HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Orson Welles, Cyrus Cylinder, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Angeni Muralidhar Spring 2018
Outline of Today’s Lecture
- What is comparative literature?
- How does a comparative approach help us understand Iran’s relationship to the theme of
Empire and Its Ruins?
- How does Iran’s imperial history shed light on Iran’s position in the world today?
What is comparative literature?
- Promoted the study of literature across linguistic and national boundaries
- Ie. relating Persian literature to American literature
- Interactions between literature and other forms of human activity including the arts,
sciences, philosophy, and cultural artifacts of all kind
Relations Between Iran and the US
- Iran, US, and five other nations reached a deal regarding Iran’s ambition to build nuclear
reactors
- Important agreement: Iran agreed to have a UN inspector to inspect the nuclear site
- Accomplishment because Iran agreed to be transparent about their use of nuclear energy
- Trump pulled out of this nuclear pact with Iran
- This compromised the relations between the two countries and created a lack of
trust based on misunderstanding
Stephen Kinzer’s “Inside Iran’s Fury”
- Portrays the people aggressive, hostile, and violent
- There are also no women in the picture
- How might this image influence the reader?
- Why does Stephen Kinzer emphasize perception?
- “This chasm of perception reflects the enormous gap in the war Americans and
Iranians viewed - and continue to view - one another. It will be hard for them to
reconcile their differences unless they begin seeing the world through each other’s
eyes.”
- Iran’s self perception is rooted in history, both modern and ancient
- The discovery of the ruins of an ancient Persian Empire was crucial in the formation of
Iran’s self image
Why is it called the Persian Empire? Where is Persia?
- “Persia” dates back to the Fifth Century BC and entered European languages via ancient
Greece
- Word that was used until the 1930’s in European languages
- Iranians refer to their home as Iran, not Persia
Document Summary
How does a comparative approach help us understand iran"s relationship to the theme of. Promoted the study of literature across linguistic and national boundaries. Interactions between literature and other forms of human activity including the arts, sciences, philosophy, and cultural artifacts of all kind. Iran, us, and five other nations reached a deal regarding iran"s ambition to build nuclear reactors. Important agreement: iran agreed to have a un inspector to inspect the nuclear site. Accomplishment because iran agreed to be transparent about their use of nuclear energy. Trump pulled out of this nuclear pact with iran. This compromised the relations between the two countries and created a lack of trust based on misunderstanding. Portrays the people aggressive, hostile, and violent. There are also no women in the picture. This chasm of perception reflects the enormous gap in the war americans and. Iranians viewed - and continue to view - one another.
