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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Arabic Language & Literature
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Arabic
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Clara Srouji-Shajrawi
Coordinator Office Hours:
Monday 14:00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Iyas Nassir
Course/Module description:
The course focuses on analyzing texts of modern Arabic literature, especially in prose.
Course/Module aims:
The course includes two parts: theoretical and applied. In the theoretical part we'll clarify the term "genre" with its several representations in literature, including the new concept of cross-genre writing. There will be also a brief introduction to the developments in modern Arabic literature since al-nahḍa (revival) till the present time. We will focus particularly on the influence of the West on the Arabic novel and on the short and very short story in terms of style, main features and themes, but without neglecting the contribution of classical literary legacy.
Changes in the literary style reflect a new attitude/perspective towards the literary work. This will be clarified from the Reception Theory point of view.
In the applied section students will be asked to prepare at home passages of selected literary works written by famous writers in the Arab world. The target is that students acquire some tools and skills in how to analyze the literary text and how to apply the abstract terms and concepts to the text being studied. They will learn basic features and characteristics of the novel, the short story, and modern poetry (that sometimes has the features of the short story). Students will learn basic concepts and terms that will help them in the analysis of texts such as plot, condensation, intertextuality, montage, identification, cross-genre, etc.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The students will learn to apply these terms in modern Arabic literature, and will acquire tools to understand and analyze similar modern texts independently.
Attendance requirements(%):
80
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal lectures, reading the literary passages in a "grammatically" correct manner,discussing and analyzing texts, learning the literary terms in Arabic and English, submitting exercises.
Course/Module Content:
• Clarifying the term "genre". Is there a change in the significance of the term due to the development of contemporary modern Arabic literature?
• The emergence of the Arabic novel taking into account the political, social, and intellectual factors.
• The development of the modern short and very short story as an independent genre. Explaining the specific elements of the short story.
• Features of feminine writings. Examples from selected literary works by women writers in the Arab world.
• Reading short and very short stories. Reading selected poems that integrate features of the very short story with poetic features.
Note: The literary concepts and the main characteristics of the works will be clarified while reading and analyzing the texts.
Required Reading:
1) حسين، خالد حسين. "شؤون العنوان في السّرد الرّوائي العربي". أفكار 224 (حزيران 2007)، 20-27.
2) Moreh, Shmuel. "An Outline of the Development of Modern Arabic Literature". In Oriente Moderno, Anno 55, Nr. 1/2 (Gennaio-Febbraio 1975), pp. 8-28.
3) Taha, Ibrahim. “The Modern Arabic Very Short Story: A Generic Approach”. Journal of
Arabic Literature 31:1 (2000), pp. 59-84.
Additional Reading Material:
آلن، روجر. "المعركة في السوق: مكانة الرّواية العربيّة في السّياق العالمي". فصول 3-16 (شتاء 1997)، 15-21.
جابر، كوثر. الكتابة عبرَ النوعيّة: تداخُل الأنواع الأدبيّة في الأدب العربي الحديث. حيفا: مجمع اللغة العربيّة،
2012.
حسين، خالد حسين. "شؤون العنوان في السّرد الرّوائي العربي". أفكار 224 (حزيران 2007)، 20-27. (obligatory)
الرّويلي، ميجان وَسعد البازعي. دليل الناقد الأدبي. الدّار البيضاء: المركز الثقافي العربي، 2002.
سروجي-شجراوي، كلارا. نظريّة الاستقبال في الرّواية العربيّة الحديثة: دراسة تطبيقيّة في ثلاثيّتَي نجيب
محفوظ وأحلام مستغانمي. باقة الغربيّة: أكاديميّة القاسمي، 2011.
سروجي-شجراوي، كلارا. ""ليلى والذئب": هل هي مجرّد قصّة للأطفال؟ دراسة مقارنة". في: المَجْمَع:
أبحاث في اللغة العربيّة والأدب والفكر. العدد 8 (2014)، 101-156.
سوميخ، ساسون (اختيار وتقديم). يوسف إدريس من خلال أقاصيصه. تل-أبيب: دار النثر العربي، 1976.
شبيل، عبد العزيز. نظريّة الأجناس الأدبيّة في التّراث النثري: جدليّة الحضور والغياب. صفاقس (تونس):
كليّة الآداب والعلوم الإنسانيّة – سوسة، 2001.
صفوري، محمّد. دراسة في السّرد النسوي العربي الحديث (1980-2007). حيفا: مكتبة كلّ شيء، 2011.
عبد المعطي، فاروق. يوسف إدريس بين القصة القصيرة والإبداع الأدبي. بيروت: دار الكتب العلميّة،
1994.
عناني، محمّد. المصطلحات الأدبيّة الحديثة. بيروت: مكتبة لبنان ناشرون، 1996.
عيلان، عمر. في مناهج تحليل الخطاب السردي. دمشق: منشورات اتّحاد الكتّاب العرب، 2008.
ماضي، شكري عزيز. في نظريّة الأدب. بيروت: المؤسّسة العربيّة للدراسات والنشر، 2005.
موريه، شموئيل (إعداد). النثر الفنّي وتطوّره في الأدب العربي الحديث. أورشليم: الجامعة العبريّة، معهد
الدراسات الأسيويّة والإفريقيّة، 1969.
نجم، مفيد. الرّبيع الأسود: دراسة في عالم زكريا تامر القصصي. دمشق: منشورات وزارة الثقافة، 2006.
وادي، طه. القصة ديوان العرب: قضايا ونماذج. القاهرة: الشركة المصريّة العالميّة للنشر – لونجمان،
2001.
רימון-קינן, שלומית. הפואטיקה של הסיפורת בימינו. מאנגלית חנה הרציג. תל-אביב: ספרית
פועלים, 1984.
Abott, H. Porter. The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2002.
Allen, Roger. An Introduction to Arabic Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2000.
Badawi, M. M. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature: Modern Arabic
Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
______. A Short History of Modern Arabic Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993.
Barthes, Roland. The Pleasure of the Text. Translated by Richard Miller. New York: Hill and
Wang, 1975.
______. "From Work to Text". The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Edited by Vincent
B. Leitch. New York, London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001, 1470-1475.
______. "The Death of the Author". The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. 1466-1470.
Charters, Ann. The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. Boston and
New York: Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 8th edition, 2011.
Cuddon, J. A. (ed.). A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell
Publishers, 1998.
Genette, Gerard. Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation. Translated by Jane E. Lewin.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Husni, Ronak & Daniel L. Newman. Modern Arabic Short Stories: A Bilingual Reader.
London: Saqi, 2008.
Johnson-Davies, Denys. The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction. New York: Anchor
Books, 2006.
Moreh, Shmuel. "An Outline of the Development of Modern Arabic Literature". In Oriente
Moderno, Anno 55, Nr. 1/2 (Gennaio-Febbraio 1975), pp. 8-28. (obligatory)
Srouji-Shajrawi, Clara. “Love, Sex and Mysticism in the Search for the Meaning of Life: Naguib
Mahfouz’s Al-Shaḥḥādh as the Herald of Modernism”. In Al-Majma‘: Studies in Arabic
Language, Literature and Thought, vol. 5 (2011), pp. 25-76.
Starkey, Paul. Modern Arabic Literature. Washington: Georgetown University Press,
2006.
Taha, Ibrahim. “The Modern Arabic Very Short Story: A Generic Approach”. Journal of
Arabic Literature 31:1 (2000), pp. 59-84. (obligatory)
______. "The Power of the Title". Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 3 (2000), 66-83.
Recommended Websites:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/541698/short-story/51056/The-20th-century
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31722/Arabic-literature/261917/Modern-Arabic-poetry
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31722/Arabic-literature/261924/Modern-fiction
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 70 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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