\nMark Twain, from Innocents Abroad<\/i> (1869)
\nEdith Wharton, from In Morocco<\/i> (1920)
\nGeorge Orwell, \u201cMarrakesh\u201d (1939)
\nPaul Bowles, from The Sheltering Sky<\/i> (1949), Let it Come Down<\/i> (1952), and The\u00a0<\/i>Spider\u2019s House<\/i> (1955)
\nWilliam Burroughs, from Interzone<\/i>\/Naked Lunch<\/i> (1959)
\nMohamed Choukri, For bread alone<\/i> (1973)
\nElizabeth Fernea, from A Street in Marrakech<\/i> (1975)
\nSusan Schaefer Davis, from Power and Patience: Women\u2019s Lives in a Moroccan Village<\/i> (1982)
\nClifford Geertz, from \u201cSuq: the bazaar economy in Sefrou\u201d (1979)
\nLeila Abuzeid, from The Year of the Elephant<\/i> (1989)
\nEsther Freud, from Hideous Kinky<\/i> (1992)
\nFatema Mernissi, from Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood<\/i> (1994)
\nSusanna Clark, from A House in Fez<\/i> (2006) and the blog, The View from Fez<\/em>
\nTahir Shah, from The Caliph\u2019s House<\/i> (2006) and In Arabian Nights<\/i> (2008)
\nLaila Lalami, from Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits<\/em> (2005) and The Secret Son<\/i> (2009)<\/p>\n
\nPaul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky<\/i>; Let it Come Down
\n<\/i>William Burroughs, Interzone\/Naked Lunch
\n<\/i>Mohamed Choukri, For bread alone<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>Susanna Clark, from A House in Fez<\/i> and the blog, The View from Fez<\/em><\/p>\n
\nElizabeth Fernea, from A Street in Marrakesh<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>Laila Lalami, from Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits<\/i> and The Secret Son<\/i><\/p>\n