ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in HUMANITIES

Moduls:

LINGUA E LETTERATURA ARABA - MODULO 1

6 credits
LINGUA E LETTERATURA ARABA - MODULO 2

6 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

135

Prerequisites:

AF code:

10520170

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral examination.

Teaching period

Single Annual Cycle

Objectives

Arabic language: The course introduces the student to the study of Arabic, providing him with the first
morphological and syntactic elements that will enable him to read write and start a conversation. Arabic Literature: To focus on the socio-cultural background of Arabs before the advent of Islam. To appreciate the distinct features of the literary tradition in preislamic and Umayyad poetry.

Contents

Introduction to the knowledge of Arabic. The alphabet. The arabic sentence: the noun, the definite article, cases and declensions, the genitive, the adjective, gender and number, the pronouns, interrogative particles, the simple
verb (perfect and imperfect), the verb “Kāna”. Reading of simple texts and short suras from the Qur’an. Geografical and historical notes on the Arabic peninsula. The customary preislamic law. History of the Arab language.
The ğāhiliyya period: the qas īda and the mu

Recommended Bibliography

Title: Grammatica teorico-pratica della lingua araba, primo volume, Author Veccia Vaglieri L., Publisher Istituto per l’Oriente, Roma.
Title: L’Arabia preislamica, Author Contu G., Publisher Cattedra di lingua e letteratura araba, Sassari.
Title: Il Corano, Author Bausani A., Publisher Rizzoli, Milano.
Title: Letteratura araba, Author Gabrieli F., Publisher Comunità, Milano, 2007.
Title: Storia della letteratura araba classica, Author Amaldi D., Publisher Zanichelli, Bologna 2004
Additional teaching materials will be provided in class.

Teaching Methods

Face to face lectures

Contacts/More Information

Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language to incoming students: French, English, Arabic
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language: French, English,
Arabic

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