ARABIC LITERATURE II mutuato
LETTERATURA ARABA II
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2023/2024 | 8 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Marco Lauri | To be agreed upon via e-mail |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
Arabic
English
French
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
General understanding of the history of the Arabic literary tradition, from 750 to 1798 AD.
Program
- First part: Abbasid era.
Abbasid cultural policy. Formation of adab prose.
Ibn al-Muqaffa'. Al-Jahiz.
History, geography, travel and marvel narrative. Science prose, philosophy. Abu Faraj al-Isfahani. Al-Maqamat.
Abbasid poetry. Abu Nuwas. Love poetry. Mystical poetry. Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya.
- Second part: Crusades and "Turkish" period.
Al-Ghazali. Usama bin Munqidh. Ibn Tufayl. Ibn Khaldun.
Love poetry in al-Andalus: Ibn Zaydun, Wallada, Ibn Quzman. Muwashshaha, Zajal.
Intercultural exchanges in the Medieval Mediterranean
- Third part: Mamluk and Ottoman era.
Popular literature, theater.
The One Thousand and One Nights.
Bridging Courses
None
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Anticipated learning achievements:
- knowledge and understanding: understanding the history of Arabic literary tradition.
- ability to apply knowledge and understanding: ability to locate the studied topic in their context, time and place.
- critical abilities: mastery of sufficient critical understanding to autonomously orient among texts and interpretation of Arabic literature.
- communication abilities: ability to discuss freely, critically and without prejudices different cultural realities.
- learning abilities: mastery of the basic bibliographical tools of the discipline.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Traditional or seminarial lesson.
Flipped class.
Roleplaying
- Innovative teaching methods
Flipped class
Roleplaying
Film screenings.
- Attendance
Not required. Non-attending students are however requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course.
- Course books
Roger Allen "La letteratura Araba", Il Mulino
- Assessment
Oral examination. Classroom and/or written presentation.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Individual study
- Attendance
Non-attending students are kindly requested to contact the teacher at the start of the course.
- Course books
Roger Allen "La letteratura Araba", Il Mulino
- Assessment
Oral examination.
Possibility of a classroom or written presentation upon agreement with the teacher.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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