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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I’m pleased to announce the publication of a new teaching unit in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org/__;!!C5qS4YX3!WLytD7GHBhaFRBys_czzLK_CO2RGVENYEkvBPmSz6UkJh2EkGGUb927uwKYvRewB$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org/__;!!C5qS4YX3!WLytD7GHBhaFRBys_czzLK_CO2RGVENYEkvBPmSz6UkJh2EkGGUb927uwKYvRewB$"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Open
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sendebar</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(1253), by David
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This unit contains a selection of texts from the Sendebar (1253), one of the most famous and widespread collections of exemplary literature in the Middle Ages, with versions in Arabic, Syriac, Farsi,
Greek, Hebrew, and Spanish. The importance of this work lies in the fact that, together with the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Calila and Dimna</i>, it was the first collection of Eastern tales to make it into the Iberian Peninsula, bringing
with it a new way of organizing the plot around a narrative frame which gave meaning to each separate tale. The selection includes the three tales from the second day of the trial: the first is narrated by the woman, who claims that the Prince tried to rape
her; the other two are narrated by one of the king’s counselors, who tries to convince the king to keep calm (first tale) and that all women are deceitful (second tale). Types of courses where the text might be useful: History, literature, and culture of medieval
Spain, al-Andalus, Maghreb, Translation, Tales.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I hope you are all staying safe and look forward to seeing you again when it becomes possible!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Best regards,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">David</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">David Wacks (he/him/his)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Head and Professor of Spanish<br>
Dept of Romance Languages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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